In the locker room before class, Snotlout was picking on Hiccup as per usual. And normally no one did anything. No one wanted to stand up for the most unpopular kid in school. Hiccup was small for his age. He was easily the smartest person in the school, only rivaled by Toothless. The reason Hiccup was unpopular was because a few years prior he'd told someone he thought he could trust that he was gay. Once that got out to the other students they would avoid him even more than they had before. It made him an outcast, so much so that he would fake being sick so that he wouldn't have to see anyone.
Today was different. Normally nobody interfered when Snotlout would pick on Hiccup, in fact the others would snicker and laugh. Today was different. Toothless grabbed Snotlout by his collar and pulled him away from the hyperventilating boy. Toothless didn't say anything only pushing the red faced boy against the wall. The others gasped in disbelief. This was the first time Toothless had done anything like that.
Now I should explain Toothless. He was the exact opposite of Hiccup. Most popular kid in school. Dated Astrid, the most beautiful girl in school. super Smart only Rivaled by Hiccup, which he respected. Perfect body that was only accented by the tight clothing he wore every day. Almost god like in his looks. Black hair the color of smoke, cut just how you imagine it. A perfect person.
Nobody had ever stopped Snotlout before. Snotlout wasn't expecting to be grabbed so when he was, he let out a small yelp and then a grunt when he was pinned to the wall. Snotlout regained his bearings and sneered at Toothless. He laughed and asked if Toothless was playing 'queer police'. Toothless only raised an eyebrow at the insult. The whole scene was interrupted by the coach - Gobber. Who immediately broke up the two boys. When Toothless walked past Hiccup, Hiccup squeaked out a small thank you. Toothless gave him a small smile that was gone in the same second it was there.
That day in class was dodgeball day, and Snotlout was angry. He was put on the opposite team as both Hiccup and Toothless. What a great day, Snotlout mused to himself. He had a grudge and he planned to take it out on both boys. Toothless made sure it stick near Hiccup. Every time a ball was thrown at Hiccup he would dive and catch the ball.
After class Hiccup would make sure that everyone else was finished changing before he would enter the locker room. It made it less likely to get picked on again. Today Toothless made sure to catch him. Hiccup was finished changing and putting his gym clothes into his locker when he spotted Toothless walking his way. When Toothless passed Hiccup quietly asked why? This made toothless stop and look at hiccup. "Why what" he asked in a light tone. "You know what", Hiccup respond a bit forcefully.
Toothless let out a small laugh and turned to face Hiccup. "Let me tell you something Hiccup" he purred. " After awhile it gets boring watching Snotlout mess with you." he said in a more serious voice. Hiccup was flustered and all but yelled "So you stopped him because you were bored?" Toothless let out another chuckle before looking into Hiccup' s eyes. "No", Toothless said "but I don't like when people mess with you. It's not fair to you." Toothless walked off leaving Hiccup in a confused state.
The next day in class everyone avoided Hiccup. This would be normal but everyone was walking around him instead of passed. When Hiccup entered the locker he caught Toothless while he was changing. Hiccup had to do everything in his power to act normal. He tried to casually walk to his locker but then he noticed that Toothless had moved his locker right next to Hiccup's.
Hiccup didn't move from behind the wall he was taking cover in until Toothless moved. Hiccup began to change and was mumbling to himself. "Why does he have to so handsome? I can't even say anything." He was just finished changing when he heard footsteps behind him. He turned just he be slammed into the wall of lockers. hiccup's back arched away from the cold metal it was hit by.
The hand that was pushing Hiccup belonged to no other than Snotlout, who was backed by Tuffnut and Dagur. "Did you guys hear that?" Snotlout asked the others. "Hear what?" Tuffnut asked. "It sound like our little Hiccup here has a crush." The other two boys laughed loudly. Snotlout raised his fist. Hiccup scrunched his face together bracing for the hit, when he heard the loud footsteps of people running away and then the voice of Gobber echoing in the room. Hiccup opened his eyes to see Gobber holding Snotlout's fist in his hand, and saying "I wouldn't do that if I was you Snotlout, not unless you want to get suspended again." Snotlout lowered his fist and glared at Hiccup.
