The two never really mentioned or talked about the quick kiss they shared. But they sure thought about it, at least once every hour, sometimes more. Hiccup especially.
Hiccup was still surprised at the occurrence, even though it was a while ago. He was so surprised that he had actually kissed a man, a man that happened to be his best friend. He was completely mad at himself. Not because it happened, but because he couldn't help wanting to feel the raven haired boys lips against his own again. It annoyed Hiccup that such a thought would come into his head. The only excuse he could come up with (pathetic as it was) was that he was only curious.
'It's curious to be human!' Hiccup tried convincing himself, 'It was so short I barely ever remember if it felt good… Well I'm sure it did. Wait! Stop it! Don't think like that! Damn me!'
He thought about kissing Toothless almost every time he saw him. He often wondered if Toothless was offended by the kiss or happy with it. He never had the guts to ask him though. When he tried, all he could think of was fear of Toothless feeling awkward over the situation.
It was a very sunny and warm day outside when the friends decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. A minute before they were about to go out there was a knock on the front door. When Hiccup opened it he saw that it was Astrid.
"Hey Hiccup!" Astrid greeted.
Hiccup smiled in surprise, "Hey!"
Astrid walked into the house and kissed Hiccup on the side of his lips (their usual hello). Just when Hiccup was about to say something, Toothless had walked down the stairs behind Hiccup and pulled him away from her, stepping in front of Astrid.
"You must be Astrid. I've heard a lot about you," Toothless said politely, with a slight hint of annoyance tainting his smooth voice.
"Oh, hi. You must be Toothless…" Astrid said, with less enthusiasm than before, "Yeah, all good I hope."
"Well of course…" Toothless assured. Hiccup tried to move out in front of him but Toothless wouldn't let him.
"Uhm…" Astrid began, feeling like she was talking to a parent rather than Hiccup's roommate. "I was just going to ask Hiccup if he was busy…"
"Actually!" Toothless interrupted, being rude for the first time Hiccup had met him, "We were actually just going on a walk so…"
Two could play at that game, "Great! I'll come with you! Let me go lock my car…"
Astrid hurried off to the car and the screen door slammed shut. Toothless growled low and dangerous like.
Hiccup was flabbergasted, not too sure of what just went on there, "What was that about?"
Toothless was walking up the stairs into the front room, mumbling something low. The only word Hiccup could recognize was "bitch" out of all the jumbled up words. Hiccup followed after him.
"Are you alright Toothless?" Hiccup asked again. Trying his hardest to keep up with the fast walking raven haired boy.
"I'm fine," Toothless answered coolly, "Why wouldn't I be?"
Hiccup just kept his mouth shut and followed him into the basement.
Astrid who was waiting outside couldn't help but smiling. She knew she pissed Toothless off. But she couldn't help it, he was being rude first. She wasn't going to take that lying down. Plus, she could tell there was something more that met the eye about the two boys. Astrid could tell. She didn't want to miss a chance to screw with her exes possible infatuations. Also, Astrid could already tell she wasn't going to be too fond of Toothless.
The white garage opened up and out walked Hiccup followed by Toothless. Toothless looked completely annoyed at whatever this walk would bring.
"You two ready to go," Astrid asked, flashing a teasing glance at Toothless.
"Sure! Where do you want to walk to Astrid? We can all just walk down the left right side of the street, turn around and come back," Hiccup suggested.
Astrid shrugged, "Whatever is fine with me. What about you Toothfull?"
Toothless looked as though he was about to commit murder, he clenched his fists, "Toothless…" He growled.
All Hiccup could do was stare at the furious boy. He was about to ask what was wrong again, but Astrid grabbed his arm and pulled him down to the edge of the drive way and began to walk arm in arm. All Toothless could do was groan.
The three walked down the kid infested neighborhood, Hiccup and Astrid first, then Toothless trailing behind them. Defiantly not the type of walk Toothless had in mind. He honestly hoped it would be just Hiccup and himself, not the annoying blonde tagging along with them. Even though Hiccup had spoken rather highly of her, Toothless couldn't see what Hiccup saw in her.
While the two were talking, Astrid glanced quickly behind her to see if Toothless was still behind them, which he was. So she put her head on his shoulder as they walked. Hiccup didn't mind this because this was a very Astrid thing to do. But Toothless on the other hand was starting to think evil thoughts of what could accidently happen to Astrid.
"I don't think your friend likes me too much," Astrid said innocently.
"He's fine, he just takes a little bit to get used to you. That's the way he was with me," Hiccup laughed. Astrid laughed a twinkling laugh that was obviously fake. "Hiccup, you're so funny sometimes!"
Hiccup knew something was up, he just didn't think too hard about it. Astrid certainly didn't complement him like that ever. Not even when they were together.
