Chapter 7

"Hic, do you have a four?" Jack asked while hiding his cards for the other players. Hiccup browsed through his cards and shook his head. "No. Go fish*."

Jack sighed annoyed and took one card from the stack. He was the only one who didn't have a pile lying in front of him.

Hiccup leaned back into his chair, examining who had the most cards in his hand. "Bunny, do you have an Ace?"

Bunny huffed and threw two Aces to Hiccup. "Are you cheating or something?"

Hiccup shook his head, smiling brightly. "No, I am not. Jack, do you have well a Jack?"

Jack grunted and threw his last three cards to Hiccup "Were the only damn cards I had! That's it! I'm breaking up with you!"

Bunny's head shot up. He didn't even notice that he was showing all of his cards to the boys. Not that they would have noticed in their own little world. Aren't those lovebirds cute? I like to call them Hijack, Dream-Toothless voice was in his head again and for a second Bunny wondered how much about his dream had been true.

Hiccup laughed "I'm still not gonna give you the Jacks back"

Jack let his hands roam through his hair, shooting an overly desperate look to Hiccup. "Please Hic! I need them! They're the only things I have left!"

"You cannot have them Jack. They shall forever belong to me." Hiccup smiled, while he put the Jacks to his own and formed a pile. He put it next to his other piles.

Jack threw himself off Bunny's bed and onto Hiccup, nearly making the chair fall over. "I'm begging you Hiccup. Show mercy."

"I have no mercy left, Jack Frost" Hiccup answered with a serious face, holding on to his chair for dear life.

"Then I have to persuade you." Jack said his voice dropping lower. His hand reached out to cup Hic's cheek, stroking it gently. "It might help"

"I-It might" Hiccup answered entranced by Jack. His face was slightly pink. Jack leaned forward and brought their lips together. Hiccup sighed contently for he had waited for a long time to feel Jack's lips against his own, he remarked. Just how long had it been since they last shared a kiss? Jack had kissed his temple a few hours ago before falling asleep in one of North's room but that had been it. Hiccup longed for Jack's touch and let his arms move around his shoulders, oblivious to Bunny's wide-eyed look. The white-haired boy didn't wait long to deepen their kiss. Hiccup let the cards that were still in his hands drop. Diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs were falling and left a red and black mess on the floor. His hands travelled into Jack's hair, grabbing it lightly. They were so lost into each other that they hadn't heard Bunny clear his throat, trying to get their attention.

"Boys?" Bunny interrupted them. Jack and Hiccup fell out of their own little world and immediately let go one of another. They stared at each other before there view found Bunny. Both of their faces were red and even on Bunny's face one could recognize a tint of pink.

"I can explain, Bunny!" Jack exclaimed. He stood straight next to Hiccup, thinking about how exactly he could Bunny tell what they were doing. "Hic and I we're kind of eh-"

"You're dating." Bunny said matter-of-factly. Not an ounce of surprise could be seen in his features. He pushed himself up and leaned on the frame of the bed. "Hijack…" Bunny mumbled to himself, remembering once again the name that Dream-Toothless had given the couple.

"Pardon?" Hiccup asked, raising an eyebrow "What did you call us?"

"Hijack it's what T- eh came to my mind right now. You know eh HI-ccup and well Jack… Hijack…" Bunny tried to cover up his silliness with nervous laughter.

"I think the deep freeze froze your brain."

"I think your brain has been frozen for decades!"

"Well your brain is small as it is"

"I take back what I said-"

"Finally"

"-because I don't think there is anything to freeze!"

"Take that back, you slim-"

"You're both pretty girls" The door of the room stood open. Toothless leaned against the door. He was wearing grey sweatpants and a large black shirt. "How do you feel?" he asked while walking into the room. He stopped behind Hiccup and leaned against the back of the chair.

"Better I guess. I still have a pretty bad headache."

"It's the fever" Toothless explained. He walked over to Bunny and placed his hand on his forehead. The cold skin felt like heaven on Bunny's hot head. "I think it's gone down a little bit… Do you want me to get North?"

Bunny shook his head and moved over a little bit so that Toothless could sit on the edge of his bed. The older male turned his glaze back at Hiccup and Jack. "So… how long has this been going on?"

Jack shook his shoulders "Only for a few days. It started after you left that day..."

Bunny nodded absently. "I'm sorry for what I did that day. I was angry because someone told me the truth after all this time and I reacted in a wrong way. I'm sorry Hiccup. I shouldn't have talked to you the way I did."

"You were right to" Hiccup answered, looking at the floor ashamed. All the guilt that he had been feeling all these days came back to him. "If it weren't for me you wouldn't be here right now. You could have died Bunny only because I was too stupid to mind my own business."

"That's not true." Bunny objected "Pitch has searched for a reason to get into a fight with us and when we threatened Whisper he took it as an opportunity to do that."

