Chapter 2- A Confession

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Snotlout found his thoughts wandering to the moment in the pond more and more, Tuffnut occupying his mind. He wandered about the village aimlessly, there was little to do that day. He passed Ruffnut, she was sitting on a wall with Barf and Belch next to her.

"Whats your problem?" She asked indignantly.

"What do you mean?" He asked, more than a little shocked.

She looked at him like he was a total idiot. "You never waste a chance to flirt or act macho, whats your deal?" She hopped off her perch and sauntered over to him. "New girl in the village I should know about?"

"No. Its not that."

"Well its something, and you're gonna tell me."

"Why should I?"

She grinned maliciously. "Because I know you're the one who filled people's houses with rotten fish."

His eyes grew wide, that prank had caused such an uproar in Berk that mentioning it was likely to set off a riot. He gritted his teeth and stared at her, her gaze met his unwaveringly. "Swear on the Well of Urd."

Taken aback by the seriousness of the oath, nonetheless she covered her left eye, as tradition held. "It is sworn. You're being a bit drastic don't you think?"

"I'm being a perfectly acceptable level of drastic thankyou." He took a deep breath and let it out in one go. "Fishlegs found a pond and Eret, Tuffnut, and I went for a swim. Eret and Fishlegs left and I think I have a crush on your brother."

Ruffnut looked at him like he'd just turned purple and grown horns. She burst out laughing falling from her perch, slowly her laughter tapered off and she looked at Snotlouts ever-so-guilty face. "Oh gods... You're not joking are you?" She was met by silence.

"You..."

"Yeah."

"My brother...?"

"Yep."

"Really?"

He looked at her plainly. "Really really."

She squinted at him for a moment. "Oh I am so helping you."

"Helping me what?"

That same evil grin split her face wide. "Helping you get with my brother obviously."

"Woah now, where's the shaming spiteful Ruffnut?"

She mocked offense. "Can I not dream of love for my little brother?"

Snotlout rolled his eyes. "You're twins, so now I know you've been lying."

Her grin seemed to somehow grow wider. "Technically he was born the next day, and I'm more mature anyway." She poked Snotlout hard in the chest. "And as the mature one, I'm gonna set him up on a date."

"Not so loud!" He hissed.

"What, afraid your crush will hear?" She made kissy faces and crossed her eyes.

Snotlout flushed red, partly out of anger, partly out of embarassment. "Would you please just shut up?"

"Oh no we just started. We have a lot of talking to do."

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AN- The Well Of Urd(Urd meaning Destiny) is a fairly prominent feature of Yggdrasil. I use the oath meaning "I swear on my destiny" it holds a similar reverence to swearing on the river Styx for the Greco romans.