To Thaw a Hero's Heart

Chapter Fourteen: Meaningful Lessons

Chapter Fourteen: Meaningful Lessons

Mathias sat at the balcony of his room watching the sun rise above the horizon. He flinched when the bright colors reminded him of the weapon the humans used many years ago. He was disturbed by the sound of silent knocking and he slowly turned around hoping it wasn't Elsa at the moment but was surprised to see her younger sister Anna standing there with a small smile on her lips.

"She's up early." He thought as he slowly got up to face her.

"C-Can i come in?" She asked him and he slightly nodded his head gesturing her to come in. He was surprised she walked in instead of barging in like she always did since his first arrived here.

"I heard Elsa talk to you in the patriot room." She whispered earning a surprised look from the taller man as she sat down on the bed.

"I heard Elsa ask if someone hurt you." She continued and prepared herself for the next question.

"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked him and he slightly flinched at her question but she reached out a comforting hand like her sister did in the patriot room.

"Look, i don't know what happened to you in the past but holding it in will only make things difficult and the best way to ease the pain is to talk about it." Anna said and this caught Mathias's attention as he looked at her and saw the seriousness in her eyes.

Mathias knew they wouldn't understand but knew she had a surprisingly good point. He wasn't in the mood to talk for the moment and Anna sighed knowing she wasn't getting anywhere so she got and and started to walk out but stopped and looked at him.

"When you're ready to talk to either me or my sister will listen, and i know you understand but when you fully speak and want to talk we'll listen, just remember what i've said and think about it." She said before disappearing out of his room leaving him to ponder on what he just heard. He looked out to the balcony and saw the sun above the horizon and growled in frustration knowing he didn't get any sleep and went to get ready for his lessons he had with Elsa today and knew it will be awkward between them. He went to the small room and grabbed a gray long sleeve shirt and rolled the sleeves to his elbows and looked at the doorway were his door used to be and saw no one there and quickly changed into his black pair of pants. Once he was done getting ready he strolled out and followed his nose to the dining room for food.

He was approaching the door when he heard a familiar giggle behind it, and knew it was Alice.

"She finally came out of her room after a few weeks i see." He thought with a slight chuckle before walking in. He was surprised to see Anna in the room with the girl along with Elsa's little creation Olaf. Anna looked up and beamed at him despite the conversation from earlier.

"Ah, morning Mathias, we're just entertaining young Alice till breakfast." She said with a small giggle as she continued to talk to the young girl who continued to giggle behind her hand. Mathias slightly shook his head as he took his seat at the table and silently watched them make the little redhead laugh. He heard the door open and he snapped his head to see Elsa stroll in wearing a familiar dress he seen her wear the day they first met. He wondered what it was made of since it shined in the morning light and it made her even more majestic in beauty in his opinion. When she sat down next to him he knew something was off about her. He knew she got as much sleep as he did so he guessed she was just tired.

Mathias wondered where Kristoff ran off too as he looked around the table doing his version of a head count.

"I guess Kristoff went ice harvesting." Elsa said as she got her sister's attention and Mathias's too as he became curious.