Finally, everyone had gotten their fair share of time around the chief. It was with much relief that he went to the nearest chair and sat.
"No one but your mom saw you...I was the only one Toothless would've allowed in, he was so stubborn." Astrid slowly tried to explain. Toothless. That's what he needed. Of course he couldn't go flying yet, but he needed his best friend.
"Where is he?" He interrupted with the strained voice he had acquired from lack of talking. As if on cue, the dragon came in the mead hall, sniffing a scent he undoubtedly followed from the empty bed at home.
"Toothless!" Hiccup reunited with the bounding reptile as enthusiastically as he could. He felt right, as he stood there hugging the neck of his friend. "I missed you too, bud..."
Astrid filled in her boyfriend on all she could as he sat in uncomfortable silence. He had missed Snoggletog, but the Berkians agreed to another set of festivities once he was awake; they loved a good party. While she began a report of the dragon academy, Hiccup interrupted the girl briefly. Reaching down with a few clicks, she watched as he placed his prosthetic into her lap.
"Sorry, that was gonna kill me if I had it on longer..." He motioned for her to continue, but she just gawked. "Are you alright, milady?"
"You've never, ah, done that before." She didn't seem disgusted or impressed, but rather concerned. That was the only way she acted toward him since he'd gotten up. He couldn't say he liked it much; unlike times in the past, she seemed to be almost afraid of him.
Before long she was talking animatedly about the important updates, to disguise from the fact that something was wrong with her boyfriend. Sure, he was no longer embarrased about his missing limb. That didn't mean that he was completely open about it, though.
He wasn't just some dork anymore, and it was up to Astrid to work him back to normal.
Okay so I am terrible at bringing he dragons into this, so he might not make too many appearances until this gets remade.