Chapter 10
Hey guys! So as you can probably tell, this is chapter 10. This is placed on Jacks 14th birthday, and it all takes place in one day/night. I hope you enjoy and thank you for sticking with me for so long :)
Birthday Parties.
"Do I really have to be here?"
Hiccup sighs in exasperation when his question goes unanswered. He watches as his mother walks in front of him, completely ignoring his question. Hiccup opens his mouth to say something when he feels someone pull at his shoulder.
"Of course you have to be here, you're my best friend, and you didn't come to my last birthday party." Jack's brown eyes squint at Hiccup, playfully glaring at him. That was true, Hiccup didn't come to see Jack at all his 13th birthday. He didn't because he knew Jack's friends would have been there, and that would not have gone well, despite Jack saying he made a plan of telling them their moms were friends and he was made to come and blah blah blah. Hiccup didn't care. He didn't want to deal with that embarrassment, especially if Snotlout was gonna be there. He knew he would make his life a living hell if Hiccup had showed up. And apparently that was the plan Jack was going by today. 'Yay.' Hiccup thought bitterly.
"Yeah but you know why. Snotlout is going to ruin my life when he sees i'm here. And you know me, i'm not very social…" Hiccup said while rolling his eyes, staring back down at the floor and rubbing his arms, suddenly very aware of the many scars under his clothes. That's one good thing about winter, he could always be covered and no one would question it.
"Well yeah Hiccup, I know. But just please try. I will try to keep the attention off you." Hiccup looked at Jack from the corner of his eye, "Yeah that shouldn't be too hard." he mumbles under his breath. Jack sighs at Hiccups stubbornness. "Look, just try, please?"
Hiccup rolls his eyes again before sighing, "Fine, but don't get mad when I say I told you so when things go wrong."
Jack smiles triumphantly and his back straightens in pride. "Good. Thank you." and he dives forward and hugs Hiccup, who groans in annoyance, but none the less smiles. Their moment is ended when their mothers call their names. "Okay, Jack, these past couple of months I have been noticing you have been slipping up on your language," which was true, every once in awhile, Jack would accidently say a bad word or two, and would instantly cover his mouth like a little kid the moment the word slipped out, "So I have decided that since it is your birthday, I will let you cuss." the last couple of words come out as if they were choked out.
Jack's eyes squint at her words, "So like, any cuss words?" Heather regretfully sighs at his question before nodding, "Yes."
Jack's mouth slowly curls into a wicked smile before looking at Hiccup in the corner of his eyes. Hiccups eyes on the other hand were wide and filled with fear, and he let out a "Oh no." under his breath, before slowly getting up and carefully walking away. He doesn't get far when he is suddenly pulled back by the collar of his shirt, and turned around.
"So, ya little bitch," Jack shoves Hiccup back, making him hit the wall, "What the fuck did you get me for my birthday?" Jack enunciates the "fuck" by slamming his hand on the wall next to Hiccup's head. There is a mischievous smile on Jack's face as he lets out a "hm?" and watches Hiccups face like a cat stalking a mouse.
Hiccups eyes flash with fear with the change in attitude from Jack, but it drops to a completely 'i don't fucking care anymore' look. He sighs and leans forward a little bit at his next words, looking Jack dead in the eye.
"Absolutely nothing."
Jack's smile instantly drops, and he has to catch himself when Hiccup shoves him out of the way, walking back to the breakfast bar, which was now covered in pizza, courtesy of his father, which had just arrived. Hiccup just scoffs at Jack's shocked face,
"What kind of friend would I be if I didn't get you anything?" Hiccup turns around with a condescending smile on his face, "Oh wait, I know. A better friend than you!" He is about to turn back around when he speaks again, "Oh and another thing, don't call me a little bitch."
The adults in the room find humor in the scene that just unfolded before them, and the woman are taken aback by Hiccups words, while his father just snorts under his breath. Hiccup picks up a piece of pizza and bites into it when Jack finally recomposes himself and practically stomps over to Hiccup.
"Well it's my birthday, I can call you whatever the hell I want." and he glares at the other boy. Hiccup just stares at Jack, and then looks back at his pizza and then back at Jack, before raising his hand and slaps Jack across the face with the slice, smearing sauce, cheese, and toppings on Jack's face. Jack gasps and slowly blinks, "You did not just-" "Yes, yes I did." and he walks towards the living room, before turning around and brushing his finger against his cheek, "Oh and Jack, you got a little something."
