At midnight, the day of his wedding, Hiccup was rudely awakened by being rolled out of his bed. "What the hell Snotlout?"
"Time to go get your sword buddy."
"The powers that be have decided that my father's sword above the mantle will do just fine. I was told I could sleep till dawn. So goodbye." He said crawling into bed.
"Fine."
That was all Hiccup remembered before he was yet again thrown from his bed. This time there was soft light coming into the window. "Come on! Is it really necessary to wake me up like that?"
"Of course. Come on Olaf, my dad and Gobber are downstairs." said Snotlout. Hiccup groaned. The morning of the wedding ment only married men and the 'cleansing'. Removing the mark of being a bachelor. It hit him then that when he came home tonight, he would be with his wife. Astrid would live here with him. She'd be in the bed with him, almost everyday for the rest of their lives.
Squaring his shoulders he threw a shirt on and went downstairs. Gobber looked rather happy entertaining the other two men. Gobber had declared he would never marry and as he had helped raise Hiccup, had been allowed to be here this morning. "Ah, the young bridegroom has made it. Nervous yet?"
"No Gobber. Hungry though."
"The nerves won't hit till your at the altar and can't turn around boyo." Spitelout piped up, "You'll start wonderin' if she'll stand you up."
"I hope you aren't saying Astrid doesn't keep her word." Olaf's face didn't betray much emotion. So until both men started laughing, Hiccup thought there might be a fight. Hoffersons and Jorgensons didn't get along generally. "Eat up Chief, you have a long time before you see your bride."
After eating breakfast and taking care of Toothless, Hiccup was taken to the hot springs. " Clean yourself good boyo, it's not just you looking at your parts anymore." With that the men left him. He could hear them laughing and chatting at the mouth of the cave. He desperately tried not to think about the wedding night. For the last year he had frequently had dreams of Astrid. Her smooth, moon white skin sliding against his. No he couldn't do this. It was embarrassing enough with just the jokes, but if they caught him? No thank you.
After he was done, he got on his clothes. He wore a green tunic embroidered by his mother. It was a simple pattern but if you looked closely you could find 'H' and 'A' intertwined in places. Some new leather pants with a belt Astrid had given him at Snoggletog, that held a scale from each of their dragons. Over his shoulders he had a bear pelt held by the Berk crest. His boot and leg piece were also new. He would attach the sword to his belt when he got back home. After that it was the Great Hall to welcome all the guests to Berk. Just before dusk everyone would go to the clearing for the wedding and then the feast.
Before he walked out to great the men, he took a second to look around. Sighing he said, " I wish you were here next to me dad."