"This has to stop!" A beautiful regal young woman with blond, almost white, hair yelled at the two men standing in front of her. "I will not and I repeat, will not permit any of you to be treating my sister that way!" She pointed a threatening pale finger at them to emphasize her words. Both men stared at her, wide eyed and not daring to speak a single word. They began to back away when they noticed the frost forming at the enraged woman's feet. "Anna is not an object or some sort of... toy for you to planning schedules to divide her time between the two of you!"

"I-I'm sorry, Elsa, we…" The blonde of the two men interrupted in a gentle tone, but it only made the temperature go lower.

"Queen Elsa from now on, Kristoff!" Queen Elsa spat, shutting Kristoff up immediately. "Now, you and your… new friend, turn around and leave my castle now!"

Both men saved some work for the guards, escaping through the same castle gates they had only come through ten minutes ago before Elsa began a blizzard storm inside the castle. As soon as they left Elsa's field of view, she huffed and turned around to storm off to her bedroom, the frost that formed where she was standing disappearing. The guards who watched over the castle entrance just shot each other questioning and slightly fearful glances.

The queen kept walking, each clicking of her heels echoing through the hallway. Her stomping gradually became normal walking as her temper slowly cooled off with each step along with her frown. It slowly became a slow walk and her eyes expressed nothing more but sadness.

She sighed as her walking slowly came to a halt, her head hanging low and her eyes staring at the polished floor. Recollections of the past few days were coming back to Queen Elsa's mind. After all that had happened, especially Anna almost ending up as an eternally frozen statue, she had hoped they were going to get their 'happily ever after.' But they didn't. Somehow, deep inside, Elsa knew she was happy for this. Happy things had turned out the way they did. And somehow, deep inside, Elsa also knew the reason of her joy and inner celebration. It made her sick, disgusted with herself. If she wasn't a monster because of her powers, she was because of her feelings. Her real, genuine feelings that made her wish for selfish things that would only hurt Anna…

By the time Elsa realized tears had been making their silent, suicidal journey through her pale face only to fall on the floor below, it was too late.

"Elsa?" A shaky, insecure voice called out for her, making her heart skip a beat. The queen in question slowly lifted her gaze, pleading to anyone that the voice she heard was all in her head. Right then, she preferred to be insane than to confront her worst fear.

Her pleadings fell into deaf ears, however. Those feet were real, that dress too. No, no maid had such a dress. Those hands, she knew those palms as if they were her own. The strawberry blond braids were unmistakable. Oh, and those lips. It was painful to see them curving downwards. Those lips… Then the freckled nose, accompanied by two rosy cheeks, and the pair of fearful blue eyes that stared right into hers, concern emphasized by the furrowed eyebrows above them.

"Anna…" Elsa, feeling vulnerable, whispered back. A few silent words were shared between the two, and Princess Anna understood what Elsa needed the most right now.

"Oh, Elsa…" Anna discarded every feeling of fear and insecurity walked towards her sister, opening her arms to welcome her into an embrace. Briefly, Anna noticed how Elsa began to back away, but she was determined and would not back off as well.

"Anna!" Her patience and determination were rewarded when Elsa decided to give in to her feelings. The queen wrapped her arms around the young princess' waist, the latter wrapping hers around Elsa's shoulders.

"Shhh… It's okay…" Anna gently whispered into her sister's ear as she cried into her neck. She honestly had no idea of what was okay exactly, or even if it was or not, but she didn't pay attention to that. Elsa needed her comfort, and that was all that mattered to her. Explanations would surely come later. Anna had faith that Elsa would tell her everything and not fall into the same pattern of 'conceal, don't feel.'

"Kristoff… is not coming back to the castle." Elsa said, breaking from the hug to look at Anna in the eye. Her hands still rested on her sister's hips, while Anna's remained holding her shoulders. The princess seemed mildly surprised, but not angry or sad. Elsa smiled slightly when she saw this.

"Oh." Was all Anna could mutter.

"Neither will George." She added, referencing the other man she kicked out of the castle along with Kristoff. "He is no longer working here. We can always hire more."

"That's… amazing!" Anna beamed, jumping lightly in excitement. Elsa could not believe Anna's joy, but it was contagious. "I mean, who needs a guard, a womanizer on top of that, when they got the most powerful and kind hearted and gorgeous and smart Ice Queen in the world?" Anna rolled her eyes and they both broke into giggles.

