❄ {βοπδιπg} ❄

I do not know what has come over my husband but he has been very affectionate lately. Whenever he has the time, he does not hesitate to meet me in the library to take me to our room where we share a moment of intimacy with each other.

For the first few days that this has been happening, we still needed to work some things out because while the kiss he gave me was nice, it did not erase all those painful memories of loneliness. I still felt a little bit bitter from all of those years he has shunned me in favor of his work. But I do like that he at least tries to spend time with me instead of shutting himself off from the rest of the world in that study of his.

"My lovable wife, do you know how much I still love you with all my heart?"

"N-no I do not, it is just that you had not been spending time with me for many years that I felt neglected and..."

"You know I was doing it for the kingdom and for you as well right?"

"Yes but that does not mean you had to shut me out from your life completely, you had no idea how much..."

"Shhh, let us not argue any further. What is important right now is that you and I are enjoying this romantic moment together, 'alone'"

"A-alright, that kiss you gave me was not nice I will admit. You have gotten a bit rusty over the years, it was not as romantic as I remembered it to be"

"Oh, well I live to serve my wife. If that one did not satisfy you, then there is plenty more where that came from my Queen"

The following days were full of moments such as those and each moment of intimacy was a step to bringing us closer together as we once were. There were still some arguments whenever we spent moments alone, but it lessened the more we got further reintroduced to one another. He also prepared some conditions to which I hesitantly agreed with. Because whether I want to accept it or not, the kingdom needs Agnarr's attention and I cannot ask him to ignore it just to spend some time with me.

He still does not devote his full attention to me which I completely understand, yet it is nice that he is making the effort to at least see me. I still carry some painful memories within me because eight years of feelings neglected cannot be erased that quickly, but I am willing to accept what is happening between me and Agnarr right now than to go back to those days where he and I were like strangers who just happened to be legally tied because of marriage and children.

It is so nice to be able to kiss and hug my lovable Queen again. I had no idea how I missed physical contact with her until I had done it again recently. How I missed the feeling of having her lips pressed to my very own. I would have to eventually thank the young man who is responsible for this for managing to convince to get back up on my feet regarding my marriage.

As expected, our relationship started off a bit rocky after the kiss I gave her. Iduna was not very pleased for the first few days we started courting one another again. She was still a bit hang up on all of the pain I had caused her which I completely understand. Years of pain and loneliness would not go away with just a simple kiss, good thing I have the patience and willpower to be up for it. However, we are a lot happier now than we were before. However, we are still both making the effort on working on repairing our heavily damaged relationship.

I still cannot spend all of my days focusing on her, however, I still try to clear my schedule in order to be with her from time to time for the past week. We had settled on a decision that I would occasionally meet up with her at the library after she is done lecturing Naruto so I could take her back to our bedroom where a lot of 'things' happen.

We also agreed that sometimes she is free to come to my study whenever I cannot leave the study for reasons. However, if I must do something absolutely important, we had both agreed that we would only see each other after I finish the task at hand. Usually, it takes hours to finish important paperwork but it is for the benefit of the kingdom. At first, Iduna seemed hesitant to agree to such a proposition, but after I gave her some time to think about it, she gladly accepted it as she said she would rather see little glimpses of me than not see me at all.

I just cannot help but love her even more because of it. She is deeply loyal to our bond and I absolutely cannot throw all of that away. I still try to find out how to fix Elsa's powers, but I sometimes let her help me find a solution. Obviously, we still have not found an answer but at least no I do not have to shoulder everything.

One night where we met up in my study, I told her about how Naruto was the one who managed to convince me to show her affection.

"What has gotten into you, how come you are so intimate for the past few days all of a sudden?"

