Day Three: Hanging Out
Ruffnut was getting so bored of standing around and listening to her father and the chief blab on about winter harvest, dragons, Hiccup, blah blah blah. Sighing exasperatedly, Ruffnut turned away and walked out the door of the chief's house. Ruffnut walked down the stairs of the chief's house kicking at a light amount of snow lying at the edge of the stone steps.
Ruffnut sighed miserably, I wish Barf and Belch would come back, she thought as she walked over to the empty dragon stable where her and her brother's dragon normally slept. Stupid Snoggletog.
Suddenly a voice interrupted her thoughts, "Ruff, it's ok. He's going to come back." Turning to see who was calling to her she was shocked to see Snotlout, shivering slightly, standing at the entrance of the stable.
"What do you want?" she asked grouchily. Snotlout looked at her and with a troubled sigh walked over to where she was standing. Snotlout put his hand on her shoulder, gently pulling her down onto a bale of old straw lying at the edge of the stable.
"I came because I know how badly Barf and Belch leaving for Snoggletog is for you Ruff. I figured I could come comfort you since Tuff is out hunting right now," Snotlout admitted as he brushed a strand of his sopping wet hair out of his face.
Rufnut looked at him shock glowing in her eyes at Snotlout's caring words. "Uh…thanks Snotty." Ruffnut smiled at Snotlout and turned away from him, kicking at some light colored straw under her boot. Suddenly she felt Snotlout wrap his arms around her in a tight squeeze; she whipped her head around and stared in shock at the twenty-year-old hugged her closer to him.
"Uh, Snotty? What's wrong?" she asked as he put his head against her side, body shaking slightly as she heard quiet sobs coming from him.
"Hookfang left. He left without saying goodbye," Snotlout said sadly as he looked up at Ruffnut, eyes glistening with tears. He's crying? He must really miss Hookfang, Ruffnut thought as she watched Snotlout brush the tears away disgustedly.
"Snotlout it's ok to cry. I know how much Hookfang matters to you," Ruffnut said quietly, reassuringly punching him in the arm, which called for Snotlout to wince painfully.
Snotlout looked at her and smiled, "I didn't think I was going to come in here to have you comfort me instead of me comforting you." Snotlout laughed wryly as the irony of his and Ruffnut's talk seemed to set into his mind.
Snotlout suddenly punched Ruffnut in the arm, laughter bursting from his mouth as Ruffnut shoke her arm in an attempt to brush off the pain, then with the same force puched Snotlout in the arm.
"Come one. Let's go see if we can find someone to pester," Ruffnut said as she stood up walking away from Snotlout and back out into the light fall of snow.
Snotlout smiled as he shook his head at Ruffnut's swiftly disappearing form. She really is amazing isn't she.
Sheesh. This actually wasn't first intended to be sad.
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