The sun was extremely hot that day so there were a ton of kids and teenagers out of their houses. Some groups of kids were running through a sprinkler. Toothless smiled, distracted by the kids happiness. But, one thing caught his eye. A tall attractive boy with gold hair was standing alone, smiling and laughing at the kids running through the spraying water.
Suddenly Toothless got an idea… Astrid no clue about his sexuality, but Hiccup certainly did. And Hiccup wasn't paying attention to him at the moment; he was paying attention to Astrid. Toothless felt slightly betrayed by Hiccup… He didn't know why he thought this idea would work and win Hiccup's attention back, but he just felt it would work.
He ran up to Hiccup side. Hiccup and Astrid both looked at him. But instead of Toothless looking back at them, he stared over them to the boy that he saw watching the kids over by the sprinkler. Once he was sure that Hiccup was looking at him, he ran his right hand through his hair and smirked. Hiccup followed his gaze and also saw the boy. He was about to say something to Toothless but his friend had already began to walk off.
"Be right back…" Toothless purred. Hiccup's eyes followed him all the way to his destination. He and Astrid were still walking, but Hiccup was slowing them down, trying to watch.
When Toothless had walked over, he put on his best smile that he could. The tall boy looked at Toothless as he approached him.
"Hi…" The golden haired boy said.
"Hi, can I ask you a question?"
"Yeah, sure man. What's up?" The boy said, straightening up.
"Well, I wasn't too sure if we were going in the right direction. Tell me, is that the way down Caroline Drive?" Toothless asked, flashing a sexy smile. Toothless was usually modest, but in all honesty, he could charm the pants off of anyone if he wanted to.
The boy shifted his weight, "Yep, just keep going down this street. You're correct."
"Okay, thanks…" Toothless said, giving another smirk before starting to turn away.
"Hey wait! What's your name?" He asked.
Toothless turned back around, "Toothless… Yours?"
The boy smiled, "Toothless… I like it. I'm John."
Now even though Hiccup and Astrid weren't standing next to them, but they were still at hearing distance. Hiccup was hearing everything. And quite honestly, he was getting a little annoyed himself, it was showing with a light blush on his cheeks.
"Nice to meet you," Toothless winked, now talking in his signature smooth voice.
John smiled, "Same… Hey, you don't look familiar. You new?"
"Oh yeah… Just moved in not too long ago. I live not too far from here. I'm not too familiar with the streets," Toothless chuckled, pretending to be embarrassed.
"Well if you ever need something to do… call me. You want my number?" John offered, with a little lilt in his voice. Hiccup could defiantly tell there was some attraction and he was getting pissed. He didn't even bother to reason with himself and ask why he was pissed. He just knew he was.
"Yeah absolutely!" Toothless pulled out his phone and punched in John's number once he told him.
Hiccup was getting impatient, "C'mon Toothless we don't have all day!"
Toothless grinned, "Coming!"
John looked over Hiccup's shoulder, "Who's he?"
Toothless looked back at Hiccup, "Oh, cousin." He lied.
That got Hiccup jacked up, "Toothless! C'mon! We're not waiting for you anymore!"
Toothless saw that Hiccup was completely red in the face, he laughed.
"Nice seeing you John, talk to you later!" Toothless said, waving as he ran back to the other two. When he reached them, he stood by Hiccup. He added a dramatic "Yes!" to twist the knife further.
Hiccup let go of Astrid's arm and looked at Toothless, "What the fuck was that?" He hissed.
"What was what?" Toothless asked.
"You know what I mean! What were you doing?" Hiccup continued, completely ignoring Astrid now.
And Astrid saw that. She understood what he was doing, even though she was completely clueless to why it was working. She knew she wasn't winning anymore.
"Hiccup, how could you not expect me to take up a chance like that?" Toothless laughed, "I mean really, he was just standing there. I wasn't leaving without his number."
"You actually got it?" Hiccup hissed, temper rising slightly. It was his turn to be a little jealous.
"Hell yeah! I plan to use it too," Toothless said coyly. Hiccup felt and looked as though he would explode.
But all he did was glare at Toothless in annoyance, "Slut," He growled under his breath.
Toothless laughed, "Tell me something I don't know."
Astrid smiled evilly, already knowing her plan, "Oh Hiccup, where are we going? Can we hurry up? Maybe go back to your house or something?"
"Yeah, I'd like that…" Hiccup said…
The walk back to the house was silent and awkward. Hiccup was busy being cross, Astrid busy planning her evil plan, and Toothless smiling at his success to win Hiccup's attention.
When they reached Hiccup's white house they all stood in the drive way by Astrid's car. Astrid stretched.
"Damn I'm hot! Hiccup, do you mind doing me a huge favor?" She asked. Toothless listened in carefully.
"Anything!" Hiccup said.
"Can you take me out to get dinner? I don't want to go alone…"
Hiccup didn't even look at Toothless, "Yeah, I'd love to take you out!"
"A date?" Astrid continued, watching Toothless' facial expressions.
"I'd love that!" Hiccup smiled, he needed to get away for a little bit. His patience with Toothless was a little low. But he would have changed his answer if he would have seen the flash of expression across Toothless' face. It wasn't anger. Not anger. More like heartbroken. He had reason to feel that way. It was the only time he'd ever ditched him.
"Hiccup…" Toothless began. He was going to ask him not to go, but Hiccup ignored him and continued to talk to Astrid.
"Okay! Let's go!" Astrid said. Running around to the passenger side.
When Hiccup started for the driver side of the car, Toothless tried to grab onto his arm, but missed.
"Hiccup… What?" Toothless didn't know what to say.
Hiccup didn't even turn to him, "I'm sure you know how to make your own food. Call up John or something. Have fun!"
Toothless' usual happy smirk was now a frown of disbelief, "Damn…"
Hiccup opened the car door climbed into the driver seat and started the car. They pulled away leaving Toothless alone to his thoughts in the drive way…
When Astrid and Hiccup arrived at the house Hiccup got out of the driver seat, like wise Astrid got out of the passenger seat.
"Thanks for dinner tonight Hiccup. I really appreciate it."
"You're welcome. Anytime Astrid."
They hugged and then Astrid was in the car and off again. Hiccup sighed at his long night.
The neighborhood was extremely quite now, and dark. All except for the moon, which cast a white light all over the house. Hiccup took one last breath of night air, then made his way into the garage and into the basement of the house.
He quietly walked up the basement steps, just in case if Toothless was sleeping on the couch. When reaching the top of the steps, he made his way directly into the bathroom…
After he had showered and brushed his teeth. He went to his room, towel wrapped around his waist. When he entered he turned off the light. He made his way over to the dresser beside his bed and opened the bottom drawer. He pulled out a pair of grey boxers and slipped into them. Throwing the towel aside, he went to shut off the light. When he did, the room turned pitch black. He felt his long day catch up with him as he yawned greatly and climbed into his bed.
He shut his eyes and tried to sleep. As he waited for sleep, he couldn't help but think about Toothless and everything that happened today. Had he actually called John? Was he even in his room? Was he mad at me? All these questions buzzed through his head and he was unable to sleep.
He groaned and pushed the covers off of himself and began to get up. He needed to go check on Toothless, no reason as to why he needed checking on. Hiccup just wanted to.
He reached his door and opened it. The hallway was dark as usual. He couldn't see two inches in front of his face. Groping around in the dark, he found Toothless' door. He took a breath and slowly twisted the knob. He pushed the door open slightly; making sure that it wouldn't creak or make any odd noises that would wake the black haired boy up. When the door had opened completely, he cautiously made his way into the room, shutting the door behind him.
He looked over at the bed; it was completely illuminated by the moonlight shining in through the window. There was Toothless, bathed in white light. He looked amazing. Like a sculpture almost, chiseled like. The soft light only made his skin more pale than usual. Hiccup gulped at the sight of how beautiful Toothless was. He always noticed this when Toothless was looking venerable. Just like when they were dancing… Just like when they had kissed.
A sudden wave of guilt washed over Hiccup when he realized how terribly mean he was to Toothless today. Even if Toothless wasn't being his best either, didn't mean Hiccup could act the way he did. He just left him to go have fun with Astrid.
'Did he even eat?' Hiccup wondered, a little worried that he hadn't. Hiccup thought he should wake him up and ask him.
But then again, Toothless looked so comfortable there in his bed, sleeping so soundly. Hiccup was almost envious of how peaceful it looked. He wished he could sleep like that…
Then, without really putting much thought into what he was doing, Hiccup walked over to the bed and climbed onto it. He pulled the covers down where there was free space in the bed. He lied down next to his best friend, but didn't cover himself with blankets, not completely sure if he was welcome in there.
He took one last glance at Toothless, and then shut his eyes. He felt at ease next to Toothless, he found it easier to relax. But he knew he couldn't stay.
'What am I doing?' He realized, 'Am I actually doing this? This is wrong! Best friends don't sleep together! Toothless would be so mad!'
Hiccup was about to open his eyes and get up when he all of the sudden, he felt himself covered by the sheets of the bed, along with Toothless' arm wrapping around his stomach and pulling him closer to his body.
"G'night, jackass…" Toothless joked, taking Hiccup by surprise with kissing his hair, "I forgive you by the way."
Hiccup blushed and smiled, "G'night Toothless… Thank you."
"For what?" Toothless asked.
"Everything..."
Toothless smiled and snuggled Hiccup closer.
That, quite honestly, was the best the two boys had slept in years...
Well... I have to be honest. I'm not too fond of this chapter. I'm sure there are some mistakes, i'm sorry for those. I still haven't caught up on sleep yet, but that's no matter. Anyway. Thank you for reading! Review and Critique if you could!
