Author's Note: This is my first Hijack or Frostcup fanfiction. It's in its early stages right now, so any feedback people would be willing to give would be much appreciated! I hope you like it, and if you toss me a review, I'll love you forever!

Warnings: None for this chapter. Later chapters will have sections with higher ratings.

Disclaimer: Clearly, I do not own the rights to these characters.

1. How to Meet Your Roommate

Hiccup took a deep breath and raised his hand to the door. He'd never liked meeting new people, and he wasn't at all excited about meeting the stranger he would be living with for the next year. He would rather just stay in the stable with Toothless, but his father insisted that he at least attempt to look normal. He was at the Academy of Draconic Research to represent Berk, after all.

He finally stopped stalling and knocked on the door. No answer. He knocked again. Still nothing.

"Hello?" he called hesitantly. "Hey, uh, it's me, your new roommate." He waited a couple of minutes and then finally tried the knob. Unlocked.

Hiccup slowly opened the door to see an empty common room. There were a couple of cardboard boxes on the couch, so he guessed someone must be here. He was both relieved that he could put off, at least for a little longer, an awkward first meeting and nervous because he had the absurd notion that something was going to jump out at him.

"Boo!"

Hiccup let out a very un-vikingly shriek. He whirled about to see a tall boy laughing.

"You should see your face!" he chuckled.

Hiccup just stared in confusion. After the other boy realized Hiccup wasn't going to laugh he stopped laughing himself and cleared his throat.

"Sorry, I guess that wasn't the best way to introduce myself. I'm Jack," he said with a smile. "Jack Frost."

Hiccup shook his extended hand, but wore a distrustful expression. "Really?"

"Yes, really! I used to be a guardian, in fact," he said proudly.

"A guardian of what?" he asked, wondering if there was going to be a bad punch line and if he should just drop it.

"Of winter and fun, of course. You know, Jack Frost?"

He certainly looked the part. He had pale skin, bright blue eyes, and snow white hair. His clothing, however-a plain light blue hoodie and grey pants-was very anti-climactic and not at all legend-inspiring.

"Well," Hiccup said awkwardly. "Nice to meet you, then, Mr. Frost."

"Just Jack," he said. "We're around the same age, you know. Well, we look around the same age anyway. And I've been told my maturity level is that of a teen, too, so..."

Hiccup decided not to ask questions. He really just wanted to get settled in his own room and enjoy the rare opportunity for alone time. He was looking down at his shoes trying to decide how to politely end the conversation when he noticed it was suddenly quiet.

Jack waved a hand in front of his face. "You still in there?"

"Oh, sorry," Hiccup stuttered. "I just, uh... I'm kind of sleepy from the flight, I guess."

"Jet lag, right? You know, they say the best thing to do is just sleep it off."

I'd love to. I just need to get to my bed, Hiccup thought.

"So are you going to tell me your name?" Jack asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"What? Oh, wow, I'm sorry, I didn't realize..." Stupid, you messed up already. "Hiccup," he said sheepishly.

"Um... bless you?" Jack said, eyebrows knit together.

"No, that's my name. Hiccup." He sighed. He knew he would have to deal with this reaction over and over again from now on-it wasn't like in Berk where everyone already knew him and found his silly name normal enough.

"Huh. Interesting," Jack muttered. "Also... cute," he said with a smile.

"Yeah... I'm all about the cuteness," Hiccup said, trying not to let Jack see how uncomfortable he was with being called cute. It really was going to be hard to tone down his sarcasm. "So... I don't mean to be rude, but, uh, like I said, I have jet lag or whatever and I think I need to sleep it off, so..."

"Of course!" Jack said quickly. "Sorry. Which room do you want?"

Hiccup wasn't expecting to be given a choice. In fact, he had deliberately tried to come later than the other students so that he wouldn't have to choose. "Aren't they the same?"

"Well, sure, but I thought I'd wait until you got here to see what you wanted." That was surprisingly thoughtful for a guy who pulled a jump-scare on him before they'd even been introduced. "And they're the same on the inside, sure, but one side gets more sun, the other gets more moon, so..."

"I'm happy with whichever," Hiccup said.

"You sure?" Jack asked, looking at him closely.

Yes, Hiccup thought. Please just let me sleep...

"I guess I'd like the moon side, then," Jack said. "But you know, if you change your mind later, we can always switch."

"That's uh, that's very nice of you." Hiccup was starting to feel dizzy. "So... which one is the whatever side?" He started to sway.

"Whoa, you okay?" Jack asked.

"I'm fine. Totally fine," Hiccup slurred as his feet started to give way.

Jack caught him before he collapsed. "Wow, you're really tired... let me help you," he said quietly.

"Mm," Hiccup mumbled. He wanted to say it was fine, he didn't need help, he was capable of walking to his room himself, but he felt himself drifting off to sleep already.

Jack stood awkwardly holding him for a moment before deciding to take the "Mm" as a yes. He put an arm beneath Hiccups knees and lifted him up. He was surprised by how light he was underneath that big fur coat.

After he took him to the sunny room and laid him on the bed, he went back into the common room to move his things into his own new room. He wanted to kick himself for doing that stupid surprise introduction. Even though he knew everyone could see him now that he had revoked his status as guardian, he was still paranoid that people would just start staring past him again, and he had wanted to make a good first impression with his new roommate by doing something fun. He sighed. He'd just have to try again tomorrow.