Frozen Desires

Birthday - Day 7 (Part 2)

Ryder's POV:

I sit on a couch while waiting for the plane. Kristoff is next to me.

"So.. what happened between you and Anna last night? You never told me," I sat, looking at him.

"Well.. she was angry at first.. but then she was hurt," he says.

"Oh.. I'm sorry.." I say, looking down. I honestly feel bad that Kristoff chose me and hurt her, even though I said I didn't want to be an option. Now that he chose me, I still feel bad because I've never been chosen by anyone. I've always been a backup for someone. I know how they had a strong connection, but he still chose me. It makes me happy to think about it, but at the same time, Anna didn't deserve that... Well, unless she hurt him.

"Hey, don't worry. It's not your fault," he says, lifting my chin up so I face him. I blush hard and smile softly.

"She just wasn't the one for me," he gives me a warm smile.

Is he.. indicating that I'm the one for him?

I blush hard again, and he notices. He smiles again.

I really want to kiss him right now.. but Kristoff doesn't want anyone knowing about him and Anna yet, and I don't want people suspecting that we're together.

There's something I've been meaning to ask Kristoff.. but we need to be alone..

I look around us. There are members from my tribe scattered around the waiting area as we all wait for the plane.

I'll have to do it when we get to the hotel.

"Are you hungry?" Kristoff asks, and I nod happily.

"Come on, I'll buy you whatever you want," he says and gets up.

"Oh no no no.. you don't have to--"

"--So, where do you want to eat?" He says, completely interrupting me.

"W-Well... I kind of want chicken nuggets~" I say shyly. I'm not used to having people buy things for me.

"Great! Let's go find a place that has chicken nuggets," he gives me a cute smile, which completely throws me off.

"Y-Yes.."

I get up and we walk to a fast food place.

We stand at the cash register.

"Hey, can we get two boxes of chicken nuggets please?" He says to the cashier, as she puts in the order.

"Do you guys want anything to drink?" She asks.

"I-I'll get water.." I say nervously. I feel bad that he's doing this for me..

"And I'll get Sprite," he says, and the cashier puts in our order.

"That'll be 70.63 kr," she says and Kristoff gets his wallet.

"No no you don't have to--"

"--Here!" He says while handing the money to her, interrupting me again.

I turn red in embarrassment.

"Please head to booth number 3," she says, while pointing to a booth that's against a wall.

Kristoff leads me to the booth and we sit. He sits across from me as we wait for our food to come.

"Kristoff you didn't have to do that.."

"I know," he says, while giving me a kind smile.

My heartbeat increases and my face turns a strong shade of pink.