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"So I was just went out with him for pity. I mean least he was good ya know." Merida scoffed looking to the other squad members who rolled their eyes and smiled, gossiping and talking.
well except for their sole male member but there were reasons.
One Jessica was putting makeup on him and Ashley was fixing extensions
(Given this was against his will and the girls liked seeing how far they could make him a female and where they found white extensions he will never know).
And two he just hated Merida.
“What about you Jack? How was your lonely summer?” Jack frowned once he was allowed to and glared at Merida darkly.
“My summer was not lonely you hussy.”
“Oooh! Jack did you find someone?!” Jessica asked as the other girls cooed and giggled looking to Jack who flushed and picked at the skirt.
“A-ah Yea! A really hot guy actually.” Jack smirked and the girls squealed and all looked to Jack and the boy bit his lip.
“Yea he is this smart guy with green eyes and tall, you would think he was a dork! Total ten you know!” Jack rambled and went on and on.
Oh he was in so much trouble.
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Hiccup sighed as he closed his locker. His day hadn’t been grand so far, but what was he expecting? He was the new kid in the senior year - thanks a lot, dad, for having to move because of work - and just tall enough for people to notice.
He fixed his glasses a little awkwardly, rolling out his shoulders as discreetly as possible, the gesture trying to make him more comfortable. Hiccup had grown a lot over this past summer, and he still had to get used to these adjustments.
He had only met one nice person so far - Astrid, from his Biology class. She was very intelligent and competitive, so naturally she didn’t warm up to him immediately, but she seemed nice under the glaring exterior.
Who was Hiccup kidding. He just hoped his senior year didn’t suck so much. He already missed his best friend, Rachel, who he teasingly nicknamed Rapunzel because of her freakishly long hair. She in turn called him ‘Hiccup’ because of a crisis he had after too many sodas years ago.
Maybe he could text her after class.
"Come on Jackie~ tell ussss." One of the girls whined holding on to the male cheerleaders arms as he awkwardly tried to walk down the halls in heels.
Damn it Lucy and her endless need to put him in skirts and heels. He couldn’t hate her though she was too sweet.
“No I can’t tell you all everything besides his name is top secret!” Jack scoffed, really Jack had been going to school with most of these people since elementary school, he was always pulled with the girls because he didn’t care for cooties or anything and always stood up for them.
It just got to the point of Joining the cheer squad and being agile enough to make it. But boys and girls knew him because he was genuinely friendly. It was just easy for him to be in large groups and make real friends. Some were better than others he had bullying but it is pretty hard to be bullied when surrounded by the cheer squad of devil cats and claws.
Really be terrified of the Cheerleading squad and his adoptive older brother Aster was once the star, quarterback. So that was another thing. Plus Jack could handle his own he was normally dressed as a guy.
Though back to the present, he knew he should have kick of the heels the moment they got wobbly he knew he should have, or else maybe he wouldn’t have tripped and slammed face first into a wide chest and sent both of the victims of heels falling. A few girls screamed and scrambled to make sure both were ok while another went and grabbed the fallen glasses.
They gasped when the taller boy Jack slammed into opened his eyes.
Hiccup was just about to fish his cellphone out of his pocket to text his best friend when someone slammed into him, sending him to the ground. He closed his eyes instinctively as he fell on his behind, gasping at the impact.
He opened his eyes and couldn’t focus for a second, but found out it was because of his glasses. Or rather, lack thereof.
A cheerleader handed him the object and he put them on, focusing on the girl who had crashed on him. She had very big blue eyes, white hair, and a pale complexion.
So yeah, kind of breathtaking.
Hiccup scrambled to his feet, helping her up by reaching out a hand.
"Are you okay?" He asked, green eyes sweeping over the other cheerleaders. They were all staring at him funny, and suddenly Hiccup felt very self-conscious.
Jack groaned out a response before sitting back and rubbing his head.
"I am fine." He mumbled out and rubbed his head and his own eyes widened at the sight of The boy he crashed into. No
No this was not real
The guy he made up did NOT exist.
He reached out and put his hand on the other’s cheek disbelief clear on his face.
"Oh god you are fucking real! Shit why the fuck are you existing I made you up!" Jack whispered leaning close and pulling the other close to inspect him.
