Ello lovelies, this is a new thing I'm trying...tell me if it's an ok thing or not.
Hope you like this, because I like writing it!
Warning: I'm not the best writer and I make a lot of mistakes. Please point them put and I will do my best to go back and fix them. Thanks and enjoy the chapter!
Disclaimer!: I do not own HTTYD or ROTG! I only own my OC's (which will show up in a later chapter)
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Chapter 1, Day 1: Neighbor
The young boy wakes to the sound of the roar of a truck. The neighbors must be moving in. He groans as he shifts under the covers, trying to get back to sleep. It's a Saturday after all, and the brunette likes to sleep in on Saturdays.
"Jack! Will ya hurry with that box!?" A man with a thick Russian accent yells. There's a reply, but it's too quiet to hear from the boys room.
The boy trying to sleep groans again, throwing the covers off his body. The cold hits him and he shivers. He rushes over and hops in the shower. He lets the hot water pass over his slightly tan skin, washing away his aches from the long week.
"Hiccup? Hurry up! I'm going to leave to greet the neighbors without you!" His father yells up the stairs at him as he steps out of the shower. Hiccup rolls his eyes and gets dressed, not bothering to comb out his wet mess of hair.
"Coming, Dad." he yells back, pausing at his bedroom door to pet his large black cat sitting on his desk. "Later, Toothless." he says, smiling as the cat purrs back its response.
He rushes down the stairs and grabs his coat before following his father out the door.
He breathes in the cold air as they step out and glances over the snow-covered front yard. He'll have to shovel the drive again later today.
He turns and walks slightly behind his large father, watching the ground. They walk up the steps to the house adjacent to theirs and knock. As they wait, Hiccup shuffles from one foot to the other, unsure of what to do.
Hiccup almost jumps back as a man bigger than his father opens the door and pulls them into a large bear hug.
"Stoick! Nice to see you 'gain!" he says, squeezing the again before setting the two back down.
"Good to see you too, North. Where's Jack? I'd like him to meet my son." Stoick says, pulling Hiccup in front of him. Hiccup messes with his hands before shoving them into his coat pockets
"Yes, course. Jack!" North yells over his shoulder before turning back and motioning for them to come inside. "Please sit. Take comfort in home, away from cold." he says as he sets Hiccup down on the large couch.
"Ya, North?" A white-hair boy around Hiccups age asks as he slides down the banister and lands with his hands in his pockets. Hiccup slips his jacket off as he turns to see the teen.
"Ah. Meet Hiccup." North says, pointing to the small brunette sitting. Jack looks down at him and smiles, extending his hand. Hiccup looks at it before hesitantly taking in his own.
"Hi. I'm Jack." he says, taking his hand back. He looks up at Stoick. "I was about to head out. Think Hiccup here could be nice enough to show me around?" He asks.
Stoick looks down at Hiccup, before he can get a word of his OWN opinion in, Stoick nods.
"He would love to." his father says. Hiccup stares at his father, slightly glaring in his direction before standing. Jack smiles at him and they make their way out the door.
"So, Hiccup huh?" Jack asks, sliding his hands into the pocket of his blue hoodie. "Is that a nickname?" he smiles at the shorter boy.
"No. It's my name." he replies, staring at the ground. Jack nudges him with his shoulder and smiles again.
"Oh come on, it's a cool name." he says, staring at him. Green eyes glance up and met with blue. Hiccup stares for a moment before looking away.
"It's a viking thing." he mumbles. Jack chuckles as they walk.
"So, where are we going?" he asks after a moment of silence. Hiccup stops, realizing he has no idea. Jack full-out laughs and Hiccup joins in after a moment.
"I have no idea. What do you want to see first?" Hiccup laughs out. Jack looks down at the shorter brunette and thinks for a moment. His stomach interrupts his thoughts.
"God! I'm so hungry!" he says suddenly, looking down at his stomach. Hiccup smiles and starts walking again. "Hey, wait up!" Jack yells after him as he jogs to catch up.
