I Promise [Jackunzel & Mericcup]

Preparation

Hiccup was leaning on one of the walls of a shop outside, just where Merida told him to wait. Merida approached, making a big wave at him to signal him that it was her as she walked closer. Hiccup smiled at her and scratched the back of his head, once more.

“So, how was your first time feeding Toothless?” He asked.

“He eats like a pig,” Merida Teased.

Hiccup chuckled, “Yeah, I know,” he took something from his pocket and threw one of it at Merida, “Here.”

It was an apple, Hiccup bought it for both of them, “How’d you know I love these things?” Merida said, a bit surprised.

Hiccup paused from biting the apply he held, “You do?”

Merida chuckled, realizing it was just a coincidence and ate the apple Hiccup gave her.

Some of the townspeople were above them, fixing the sign of the shop they were in front of. The sign was made out of thick wood with its supporter made out of meta that was already a bit rusty and quite loose. Hiccup has noticed that eversince the start which Is why he avoided that spot but then didn’t notice that Merida stayed there. The townspeople were hanging flags on the shop when the pole of the sign of the store suddenly broke… And Merida was just below it.

Hiccup gasped, “Merida, look out!”

Hiccup ran to Merida as fast as he could and hugged her tightly. Merida let go of her apple from being surprised and she suddenly sat down, while Hiccup kneeled down and had his one hand on her back and the other one covered her head. Her cheek was being pressed onto Hiccup’s chest and she could feel his heartbeat. Hiccup’s grip finally loosened up and Merida looked up to him.

“Are you hurt?” Hiccup said, looking worried. The sign of the shop fell and Hiccup covered Merida and took the hit instead.

“Y-yeah,” Merida said as she blushed a bit.

Hiccup was relieved, “Th-Thank Odin…”

Hiccup suddenly fell on the ground completely, “HICCUP!” Merida screamed.

She was slightly slapping Hiccup’s cheeks to wake him up. He slowly opens his eyes, but couldn’t even look straight at Merida…

“I’m… dizzy…” Hiccup said, feeling so weak and saw his whole world go round and round.

Merida checked Hiccup’s head… there was no sign of wounds, just a small lump on his head from the hit. Merida chortled for she thought he had such a serious injury, which also made Hiccup smiled.

“Sonofagun, and here I was worrying sick!” Merida said as she and Hiccup laughed.

The townspeople that were at the top climbed down and gave Hiccup an ice bag.

“Jack and Punzie could’ve handled that in just a snap,” Merida teased, as she helped Hiccup sit down on a bench at the center of the town.

“Merida! Hiccup!” Rapunzel finally saw them. She ran towards them pulling Jack by the hand.

“Woah, what happened to you?” Jack said as he put on an “Ouch!” face at Hiccup.

“Got hit by a sign of a shop,” Hiccup said, smiling clumsily.

Jack chuckled, “That’s pretty much like you.”

“HEY!” Hiccup yelled.

All four of them laughed and Rapunzel finally explained to them the gift she had given to Jack. Merida and Hiccup were so happy for him.

“Such a great gift, don’t cha think?” Merida said.

“I’m more ecstatic than Punz, right now--…” Jack looked at his side to be surprised that Rapunzel wasn’t’ there, anymore.

They looked around and saw Rapunzel dancing to the music. She twirled around and invited the other townspeople to dance with her. Everyone was pleased by the bubbly attitude of Rapunzel and agreed to dance. Everyone danced to the beat of the music being played. It was like Rapunzel didn’t get tired of dancing.

“So, if the wish worked,” Hiccup told Jack as Jack still looked at Rapunzel.

“Then that means…”

Merida continued what Hiccup was about to say, “You love her, don’t cha?”

Jack suddenly blushed and looked at them, trying to act cool, “Where’d you get that all of a sudden?”

“Come on, lad. Don’t try to deny it. We know just by the way you look at her,” Merida said.

“And look, your wish was granted when you wore the necklace. And the old woman said… Based on what Rapunzel told us… Would only work if the one who gave it to you was the LOVE OF YOUR LIFE,” Hiccup emphasized the last four words to Jack as he and Merida put on a grin.

“Whatever you guys wanna think,” Jack told them, looking back at Rapunzel.

It was true. Jack loved Rapunzel so much that he would even give up his powers and life for her. He wanted to stay with her forever and never leave her side. It’s just that he knew that that can never happen; he would still see more centuries pass by and would see the world change, while Rapunzel might only live less than a century. That would be heartbreaking for him. He didn’t want to see the love of his life and his friends leave him. That bothered him for so long that he got lost in thought.

“Jack!” Rapunzel yelled.

Jack came back to his senses and looked at Rapunzel. She was signaling him to join her in the dance. He didn’t want to. He didn’t even know if he knew how to dance. He refused Rapunzel’s offer.

But, Merida and Hiccup put up an evil grin and pushed Jack into the crowd that were dancing. He tried to follow the beat and he was already dancing. Blurred flashbacks came across his mind as he tried to remember how to dance. Merida couldn’t stand it anymore and also joined the dance, pulling Hiccup for him to join her, whether he liked it or not. Jack closed his eyes and just followed the music, until he turned around and around and finally grab hold of Rapunzel’s hand. They finally reached each other.

Rapunzel wasn’t satisfied with all that, she borrowed some paint she saw the townspeople using for the walls and started painting the walls and floors of the kingdom. Hiccup and Merida’s jaw dropped of amazement. Her paintings were just so beautiful.

But, night slowly came and Jack had to remind Rapunzel about the lanterns. They went by to the river of the town where there was a boat readied, with bits of Jack’s frost patterns at the edges of the boat.

“You two hop on and enjoy. We’re fine watching it from here,” Hiccup said, deciding not to ride in the boat, too, to give Jack and Rapunzel a little bit of privacy.

“Are you sure?” Rapunzel asked, as she hopped on the boat.

“Yeah, yeah… We can still have beautiful scenery here, anyway,” Merida told Rapunzel.

Jack gave them a grin, “You two just wanna be alone, don’t you?”

Merida pushed Jack onto the boat and pushed it away, “You’re dead when you get back here, Jack!”

They stayed at the middle of the river and waited for the lanterns to show up. There was a bit of awkward silence between them that just kept nagging Jack. He looked at Rapunzel and saw that she was pretty upset.

“You okay?” Jack asked.

Rapunzel let out a huge sigh, “All my life, I’ve dreamed of seeing those lanterns close while I only watched them from my window, and now… It’s just… What if it’s not how I dreamed it would be?”

“It will be,” Jack told her.

“Well… This was my dream… So, after this… What will my new dream be?” Rapunzel asked.

Jack went closer and conjured up a rose made out of ice and handed it to Rapunzel, “I guess that’s the best part of it… You get to find a new dream.”

Jack suddenly removed the necklace he wore and gave it back to Rapunzel, “Jack, what…”

“I just want you to enjoy this birthday like how we used to celebrate it,” Jack explained. He wanted Rapunzel to remember this like how it was before when Jack still couldn’t be seen by anyone but her. Rapunzel smiled as she held onto the necklace and kept it close to her.