"You fucking exist how did this happen?! This is like some shitty teen movie!" Jack said eyes wide as the girls held in their breaths and stood stuff eyes wide and joyful. One for them waiting to say something!
Hiccup blinked, looking sideways to check if anyone else was hearing this. Apparently not, since the girl was whispering - her voice was really rough, but he assumed it was just hoarse from shouting cheerleading stuff.
"Um, I’m sorry?" He whispered back, very confused. What did she mean, he wasn’t supposed to be real? What was this girl even talking about?
He adjusted his glasses, then ran a hand through his auburn hair, which was getting wilder by the day. One of the cheerleaders was staring like she wanted to eat him up.
She was blonde and she looked menacing. Hiccup was scared.
"Ooooh no I am so sorry-." Jack said and realized how close he was to the other when Roxy squealed.
"I can’t take the suspense! Is this him?! Is this the extreme hottie you were telling is about?!" She squealed and the girls followed saying "how cute he was." And how "OMG he really does have the dorky hottie thing going for him!" They were all gushing and squealing.
Merida just glared daggers at Jack.
And all the while Jack was trying to shush and quiet the girls awkwardly standing up and fixing his skirt as he did so.
"Ohhhh my god! I didn’t know your boyfriend went here Jackie!! You are so mean!"
Jack hissed at her and sent an apologetic look to the new kid.
"I doubt that is him." Merida hissed to a girl who blinked and looked to Merida confused. It was quiet but Jack could hear.
"I bet he made it all up." Jack flushed and glared. He glanced around and saw the lustful looks of the girls and actually felt bad for Hiccup. Jack was off their radar because he was gay. But this guy?
Sad part was he really was as hot as Jack described him. A little nerdy but still it looked cute on him. Green eyes and awkward posture.
Geez this kid was asking to be pushed up against a wall and eaten alive.
He sent The new kid a pleading look to not say much.
Hiccup blinked and flushed, awkwardly pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose for the tenth time.
"Uh…" He tried to get a word out, but the girls were talking over one another, complimenting him in a way he had never heard before. They called him cute but also sexy, tall and then dorky. Hiccup was just praying he wouldn’t die from his blush.
But then he glanced at the girl who had bumped into him - Jackie, as one of the other girls had called her - and saw her look of despair when a redhead muttered she had made it up.
Clearly she had, then.
'Jackie' looked at him pleadingly, and Hiccup bit his lip softly before clearing his throat. He decided he might as well play hero for the poor cheerleader - who, by the way, was so pretty that she didn't need to make up a story about a boyfriend.
"So uh… Who said that we weren’t dating?" He asked, crossing his arms to try and look a little intimidating. The girls all looked surprised, gasping and glancing between the two of them.
Hiccup was proud of the reaction. He had just saved a girl from the humiliation of being caught in a lie. Hopefully she showed him around school, became friends with him. Who knew, Hiccup might even get a date.
And with a cheerleader, no less. He would have to text Rapunzel about that later. She’d be so proud of him.
Jack openly gapped. He noticed the similar reactions and a few pouts, he quickly wiped of the shocked look and sent a dazzling smile.
"Yes! Actually I didn’t want to show him right away because of how I knew you girls would react this way." Jack said voice radioing a few octaves a habit he picked up from the girls when he wanted to preppy and cheery.
"Now if you ladies excuse me I need to catch up with my boyfriend." Jack smiled happily wrapping his arms around the other’s. The girls whined or winked as they nodded and walked off, though Liz turned to him as she walked away.
"Remember! Try outs for the new members are today! We need you to help show them what to do and we can’t do that with your hips giving out so keep it pg you two!"
Jack flushed and waved before he sighed when they were gone.
"Follow me." He hissed pulling the taller boy to the boy’s bathroom and locked the door after checking to see if anyone else was in here before sighing and putting his back pack on the counter.
"I have to really thank you for that save back there you really did have to say that." Jack said softly and pleasantly before turning his back to the guy and grab the edges of his shirt with the intent of changing back to his regular clothes.
"Really just ask and I can repay you."
