So I'm making this and I was planning on making another long run for this chapter but I think I couldn't handle more than four thousand words xD my mind almost exploded with the last chapter. :D I hope you'll like this one.

For those asking about when there will be Mericcup scenes, I am still planning on how to start the thing xD. I have a couple of scenes in mind but I believe it won't be up till a few more chapters. I will tell you if there will be a Mericcup coming up. Please be patient with me D: It'll be my first time having a Mericcup scene so, yeah.

For those anticipating for Jack and I, I will update on Wednesday. For now, here's the fourth chapter.

Finally, the big four are getting close. Read how in this chapter!

I do NOT own Tangled, ROTG, Brave, HTTYD, songs, movies, brands/companies or any of the like mentioned in this fic.

Chapter 4:

Monday came and it was already the start of the first class. The trio all had different schedules that day so they were in different floors. In the engineering department, it was Calculus class. Hiccup sat on his usual chair on the second column on the third row. He started to reread the past lessons and solved two or three problems from his book to refresh his memory. Most of his classmates thought he's a nerd and that he has no social life but that's where they were wrong. They also thought that he's lame and not fun to be with but that's where they're wrong again. He was an awesome person if they only got to know him better. Most of his blockmates never knew about his music, editing and drawing skills. The only people who knew about it, aside from Merida and Rapunzel, were his seatmates in each of his class. Before classes would start, he would sometimes edit music in his laptop or draw portraits of people passing by the open door.

When he was in elementary, he was scrawny. When he got to his last year in high school, he decided to work out just a little bit because his father wanted him to. And because he didn't want to disappoint his father, he just agreed even though he didn't want to. Throughout the whole summer before attending college, he did a hundred sit-ups and another hundred for push-ups. It was almost unbearable. It was like going to boot camp. When he entered college, he had a few slightly defined arm muscles and abs. But that didn't change the fact about him being a nerd because he was always wearing large clothes or very plain, 'nerdy' clothes, reading books and stuff.

Hiccup finished the last problem and looked at his wristwatch. It was five minutes till the professor comes. More of his classmates came in and of course, no one sat beside him. He was used to it. Five minutes later, his professor came and sat on the teacher's chair. Muffled voices from outside were heard. He didn't mind. He ignored it and got his calculator and index cards. The door opened and came in a boy wearing a blue hoodie, jeans and chucks. The muffled voices became louder and clearer—it was from the girls, who were calling, chanting one name… Jack Frost. His head shot up and glanced to the door. It is Jack Frost. He stared at the white haired boy's figure in astonishment. Some of his classmates began to whisper, especially the girls. Most of them giggled, trying to sound cute so they would catch the singer's attention but Jack didn't even flinch. The singer was talking to the professor about some stuff Hiccup couldn't make out. It was probably about his missed assignments and whatnot.

He stared at Jack's back until the boy faced the class with a rather bored-scowl plastered on his face. Their eyes met. For one tiny second, Jack's expression lit up. He decided to sit beside him. Hiccup didn't know what to do but he thought about the nicest thing he could say, "Good morning." He smiled.

Jack nodded at him with a lopsided smile, "'Sup."

"So, uh…" Hiccup sought for appropriate questions in his mind, "What brings you here to CU?"

The boy propped his chin on his palm, "Same as you, really."

He raised his brows, "I thought you'd take a course related to arts or something."

Jack scoffed, chuckling a bit, "That's what my uncle said too." Hiccup made a lopsided smile.

The professor started to discuss. They jotted down notes. After the thirty-minute discussion, they were asked to solve fifteen problems in the book. While Hiccup was answering the tenth problem, Jack tapped him and asked if he could help him understand one formula better. Of course, Hiccup didn't hesitate to help him. The brunette felt glad that he could help the white-haired boy. When Jack finally grasped the concept, he returned to solving his current problem. As he was solving, side-thoughts lingered in his mind. Jack's pretty much like us normal people… He gets a hard time understanding the professor's explanations too, he thought to himself.