"Don't be so slow." Hiccup smiles up at Jack. He stares back, smiling.
"So where we going, Hic?" he asks, not breaking eye contact. Hiccup looks at the ground, and Jack inwardly celebrates victory in the staring contest.
"You said you were hungry, so we're going to get food." He says, looking forward. They walk in silence for a while longer before Jack looks at him again.
His bangs hang slightly in his eyes. 'How annoying'. Those eyes, strikingly green eyes. Hidden behind messy locks of dark brown. 'He's really attractive-wait...no...stop that.'
"What?" Hiccup asks, noticing Jack staring. He suddenly worries if he has something on his face. Jack looks back at the ground, shrugging.
"Nothing." the white-haired boy says. Hiccup stares up at him, noticing for the first time how blue his eyes really are.
"So where'd you move here from?" Hiccup asks, trying to break through the awkward silence. Jack smiles, looking back at him.
"Burguss." he says, with a proud smile.
"Never heard of it." Hiccup snorts back without missing a beat.
"You wound me, sir." Jack says with mock hurt. Hiccup smirks up at him. "I might just leave you."
"Now there, my good lady, wouldn't want to make a scene." Hiccup says, glancing around. Jack stifles a laugh and continues.
"I will be damned if I will be seen with such a pompous half-wit such as yourself." he says with a huff, turning his back to the shorter boy.
"Pompous? I'll have you know, miss, that I will not take that insult lightly." Hiccup says, almost choking on the laugh that bubbles up in his throat. Jack turns back to him, smiling.
"What are you going to do about it?" he says, leaning down to eye level. Hiccup chuckles.
"I'll just leave you here to starve." He smiles as Jack mock gasps.
"You wouldn't dare! Just leave a delicate belle such as myself alone in the cold?" Jack says and that's it for Hiccup. He doubles over laughing. Jack lets out his own round of chuckles before the two gain back composure and continue their way down the dirt road.
"Delicate?" Hiccup chuckles out after a few moments of blissful silence. Jack smiles over at the brunette.
"Nah. I'm manly." Jack replies. To prove his point, Jack rolls up at sleeve of his hoodie and flexes. Hiccup laughs out as the taller boy strikes a pose.
"Because manly is the word I use to describe you." Hiccup says, smiling at the white-haired boy. Said boy sticks his bottom lip out and puffs out his cheeks.
"Well, what word would you use?" he asks after a second, his face serious and face flushed slightly. Hiccup notices and decides to pass it off as just because of the cold. Hiccup feels his face heat up as the taller of the two waits for an answer.
"Idiot." Hiccup replies back. He laughs nervously and Jack smiles back, just as nervously.
'Stupid! Stupid stupid stupid STUPID! What? Did you think he would say something cute? No! You just met! Stop thinking like this!' Jack's subconscious yells at him. Jack lets out a puff of air and watches the shapes it makes before it disappears.
"Are you sure about this?" Jack asks, looking dubious at the poor excuse of a 'restaurant'. Hiccup smiles up at him, his eyes glinting with mischief.
"Just trust me, Jack." Hiccup says with a smirk. They walk inside and take a seat in a booth. Hiccup slips his coat off and Jack stares at the table. it isn't all that interesting, he just doesn't want to start staring again.
"Hiccup! Good ta see ya." a short man with a braided blonde beard says as he notices Hiccup. He hobbles a bit as he walks over to the two teens. "Oi, who is this?" he asks, pointing in the direction of Jack with the notepad in his hand.
"Gobber, Hey. This is Jack." Hiccup says. He glances over at the white-haired teen and smiles slightly.
"So, whatta you want?" Gobber asks, taking a pen in his hand and looking between the two. Hiccup looks back at Jack, smiling before looking back at Gobber.
"The usual." Hiccup tells him. Jack stares at the brunette, eyes watching for an explanation. Hiccup just stares back.
