Tomorrow would mark three months since Toothless and Hiccup made love and Toothless marked Hiccup's neck, signifying their full mating. Or marriage, in human terms. It was pretty easy to see the next morning when Toothless and Hiccup strolled into the hall for breakfast and the visible bite marks on Hiccup's neck were seen. Hiccup didn't care of course, and made the announcement before anyone asked that he and Toothless had mated the night before. No one had anything negative to say, but Toothless sensed some resonating anger from Astrid. It wasn't hard for Hiccup to see either. It made sense Astrid might still be upset that she was so close to marrying Hiccup until he decided to say something and end the ceremony. However, it'd been about six weeks since all that and as long as Astrid wasn't doing anything to disrupt the peace in the village, then Hiccup didn't care how angry she was. Astrid had no right to blackmail him into marrying her in the first place, then to claim she wouldn't even allow Hiccup to touch her to have a child unless they were married. It seemed kind of selfish of Astrid to make such comments when she knew Hiccup loved Toothless. Of course, that was all before it came out that Hiccup would be able to get pregnant by Toothless, as long as they were mated and had sex in Toothless's hybrid form, so it didn't matter anymore. Hiccup could happily stay married to Toothless and they could have kids together.
Hiccup was now running the village with ease, making it so things didn't need him to be walking around and checking in unless there was a problem. This freed up time for Hiccup to take trips over to Dragon Island to visit Toothless's family, and some of his friends, or just Hiccup and Toothless flying around together. It was nice and no one had a problem with it because Hiccup was still doing his job. All the alliances with other tribes had been taken care of, and life couldn't possibly be better for him. It was certainly easier for Hiccup and Toothless to be able to have an early night, and make love. It was almost always done with Toothless in human form, but a time or two; Toothless went hybrid because he was just a little bigger and Hiccup loved the way it felt. And typically, when they had sex with Toothless as a hybrid; everyone knew because Hiccup would definitely moan louder. No one minded, or said anything out of respect. What the chief did on his own time was his business. Most nights, they had dinner on their own. Sometimes they stayed home for breakfast, and almost always had lunch at home too. Or sometimes it was in the cove so they could have a little date. Yes, things were perfect and Hiccup honestly couldn't be happier.
Today was the 21st of May, and early morning hours. Hiccup and Toothless normally woke up at 7 am to start their day, but Hiccup was already awake and not having the easiest morning. Last night, he and Toothless made love, as they usually did about three times a week, but sometimes two if it had been a busy day and Hiccup just wanted to sleep after dinner. Hiccup had been awake for the last hour or so, unable to go back to sleep and not feeling the best, yet he stayed quiet in bed so not to wake his mate up. Toothless was definitely out, because when Hiccup was up, Toothless would be up too. Hiccup was tired still, but had a headache and felt a bit queasy. It was about 4:45 am, and the sun would be starting to rise soon. Hiccup groaned as the nauseous feeling got worse, but he tried to lay still and close his eyes to will it away.
"Ugh…" Hiccup moaned, turning on his side.
Of course, the shifting woke Toothless up and he looked over to see Hiccup's back to him. Toothless scooted closer and wrapped an arm around Hiccup's midsection to pull him closer, then set a kiss on the back of his neck. "Morning, my mate," Toothless greeted, he gave Hiccup a light squeeze as a hug. Hiccup scrunched himself up a moment, wincing with his eyes shit tightly. Hiccup got Toothless's arm off and quickly scrambled out of the bed to get to the washroom, but felt the vomit rise in his throat and found a bucket in the corner of the room. "Hiccup?" Toothless asked, never having seen his love get away from him so fast. Hiccup sank to his knees and threw up in the bucket, then took a few breaths before it happened again. Seeing his mate puke, Toothless got out of the bed and went over beside Hiccup and rub his back a bit. "Are you alright, love?"
Hiccup just took a few breaths to make sure he wasn't going to throw up again, then he sighed and closed his eyes before leaning into Toothless tiredly. "Think so…"
"What was that all about?" Toothless inquired, referring to Hiccup just puking out of nowhere.
"I don't know…Just happened. I've been up and feeling off since 3 am," Hiccup told him.
"Do you feel better now that you've gotten it up?" Toothless wondered.
"Still feel off. Urge to throw up is gone, but the feeling that makes me think I might again is still there…The nausea. Also have a pounding headache, and I'm tired…" Hiccup said.
"Maybe you're coming down with something," Toothless suggested. "Hasn't there been something going around the village?"
"Yeah, that might be it," Hiccup mumbled.
"Well, I think you should just take it easy today and rest." Toothless stated. "I can go around and monitor the village as your second chief, since I'm not a chieftess," He offered. "But walking around while you still feel like you might throw up again doesn't seem like a good idea, love,"
"I still gotta try, Tooth. My dad never took days off unless he absolutely couldn't handle it…" Hiccup reminded. "I'll go out and do my job as leader, and promise that if I get worse or can't manage it…I'll come home to rest."