After class everyone was changing and Hiccup gave a small glance at Toothless who was talking to someone else, so all Hiccup saw was Toothless' back. Something caught his eye and the glance turned into a few more glances, then finally a stare. The thing that made Hiccup stare was a tattoo (or tattoos to be more specific) on Toothless' left shoulder blade. It was a set of small scales. They were black and looked as though they belonged to some sort of reptile. They ran down the length of Toothless' back gradually becoming lighter in color until they disappeared halfway down.
Toothless turned to close his locker and Hiccup quickly turned away, red in the face. He hoped that Toothless hadn't noticed, so when Toothless walked away he let out the breath he was holding. 'That was close' he thought to himself. 'Too close.' Hiccup picked up his bag and started to walk out of the locker room, when he was stopped by an arm that stretched out in front of him. Hiccup let out a small yelp as he ran into it. backing up a bit from the offender, Hiccup prepared himself to run if he needed to. Toothless rounded the corner to face Hiccup. "So… You like my tattoo?" Toothless asked. 'Fuck' Hiccup thought to himself. He began to stammer. "Uhm… I mean- uh that it's nice and i-it caught m-my eye and I." Hiccup's face was burning as the blood rushed to his cheeks. Toothless placed a hand on Hiccup's shoulder causing the boy to flinch. A small smile on Toothless' face. "Hey" he said in a soft voice. "Why don't you join me at my lunch table tomorrow?" The question made hiccup stutter again. "I-i, really? I mean i-i'm not pop-popular and everyone ha-hates me." This made Toothless giggle a bit at how easily Hiccup got nervous. "Hiccup listen. If I cared about you being 'popular' I wouldn't have asked at all. Besides friends sit with friends, don't they?" Hiccup's breaths became short. He choked out. "friends?" Toothless' smile widened. He began to walk away and called behind himself "See you tomorrow Hiccup. I hope you show." Toothless waved to Hiccup as he passed through the door to the gym.
The next day. Hiccup was shaking like a leaf. He had never sat with other people at lunch before. Normally he would sit by himself, quickly eat, then go to the library so that he was away from people. It was on more than one occasion that people would come spill his lunch on the floor or mess with him. He would normally just leave so that nothing more could go on. One day when he got up, the assailant even tried to pick a fight with Hiccup. The bully missed which allowed Hiccup a good shot that crippled the other boy enough to allow Hiccup to get away.
Today though he was invited to sit with none other than the most popular person in school. Which means that the other popular kids would be there too. He knew that Toothless; his friend would be there to shield him, 'but how well could he do that?' Hiccup asked himself. He also asked himself why Toothless had suddenly wanted to be friends with him. Maybe he just has a good nature and got fed up with others being mean to him or maybe it was something entirely different reason. Either way Hiccup didn't dwell on it. He finally had a friend and he intended on trying to keep it.