Hiccup had the same classes as Jack for Monday. He wondered if he would be classmates with him the next day. Or the next… or the day after that. Lunchtime came and he and Jack were walking down the corridor. He was touring the newcomer around the building as they went to fetch the two girls. As they passed by, the girls winked at Jack. Some even dared to do a flying kiss but Jack just brushed it off. Finally, they got to where Merida and Rapunzel's room was. Their class still wasn't finished so the two boys stood on one side of the corridor, talking about engineering stuff and music. The door to the girls' classroom flung open. A few students came out and those who noticed Jack stopped dead on their tracks and gaped at him. The girls called his name and when he acknowledged their presence, which he forced himself to do so he wouldn't have a bad first image as a new student, the girls squealed and whispered to each other at how handsome he was and a lot more. At last, the two girls they were waiting for came out. The two boys pushed themselves away from the wall and waited in front of the door.

Merida was looking at Rapunzel as she walked out the door, "Weel, hurry up, a'richt?" she said with a bit impatience but that was her usual tone so the blond didn't mind. When she took her eyes away from Rapunzel and looked to her front, she jerked to see Jack with Hiccup, "Woah! Whin did ye git 'ere?... Jack?" she eyed the singer.

Jack smirked, "If you're asking when I attended school, it's today. If it's about when we got here, it's ten minutes ago."

The red head looked at Hiccup, "Whin did ye hing oot wi' him?"

Hiccup jerked back, "We're classmates, Mer." He knew what the lass was going to ask next so he added up, "Since we're seatmates, I thought I'd take him on a tour while we're on the way here and that he could join us for lunch. So where will it be?"

Merida placed her hand on her hip, "Ah dinnae. Ask Rapunzel."

And right on cue, Rapunzel opened the door and almost jumped at the sight of Jack. "J-jack! What brings you here?" her eyes slowly rolled to Hiccup, "W-why's he with you?"

Hiccup sighed helplessly and rolled his eyes, "He's a new student in the engineering department. Apparently, we're classmates."

Rapunzel swallowed, "I-I thought he'd take something connected to music…"

The brunette rolled his eyes to the other side, "That's what I said."

Jack made his signature smirk and nodded at her, "Looks like your hope of meeting me soon came true, Goldilocks."

His actions made the blond blush and hug her folder tighter, "Y-yeah…"

Merida growled slightly, "Kin we talk as we eat? A'm starving!" she stomped her way to the stairs. They followed her. The cafeteria was on the twelfth floor and they were on the tenth. Merida and Rapunzel were talking about the assignment they were given as they walked their way to the cafeteria while Hiccup and Jack were just quietly following them. Hiccup was looking down at the steps, anticipating if he was going to trip or slip at any moment while Jack was glancing around, familiarizing himself with the building. They got to the end of the stairs on the twelfth floor and they talked together, side by side, the four of them in a single line. The two girls kept talking about school stuff while the two boys continued to be quiet. They went inside the cafeteria and Merida broke her conversation with Rapunzel to run and get themselves a table near the middle of the cafeteria. They placed their bags on the chairs. Merida didn't hesitate to grab herself lunch. Hiccup followed her. Jack got his wallet from his bag and was about to leave when he noticed Rapunzel wasn't moving away from their table. He blinked, "Aren't you eating?" he asked. The blond got a paper bag and smiled up at him, "I already have mine."

He nodded at her and left. When he got to the line, a lot of girls trailed behind him. He tried his best not to look annoyed and decided to have his usual poker face. He got a tray and ordered his food as quick as he could and get out of the line before a girl could jump on him.

The four of them ate. Merida and Rapunzel discussed something about European literary works. Hiccup joined them and their topic strictly limited to Edgar Allan Poe. They talked about The Raven. Jack watched them as he ate. They were interesting people. He never met a group of teenagers actually discussing literature in their spare time and hypothesized its meaning and reason for creation. Most teenagers would prefer talking about mainstream and trending things and events. These three people with him think out of the box. They were now talking about The Tell-Tale Heart. They were sorting out if the main character was crazy or not. Jack made a curt smile. He read about the short story a few times when he was on his way to England.

"Well in his point of view, he isn't insane. Of course, if you were him, you'd think it's okay to murder an old man because of his 'vulture eyes'." Rapunzel said before taking a spoonful of mashed potatoes.

