Happy Thanksgiving!
Here's another chapter. And now Astrid and Toothless are allies. The world works in mysterous ways~
"No," Hiccup said.
"Not even a little?" Toothless pouted.
"I said no," Hiccup repeated.
"Why not?"
"It'll be embarrassing," he whispered.
"How's it embarrassing?" Toothless asked him.
"It just is," Hiccup said.
"All I have to do is put it in," the dragon pressured. "What is embarrassing about it?"
"All of it," Hiccup told him.
"No one will see," Toothless said. "It'll be our secret."
"Why can't you take no for an answer?" Hiccup whined.
"Because I want to do it," Toothless answered simply.
"Well, I don't want you to," Hiccup argued.
"Just let me feed you the stupid grapes already!" Toothless shouted. He shoved one in Hiccup's mouth as he opened it to argue again. The boy chewed for a moment before glaring at Toothless, his face set in a pout.
"You're so stubborn," he said.
"Like you're one to talk," Toothless chuckled. He took another grape from the vine and waited until Hiccup obediantly opened his mouth once again. A light blush had grown on the young viking's face as Toothless continued feeding him.
"So, why'd you suddenly wanna have a picnic?" Hicccup asked.
"What?" Toothless questioned. "We can't go on a date?"
The blush on Hiccup's face suddenly darkened as he looked away from the dragon. Toothless pulled Hiccup into his lap, kissing him on the forehead. Hiccup settled against the framilar heat of Toothless's chest and closed his eyes. Toothless rest his chin on Hiccup's head, enjoying the feel of the boy in his arms.
Toothless had waited so long to hold Hiccup. So long to call Hiccup his. He thought it would never happen. He didn't think the young viking would ever love him back. But there they were, cuddled up together without a care in the world. It was like it had always been like that.
Even if they were together, Toothless never expected that Hiccup would be the first one to be open about his feelings. He'd always thought he'd be the first confess. Well, because he didn't even know about Hiccup's feelings. Still, the boy didn't seem like the type to be open about liking someone.
It had surprised Toothless when Hiccup had demanded him to his the young viking. He'd thought he was dreaming. But it actually happened. Hiccup had asked for something. Astrid may be wrong about him, after all. Maybe he just was willing to risk everything for Toothless.
The thought made Toothless burst with happiness and he brought Hiccup closer to him. When Hiccup groaned a little, Toothless leaned foward to see him asleep. He chuckled. What Hiccup didn't know was that Toothless knew about his heat being so calming to Hiccup. The boy had fallen asleep against him so often, Toothless just picked up on it.
"You let him fall asleep?" Astrid asked. She had been hidden in a tree a few yards away, but now dropped out of it and confronted Toothless. No doubt he'd known she was there the entire time, anyway.
"He can fall asleep if he wants to," Toothless huffed.
"You're too soft on him," Astrid huffed.
"I'm a dragon," Toothless reminded. "Not a viking. I'm not going to have a relationship with Hiccup like that."
"Hiccup's not a viking either," Astrid said. "Remember?"
Toothless nodded. Hiccup had claimed in front of everyone that he wasn't a viking when he went against the Nightmare. He never claimed it back and didn't plan to. He didn't want to be a part of what the vikings once were. How they killed so many dragons, who were only violent to survive.
"I remember," Toothless said. "Stoick used to always pressure him to claim it back, but Hiccup always replied 'why would I do that'. Isn't he amazing?"
"He is," Astrid agreed. "Really, he is. It takes a lot of strength to break away from what you've always been to follow your heart."
"Why'd you follow us?" Toothless asked.
"Wanted to see where you were going," she answered.
"Where'd you think we were going?" he asked.
Astrid shrugged. "You disappeared the other day with no trace. You weren't on the island at all. So I know you have a secret hide away."
"You wouldn't be able to follow me there," Toothless huffed. "Not even on Stormfly."
"Probably not," Astrid sighed. "You're pretty sneaky when you want to be. After all, to always escape vikings, you have to be sneaky."
"Well, you aren't the brightest humans I know," Toothless chuckled.
"No," Astrid said, "that would be Hiccup."
Toothless's eyes narrowed to her. "Do you love him?"
"What?" Astrid questioned. "No. Like a brother... a very, small, baby brother. I feel like if you turn around, he'll get into trouble."
"He is that type of person," he said.
"No kiding."
Toothless pulled Hiccup even closer to him, watching his face as he slept. It was a very relaxing thing to Toothless. It made him feel like there was no evil, even when it was standing only a few feet away. Hiccup just had a way of making everything alright, even when it was wrong.
"But you wont have to worry about that anymore," Toothless told her. "I'll watch over him from now on."
