Frozen Beyond [gxg]

Short Story: Mud & Ice

The mud bubbled in front of them. Heat rose from its surface and mingled with the bitter chill of winter.

Elsa gave a questioning look to Keahi, arching a brow and crossing her arms. "This is the surprise you wanted to show me?" She questioning, grimacing at the awkward sound of gurgling the mud made.

Keahi scratched the top of her head. "Honeymaren said it's good for your skin! It'll be...fun." She said as if she was trying to convince herself that it would indeed be fun.

"I'm not getting in that." Elsa concluded with a haughty brow raised in Keahi's direction.

Keahi put a hand over her heart. "What? After all the effort I went through to keep this a secret and try to surprise you?" She pouted.

"Didn't Honeymaren just tell you about it this morning?" Elsa asked coyly.

"The details aren't important." Keahi quickly replied, brushing the comment off.

Instead, she took Elsa's hand in her own, tugging her close so they were chest to chest.

Elsa glanced up at Keahi, "I know what your doing." She murmured, shoving her hands against Keahi's chest. But the other woman held her there.

"Uh oh, looks like I'm faalllling!" Keahi sang out.

"Don't you dare!" Elsa warned.

"Oh no, looks like I'mmmm—" Keahi rocked back on the edge of the mud pit before they both fell back into it with a thick splash.

Elsa slowly emerged from the mud, only her eyes and nose over the gooey warmth of mud with a look that was meant to dagger Keahi.

Keahi didn't seem to notice as she emerged from the mud. Nearly turning in a full 360 before jumping when she received Elsa's look of scorn.

Keahi gave a charming, lopsided grin and flicked her fingers and speckles of mud hit Elsa's face.

Elsa winced, closing an eye and giving a huff of indignation. Standing up to run a hand down her face. It only smeared the mud there.

"Look at you, you finally got some color to that healthy shade of...pale." Keahi laughed, standing up to give Elsa a kiss on the cheek.

Keahi grimaced and stuck out her tongue, pieces of mud on it.

"That," Elsa scowled, but couldn't help herself and laughed, "is what you get." She stated, waving her hand so a mist of ice blasted at Keahi's face. It was a little more forceful than she meant to and she immediately regretted. "I'm so sorry!" She stammered quickly.

The icy mist had Keahi's hair frozen back and her face full of little icicles. She kept her eyes shut, only managing to crack one open. "Ice and mud don't mix. Got it."