When Hiccup saw the table he saw that a chair was open right next to Toothless. He hoped that it wasn't just coincidence. Hiccup's thoughts were confirmed when Toothless spotted him and waved. Then pointed to the seat that was open. Hiccup's mind soothed only slightly at the gesture. He made his way slowly to the seat, making sure to not make eye contact with anyone, he sat. The table lit up with people asking "why is he here?" One said. Another asked "Who invited him?" with venom laced in the tone. Hiccup picked up his tray to leave but a hand stopped him from getting up. "Stay" the smooth voice said. Once the commotion had settled and everyone was glaring at Hiccup, Toothless spoke up. "I invited him here" he said calmly. Snotlout shot up "You? You invite him?" he snorted. "Yes?" Toothless respond in a confused tone. "Why wouldn't I invite a friend to my table to eat lunch with me?" Toothless retorted. Everyone started to laugh, they couldn't believe that Toothless wanted to be friends with the outcast. When Toothless didn't say anything else the table looked to him again. He felt Astrid hit his shoulder to get his attention, then whisper in his ear. " Are you really friends with him?" She asked with disgust in her voice. Toothless only sighed. Then he raised his voice over everyone else, the clammering quieted. "everyone listen up" He said. His voice distinctive from anyone else's. Now no one expected what he said next (well except for you maybe, you are the reader after all). "Astrid" he said. "I'm breaking up with you." It was like a bomb hit the table. All was quiet, then in an instant it was loud with people whispering and cackling. Hiccup couldn't even fathom what Toothless had just said. There was no way that just happened he told himself. It was only confirmed again when Astrid stood and slapped Toothless. A loud crack as her hand met his face. Toothless only chuckled at the act, this made her even angrier. To the point of her storming off in a fit of rage, with Toothless' name then a few expletives that followed it.
Toothless stood and motioned for Hiccup to follow him. Hiccup didn't know what to say as they walked down the hall. Hiccup watched Toothless as he walked, he seemed calm, even swinging his body a bit like he was listening to slow song in his head. Suddenly Toothless stopped and turned to Hiccup. They both stood for a second before Toothless spoke again. "Hey." he said "do you want to stay at my place tonight?" Hiccup's face turned into a mix of confusion and intrigue. "Yes!" he replied too excited. "I mean yeah sure, that would be cool." Toothless out a small chuckle "Cool meet me at the front entrance after class."
After class that is exactly what Hiccup did. He was giddy for the rest of the day, he couldn't wait to hang out with Toothless. When he reached the forya, he could see Toothless talking to a few other people. Most likely about what happened earlier. Hiccup snuck to the group making himself as small as possible. He stood just behind Toothless, but suddenly grabbed and pulled into the circle. "What's up Hic?" The familiar voice said. 'Hic?' he thought to himself, and internally rolled his eyes. "Uhm-m hey Tooth?" Hiccup said nervously. Toothless chuckled at the nickname. "Tooth, hmm I like that." he smiled. "You ready to go?" Toothless asked his now bright red companion. Hiccup curtly nodded. "Alright then. Let's go. I'll talk to you guys later." Toothless said to the others in the group.
Toothless began to walk off with Hiccup in tow. "Sorry I don't have a car." Toothless said behind himself. "But I don't live that far from here." Hiccup nodded, and watched Toothless walk and swing his body, like he had music constantly flowing through him. Hiccup couldn't help but ask "How are you so happy?" Toothless stopped and faced Hiccup, with confusion on his face. "What do you mean? Should I not be happy?" he asked back. Hiccup stood for a second trying to come up with something to say. "I mean you literally broke up with Astrid only a few hours ago. Most people would be in a deep depression. I mean who just breaks up with the prettiest girl in school, not to mention the most popular." Toothless took into consideration what Hiccup said. His face became very serious. "Hiccup there is something that I must tell you. I planned to do it later but since there's no one around, and I don't mean to be mean but when I say this but even if you told people they wouldn't believe you." Toothless took a deep breath. "Hiccup. I'm gay" They both stood for a moment before Hiccup erupted with anger. "ARE YOU FUCKIN' KIDDING? I CAN'T BELIEVE MYSELF, I THOUGHT I ACTUALLY HAD A FRIEND! HA WHAT A FUCKING JOKE. FUCK YOU TOOTHLESS! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DIFFERENT, BUT NOW I SEE YOU JUST WANTED TO FUCK WITH ME ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL!"