"You could ask the young man you are currently teaching, my love"

"That boy never ceases to surprise me"

"He does the same thing to me, which reminds me, once he fully recovers, do you think we could use him to strengthen our very own military forces? His abilities could prove to be very useful for Arendelle"

"I do not see why not, but it is completely up to him if he is interested in being the captain of the guards"

"I am not saying he would be captain, I am merely proposing if he could train our guards to become soldiers. Throughout all the years Arendelle had been secluded, our military forces had gotten sloppy and has severely weakened"

"Well, I am sure you will find a way to convince him, my love. Right now I just want to enjoy this moment with you"

"I will not argue with my Queen any further. Say, we should probably head back to the bedroom my love"

"My my, you sure are smooth Mr. Agnarr Haugen"

I don't know if something happened but Iduna-san seems a bit happier these past few days than she was in our first couple of meetings, which is an improvement, to say the least. Because while I did like talking to her back then, all she really did was sit around and ask me to do something and whenever we talk for what she considered to be too long, she snaps at me. Now she doesn't do any of that, she still scolds me like she's my mom or something, but she doesn't do it as much as she used to. It's kinda creeping me out a bit, to be honest, even the way she talks now seems a lot more cheerful than back then.

And she no longer gets mad at me if I accidentally fall asleep whenever she's explaining something to me. She just wakes me up calmly instead of punishing me for it and she doesn't boss me around as much. It's not my fault that learning a new language gets boring sometimes. I still want to learn, but it gets tiring when you are forced to write and say the same damn words over and over. Today she asked me to write a story to see how much I've improved over the past week but I take my eyes off away from what I was currently writing so I could as her what all the fuss was about.

"I-Iduna-san is something the matter?"

"Why do you ask?"

"It's just, you seem a lot more happy than you were a few days ago"

"Oh, you have noticed?"

"Well, you don't sound as bossy as you normally were and you don't sound like you're about to cry so I'd say yeah, I did notice"

"Well, I guess you could blame my husband for my less reclusive attitude lately"

I was right, Agnarr-san did have something to do with this. I guess what I said to Agnarr-san the other day did manage to get through to him, good that he finally did something to show how much he loves Iduna-san again. What she said stopped me from whatever it was I was writing.

"I should thank you"

"For what?"

"I do not feel as neglected much anymore and he has mentioned that it was you who managed to convince him to do so. With that, I thank you Naruto"

"Don't mention it"

Good for him, now he finally sees how much his wife really misses him and he is at least trying to get close to her again. That brings me one step closer to my plan, all I need now is to fully recover from all of these injuries and then I'll show them what I'm really made of. We then continued the lesson and she's really surprised that I'm learning much faster than I should.

After the lesson was over, I asked Gerda if we could go to the dining hall because I was hungry. She agreed to accompany me as we left Iduna-san in the library, she said Agnarr-san was going to fetch her there. As Gerda and I walked around the halls, I never really noticed how really big this castle is until now. Seriously, nothing back home comes close to how big this place is, too bad there aren't many people around here, though. It would be fun to throw a party in a place like this or something.

As we got to the dining hall, Gerda asked me to take a seat at a table next to the window while she goes and gets my food. By the way, the food they are forcing me to eat here taste awful, the only good ones they give me are the cakes and even then, the ones back home taste better. It's one of the reasons why I want to go home so badly, I miss my lovely ramen-ttebayo!

I wake up in my room kind of hungry so I decided to go to the dining hall to get something to eat. I quickly fix my clothes and hair in my room and then I was off skipping to the dining hall. I opened the door to it and to my surprise Naruto was there too. Naruto was his name if I remember? Anyway, so I entered the dining hall where I think he's asking for some food like me. He didn't seem to notice me as he continued to look out the window.

I went to the kitchen to ask for some food and the chef nodded at me. After that, I had no problem coming over towards him with a blush on her face. I still remember calling him cute by accident, it's not my fault that I think he's cute. It's the first time I've ever seen a boy who is not a servant in a very long time. I had no idea what to say, literally, because he can only understand so much of what I say in Norwegian. So I decided to speak to him in the language he is most familiar with.

"Mama told me you speak Japanese"

He looked at me with widened eyes, I finally got his attention. I Japanese like my parents do. Both Mama and Papa were forced to learn different languages and it helped them quite a lot during their travels, so both they decided to teach me and Elsa when we were younger different languages as well. My Japanese is not as good as Mama or Papa's but it's a start. I had a little bit of trouble pronouncing each word I said but he seemed to have understood it fine.

