There were so many new dragons on Berk. Every day it felt like Hiccup seemed to see a new one. Ever since all of the dragons from Valka's island had to migrate else where, he'd been seeing them all over the place! And he had to admit, it was such a beautiful sight to see all of the different and very colorful dragons. But that also meant with more dragons came more dragon care. And if dragon care wasn't enough, then the village care took up most of the new chief's time.
"Thank you Hiccup! I'll be back tomorrow!" One of the Berkians said leaving the chief's booth by Gobber's shed.
"No problem! See you tomorrow!" Hiccup said with a forced smile.
"Ugh! Don't these people have better things to do than worry about sheep?" Hiccup groaned, feeling exhausted after a very, very long day.
Gobber chuckled, "Well, now you know how your father felt after a day of work."
"Good gods I did not give him enough credit for this job," Hiccup said, pressing his fingers to his temples.
"Not as easy as it looks, eh, son?" Valka joked, she handed Gobber the wrench that lay next to her.
"Thank you Val," Gobber told her. Valka nodded.
Hiccup walked over to the stool in the corner of the room and sat down. He needed to rest after all that work. So many people had come from all over the village to seek his advice or have him help with one of their many problems. Stoick used to do this too when he was chief. But to Hiccup, Stoick seemed to be better for the job.
Hiccup groaned and face palmed, "And this is every day I have to do this?" he said with a bitter laugh.
Valka chuckled and crouched next to Hiccup, "Yes. Not so simple huh? I'm sure Astrid could help you. And of course you'll always have Toothless to hel-."
"Toothless?" Hiccup said, jumping at the name. He removed the hands from his face and stood up straight, "Aw man! Toothless! I totally forgot. I was going to meet him today. Oh gods!" He cursed, feeling a little over loaded from all the pressure. After all, this was a lot for him to take in, in just the first couple of days. Chief wasn't so easy after all.
"Calm down Hiccup, I'm sure Toothless understands that you have things to do," Gobber said from across the room.
"I know, but I haven't been spending anytime with him lately," Hiccup said back to him.
Valka rested her hand on Hiccup's back and rubbed in small circles, "I'm sure he'll be fine. Maybe you should just take a day off. Spend some time with him."
"Who's going to take care of my job for me then?"
"Well I'll do it. I've been married to the chief most of my life. I think I can handle a day or two," she told Hiccup with a reassuring smile.
Hiccup gave it some thought, but sighed and shook his head.
"Well why don't you ask Toothless when you see him? See what he thinks," Valka suggested.
Hiccup nodded.
"Well," he began, getting up from his stool. He straightened himself out, "I better go get him before he starts to think I'm forgetting about him."
He hurried out of the shop and was immediately soaked from head to foot. He could barely even see two feet in front of his face because the rain was coming down so hard.
"How am I going to find Toothless in this?" Hiccup asked out loud. And as he turned around, like someone had answered his prayer, there stood Toothless, his acid green eyes shining in the gloomy rain.
A smile spread across Hiccup's face, "Toothless! Hey, you scared me!" Hiccup laughed. He looked at his dragon, who huffed at him. He didn't seem angry, but hurt was obvious in his eyes.
Hiccup's smile fell, "I'm sorry bud," he told the disappointed dragon. He lifted a hand from his side and placed it on the dragon's scaly forehead. He let his fingers caress the dragon's rough scales.
"I'm so sorry I forgot Toothless. I just had a lot to do today, that's all," Hiccup told him, trying to reconcile with the dragon. Toothless nodded.
Hiccup sighed, looking the dragon over, "Wow, you look uncomfortable."
"Why thank you for noticing," Toothless grumbled sarcastically in a language Hiccup couldn't understand, "I'm sopping wet."
Toothless gave Hiccup a look over as well, "And so are you."
Toothless shot his tongue out of his mouth and vigorously licked Hiccup's chin, making Hiccup throw his arms out in front of him to protect himself.
"Ah, gah, Toothless!" Hiccup groaned playfully, "Do you ever learn?"
Toothless chuckled, "Nope! And this is payback for forgetting about me!"
Suddenly Toothless pulled away from Hiccup and crouched, about to spring on his prey. He let an evil and mischievous smile cross his dragon lips.
That's when Hiccup caught on to what Toothless was about to do. He put both of his hands up in a pleading gesture and began to back away.
"Now, Toothless," He began to say, "There's no need for that."
But Toothless didn't listen. Instead he crouched lower and to the ground.
"Toothless! Don't do that!" Hiccup tried to tell him. In response, Toothless let out a predatory growl.
"Dragon!" Hiccup began jokingly, "I am the chief! And you will liste-."
But he didn't have time to finish because before he could spit out the word listen Toothless had pounced. He completely knocked the breath out of poor Hiccup and tackled him to the ground. Toothless placed a front paw on Hiccup's chest to keep him still. After some struggling from Hiccup, who was desperate to get out of the mud, he stood up straight and tall.
"And I am the Alpha. And you will listen to me!" Toothless growled with a proud grin.
Hiccup rolled his eyes, he didn't have to speak Toothless' dragon language to know what he was saying, "Yes I know you're the Alpha!"
Toothless gave a prideful huff along with one of his charming dragon smiles.
"But Alpha or not," Hiccup told the prideful dragon. He sneakily reached over and dug his right hand into the mud and grabbed a handful, "You're still Toothless!"
Hiccup tossed the handful of mud up at his best friend's muzzle. It hit the dragon square in the nose, making him whine. He stepped off of Hiccup and backed away, lifting a paw in attempt to wipe off the mud.
Hiccup took the opportunity to stand up and straightened up. He brushed himself off, even though that didn't do any good because he was dripping wet.
He glanced over at Toothless, who was struggling to get some of the remaining mud off of his muzzle.
Hiccup laughed and stepped forward.
"Here, let me help," he offered, stretching out a clean hand. He gently swiped the mud off of the dragon's scales with ease.
Toothless let out a huff of air, making Hiccup's hair blow back from his face.
Hiccup shivered, "Burr its cold. Let's go home bud, let's build a fire. We'll freeze to death otherwise."
Toothless nodded, 'Hiccup time. That's good.'
Hiccup gestured for Toothless to follow him as he turned around to head for his house. Toothless galloped up next to his human so that they could walk together.
"Hey Toothless," Hiccup said. Toothless looked at his friend. The rain that was pouring from the sky matted down his hair and turned it a shade darker. He wore a serious expression, "I am very sorry for not spending more time with you lately. I promise to make it up to you."
Toothless flashed a grin at Hiccup and leaned in to nuzzle Hiccup's hair lovingly, as if to say 'No worries!'
Hiccup smiled at the affection he was given, knowing he was forgiven for his absence.
"In fact," he began, thinking over his mother's suggestion, "You may get sick of me bud."
Toothless gave Hiccup a curious look, cocking his head to the side.
"Because you get me all to yourself for the next couple days," Hiccup said with a wide smile.
Toothless thought he felt his heart do flips in his chest. This was great! A few days with Hiccup all to himself! This is exactly what he needed!
He gave Hiccup almost a painfully wide smile and managed to get away with licking the side of his face one more time.
"Gods Toothless!" Hiccup cursed with a laugh. Toothless could only chuckle along.
Gosh i love them so hard it hurts at times i swear. Anyway. Do you like it? Should i continue? Romance and stuff will come, this isn't as fluffy as it will get. Please review and tell me how i did! Critique too!