"Oh simple thing, tell me where have you gone, I'm getting old and I need something to rely on..."
Tuffnut paused his run, leaning heavily on his knees, sucking frozen air into searing lungs. He shook his head, smearing a hand down his face before slicking the hair back on his head, standing in hope to get his bearings again. There wasn't anything but rain, the vague form of a house yards off every now and then, clouds billowing over it to obscure it even farther before he actually got ahold of what it was or where it was. "Hiccup!" He waited, hoping against all hope he would get a call in return. He frowned, his thick brow lowering over his eyes as he did, hand flying to press against the side of his mouth, "HICCUP!" Lightening bolted across the sky and thunder bellowed back to him instead, making him flinch and look up in surprise. Another bolt of lightening split the clouds, spidering into hundreds of tinier bolts before flashing into a deafening noise, the ground trembling beneath him in awe. He looked forward again, tearing off across what he was sure the grassy knoll next to his house, "Hiccup!"
He stumbled again. But, this time he couldn't recover. This time, his legs finally gave out on him. The ground was crushed against his face before he even realized he had fallen. He lifted his head, coughing and sputtering, pushing himself out of the puddle by his hands, wildly afraid for his body to stop moving. If he stopped moving he could be found. He sat up, swiping at his eyes and looking around, cool puffs of his own breath twisting around his face as he panted. His entire body rose and fell with each breath, the icy chill of the water he sat in suddenly pricking its way up his spine. Lightening bolted over head, thunder following it close behind, sending him scrambling to his feet like a child. He started to run again, knees buckling one more time, muscles on fire as he crashed to the dirt and grass another time. This time though he let out an annoyed cry, rolling onto his back and kicking his feet while covering his face, shaking his head, pitching a long withheld tantrum.
Lightening again, this time the ground illuminating around him for brief seconds, a thunder clap so loud he jumped and strained not to cover his ears. "Hiccup!" He sat up bolt right, whipping his head to his right, desperately seeking the voice he was sure he heard. "Hiccup...!" Thunder drowned this one out, making him frown and stand up quickly, his legs quivering in threat before he planted his feet firmly on the ground in defiance. Lightening lit up the sky, every cloud outlined in gold, each drop of rain revealed to him, his surroundings glimpsed thankfully. He was at the bottom of a hill, a good few yards off from the treeline that hid his and Toothless' pond. Tuffnut was standing at the top of the hill staring down at him like one of the viking gods he so adored. Darkness engulfed his vision before he understood he had seen anything, thunder rattling his heart against his ribs harder than it already was. He ducked instinctively, glancing up at the sky before straightening and whipping his head back to what he thought was the direction of the hilltop. More lightening, more thunder, and empty hilltop.
Spinning around with wide and terrified eyes he started to run again, fear propelling his body to move as far from the apparition as possible. He got two steps before he slammed into something very solid and very wet. Hands grabbed his shoulders in vice-like grips, Hiccup pulling back in open mouthed horror, panic causing him to kick and strike wildly at whatever had caught him. "Hiccup, Hiccup! Stop! Hiccup, stop it!" He was being shaken, the voice booming in his ears louder than the thunder above him. He shook his head, crying out as he struck the broad chest only inches from him, pushing with one hand and striking with the other.
"No! Don't touch me! DON'T!" Tears were pouring out of his eyes, he knew, but salt water melded with fresh water over his freckles, covering his inescapable sobs.
"Hicca! It's ME!" He froze, his breath stopping short in his throat before it burst from between his lips, eyes opening and face turning to stare up into Tuffnut's own. For a second, nothing but pure relief and happiness washed over him in a warm, blissful wave. He smiled, breathing slowing as he threw himself at the taller boy, throwing his arms around him and burying his face in his chest. Tuffnut wrapped his arms around the smaller boy, smiling and holding him just as close, pressing his cheek to the top of the brunette's soaked head.
"Thor...! I was so fucking sca-You just don't know how happ-" Hiccup shook his head wildly again, almost bouncing in Tuffnut's grasp, his head tilted back so he could look up into the shadows of the twin's face, grinning ecstatically. Tuffnut let out a quiet laugh, the noise all but lost to the still falling rain around them. His grip loosened on the boy, but he failed to release him from his hold completely, almost afraid to.
Hiccup suddenly froze, staring up into Tuffnut's face with still parted lips before his brow slowly furrowed into a frown. Tuffnut lifted his head, frowning down at the brunette too, wondering what had suddenly gotten into him. "Hicca...? What's wrong?" Suddenly Hiccup shook his head and started to push away, beginning to struggle in the twin's grasp once more.
"No! Don't call me that! Don't fucking call me that!" Tuffnut stared at the boy like he had lost his mind, refusing to let go of him, once again withstanding a barrage of hits. Thunder cracked overhead again, the rain suddenly changing directions with the wind, now striking them from the other side. "Let GO of me, dammit!" Finally the smaller viking managed to wriggle himself free, stumbling out of Tuffnut's broken hold and falling onto his backside into the mud.
"Hicca, what the hell are you doing?" The blonde stooped to pick the brunette up, frowning deeply as he did, his tone falling each time he spoke. Hiccup whipped out of his grasp, scrambling to his feet and staggering back a few steps, holding his arms up in a halfhearted protection of himself.
"I said don't fucking call me that! You CAN'T call me that! You're an ASS!" The boys stared each other down for a moment, Hiccup the one looking down on Tuffnut for once. He winced, his lips pressing together tightly before he started to cry again, shaking his head and putting his face in his hands. "I HATE you! YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!" He stomped again, loosing his footing in the grass and sliding to fall on his backside once again, this only serving to make him cry harder. Tuffnut sighed heavily, looking down at the upset boy and letting his features soften.