Hiccup yelped when he was pulled away suddenly, and then everything happened so fast and wow okay this girl had locked the door, was taking off her shirt and holy shit Hiccup couldn’t see a bra, and she was talking about repaying him?
“Ah, ah!” He gestured wildly with his hands. “D-don’t - um… Please don’t do that. You’re s-so pretty, I don’t want you to feel like there’s anything you have to do for me b-because of that… I j-just did what anyone would’ve done, really.” He was hyperventilating, he knew it. He took his inhaler from his pocket to prevent an asthma attack.
“C-can we just…get to know each other first? I, uh… I’d l-love to take you out on a date if you…if you even wanted to?” He was blushing so hard he thought he would die. He breathed a couple of times with the aid of his inhaler, practically panting.
Jack was successful in getting the shirt off his head and his extentions were a little messed up and digging at his skull, then he heard heaven breathing and turned around.
Oh my god….
Jack gapped at the other and realized what this looked like and he was torn.
A part of him really found it cute how the poor guy was hyperventilating and freaking out because he thought Jack was trying to repay him with sex and would rather go out with him first.
But another.
"Thank you that is sweet really but dude….I am changing…. I mean if that was what you want for repay meant I mean you are hot and stuff but I don’t think I am the person you think I am but… Um….. I really was just changing." He said gently shirt between his chest and arms thinking well maybe The other needed space. But seriously how does a guy looking hipster and sex on a stick be so… Adorable?
Hiccup gasped so hard when the girl turned around that he got into a coughing fit.
She was a he. The girl was a guy.
Wow Hiccup had been really tricked. A trans… Or maybe just an androgynous individual who liked to dress as a girl? Or maybe just a guy who liked cross-dressing.
He didn’t judge. But man, he was very confused right now.
He breathed in his inhaler a few times, trying to get used to the view of the guy’s flat chest and his pretty face with make-up.
"A-are you… You’re not… What?" He managed between a few pants. "Um, I’m… I’m Hiccup," he reached out a hand rather awkwardly. "S-sorry for assuming you were a girl. And, and the sex thing… Oh my gosh," he ducked his head to hide his furious blush.
Who would even want to have sex with Hiccup anyways? He didn’t even get why those cheerleaders said he was ‘hot.’
Jack blinked and waited until the other calmed down.
"No…. I am a guy…. Sorry you thought I was a girl." Jack shrugged and quickly pulled on his other shirt and pulled off his extensions with skill before shaking Hiccup’s hand. Oh my god.
"Cute name, mine is Jack Frost and yea it is ok, it is a problem when you look like me and you tend to only hand out with women the estrogen gets to you. You’re not the first to you know mistake me for a chick." Jack sighed and decided to pull on his pants under the skirt before slipping that off. He pulled out makeup remover and began working on that.
"So I now know why you helped me Hic, so ah this is going to be awkward but um…. Is there anything I can seriously do for you to keep up this charade a little longer? Like just enough for me to come up with a reasonable brake up where neither if us come out looking like major assholes." Jack asked frowning nervously as he wiped off his eye shadow, lipstick, mascara and foundation.
Hiccup was fidgety, pulling on his shirt and blushing a little when Jack said things like his nickname was cute.
"Well um, my name’s actually Henry but, yeah, my friend calls me Hiccup since forever so even my dad calls me that now… Sorry, I’m rambling," he cleared his throat awkwardly.
"Um… I don’t know what you could possibly offer that would help me? Like, no offense, you’re still uh, you know, gorgeous but… I don’t know what you could help me with, honestly." Besides the eye-candy? What could Hiccup possibly gain from fake-dating a cheerleader?
Wait, did that still count as dating? Could he text Rapunzel about it?
An idea struck him so suddenly that Hiccup felt dizzy. “Uh, there is one thing, but…” He trailed off, embarrassment taking over. “Nevermind, you won’t do it, this is dumb. I’m dumb. Also I think I should go,” he stepped away for a second, blushing. His idea was ridiculous.
Jack nodded that was reasonable. It was a weird nick name but, he looked to the other and frowned.
"Hold on now seriously, I am asking you to be my fake boyfriend, there is nothing more weird or awkward." Jack said rolling his eyes and throwing away the makeup wipe.
