"Kristoff.." Came her muffled voice. She sounded broken-hearted. "I'm sorry."

"Oh Anna, It's not your fault I'm such an introverted loner. I'm the one who should be sorry. I know how much you hate to be alone, I really do. And it's completely understandable after being cooped up in this place with no one to talk to! You are the most important thing in my life and I don't ever want to make you hurt. I won't ever lock you out, or turn you away forever. Please understand that you will never be truly lone again, neither Elsa nor I will allow it. I can't promise that I won't need my space sometimes, but I will always, always, come back for you.

"I know Kristoff -"

"and I'm so sorry that I lost my temper with you. It's just this place drives me insane sometimes, all marble walls and fancy furnishings and five course meals."

"Kristoff..."

"I know I should have just told you but I didn't want you to think it was you that I was uncomfortable with, this is your world and I'm trying so hard to embrace it-"

"KRISTOFF WILL YOU LISTEN TO ME!"

Her outburst pulled him out of his fretful monologue and he looked down at her face. Was she ... smiling?

"Kristoff, if you had just given me a chance to speak to you this morning, you would have known that I am totally aware that you are struggling here. I'm not completely oblivious, you know. I know I can be full on and that I'm a whirlwind or whatever, and I understand that we differ in lots of different aspects. I got upset because ... well because you are supposed to talk to me about the things that bother you, that's what love is. Keeping things hidden from the people you love is just a recipe for disaster. And I'm quite sure I have amazing first hand experience in that field, don't you agree? Both you and Elsa need to understand that I don't always need to be protected. Just be frank with me."

he was sure his face was an absolute mask of awe at the words that had just come out of her mouth, who knew she could be so ... wise? He had always pegged that as a trait of Elsa's.

"And as for trying to embrace my life. Don't. I love you, sami, mountain man, ice harvester raised by trolls, not grumpy, claustrophobic, wannabe prince."

Wannabe Prince. Huh, guess I deserved that. Even so, he couldn't help but try to justify himself. "I thought it was what you wanted..."

"Oh Kristoff, why on earth would I want something that makes you so unhappy?" she replied simply. Then she took his hand and started to pull him towards the door.

Panic gripped him for a moment, was she kicking him out? No. Apparently not as she was now leading him out of her room and down the hallway toward a staircase that seemed to lead outside, but he was unsure. He had never been much further down this wing than Anna's room. Watching her, he tried to gauge her mood. If he didn't know better, he would say she seemed excited, an echo of her mood the day she had led him to his replacement sled.

His assumptions about their destination was correct, soon enough, she led him outside to a wild garden at the back of the castle.

"Close your eyes!" she commanded in her most Princess-like voice.

Without question or hesitation he did as told. He heard her chuckle and then felt her slender fingers entwine with his once more as she pulled him further through the meadow. After a few more minutes, His booted feet began to walk on something infinitely comforting and familiar; snow. In September? He felt a small smile spread across his lips. Elsa.

Suddenly Anna's grip slipped from his, and reaching out for her, he heard her shout, once again in that commanding tone, to keep his eyes shut. 10 seconds later, something cold and compact smacked right into his face and he fell back in surprise, opening his eyes he saw Anna standing a few meters away another snowball in hand poised to hit him again. Laughing he jumped to his feet and dodged the oncoming attack, as he swiveled to avoid her onslaught, His eye caught an oblong shape sitting humbly just 50 yards away, his jaw dropped as he realised what it was.

Anna, came to stand beside him and took his hand. "It used to be the home of the groundskeeper here, but this part of the gardens were never really used after the gates were closed, and so he was moved into one of the rooms in the servants quarters to tend the walled gardens within the castle."

It was a beautifully simple log cabin, not dissimilar to the one Kristoff rented whilst on long ice hauls in the mountains, he could see smoke rising from the chimney and turned to Anna with an eyebrow raised.

"Elsa had plans to re-open this garden and move the groundskeeper back in, but as it turns out he's much happier where he is so ... I asked her for a favour, and last night Sven helped me move your more 'simple' possessions in. There's a stable out back, so he's already settled in. The place was going to fall into ruin so .. don't think of it as a gift if you don't want to, you could look at it as ... recycling? I just figured you might like something more 'you' than your room inside, and now I guess you have somewhere to go when you want to be alone, and I know that it's still super close to the castle but I remembered you mentioning when you first moved in that you preferred to be close to me, but if you'd rather go further away then that's totally -"

He silenced her rambling with a kiss, swinging her up off the ground much like the last time she had given him a surprise 'gift'

She giggled, "Do you like it?"

"Oh, Anna its perfect."

"And its not too close to the castle?"

"Of course not, I like seeing you everyday, silly."

"Just not, every minute of every day, right?"

"Sometimes, sometimes not. I'll get used to being more social, I promise."

"And I promise to try and be less ... of a whirlwind."

"I like hurricane Anna. She keeps me on my toes. Love isn't easy feisty pants. But we'll get there."

He looked down at his feet and then up to the clouds which were a lot darker over his cabin.

"My own personal flurry?" He chuckled.

"That was actually Elsa's idea. She guessed it would make it feel more like home."

"Anna, you are my home."

And with that, he hurled a large snowball in her face.

Ah, sweet payback.

A/N: What did you guys think? A fitting end or no? I'm sorry I took so long to post this time. Let me know if you want more Frozen Fics. Thanks for all the favs follows and reviews. Love to you all xoxo