In which Elsa doesn’t want to take her medicine and Anna makes her. From chapter 24 of this.
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Kai jumped in surprise, dropping the salad plate in his hand at the angry shout echoing throughout the castle. He quickly calmed himself before looking sadly at the pieces of broken porcelain at his feet. Luckily there were eight thousand others, so it wasn't that big of a loss.
The head butler sighed. Here we go again…
He peaked his head into the hallway at the familiar sound of running feet on carpet. He wasn't surprised in the least when it was quickly followed by a surprised scream and a metal crash. The newest addition to the castle's residents rolled on the floor past him with one of the kitchen staff before the two halted in a tangled heap, a metal basin rolling across the carpet while its light purple contents dripped from the disgruntled bundle.
Still clad in her light grey pajama pants and shirt, Elsa cradled her broken arm to her chest from the sudden jarring of her fall. She winced heavily, but she still tried to scramble to her feet and continue her sprint. Her head whipped up to the opposite end of the hallway and paled to a ghostly white. Furiously approaching stomps and angry muttering quickly closed in on the blonde.
Kai watched in slight amusement as Elsa cowered against the wall, not bothering to continue her vain attempt at escape. "A-Anna," she stuttered in a cracking voice, trying to smile. "I-I was just—"
"What the hell are you doing?!" the redhead screamed. She leered up to the blonde, fury cracking around her like static. "You are supposed to be in bed!"
Elsa swallowed hard. A cold sweat beaded on her forehead. "I-I was, I swear! I just—" The blonde yelped when a vice grip on her good arm began dragging her back down the hall.
"Dr. Geri said bedrest for six weeks! Six weeks! Has it been six weeks?! No!"
Elsa feebly reached in the direction of the castle door as Anna dragged her down the hall. "I swear I'm fine! Please, I can't stay in here anymore!"
"Don't give me that bullshit, Elsa! Your arm is still in a splint, and gods know what damage you have that we can't see! To bed with you!"
Kai shook his head, bending down to pick up the broken pieces of plate as Elsa's desperate pleas faded down the hall. It was her third escape attempt this week, but he had to give her credit for trying. An angry Anna was not a force to be reckoned with. She almost got to the door this time...
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Anna all but threw Elsa back into her bed and pulled the torn up covers over her body. The blonde fitfully kicked her legs, nearly knocking the blankets off the bed.
"Too hot," she whined. She sat up in bed to get up. "Maybe a little time out in the snow will—"
"No." Anna gently yet forcefully pressed her back against the bed, tucking the blanket around her up to her chin. "Cool yourself off and deal with it. You still have one more week." The redhead plopped onto the stool at Elsa's bedside and picked up a dark bottle from the nightstand. She held it up against the candlelight before turning to glare at the blonde in her bed. "Did you take your medicine?"
Anna cocked an eyebrow. "Elsa…," she said in a warning tone.
The blonde crossed her arms over her blanket and furrowed her brow. "I took my medicine," she ground out.
"Did you take the medicine Dr. Geri gave you?"
Elsa huffed and looked away.
Anna put her hands on her hips and scowled. "Elsa!"
Elsa whipped her head towards her. "I am not drinking that demon juice! You can't trust something that doesn't have a scent, Anna! It's not natural!"
Groaning, Anna squeezed the bridge of her nose and grit her teeth, trying to calm the need to scream and whack some sense into the woman that she had to remind herself that she loved. "You can't just drink that backwoods grass water crap that you make, Elsa. That's fine for if you're in the middle of nowhere, but you need real medicine. You're wounds are serious." She grabbed the bottle of medicine and yanked off its cork before scooping a spoonful of its contents. Anna struggled to contain her grimace. She knew from experience that what it lacked in scent, it certainly made up in taste and texture.
She held out the spoonful of dark-colored liquid to Elsa. "Take it."
Anna's shoulders sagged. "Come on, Elsa. Don't you want to get better?"
She held out the spoon further. "Take it." The blonde stared straight at the ceiling, not even sparing her a glance. Anna waved the spoon in front of her face. "If you take it, I'll give you chocolateeee."
Elsa knocked the spoon out of her hand, the utensil and its contents dropping to the floor. "I said no!"
