Hey there! I know I should be working on HttYCHP but it's giving me soooo much trouble right now! (Stupid Hiccup and his dumb impossible wit)

I started watching C:KND and it's so cute I don't understand! (I wasn't allowed to watch it when I was little!)

Unexpectedly, Sonia Everstein came from a large family, of which she was the middle child. Right smack dab in the center, with three siblings on each side: Two older and one younger brothers and twin younger and an older sister.

The eldest two no longer lived at home (Sonya's sister wanted to move out for college, and their mother insisted she take the oldest boy, saying girls shouldn't have to live on their own) and Adam - the oldest child living at home - shifted all his responsibilities on his overlooked younger sister.

Lee was shocked, upon visiting for the first time, to see the usually shy girl scurrying around her large house after a toddler who refused to wear clothes, even in front of the guest (that explained why Sonya was unfazed the time she walked in on Harvey in the bathroom). Two identical little girls laughed and clapped their hands at the sight.

"I'm so sorry," Sonya had smiled sheepishly as the finally clothed four-year old claimed the big boy's lap as his seat. "I know this can't be fun for you." Her tone had been apologetic, and she looked like she was ready to cry out in frustration.

Lee didn't mind one way or another (though when he told her so, she thought he was just being nice).

The loud memories of the Everstein house were what shocked him one day when he received a phone call from a shaky voiced girl, the background almost completely void of sound, except for the shuffling feet and heavy rain.

"M-my family went t-to Grandma's." He jumped when she yelped in his ear at a crackle of thunder. "They f-forgot me. It's dark, Lee. It's not f-fair." she sobbed.

Lee's brow furrowed. Being a younger brother with the most doting family imaginable, it made no sense to him that someone could actually forget their child. He promised to be at her house in three minutes, a possible feat, since they only lived a short three blocks away from each other.

When he knocked at her door, she called out to him, "Lee? That's you, right?"

"Yes, I'm here, Sonny," he smiled gently as she peeked at him through the mail slot. The rain pushed the faux fur lining on his ushanka into his eyes, and he wiped it away. The door opened heavily and he shook off the rain before staring at his quaking friend.

"Want some cocoa?" He took her hand and she nodded, wiping an eye with the back of her other hand.

The boy had to climb on a low counter to reach the hot chocolate powder (he remembered the layout of her kitchen from the times he helped her make lunch when he visited) which was more than difficult, as his friend kept her grip on his fingers the entire time.

The pair sat in the living room, which was illuminated by four little tea candles, which the little blonde had expertly lit.

She still shook at every crackle of thunder, splashing her hot drink when she did. Her guest tried to distract her with expert yo-yo tricks, which she smiled at, but they did little to help.

Lee had found a basket of soft blankets and dumped them on the floor, wrapping both himself and his friend in as many as he could (far away from the candles, of course). Bundling her up, however, still didn't completely calm her.

"You know," Sonya soon surprised him, her voice trembling. "I know that it's dumb to be scared of the dark. I know monsters aren't real, but when the lights go out, I managing that there's something getting ready to get me." She pulled her knees up and rested her forehead against them, taking Lee's hand again. "When it's dark I start thinking about. Like how easily I slip my parents' minds, and that I might be spoiled, because sometimes I want them to look at just me for a while. How sometimes it's like I'm invisible. No one sees me." She sniffled and Lee squeezed her hand.

"I always see you." He mumbled softly, and she smiled.

"I d-don't want them to hate m-me, so I do what they say, but they s-still forget me. I'm scared, Lee."

The boy licked his lips and sat back to think for a moment before slipping his hand out of hers and removing his ushanka, gently fitting it on her head. "'Is it still scary?' that's what my brother did when I was frightened. 'If you can't see monsters, they have no way of existing.'" He pulled the front of his hat over her eyes more, then placed a little hand over each ear. "If you can't hear your thoughts, they can't scare you." He pushed the hat back away from her forehead and kissed it. "There," Lee flushed, sitting back down and taking her hand "For good luck." He muttered, not looking at her. When he met her eyes again, they were overflowing with grateful tears. A blush spread across his cheeks and he pulled his hat back over her eyes. "Cool."

Not for the reason that his heart skipped a beat when he saw her thankful smile, of course, but Lee didn't think the dark was too bad.

XxX

The next morning, the sun greeted four burnt out candles, two nearly empty mugs of cocoa, and a little nest of blankets hiding a couple little kids, holding tightly to one another's hand as they curled up together.

The little blonde girl - in the hand that wasn't holding her friend's - clutched a soft brown hat, which had mostly fallen off her head. The messy haired boy had a protective arm tightly wrapped around the girl he loved dearly.

Th sweet scene of two innocent first loves surprised the house's owners, who had returned to their home a mere half hour after the two had fallen asleep. They realized their sleepy toddler had mistakenly informed them that his older sister was in the car an hour into the drive and turned back immediately.

Little Sonya Everstein wasn't as forgettable as she believed.

This may or may not have been written at two am to avoid a panic attack. (Pffff I'M not scared of the dark [she lied])

Thanks for reading, I hope you'll be kind and leave me a line uvu