"Just tell me and trust me I will tell you if it is ridiculous but I will still do it you know? Since ah it is my fault you are in this situation in the first place…" Jack flushed and rubbed his arm embarrassed. "I doubt it would be dumb."
Hiccup chewed on his lip thoughtfully.
"Okay so I know this isn’t common because we’re on our senior year and I’m gonna turn eighteen soon but yeah I’ve never been in a relationship before so um I’ve never really kissed anyone and I was really hoping it’d be different in this school but I don’t wanna look like a noob you know? So yeah I was hoping you could like uh teach me how to kiss."
He let out a huge breath when his rant was over. “Phew.” He put his inhaler away after using it one more time. His asthma attacks weren’t frequent, but Jack stripping and making him think of sex in the school’s bathroom really couldn’t help but make Hiccup hyperventilate.
He chewed on his lip again, this time nervously, as he waited for an answer from his ‘fake boyfriend
Oh ok.
Jack did not expect that…
Ok…
Jack could actually do that. But poor baby boo.
Jack eyed Hiccup, this kid could probably get every girl in his pants with an awkward smile… And he had never been in a relationship before?
Maybe he went through an ugly duckling stage.
He shrugged.
"Sure." He said simply dropping the heels in his back pack and pulling out some sandals.
"I can do that. I mean we are going to be boyfriends." Jack walked right up to Hiccup and smiled.
"Kissing is sorta needed in that." Jack grinned.
"While I am sure you don’t mind the same sex relationship, trust me if you close your eyes you can’t tell the difference." Jack purred.
"I am probably need to show you around, you’re a new kid? Pfft rough thing to do in senior year, well I will point out people to avoid because there is just some really shady people, but hey you can have a plethora of people at this school that are friendly and nice." Jack shrugged, may have been teasing a little with his close up purrs and whispers. But the guy was cute flustered.
Hiccup’s eyes widened a little when the guy agreed. Seriously? He didn’t think it was creepy? He wouldn’t make fun of Hiccup for being a total virgin?
Jack walked up to him and the brunet stepped back instinctively, bumping on the locked door behind him.
The blue eyes were teasing and beautiful, framed by thick eyelashes that made Jack look even more androgynous. Hiccup was confused for a moment still, but he could settle on the word ‘gorgeous’ no matter how Jack was dressing.
He was right, if he had his eyes closed he wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. He already couldn’t with his eyes open, apparently.
"You would do that?" Green eyes seemed disbelieving. "Ah, yeah… My dad had to move because of work. He got a promotion that just had to happen in my senior year…" He bit his lip. "Sorry, unnecessary information again." Hiccup blushed, looking sideways.
Jack smirked at how cute the other was acting. This was really bad actually he really was acting like a total virgin and wow.
Jack really was saving his behind.
Had Hiccup been walking around as he was no doubt someone would have tried to snatch him right up.
"Course no boyfriend of mine is going to be an awkward loner, I am not a clingy guy anyway." He listened to hiccup and shrugged.
"Nah your fine, I think I should know about you, you know? I mean until we have a valid smooth way to brake up we should know like the little things, like I have a little sister and an older brother, what about you Hiccy? Siblings? Pets? Friends?….or…" He noticed how the boy had himself pressed to the door.
"Maybe how you would like to leave?" He chuckled raising an eyebrow to the green eyed boy. It was brake so they had a few more minutes anyway.
Hiccup pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, feeling a little trapped with this guy and his eyes and cute nose and smirking lips and okay maybe Hiccup had glanced down when he was changing and had gotten a good peek at his legs.
“I, um… I don’t have any siblings. I have a cat. And. My best friend, Rapunzel, is back in Berk, which is where I lived before. Her name’s not really Rapunzel, I just call her that because she’s blonde and her hair reaches past her waist.”
“A-and yeah uh… I really should go. Do you need me to do something for you after school? Like walk you home, away from that mean redhead?” He blanked. “Whoops. I mean, uh, sorry if she’s your friend, just, she thought you were faking it. Well, you were, but… Yeah. Sorry, I’ll shut up now.”
Jack laughed a little and nodded.
The lonely cat loving Virgin nerd who turned to be a total hottie?