"But Whisper attacked Toothless. How exactly is that fair?" Hiccup asked.

"It is not." Toothless answered in Bunny's place. He was now lying next to Bunny, his back resting against the frame of the bed. "But it's how Pitch works."

Bunny nodded and turned his eyes to Jack. He looked thoughtful for a moment, as if he didn't know how to approach what he was thinking. "When I was with Pitch, he proposed a deal to me, Jack." He mumbled. He kept his eyes low, not meeting Jack's eyes.

"I know" Jack answered "He told me about it."

Bunny nodded again, looking up "I guess you understand then why we can't do what he wants."

"What?" Jack asked, his voice rising slightly "I have to Bunny! We can't let Pitch attack the den!"

"And I can't him let have my brother!" Bunny objected, getting himself into a sitting position a little too fast. He hissed in pain, his bones aching. Toothless immediately put a hand on his shoulder and pushed Bunny back against the mattress. The black haired boys touch lingered on Bunny's shoulder for another moment before Toothless took his hands back to himself and let them rest next to his sides. Bunny shot him a thankful smile. One corner of Toothless mouth raised a little before he realized what he was doing and let it sink again.

"This is my decision to make not yours, Bunny" Jack spoke up again. He crossed his arms and set up a determined face.

Bunny sent him an angry growl "So you're gonna go over there and fight him?"

"I have to" Jack replied "This isn't my choice"

"It is your choice, Jack. We can end it on our terms."

Jack shook his head. "No. I am going to fight him and I am going to win. Nobody else has to be harmed."

"Maybe Bunny is right, Jack." Hiccup interjected and grasped Jack's hand gently from where he sat. Jack looked down at his boyfriend and sighed "Not you too. I'm going to do this and I don't care about what any of you think."

"You won't fight him Jack and this is the end of the discussion." Bunny repeated his voice leaving no room for discussion.

Anger grew in Jack. "You don't own me Bunny!" He took a step forward " I can do whatever I please!"

"Fine!" Bunny shouted "Ya wanna get yourself killed? Go on! Get out of here and get yourself somebody to train ya, because I sure as hell won't train my own brother just for him to get himself killed!"

"I will!" Jack yelled back making his way to the door. His face was turning red from anger. Why couldn't Bunny see that he did this so nobody else had to suffer? He could end this and there was no way that if Jack had the chance to finish off Pitch, that he was letting go of it easily.

"J-Jack? I th-" Jack didn't think when a hand grabbed his wrist. He was so disappointed and furious that he just flung around and pushed against the body that was holding him back. He hadn't meant to use so much strength that Hiccup let out a surprised shriek and fell on the floor. Bunny and Toothless both flinched when Hiccup's side connected with the floor. Toothless got up from the bed and rushed over to Hiccup. Jack looked at his boyfriend and wanted to rush to his side but he felt so guilty and still too angry so that he didn't do that.

He, however, couldn't suppress a certain sadness to reach his eyes. He looked at Hiccup who didn't look angry at all, which only made Jack feel guiltier. "I-I'm going back to the den" he stammered, looking anywhere but his friends and left the room.

"Are you okay?" Toothless asked while helping Hiccup on his feet. "I'm should beat some sense into him!"

Hiccup, who was still shaken up from what Jack had done seconds ago, sat down on the edge of the bed "I'm fine. He didn't do it on purpose."

Toothless didn't seem convinced. He patted Hic's shoulder and sat down next to him. Bunny stood up slowly and crawled next to Hiccup's other side even more so. "He needs to calm down, ya know" the older male explained "He has these moments from time to time. Sometimes it gets too much and even somebody like him has to get his steam of. I'm sorry you were put in the crossfire though."

Hiccup shook his shoulders, sending Bunny a small lopsided smile. "It's alright Bunny. Nothing happened and I am still sure that he hadn't meant to do it. Maybe I should head over to the den and stay with him."

"Maybe you two should" Bunny said, looking at both Toothless and Hiccup "Pitch is still out there and I don't think it is safe for any of us to walk outside alone."

Toothless nodded and stood up.

"Are you sure you are alright on your own?" the brunette asked, looking at Bunny questioningly.

"I think there ain't a safer place for me to be then this one, mate" Bunny smiled at him.

"Alright then… We'll see you, Bunny"

"Jack still has North's phone. Call if anything is wrong" Toothless patted his friends shoulder and followed Hiccup out of the house.


It was afternoon when Toothless and Hiccup made their way back to the den. For the first time in a really long while, Toothless wandered the main streets. Normally he would have made his way through alleyways or so to get back to the den but now with Pitch on their backs they couldn't allow themselves to take those ways. The people walking past them sent the black haired males evil looks. Some of them took their children's hand ushering them to walk faster when they saw him others mumbled to their friends, looking at him disgusted.

