[Inspired by Orange Juice from Mélanie Martinez]

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Berk. A city like others. With its mall, park, houses and schools.
Berk high school. Place where Hayden "Hiccup" Haddock was studying. He was kinda of a loner. Not because he wanted to but mostly because no one really wanted to hang out with a nerd. Except his twin sister, Meg. She wasn't in the same class as him cause she wanted to follow animal care while he wanted to follow engineering. She was his only friend. His only support. They were close and their bond was really strong.
But since high school started, Hiccup was distant with her and it was paining her. She loved her brother happy and these last weeks, he looked so down and kinda sad. She was joining him at every break, making sure he wasn't alone but everytime he just shrugged. It hurts her. She wanted her teasing and silly brother again. He never wanted to tell her what was bothering him. But it's only until that day, where she found him cursing in front of the bathroom mirror after throwing up that she got sickly worried.

It was lunch time. Hiccup was eating oranges alone near the window. Watching the "popular" table laughing. He was mainly watching at one girl. She was blond and had incredible beautiful green eyes. Her name was Camilla. She was hanging with Andrew. A fit and thin guy, brown hair and blue eyes. They weren't dating but she clearly seemed to be into him. Hiccup had a crush on Camilla. Unfortunately. But he was "fat" for her. He needed muscles but he couldn't even lift a 6 pounds bag without help.
He shoveled the rest of his orange in his mouth and left the cafeteria.

At home. Hiccup was in his room. Looking at his reflection on the mirror. He frowned. He lifted his shirt and pinched his beads on his belly. He groaned and walked to the bathroom. He locked himself up and grabbed his toothbrush. He sat in front of the toilet and put the back of the thin object at the entrance of his throat. Everything came out in a second.
All the oranges he ate today were now just orange juice.

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Meg was going to the bathroom. But it was locked.

-"Hiccup?", she tempted, knocking carefully.

The door opened suddenly. Hiccup had red eyes and his skin lost its color.

-"Oh my, are you okay?", Meg asked worriedly.

-"Yeah! I'm fine!", he spatted and pushed her before leaving for his room.

Meg was left alone in the corridor.
She knew what he was doing. She noticed his behavior toward food.
Gods, what could she do to help him?

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A few days past. Hiccup started to be thinner. Just like Andrew. Maybe not as fit but he was now definitely thinner. And he was getting more confident and today was the day he was going to confess to Camilla and ask her out.

He was at his locker when he saw walking in the hallway. He took a deep breath and went to her.

-"H-hi Camilla.", he arrived by her side.

-"Oh. Hi. Uuuh?"

-"Hayden."

-"Oh yeah Hayden. You wanted to ask something?", she asked politely.

-"Y-yeah. Uhm... I was wondering... if you wanted.. to you know... hang out sometimes?", he finally said.

-"Oh. Oh! Oh... I'm sorry. I'm more into thin guys. I'm sorry.", she apologized awkwardly and walked away, going back to Andrew and his friends.

Hiccup was standing there. Trying to process what she just said. He felt his stomach knotting. He swallowed and walked to class fast, before anyone sees him.
Meg was not far and had watched the entire scene.

••••••••

Hiccup was back in his room. Lifting his shirt and watching his belly in the mirror, ribcage showing prominently. The bags under his eyes obvious. His skin color fading.
It was raining. The rain joined the sounds of orange juice falling into the toilet and the silent tears rolling down his face.
Back into his room, he looked again at his stomach. Still too fat for his taste. He wanted to be beautiful like Andrew. He wanted Camilla to look at him like she was looking at Andrew.

-"It's not fair..", he sobbed, closing his eyes to block the tears from falling.

-"Indeed."

Hiccup's eyes snapped wide open and look at the other reflection behind him in the mirror. Meg. Leaning against the doorway.

-"I wish I could give you my set of eyes, cause I know your eyes ain't working.", she stepped beside him, "I wish I could tell you that you're fine, so fine but I know you'll find it disconcerting.".

She took his hand in hers and squeezed it really tight. Then she looked at his eyes in the mirror, blocking his gaze, her tears threatening to burst any second.

-"You turn oranges to orange juice. Enter there, then spit it out of you.", she hugged his arms and leaned her head on his shoulder, "Your body is imperfectly perfect, everyone wants what the other's working.", she turned his face with a finger under his chin and made her look at her, "No more orange juice.".

Hiccup's tears fall, just like his body fall into his sister embrace. Both were crying. Hugging for dear life, too scared to lose one another.

-"You're my brother, I'll always find you beautiful. », Meg whispered shakily in his ear.

-"Thank you sis... thank you so much..", he cried in her shoulder.

An orange fall on the floor from Hiccup's bag laying on his bed. It cracked and juice came out of the fruit but dried immediately.

No more cry OJ.