A/N: Look! It's another prompt! Two in a day? Why, that's unheard of, Hanyou! I'm in a writing mood, what can I say.

So here's the next prompt. It's not terribly original, but this is my take on it. No warnings this time around folks, except for maybe a little implied HiccupxAstrid.

Please to remember to review! I like reviews…

Funny

He sat quietly at his work bench, trying to figure out how to make a foot. It wasn't working as well as he might have liked. Most of his other models had failed miserably, either too floppy or too immobile. Astrid sat beside him, keeping him company and occasionally offering conversation. He suspected that she secretly just liked to watch him work.

Brows furrowed, he made a note about the hinge on the ankle. He had a theory and he just had to get it down.

Hic.

His make-shift pencil zipped across the paper. Astrid, watching intently, was unable to make any sense of it all. For one, his writing was terrible, and for another… reading wasn't her strong suit. She was a Viking for crying out loud! Vikings didn't read, not extensively anyways. She'd always thought that reading was less important than becoming a great Viking.

Then there was Hiccup. He was constantly reading and creating and… just being Hiccup. Sure some of his inventions weren't the greatest – like that "improvement" he'd made to that catapult; the clean-up had lasted for days – but he truly was brilliant. A genius in her eyes, at least.

Hic.

He squinted at the paper, trying to decide if he liked what he had scribbled. Yes, this would do for now. Tomorrow he'd go to Gobber's forge and try and hammer out some new pieces.

Sitting back and stretching, Hiccup smiled at the girl beside him.

She smiled back.

Hic.

Astrid began to giggle.

"What's so – hic – funny?" Hiccup asked.

She dissolved into full out laughter.

"Astrid…"

Hic.

That did it. Peals of laughter escaped her lips as she boy watched her incredulously.

What was so funny?

Hic.

A/N: Meh. Short and cute. Hope you all liked it.

Review and feel free to make suggestions. I like prompts!

~MissHanyou