Merida waved her spoon in the air as she spoke, "If he wis in a mental hospital, he wid nae be considered doolally. Bit in general, tae normal fowk, he's nuts."

Hiccup swallows, "I wonder what that old man really looks like. I mean, the 'portagonist-dash-antagonist' did say he loved the man but why would he kill him just because of his ugly eyes?"

The red head finishes her lunch, "Ah cannae imagine." She said, "How wid ye murdurr a person ye loue?"

The three of them looked at Jack. The boy blinks at them questioningly. Hiccup smiles at him, "What about you? What's your opinion on it?"

He glanced at the three of them before he spoke. No one really asks his opinion on matters such as literature because his friends back home would only go ask him if they could party somewhere and have fun. "I can't really say. I think he's crazy and smart. If the old man was a relative of his, he's stupid in a sense. I mean," he placed his arms on the table and leaned, "If that was his father, uncle or grandfather, isn't he the least bit disturbed before and during his acts of violence? If I were him, I would just ignore his disturbing eyes. Killing him would mean that we had no ties."

Rapunzel nodded, "Yeah. An ugly eye seems to be a shallow reason to kill for. And he even dismembered him." She showed a look of disgust, "Then chopped the rest of the body."

Hiccup grins at her, "Makes you think huh? If it were only his eyes, why would he chop off the body? Why not just take the eyes off or ask the man to wear shades so he wouldn't see the ugly pair of eyes."

Merida laughed, "Pro'lly 'cause th' shade weren't invented yit!"

They laughed. "Yeah, probably." Rapunzel chuckled.

The trio decided to go to the dance room because Merida and Rapunzel were going to do a dance for their next cover. Jack thought he should come along with them because he had nowhere else to go. Besides, if he went alone, his fan girls would make a stampede and he would have to run away from the hoard of it. The trio didn't mind and they were a bit happy that he was coming along with them. Merida thought that he could help them out with the steps since he was quite a performer. Hiccup decided to sit on the floor and fiddle with his laptop.

Jack, Merida and Rapunzel stood, facing the mirror. The blond took out her iPod and mini speakers from her bag and played the song. The white haired boy watched their planned steps before suggesting his ideas. The duo was covering Victoria Justice's Best Friend's Brother. Rapunzel sang the first verse and the first bridge. When it was the chorus, Merida sang along with her. Merida sang the second verse and the second bridge. They sang together until the end. They turned to Jack.

"Ah think we shuid mak' a music video instead o' jiggin. Tis quite difficult tae dance." Merida looked at the blond.

Rapunzel nodded, "I might run out of breath while recording too. I don't like the thought of lip syncing."

Jack smirked, "I was going to say lip sync while dancing but since you don't want to, a music video would be the thing for you. I know how you feel, Goldilocks. Took me a while to get used to singing live while dancing."

Merida turned to Hiccup as soon as she heard his suggestion, "Aw'right Hic. Ye heard him. We shuid dae a music video instead."

Hiccup took off his earphones, "What?" he frowned questioningly.

"We're not goin' tae do th' dance anymore. We're goin' tae mik a music video instead." Merida glared at him.

The brunette looked at Rapunzel, "So what's your idea for the music video?"

Rapunzel shrugged, "Since the song is about a drummer…"

Hiccup shook his hands in front of him, "I'm not doing it. I don't want my face in a music video. We've established that."

Merida crossed her arms and continued to glare at him, "Then who's going tae act as th' drummer?"

Hiccup tightened his lips as his head slightly lowered. He rolled his eyes to look at Jack then back at the red head. He wanted to say that Jack could do it for them but of course, he can't. They weren't close friends and it's rude to pull him into things without his permission. Merida scowled at him with confusion then looked at Jack. She immediately understood what the brunette meant and faced the blue eyed lad instead, "Would ye like tae help us oot, Frost?"

Jack looked at he nonchalantly, "You want me to be the drummer guy?"

Rapunzel swallowed as she watched Merida and Jack stare at each other. It was like a battle of who doesn't give a damn most. She tried to break the tension between them, "T-that's not necessary, Mer. We could ask Flynn or, or—"

"That lazy ass would nae do th' job richt." Merida snapped.