Jack just shoots Hiccup a deadly glare before turning his eyes on the chuckling adults in the room, who are trying, and failing, to hide their laughter. He just growls and rips a paper towel of the roll and start wiping his face clean.
Hiccup had given Jack his birthday gift, which was a blue hoodie, which was actually a little too big for him, but he would grow into it, and a drawing of a snow seal, Jacks favorite animal. The moment Jack saw the drawing he hugged Hiccup and thanked him over and over again, and he instantly put the hoodie on. It was about an hour later when the bell rings.
Hiccups eyes instantly become wide and slowly starts filling with fear. Jack's friends were here. Jacks walks over to Hiccup and pulls him into a tight hug. "Remember what I said about the plan okay? They are playing along too," He gestures to their parents before continuing, "and like I said, just try not to draw attention to yourself." He pulls Hiccup into a hug again before letting go and walking towards the door.
Jack turns around right before he reaches the door and says "And Hic, try and control yourself around Astrid." before winking at him. Hiccups face falters and his face becomes red at the words. Even though Hiccup would never admit it, Jack and his parents knew about Hiccups longtime crush on the blonde haired, blue eyed, viking-like girl. He was about to say something but stopped himself and huffs out a breath of air. He knew Jack just wanted to spend his birthday with all his friends and his best friend, but it was hard for Hiccup. But he would try. For Jack.
He quickly sits down at the breakfast bar when he hears Jack greet the others. His shoulders tense and his breath starts to quicken. He listens as their footsteps get closer and closer until he hears them abruptly stop, clearly at the sight of him. Hiccup subconsciously pulls his long sleeves over his hands, which are fiddling together, a nervous habit he had not been able to shake since he was little. Well littler.
Bunny, who was already 14, grabbed Jack's arm and stopped, along with everyone else the moment they saw the smaller, auburn haired boy sitting at the bar. "Um Jack, why is he here?" he whispered in Jack's ear. Jack sighs and turns around to face his friends.
"Okay so long story short, our moms are friends, so they kinda made him come. Trust me, it wasn't my idea. Just go with it and Snotlout," he points to said boy, "Try not to fuck with him too much." Snotlout just rolls his eyes before nodding his head. Even though it wasn't a secret that him and Hiccup were cousins, he definitely wouldn't tell anyone randomly. Jack turns around and leads the group back to the kitchen. Hiccup quickly glances at them before looking back down at the counter.
Jack speaks up at the awkward silence, "Well if you guys didn't already know, this is Hiccup," and he gestures to the still silent boy, before returning to the group in front of him, "and Hiccup, these are my friends, Bunny, Pitch, Sandy, Tooth, Camicazi, the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, Snotlout, Fishlegs, and last but not least, Astrid."
Jack turns around so the group in front of him can't see when he winks at Hiccup when he says Astrid's name. Hiccup just turns his face away and tries to push down his blush. When he thinks his face isn't red anymore, he turns to look at Jack, with as much as disinterest as possible. "Just because they might not have known my name, doesn't mean I didn't know theirs. You guys are kinda popular in school."
Bunny steps forward and lets out a scoff, "Well trust me kid, we all knew your name already too. You're pretty popular around school too, but probably not for the same reasons though, more for the reason that you're the schools laughing stock." Hiccups face gets red and he turns away from Bunny after glaring at him. Jack sighs and slaps Bunny on the arm and the room is once again filled with awkward silence. Surprisingly, the adults in the room are the ones to break the silence.
"Um okay. Anyway, we have pizza, and if any of you brought gifts, just leave them on the dining room table please. And um… you guys can pretty much do whatever you want." Heather says. She then points to Jack, mouths "include him" and points to Hiccup, who has now busied himself by sketching. Jack rolls his eyes, of course for the eyes of his friends and shakes his head before turning to his friends, "I was thinking we could go outside and play in the snow if you want. Snowball fights, building forts, yeah." and he shrugs his shoulders and smiles. He hears his mother clear her throat, and he huffed out a breath of air before turning away from his friends and to Hiccup.