Hiccup began to storm off when his arm was grabbed. "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT NOW?" Toothless turned hiccup around. "What makes you think that i'm fucking with you? Explain to me that. How do you know i'm not dead fucking serious?" Toothless said in a small voice. Hiccup laughed again. "Well first off you were dating Astrid. Or did you forget that?" Hiccup hissed. Toothless clenched his jaw. He stared at Hiccup. He finally spoke "Yeah I was. Was. Besides you know what it's like." He said calmly, not thinking about Hiccup's situation throughout school. "Know what it's like?" Hiccup said more calmly. "Toothless, I don't have any friends, much less a girlfriend." The comment made Toothless sad, 'what did he mean by he didn't have any friends? I'm his friend right?' Toothless pulled his hand into a fist. Toothless opened his mouth, just to shut it again. When he spoke again his voice was shaky. "Am I-I not your friend?" Hiccup laugh yet again. "The only reason you want to be my friend is because you feel bad for me." That wasn't wrong, it wasn't the whole truth either. "Hiccup listen." Toothless said in a serious tone again. "You're not wrong. But you're not right either. Yeah I feel bad for you, but that shouldn't have happened in the first place. No one should have to go through life without people to fall back on. It's just not fair. People need friends and I don't know how you done it all these years." Toothless began to pace.
"I mean you're so nice. But you also have grown a shell. You don't take peoples bs but that doesn't matter because someone bigger thinks they're better than you, and because they're bigger made you a target. I'm sorry that happened to you. I should have done something before. I mean I don't know how you did it for so long. I mean I would have grown so malice towards everyone. You didn't somehow, someway you're still nice to people. I just don't understand it. I mean you got nervous when I first talked to you. That shouldn't happen. You were practically shivering when I asked you to eat with me. Even though you're the most unpopular person in school you still had the balls to come sit with me. You're an interesting person, and that no one has given you a chance to show it, is unfair to you. And unfair to the world. And on another note did you ever see Astrid and me? Probably not. Us dating was almost expected. Why wouldn't the most popular boy date, the most popular girl? Hell I didn't even make a move on her. If you think Snotlout was judgemental, she's twice as bad. I hated her."
Toothless stopped pacing and faced Hiccup. Panting slightly. Hiccup didn't know what to say. He hadn't expected a tirade. He did know that the speech was from the heart. The mind could never come up with something like that. After a minute of looking at the panting figure in front of him. Hiccup had to stop his mind from wandering, and blushed a bit. Now he was nervous again, at the thought of having a friend. "So y-you want t-to be with me?" Both their faces seared from the heat that rushed into their cheeks. "I-I m-mean be my friend." 'Oh gods strike me down please' he thought to himself.
Now it was Toothless' turn to be nervous. He knew what Hiccup said was a slip up, but he couldn't keep his mind from racing. 'Didn't he really mean that? Would it be weird? I've never been with another guy. Damn, I should have come out a long time ago. This would probably be easier. Damn, damn, damn.' he thought to himself. They both laughed awkwardly. When Toothless spoke it was only a croak. "So uh… You still want to stay at my place?" Hiccup was quiet. He decided that if Toothless had enough courage to ask after what just took place, then he'd have enough to accept the invitation.
The rest of the walk was silent, until Toothless stopped to unlatch a gate. "Here we are." He whispered. Hiccup examined the house they were about to go into. It was huge. Perfectly taken care of. At least two stories and a basement. It was perfectly white, with no chips in the paint. A huge bay window overlooking the perfectly taken care of lawn. 'When people say that Toothless' family owns half the city they weren't kidding' Hiccup mused to himself.
When they entered the house the alarm system beeped notifying anyone in the house that people had entered. They were immediately greeted by a smiling woman who inquired about Toothless' day. "Who's this" she asked, trying to move around Toothless to get to Hiccup. "What's your name dear?" She asked in the sweetest voice. Before Hiccup could answer, Toothless, spoke up "His name is Hiccup. I'm having him over tonight." He smiled a slight smile. Toothless' mother gave a few nods before she said that she'd order pizza for them later.
