lays on the floor in Thora's living room, watching Frigga nibble happily at a piece of cardboard.
watches her from the kitchen, trying to be sneaky about it.
"Can you bring me some coffee while you're in there?"
grumbles darkly under her breath, but obliges, appearing in the living room a few moments later with a cup.
glances at her. "...I was joking but thank you."
tries to suppress a blush and glares. "I'll drink it then."
rolls a cardboard tube towards Frigga, barely hiding a smirk.
defiantly sips from both of the cups in her hands.
"Are you sure you can handle that much caffeine?"
scoffs. "With how long I've been drinking coffee, do you honestly think the caffeine affects me?"
hums under her breath. She was having fun giving her a hard time.
Thora
was
not having fun with this. Though she had missed it, none-the-less.
glances at her. She might have been smiling...
Thora
is
determined not to smile back, so she takes a large drink of coffee instead.
moves Frigga so that they are both looking at Thora.
stubbornly looks away.
hums. "Say hello, Frigga." She waves the rabbit's paw at Thora.
huffs and takes another drink from both of the glasses.
"Do you want some coffee, Frigga?"
"Bunnies can't have coffee!"
hums. "That doesn't mean they can't want to drink coffee."
grumbles. "You shouldn't offer someone something that they can't have!! That's teasing them!!"
"I was simply asking her if she would like to have some if she happened to be able to drink it."
huffs grumpily and walks towards the couch to sit down.
picks up the rabbit and walks over to Thora.
tries her hardest to ignore her by drinking from both coffee cups.
stares at her, Frigga starting to nibble at a longer strand of Gjertrud's hair.
continues to stubbornly ignore the other, occasionally glancing up to glare because she needed to make sure Gjertrud knew she was ignoring her.
slowly starts to smirk.
tries not to allow her cheeks to tinge a darker shade of pink as she quickly looks away from the smirk.
"You can't ignore me very well if you keep glaring at me."
"I'm not glaring at you."
"Of course you aren't."
Thora
is
satisfied that she agreed with her, though it only took her a moment to realize that she was probably being sarcastic. "I'm not."
hides a grin behind her hand.
looks away and sulks, taking a drink of her coffee.
watches her.
looks back at her and glares with red cheeks. "You're so annoying!"
blinks at her innocently. "I'm not doing anything."
groans in frustration and storms out of the room with the two cups of coffee.
hides another smile and follows her.
grumpily sets the cups on the counter of the kitchen.
leans against the door frame and watches.
Thora
is
"ignoring" her and rinsing out the cups to get rid of the now cold coffee.
keeps watching her, wondering how long Thora could 'ignore' her.
spent as long as humanly possible trying to wash the cups. This was probably the cleanest they've ever been.
"You're going to break them if they get cleaned anymore."
glares. "They can't break from cleaning!"
nods. "Of course not." She hides a smirk behind her hand.
accidentally drops one of the glasses on to the ground because it was too slippery from the water and soap, it shattered loudly.
...refrains from saying anything and goes to grab a broom.
starts to pick up the pieces with her bare, soapy hands.
walks over with the broom. "Here, I'll get it."
drops a piece as she accidentally gets a shard in her finger.
frowns and drops the broom, reaching for Thora's arm. "Don't move."
whines. "I'm fine."
leads her to the sink.
groans in embarrassment, but also because the small trickle of blood on her finger made her think that she may be dying.
frowns and starts to wash her finger. "You'll be okay."
whines dramatically.
finishes washing her finger and opens a cabinet under the sink, pulling out a first aid kit.
wrinkles her nose. "Gjertrud, I don't need that."
pulls out a bandage with bunnies printed on it.
stares.
puts it on Thora's finger with a very serious expression.
rolls her eyes. "You didn't even kiss it better."
...leans in to kiss her cheek.
wrinkles her nose.
"Did that help?"
huffs. "I was fine to begin with."
nuzzles her cheek. "Just making sure."
grumbles darkly, still feeling embarrassed.
steps away from her and finishes cleaning up the glass.
watches her. "What did you do with the bunny?"
...blinks and looks around. Frigga sits near the kitchen door, nibbling at the cord to a lamp.
blinks. "... Is that safe?"
rushes over to the rabbit and picks her up. "No."
rolls her eyes.
sighs and holds Frigga close. "She's usually well behaved."
quirks a brow. "I'm sure."
sighs and walks Frigga over to her cage.
watches her from the corners of her eyes.
sets the rabbit down before walking back towards Thora.
watched her curiously.
hums under her breath.
continues to watch her, expecting something to happen.
doesn't do anything, she just looks at Thora.
Thora
has
to look away, fidgeting a little under her gaze.
smiles at her faintly.
huffs quietly. "How's she been?"
glances back at the rabbit. "Fine. I've been giving her lots of attention, so she's happy."
nods. "That's... good?"
shrugs. "I guess..."
shifts a bit awkwardly. "Were you hungry or anything?"
shakes her head. "I'm fine."
nods slowly, unsure of what to offer now.