"Y-yeah I do-ttebayo"

"Tte-ba-yo?"

"What?"

"That word, what does it mean?"

"I-I don't know what you're talking about-ttebayo"

"Hey, you said it again!"

"Stop it-ttebayo!"

"I'll stop if you tell me what that word means"

"I-I don't know, I just picked it up from my mom okay-ttebayo"

I just reacted with a laugh and his face was red as a tomato. He looks even cuter now that he's embarrassed. I then take a seat right in front of him and I noticed those strange markings on his face. I focused on them closely as I tried to understand what they were. I was so busy examining those markings that I didn't notice that his blush grew even wider.

"W-what are you staring at?!"

"What are those?"

"Huh?"

"Those lines on your face"

"I-I was born with them"

"Can I touch them?"

"Absolutely not-ttebayo! My face is off limits"

"You and I are the same"

"What do you mean?"

"See this white streak in my hair? I was born with it"

He just sat there, not responding to what I said but it seemed like he was thinking of something. He and I are similar in a lot of ways but he's just so cute even if he's older than me. Mama told me not to think about marrying him one day in the library because I am too young for him. But not only is he cute, but he's also funny when he gets mad. Just before I could ask him another question, Gerda came by to our table. She then spoke to me in Norwegian which I forgot for a moment because I was too busy speaking in Japanese.

"Princess Anna, I did not expect to see you here"

"Likewise Gerda, what are you and Naruto doing here?"

"Master Naruto has requested for food as he was hungry"

"Oh okay"

I can tell he's definitely feeling awkward around me. I probably should tone down my questions then. Still, I still think he's funny and I won't mind spending more time with him. Since Elsa won't talk to me like she used to, then I'll just have to play with Naruto instead. I won't get another chance like this so I won't let it slip from my fingertips.

"I-if you do not mind princess, I would like to borrow this young man back. His injuries are in need of treatment"

"Oh, I don't mind at all"

Darn, I was hoping to spend some more time with him. With a simple nod from me to Gerda, she and Naruto left the dining hall. At least Naruto knows I speak Japanese now, that is a start. I have to continue working on my Japanese if I want our future encounters to be less awkward. With all of that said, the chef then brings me my food and I quickly finish it. I am now heading towards the library where I see Mama reading a book. I then went over to her because I am going to try and ask her to teach me Japanese.

Man, Anna was a handful. She kinda reminds me of Konohamaru but as a girl to be honest. She is cute and energetic but I'm not sure if it's gonna work out. Plus I still need to talk to Hinata about what her confession back home.

I'm now heading back to the infirmary with Gerda where she could treat my injuries as usual. She then makes me lay down on the bed where she could rub some ointment on the scars and bruises I got from battling Sasuke. Speaking of Sasuke, I wonder what happened to him. Was he transported here as well? Because if he was, I probably would have sensed his chakra a long time ago, then again I can't really use any of my techniques due to my body being badly beaten up and Kurama is still asleep.

Which reminds me, once he wakes up, I'm going to ask him if he knows where Arendelle is. Since he was friends with the Sage of the Six Paths, maybe he has an idea where I ended up. Once I'm fully healed, I'm gonna go back to training and then I'll talk to Agnarr-san about sending me home as soon as possible.

Just then, a sudden knock on the door quickly alerted me and Gerda and I was surprised to see who it was. It was Anna, goddamnit how persistent can she be? Gerda nodded at her and then got out of the room to give us some privacy. She came over to the bed and was blushing because she was carrying something that I assume is intended for me.

"Hey Naruto, I just got back from the library and I wanted to give you this"

I don't know how but her Japanese seems a lot more fluent than it was earlier. Of course, she still needed a little more work because the way she pronounces some words is just grating on the ears. I'm guessing Iduna-san had something to do with why she suddenly can speak better, though. Anyway, she was carrying some kind of box that smelled delicious. Maybe there is food inside of it. She gave it to me as I slowly sat back up and opened it. As I finished opening it, I saw chocolate cake inside of it, I looked at her in shock and she just smiled at me.