Toothless motioned for Hiccup to follow him. They went up the flight of stairs and into a room. The room was as you'd expect it to be. Posters litter the walls. what you could see of the walls were a dark blue color. The ceiling was painted to look like the solar system. There was a computer that looked custom built. A few chairs around the desk that the computer occupied. A massive king size bed sat on the opposite wall of a giant t.v.. Hiccup had never seen anything like it.
Hiccup was taken out of his trance when Toothless spoke up again. "We can head to your place later if you need to tell your parents that you'll be here. I also recommend grabbing a change of clothes and a swimsuit if you want." Toothless turned on the t.v. and tossed the remote to Hiccup who barely caught it. "A swimsuit?" Hiccup asked. "Well yeah, if you want to go swimming that is. Personally I recommend one." Toothless replied sarcastically.
Soon after they left for Hiccup's house. The walk was short. They were surprised how close they lived to each other. When they entered, Hiccup's father, Stoick quickly stood as he saw someone was behind Hiccup. That had never been happened before. He wanted to make a good impression. Normally his size would make people back up a bit. When Stoick asked who that was, Toothless confidently walked up to him and shook his hand, telling him his name in the process. "So what are you? A tutor or something for Hiccup?" Toothless gave him a confused look and then laughed. "Me? A tutor for him? Sir, your son is the smartest person in that school. Hell he should by tutor if anything. Not that I need one either." he chuckled with the last sentence. "So what are you then?" More confused then he was before. "I'm Hiccup's friend." Toothless answered confidently. Stoicks eyes widened a bit and he looked at Hiccup, who nodded in confirmation.
"Sir, I would like your son to stay at my house tonight. If you'd allow it, that is." Toothless said in his smooth voice. "Of course he can, that would probably do the boy some good, getting out of this house." Stoick was overjoyed. Hiccup's eyes lit up with the answer, he'd thought that his father would definitely say no with how protective he was. Hiccup ran up the steps to his room. When Toothless heard the door close behind him, he turned to face Stoick again. "Sir there's another question I would like to ask." He said kind of nervously. Stoick raised his eyebrow in response. "Uhm, I would like to bring your son to the dance tomorrow." Stoick narrowed his eyes. Hiccup had finished packing his thing and was about to walk down the stair when he heard his father talk. "Don't play with my son's heart. You're probably his only friend and I don't want to see him go from one friend to no friends again." Toothless chuckled, which made Stoick's face become more stern. Toothless spoke in a soft voice, Hiccup had to strain to hear him. "Sir, I wouldn't imagine doing that to him. He doesn't deserve all the shit he gets. And I like him… a lot. Sir?" Stoicks featured had softened a bit from what the boy said. He looked the boy in the eye as Toothless spoke again. "I-I would like to ask your son to be my uhm… boyfriend." Stoick smiled slightly "Just remember that i'll come after you if you break his heart."
Hiccup's heart was threatening to break right there. He couldn't believe what he just heard, and that his father was okay with it. He was light headed, he hadn't realized that he was holding his breath so that they wouldn't hear him. He shakily walked down the stairs. When he hit the flat, he was rejoined by Toothless and his father. Toothless gave him a large smile, flashing his perfect white teeth. Hiccup instantly became light headed again and fainted. Toothless caught him before he could hit the ground, "that was close" he said to no one in particular. Hiccup opened his eyes to see Toothless above him with concern plastered on his face. "Are you okay" Toothless said hurriedly at the boy in his arms. "Uhm yeah i'm fine. Thanks, I could have been seriously hurt if you didn't catch me. Thank you." Hiccup replied back. Hiccup and Toothless stood again. "Alright let's go, and thanks again sir." Stoick nodded and waved goodbye to the boys.
As they walked back To Toothless' house it was quiet. Until Toothless spoke up. "So you going to formal tomorrow?" He asked, slowing down to walk next to Hiccup. Hiccup hadn't even thought about it, of course he wasn't going. Nobody wanted to see him there. "I don't know." he replied curtly. "hmm" was the only response Toothless gave him. When they reached Toothless' house he told Hiccup to put his stuff in his room then meet him outside. Toothless told his mom that they were going to the mall, he wanted to get some new clothes for the dance. He asked for the keys to her car, and some extra money for the trip. She smiled and gave him the requested items.
