Frozen Desires

Birthday - Day 7 (Part 6)

Ryder's POV:

I notice Kristoff staring off into the sky.

I get up from my lounge chair and I run up to him.

"Hey," I say, trying to catch my breath. "Is everything okay?"

He breaks from his gaze and looks at me. It looks like he was in deep thought.

"Yeah, I'm okay," he says, but it doesn't convince me.

I open my mouth to try and say something contradicting, but I hesitate.

I don't want to push him, even though he's clearly hiding something.

"Are you sure?" I ask.

He nods hesitantly, but stops himself.

"I.. no.." he says softly and my heart fills with worry.

"What happened?" I ask, putting a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.

"Can we be somewhere alone..?"

I nod and we start to walk back to the hotel. Yelena stops us in our path.

"Where are you going? We're in Miami!" She says excitedly.

I smile, "We just forgot something in our room."

"Oh, okay!" She says and continues putting sunblock on.

We continue to walk back as my hand brushes against Kristoff's, wanting to hold it.

He holds it and throws me a smile, making my heart race.

I look up at him and I smile back, opening the doors to the hotel.

***

I sit on the bed, signaling him to sit in front of me.

He gets on the bed and sits facing me. He still has the same sad look from earlier.

"So.. what happened?" I ask.

"I.." His voice breaks and my heart drops as I see his eyes filling with tears.

I hold his hands, which lay in front of us and I look at him in the eyes.

He tries to avoid eye contact but I lift up his chin so he looks at me.

He has the same pained look that he had when he hurt me.

"You can tell me, Kristoff.."

He takes a deep breath and looks at me.

"I feel like I'm doing everything wrong.."

My stomach sinks. I can't help feeling like he thinks I'm wrong for him, but I'm not going to make this about me. It's about him and whatever he feels troubled about.

"Elsa got upset at me for hurting Anna.. but I did everything I could to prevent myself from hurting her feelings. I even decided to stay as friends with her. I don't know how to get Elsa to forgive me."

He buries his head in his hands and sighs.

"Ryder.." he mutters.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think I'm in the wrong for being honest with Anna..?"

"What? Why would you say that? You did the right thing by telling her."

"I don't know it's just that... I'm a terrible person," he says as he starts to cry, making my heart sink.

"No, you're not.. come here," I say as I scoot back onto the pillows, opening an arm to let him under.