Frozen Beyond [gxg]

Short Story: Wine and Chocolate

Keahi and Kristoff exchanged a side glance to one another when Anna ran back into the room with a bottle of wine. On the table in front of them were various chocolate treats. Elsa and Anna sat beside one another, giggling over something the other said.

Keahi leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed over her chest and her legs crossed at the ankles. She gave Kristoff a worried look. "Is that their second bottle of wine or their first?"

"I think their second?" Kristoff shrugged but also looked mildly concerned over the situation.

"I've never seen them drink wine before?" Keahi edged.

"That's because they don't." He sighed out, rubbing the back of his head.

Olaf came into the room and joined the girls.

"Want to play a game of Vri åtter?" Kristoff offered, going to sit on the couch.

"Sure, you'll have to teach me though." Keahi followed him sitting on the couch beside him.

He explained the rules of the game which seemed to be like a game called crazy eights down in the Southern Isles.

She caught onto it quickly and they spent the next hour playing. They were tied in wins and losses though neither were really paying attention.

They both craned their necks back when they heard singing and something fell off the table.

"Oh, boy." Both Kristoff and Keahi said at once.

Keahi peeked over the couch and Kristoff followed the motion.

Olaf was singing about chocolate and wine in his bravado of a voice.

"It's nice to see them having fun." Kristoff smiled, though his smile wavered. "Maybe we should check on them?"

"Probably a good idea," Keahi whispered out, leaping over there back of the couch and coming over to the trio.

"CONCEAL DON'T FEEL." Olaf sang.

Elsa straightened and stopped what she was doing long enough to eye Olaf. "Please stop, Olaf."

Anna said something and Elsa turned back to Anna, who hugged her before they fell into a fit of giggles.

Keahi looked down at Olaf. "What's conceal don't feel?"

Olaf looked up at Keahi with a half-cocked grin. "Oh. It's the motto Elsa used to live by, something her father told her." He told before bouncing off after the sisters.

"Doesn't sound like very good advice?" She muttered, crossing her arms. No wonder Elsa was so emotionally withdrawn and felt the need to carry everything by herself.

Not that she could give advice on parenting. Her mother died at childbirth and her father was an abusive drunk before he fell into an early grave.

She realized Kristoff was singing and dancing with Anna, and Keahi just rolled her eyes and grinned at the cute couple.

Kristoff caught her eye and shrugged with a large goofy grin. "Can't beat 'em, join 'em."

Elsa was off to the side talking with Olaf and Keahi adjusted her vest before going over and energetically bowing to Elsa. "May I have this dance?" Keahi asked dramatically.

Elsa gave a whimsical smile back, bright eyes watching Keahi with such acute interest it always made her feel jittery and full of energy.

Elsa's cheeks were slightly flushed, nothing compared to her sister who clearly had more wine than her. She put her hand smoothly into Keahi's.

Keahi gave a wolfish grin to her. "All right snowflake, let's dance." She tugged her close and danced to the beat of the cute song Anna was drunkenly singing.

She spun her gently, taking her waist back into her grasp as Elsa and Annas giggles filled the room.

The sound warmed her heart. Kristoff and Keahi switched off in their fast-paced dance so that Anna danced with her. "I think you've had a little too much, your majesty." Keahi joked.

Anna just grinned, everything about her was outwardly warm. The sisters meshed and balanced each other out. They had the same bright eyes though. They were certainly sisters.

Anna leaned up and gave Keahi a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you." She whispered with a lopsided, drunk smile before they all stopped dancing. Then Anna's face twisted, and she hiccupped.

"Uh, Kristoff your wife looks a little green around the gills." Keahi edged.

"Uh oh." He responded, rushing to Anna's side just in time for her to lean over into the potted plant beside them and throw up.

"Dancing probably didn't help in hindsight." Keahi turned to find Elsa who was leaning against the doorframe.

Olaf stumbled over and grabbed Keahi's pant leg. "Oof, I feel — bleh." He gagged out flurries of snow right onto Keahi's shoe.

"Awe man, Olaf!" Keahi groaned, getting to Elsa just as Elsa stumbled. Keahi caught her, picking her up bridal style.

Olaf clung to her pant leg, his thin twig arms wrapped around her tightly as he sat on her shoe like a child.

Keahi awkwardly clunked and walked out of the room, glancing over at Kristoff who held Anna.

They exchanged a glance, and both shared a chuckle.

Sisters for sure.

Keahi walked awkwardly down the hall, leg swinging out oddly to accommodate Olaf. "You didn't even drink anything Olaf."

"I got a contact high."

"Olaf, that doesn't happen with alcohol." Keahi grunted, finally getting to their bedroom. She gently set Elsa down and put her hands on her hips, looking down at Olaf. "What are you doing?" She laughed. "Where's your room?"

"Just down the hall." He pointed, not making any motion to move. So, she trudged down the hall to his small bedroom at the corner room at the end of the hall. Sven was already sleeping, curled up on a circular carpet in front of the fireplace, and Keahi walked Olaf to the bed and helped him in like a small child. She clicked off the light to the room, pausing in the doorway for a moment.

She hadn't been a part of them for very long. But she truly felt she found her place in their family.

She finally got back to their bedroom and changed into pajamas and out of those scratchy royalty clothes that were entirely too starched and stiff.

Slipping under the covers, she laid on her side watching Elsa. The princess shifted, her eyes fluttering open sleepily. Groggily, Elsa took Keahi's hand.

She didn't look entirely awake. "Don't leave." She whispered before her eyes fluttered shut again.

Keahi shifted closer, kissing her forehead. "Never."