What Gwen was learning was that even if you went back on that "I'm better than my hormones" bit this week, it didn't matter if you thought you fixed everything, it came back. So when marched into the common room ready to be grouchy and hate everything some more... and she walked into a party
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Plus the bit of making out that she'd done made Rapunzel want more, sometimes, in an abstract and far-away sort of way.
"I bet it's...nice with someone you love," she added on a moony sigh. "I mean, when you're married and all."
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She'd also lost the ability to speak for a couple of minutes. Hans had game.
"I didn't realize people here ... did that," she said, frowning suddenly. "Wait, my sister ... she has a boyfriend. You don't think ..."
Sooooo. There was something that could freeze her libido today. That was interesting.
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Sorry, Barry. Rapunzel was just going to assume you were built like a Ken doll, forever, for her own sanity.
"Plus there's, you know." She raised her eyebrows, because obviously Elsa's sister would know about her secret.
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The flutter of her hands dispelled the last of her concerns. See? Right. Totally not something that would ever happen.
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...surely she knew the other thing, right?
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"The whatever-it-is that she's so afraid of," Anna said, unaware that her fingers were clasping tightly around her own upper arms. She felt a sudden chill. "Where she thinks she hurt me, once, but it was just some kind of an accident, and she blames herself, and she locks herself away. That other thing."
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"You don't know," she said, probably unnecessarily. "I thought you knew -- about that. I didn't know she'd hurt you, though."
And she couldn't help the way her eyes flicked to the streak in Anna's hair. She could make her guesses, there.
"I promised her I wouldn't tell," she murmured, wincing a little. "I'm -- I'm sorry."
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She didn't want Rapunzel to feel uncomfortable, or to violate a confidence, but ...
"My whole life, no one has ever told me," she said. "All I knew was that something was wrong. Please."
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Especially since Anna had been the one to tell her something she'd been wondering her whole life.
"But I promised. And...and it's not my secret," she added, opening her eyes apologetically. "I'm so sorry, Anna. Elsa needs to be the one to tell you, and if she's not ready, then I can't...it's not right for me to do it for her. I promised."
And she didn't break her promises. Ever.
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But she was strengthening her resolve. She needed answers. Soon.
"I-is it bad, though?" she asked. "No. Sorry. You probably can't answer that. I just mean -- is she okay?"
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She paused, worrying her lower lip for a moment before offering, "She showed me to make me feel better about, um, a secret that I have, actually? And...and that was really nice of her, because it did make me feel better, but I don't think she would've told me otherwise."
She glanced around, and added, "And that -- my secret? I can show you. Later. Not here. It's kind of a show-not-telling thing."
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