Like I said, she tried.

Rapunzel made a pouty expression and looked at Jack, "You don't have to say yes, Jack. We can find someone who could do the job for us, really." She cracked a nervous smile.

There was silence between them. Jack was the first one to break it. He made a challeng-accepted smirk, "I'll do the job."

The blond jerked, "A-are you sure? Don't you have a tight schedule or something important you should do? We don't want to get in your way."

His smirk turned into a confident lopsided smile, "Of course I am. I would love to be in your music video. After all…" he looked at her, "I subscribed to your channel." Hiccup glanced back and forth at them. He saw Rapunzel slightly jerk back at what Jack had said. He himself felt a chill down his spine when he heard the guy say the last part of his sentence. Jack did his trademark smirk, "So, what should I do?"

Merida grinned at him, "We wull have tae plan it oot later. We'll tell you—wait, dae ye have a facebook account?"

He didn't know if he should shake his head or nod, "Just a page. I don't use my old account anymore."

The red head placed her hands on her hips, "Then ye wull have tae use it from now on." She pointed at Rapunzel, "Give yer email tae her. She'll add ye."

He looked at the blond. She flinched and looked at Merida in horror. What's up with her?, he asked himself.

Rapunzel looked at Merida in dismay. M-me? Merida, what are you doing!?, she thought. The red head just grinned at her. She sighed a bit at the girl and looked at Jack with a unconfident smile, "Here," she handed him her phone, "Type your email so I could add you."

He took it. He saw that she was already in facebook and that he only had to type his email on the search bar. He typed his name and gave it back. Rapunzel fiddled with it for a moment then smiled at him, "I already sent the request." He grabbed his phone from his pocket. He logged in and accepted the request. Boy, will those old friends of his be surprised when they find out he's active in his old account again. He shoved his phone back in his pocket and looked at the blond, "Done."

She smiled at him, "There!" then she looked at Merida, "Shall we go? I still have to go to the art supplies store."

Merida nodded, "Aricht," she glanced at Hiccup, "Let's go, Hic."

Rapunzel looked back at Jack, "You wanna come along or you wanna go home?"

It took him a while but he made his decision, "Maybe I'll hang out with you guys for a little more." He said casually.

They four of them fixed and got their bags and left the school. They accompanied Rapunzel to the art supplies shop. She said she was running out of paints so she wanted to buy a few stocks and a couple of canvases. That's when Jack found out their courses. Merida was a multimedia arts student while Rapunzel was an animation student. He never knew that the two courses were different. Hiccup explained to him that a multimedia arts student covers a lot, from drawing to photography while animation was strict to animating and only the basics of photography were taught, unlike in multimedia arts. He only nodded. He still couldn't see the wide difference of it but he guessed that MMA is a course that's Photography, Animation and Graphics Design combined. After shopping, they decided to go to the parking lot.

Hiccup, Merida and Rapunzel looked at him, "We'll be off now. Thanks for hanging out with us." Hiccup smiled.

He made a tilted smile, "Thanks for letting me hang out with you."

"No problem, laddie." Merida extended her hand to him for a low five. He stared at it first then smirked as he let his palm crash on to hers. He looked at Rapunzel. She was smiling at him, "See you tomorrow?" she said. He nodded with a smile, "You bet, Goldilocks."

With that, they went their own separate ways.

End of Chapter

Okay, I hope you didn't find this boring. I'm sorry I had to do this. I just wanted to show you guys how they form a strong bond. I planned to make Merida an architect student but I thought that the load of work given to archi students were too much for Merida to handle (because of her short temper), I gave her a design course instead so she and Rapunzel would mostly have the same design foundation classes. Also, I planned that Jack shouldn't be a perfect student and instead, he's smart but has difficulties. Sometimes lazy but not a total slacker. He's just like a student who would get lazy in the middle of the week and get grumpy because it's Monday.

About Hiccup working out, lol. I'm insane. Maybe you could imagine him in this fic as the one in HTTYD2. Hormones…

Questions, reviews and the like are welcome!