=Astrid's POV=

{Friday, October 15, 2021-7:30 pm}

(Haddock Manor)

I swear; it just kept happening! Every time my friends and I were with Hiccup; we learned something new. So, here we are in Hiccup's bedroom, which is something we didn't see last time because all he did was state the room that was his. Also, Hiccup mentioned that his daughter's nursery was in here too, so that might have something to do with the bedroom switch. Minding what he said; we stared in shock but stayed quiet.

"Doesn't seem like it has much…" Eret remarked.

"Fireplace is a nice touch," Ragna said.

"Well, there isn't much purpose for a bedroom except to sleep really, so yes; it's a very fundamental setup," Hiccup shrugged.

"It reminds me of my parents' room," I stated. A few things stuck out, such as Hiccup's messy bed. I assumed that Olivia and Hiccup fucked in it not that long ago, so he hadn't made the bed yet. From where I stood; I could see the entire room. Upon entering, I looked right first to see a nightstand, the king-sized bed, a small bassinet for Runa. Then, I could see a closet, fireplace, small corner shelf with books, two large window seats, and then a desk. Next was a tall, four-drawer, brown dresser with a TV on it. After that; it was a set of doors. And my curiosity was harassing me to find out what was behind them. Possibly the nursery Hiccup was talking about? "Only they have a master bathroom in theirs," I added.

Hiccup cleared his throat a few times, motioning his hand along the wall where the closet was. I moved with the others to glance at where he was pointing; it was a hallway with four more doors. "Master Bath, Art Room, Nursery, and Walk-In Closet," Hiccup informed while leaning against the wall with his arms folded over one another. Hiccup opened the first door on the right revealing the bathroom. My friends and I poked our heads in to see what was in there. Going around from right to left; there was a sink, then a large tub. I saw another room, then the walk-in shower, and a closet. "The toilet is behind that door on the right of the walk-in shower," Hiccup stated.

"And you have an Art Room?" Gruffnut asked. Hiccup nodded, shutting the bathroom door and squeezing by us to get to the next door on the right side of the hall.

"It's formally his bath. This suite had two bathrooms and two walk-in-closets. His and hers for both rooms. My mom's bathroom is the one we were just in, and my art room was my father's. I kept one of the walk-in's for my closet, which is this door over here on the left; it was dads originally. Mom's walk-in is now Runa's Nursery," Hiccup explained as he flipped on the light into the Art area, revealing desks, lamps, paints, notebooks, papers, etc. Everything you'd expect in an Art Room.

"What are those windows for?" Eret asked.

"Oh, I added those so I could see into Runa's room. See, my art room is soundproof, so I can't hear anything while inside of it with the door shut. I usually listen to my music while drawing and stuff. I put the window in so I could see into Runa's room for when she wakes up; I can see her moving and what not," Hiccup enlightened.

"Ah, well, that's clever," Camicazi stated.

"I thought so," Hiccup nodded as we exited that room and Hiccup showed us is walk-in-closet. A big square room with shoes, suits, bags, hats, accessories table. It was pretty cool; I had to admit that.

"Can we see the nursery?" I wondered.

"If you can be super quiet," Hiccup replied. We nodded as Hiccup closed the door to his closet, and moved to the end of the hall. On the door in purple and pink wooden letters was the name, Runa Haddock. Then there were a bunch of yellow and silver stars around it. Hiccup carefully turned the handle and opened the door to the nursery. It was a large room, but Hiccup had mentioned it was a walk-in-closet first. The crib was right against the left wall, then a changing table, closet, dresser, play area, toy box, rocking chair, single-seat couch with footrest and a small table next to the sofa, then a tiny bookshelf. The walls light shades of pink and purple, white trim.

"It's so cute…Who designed it? Olivia?" Camicazi asked.

"Actually, I did," Hiccup responded proudly. As if Runa knew her father was in the room, the infant began to wriggle around in her crib, making soft noises before starting to cry.

"Oops," Thuggory said.

