Behind Clothes Racks
By: RizenLynn
A/N: I DON'T OWN ANY EITHER OF THESE MOVIES OR THE CHARACTERS! I just own the story idea and the lab top used to write this. (Though I wish I did own the movies, there would totally be a lot more hijack and buckteeth in them!) Heads up there will be smut later on in the story! The pairings are Hiccup x Jack, along with toothless x bunnymund (both human!) This is also based in the present day! Please no flaming! If you have some advice that is fine but if you don't like this, then you are more than able to push the "go back" at the top of the page. Seriously! I WARNED YOU NOW SO DON'T GET MAD AT ME LATER! -.-
(Hiccup's point of view.)
Hiccup quickly ran into the only clothing store in Burk. His father just had to make him go there even though it was boring down rain. Once he entered the store he shook out his hair and tried to get as much water off of his clothes as he could. He didn't want to make a trail of slippery water throughout the store. As soon as he thought he was ok to move he took a step forward… totally forgetting about the current puddle he was standing in. As soon as he took a step his foot slipped and made him fall flat on his face.
Pain shot through his arms and cheek as he fell hard against the tiled floor.
"Hey man are you okay?!" A slightly familiar voice asked. Hiccup glanced up and saw a man that was really tall with shoulder length grey hair running toward him. He recognized him as Aster Bunnymund, though a lot of people just called him Bunny. Hiccup went to school with the boy and knew him from his biology class.
All he could do was groan a, "Yeah, I'm used to it," while trying to get back up. Aster held out a hand for him. Hiccup gladly took it and stood up, while Aster pulled him to his feet.
"Are you sure? That looked like it really hurt." He could tell the older boy was sincerely worried.
"Yeah, I'll be fine, just a little bruised is all." Hiccup chuckled a little and brushed himself off.
"That's good." Aster grinned.
"Yep…" They fell into an awkward silence.
"So, um… is there anything I could help you out with?"
"Oh, yeah, my dad had put a jacket on hold here the other day and sent me, the overly clumsy one of the family, to come get it." Hiccup rolled his eyes and shoved his hands in his pocket.
"Ah, ok that's easy," Aster turned to the side and pointed to an L shaped desk not too far away from them. "Go talk to Jack and he'll be able to help you." Hiccup froze at the name.
"Jack… as in Jack Frost?" He got nervous at the thought that he would have to actually talk to his long time crush. Hiccup had known that he was gay for quite a while and had always loved to just stare at the white haired teen. Jack was the kind of guy that always loved to have fun and that was the main thing that Hiccup loved about Jack. Just how he was so cute when he was joking with his friends and looking like he was totally relaxed. Hiccup also envied him a little for his care free lifestyle. Hiccup couldn't be that way because of the bullies he always had to deal with at school. Hiccup was your average gay nerd, the only difference was, he was no longer as skinny as he had been when he was younger. But the muscles he had grown throughout the years didn't stop anyone from trying to beat him up.
"Yeah, how did you know?" Aster tilted his head to the side and had a small smile on his face.
"Just…Just a lucky guess…" Hiccup got even more nervous when he glanced over to the desk again. He could see Jack behind the desk on a computer. He had an article of clothing in his hand and looked like he was really concentrating. His shaggy white hair was swiped to the side and his brown eyebrows were close together. Hiccup just stood there watching him work. He looked so handsome while he was concentrating on his work. He wore a blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. God I could just watch him all night. Hiccup sighed in admiration.
"Are you alright mate?" Bunny asked waving a hand in front of Hiccup's face. Said boy flinched and looked at Aster, his eyes wide with surprise.
"Oh, uh, yeah, I'm alright…"
"Alright then. But you might want to hurry before we start getting a line for the customer service." Bunny turned and headed back to one of the registers. Even though the older teen was no longer near Hiccup, he nodded his head anyways before taking a deep breath. He took a step toward the desk that Jack was behind.
Once he reached it, he waited for Jack to notice his presence.
~~Five minutes earlier~~ (Jacks point of view)
Jack growled at the pair of jeans that he had in his hands. He hated it when people returned jeans without the tags.
"What's wrong Frostbite?" Bunny asked smirking. Jack looked at his coworker/classmate without raising his head.
"Do you want the long version or the short version?"
"Um, since we are dead, the long version please."
"Ok, so this lady comes up with this pair of jeans and tells me she wants to return them. Not a big deal. Well, I take the pants out of the bag and notice that they don't have a tag on them. So I ask her for the receipt and she tells me that it was in her car. I tell her that I'm going to need that to be able to do this return. She responds with a, 'oh, alright. Let me go get that for you,' and turns to leave." Jack paused and continued to search for the numbers he would have needed to do anything with the pants.
"Ok? So what's the problem?"
"She went out to get that about twenty minutes ago…"
"Are you kidding me?!"
"Nope! Now I'm stuck with a pair of pants that don't have a UPC (A/n: for those that don't know what this is: This is a 13 digit number that cloth stores use to ring something up that doesn't have a tag! Some pieces of clothing actually don't have it printed on their tags so it makes it rather difficult to ring up- trust me I KNOW! It usually matches the number under the barcode on a tag!) and no receipt to be able to figure out what to do with it!"
"Have you tried calling the department they are from?" Jack looked up, his blue eyes wide.
"Oh my god! I'm so stupid! Of course I could do that! That way I could at lease figure out what to do with them!" Jack turned to the phone next to him and paged the department over the intercom. Bunny just laughed and went to stand in the middle of the entry way to great anyone that came in the door.
A few seconds later the phone rang.
"What can I do for ya?" A female voice asked through the phone.
"Hey tooth can you come up to customer service to help me with something?"
"Sure can, just give me a second to put the clothes I have in my hand away."
