Ships: hicret/eretcup, former hicstrid
Sumary: first time meeting, number puns, new flatmate,...
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One thing Hiccup didn't expect to see so up close was a picture of some more furred deer with large antlers and body made of lines. Much less to bump into the picture on the box.
He was running late to meet up with his ex for a breakfast at their favorite cafe and already sure that he attached his peg leg wrong. Now he was on his back and trying to regain consciousness over seeing tribal furry deers fly above him. It took him a few minutes to notice someone was calling him.
"Hey! Are you okay?!" As if an alarm activated in his head Hiccup sat up and instantly held back of his head in pain.
The big box was dropped on the ground carefully as the one holding it rushed to help him.
"Hey, slowly okay? That was quite a fall." The man spoke softly and one big arm supported his back while other batted his hand away to feel any swelling.
After regaining some consciousness and his vision cleared up better(though every around the center was still blurry), he noticed a tattooed man with tribal tattoo on his chin watch him with deep worry.
His eyes were amber brown, his skin was tan and he had his mid long hair tied, but that didn't stop bangs to sneak past his ears. Wait, were those beads in them?
After looking down he noticed that he was wearing a worn out dark green sleeveless hoodie and grey sweatpants.
"Hold on, I'll bring you some water." He quickly left, but not for a very long time. Just now Hiccup noticed that the man put a folded blanket behind his head and put his legs in the air by putting them against the box he was holding.
At least he seemed to know what to do.
Hiccup on the other hand didn't know what to do at all. But guessing by the spinning feeling in his body he could only wait to get better before-Oh shit.
He should be going, else she's gonna be worried sick!
He tried to get up only to find his peg leg detach when he tried to take a step.
What would have surely been a splat on the ground was avoided by a strong arm hooking him from below around chest to stop his fall.
"Easy now I got ya. Holding on?" Asked the man and tried to help him balance on one leg and aim him down to sit.
Once they managed that Hiccup let go of his hold and accepted the handed sports bottle of water.
The man took the prothesis and placed it next to the leg it belonged to.
"Want me to call you an ambulance?"
"No no, I'm fine thanks. I was just in the hurry and didn't notice you in the hallway." He took one more chug of water and gave the man the bottle back for now.
"No problem, sorry for causing your fall. I'm moving in and this was the only box I could take while my cousin is parking." He motioned the the huge box with the reindeer logo.
Hiccup chuckled and reattached his leg "Yeah, this hallway always seemed too narrow for my taste. Hopefully I won't see reindeers in my sleep now."
His joke got the man to snicker before he held out his hand to Hiccup.
"Eret Eretson, room S8." He said with a bit of an accent. Maybe British?
Hiccup burst into laughter after the number pun and grin Eret pulled on after saying that.
After minimizing the laughter to giggles he said "There's no room S 8. The landlord ordered wrong fond so the 5 looks like a S."
"Shoot, there goes my chances of an endless joke opportunities. But at least it's not A5. Because anyone I would anger would write an extra S there and my address name would be an Ass." Joked Eret, cracking Hiccup again before saying.
"That's your aim anyway, so it would give a straight up message."
Now that cracked Eret into laughter "Good one."
Hiccup then chuckled "No that's my name. Harry Hiccup Haddock. But everyone calls me Hiccup. My mom's idea when she was high on adderall and dad on antidepressants on stress. My room is 54."
Eret clearly fought another laughter as he grimaced and made stiffened giggles after shaking his hand and helping him up.
"That must be a great story for office parties."
"Eh, after a few years it gets old." Shrugged Hiccup and drank rest of the water.
"Anyway I should go else my ex is gonna think I stood her up on our breakfast plans."
"Trying to get back together?" Quizzed Eret curious but Hiccup shook his head "Nah, just a tradition from college years together. Anyway, see you around. Hopefully next time without any crash collisions." Eret let Hiccup walk past him before taking the box and taking it to his apartment.