"Care to tell me what we're going to be eating?" Jack asks with a smile. Hiccup shrugs, smiling back.
"Not really." he says, smirking when Jack pouts.
They sit in silence as they wait for whatever food Hiccup has ordered. Jack takes the time to look around the interior of the place. He notices they're the only people there.
Jack's face flushes suddenly. 'It's almost like we're on a da-stop it Jack. Stop thinking like that.'
"Here ya are." Gobber says, breaking Jack's train of thought as he sets a plate of meat cakes in front of them.
Hiccup smiles and takes one, biting into the flaky crust. Jack looks at the cakes in front of him and shakes his head. He reaches over and takes one. He looks at it again, hesitating before taking a bite and closing his eyes.
"Well?" Hiccup asks. Jake snaps his eyes open and hungrily takes another bite. Hiccup chuckles as the teen reaches over and takes another only seconds after finishing the first.
"Iss good." he says with his mouth full. Hiccup smiles and they eat in silence. Hiccup looks up at him often, wondering about him.
'Is his hair dyed? I wonder why the color white? It looks good on him. Really good.' He stares at the others hair, trying to figure if it's fake or not. He chooses to ignore the thought of how it looks good.
"So how much do I owe you?" Jack asks, pulling his wallet out of his back pocket. Hiccup shakes his head and stands to go pay. Jack watches him as he walks, paying close attention to his...uh...
'What is WRONG with me today?' He wonders to himself, shaking the thought out of his head.
He leans over the side, his face flushing as he stares again. 'He IS really hot...and that ass!'
"Enjoying the view?" Hiccup asks, smirking over his shoulder. His joking, and passes it off as the taller boy looking at something other then his-
"Eh? What! No, In your dreams." Jack says, meeting his green eyes. Hiccup laughs as he walks back over and the two turn to leave. Gobber shouts his goodbyes and Hiccup just waves over his shoulder. Too focused on the boy he stands by.
"So...where to next?" Jack asks as the two guys walk out of Gobber's 'restaurant'. Hiccup looks up at the taller boy and then at his phone.
"I don't know, we spent more time there than I thought we would. I should get back so I can shovel the drive." Hiccup explains, shrugging. Jack smiles at him and starts walking back the way they came.
"Then why don't we go get that done so we can hang?" Jack says, glancing back at the shorter boy. Hiccup stares at him with wide eyes for a moment.
"Wait, we? What do you mean we?" Hiccup asks as he rushes to keep up with the white-haired teen. Jack shrugs, looking away from the brunette.
"Two people can shovel a drive a lot faster than just one." Jack says, still not making eye contact. Hiccup looks up at him and smiles.
"Thanks, but you don't have to do that." Hiccup says, still smiling up at Jack. The taller boy finally looks over at him and smiles back.
"What? And let my freckled gentleman suffer out in the cold? Nah." he says, smirking down at the brunette. Hiccup rolls his eyes and looks at the ground.
'He's so stupid.' They both think at the same time.
They walk in silence for a while with awkward glances. Jack keeps staring at the shorter's bangs, willing him to push the locks out of those striking green eyes.
Finally feeling fed up and annoyed, Jack reaches over and lightly brushes the brown hair out of Hiccups eyes. Hiccup flushes bright red and stares up at the white-haired boy.
"It was bothering me!" Jack yells defensively when the brunette looks up at him with a look of question. He shrugs again when Hiccup raises an eyebrow.
The two make it to Hiccup's house and Hiccup hands Jack a shovel.
"I'm going to start over there." he says as he points to the end closer to his house. "You can start over there." pointing to the other end closer to the street. "And we'll met in the middle."
Jack nods and walks over to where Hiccup told him to. Trying not to think too hard on the fact he thinks Hiccup is hot when being bossy.
After a few minutes of shoveling, Jack looks over at Hiccup. His breath hitches in his throat as he stares. His face flushes as he continues to stare at Hiccup's bended over form. He leans on the handle of the shovel, watching for a few moments as Hiccup moves up and down, shoveling the snow from the front of the house.