"Want some coffee?"
shakes her head. "I just had two cups... I think I've had enough."
nods slowly. "Do you mind if I make some for myself?"
watches her with a straight face. "Yes."
..."Then I won't."
... "Good!"
stands in silence.
stares at her.
stares back.
looks away with a scoff. "I don't care if you make some."
shakes her head. "You don't want me to, so I will not."
"I was being facetious."
shrugs. "I just thought of it as something to do."
"Did you want to do something else?"
"If you want to."
"What do you want to do?"
glances outside. "Want to go for a hike?"
shrugs. "Sure."
nods and walks over to a closet, pulling out her hiking boots.
walks next to her to get her own boots. "Let's go to hot springs. I haven't been to any in a while."
nods and pulls out her backpack. "I'll pack some extra clothes, then."
almost smiles. "Okay."
notices and nearly smiles herself before starting to pack.
goes to the kitchen to get them some water bottles for the trip, then carries them in to Gjertrud.
nods in thanks and tucks them away before slinging the backpack on. "Ready?"
nods. "I was ready ages ago. You're the one taking forever."
...decides against saying anything to that and starts walking out.
smirks faintly and follows after her.
starts out on one of her favorite paths towards the hot springs.
happily walks besides her, swinging her hands as she walks.
hadn't been hiking as much lately and was looking forward to spending time with Thora.
had been avoiding hiking lately, but was looking forward to going with Gjertrud. Though, she may have been inching closer to her with each step.
noticed and doesn't react to it, not wanting to scare her away.
figures if she walks closer to Gjertrud, the elves will be distracted by her and kidnap the Norwegian instead.
would protect her from any elves.
would hold her to that.
wasn't going to let anything happen to Thora again.
would trust her...
would keep her safe no matter what.
hoped so. She reached her hand out, casually lacing her fingers through Gjertrud's while staring straight ahead as though she was doing nothing.
glances at their hands and barely keeps from grinning.
wouldn't have noticed even if she was grinning; she refused to look at Gjertrud.
squeezes her hand lightly. "It is nice out today."
nods silently, happy to be out in nature again.
swings their arms a little and glances at Thora. "I've really missed this."
refuses to smile in response. "Me too..."
watches her for a bit before looking back to the path. She thought Thora was cute when she tried to be stoic.
didn't think it was cute at all! And she did not appreciate Gjertrud staring, it made her cheeks turn a traitorous shade of red.
wasn't staring. She was just observing. She looks away when Thora starts to blush. Cuuutteee....
Thora
is
pretty sure that counts as staring... stupid Gjertrud purposely making her blush.
thought the blushing was just a nice coincidence.
somehow doubts that...
liked seeing her blush but wouldn't make her do so. At least not all the time...
wouldn't trust that, either...
hadn't that time. She was just enjoying Thora's company.
Thora
was
enjoying Gjertrud's company as well, and tightened her fingers around the other's as they walked, still refusing to look at her.
squeezes Thora's fingers lightly. She had missed talking walks with her like this.
had missed doing most things with Gjertrud, but particularly nice walks. She smiled faintly as she felt Gjertrud's fingers squeeze her own.
hums faintly and glances at her from the corner of her eye. She liked seeing Thora smile.
Thora
was
, luckily for both of them, oblivious to Gjertrud seeing her smile, and continued to walk along contently, her smile growing ever-so-slightly at the sound of Gjertrud
Gjertrud's humming*
can't help but smile as well...
"You should sing more." She hums off-handedly, swinging their hands a bit as they walked.
glances at her, caught a little off guard. "Sing? I don't know..."
shrugs. "Your voice isn't horrible."
shrugs. "I don't like talking, why should singing be different?"
"What if I asked you to?"
stays quiet for a moment before answering. "Would you ask me to?"
shrugs. "What if I did?"
"If you wanted me to, I would..."
"I don't want to force you to." She shrugged. "Right now."
watches her for a bit. "I wouldn't mind singing for you. Just tell me when you want me to."
blinks. "I don't care. Anything is fine."
..."Maybe I will sing later." She started to feel a bit nervous about it.
nods. "Okay."
Gjertrud
feels
a bit less nervous now.
tightens her fingers in Gjertrud's and starts to walk a bit more quickly, growing impatient to reach their destination.
doesn't think that they have much further to go. She squeezes Thora's hand lightly as they round the corner and the spring comes into sight.
picks up her pace with a slight spring in her step. "C'mon. You're walking too slow."
speeds up to keep with Thora's pace. "It's not going to disappear in the next few seconds."
"You don't know that! It could!"
laughs under her breath. "Of course."
huffs indignantly as she lets go of Gjertrud's hand to set down her bag.
sets her own bag aside and starts pulling off her own shirt.
sighs, and sits down to rummage through her bag.
strips and hops right into the water.
pauses for a moment before doing the same, humming quietly under her breath as she sunk under the warm water.
relaxes in the water, closing her eyes and enjoying the warmth.
stretches out contently, accidentally kicking Gjertrud.
blinks over at her and kicks her in return.