"They're all looking at me" Toothless mumbled to Hiccup, keeping his head low from now on. He was starting to feel really uncomfortable.

"Let them look, bud. They don't know you so you should ignore their reactions."

Toothless wanted to send Hic a smile but this situation made him realize how far exactly he was from having a normal live, how low other people felt of him. How they were judging him even though they didn't know him, just by walking past him.

"Can we just hurry up?" He asked his voice taking a sad undertone.

Hiccup nodded when he heard his name being screamed over the plaza they were currently walking. He flinched when he recognized the voice. "Crap."

"What is it?!" Toothless asked, immediately on alert. One hand wandered to his switchblade and when Hiccup saw what Toothless wanted to do, he took hold of his wrist. He looked at him with big wide eyes. "Gods! No Toothless." Hiccup turned around. Toothless copied his motions and saw a blonde girl and blonde boy walk up to them. The girl was beautiful. She had big blue eyes and her hair was braided. The boy had long hair that stopped in the middle of his back. He had cloudy grey eyes and followed the girl.

"Hiccup!" the girl screamed again. She had a frown on her face when she saw Toothless but didn't comment on him just yet.

"Hey… Hi- Hey Astrid! Hi… H-Hello… Hi Astrid…h-"

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" She asked immediately in a furious voice.

"Where I have been? Well where have I been…? I was eh…"

"You weren't at school man!" the boy remarked before putting a finger under his chin "Or were you…?"

"I was sick. Yep! Totally sick. I stayed at home where my… eh cousin here eh took care of me."

"We were at your place, Hiccup." Astrid said in a soft tone "Your Dad said you wouldn't be coming home anymore. What does that mean?"

"It's okay Astrid. I'm going to explain everything to you just not now. Not today" Hiccup answered in a quiet voice.

"Your Dad seemed really sorrowful… Are you sure you are okay?" Astrid opened her purse inspecting Toothless at the same time. Her eyes were not leaving him until she found what she searched for in her purse. She looked at Toothless a last time and then at Hiccup. Her eyes were filled with worry and uncertainty.

"A-Astrid…?" Hiccup asked slowly.

"Grab Hic, Tuff!" she screamed and pulled a small bottle out of her purse. Everything after that went really fast. Tuffnut, the boy with the blonde hair, grabbed Hiccup and pulled him against him. Hiccup shrieked when his friend dragged him away from Toothless while Astrid held the bottle up in the air right in front of Toothless' face. Hiccup yelled at her to stop when he saw what she was doing, but it was too late. Astrid pushed the button down and a spray of the liquid inside connected with Toothless' eyes. The boy screamed when the pepper spray burned in his eyes. He cursed and pushed the back of his hands against his eyes.

"T-Toothless…? Oh god! Astrid! He's my friend!"

Astrid looked at him with wide guilty eyes. "I-I thought he had kidnapped you! Your Dad looked really moody and he looks evil and you were acting all funny and – Oh my god! I am so sorry!" She walked over to Toothless and put his hands of his eyes. His eyes were red and teary. "It's going to wear off! I swear! In a few hours you won't feel a thing!"

Tuff let go of Hiccup and the brunette rushed to his friend's side, steading him. "Are you alright?" he asked "We have to get you to the den."

Hiccup looked around. He needed help. He couldn't get Toothless back on his own. He looked at Astrid and Tuff who were still shocked. "I need them to help me get you to the den, Toothless."

Toothless shook his head violently, still pressing his hands on his eyes „No! They aren't like us! They can't go down there."

"I need them to help you, you stupid stubborn-" Hiccup interrupted himself. He looked at Astrid and Tuff. "I need you to help me."

Astrid nodded frantically, feeling really guilty for hurting one of Hiccup's friends. "Anything!"

Tuff only shook his shoulders, as if to say: 'I have nothing else to do'

"You have to promise me one thing though" Hiccup started "You're gonna have a lot of questions when we get eh… home but you can't ask any until I say so, understood?"

"But Hiccup w-"

"Promise me Astrid."

"Fine. I promise Hic."

Hiccup looked at Tuff and the blonde shook his shoulders again. "If I start asking questions you might start talking about boring stuff so I won't ask in the first place."

Hiccup raised an eyebrow at him "Well… That's the spirit…"

Toothless didn't complain anymore and let Tuff, Astrid and Hiccup help him get home.


* For those who don't know, Go Fish is a card game. The games goal is to have to most piles. You get piles by having four times the same value (Like 4 times a king).

So well Bunny and Toothless will become a couple in this :) Thank you guys for all the reviews by the way, they are lovely! They really make my day and motivate me to write faster. I don't know if I would have found the motivation to write this week with all what's been going on if it weren't for your reviews! So thanks :)

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