"Alright," Toothless agreed. "Let's get you a hot bath, maybe that can settle your stomach pains," Hiccup only nodded as Toothless helped him off the floor and then guided his mate to sit down in the washroom while he got the water going. Toothless did check Hiccup's forehead, finding he was a little warm, but let it be for now.
. . .
It was now about midday as Hiccup still felt about the same as this morning, but managing to make it through so far. Hiccup stayed slow in his movements, and had eaten light at breakfast. Hiccup still felt nauseous and had the headache, maybe a little crampy, but otherwise he was alright. Toothless had to leave for Dragon island to help his parents with something, so Hiccup was on his own for the moment. But Toothless told Hiccup that if anything happened, to send Sharpshot and he'd be right back. But if not, Toothless informed he'd be home by dinner. Flying hadn't been okay for Hiccup's stomach, or he would have gone too. Hiccup was supposed to be on his way to the hall for lunch with his dad, and everyone else, but he was feeling awful and the urge to throw up was coming forward.
"No…No, not right now…" Hiccup groaned, having to stop his ascent on the stairs. Hiccup took a few breaths too try and control the feeling of wanting to puke.
"Chief, are ya alright?" Came Gobber's voice as Hiccup looked over to see the man who basically raised him.
"I'm fine…" Hiccup told him. "Just need a minute to breathe, got too warm," He said. Of course, it didn't last when Hiccup jerked forward and covered his mouth with a hand.
"You're sick," Gobber pointed out. Naturally he would, Gobber knew Hiccup pretty well.
Hiccup jerked again and quickly hopped over the stairs stone railing to get to his house and inside to the washroom to throw up. Hiccup felt worse now, and just stayed there on the floor, hoping it would pass.
"Chief…Are you okay? Do you want me to get Gothi?" Gobber asked from the door. "You know when you get sick, it's bad."
Hiccup knew he was right. "Get her, and tell my dad I'm gonna have to pass on lunch with him until I feel better,"
"Got it, stay there. Be right back," Gobber stated, then darted off to tell Stoick what Hiccup had said.
Gobber reached the hall and located Stoick sitting with some friends in the tribe, he obviously couldn't go sit at the chief's table until Hiccup arrived. "Gobber, there ya are. We're just waiting on Hiccup to eat." Stoick informed with a smile.
"He won't be coming, Stoick," Gobber said. "The lad is sick, and I'm getting Gothi for him."
"What do you mean he's sick?" Stoick stood up.
"He was on his way here, and then suddenly covered his mouth and darted off home. I had asked if he was sick before he ran off and he admitted that he was." Gobber explained, then found Gothi. "Gothi, can ya come to the chief's house to check him over?" The old woman nodded, and got up to follow Gobber over to Hiccup's house. Stoick decided to go as well, giving everyone the go ahead to start. Gobber knocked on the door to Hiccup's. "Chief…I have Gothi, and yer father. Can I come in?"
"Y-Yeah…" Hiccup managed. He wanted Toothless, and had already sent Sharpshot to get him from Dragon Island.
Gobber opened the door to let Gothi in first, then Stoick and Gobber was last in to close the door behind them. Gothi saw Hiccup on the floor of the washroom, head on his arm. Gothi motioned for him to come out and lay on the couch. Hiccup struggled to find the strength in his body to stand, and even worse on his legs because one of them was a fake. Stoick went right over to help his son, then guided him to the couch where Hiccup laid down slow. Stoick grabbed a bucket, just in case, and stepped back while Gothi started her check.
"When did this start, lad?" Gobber wondered.
"Early this morning about three," Hiccup replied softly. "It was just a headache, being tired and a bit queasy. An hour later, it was full on feeling like I was going to throw up and then I did twice. Rest of the morning, it's just been being tired with a headache still, and the nauseous feeling." He added, wincing when Gothi pressed his stomach.
"And now, still feeling like before?" Stoick inquired.
Hiccup nodded and kept his eyes closed. Gothi kept doing her check, then used a pad to write some runes for Gobber to translate. "Gothi wants to know when the last time you and Tooth-," He began as Hiccup jerked a bit and leaned over the couch to throw up. It happened three more times as Gothi started to get a couple things together to make a concoction that might help with the nausea. As Hiccup wiped his mouth and sat back, a thud was heard and that could only signify Toothless had landed outside, then a moment later came through the back door. "Speak of the dragon," Gobber said.
Toothless went right to his mate's side. "What's wrong with him?"
"We're trying to figure it out," Stoick informed.
"Aye, Gothi had just wanted me to ask when the last time you and Hiccup had sex was." Gobber mentioned.