Too good to be true.
This guy was asking for it and if he ended up faking this whole thing Jack would slap a genius on his face. Even if it was cliched.
"Well my last class is practice and if you don’t mind waiting until I get changed that would be great and nags he is a total bitch we are just on the same team and forced to be civil….also where do you live? So I can get an idea and neither of us are walking like minutes out of the way to get home…. I mean unless you have a ride." Jack grinned, really his dad refused to get him a car until he got a job which was hard to do with practice so he had to rely on his egg head of a brother mostly.
"I don’t mind waiting," Hiccup shrugged. He could just read his new book in the bleachers or something. That was something boyfriends did, right? Waited for their boyfriends to finish practice?
"She did seem like a bit of a bitch, yeah," he agreed quietly, scratching his chin. Dammit, he had to shave again.
"Me? Oh. I have a bike but I can just walk with you. It’s like, ten minutes by foot. I don’t know if it’s near anywhere you’d know, but it’s uh… Roosevelt Lane. That’s it. The number’s 81."
Jack bit his lip and nodded.
Ok
So
No car….. No one was perfect Jack. Jack blinked.
"Oh huh I live a couple doors down…. Cool no perfect actually." Jack smiled.
"Great!" So the bell rang and Jack sighed.
"I think we should open up the door hot stuff." Jack teased nodding to the door.
"What is your next class?"
"Really? So we’re neighbors, that’s nice." Hiccup was happy that this was the first comment he could make without blushing or stuttering or being uncomfortable.
Aaaaand Jack called him ‘hot’ and there went his cool demeanor. “Oh uh…” He got a paper from his back pocket, consulting his time table. “Advanced Algebra,” he informed. “Do you know where room 201 is? Please?”
Jack thought for a moment and nodded.
"Yea you have it with Mr. Sanderson, my Apus history with Black is right across from it." Jack said and was able to unlock the door from behind Hiccup by reaching around.
"After you Hiccup." Jack smiled and waited for the other to exit before following and entertaining their fingers.
He looked to Hiccup with an ‘is this ok look?’
Really Hiccup was the deal beaker for him so he needed to make the other comfortable.
Hiccup blushed when he thought Jack was going to hug him or something, but really the boy was just unlocking the door behind him.
He bit his lip when Jack laced their fingers together, but then shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal. How could he say ‘I haven’t held hands with anyone ever since my mother died’ without sounding completely lame?
Yeah, there wasn’t a way.
People were staring and whispering as they passed by, and Hiccup involuntarily tightened his grip on Jack. Surely the cheerleader squad had already spread the rumors, and now people were confirming it with their own eyes. He was a little edgy. New school, new rules, new people - and he had already managed to attract the attention he was so uncomfortable with receiving.
Jack hummed and didn’t mind the attention. But from the hand squeeze Hiccup wasn’t. He sighed and sent a looked to the other as they walked to their classes.
"I know it is hard, but ignore them they really can’t say or do anything. Not when you are now my boyfriend. Just act as you would if this was natural." Jack smiled softly.
They just walked to their class and Jack hopped up on his toes and kissed Hiccup’s cheek.
"Have a nice day in class." Jack hummed.
"Your gonna love sandy." Jack grinned before walking to his own class.
Yea
He could do this.
Hiccup just nodded, tightening his grip on his backpack. They made it to his classroom and Jack kissed his cheek.
Hiccup blushed. “Yeah, you too. I’ll see you at your practice,” he fixed his glasses and made his way inside. Sitting down next to him was the girl from his previous class, Astrid. She looked at him curiously.
"You and Frost?" She leaned in to whisper. "Really?"
Hiccup just shrugged, trying not to show how alarmed he was. The news really did fly at that school.
"Yeah, I guess," he tried to reply as coolly as possible. "We met over the summer," he lied, recalling that was what Jack apparently had told the cheerleaders.
"Really? How?" She tilted her head curiously, obviously wondering how the hell a nerd like Hiccup could meet someone as popular and pretty as Jack.
"Oh, you know," he started a little nervously, when Mr. Sandman called his attention. He sent an apologetic shrug in Astrid’s way and started thankfully paying attention to Algebra. At least the numbers made sense.