Oh my god I accidentally deleted this so I had to rewrite it. ;-; I nearly cried when I did that.
Thanks to Jinx-Nightangale for this idea!
Title~ Hiccups
Summary~ Jack has the hiccups, and Bunny needs to help him get rid of them before the Warren freezes over. The only problem with that? Jack can't remember how he always got rid of them! Luckily he's not the only Overland, and Emma happens to remember the trick to getting rid of Jack's hiccups.
WHERE IS THE FLUFF GENRE!?
Bunny was actually fairly calm. Easter had just passed, and unlike last year with the fiasco with Pitch it had been a success. So with his busy season over, he spent most of the rest of the year tending the plants around the Warren, including his own personal garden.
He was doing just that when a gust of cold air blew past him.
"Sorry!" he turned to see an apologetic winter sprite standing in front of him.
"What have I told you about freezing things in my Warren, mate?" Bunny asked, irritation leaking into his voice even if he was trying to be patient with his little brother.
hic!
Bunny's ears shot up as the flower he was kneeling in front of frosted over. He turned to see Jack with a hand clasped over his mouth.
Hic!
The winter spirit's shoulders jumped as the squeaking noise slipped from between his fingers.
"Frostbite, do you have the hiccups?" Bunny asked. Jack nodded, hiccuping again. Yet another flower froze over.
"And you freeze things when you get the hiccups?" Bunny demanded. Another nod accompanied by a hiccup. Bunny groaned.
"Can't you fly somewhere else then?" he asked.
"Have you- hic!- ever- hic!- tried fl- hic!- flying with the- hic!- hiccups?" Jack asked, hiccuping the whole time he tried to talk. It would have been funny, had everything not been slowly frosting over.
"Well how do we get rid of them? Have you tried holding your breath? Drinking water?" Bunny asked. Jack nodded.
"I- hic!- don't remember how- hic!- Mama used to- hic!- get rid of them! I've tried- hic!- everything! They last- hic!- weeks!" he exclaimed.
"So what are we gonna do? You're gonna freeze the whole Warren!" he exclaimed.
"I can't- hic!- help it!" Jack exclaimed. Bunny groaned, putting his paws in his hands.
He looked up as Jack sat down on a tree stump, hiccuping. The boy looked miserable, and Bunny had to feel for the kid. No one really liked a continuous case of the hiccups.
He opened his mouth to speak when Emma flew in. She paused as Jack hiccuped before a grin spread across her face and she put a finger to her lips in a signal for Bunny to be quiet.
"You're sure you've tried everything?" he asked. Jack just looked at him and nodded, his shoulders jumping and another hiccup escaping him.
"I- hic!- hate this- hic!" he said, crossing his arms as if it would help. By now Emma was leaning down and with her mouth right next to his ear she yelled at the top of her lungs
"WOLF!"
The reaction was instantaneous. Jack lept four feet in the air, snatching his staff and whirling around, pointing it at Emma. The young time spirit was doubled over clutching her stomach, laughing her head off.
"Emma! Why would you do that, you scared me half to death!" Jack exclaimed. It took another few seconds.
"T-That's how we get rid of your hiccups! Scaring you was the only thing that ever worked! Sometimes the whole village would be in on it, to see who could get rid of them first. Mama held the record of sneaking up on you and scaring you." she giggled.
"They're gone! It worked!" he exclaimed. She grinned and nodded.
"So that was the cure the whole time?" Bunny asked. She nodded.
"I heard him hiccuping when I came in." she said. Jack rolled his eyes.
"So now we know how to cure Jack when he gets the hiccups." Bunny said.
"Over the years he comes to expect the scaring, so we had to get more and more creative in how to scare them out of him." Emma giggled.
"Well, next time we'll be prepared." Jack said. Emma nodded and smiled.
"Yep. So you freeze things when you get the hiccups?" she asked.
"Yeah. You don't want to see what happens when I get the flu." he grimaced.