'Stop staring, Jack.'
He shakes his head, turning his back to Hiccup and trying not to look back every few seconds.
Hiccup happens to be having the same problem, staring at the taller's...ehem...backside.
The two continue to shovel until they knock into the other. Partly on accident...
"Sorry." Jack mumbles, trying to keep back a smile. Hiccup shrugs, turning to finish shoveling.
The pair did not take less time shoveling the drive. Because of all the stopping and staring, they took just as much time, if not more time, than if only one of them had done it.
The two stand in the middle of the drive, looking everywhere but at the other.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later?" Hiccup says finally before turning and walking up the steps to his house.
"Ya. I'll see you later." Jack mutters under his breath, smiling. He really tries his best to not stare at the shorter boy.
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The brunette groans as he rolls over in his bed.
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"WOULD YOU QUIT IT!" Hiccup whisper/shouts as he walks over to his bedroom window. He glares at Jack, who only smiles back at him. "How did you even get up here?" He asks, staring at the boy as he climbs through the window.
"The roof." Jack points to the roof on the house behind him. Which is a few feet away. "Getting to that ledge was harder than I thought it would be." he mumbles, rubbing his finger tips.
"Gods! What is WRONG with you?" Hiccup says, raking a hand through his shaggy brunette hair. Jack smiles, shrugging and setting himself down in the chair by Hiccup's desk.
"Nice place." Jack says. He looks around the room, keeping his eyes off Hiccup when he realizes all he has on is his boxers. "Where's your dad?" He asks. He noticed the large mans car wasn't in the driveway yet.
Hiccup looks down and his face flushes. He walks over to the bathroom, muttering how his father was still at work. He picks up a pair of sweat-pants and pulls them on. When he walks back into his room, Jack is flipping through one of Hiccups drawing books. His face burns as he stares, wide-eyed at the boy riffling through his private drawings.
"Wha? Give that back!" He says, rushing over and reaching to take the book back.
"Hey! I'm just looking! Calm down!" Jack says, holding the book high above the shorter teen's head and away from his reach. He tries to push the shorter boy away.
"Come one, quit it. Give that back." Hiccup says, starting to jump up to get the book. He moves closer to the white-haired teen, his body brushing up against the other with every jump.
"Hic." Jack takes in a sudden breath as the brunette accidentally brushes up against a more sensitive part of the taller boy. He ignores him, jumping once more to reach for the book.
The shorter boy keeps trying for the book of his until he hears something strange escape from Jack's throat. He looks at the teen's face and flushes brightly.
Jack's eyes are closed, his cheeks bright red. His lips part slightly as he lets out a sigh of relief. His hand holding the book comes back and he looks down at Hiccup.
They stare into each others eyes, both refusing to back down. Hiccup then takes notice on how close the two are.
The book hits the floor, suddenly forgotten in the moment. Jack's hands hover by Hiccup's sides.
"Jack..." his voice is small as he stares up into those blue eyes. He closes his own dark green ones and tilts his head up to lean forward...
They hear the front door slam open and then slam back closed, signaling the arrival of Hiccups father.
Hiccup jumps back, his eyes snapping open. He looks away, rubbing the back of his head nervously.
"I should...I should go." Jack says, making his way over to the window, and rushing out. Hiccup watches him leap from the window to the roof a few feet away. He looks away as Jack jumps down to his own bedroom window.
Hiccup lets out the breath he didn't realize he was holding in. He rakes a shaking hand through his hair and picks up the book.
"That was stupid." he mutters. "What was I THINKING?" He continues to talk to himself as he sets the book back down on his desk.
"Hiccup?! I'm home! Are you still awake!?" His father yells up the stairs. Hiccup debates whether to pretend to be asleep or not.
"Ya, Dad. You need something?" he asks as he walks out of his room, shutting the door behind him.
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And with that, we end the first chapter in this weird thing I'm trying. Let me know if I should go ahead and continue this?
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