"Do you wanna go outside, and build a snowfort?" Jack made his voice sound strained, as if he regretted asking the question, but his face and eyes showed something completely different. It was as if he looked like he was begging Hiccup to. Jack mouthed "please" when Hiccup just furrowed his eyebrows and looked at Jack with distrust. But he couldn't resist Jacks pleading brown eyes. Hiccup rolls his eyes and sighs, "Fine."
Jack quickly gave Hiccup a wide smile before turning around to lead everyone outside, Frosty pushing everyone out of the way and running down into the snow. He turned on the stereo on the back porch, music blasting out. It had just snowed, but the sun was out, and it had melted slightly, making it perfect packing material. The first thing Jack did when everyone was outside was throw a snowball at Bunnys face, hitting his cheek. Bunny just smirked and soon a full snowball fight broke out, that consisted of Jack, Bunny, Camicazi, Astrid, the twins and Snotlout. Everyone else opted on building snow forts, Hiccup staying on the outside of the main parts. He would sometimes steal glances at Astrid, admiring her.
'She is so beautiful, and she is so strong and brave. There is no way in hell she would ever like someone like me.'
He sighs and looks over at everyone else and his eyes land on Jack. He is laughing. Hiccup can't help but stare, and his thoughts come alive.
'It's like he fits right in with winter, with his pale skin and how the tips of his ears and his nose are pink. Its cute. He seems so happy, and attractive. Beautiful.'
Hiccups eyes widen and he shakes his head when he realizes he was smiling at the thoughts in his head. He can't believe he just thought about his best friend that way. He was just thinking about Astrid! He shake his head one more time and focuses on the little snow castle he was in the middle of making.
Jack just pelted Snotlout on the back of the head when he stopped to catch his breath. He looks around and he spots Camicazi. He can't help but stare as she starts giving sass to Bunny.
'Camicazi is really cute. I don't think I like her, but she's really sweet, when she wants to be, and i trust her a lot. She's been through a lot of stuff like me, since her dad died when she was three.'
At the thought of Jack's dad, he frowns. He has never gotten a birthday gift, card, anything from his father ever since he left. He closes his eyes and shakes his head. He focuses back on Camicazi.
'She's also so sassy. It actually reminds me of…'
His eyes search the yard for Hiccup, until he spots him. His furrowed brows relax and a soft smile forms on his face when his eye land on Hiccup. He can't but let the thoughts run through his head.
'He is so little, and delicate looking. The snow makes his hair look more red, and his freckles stand out more, which are adorable. I just want to hug him and make him laugh. He looks so beautiful.'
Jack's eyes widen in shock at his own thoughts. That's his best friend!
Jack was taken from his thoughts when a snowball hits him square in the face, making him fall over. "Pay attention, dumbass!" Bunny yells at Jack. Frosty comes over and licks Jacks face over and over. He laughs and kisses Frosty on the head and pushing him off of him. Jack takes one last look at Hiccup before turning and playing with Frosty while throwing snowballs at his friends.
When Jack's mother calls everyone in to eat and to rest, Hiccup almost audibly sighs gratefully. He has been wanting to get away from everyone and go inside for a while now, but he knew Jack would be mad at him. He had been "accidently" hit by a snowball twice, thanks to Snotlout and the twins. Jack had obviously gotten them back for it, starting to
throw the snowballs like baseballs.
When they went inside, they all settled down for a movie, Hiccup sitting in a far corner of one of the couches, quietly munching on salt and vinegar chip. Everyone still practically disregarded him, and didn't even ask his opinion on the movie they were watching, as if he wasn't there. When the movie was over, Jack of course suggested they all go back outside again. The sun started getting darker in color, indicating sunset, but it was still a way off.
After a little bit of being outside, Hiccup had to go to the bathroom. On the way up the back porch stairs, Hiccup fell forward after being hit in the back of the head by a snowball. He just rubbed the back of his head and ignored it, knowing full well it was either Snotlout, the twins, or even Bunny. But when he reached the door, he heard Jack call hey to him, and when he turned around, he was instantly hit right in the face with a snowball. Hard. Hard enough for him to hit the door behind him. He lets out a little groan and wipes the snow off his face before rubbing the back of his head where it hit the door.
