And thank you Kirsten for correcting me on your gender. Sorry about that. Warning: This chapter contains lots of fluff and drama! You have been warned.
Just One Kiss
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Toothless and Hailey had finally made it to her house with a lot of trouble fitting through the door. They were currently walking through the living room carefully without breaking anything. Hailey was looking at the stairs, obviously thinking of how the heck they'll get up the three flights of stairs.
"Tooth, be careful with the stairs," Hailey said limping along with Toothless. He was confused for a moment until Hailey just gestured at the flights of stairs. Toothless merely shook his head as he gently took Hailey and placed her on his back. He made his way towards the steps, walking up each one with care to not move Hailey too much.
It took longer than Toothless had anticipated, but when they were at the top of the steps, Hailey guided him towards her room. She was surprised that the floor was strong enough to hold Toothless.
As soon as they entered her room, Hailey dismounted and landed on her bed, sadly on her back. She yowled as her back made contact with her bed, causing her to twist onto her stomach, coming face-to-snout with Toothless, their noses just barely touching. Hailey gave him a sad smile as her back throbbed.
Toothless, feeling bad for her, licked her face until she laughed. She leaned forward and meant to kiss his nose, but instead, kissed him on his mouth. She pulled back, putting her hand over her mouth. Both of them blushed. Hailey's cheeks turned a deep scarlet as Toothless was sure that his scales turned pink.
"Um... uh," Hailey stuttered. She avoided Toothless' shocked gaze. "I... um... well." Toothless, sensing his humans unease, rested his head on top of Hailey's. "Okay, um... Tooth? Could I be alone for a couple minutes?" Toothless nodded and walked slowly out of the room.
Toothless was pacing around the living room, his mind going at a million miles per hour. 'Oh gods! he thought. Did she actually mean to do that? She kissed me! Oh wait. What if she didn't mean to do that? She could have done that on accident and that being an empty gesture. I'm still happy she kissed me, but what if she doesn't think of me like I think of her? Oh man, this is still complicated!
Hailey stared forward, stuck in her own thoughts. Oh dear Thor! she thought. I can't believe I just did that. I mean, I didn't mean to do that. But, it just felt right. He did deserve it though. He's been nicer to me than any other person my age. He calmed me every time I was upset. And I mean, I love Toothless, but I could love him either way. ERG! Why am I thinking this? I shouldn't be thinking this about a dragon! But, he's an amazing dragon, and, Arg! She rolled herself off her bed, making a small thud and landing on her back. She closed her eyes, her back sending even more pain through her. Sighing, she called, "Toothless!"
It's unnatural! I shouldn't be falling in love with a human! She couldn't feel the same way about me. If only I could know how she felt about me. His thoughts were soon interrupted as he heard his human call his name. He ran up the stairs and opened the door to Hailey's room to see her lying on the floor on her back, eyes closed. Panicking, he ran over to her side, nudging her head.
"Hailey?" he asked. He licked the side of her head, causing her to groan. Relief washed over him seeing that his human was still alive and responsive. He laid down next to her, licking the front of her neck.
"Are you okay?" Hailey looked at Toothless, straight in the eye. He could practically see the pain and confusion in her eyes. "What's wrong?"
"To be honest with you, Tooth, I really can't figure it out." she replied turning away from him.
Toothless placed his head in her field of vision. He moved his head so he could nuzzle the side of Hailey's head. "You know, Hailey," Toothless whispered. "if you ever need to talk about something, you can always come to me." Hailey looked at him for some time.
"I know, bud," she said, scratching Toothless behind the ear. "It's just," she sat herself up, bringing her knees up to her chest. "I've always had bad experiences at school, and having that happen there just darkened everything." She buried her head into her knees and quietly sobbed.
"Hailey, look at me." Toothless curled around Hailey in a sort of protective circle, purring until she was calm enough to talk. She raised her head from her knees. Her eyes were puffy and her face was red. "Don't worry about it. You still have me, your dad, and this 'uncle Gordon' person. And I'll still be with you during school. You're not alone."
Hailey gave him a soft smile as she wrapped her arms around Toothless' neck. He moved his head to where he could face his human. She chuckled a little, grabbed Toothless behind his ear plates and surprised both of them. She pressed her mouth against his. Toothless' eyes widened in shock but soon closed as they stayed like that for a while. When she pulled back, she was blushing more than before.
"Oh, uh, look Tooth-" Hailey started, but was interrupted by Toothless.
