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“Elsa?”
Kristoff dropped the hay barns he was carrying and ran to meet the smaller girl.
“ What are you doing here? Its not family game night yet... Where’s Honeymaren? Are you here to visit Anna? Wait, i’ll get her to come here-”
Elsa sighed and signaled the nokk to leave.
“ Kristoff, im actually here to talk to you. ”
Kristoff looked at her and grimaced.
“To me?”
“Yes.”
“Well, im all ears! What do you need?”
They walked over to a bench in the one of the ends of Arendelle’s big port square. Elsa fidgeted with her hands, clasping and unclasping them almost obsessively.
“ Uh... you look nervous. Is everything okay?”
Elsa took a deep breath.
“Yes. Its just- i have some... concerns. And i hoped- believe- you can help me sort them out.”
Kristoff sat down next to her.
“Of course, i’ll do my best. Are you... sure you don’t want me to call Anna?”
“No, don’t. In fact, she doesn’t need to even know i’m here.”
Kristoff furrowed his brow and looked down at Elsa’s hands, who were making and unmaking little ice snowflakes. “Are you going to tell me what’s wrong, Elsa?”
Elsa looked down and started talking.
“Okay... you do know Honeymaren and i have been... acquaintances for a notable period of time and-“
“Yes, i do know you have been together for more than three years now.”
Elsa couldn’t stop the heat she was starting to feel from going up to her cheeks.
“Y-yes. We have. And being a grown up woman, in a stable relationship, I-“
“Elsa, stop going in circles. Tell me!”
“Fine! I want to ask Honeymaren for marriage.”
Kristoff stared wide-eyed at her sister-in-law for what she could’ve sworn were minutes. Then a smile creeped out on his face and he stood up and trapped her in a tight hug, lifting the smaller girl from the floor.
“Oh my god, Elsa! That’s great! I’m so happy for you two!” When he realised what he was doing and put her down, Elsa shushed him and looked around.
“Kristoff, be quiet, this is a secret! I didn’t ask her yet.”
“Oh. Sorry. My bad. I, uh, why didn’t you? From what Anna told me, you’ve been thinking about it for some time now.”
“I just... don’t know how to.”
Kristoff chuckled and raised an eyebrow.
“Elsa... are you asking me for love advice?”
She went bright red.
“I- I’m not! I’m just- in the hypothetical case that I- w-why would you- it’s not-!”
Kristoff laughed and put a hand over Elsa’s shoulder, who was now burying her face in her hands.
“What have you thought about?”
*****
“... I can’t do this.”
“Yes you can! Come on, we’re gonna get it right!”
”I feel ridiculous.”
”Try it again!”
Elsa was rethinking her life choices, wondering where she went wrong to find herself in this situation. She blushed, sighed, and repeated the sentence she had been saying on loop for the past two hours.
”Honeymaren Nattura of Northuldra, my beautiful, sweet, chocolate haired, golden eyed maiden, will you make me the happiest woman on this earth and give me the honour of becoming your wife?”
She stared at Kristoff, who was looking at her with his mouth pursed.
Ryder was finishing setting the reindeer up around her and calming them down.
“Just hold on a little, we need to practise this for it to come out the way we want!” Ryder advised. He walked towards Kristoff and stood next to him.
“Okay... move a little to the left.”
Elsa moved barely a millimetre, following Ryder’s advice.
“... This feels off.”
Elsa was struggling to keep her balance standing between two rocks, covered in leaves and flowers, and with an entire herd of reindeer around her.
“A little more... a little more... aaaaand... there!” Ryder yelled at her and gave her a thumbs up “You’re doing great!”
Elsa sighed and jumped down the pillars with the help of an ice stairway she made in seconds.
Ryder looked at her in complete disbelief.
“What are you doing? We had it!”
“This doesn’t feel right, Ryder... I just don’t know if it’s the way i want to do it.”
Elsa took the leaves and flower cover off and handed it to Kristoff, who put it on a nearby rock.