He looks up at everyone in the yard. Jack, Astrid, and Camicazi are glaring at Snotlout, who is chuckling, along with the twins and Bunny, who is covering his mouth, trying to hide his laughter. Hiccup looks over at the ones who were building the snow forts, who are looking at him with sympathy. Hiccup can start to feel his eyes water and looks back at Jack, who is looking at him with worry, silently asking him if he is okay. Hiccup doesn't give any indication that he was and he only turns around and quickly closes the door.
Jack sighs when Hiccup doesn't say anything and turns his attention back to Snotlout. "Really? Do you have to be that much of a dick?" as he glares at said person. Snotlout just shrugs and laughs, "What? It was funny." When he said that, Astrid walks over and punches him in the arm, making him stumble. "You know what, that was funny." Before he can regain his balance, Jack throws the snowball in his hand at Snotlout, hitting him in the face, making him fall over. "Yeah Astrid was right, that was funny." As if on cue, Frosty comes over and starts digging in the snow, throwing snow over Snotlout's face. Everyone laughs at Snotlout, but Jack can't help but worry about Hiccup.
"Hey guys, I will be right back." and he run up the steps and inside. When he gets inside, he sees Hiccup sitting at the breakfast bar, holding a washcloth on his face. It was clearly wet and warm from the steam coming off it. Jack frowns and walks over to him. "Are you okay?"
Hiccup jumps at Jack's voice, and takes the washcloth off his face to look at him. "Yeah, i'm okay." and he covers his face again. Jack sighs and takes the cloth off Hiccup's face and sits next to him. "Hiccup i'm so sorry." looking at Hiccup's face, now red and blotchy from the steam, head tilted down, with green eyes looking right into his, Jack couldn't help but recall those thoughts from earlier. Jack squeezes his eyes shut, effectively shutting the thoughts from his mind.
Hiccup just sighs and looks down before looking back at Jack. Hiccup observes his face, seeing worried brown eyes, holding sincerity, his normally bright smile, now in a downturned frown. The same thoughts from earlier pop in his mind and he clears his throat, focusing on what he was gonna say to Jack, forgetting about the thoughts.
"I just want to go home." Hiccup says to Jack, pleading in his eyes. Jack's eyes fall at Hiccup's words, "But.." "No, please Jack. I tried, and I had a little bit of fun, but it's clear they don't want me here, and it's just awkward and uncomfortable, and just please-" Hiccups pleading rant stops when Jack hugs him. Hiccups eyes fill with tears, emotionally tired from trying to be social, and from just how warm Jack felt. He wraps his arms around Jack and tucks his head into Jack's neck, letting out a shaky breath.
"Okay, I understand. I'm not mad." He regretfully pulls away from Hiccup, who just nods. They tell their parents, and they are getting ready to leave when Valerie offers Heather to come over with them, since Emma was at Baby Tooths, spending the night. She of course agrees, telling Jack not to make a mess or do anything stupid. Jack and Hiccup hug one more time, before he watches him climb in his parents car and drive away, his mother following them in her car.
Jack sighs and closes the front door and goes to sit on the couch, running his hands through his hair before leaning back and closing his eyes.
"Hey."
Jack's eyes snap open at the sound of a voice, relaxing once he sees it's only Camicazi. She walks over and sits next to him on the couch before speaking again, "Everyone else is outside, Bunny is making a fire on the porch, if that's okay. Where did that kid go? And your mom?"
"Uh yeah that's fine I don't care, it'll keep them all busy for a while anyway. And he, uh, he went home, and his mom offered mine to hang out and relax at their place, and she went so, we are here alone." Jack sighs. Camicazi just nods her head and rests her head on Jack's shoulder. Jack turns his head to look at her, unintentionally bringing his lips close her hers. Their eyes meet and they both blush and look away from each other, awkwardly laughing.
"I, uh, I didn't mean to do that." Jack stutters. "No, no I know." The awkward silence once again fills the room.
"Um, Jack?"
"Yeah?" he responds after clearing his throat.
"I mean, do you wanna, I mean, can we-" Jack cuts her off by leaning in and pressing his lips to hers. Her eyes instantly close and she leans into him.
Okay guys! That is it for this chapter, and yes i will be making a chapter to continue right after this, and yes it will be smutty. I know you can probably already tell, its not between who you want it to be, but i really wanted to add this because its my first time writing actual smut, and i thought this would be really cute and yeah. So i hoped you enjoyed! bye!