Characters: Hiccup and Astrid with Stoic and Toothless
Words: ~900
Rating: K+
His feet are dead by now.
He hasn't counted the times, but he's pretty sure he walked the length of his living room at least twenty times. Toothless is at the corner, looking at him with those huge green eyes. He feels a bit sorry to keep ignoring the Night Fury, but he needs to think of something, and fast.
The door opens and his father walks in.
"Good heavens, Hiccup." Stoic says. "What are you doing walking around like that?"
He looks up, a bit startled as he hadn't heard the door open. By the corner, Toothless stands up, greeting Stoic with an enthusiastic growl. "Sorry, Dad. I'm trying to think of something."
"And what might that be?" Stoic asks.
He takes a deep breath. "I'm trying to find the perfect present. Astrid's birthday is in three days and I'm trying to find the perfect gift for her." Stoic gives Hiccup a look for a few seconds and then laughs.
"Dad, would you cut that out?" Hiccup asks, not knowing why he's feeling embarrassed.
"I should have known. Hiccup, why don't you just go talk to her? Find out what she really wants?" Stoic says.
Hiccup considers. "Sounds like a plan, Dad."
A few hours later, he's with Astrid standing at the docks as they watch the fishing boats take off to do a bit of evening fishing. He doesn't know why, but the atmosphere suddenly feels very hot as he looks over at her. The evening sunset casts a red glow off her blond bangs, highlighting her features. Her hair is in the regular braid with the band around her forehead. She has a pleasant smile on her face that makes her whole face light up.
She looks stunning.
"Um, Hiccup?" her voice snaps him out of his thoughts. He snaps his head up and sees her looking at him with a confused expression on her face.
"Are you okay?" she asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Totally fine." He quickly says. He figures this the best time to ask her about the present. "So, your birthday's coming up in three days."
"Hm." She nods.
"So, I was wondering, what would you like? Like anything, special?" he asks.
"Well, there was one thing…" he tries to listen more clearly, so as to not mess it up like he did the previous year.
"I saw this really amazing pearl necklace that my mother wore yesterday. What I really want for my birthday is a good luck charm. Nothing too extravagant, I just want a simple chain with a pendant. I'd wear it every day, and it'd bring me good luck…"
As she continues to narrate her fantasy about wearing a good luck charm, he knows just what to get her for her birthday. She was always the tough girl, owning a huge collection of weapons. She was always the best at being a Viking. No one had seen this side of her, and no one could have expected her to want a simple charm necklace. He knew that since he was her best friend and that's why she was telling him this. Even though they had kissed a few times, he's sure that she doesn't know that being best friends might not be good enough for him. He wants to be something more.
And he knows just how to let her know.
He spends the next two days at the blacksmith's, secretly grafting a charm bracelet. He didn't expect it to be easy, since he wanted it to be perfect. But, simply designing it had taken a day. Finding the materials wasn't hard as the shop had almost everything, but putting it all together was harder than he thought. He's been working with weapons for so long; he's at a bit of a loss when it comes to delicate items.
It's hard, but he manages to craft the perfect charm.
On the day of Astrid's birthday, there's a party held at the Great Hall for the best warrior Berk has. She's showered with gifts and is pampered by her friends.
Seeing the huge pile of gifts, he starts having second thoughts of his tiny present. He assures himself that she wanted a small gift. All the presents are to what everyone thinks is her, but he knows that all she wanted was what he made.
When she opens everyone's presents to find a horde of weapons and weapon related items, he can see her face fall slightly. He heaves a huge sigh and walks up to her, holding his wrapped present behind his back. She's testing out a new axe, but stops when she sees him.
"Hiccup," she smiles.
"Hi, Astrid. I wanted to, um, give you something." He holds out his gift and she takes it, putting down her axe.
He watches as she removes the wrapping off the black box. She gives him a weird look as he urges her to open the box. She lifts the lid, and his heart skips the beat at the happiness in her eyes. She takes the necklace out of the box.
It's a simple silver chain that fits perfectly around her neck. At the middle, there's a silver pendant. The pendant is in the shape of a Deadly Nadder with the name 'Astrid' on it in beautiful calligraphy.
"Oh, Hiccup. This is the best. Thank you."
He can hear Toothless behind him as she hugs him tightly.
A/N: I had a few HTTYD drabbles on my computer, so I decided to upload them as a series. The rating may differ from drabble to drabble, but they'll all be T. Hope you enjoy them.
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