"It's okay; she's due to be up for the next feeding anyway," Hiccup turned on the light, then lowered the side of the crib to a few spots down as he lifted the baby into his arms. Hiccup rocked her a little, then gave back her pacifier before moving to the changing table. Hiccup laid Runa down and began undoing her clothes to change the diaper, after adding a little powder; it was finished. Hiccup tossed the old diaper in the pail before lifting his daughter once more. Hiccup held her under the arms, bringing her back and forth to rub their noses together. The baby giggled a little, putting her hands on his face each time. Hiccup left the room, flipping the lights off and getting back into the central part of the bedroom.

Hiccup pulled over Runa's walker, setting her inside and making sure she was strapped in. Hiccup turned the switch to ON before stepping back while she reached for and played with some of the things on it. Hiccup turned the monitor that had been clipped to his sweatpants off before moving to the doors along the left wall of his room. This had been the space I was curious about, so I made sure to get closer so I could see better. Hiccup opened the door to reveal what appeared to be a small living area. Three couches around an oval table sat in front of the fireplace, which had a seventy-inch TV mounted to the wall above it. There were two doors across from one another on the left and right. The right led to the outside balcony, and the left appeared to lead outside of the room back into the main hallway.

Also, the right had a small seating area with two chairs and a middle table. The left had another rocking recliner and bassinet for Runa. However, the left of the fireplace had black, granite counter tops, a small sink, microwave, mini-fridge, and some storage cabinets. There was even a four-seater square table and chairs in the small kitchen. Minus the stove; it was basically a kitchen. "Oh, and this is the Master Sitting Room/Library," Hiccup stated when he assumed that we were wondering what this room was. "It's where the guys and I sleep if we don't feel like being in the basement. There are some gaming systems up here too," he added. Hiccup moved to different cupboards to pull out a bottle, formula, and some infant cereal and get everything mixed up but didn't add the water yet.

"I thought you said she had to eat?" Eret asked.

"But she's content right now, so I'm not gonna just feed her and send her back to bed. I want her up longer, that way she'll sleep until about 11:30 pm. After that, she'll go back to sleep at 12:30 am with the infant cereal to hold her over longer and through the night. I aim to have her back up around 5 am, then it begins again," Hiccup explained. "The faster you get them on a schedule, the easier it is to sleep at night and not need to be up every three to four hours for feedings,"

"Makes sense," Nadia nodded.

"Yep, so I let her stay up and play there, or we'll sit on the floor with toys until she gets cranky. When she stops playing and accepting the binky; it's time to eat. I keep the bottle ready for when that point hits," Hiccup informed. "You guys can find places to sit down; you don't have to just stand," he added while moving to his bed to make it up. While snapping the comforter from it's jumbled up mess to have it lay flat on the sheets, a bra went up in the air. Hiccup caught it and then chuckled a little. "Knew I'd find it," Hiccup set the article on his nightstand and finished making the bed.

"Frigga. Text Liv,"

"Okay. What shall I say to Liv?"

"Hey, babe. Found your bra in the blanket," Hiccup said.

"Are you ready to send your message?"

"Send,"

"Message sent."

Hiccup smoothed out his bed blanket, then fixed the pillows before sitting on the edge of it and laying back with his arms out. "Finally…" he sighed out comfortably. "You guys are probably sleeping between here and the sitting room. I just remembered that mom and dad are renovating the guest rooms,"

"Wait. In here…With you?" I asked.

"Well, I mean, not all in the same bed. Come on; I don't bite…Unless you ask me to. Liv loves it. Moving on…You seven can divvy up how you want to sleep; I got the window beds, couches, recliners…Or I can provide a sleeping bag and pillow, then you can sleep on the floor," Hiccup said."The couches pull out into beds, and the recliners are pretty comfortable too," he added.

"Okay, one; we didn't need to know that your girlfriend likes you biting her, and I'm also terrified to know where" Ragna rolled her eyes.

"Secondly…How would it work? With how it's all arranged; it would never pull out right," Gruffnut said.