"It's fine, Hailey. I didn't mind it one bit." Toothless said, giving a toothless smile. Hailey laughed and scratched Toothless behind the ear.
"Alright, let's get this saddle off of you and then we'll see if my dad's back." She unhooked the saddle from Toothless and unclasped the tail fin. She then climbed onto Toothless' back and they made their way down the stairs. When they reached the bottom of the stairs, Hailey slowly climbed off and onto her feet, holding onto Toothless' neck for support. Hailey looked around, but saw no sign of her dad. She then turned her attention to her dragon.
"What do you say we get something to eat?" Toothless nodded vigorously, almost shaking Hailey off of him. She led them towards the kitchen where there was a door that led to a storage room.
"Okay, here is where the storage room is. We keep all the fish in there. No one ever ate it so we just keep it here. There are baskets full of fish in here." Hailey slowly walked into the storage room, grabbed a basket of fish, and came back into the house. They went into the living room where Hailey tripped on her own feet.
She would've landed on the floor, if Toothless hadn't caught her. She landed on his head, dropping the basket down but luckily it didn't spill any of its contents.
"Easy there, girl." Toothless soothed the girl. "Maybe I should stay like a dragon. Just in case you keep falling down." Hailey smirked as she pushed herself off of Toothless. She hobbled over to the basket of fish and pushed it over to Toothless. He began his eating while Hailey sat herself on the couch, waiting for her dad. She grabbed the TV remote, turning the TV on. She was about to go to her regular channel, until the news came on with Breaking News.
"We're here today at the scene of a dragon attack!" the news woman said. "The students here were able to get a video of the battle on their phones. Now we have a dragon specialist, Frank Ingerman." She gave the microphone. "Could you please tell us what type of dragons were involved and who was involved in the battle?"
"From what I remember," Frank began. "There were seven dragons total. A Scauldron, Whispering Death, Smothering Smokebreath, Thunderdrum, ChangeWing, Skrill, and the rarest dragon of all, the Night Fury! And the only person I know that was involved in that was Hailey Hanson. She seemed to be riding the Night Fury and seemed to have a special connection with the dragon."
"Thank you, Frank. That concludes this story. Now we go back to our story as-" Hailey turned the TV off. She turned to where Toothless was eating, only to hit her head onto Toothless cheek, jerking back. Toothless laughed and nuzzled Hailey's stomach.
"Okay!" Hailey laughed. Obviously, Toothless remembered how ticklish Hailey was. "Okay, alright." Hailey pushed Toothless' head away. Toothless, however, had other plans. He shoved her over his head and onto his back, carrying her towards her room. Then when he entered her room, he placed her on the floor on her stomach. "Tooth what are you doing?"
"Getting rid of your burn," he replied. He stuck his head in the back of her shirt and gave one lick on her burn, then pulled his head back out. Hailey turned her head around to the hole in her shirt, and saw her back wet. Covered in dragon saliva. "You remember that dragon spit can make amazing healers. So, I thought I could get rid of the burn painlessly." Hailey flipped herself onto her back, and felt no pain at all. Like the burn had just disappeared.
"Thanks bud." Hailey stood up, walked over to her dragon, and wrapped her arms around him. "What would I do without you?" Toothless licked her head, causing her to laugh. Suddenly, an evil grin appeared on Hailey's face. "Wanna play tag, bud?" Toothless looked at her for a moment before nodding and racing Hailey down the stairs, into the living room.
"Good thing all of your furniture items are against the wall." Toothless observed.
"Ready? Set, GO!" Hailey charged forward, knocking Toothless onto the floor, landing on top of him. She stuck her tongue out at him and kissed his nose.
"You little scamp!" he teased. He flipped himself over, pinning Hailey to the floor. He smiled at her as she tapped his nose. The two continued to tussle on the floor, shouting playful battle cries at each other. What they failed to notice, was that Stephen had come into the house, watching the scene before him. He assumed that Hailey's burn had healed, since she was tussling on the floor with a dragon.
Seeing that they would continue for a while, he quietly slipped past and into his office, finding it a little odd seeing a dragon and a human wrestling on the floor. He was even more confused that his daughter was speaking the same language as the dragon. Stephen walked by the kitchen and dropped Hailey's bag in the doorway.
As soon as they finished their combat on the floor, Hailey ended up kneeling over Toothless' neck. The dragon had her arm in his mouth, causing the girl to bend forward. Her cheek brushed against Toothless's. Hailey struggled to pull her arm out of Toothless' mouth, so she tried to surprise him enough to slacken his hold. She turned her head so that she was facing Toothless, then placed a small kiss on his cheek. Toothless, surprised, loosened his jaw, allowing Hailey to get up.
