Hiccup's world spun faster and faster, and he could hear himself start to hyperventilate. Astrid placed one, well-times smack on his face to settle him. He regained himself enough to see the terrified look on her face, something he hadn't wanted to see ever again. But he couldn't remember why he'd seen it before...had he done something? He'd have to ask later; as for now, he did the only thing he could to make her stop the tormenting gaze. One solid plant to the lips was all she needed from him.
"I've waited too long for that..." Astrid muttered.
Hiccup still looked like a lunatic, and he quite frankly felt as though he would pass out. A month?! He stared at his skin, at how much paler it had gotten. Out for a month, more even, and all this time since he'd woken up he had thought he'd just been binge napping!
"Oh, the gods hate me..." He still didn't sound right. Astrid winced at the unfamiliar sound.
"Well, at least the explosion didn't knock me out," was all the girl could come up with as a reply. She covered her mouth in horror as he took in what her statement meant. Astrid had been in the same predicament as he faced; she could've been hurt as badly as he was. He passed out , dropping the cane he'd been using to the side.
Okay so I really am NOT a fan of this chapter, especially with how short it is. I kinda just need to go with it, though, for the sake of the other chapters.