Anna stirred the pot with abroad grin on her face. There was no kitchen staff was assisting her in her work. They truly avoiding being around her when she was on a mission, offering her help was pointless as it would only be denied. The only thing that they could do to assist the crown princess was to bring her what she needed and stay far away. To get between Anna and her chocolate was a fool's errand.

After a moment on consideration Anna added an additional splash of cream. She was cooking up chocolate fondue in accordance to her grandmother's recipe. Of course her mother's mother had never actually listed legitimate quantities of each ingredient, preferring to just use terms such as pinch, splash, smidge, and handful. Anna, through her mother, had learned to decipher such instructions and added ingredients by eye.

Half a Bottle and a Splash of Heavy cream
Enough Sugar
A Smidgen of Grated Cinnamon
Two Pats of Butter
Handfuls of Chocolate
A Dash of Dark Rum
Pinch of Orange Zest

After another stir or two it was to the consistency of her preference and she removed a very hot pot from the wood stove and placed it atop a counter to cool enough to transfer into a bowl and carry upstairs. She had plans for this specific batch of fondue, and it needed to be perfect. One of the kindly members of the palace staff had already secured and prepared some very sweet strawberries for her plans and as such Anna needed only wait for the chocolate to cool slightly and for the guest of honor to arrive in his bedroom.

That guest, of course was Kristoff. He had been having a particularly stressful week, as was Anna herself. It was the final week separating them from their wedding, and plans were still being made, fittings were being had, and among all of this stress and chaos they had very little time for the reason they were getting married in the first place. They had no time to spend with each other.

Anna, however was setting out to fix that, clearing her and Kristoff's schedule for the rest of the night. She justified this to herself buy the belief that they truly should not be busy so late anyway. It was already after supper and the pair should have been off to their own devices anyway. She poured the awaiting chocolate fondue into a bowl and set it onto a tray where the strawberries had already been lain out. There was nothing quite so relaxing in her mind than chocolate, and if she had her way Kristoff would feel the same.

No one questioned her as she walked out of the kitchens and all the way upstairs. She had requested to be left alone for the night, and many of the staff understood her feelings. They saw what stress the wedding and wedding planning was putting on her, and they of course wanted her to relax. Anna was well loved by the staff and by all the common people of Arendelle, and they loved her even more for wedding one of their own, especially as it was told in whispers throughout the kingdom that she truly loved Kristoff and their marriage was anything but political. This was a fact that the palace staff knew well, and though they weren't necessarily the type of people to gossip outside of the castle, they often told this fact with pride.

It didn't take Anna long to find Kristoff's room as she was all but running there. He had agreed to wait there for her after dinner and she simply could not wait another moment to see him again. She knocked with the edge of the tray she was carrying. Taking note of her own clumsiness enough to not want to carry it with one hand or set it down, she saw this as the best option and with some luck she did not drop a single thing.

Kristoff opened the door. He was tired, but knowing it was Anna on the other side of the wood he allowed it to swing in. He felt as if he hadn't seen her in ages, although they had just eaten dinner together. He supposed that it was all the stress of wedding plans. In fact although tonight was a break from that for them, he had just moments before been at his desk working on his vows. He could sing, but he was hardly a bard and honeyed words didn't come to him easily. So far it had been a month long process of writing and he had yet to get the finished product. He supposed he was being too picky about his wording, but in truth he just wanted everything to be perfect. He had hidden the sheets of paper so that there was no way she would find them before the wedding. He wanted it to be special for her.

"Hey." Anna said breathlessly as she saw Kristoff revealed on the other side of the door. His hair was mussed as if he had been running his hands through it moments before. Anna smiled, it was very likely that he had been as it was what he did when he was thinking. He looked like a mess, but she was not one to judge, she could only imagine what she looked like in that moment.

"Hey." Kristoff responded, equally as breathless as she had been. He looked her over before motioning to have her come in. She had sent him to his room just after dinner and had promised him a surprise within the hour. Looking to the tray in her hands he saw strawberries and chocolate. He grinned, whenever Anna was feeling stressed out her first comfort was sweets, especially chocolate. Though he never had much of a sweet tooth, he did enjoy sharing candies and pastries with her, if only to see the zeal in her eyes as she tasted the sweetness of it.

Anna entered as Kristoff motioned her to and heard the door close behind her as she went to his bed. It was almost as messy as his hair and Anna chuckled a bit to herself. He never made his bed, and when he did, it was never quite right. "I brought a snack." She said as she set the tray on a table near his bedside before walking over to pull at the sheets and make his bed properly.

"I see that." Kristoff replied as he watched the redhead pull the blankets and sheets on his bed to organize and make it in a way that he never quite could. "You brought enough chocolate and strawberries for an army."

Anna blushed almost as red as her hair, "I stress eat, okay?" Finishing up the bed making process she sat on its edge, "And you aren't a dainty eater yourself."

Kristoff laughed, he hadn't meant to embarrass her, in fact he was just trying to tease a little bit. He couldn't say that he didn't appreciate the results however as he did enjoy seeing her turn bright red. She was cute when she was blushing, though she was always cute anyway. Crossing the room he sat next to her on his bed, smiling. "You're right, hand me a strawberry."

Anna smiled again and handed him two, she knew him well enough that he would want more than just one. "I had my final fitting today." She began as he bit into the ripe flesh of the fruit. The strawberries, though intended for the chocolate, would most likely be eaten by him as she devoured the chocolate fondue with a spoon, such was their way.

Kristoff smiled, thinking of Anna in a white gown that he had yet to see then shuttered at the thought of his own fitting. It had been torture as he was sure that he looked ridiculous in the proper attire of the court. He hated the fact that he was getting married in a monkey suit and that many other monkey suits would ultimately follow the first. However if having to be the Prince of Arendelle was the only downside to marrying Anna, he supposed that it would all be worth it in the end.

Anna watched as a bit of strawberry juice trickled down the side of Kristoff's lip. He was always a messy eater, but as she was as well, she supposed it was just another reason why they were good for each other. "Almost everything is together now, so it's nice to just take a moment and breathe."

Kristoff, wiping away the juice with the side of his hand turned to Anna and wrapped an arm around her. "It is, isn't it. I feel like I haven't seen you in months, we've both been busy ever since we announced the proposal."

To this Anna twisted the little ring on her left hand, a reminder that none of this was a dream and that they truly were to be married. "But we're alone now." Anna said as she dipped a strawberry in chocolate and fell back onto Kristoff's bed before biting into it. Her mother and the nurses in charge of her as a child used to forbid her from and yell at her for lying down while eating, but they never truly stopped the habit. Mouth somewhat full she continued, "And it's probably the last time we'll be alone together until our wedding night."

Kristoff blushed himself at the mentioning of their wedding night. While Anna was likely right, he had been too busy planning to even think of that. She had just unwittingly given him an entirely new set of worries. He reached over past Anna's reclining form for another strawberry then fell onto his back himself. Shoving the entire strawberry into his mouth he rolled onto his side to see that Anna had a bit of chocolate on her lip. He quickly kissed her and felt it smoosh against his lips along with hers.

The unexpected and somewhat messy kiss made Anna laugh. His lips were warm and soft against hers, and she immediately relaxed as he kissed her. As the kiss broke she was chuckling, "I guess we'll just have to make the best of the time we have now then."

Kristoff, laughing also, couldn't agree more as he pulled her into a bear hug and thought of all the fun they could have with a few hours alone, chocolate, and strawberries.