Chapter 8 – What happens next?

Soooo here is chapter 8 and well I'm just gonna let whatever happens now happen… Hhaaah I… well lets go…

Stoick blinked a few times, opened his mouth and closed it again. For the first time in his life he did not know what to say. He looked at his son who was anxiously biting his lower lip and squeezing Jacks hand with his own. He thought about all the times he had yelled at his son and been angry with him, about all the times he had been un accepting. All the times he had not listened. All the times he hadn't been a good and accepting dad. With all these thoughts circulating in his head and Hiccups words echoing in his ears he thought of how often he had wanted to be a more accepting dad and how he wanted to love his son for who he was and not always want him to be something else, something that he wasn't. With all this in his head Stoick finally spoke up.

"I… I'm glad you told me son… And I'm happy you do the things you like and I… I'm proud of you son… You know… It's hard sometimes, but I want to be a accepting dad…" Stoick fell silent and looked at his son who blinked a few times.

Hiccup opened his mouth and closed it again, he tried to figure out something to say but he couldn't find any words. He stood up and hugged his dad tightly instead. Tears filled his eyes and he could feel his fathers' big hands on his back.

"Dad… Th…. Thanks… I… I really I don't know what to say… Wow, I'm proud of you dad… This makes me so happy…" Hiccup said with a shaky voice, whipping away some tears from his cheeks before smiling at his dad.

"I'm happy you told me son, it means a lot to me…"

Jack, who had stepped away a bit to give the two some space, stepped forwards and squeezed Hiccups hand. Hiccup looked up at the taller teen and leaned his head against Jacks' shoulder.

The three of them spent the Sunday afternoon together, Toothless rolled up in Hiccups lap. The feline whisked with his tail as Jack petted him, he also purred a little, surprisingly it seemed like Toothless finally had accepted Jack. That made Hiccup very happy. Another thing that made Hiccup happy was that he was able to sit with his dad, and his boyfriend, because that was what he would call Jack from now on, in their living room, holding Jacks hand, knowing he had nothing to hide because his dad knew about his sexuality.

They ended up eating dinner together and it wasn't until late that evening that Hiccup hugged Jack good night, deciding what time they should meet the next day.

He stood in the door, letting the cool night wind blow through his hair before it got too cold and he closed the door. He turned around and faced his dad, who smiled a little.

"Thanks again dad… You don't understand how much this means to me… How much of a relieve it is…"

"Hiccup, I always wanted to be a good and accepting dad, and now I have started trying…"

"I have to say you haven't always been the best… But now you are the best…" Hiccup grinned at his dad, feeling a deep happiness in his heart, almost making him cry.

"You know what son? Now we're going to make some food…"

"Sounds like a great idea!"

They prepared the dinner together. They weren't talking much, but the silence wasn't awkward, it was comfortable. After dinner Hiccup went up to his room doing some homework for the next day, then he packed his bag and got ready for the night. While he was brushing his teeth he wondered what Jack was thinking at that moment, if he was thinking about Hiccup, what he thought about. He wondered what would happen tomorrow in school, would things be different? What would they say? Would they tell the others? He tried to push away the thoughts because they only made him worried and nervous, but they wouldn't quite leave him alone. He went to bed with all those thoughts swirling around in his head, hoping for the sake of Thor that he would be able to sleep. He decided to send a good-night-text to Jack which looked something like this: "Good night my sweet sweet Popsicle…" He grinned a little before he put his phone away and turned the lights off.

As usual the alarm went on at 6:05 but it took Jack until 6:40 to finally get up. Then he remembered that he was supposed to meet Hiccup as usual to walk to school together and that he was actually in a hurry. He sprung up, dressing really quick and getting himself ready to go as quick as he could.

As soon as he left the house he started sprinting towards Hiccups house and as he went by the last turn of the road he could see Hiccup waiting for him. Hiccup looked up and smiled at Jack, waving towards him. Jack ran even faster and as he reached Hiccup he was embraced in a tight hug and a kiss. He was so happy to have Hiccup as his boyfriend, because that was what they were now, right?

"Hi!" Jack said as he had caught his breath a bit.

"Hey snowflake."

"You had a nice afternoon?"

"Yeah, actually… and you?"

"Well, had to study as I came home so not so much of free time…"

They walked hand in hand, and the closer they came to school the more nervous Hiccup got, but suddenly he thought: Why should I be scared? I'm proud, I'm proud of who I am and I'm proud of my hot boyfriend and I don't give a damn about what Snoutlout thinks or what anyone thinks about me. So he squeezed Jacks hand tighter and looked up at him.

"You know what? I'm not afraid of Snoutlout anymore, I don't care what anyone thinks about me, about us. I care about you and I care about me and my friends and that's good. I don't care what the others say about me as long as I'm happy and you are happy. I'm proud of myself…" Hiccup blushed a bit after saying all that.

"That's good, and you should be, because you are the best boyfriend I could wish for. I'm happy you stopped caring about that douchebag…"

"Unless he's mean to you that will say, then I'm going to get really mad and tell him what I think about him!" Hiccup said with an upset voice.

"Take it easy Hiccup, it's going to be alright, okay?"

Together they crossed the schoolyard, people staring weirdly at them as they walked there hand in hand. They reached the entrance and walked all the way to Hiccups locker. Snoutlout was standing there, shouting something after them. But Hiccup couldn't care less, he was with Jack and his dad was proud of him and all things had turned out better than expected. How could he possibly care for a bully like Snoutlout? How could he believe that guy, lying around about others to look better himself? He almost felt sorry for him. Jack gave Hiccup a small peck before the two separated to go to their separate lessons.

"See you at lunch Hic!"

"See you too Jack!"

Okay so I don't even know, I'm so terribly sorry for taking so long to update, I guess y'all hate me by now… Anyhow I've had really much to do with school and everything but here goes nothing… I don't really know if this is going to continue bc I kinda cleared everything up there… so probably this is the end… And what happens next is up to you to figure and think about… Also: Thanks for reading and reviewing, I appreciate every review… So hey, thanks…