"Couple night ago." Toothless said. "Do you think he's pregnant?" He suddenly asked, realizing why the questions were being brought up. It was the same ones she'd ask a woman who fell sick. If pregnancy wasn't the cause, clearly the person had picked up an illness. The probability of Gothi figuring out Hiccup was pregnant was slim because he didn't have a bleed cycle like women did, so there was no way to see if he missed his bleeding week to confirm him being with child. Gothi nodded to Toothless, but then also shrugged.
"That's her way of saying it's possible, but she also doesn't know because Hiccup doesn't have the same normal indicators being a male than a woman would have…Like the missed bleeding week." Gobber stated. "Can…You tell? Would you be able to pick up the scent?"
"I'll try in Night Fury form, my sense of smell is stronger like that…" Toothless backed away from Hiccup and changed forms, then returned to Hiccup's side to get a good whiff of the air around him. Toothless even put his ear to Hiccup's belly, but didn't hear anything. Toothless returned to human form, getting his pants on. "I can't smell anything, or hear a heart beating, so I'd say no…But," Toothless paused. "If it's still early on…That might be why. With time, perhaps it would become more clear…"
Gothi wrote something and gave it back to Gobber. "She says she needs to know because she has two nausea brews, the problem is that one of them is toxic to a pregnant woman and would harm the baby. Whereas the other is totally safe for babies. But sickness caused by some illness wouldn't be remedied by the one for a pregnant woman…So if you can't pick it up and we don't know for sure, as well as not wanting to hurt a possible child which would be the next heir…What do we do?"
"We need to know for sure…It's not good for Hiccup to be this sick whether he's carrying a child or not. I don't want him to suffer days or weeks," Stoick sighed.
Gothi tapped her chin and took the notebook from Gobber, writing something down and giving it back. "Gothi says that there's another test for pregnancy, but it would still take a couple days to know for sure." He informed.
"What's…The test?" Hiccup managed to question.
"It's the seeds test, been passed down through the ages. I guess it goes we'd set barley and wheat seeds on a tray or in a cup, then you'd urinate on them over a couple days. If the seeds react and grow, you're pregnant. If nothing happens, you're not. It's also been rumored that if just the barley grows, it's a boy. And if only the wheat grows, it's a girl. But only rumor," Gobber explained.
"I mean, we could try it…But that's still over a couple of days that Hiccup might suffer being sick. Also, that might have worked for women, not guarantee it'll work on a male who could be pregnant with a dragon's baby," Stoick shrugged.
"I can bring the medicine worker for my pack. She's familiar with male pregnancies, I'm sure she could help here…" Toothless suggested.
Just then, there was a knock on the door as Stoick, who was closest, opened it to reveal Ryuka, Draco, and another female. "It's your parents, Toothless,"
"Mom, Dad…Embla? What are you doing here?" Toothless asked as they came into the house and then Stoick closed the door.
"We suspected Hiccup might be pregnant when you said he was sick at random and also had taken off so quick to get back here." Draco stated.
"So we came to find out, but also realized your healer may not know the signs with it being a male pregnancy. We brought Embla with us," Ryuka added.
Embla was a middle-aged woman with dark-gray hair and light blue eyes. "I was just saying to come get here because we didn't know," Toothless said with some relief. "Hiccup, love…This is Embla. Our pack's medicine worker, and she's familiar with male pregnancies with the dragons. Embla, this is my mate, Hiccup…"
"Good to…Meet you," Hiccup said, wincing as he fought throwing up again.
"You as well, Hiccup." Embla smiled. "Am I permitted to come closer to look over you?" Hiccup nodded to her as Ryuka had the others stand back and Embla got to work going over Hiccup's body, even checking his pulse and stomach. "When did you mate, Toothless?" She asked.
"Back at the end of March, the 28th." Toothless confirmed.
"When was the last time you two made love?" Embla wondered.
"Two or three days ago," Toothless replied. "It's too early to tell, right?"
"I should have been more specific. Last time when you were in hybrid form?" Embla repeated with the correct information she wanted answered.
"Two weeks ago on the 7th of May," Toothless responded.
"And you obviously released inside?" Embla questioned. Toothless nodded. Now, she smiled. "Then yes…Hiccup is pregnant."
"I-I am?" Hiccup asked, surprised, but still weak and tired.
"You are. Congratulations to both of you," Embla bowed to Hiccup and Toothless.
"What wonderful news!" Ryuka beamed.
"Indeed! A new heir or heiress to Berk!" Stoick said proudly.
"Congrats, Chief, and Toothless," Gobber smiled at them.
"Are you happy, love?" Toothless asked Hiccup. Toothless knew Hiccup had wanted to wait, but he didn't think it would happen so quickly between them.
"Had wanted to wait a little bit longer, but guess you can't control when it happens." Hiccup shrugged. "So yes, I'm happy…But right now, really want something to settle the nausea…" He groaned.