He looked at Elsa, who looked completely defeated.
“Aw, come on, Elsa. She’ll love this!”
Ryder smiled brightly “Yeah she will! She wont be able to resist you! When she sees you in the flower cloak, she’ll swoon. Man, i cant wait to see her face... I can already hear her: “Oh Elsa! I love you! Of course i’ll marry you!”” Ryder started lamely imitating a female voice trying to impersonate his sister, with his hand over his forehead, pulling a dramatic pose.
Elsa blushed furiously and hit Ryder’s shoulder.
“Ryder!”
“He’s right!” Kristoff put both his arms around Elsa and Ryder’s shoulders “You two will be the most beautiful brides to ever step foot in Norway.”
Elsa smiled fondly at the boys’ words. After a couple more tries, Kristoff head back to Arendelle with the help of Elsa and the Nokk and Ryder kept himself busy with the reindeer.
When Elsa finally got to the northuldran village, it was already nighttime.
“Elsa!”
Honeymaren ran towards her and jumped to her arms, kissing her lovingly. No matter how much time they had been together, Honeymaren always greeted her like that.
She held her, hands on her waist, while Maren buried her face on the taller woman’s neck. Elsa was exhausted, but she hadn’t seen Maren in the whole day, and she swore it seemed like an eternity.
“I missed you.” Maren smiled and gave her a peck on the cheek.
“I’ve only been away for a day!” Elsa chuckled and blushed at Maren’s excitement.
“A day without Elsa is like a day without sunshine.” Maren chuckled.
They walked hand in hand until they reached the tent they shared.
Elsa fell face first on the bed made of animal fur and cushions and sighed.
Honeymaren chuckled at the sight of her girlfriend laying face down on the bed. She undid her braid and took her hat and coat off, then laid on top of Elsa, sliding the thick covers over both of them.
Elsa groaned and Honeymaren nibbled on her earlobe, causing the blonde to jump and try and make Honeymaren get off of her.
“Maren! Let me go! You’re so heavy! Come on, get off me!”
“Never!”
“Maren.” Elsa glanced over her shoulder to see Honeymaren smirking mischievously.
Honeymaren’s smile grew wider as she slowly lifted her arms.
“Honeymaren Nattura don’t y-“
She started tickling Elsa’s sides.
Hysterically laughing, Elsa tried to break free from Honeymaren’s torturing, and squirmed until she was laying on her back, Honeymaren still on top of her, arms on either side of her face. She was breathing heavily and blushing like crazy, exhausted from laughing.
“I hate you so much.”
“Aw, shame. I’ll confess, i think i’m in love with you, Snowflake.” Honeymaren started planting little pecks all over Elsa’s face.
Elsa laughed at Honeymaren’s sudden “confession” and hugged the girl while she kissed her nonstop.
“Maren! Let me breathe!” She said, faking a tantrum.
Honeymaren looked at her and stared. “I just love your freckles. You have so many... One day i swear i’ll count and kiss them all!”
Elsa looked at her and smiled warmly “Thats technically not possible. You’d probably need a lifetime.”
Honeymaren caressed her cheek and smiled back.
“The idea of spending a lifetime with you doesn't sound all that bad...”
She kissed her deeply and slowly, and Elsa swore she could’ve frozen the entire forest. Honeymaren then got off her, laid next to her, and put her arms around her waist, head resting over her shoulder.
Elsa couldn’t help but look back. There she was, laying with the girl she (hoped) was gonna marry soon, caressing her hair and singing softly while she fell asleep, face buried deep in the hem of her neck. She smiled bitterly at the memory of a much younger version of herself, crying herself to sleep every night, spending her days in complete solitude.
”Had anyone ever told me this is where i’d end up someday...” Elsa thought, smiling to herself.
She then felt Honeymaren relax against her, kissed the top of the brunette’s head, and closed her eyes.
She had to admit it,
the idea of spending a lifetime with her didn’t sound all that bad.