Hiccup was outside, looking around the yard for anything out of place. He turned when he heard the garage open and his name called. Toothless motioned for Hiccup to get in, as he started the car. "Where are we going?" hiccup asked when he sat in the seat next to Toothless. "The mall" Toothless said confidently. He gave Hiccup another smile, that could have killed. The sounds of pop music played as they drove to their destination. When they parked Hiccup asked "So what are we here for?"
"Well since were going to formal tomorrow, I thought new clothes for us would be appropriate."
"I guess that makes sense... WAIT WHAT!? Us?" Hiccup began to hyperventilate. "Yeah why not. I mean two gay people doing things together, gasp." Toothless replied calmly. "Now come on, I know you didn't pack anything for the dance now let's go." Hiccup tried to swallow. His throat was dry from the thought. His mind was racing again, trying to come up with a reason not to go. He did like Toothless, and would probably have a great time. So he stopped trying to come up with a reason not to go.
They walked into the mall. It was relatively empty. Toothless lead the walk as usual. Swaying his body, to the eternal slow song that ran through him. They stepped into a store that was brightly lit. It had some name Hiccup couldn't read. They were instantly greeted by a woman who asked them what they needed. She had a small smile on her face, that was inviting. Toothless told her that they were there to get clothes for the dance. She lead them to the changing rooms then told them if they needed anything that she would be around. They nodded to her as she walked off. "Well pick out anything you like. On me." Toothless said happily. "What? I can't repay you"
"Who said anything about repaying me? I want you to repeat after me okay? On 'on' me 'you' ah see you got it. Now go pick out something nice, i'll be here doing the same."
After about twenty minutes the two boys met up again. Hiccup gave the clothes he'd chosen to Toothless, still feeling weird about the situation. They walked to the cashier, who was the same woman as before. She smiled to them as she rang up the clothes. "So are you two together then?" she said referring to the purchase. "Yes" Toothless to the woman. Hiccup wasn't really paying attention but he heard what she said and instantly said "NO!" They both gave him a weird look. Toothless immediately caught onto what he thought she said. "Oh, I see how it is. You don't want to be with me." He said in a mocking tone, while sticking his nose into the air and closing his eyes. He reopened one of his eyes and looked at Hiccup, who was practically on fire with how embarrassed he was. He returned to his normal posture and placed a hand on Hiccup's shoulder, then winked at him. "Anyway, yes those will be together. Would you mind putting each set in a separate bag please. The woman nodded, holding back a laugh at the two boys. Toothless paid the bill and Handed Hiccup his bag.
When they reached the car Hiccup had to ask "What was that back there?" Toothless gave him a confused look. "What do you mean 'What was that back there?'" He said back obviously knowing what he meant by the question. "I mean what was that overly dramatic thing you did" He said in a serious tone. "Oh, come on I was just having some fun. You were the one that misheard the question." Toothless smiled.
The whole way home was quiet other than the music that neither was listening to. Toothless kept opening his mouth wanting to say something, but he just shut it again everytime he was about to speak. He was too scared to ask Hiccup the question. His body would act, then his mind would rationalize that they'd only became friends a few days prior. He could already tell that he had some sort of want to protect him, and show him the world, and be there for him when he was sad. Something about the boy next to him, looking out the window, made Toothless want to be there for him. At his every beck and call.
The rest of the night was uneventful. The morning after was. When Hiccup woke up, he was uncomfortably hot. Toothless had offered him half of his huge bed to sleep on. Hiccup had not thought about anything except for how soft it seemed. So as he felt Toothless arm wrapped around his waist, he froze. He couldn't help it now. He let his mind wander. He thought about how nice Toothless was being, and for some reason how much he would trust him and anything he said. He froze again when he heard Toothless suck in a giant breath, and said "Mornin." Toothless opened his eye, wanting to see the small frame he was holding. 'Damn' he told himself. He reluctantly let Hiccup's waist go and got up. "So after breakfast, you should head home to take a shower and stuff. I'll pick you up around six tonight. Now lets get some food i'm starved." Hiccup nodded and followed Toothless to the kitchen.