"It's chocolate cake, I hope you like it. I don't know what your favorite food is but chocolate is my favorite so I thought I'd share it with you"

Wow, can this girl talk or what? I did not understand half of what she said due to how fast she talked but still, I can sense that she genuinely wants to make friends with me. Anyway, I don't even know if I should even consider befriending Anna. Because if I do, once I go home, she'd feel heartbroken. She already lost her sister in her life, I don't want to make her feel worse than she already does.

She then took out a couple of forks that she was carrying and she gave me one, she was asking me to eat it with her. I don't know if I should accept this, this is the first time a girl has ever offered me food before. Just then, Anna took a piece with her fork and shoved it into her mouth and I gotta admit, she looks cute while chewing. Her cheeks look like they belong to a frog or something, it's not supposed to get that big. She saw me staring at her and she quickly turned around and covered her fully red face.

"Sorry, I tend to eat first and talk later"

"I-it's okay, I've never really had food like this before?"

"Really? How can you live without chocolate?"

"Uh...by eating other types of food, and besides, Ramen is probably better than chocolate"

"How could say that! That behavior will not be tolerated"

"Will you just eat the damn thing or not"

"No, not until you apologize"

Okay, I take it back. She may be cute and all but she's stubborn as hell. Like I said, she's like Konohamaru except a girl. Still, I don't want to disappoint her so I took my fork and jammed it into the cake and quickly ate a piece. Once I tasted it, it's not as bad as I thought it was gonna be, it's still not as good as Ramen but I still liked the taste. Anna, however, took this as a competition as she quickly took like half of the cake by herself. I'm not known to back down from a challenge so I take my fork and tried to eat as much as she could. Ultimately, I lost while Anna just jumped around in the room cheering, she looked so happy.

I keep forgetting that she never had anyone to play with here in the castle for years, maybe I should try and be gentle with her...

"Hey Anna, is this the first time you've ever had fun in a while?"

Crap! I didn't mean to say that. She then stopped jumping around and turned to me. She looked sad, damn, I never should have asked that.

"Well, I don't know what happened but Mama and Papa for some reason separated me from Elsa when we were younger. I had no idea what it was about but it feels awful"

"I'm sorry to hear that"

"No it's fine, what matters is right now, we can still have fun and..."

She tried to cover it up with a fake smile, and I recognize it when I see one. After all, Sai was a master when it comes to faking smiles. It was obvious that she didn't want to talk about it so I put my hand over her shoulder and she just looked at me with her widened eyes.

"Hey, I know exactly what you're going through. I spent most of my childhood alone as well"

"Really? Why?"

"Well..."

We spent the past thirty minutes with me talking about my childhood and how awful it was. I told her about Iruka-sensei, Sasuke and anything I could think of regarding my past when I was a kid before graduating from the academy. Sure I also didn't want to talk about it but I feel like at this exact moment, Anna needed someone to lean onto, literally. She fell asleep on my shoulder before I could even finish my story, probably tired from all that jumping around and I just smiled at her. Gerda then came back to the room and had another servant carry her back to her room where she could rest.

To be honest, I don't mind spending time with Anna again. Sure she can be stubborn and can be kinda annoying, but she reminds me of myself when I was younger as well. If I've ever had a little sister, I feel like this is it. Anna sure does feel like the younger sister I never had.

Author's Notes: for those who might ask, there will be no love triangle between Naruto, Elsa and Anna. There will be drama involving the three of them but no love triangle. Because I don't really like using that cliche in any of my stories and I think it is such a cheap way to add drama.

Anyway, I noticed that the past chapters have been full of drama regarding Agnarr and Iduna's marriage, with this chapter I decided to go with a more lighthearted tone to take a break from all the angst that was happening in the previous chapters. The italicized words in Agnarr and Iduna's perspectives means that they are flashbacks.

Sasuke will not make an appearance yet because I have something planned for him later in this story but I will say that he will play a major role in the future.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Reviews are more than welcome and can be very helpful. Anyways, cheers.