One Drunken Night (Hijackunzel)

Tequila

"Tequila": Spanish for 'I dont remember anything' -UrbanDictionary

“Another round!”

The table cheered, Jack laughed as the waitress nodded and headed back to the bar for the fourth time that night. Everyone was still babysitting their drinks while taking tequila shots. It had started a couple hours ago, a mix of socializing and playing pool with a celebratory drink for the birthday boy.

Hiccup had turned twenty-three and all his friends from the university were at the local pub, downing drinks and gossiping. Not that he really had tons of friends, but it was enough for how loud everyone got.  There was Merida, Flynn, Jack and Rapunzel, Anna and Kristoff. He looked at the happy couple and felt his heart sink a bit even in his drunken haze.

“Oh, no. I know that face.” Flynn said, staring at the boy who looked at his…what did Jack order him again? Liquid marijuana? Whatever that was.

“Theres no face.” Hiccup replied, but it was too late. Everyone had heard him and turned to stare at the birthday boy.

“Yer thinkin’ about Astrid ag’n, huh?” Merida said. Hiccup gave her a look despite her accurate call.

“Oh Hiccup!” Rapunzel cooed, throwing her arms around the brunette, pulling him to her chest in a comforting hug. She smelled of flowers and alcohol. He was pretty sure that Rapunzel sucked at holding her liquor, but then again most of them did.

“Punz, Im fine.” Hiccup mumbled, pushing her away. Everyone at the table gave him a good hard look. Before anyone had the chance to comment the waitress walked over with another set of tequila shots and chasers.

The attention was taken off him for the moment as everyone grabbed their fifth shot with their chaser, all differing on the person. Jack, Kristoff and Flynn had no chaser because they were seeing who could better ‘man up’, Merida has a sprite, Anna had a coke, and Rapunzel was armed with lime wedges. Hiccup had his drink, it was already sweet enough but he was sure he was going to get alcohol poisoning

“To Haddock! Forever may he bail us out of trouble!” Jack called, holding his shot up.

“To Haddock!” they called while Hiccup grinned. Everyone downed the shot, before slamming it down on the table with a crescendo of thumps before every reached for their chasers to take the burn away. 

Everyone’s cheeks were rosy and eyes were swimming. Only Kristoff and Flynn looked like they could do one more shot before they were down for the count. They were broader than Jack and Hiccup. The girls were done way before all of the guys. Anna and Merida were gossiping about Kristoff and her sex life. Flynn and Kristoff were too busy arguing about the recent football game. Jack was whispering to Rapunzels ear as she giggled, letting him run his hand up and down her bare thigh. Without the liquor in her system she would’ve told him that it wasn’t the place or time and blushed, but as far as liquid courage went, Rapunzel seemed to have grown a backbone. Or a serious case of ‘not giving a fuck’.

Hiccup was forced to retreat back to his rather depressing thoughts about his ex-girlfriend.  He first started dating Astrid at the beginning of junior year at the university. She was beautiful, strong willed and smart. She was everything he wanted and she had actually gone out on a date with him. He wasn’t used to women liking him even three years after high school. They had dated for sixth months and he was having the time of his life. He treated her like a princess and made sure she wanted for nothing.

But it turns out that women didn’t like that. She ended dumping him because he was too nice. She had left him and he spent the night breaking dishes numbly and watching romantic comedies with Rapunzel. Jack, his roommate, wanted to take him out and get his mind off of it but he knew that if he went out and drank, he’d find his way to Astrid’s dorm, asking for a drunken second chance.

It’s only been two months since that happened and here couples surrounded him and he never felt lonelier.  

A small giggle had his attention on the couple next to him, Jack nibbling on Rapunzel’s ear while she laughed and whispered back at him. He was never like Jack. Maybe that’s why Astrid dumped him. He wasn’t adventurous in sex. Hell, he lost his virginity when he was a freshman in college! It wasn’t like he had a lot of experience. Sure, Astrid and him had sex regularly but wasn’t anything super dangerous or interesting. It was sex, making love. Because he loved her. 

That giggle made his eye twitch. He used to be in love with Rapunzel. He would be jealous of Jack who seemed to have her attention even when they had just started at the school. She was their next-door neighbor when they lived in the dorms. Both of them were smitten yet she had chosen Jack and they had been dating for three years now. Yeah, he was jealous of his best friend.

“I want to go home.” He was slurring his words already.

All eye were on him again.

“Aw, come on man! Its only midnight! The –hic- night just started!” Flynn said with a grin. 

Merida reached over from the other side of him and put her arm around his shoulder. For a Scott who supposedly could hold her liquor, she was seemed to be more drunk than the rest of them. The red head pouted,

“Aye don wan’ ta goe hoomee.” Her accent was so thick when she drank that it took everyone a good minute to decipher what she had said. 

“Shut up, fire crotch, your so drunk right now.” Jack smirked; his words were a bit slurred but not much. His cheeks were bright red on his pale face though.  The Scott  growled at him, mumbling scottish slang under her breath that no one understood.

"Why do you want to go home, bud?" Kristoff asked as Anna leaned against his arm, closing her eyes. Probably trying to get the room to stop spinning. 

"Because.." he started. The hazy feeling in his head mulled over the excuse he wanted to give and replaced it with his actual thoughts, "Because I miss Astrid and this isn’t fun when everyone as someone and I don’t." 

The faces of the fellow group all fell slightly. They knew how hard it was on Hiccup, being dumped for doing nothing wrong. Flynn leaned forward and clapped a hand on his shoulder, 

"Hey I don’t have anyone, you’re not—"

"Look at you, you could go home with any girl here. Lets try not to act that sympathetic to my cause here." Hiccup replied, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Hiccup, don’t think like that." Rapunzel said placing a hand on his, "Any girl was lucky to have you. Astrid was just a..a bitch." her pout and furrowed brow had everyone starring at her with wide eyes. Even Anna jumped up and gasped.

"Punz, did you just cuss?" Jack asked with a grin. Rapunzel never cussed, ever.

The blonde blinked innocently and looked around at her friends, “Did I?”

A grin broke across his lips, despite his past thoughts. His mood lifted and he let out a laugh. The laugh was insistent and took over, tears coming to his eyes and he was unable to stop. The entire table began to laugh as well.

"I can’t believe" Flynn had to take a breath, "you said that!"

"I don’t think she really—" Hiccup started.

Rapunzel put a finger to his lips, stopping his words as her hazy green eyes met his with an adorable pout. He wasn’t sure if his cheeks felt warm from the booze or having her so close to him.

"No, I meant it. I meant every word." she said stubbornly, "Astrid never deserved you."

He let a real smile curl to his lips, pursing them against her finger.

"Thanks, Rapunzel."