"Anna, I'm not sure there are any other literal ice queens."

"Now you're just being arrogant!" The soft, graceful giggles became laughter, with snorts here and there.

"Oh, am I?" They kept laughing until the soft melody of joy gradually subsided.

They stared into each other's eyes, wearing content smiles in their faces. Anna moved a hand from her sister's shoulder to wipe away a tear that still lingered on Elsa's pale cheek. They both hugged again, rejoicing in each other's warmth, even though the Queen's temperature was a bit lower than normal. Anna broke the hug first, holding Elsa by her shoulders.

"You still have to tell me the whole story." Anna deadpanned, making Elsa giggle.

"Oh, Anna. Of course. You will not believe what was happening at the gates. But…" Elsa trailed off, walking ahead with a regal smile on her lips. "Let's go somewhere more private, without the prying eye of the… public."

"Huh?" Anna raised an eyebrow and glanced behind her. Her sister was right; she found servants spying at them, pretending to be dusting off some of the paintings. "Right… Hey, wait!"

"I never thought he would do such a thing…" Anna muttered, staring at her intertwined fingers resting on her lap. They were at the queen's room, both sitting side by side at the bed. Elsa was ready to comfort her sister if needed, but she actually broke into giggles. "I guess I made the right choice." She looked up to smile at Elsa, who in turn sighed in… relief, yes, but there was something else there.

She was sighing, trying to free the tension in her chest. A tension, a pressure produced by such intense feelings she was honestly not supposed to feel, but that she felt anyways. She freed a sigh as she looked with dreamy eyes at the determined, positive, fearless and strong girl- no, woman sitting beside her.

"Anna… How can you do it?"

"Do what?" Anna asked with a dumbfounded look in her features, which Elsa found impossibly adorable.

"Smile." Elsa put a cold, pale hand on Anna's. "I just told you I found your ex-boyfriend trying to share you with a royal guard. On top of that… Anna, you broke up with him almost three days ago."

"Uhm, yes. And?" Anna shrugged. By this point, Elsa wanted to organize a whole ball to celebrate this. But then she remembered Anna could be pretty much masking her pain to make her feel better.

"What do you mean 'and'? You two seemed to be… so fond of each other. I thought you would be weeping for at least… a week?"

"Do you want me to?"

"No!"

"Then why are you so concerned about that?" Anna questioned with a gentle look and a small smile, putting one of her own hands on top of her sister's. "I honestly felt like I was having a weigh off my shoulders after finally breaking up with him. Having him breathing down my neck for some guy I didn't even like or know wasn't pleasant in the slightest."

"I guess I do understand your point…" Elsa said, avoiding Anna's gaze in embarrassment. They both understood Elsa wasn't too experienced with these romantic things. Soon, Anna found herself enveloping Elsa in another hug.

"Thanks for worrying, though…" Elsa's cheeks immediately flushed at the contact, and closed her eyes to enjoy the feeling. Anna broke the embrace a little too soon for Elsa. "Gee, we've been hugging a lot lately… Elsa?"

They realized the bed was now frozen solid. "I'm sorry, I just… remembered…"

"Remembered what?"

"That I had a very important… meeting! Yes! And I…"

"Oh my. What are you waiting for?!"

"I will reschedule, Anna." Elsa assured, rapidly getting rid of the need to keep up with the obvious lie. She didn't want to run off any longer. Elsa was now a Queen and she learned not to be childish and lie to herself; deny what burned with unmatchable intensity in her heart and melted her icy barriers. Right then, what she wanted the most was to be with Anna, even only as sisters.

After all, if she accepted her feelings, it would be much easier to deal with them.

With a flick of her wrist, the ice dissipated from her sheets. It was only a matter of time until her forbidden love for her sister dissipated from her heart.

Did she want this to happen?

The coast was clear. No Kristoff. No George. No one. How long would this last?

Was it okay to hope?

Author's Note:

First chapter of many more to come... It will be enough to say I already have 13 written. However, I may update twice or three times a week. I would have a cover image if I my drawing Tablet worked... one day, though. One day. If I made any mistakes I'd appreciate it if you pointed them out, criticism is also appreciated and encouraged. Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy!