Chapter ten, here we go!

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I looked up again, my eyes falling on the blond twins sitting a few tables away. I waved idly before turning back to my work. There was a flurry of whispers and then some chairs scraped against the tile floor and two pairs of footsteps were heard coming my way. I looked up once again, staring at the twins quizzically. "Hey," they greeted simultaneously.

"…Hi?" I replied slowly. "Do you…want to sit?" I offered.

The two looked at each other before nodding and pulling out seats, plopping down. It was quiet for a moment as I was waiting for one of them to say something. When they didn't, I shrugged and turned back to my practice test. There was another scraping of chairs, and I figured they lost interest and went back to their table with their friends, but instead, they placed their chairs on either side of me, and leaned in closer to see what I was doing. "Whatcha up to?" Ruffnut asked, her eyes scanning my paper.

"Um…studying," I replied, not quite understanding why they were still here. Don't they have friends sitting right over there?

"Whoa, people actually do that?" Tuffnut mused, looking up at the ceiling for a minute.

"People who aren't here on a sports scholarship, yeah," I replied, balancing the combustion reaction.

"Weird," Ruffnut stated, her brother nodding in agreement.

The two went on into a tangent about how studying was so strange and reading was a waste of time, but they were mostly talking to themselves, only looking at me once in a while for a nod of agreement.

It was getting harder to concentrate with them bickering and poking fun at my studiousness, and I found the drumming of my fingers sped up as I got more and more annoyed. I scooped up my papers and my backpack and stood up, walking to the hallway that had my locker in it. The twins scurried to catch up with me. "Why'd you leave all of a sudden?" Tuffnut demanded as they came to a stop on eiher side of my locker, sounding annoyed.

"Yeah, we were talking," Ruffnut stated, sounding slightly hurt. "So rude."

"Actually, I was studying, you two were talking," I corrected as I placed my notebook and folder in their place on the second shelf. "Besides I need to do something."

After closing my locker, I began down the hall again, the twins following at my heels. "What do you need to do?" Tuffnut pried.

"Yeah, maybe we can help," his sister offered, forgetting to hold the door to the stairway for her brother, who let out an "Oof!" as the steel door slammed on his face.

I plopped down on the third stair, the twins following suit. "Hiccup's mad at me," I whined after a few moments of silence, gripping my face hopelessly. "I don't know what to do!"

"Is this about the mayonnaise?" Ruffnut asked, leaning forward as she decided to sit on the fourth stair up. "If it is, you can tell him it was all my idea. I don't mind if he hates me."

"I don't even know what it's about anymore!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands in the air.

"I have an idea," Ruffnut stated, standing up like she was the president about to give a speech. "What if you got him a date with his dream girl, and makes sure it goes perfectly so that they'll get married-"

"Then at the wedding, you rig some fireworks to spell out Forgive Me," Tuffnut continued, also standing. "And you could have an army of rabbits that hold a sign that says something like Annoying You is How I Show My Love-"

"And then have a band of ostriches in tutus perform a choreographed dance of apology!" Ruffnut concluded, clasping her hands together.

"I already thought of that," I moped, laying my head against the railing. "Fishlegs said that was too…" I formed air quotes around the word. "Complex."

"Oh, so now this 'Fishlegs' is an apology expert?" Ruffnut demanded angrily.

"Well, he does apologize for almost everything he does," I shrugged, laying my head in my hand. "It gets kind of annoying after a while actually…"

"I'm gonna beat him up for even thinking that," Tuffnut glared, apparently ignoring what I just said and punching the palm of his hand threateningly.

"Don't beat him up!" I exclaimed, jumping up quickly to stop the two from storming into his next class. "He's taking a test right now, and he didn't think that, you two did! Besides, he's like a brother to me!"

"Hey, I thought I was your brother!" Tuffnut exclaimed, indignant.

"When did I agree to that!?" I demanded. "Anyways, back to the point-" I began pacing. "I've never actually apologized to anyone. I have this problem with admitting I'm wrong because I'm never wrong, people only assume I'm wrong, but they're wrong, even if they're right, so…I don't know how to apologize…"

"Oh, that's all?"

"We can teach you how."

"Really?" I asked, a slow smile making its way onto my face.

"Yeah," Ruffnut grinned as Tuffnut said, "Of course, who else has had more practice than us apologizing!"

"Wow, I always assumed you two never apologize…okay, I need to apologize to him during break, so…teach me!"

"Alright, the best way to learn to apologize is through experience," Ruffnut began, standing me in front of her brother. "Now, you and Tuff are dating-"

"Wait, what?" Tuffnut asked. "When did this happen?"

"Yeah, I thought he was my brother!" I exclaimed, trying to hide my blush.

"Shush," Ruffnut snapped, glaring at the two of us. "It's just the scenario! So you and Tuff are a couple, and you cheated on him with Hiccup-"

"Does he know?" I asked, looking at Tuffnut with wide eyes.

"Hiccup? Trying to steal my girl?!" Tuffnut growled, clenching his fist in the air. "I'm gonna kick his scrawny little arse!"

"I'd take that as a yes," Ruffnut nodded, moving on with the story. "How do you make this right?" she asked me.

"Um…move to a different country and change my name?" I guessed, pressing a finger to my bottom lip as I thought.

"No, you apologize," Ruffnut scoffed, turning me around to face Tuffnut, who was really working himself up. "Now, apologize."

"Oh…kay," I took a deep breath, grabbing his hands. "Tuffnut?" I said, meeting his eyes. I stayed quiet for a minute before turning back to his sister. "Now what?"

"Don't put the blame on him," she rolled her eyes. "Don't say something like "I feel like you don't pay enough attention to me" or something. Keep the blame on yourself and say you're sorry."

"Okay," I nodded, chewing on my lip. "Tuffnut," I repeated, turning back to the male. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I care about you too much to let this ruin what we have."

"Really?" he scoffed. "If you care about me so much then why would you hurt me like this?" he demanded, laying his hand over his heart dramatically.

"I didn't mean to hurt you!" I replied, tightening my grasp on his other hand. "But I did, and I'm so, so sorry!"

Ruffnut began clapping. "There you go," she applauded. "You are now a person…who can…apologize!"

"Whoa, wait; I haven't accepted her apology yet!" Tuffnut exclaimed. "I don't believe she's really sorry-"

The bell rang, cutting off Tuffnut's rant and signaling the end of first period. I grinned, hugging the twins one at a time. "Thank you! I have to go make up with my nerd! I'll see you two around!"

"Bye, Kika~" they called before turning to each other, glaring. "Will you stop that?!"

There you are! It was a little short, I'll give you that, but at least it was a chapter!

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