Then entered the dining room, where food was already placed for them. Toothless' father was reading the paper and drinking coffee. Without even looking up from his reading he said "So what's your name kid?" It took Hiccup off guard for a second before he responded, giving the man his name nervously. The man chuckled behind his paper. "Hiccup, huh. I guess that's no more irregular than our son's name. Anyway Hiccup, I have to go. It was nice meeting you." He got up and waved to the boys as he passed through the door.
After they ate Toothless walked Hiccup halfway home. As he left he reiterated that he would be there at six. Hiccup waved goodbye, bag in hand and a smile on his face. When Hiccup entered his house, his father was leaving. "Have fun tonight Hiccup, I mean it. That boy cares about you." Hiccup was remembering what he heard only the night before, about Toothless wanting to be his boyfriend. Hiccup swallowed, his throat felt like a desert. The front door closed behind him. Alone in the house he looked at the clock, it was barely even one. He walked up to his room and pulled the items out of the bag. A simple white button down shirt and black slacks. He laid them out on his bed. He pulled out his nice dress shoes from his closet and put them next to the clothes. He sat on his small desk chair and stared at the clothes. He wasn't thinking about anything in particular, just staring at them. He sat that way for over an hour. When he glanced at the clock again it was somehow 2:30. He laughed to himself. "How the hell did I sit there for over an hour? Damnnit Toothless get out of my head, you perfect bastard." He got up and stripped down to take a shower.
After his shower, Hiccup brushed his hair, getting out all the knots. He stared at himself in the mirror. He mind began to wonder yet again. "Is he really going to ask me to be his… Boyfriend." He repeated the word to himself a few more times. he liked the way it sounded. Crisp on his lips each time his said it to himself. It was four now, Hiccup decided that he should eat before he left. After some leftovers and a bit of t.v it was 5:30. Hiccup ran up to his room. Cautiously placing the clothes over his frame. He looked himself over in the mirror. Happy with the way he looked, he walked down the stairs to the living room and waited. The clock hit six, and like a machine the doorbell rang.
Hiccup instantly became nervous again. He slowly pulled the door open to reveal an extremely dashing looking Toothless, who was holding a small plastic box in his hand. "For you" He said as he handed the box to Hiccup. Hiccup took it and gave Toothless a once over. Hair brushed back, Paper white button down, black slacks, leather shoes so shiny they could blind you, a soft smile on his face. Hiccup took the small flower from the plastic. He smiled at it, and pinned it to shirt above his heart.
They slowly walked to the school where the dance was held. The passing cars gave looks as they walked. One person even yelled "fags" to them. Being called that made Hiccup stop. Toothless was right there comforting him. The rest of the walk was uneventful. As they walked they made small talk about what they planned to do after school, when they graduated. When they reached the school Hiccup became nervous again. He hadn't been to a school event in a long time, much less a dance, with someone else as well. "Hey, it'll be okay. I promise." Toothless gave him a cheesey smile, that made Hiccup laugh.
