She was…Oblivious

Jack growled as Dungheap or whatever his name was made Hiccup laugh. It wasn't that Jack didn't love to hear Hiccup laugh, because he did. Her voice was his favorite sound in the world, and he loved the way her eyes brightened while she clutched her stomach and gasped because she was laughing too hard. No, Jack just didn't like the fact that Dungheap was making his girlfriend laugh.

And Hiccup, naïve little Hiccup, didn't even tell him to go away, or to leave her alone. She probably thought that he was being friendly.

Jack smiled ruefully at the sight in front of him. Hiccup, with her beautiful auburn hair and mystical green eyes, was coming out of the forge, Toothless at her side, Dungheap carrying a heavy load of metal or something, probably trying to show off his muscles, and making her laugh. Dungheap set the package down and stood up. Toothless looked at Jack and grinned, almost like he was mocking the jealous spirit.

Stupid lizard, Jack thought bitterly. Good for nothing reptile. Jack would have trusted Toothless of all people- or dragons- to keep Hiccup away from situations like that. Unfortunately, it just amused the animal, and Jack was forced to invisibly watch boys flirt with Hiccup.

Jack didn't know why he expected anything different to have happened after Hiccup woke up. She wasn't an outcast anymore. Actually, she was a hero, she was still as friendly and loveable as ever, and (obviously) she was still drop-dead gorgeous. For the past three weeks, Jack had lived in almost constant jealousy as he watched his now popular girlfriend parade around her village being pined for by a herd of love struck Viking boys.

There were even a couple of boys (and Jack said boys, because none of them were men. Not really) who actually had the audacity to trek up to Chief Stoic's house and ask for Hiccup's hand in marriage! Marriage! After they ignored and mistreated her for years, they thought they deserved to spend the rest of their lives with her? Good thing for Jack the chief would always glare at the boys until they ran away with a new stain in their pants for their mothers to wash out for them.

Jack felt his face go red as Dungheap reached out and tucked a strand of Hiccup's silky hair behind her ear before leaning in. Hiccup, luckily, wasn't completely clueless, and she turned away. In doing so, she saw her boyfriend leaning up against the blacksmith's, staff in hand, eyes glaring holes into the boy with her.

Jack saw her make an excuse to leave, and discreetly signal to him to follow her. So, he did, still upset about Dungheap. And Lardfest. And Gargletook. Hiccup certainly was popular.

Jack knew where Hiccup was headed, so he just flew to the cove and sat on a rock, trying to calm himself down before talking to her.

"Jack!" Hiccup called out excitedly as she skidded down to the floor of the cove. "Jack, I haven't seen you in gods know how long!"

Hiccup ran up to Jack, and gave him a big hug. Jack tried his hardest not to hug back, to stay firm in his resolve to be irritated, but the warmth Hiccup's hugs gave was the only warmth Jack could stand. But, when Hiccup stepped away from him, Jack noticed the flower in her hair. And suddenly, all those negative emotions the fun-loving spirit wasn't used to feeling bubbled back to the surface.

"Yeah? Well I've seen plenty of you. And for some reason, you're always hanging out with Dungheap,"

"Dungheap? Do you mean Dargletook?"

"Well, whatever his name is!" Jack exclaimed. "You're hanging out with him way too much!"

"He's my friend, Jack. Don't friends spend time together?"

"Not that much time! And Dungheap is not good friend material!"

"It's Dargletook!" Hiccup took a deep breath before crossing her arms. Out of the corner of his eye, Jack saw Toothless silently creep out of the cove. Smart devil spawn.

"I don't see how that's much better than 'Dungheap' anyway!" Jack cried.

"Jack, why are you acting like this?" Hiccup asked in an overly-emphasized steady voice, obviously trying to remain calm.

"Well it just seems that you're so much happier with everyone else, you don't even seem to want to be with me anymore!" Jack cried, stepped back from Hiccup and moving closer to the lake. Hiccup stayed where she was for a moment before following him a couple of feet. "Before all this," Jack raved, running his hands through his hair and pacing in front of Hiccup, "You used to spend time with me because no one else would. Now you have the entire village wrapped around your little finger. Do you even need me as a boyfriend anymore?"

"Need you?" Hiccup asked softly. "Is that why you were with me? Because I was a sad, pathetic little wannabe Viking with no friends? Because I needed someone, and you were the only person I could get?"

Jack stopped moving and turned to look at Hiccup, but she wasn't looking at him. Jack wasn't sure exactly where she was going with this, but his stomach was filled with dread. Whatever was about to happen, he was sure that neither he nor Hiccup was going to be happy.

"Hic, listen, all I'm trying to say is-"

"Well, you're wrong," Hiccup acted like she hadn't even heard Jack, "I wasn't with you because I needed you, I was with you because I wanted you. I guess you didn't want me. My mistake for thinking that. I'll let you go now, Jack,"

"Hiccup, please," Jack tried to plead, scared at her words, but she wouldn't meet his gaze. Her voice was hard when she said,

"Leave, Jack,"

And Jack didn't need to be fluent in Hiccup's Unspoken Words to know that she had just broken up with him.

Jack had always known that Hiccup was smart. She saw things before Jack even realized they were there, and solved problems that he didn't even know existed. She figured out that dragons didn't need to be killed, and she figured out how to get the deadliest creature on the face of the planet to become a cute, gummy-smiling, house pet. So, for such a brilliant young woman, Jack couldn't for the life of him understand how she didn't realize that he was jealous. She was always talking about listening to Toothless's unspoken words, but what about his? With machines and dragons, no question: Hiccup was a genius. With people? Hiccup was about as oblivious as a person could get.

Probably going to be eleven chapters, which KILLS me, but that's how it's going to work. Next chapter probably isn't what any of you are going to expect, but I hope you'll like it. Favorite, follow, reviews are awesome. :)