"Actually, it can be controlled when it happens…Just like females." Embla pointed out. "The 7th was a full moon, and you were in your hybrid state, Toothless. That's typically a male night fury's fertile period. I hadn't been sure with Hiccup being male, but when you said specifically that date; it made sense. Hiccup might not be a dragon, but it appears to work the same way." She explained gently.
"So…Hiccup is just two weeks in and…He won't go nine months, right?" Stoick wondered. "Ryuka mentioned before at Hiccup's chieftain ceremony that it wouldn't last the whole nine months,"
"Yes, that's correct. However, while normal dragons give birth in about six to eight weeks…Even the males. Hiccup is just a human and it may take longer. We're not sure how much, so it's imperative we treat this carefully and watch close." Ryuka informed.
"Are you just going to come check him every couple of weeks, every month?" Toothless wondered.
"Embla?" Draco looked to her.
"I believe it would be wise to check him every month, but also ensure that we're here for emergencies because this is new and we're not sure how it's going to go for Hiccup," Embla said. "But I still have a duty to the pack…"
"I'll stay for the time Hiccup is with child," Ryuka offered. "I'm aware of the procedure that will need to take place."
"I'll be back and forth to check with Embla, but I still have to run the pack." Draco said.
Embla mixed up a batch of some medicine for Hiccup, and Toothless helped Hiccup sit up to sip it slowly. "That should help with the sickness, Hiccup. I'll leave your healer and Ryuka the recipe. If you're this sick already, I suspect you may feel like this throughout your entire pregnancy. It's going to be rough, I won't lie to you about that," She said to Hiccup, who looked at her. "You're going to be tired, feel sick often, and probably have a hard time with food. There may be new things you want, and things you used to love might start becoming less enticing or even hate it altogether. There may even be times you don't want to eat, or times all you do is eat. You may feel pain as your belly grows with the baby. Your nipples might hurt, you're going to get moody…Expect all of that double if you have twins." She informed calmly. "Sometimes you'll want Toothless to ravage you sexually and others you'll basically tell him that if you touches you; you'll kill him. You need to stay away from stress, and you absolutely need to take it easy and rest. I also advise no more crazy flying with Toothless…"
"Got it," Hiccup nodded to her.
"And you definitely need to let Toothless, me, or Embla know if you feel anything that's concerning. I know your mother's past with pregnancies wasn't easy, and we need to be watching for signs of early labor, or miscarry. Even stillborn." Ryuka expressed. "If something feels off, or wrong…Speak up. It happens with male mates, the one carrying the baby can go through complications and things don't always happen the first time…I'm only telling you this to prepare you for what could happen. As Embla has said…We've never gone through a male mating where one of the partners is human."
It scared Hiccup a little, but he nodded to Ryuka. "I understand,"
"Good. Now, I believe it's time to let Hiccup rest. Give the medicine time to work," Draco told the others.
"We'll leave ya be for now, lad. We're here and close by if you need anything." Gobber smiled.
"Are we telling anyone?" Stoick asked.
"Not yet…" Hiccup said to his father. "We'll make the announcement soon, after things get settled."
"You got it, son. And I'm happy to run the village any time you need to rest or not feeling up to it," Stoick offered.
"We appreciate that, Stoick. Thank you," Toothless smiled.
Soon, everyone left the house. Stoick was talking to Ryuka about where'd she be staying while on Berk to watch over Hiccup's pregnancy. Hiccup relaxed with Toothless, drinking the medicine that was somewhat helping the nauseous feeling in Hiccup's stomach.
"So…Guess we're gonna be parents soon," Hiccup said gently.
"We are. I'm overjoyed, but I know you wanted to wait. I'm sorry…I didn't know doing it on full moons as hybrids was a possible fertile period for males…" Toothless looked down.
"Babe, it's not your fault. Neither of us knew, and even if we did…Embla said that she wasn't sure it would even work indefinitely. She's just going off of the facts we gave her, it could be different and we wouldn't know. This is new for a human male to be pregnant by a dragon," Hiccup reassured. "It's okay, don't feel bad. We'll be fine, and it's not like we wouldn't have had to try soon anyway to give an heir before my first year as chief was up, or at least, have me pregnant. It worked out."
"Still…" Toothless held him. "But I am happy."
"I am too, just a little scared I guess. It's new…And there's so much that could happen," Hiccup admitted.
"And I'll be right here with you, Hiccup. I promise…I won't leave your side for anything and we'll do this together." Toothless vowed.
Hiccup could have cried, leaning into his mate. "I love you, Toothless,"
"I love you too, Hiccup," Toothless bent his head down to kiss Hiccup deeply, and then continue to hold him as they relaxed there and were suddenly excited for the news they were going to be fathers soon!