"Ok, thanks" He hung up and the phone and went over to the computer to try another idea he had. He stood there typing in different numbers trying to figure out if the pants matched any of the UPCs. So far he wasn't having any luck. While he worked he heard some commotion near the front doors but didn't pay it any attention. He wanted to get this figured out before he went on break. He was so close to figuring out his problem when he felt someone watching him. He glanced up for a second before he had to do a double take. There was actually in front of his register. And it wasn't just any normal customer. It was Hiccup Haddock! Jack's breath was taken away for a moment. To him Hiccup was the most beautiful man on the earth. He shook his head to clear any thoughts he was starting to get away. He cleared his throat and walked over to Hiccup.
"Hey there. W-What can I help you with?" Jack asked trying not to stutter.
"Uh, hey Jack. My dad put a jacket on hold and I'm here to pick it up." Hiccup wouldn't look Jack in the eyes as if something was bothering him. Jack was a little confused as to why the other boy wouldn't do that but he figured that the younger one thought he was going to make fun of him for being in the store. Though the other boy obviously didn't fully know Jack if that was the case.
"Ok, what is his name?"
"Stoick Haddock."
Jack smiled and replied, "Alright give me just a second." He glanced behind Hiccup before he headed to the back room where all of the items on hold were. He saw Bunny run to the other door that led to the back room. The older teen had a smirk on his face as he moved. Jack turned and went to do what he said he was going to do. As he searched through the holds, he heard the other door open.
"Aster, have you been eavesdropping this whole time?"
"No, but I've been watching your body language. You really do have the hots for him don't you?" Aster's voice was dripping with sarcasm. Jack just sighed and looked at Aster. It only took a second before he broke. He sighed again and his head hung down.
"Yes… Badly… God, I didn't realize how beautiful he actually is. And have you ever seen him read a book?! Oh my god! The faces he makes while reading is so adorable!" Jack whined. He found the jacket he was looking for and looked at Aster. "Well, wish me luck, I'm going back out there."
"Why not just ask him out?!" Aster shouted.
~~ Meanwhile~~ (Hiccups point of view)
He waited as patiently as he could for Jack to return, taking the opportunity to release the breath he had been holding throughout their whole entire conversation. God he was nervous. All he wanted to do was shout, "Will you please go out with me?!" But the words wouldn't come out.
"Why not just ask him out?!" He heard Aster yell from the back. He could see Jack freeze in the front door way. He was blushing deeply.
"Oh shut up Aster! It's not like it's that easy to ask your major crush out!" Jack yelled back.
"Um… Jack?" Hiccup whispered.
Jack flinched and slowly turned back to Hiccup.
"Uh… He's talking to someone else that's back there…" Jack mumbled and brought the jacket over to Hiccup. "Oh, um, I found the jacket. Was that all I could help you with?"
"Yeah, that will be all…" NO, you could always help me with my nonexistent skills of kissing… Hiccup thought, and immediately blushed at it. He quickly looked down to try to hide it. He started to search for his dad's credit card to pay for the jacket. But he wasn't fast enough, because Jack saw Hiccups cheeks turn pink.
"Are you ok? Your cheeks are red. Do you feel sick or something?" Jack asked gently. Hiccup immediately looked at the other boy, his green eyes wide. His cheeks turned redder at the thought of his crush seeing his blush. Though it was the look of concern that made Hiccup pause. Was Jack really worried about him?
"Uh… Um… yeah… I think I might be coming down with something." The younger lied.
"Ok, then let's get this wrapped up so you…" Jack started but was interrupted by a girl coming up behind him and tapping his shoulder.
"Hey what did you want me to look at?" The girl asked sweetly. "Oh, and I'm sorry for interrupting." The girl was a little shorter and had pixie cut blue hair that had green and pink streaks in it. Hiccup remembered this girl as Toothina, but many just called her Tooth because of her obsession of becoming a dentist. He had a couple of classes with her. She was wearing a rainbow sundress that had short sleeves and black flats. She was very pretty. When Jack turned to look at her he smiled. When Hiccup saw that his heart sunk. Of course there was no chance that Jack was actually worried about him. He probably also had feelings for his coworker!
"Oh thank god you are here! Can you take a look at those pants for me and maybe help me find a UPC for them?"
"Sure!" She turned to the pants he had mentioned and got to work.
Jack turned his attention back to Hiccup and noticed that he looked down now.
"Hiccup?"
"Yeah?" He sounded so sad.
"Um…" Jack glanced at the clock for a second and noticed that he was going to be off in the next hour. So much for my break but it's totally worth skipping to help him! Jack thought. "I'm off in like an hour. Do you maybe want to stick around? We could always go to this noodle place that's not too far away from here. They have some really good soup that might help you start to feel better?"
Hiccup just looked at him with a very confused expression. Jack was just really happy to see his really pretty coworker and now he's asking Hiccup to hang out?
"So what do you say?" Jack's heart was racing. He technically just asked his crush out on a date. He tried to hold back the blush but could still feel it creeping up on his face. He saw Hiccups eyes glance at his cheeks and got wide.
Why is he blushing? Hiccup kept going from Jack's deep blue eyes to his cheeks. Was this his way of Jack asking him on a date? No… that's not possible! Jack's straight… isn't he?
"I would love to."
A/N: Well I hope you guys enjoyed my first chapter of Behind Clothes Racks. Mind you this is my first fanfiction since like freshman year of high school. (I'll give you a hint on how long that's been: I'm graduating from college this semester! ...damn I'm old!) Please review! If I get enough reviews (NICE REVIEWS) then I'll upload the next chapter. (I REALLY hope you guys like this! I'm so nervous!) :s Anyways, until next time!