Anna blinked in surprise at the sudden lash out. Elsa glared at her for a second longer before she pointedly turned away on her side. True, the blonde was healed for the most part, her bandages were mostly off and her arm was nearly healed, but she wasn't quite at a hundred percent. Anna didn't quite understand why Elsa was so adamant in insisting that nothing was wrong.
But then again, being inside for so long has made her rather moody.
The redhead released a heavy defeated sigh. "I'm sorry, Elsa…" She gently placed a hand on Elsa's side, rubbing up and down apologetically. She nearly instantly felt the tension in Elsa's muscles melt under her ministrations, but she still didn't turn to look at her. "If you don't want to take it, fine. I'm sorry." Her rubs gradually turned into soft scratches, something that Anna learned very quickly was one of Elsa's favorite things. "Please forgive me?"
Elsa stubbornly tried to stay angry, but the lull of Anna's voice and the sincerity of her touch made her put her guard down. She let herself enjoy the soft scratches for a minute longer before she heard the clink of glass on wood when Anna put the medicine back on the nightstand. When she felt the hand on her side stop and gently pull her back onto her back, she let herself be moved with the force like a ragdoll, coming face to face with grinning teal.
Any surprised thought Elsa might have formed from the redhead's suddenly close appearance evaporated when a hand slowly trailed up her arm, fingers barely grazing over her skin in a way that instantly gave her goosebumps. She sucked in a sharp cold breath, gawking slightly at darkening teal eyes. Anna pressed a soft, teasing kiss at the corner of her mouth. The touch was faint and lingering, just out of reach of Elsa's lips. Not being one to like a tease, Elsa turned her head to kiss her properly. She nearly whined in aroused frustration when she felt Anna smirk, adamantly keeping her lips closed and keeping the kiss chaste.
Elsa kissed and nibbled on the redhead's bottom lip in a silent request for entrance. Anna must have felt the growing need in the act, for she simply laughed and skimmed her lips away to kiss the corner of her mouth again. Elsa chased after her. She probed with tongue and all manner manipulating against Anna's lips for the redhead to give in to her.
Anna suddenly pressed hard against her lips, forcing her head back against the mattress and opening her mouth in a surprisingly deep kiss. Elsa's initial happiness broke and shattered like a window struck by a stone when she felt bitter lukewarm liquid pooling at the back of her throat from Anna's open mouth.
The blonde immediately tried to push her off, but Anna had managed to pin her wrists above her head in her distraction, making any movement to free herself painful on her still broken forearm. She growled and tried to turn her head away but Anna simply pressed her harder into the pillow as soon as she moved.
Anna waited for every last drop of medicine to fall from her mouth into Elsa's. It tasted disgusting, but the kiss seemed to dull the effect, for her at least. She slid her tongue over Elsa's in apology, using her free hand to stroke down Elsa's throat to encourage her to swallow. The growling blonde resisted valiantly, but eventually Anna's coaxing overcame her, and she gulped down the scentless liquid.
Anna pulled away and wiped her smirk on the back of her hand, Elsa sitting up and gagging and coughing dramatically.
"That wasn't so hard, now was it?"
Elsa shot her an icy glare. "I hate you."
Anna smiled. "Love you too, hun. Now please just stay here and stay out of trouble. I told the guards to let me know if you try to leave," she said over her shoulder as she made for the door. "I'll be back as soon as I'm done with my—"
"No!" Elsa jumped out of bed, scrambling to Anna's side. She clutched her arm pleadingly. "Anna, please, I can't live like this anymore! I've been stuck in this room for weeks!"
Anna was not amused. "Now you're just be over-dramatic. You have not been trapped in here, Elsa. You need bedrest, and the bed just happens to be in this room."
Elsa shook her arm, looking increasingly like a pouting child. "At least just let me come with you," she pleaded, burying her face against Anna's shoulder. "Please?"
Anna rolled her eyes. "Fine…," she sighed. Elsa sprang up at the admission, nearly bouncing in place. It was weird to see her so hyper, but she supposed all that pent up energy wasn't an exaggeration after all. "You can come with me, but that's it. You are to sit or lie down or stand or…Just don't do anything to hurt yourself, okay? You're seriously not better yet, and I don't want to see you injured more than you already are."
Elsa rapidly nodded her head. "Yes yes! Anything!" she all but purred. "I'll take anything I can get, just get me out of this bloody room!"