"I don't know if you noticed this, but uh, those couches can be moved," Hiccup deadpanned sarcastically as he got off the bed and went into the sitting room, beginning to pull the three couches apart from one another, moving tables and what not. Hiccup started to set the couches up into their pull-out bedforms. By the time he was done; there were three more beds available. One bed was the one in front of Hiccup's fireplace; it was a two-sided couch, meaning that one side was a couch and facing the fireplace. The second side faced outward towards the side room, and able to pull out into a bed. The other two couches remained in the side room, also pulled out into beds. Hiccup went into the hall for a moment, returning with sheets, pillows, and comforters. "Now, see? Was that so hard?" Hiccup muttered, dropping the fabrics onto the bed in his room.

"Show off," Thuggory mumbled.

"Spoiled rotten, rich, sleeping outside in the stables with the dragons boy says what?" Hiccup asked.

"Nothing," Thuggory said quickly.

"Uh huh. Yeah, that's what I thought," Hiccup rolled his eyes.

"It's not fair to call him spoiled rotten Hiccup. You live a much more extravagant life than you let on," Camicazi said.

"You have a bonded dragon, and have since you were fifteen," Gruffnut reminded.

"So do Snotlout, Minden, Fishlegs, Dagur, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Heather," Hiccup retorted.

"You live in a mansion," Eret argued.

"You have tons of money," Ragna added.

"And you have more stuff than all of us," I remarked. "If anyone is spoiled here; it's you,"

Hiccup seemed to sigh, sitting on his bed with the pillows propped against the wall. Hiccup had one leg over the left side of the bed, and his right leg was bent with the knee upward and his right arm resting over that. "You got valid points. I do have a lot of stuff, and Odin knows it cost amounts of money that I can't even begin to add up over the years. However, you are wrong about one detail…"

"And that is?" Nadia questioned.

"I never asked for these things," Hiccup stated, taking us all by surprise. "All of it was either given as a gift or paid for with my own money," he informed.

"Well, yeah. That's what we just said," Eret rolled his eyes.

"You misunderstand. See, when I say my own money; its because that is money that I earned through work. Yes, actual jobs where they pay you for the things you do. Since the time I was probably five, I've helped out wherever I could to earn money. Sweeping a room, cleaning mine, helping with the dragons. Things a kid can do. As I got older; I started volunteering at my mother's shelter, or helping my Godfather out. Anything I did; I was paid for doing it. My grandparents used to pay me for good grades and making honor roll, a bonus if I made the student of the month. I get birthday money every year from all my uncles and aunts; used to get it from my grandparents too until they all passed on. And don't forget…I work a real job, weekly. All my money got put away for savings. Somethings you've seen that are mine were bought with the money I earned or were given as gifts, but never asked for," Hiccup explained.

"The Nursery you saw, was from the baby shower. Gifts for Runa when Liv and I found out we were having a little girl. The party was for Olivia, but since she doesn't have a lot of space where she lives; we decided to keep the more significant pieces here. Liv has a crib and changing table/dresser combination at home to save room. My bookshelves were custom-built by me. Those couches belonged to my grandparents, both sets of them before they passed away. This bed and the nightstand came from Gobber because he had no need for an apartment with all his tours of duty, so he gave it to me. As I said everything I have was either given as a gift or paid for out of my own pocket with money I earned by working for it. I've never asked my parents for a single penny of our wealth," Hiccup went on, then closed his eyes. Suddenly, I was feeling a little guilty about calling him spoiled. Sure, Hiccup had a lot, but it wasn't fair to say he just got whatever he wanted by asking for it. No, Hiccup earned it all.

Hiccup smiled a little, giving half of a laugh. "And yet; it doesn't matter because I don't expect any of you seven to know what it's like to work and earn the things you have as I'm sure you just ask mommy or daddy for it. You seven are spoiled, which means to have everything given to or done for you," Hiccup stated. "Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I'll take your stunned silence as the fact you can't deny a word of what I just said, which therefore makes me right," he added calmly as Runa giggled, and clapped her hands sloppily. "Aw, thank you," Hiccup said to her as Hiccup leaned over to pick her up and lay her belly-down on his chest, then continue playing with her. I already felt like this was going to be a very long, and interesting weekend with the newly formed tension between Hiccup and my friends.