"I'm exhausted," she said, collapsing onto Toothless. Toothless grunted in agreement as he shifted into a more comfortable position for both him and Hailey. She looked up to see her father walking up to her, surprising her enough for her to flip over and off of Toothless. She righted herself onto Toothless. "Dad! When'd you get here?" She got off of Toothless and approached her dad.
"I've been here for a while," he replied. "And I'd like to ask a couple questions. First, if you don't want to go to school for a couple days, you can stay here." Hailey nodded vigorously. "Second, I was wondering if that boy Tony would need another ride to school." Hailey's expression changed from excited to worried.
"Oh, yeah. I need to tell you something. That boy Tony, is actually Toothless. He can change between human and dragon at will." She walked over to where Toothless was laying.
"Really? Show me." He walked up to them and looked expectantly at the two. Hailey nodded encouragingly at Toothless.
"I'll try," Toothless said as he stood up. He closed his eyes and focused on his human form. He focused as hard as possible, but his transformation was not responding to him. He tried one more time, but ended up almost knocking himself out as he lost his balance and fell over. His head pained him as his vision almost gave out. He could just barely make out the form of his human.
"Toothless!" Hailey shouted, panicking that her dragon had just fallen over. She knelt beside him as she held his head up to her eye level. His eyes were dazed, and every thing was blurry. "Tooth?" She looked at the lightning bolt on his head, and gasped in horror. The lightning bolt was starting to lose its color. It went from a bright blue to a faded gray-blue. "Buddy?" She sat down, placing Toothless' head in her lap.
"Dad!" she shouted, turning her head around. "Can you get an ice pack?" Stephen nodded and dashed into the kitchen. Hailey bent over, gently resting her forehead on Toothless'.
"Toothless, please talk to me bud." She looked into his dazed eyes and could barely see the greens of his eyes. He blinked his eyes a few times, in attempt to clear his vision, but to no avail. Stephen quickly returned with an ice pack at hand covered in a towel. He knelt down next to Hailey and placed the ice pack on Toothless' head. He groaned before going limp in Hailey's arms.
"Tooth!" she screamed. "Dad, do you know what's wrong with him?" She turned to her dad for answers, who sadly shrugged.
"Honey, if it makes you feel better," Stephen said, gaining his daughter's attention. "Toothless is welcome to stay with us. And, since he isn't able to come to school as a human, he can come to the school whenever he wants." Her eyes lit up for a mere second, before she heard Toothless moan and her eyes filled with misery as she turned back to her dragon.
"I'll leave you alone with your dragon. Call me if you need anything." Hailey nodded, not taking her eyes off of Toothless. Stephen got up from his sitting position and made his way to his office.
"Toothless, please answer me!" she sobbed. Toothless stirred in Hailey's hold, moaning as he did so. "Tooth?" He raised his head to Hailey's eye level, only to fall back down to her lap again. "Bud? What's wrong?"
"Powers... fading," he rasped.
"Wait, what?" she picked his head up again, looking at the lightning bolt. "You must've sucked the energy out of yourself." She looked at her birth-mark. "Maybe I could transfer some of my energy to you." Toothless' eyes widened in shock. She could get herself killed by doing that! He tried to shake his head 'no', but the head ache he was having stopped him.
Hailey took a deep breath, raised herself up, lifted her hand and pressed it against Toothless' lightning mark. She focused on transferring her energy into Toothless. The two began glowing blue as Hailey's energy flowed from her to her dragon.
It took no longer than a couple seconds before Hailey's energy was in Toothless. She swayed side-to-side and Toothless watched as she swayed to far to one side. Toothless extended his wing to catch her and brought her in close to him. He laid down on his side, laying Hailey on her back. Her eyes paled to a gray-green as well as her skin going deathly pale. He checked her birth-mark, seeing that it had gone nearly as pale as Hailey's skin was.
"Hailey?" he asked, fear almost overwhelming him. "Hailey?" he asked a bit more loudly this time. No response. "Hailey!" he nudged her head, trying to get her to respond. He 'cooed' in worry as fear of his human being dead overwhelming him. He curled around her, resting his head on her lap, tears coming out of his tightly shut eyes.
'Please don't let her be dead!'he prayed silently to the gods. 'Please! I can't lose her! I almost lost her once. I can't risk losing her again. Please don't let her die!'
Please don't kill me because I almost killed Hailey.