Chapter 7
Toothless stood on his back legs and used his front paws to push open the door. The second he was outside he followed Hiccup's scent. He quickly found him behind their house pacing and muttering to himself.
Hiccup! Calm down this won't help anything!
Hiccup did not respond to him and instead kept talking to himself. "Oh gods why him?! Anyone else would have been better!"
Hiccup! Talk to me! Toothless yelled to him through his mind.
When the viking kept pacing, Toothless scooped his head between Hiccup's legs so he landed on his back. The second the dragon heard his tail click open he took off. Toothless flew them to a sea stack that was flat on top and landed. Berk was still in seeing distance but now they were alone. Hiccup dismounted and tried to walk as far as he could from Toothless. Sick of this behavior, Toothless roared at him which made him turn to look at him.
Hiccup enough! We're alone now so calm down and talk to me.
Hiccup took a deep breath and apologized. "Did you see what I saw?" he asked Toothless.
Toothless' ears drooped and said sadly, Unfortunately yes.
"Then you know why I'm upset!"
I thought you were making great progress in getting over Astrid.
"I was," said Hiccup.
Well acting like this when you see her with someone else isn't good! I know it's bad but-, Toothless began but was interrupted by Hiccup.
"That's not the problem! It's who she's with that's so terrible!"
Toothless was not expecting this response. After a moment he sat down and starred at Hiccup, his expression clearing saying he wanted details. Hiccup sighed and sat on a rock across from him and ran an hand through his hair.
"His name is Thrash, I assume you've seen him around the village before."
Toothless nodded, Yeah he's really muscular for his age and has long blond hair. Isn't his dragon that blue Monstrous Nightmare named Slash?
"Right but I don't like how he treats Slash. He acts like his dragon is his property instead of a friend," said Hiccup.
Toothless had not known that detail so he growled lowly in anger. He quickly stopped, however, since that was not the current issue. The Night Fury waited for Hiccup to continue but his rider did not seem to want to. Toothless stood up and nudged his arm so he could be petted on the head. The gesture made Hiccup feel a little more comfortable so he started the story again.
"Before I met you and we ended the war against dragons, I was very unpopular in the village. Now most people would just throw rude comments or insults my way which I had learned to ignore. But Thrash was different, he was the only one who would bully me physically. He would seek me out when I was somewhere alone and hurt me. He was always much stronger than me…"
Toothless pulled away from Hiccup's touch and roared. Does Astrid know this about him?!
"No one does, I never even told my dad. I could usually hide my injuries and he stopped doing it when we defeated the Red Death. Looking back I wish I did tell my father, but at the time I figured he would just tell me to deal with it on my own and be tougher."
Toothless' expression went from angry to sad very quickly. I'm sorry that happened to you.
Hiccup sighed, "It's okay, I haven't worried about it in years. But seeing Astrid in a relationship with that bully really hurt me."
What should we do about it? I think you should tell Astrid the truth about him!
"Bud I don't think that's the best solution. And even if I did tell her, she may still want to be with him and I have to respect that," said Hiccup.
But are you going to be okay with seeing them together around Berk?
"Well I'm certainly not going to like it, but I guess I will just have to get used to it."
Okay but if you need to talk about anything let me know.
Hiccup smiled and scratched Toothless behind the ears making him purr. "Thanks Bud."
After a moment Toothless opened his eyes and kissed Hiccup on the cheek with his lips instead of using his tongue.
Hiccup was shocked and put his hand where he was kissed. "Toothless? What was that for?"
Toothless' eyes widened when he realized what he just did. Nothing just trying to be nice.
"Oh okay…well we should head home now I'm hungry," said Hiccup.
When they were flying home Toothless thought to himself without Hiccup hearing; 'Get it together Toothless. Don't let your feelings show again.'
I just want to be clear that when it was said that this character would physically hurt Hiccup. I do not mean in a way involving sexual assault or rape.
