I keep forgetting to put this at the beginning of chapters, but you can 100% thank Turwen for quality control. Her beta-reading is seriously on point :) [i say and then there's a typo in the first sentence _ in her defence, im really bad at applying her comments]

the question I asked last chapter still applies. It's looking like a lot of people are okay with defining elsanna (in this context as) they both like actually like each other and shit. In which case, yeah, it's not gonna take long at all :)

Kristoff surprises you when four o'clock ticks around and he rings you. You let it ring out, but only because that's the time that Elsa decides to pop in and tell you that she's leaving early. She's still smiling and in a generally pretty good mood, which is probably why she's leaving several hours earlier than usual. You're kind of supposed to stay until at least she leaves, and then usually you have things to pack up and reminders to set, so you don't normally leave until about half an hour after her. Even if you don't think you're actually going to get much work done.

So she says goodbye and you wave back, and by the time that's done, the phone's stopped ringing. You do make a valiant, if in vain, effort to catch the call.

Luckily, Kristoff picks it up when you call him back. You'd have to have words with him if he didn't.

"What's up?" he says, as though he hadn't been the one to ring you. You narrow your eyes, even though he can't see it.

"So. Tell me about this boyfriend of yours."

Kristoff makes a sound. It sounds like a scoff, and you grin. Gotcha.

"Can we at least start the conversation on a different topic? How was Norway?"

You sigh, but it's in fun because you did promise yourself to let him get comfortable. Plus, you haven't had a chance to debrief him yet.

So you tell him about the mini adventure you had. He does ask about Elsa, probably because the jacket-incident (and the 'going out to dinner' incident) – is still fresh in his mind. He hadn't really had any closure about that, after all.

"It was odd, but that's okay. I ended up going back to her place afterwards because the plane got in so late, though."

"Ooooooh," Kristoff teases. You roll your eyes.

"What are you, fifteen?" you ask him. "Though, she has been in a much better mood. She looked tired today, but also like, super happy. She wants to catch another movie later this week. Guess she got some good news or something." Kristoff is silent for a moment, and you get annoyed by it after a few seconds. "What?"

"Well... what kind of happy?"

That's an odd question. You shrug your shoulders. "I dunno. Like, she seemed tired but also like she'd had a really good night's sleep. And she definitely acted happier. I don't know!"

"Uhh..." He doesn't say anything else. He's obviously thinking, and he's also obviously expecting you

"What?"

"Anna... it kinda sounds like she totally got laid last night."

"What?!"

You honestly don't mean to say that as loud as you did, and you're really grateful that Elsa's already left because that sort of thing would definitely have her coming into the room. Kristoff sniggers.

"That's the post-coital like. Glow. She totally got some last night."

You snort. "Elsa doesn't do that."

It's obvious that he doesn't believe that – you don't even believe that because you remember how she looked that morning in Norway – but it was different then. You don't want to think about it now, so instead you use the topic to move to something you'd rather think about. Sort of. No details, but...

"So, tell me about this boyfriend of yours. Don't think I haven't figured out why you abandoned me at the airport!"

He sputters, but it's not from the accusation. "I don't need to tell you that."

"Dude, chill. I'm not asking for like, details. Ew. But obviously it's going well?"

Kristoff is silent for a moment, and you're briefly concerned that you've really misinterpreted the situation. But then he speaks in this really soft tone, and for the first time, you feel protective of him.

"It's... he's great. And not just like. The private details. I really want to... I dunno."

You can't help the smile that appears on your face because it's honestly the first time you've heard Kristoff sound like this. You're not going to tell him that it sounds like love, because he's old enough to figure out his own feelings himself, but you're not going to pretend you didn't think it.

"It sounds like you really like him," you say instead. "So, when do I get to meet him?"

"I don't know. When do you get to meet him?"

"Krissss..."

He laughs, finally, this big laugh that he always does when you do something that amuses him. "Fine, fine. I'll ask him when he's free next to meet the family, so to speak. Though- I uh, I haven't told Ma. So... can you like... keep it on the down-low?"

You sigh. "Yeah, fine. But you better make it up to me."

He laughs again. "Love youuuu."

You hang up not long after that, mostly because it's time to leave. He promises to set a time for you to meet his boyfriend. You want to introduce him to Hans, too, but it's probably better to do that at a different time. Obviously Kristoff is still getting used to having a boyfriend and not a girlfriend.

But hopefully soon.