To Thaw a Hero's Heart

Chapter Nineteen: Surprises

Chapter Nineteen: Surprises

About a month passed since that night and already the people of Arendelle were getting ready for the holidays coming up soon. Mathias and Elsa truth to their word took their blossoming relationship to a slow pace to let Anna and Kristoff have the spotlight till after the wedding in the early summer to tell the people of their courtmanship. Meanwhile, Mathias roamed the streets watching people decorating their homes and add last minute preparations for whatever reason unknown to him as he walked to the fjord.

"Damn weather." He grumbled as he saw a tiny snowflake land on his nose. At first he thought Elsa was responsible but then more flakes started to appear.

"Mathias!" He heard someone call out and quickly turned to see Elsa walk towards him in a regal fashioned manner.

"Ah Elsa, finally done with your meeting?" He asked with an amused expression.

"What are you doing out here?" She asked as she finally reached him and looked up at him with her blue eyes full of curiosity.

"Well i was curious about the need to decorate the place and decided to see why this time of year." He said and truth be told he was actually looking for that Hans man Elsa mentioned a month ago and decided to look around for the tenth time to see if he was around here. Again he was disappointed as he was hoping to thrash him if they ever crossed paths.

"Guess it's not my day." He thought in disappointment as the blond women looked at him closely.

"You're lying." She said and Mathias had a look of disbelief before it changed into a smirk.

"You're calling me a liar, oh i feel insulted by your harsh words." He said sarcastically with a small laugh as they walked to the fjord together.

"So tell me, why are they adding decorations to their homes?" He asked her as they finally stood at the repaired dock on the fjord. She looked out and watched the snow fall and knew it would look beautiful tomorrow morning.

"Well it's a special time of year for everyone to celebrate and no one works till after the end of the month so it gives us plenty time to be together." She said playfully as she winked up at him.

"So that meeting you had was your last till then?" He asked and her smile broadened as he became confused till a snowball hit him in the face. He wiped it off and saw Elsa giggling behind her hand only a few feet away from him.

"Yes, it was my last meeting and now i have two weeks to spend with you and everyone else." She answered as she finally calmed down and walked back up to him. The taller man glared at her for a moment till he took his attention back to the fjord.

"What makes this time of year special?" He asked not looking at her as he continued to watch the falling snow.

"Have you ever heard of Christmas?" She asked and was shocked when he snapped his head toward her in both confusion and interest.

"It's what makes this time of year so special where people can be with their family and loved ones, have gifts exchanged, It wonderful. How have you never heard of it before till now is beyond me and i the Queen of Arendelle will get you into the Christmas spirit." She said as she gestured back to the castle. Mathias made a crackling noise as he took a deep breath as he began to follow her back to the castle as slowly as possible as he enjoyed the scenery around him. Elsa turned around and saw him slacking and knew what would get him motivated.

"Come on Mathias i know you're cold and i have hot chocolate wait for us if you're interested." She said and that done it as the taller man bolted forward and passed her in a quick pace toward the castle gates. She watched for a few moments with amusement till she realized she tricked him into moving faster and hadn't expected for him to hurry.