"C'mon please?"
Toothless' breathing became a bit heavier. There was a decision to make. Say no, possibly hurt his feelings, and pass up a chance to spend time with him. Or say yes, make him happy, spend time with him, and get scared out of his wits.
Toothless didn't respond. He just stood there frozen. His hands clenched in balls, he could feel his fingernails press into his palms.
Hiccup waited for a response, but after a moment of Toothless not responding he gave up, "Okay. I guess I can go alone." He said, scratching his head. Toothless thought he sensed a bit of embarrassment coming from Hiccup. But that couldn't be. He had no reason to feel embarrassed. Did he?
"No!" Toothless said quickly, scrambling to regain his dignity, "I mean. I'll go with you. No problem."
Hiccup's eyes lit back up immediately and a smile spread across his face. He turned to Astrid and waved briefly.
"I'll catch up with you later Astrid!" Hiccup told her.
Astrid nodded, "Okay! Take care of him Toothless! Give him back in one piece!" She joked as she walked away to catch up with her other friends that she had come with. Hiccup had a rather large group of friends too.
'One piece yes. Give him back? Not so sure,' Toothless thought to himself. He gulped again as Hiccup approached him. Hiccup had his hands stuffed in his blue denim jeans. The green shirt he wore seemed a bit too big for him, like it was near warn out. Definitely second-hand attire.
Then Toothless noticed something. This was one of the few times they have ever been alone with one another. Without other friends that is. Which made Toothless extremely nervous, but nothing could compare with the nervousness of the fact that he was about to ride a roller coaster.
"Hey, thanks. I hate to ride alone on these things," Hiccup told him.
'What do I say? What do I say?' Toothless thought anxiously. He took a deep breath and thought to himself, 'Play it cool.'
"Oh," he said, a little shaky at first, "No problem! Yeah, I don't blame you. These things are only good if you have someone to go with."
Hiccup smiled, "Yeah. Plus it's weird going when you don't go with a friend."
'Joke with him,' Toothless urged himself, "I guess you can't go with me then!" he said with a laugh.
Hiccup chuckled and smirked, "What are you talking about? You're my friend Toothless!"
Toothless felt heat rush to his face from his words, "I know! I'm just screwin' with you."
Hiccup laughed, "Oh, fine! You're gonna screw with me now!" he said, smiling a mischievous grin. Toothless couldn't believe it! It was so easy talking to him. Why was he so scared before? He couldn't remember.
"Well, c'mon! Let's get in line!" Hiccup tells him, waving Toothless forward to follow him as he ran into the line. Toothless took a breath and looked up at the fast ride.
"It's perfectly safe. It's perfectly safe," he told himself over and over, then followed Hiccup into the waiting line. His stomach was full of tight knots.
The line didn't take as long as Toothless would have preferred. This was for two reasons. For one, he loved the time he'd spend with Hiccup. And the second reason was he was very sure he was walking to his death. He had no clue how he was going to hold together and not completely freak out. So he just focused on his breathing and occasionally Hiccup's shiny green eyes.
But to his heart's dismay, the line kept moving and moving until finally they reached the front.
"It'll just be a second," The teenager told Hiccup as they were next in line. Toothless' breath was hitching at this point. What if something went wrong? What if the ride were to break down? What if Hiccup got hurt?
"Hey," he heard Hiccup say. Toothless shook himself out of his panic daze. Hiccup's eyes were full of concern, "Are you okay Toothless?"
Toothless nodded shakily, "Yeah, I'm fine."
Hiccup was about to say something, but the boy running the ride tapped his shoulder, "Go ahead," he said.
Hiccup turned around, uncertainty in his eyes and headed through the red gate into the loading area. Toothless followed him. Hiccup climbed in to the cart and sat down on the right seat. Toothless, nearly shaking now, sat in the left seat. They buckled the belts and pulled down on the protectors.
Toothless' breath was becoming ragged and Hiccup was noticing. He looked over at Toothless, who wouldn't return his glance.
"Toothless, are you okay?"
"Yeah," He began, but the cart took a jolt forward and started forward and he yelped rather loudly.
"Toothless, are you afraid of roller coasters?" Hiccup asked. Toothless blushed. He looked over at Hiccup and scanned his expression. He couldn't find any humor in his eyes.
"Ah," he paused, "Terrified."
Hiccup suddenly became concerned, "You should have told me! Are you going to be okay?"
Toothless nodded, "I know, but I didn't want you to go alone."
"We could have gone on something else together!" Hiccup told him, but then he shut his mouth, like he said something poisonous. He gulped.
'Something else together?' Toothless thought, staring at Hiccup, 'So, he wants to spend time with me.' The thought filled Toothless with warmth. So much that it distracted him from fear as the cart went up the slope to reach the top of the roller coaster.
Hiccup seemed to have gotten rid of what ever had embarrassed him because a cocky smile spread across his face. He showed his left hand to Toothless, "Hold my hand if you get too scared." Hiccup laughed.
Toothless was so tempted to take up that offer, for many reasons. But he decided against it. He decided he'd respond just as cocky as Hiccup.
"Sorry Hiccup, I don't hold guys hands," he flat-out lied, "So I can hold yours I guess."
Hiccup rolled his eyes and blushed a bit around his eyes, "Ouch, you're mean!" Hiccup said, pretending that he was hurt.
That's when Toothless began to worry. He hoped he didn't offend him. He was about to apologize, but the cart spun around and began to go down the slope backwards!
Toothless became fear shocked and shot his hand out and grabbed Hiccup's and squeezed hard as the roller coaster began to spin them all around…
"Wow…" Toothless breathed as the ride slowed, "That. Was. Amazing!" He laughed.
"Damn Hiccup! We have to do that again!" He told Hiccup, who was laughing with him. He looked down at their hands. They were still entwined.
"Oops, sorry," he said, releasing Hiccup's hand, "But honestly! What a rush!"
"I'm glad you liked it!" Hiccup said with humor in his voice. He looked at his cherry red hand.
"Toothless! What do you do for a living? Crack walnuts? I think I lost all circulation in my hand," He laughed. Toothless blushed.
When the cart pulled into the station they unbuckled the belts and unfastened every safety item. Toothless rushed out, totally pumped with adrenaline. Hiccup followed after him.
They made their way through the windy bars that led to the exit. Toothless exited first and held the little door for Hiccup.
"Thanks," Hiccup said.
"Yep," Toothless responded. They both stopped and looked at each other, standing in front of the exit.
"Hey, thanks for letting me ride with you," Toothless told him, trying his best to be as polite as humanly possible. Hiccup smiled.
"Of course! That was awesome! Thanks for coming with me."
There was a moment of silence as the two tried to find something to say. They just looked at each other.
"Well, uh, I'm sure Astrid's looking for you," Toothless said, reluctant to say goodbye. But he didn't want to get boring.
Hiccup shrugged, "Probably not. What do you want to go on next?"
Toothless' green eyes lit up with surprise, "Next?" He paused, "Let's do another roller coaster!"
"Oh!" Hiccup exclaimed, face palming, "I've created a monster."
Toothless laughed, "C'mon Hiccup!" He said, practically glowing with joy that he was going to spend a day with his crush.
Review pretty please? Hope it's not boring, not too fast either. Romantic stuff is coming up. Thanks for reading! Luv ya all!