The sun was falling behind the horizon, painting the sky with orange and reds. They entered the darkened school, and into the equally dark gym. They looked around, a dj set up on a set of risers, balloons littered the ceiling, and birthday style streamers plastered to the walls. The music started up, with something fast playing the entire gym full of people became energetic with people dancing. Toothless dragged Hiccup into the crowd. Toothless began to flow with the music. It was only a slight variation on his normal flow of his body. Hiccup was having a much harder time getting into it. Toothless saw his date not having any fun and stopped his flow. "You have to relax." He yelled over the music. "There are too many people i'll embarrass myself." He yelled back. Toothless laughed. "Do you ever dance in your room?" Toothless said as the song ended. "What?" was hiccup's response. "Do you, Hiccup ever put on music and dance to it?" Hiccup's face lit up a bright red. "That's what I thought. Now pretend there's no one else here and go crazy." The next song picked up and this time Hiccup got into it. With the confidence of someone else, in him he didn't care what anyone thought. After a while Hiccup became tired. "Toothless i'm going to get a drink, i'll be right back." Toothless gave him a smile and nod. Luckily for Hiccup none of the bullies would be caught dead at a formal dance. He just counted it as another thing Toothless did for him.
When he got to the concession stand he was greeted by one of his teachers. "Hiccup? I didn't expect to see you here." Hiccup laughed to himself. "I didn't expect to be here either. Toothless brought me." And as if on cue, a spotlight hit him. Hiccup froze. His breaths became short and he was blinded by the light. Once his eyes adjusted to the light he saw another light following someone, and they were walking towards him. Hiccup couldn't react as people parted to let the other light through. Toothless walked through the hoard of people confidently. When he breached the edge of people he saw Hiccup. Wide eyed and helpless. Toothless walked up to him and grabbed his hand. "You really have to stop getting nervous when I do things like this." He smiled again, and started to drag Hiccup in the middle of everyone else. "No, no, no." Hiccup said and tried to get his hand from Toothless, who only laughed and squeezed his hand. suddenly they stopped and everyone was looking at them.
"May I have this dance?" Toothless said calmly to his shaking companion. "D-do I h-have m-much choice." Hiccup replied with as much confidence as possible. The statement made Toothless chuckle. "I suppose you could say no." His devilish grin growing wider, almost daring Hiccup to say it. Toothless' goofy grin made Hiccup laugh. The song began to play. Coming in soft, and then only getting slightly louder.
Toothless pulled Hiccup into him. Wrapping his arm around the smaller boy's waist. He placed his head onto Hiccup's smelling the shampoo he used. There bodies swaying to the slowest song ever. "You look great tonight by the way. I didn't get to tell you earlier." Toothless said into Hiccup's hair. "I look great? Heh, no you look great. You're perfect." Hiccup whispered back. "hmph. You say that but, let's be real. I was scared of my own two feet for too long. I mean only within the last two days, did I break up with someone who thought the world revolved around her. I've only come out to one person. I guess i've come out to an entire school of people now but still. Hell I didn't even have the balls to ask you to be my boyfriend. And by the way your not as stealthy as you think."
The song ended but the two didn't pull away. "You want to get out of here?"
"What? You don't to say, and get questioned by a thousand people?" Hiccup looked up to the black haired boy. "Yeah let's get out of here." They walked out hand in hand.
"I had an amazing night" Hiccup bumped his shoulder into Toothless' side. The moon was high and bright as they walked. Hiccup finally knew why Toothless swings his body when he walks. Somehow he knows that things just work out sometimes, and that there's nothing to worry about when you have someone you can trust. They eventually reached Toothless' house. "Thanks again for tonight."
"No problem Hiccup, you deserve it."
"I promise i'll back tomorrow." Toothless pulled Hiccup into him again, looking into the other boy's eyes. They glinted like the stars as he stared into the deep forest of Hiccup's eyes. He pushed his lips against Hiccup's, who was only taken aback for a second by the new sensation. He pushed back deepening the kiss. After a few seconds they pulled away.
"Wow." Hiccup said.
"Wow yourself." Toothless laughed.
"I have to get going, but i'm definitely coming back for more of that." Toothless watched Hiccup disappear into the night, until he was just a shadow. "I think I love him." Toothless muttered to himself as he walked inside.
"How'd the night go son?" Stoick asked as Hiccup walked through the door. He was playing with the nearly dead flower on his shirt. He hadn't heard his father's question. As he walked up the stairs he said "I think I love him."