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Chapter 7: The Madness of an Hour… Or Two
Hiccup POV
"Hey bud?" I said. I sat by the edge of the water in the cove, watching fish swim lazily by. Toothless was over on the other side of the water, just pulling a fish out of it. She dropped it on the ground and looked over at me. "Do you think you could catch me a fish and cook it a little? It's lunchtime now, and-," she cut me off.
"I'm all over it," she said. She crouched down, waiting for a fish to come close enough. When one did, she lunged forward and caught it, being careful not to touch it too much with the inside of her mouth. I walked over and knelt down besides it. She blew a soft fire on it, slowly cooking it. When it was cooked, I ate it.
"Thanks," I said.
"No problem," she replied.
"Do you think Astrid is still alive?" I asked, smiling.
"Maybe. I don't like your Dad that much and seeing him in that kind of state was freaky. Astrid's tough, so I think she will live. If he does try to kill her, then I'm pretty darn sure that he won't be the chief anymore." She said. I started laughing.
"Good point," I said. Silence followed. Without knowing it, I began humming. Toothless's ears twitched.
"Where'd you hear that?" she asked. "It sounds really nice."
"Oh, I, uh…" I blushed. "Well…It's kind of weird, but…do you remember when you started to trust me? Ah, no duh, you remember that. I had this dream, and it was replaying that whole day back to me starting from when I gave you the fish to when you actually let me touch you. But there was music in the backround. It was probably the most beautiful music I have ever heard. It's always stuck in my head. I didn't even know I was humming until you said something. But you know me…I never pay attention to anything. I have the attention span of a Spiral."
"Yeah, you do," Toothless smirked (as much as a dragon can smirk)
"Shut up. You weren't supposed to agree with me," I muttered.
"Well, I think it's very sweet that you had a dream with me in it even before you realized I was a girl."
"It was only a dream, though," I pointed out.
"Yeah, and I'm only a dragon, but you still love me," she said.
"Yes, I do. And I'm so glad that I told you. I was starting to lose it. Thank you so much for forcing me to tell you the other reason," I said.
"Yep, that's me! The stubborn dragoness. The…forceful one." She gargled with laughter.
"That's nothing to brag about," I smiled. "Hey, bud?"
"Yes?"
"Are you worried about what people are going to think when they find out about…this?" I asked.
"Of course, Hiccup. Who wouldn't be? I mean, we're going to have to tell them sooner or later. You're going to be the one to tell them, though. I'll just…you know…support you." She said with a wink.
"Gee, thanks," I mumbled, smiling. She snorted and licked me.
Okay, so, please read this. I'm sorry for interrupting, but it's necessary. All the credit of this next part goes to P3MF, the author of "What You Meant To Me" which by the way is the story that gave me the inspiration to do a Hiccup/Toothless romance. It's only in third POV because that's how he wrote it, and I thought it was sooo good that I don't want to ruin ANY of it. So, absolutely all credit of this next scene goes to P3MF. I will tell you when it gets back to my own writing.
Third POV
Toothless looked at the sand, perfectly remembering her first drawing to Hiccup, her gift to him. Hiccup smiled looking at the spot as well in remembrance. "We…we really had those first days, didn't we?" Toothless rolled her eyes. "Yeah, if you don't count all those times you crashed me into a wall, you clueless jerk." They both laughed happily, thinking over past days.
"Hey Toothless…" she tilted her head curiously, "What is it, Hiccup?" Hiccup had a longing look in his eyes, saying nothing while concentrating on the splendor of Toothless's gorgeous green eyes.
"Nothing." She blinked. "Nothing huh…" Toothless was quiet for a moment swishing her tail whilst she was thinking. "What's wrong, Toothless?" she looked sadly at him and sighed.
"It's just…I'm having so much fun…Being with you, playing with you, talking to you…" Loving you… She thought. Hiccup raised his eyebrow. "So…What?"
She bristled at his careless comment. "Hiccup, I keep thinking that one day…I'm just going to wake up, and you won't be there with me. That all out times together are a dream I'm having. Then I'll wake up one day, and it'll all go back to when I was just the 'Night Fury'." She gazed down at the grass and closed her eyes, but talked in a tone silencing all other noises.
"Or one day I'll wake up without you. Wake up someday, and you aren't here anymore, like all the times I've spent with you when you were only a fleeting dream…"
Hiccup solemnly stared at his dragoness. "Buddy…" he rolled his hands in fists and took a deep breath. "Toothless…that will never happen." She was surprised to hear Hiccup talk that way and looked at him with her full attention.
"Toothless, I'm not a god, someday I might go away…but I'll always be with you Toothless, cause-because…" He sighed, and smiled his goofy looking smile at her. "I love you."
"Hi-Hiccup…" Toothless's eyes started welling up. Those three little words still felt foreign to hear from her rider…she loved him so much; she couldn't bear to lose him.
"I don't care if you are having a dream or whatever, what matters is that I love you, Toothless. I want to be the one that shares your pain, then person who comforts you. Not some horny Viking that wants you for children or some kind of trophy, but I want to be with you because…"
Hiccup smiled, a tear going down his cheek. "I want to spend my life with you."
Toothless was so deeply moved by his words…she had never heard him say something so- so wonderful…She let a single tear hit the sandy beach, the water coming in and out quietly.
Hiccup blinked in surprise again, "H- hey…Are you crying, Toothless…?"
Flinging herself at Hiccup, totally taking him by surprise, she stopped inches short of actually hitting him (which would've sent him flying for once).
She rubbed against him, as Hiccup opened his eyes to notice he wasn't on a crash course to a rock well. He let out a huff of amusement, and watched Toothless stand up on her back legs.
` "Hiccup…" she whispered to him, smiling her infamous gummy smile. "All I've...All I've ever wanted was to be with you. I didn't care if you made fun of me, or even when you called me a pet because…all I want…is you…I love you, Hiccup. Even if I'm human or not, I'll always love you, for you, not for being the strongest, but just for being you, my Hiccup."
He was about to say something, but he gasped, feeling Toothless's scaly mouth pressed against him.
A small flick of her tongue sent Hiccup into a deep blush, and he caressed the back of her head with a gentle hold of his arms. They gazed deeply into their best friend's expression, and they both moved for it.
He gently placed a kiss on her ebony "lips" and Toothless continually moved her tongue up and down Hiccup's mouth, not feeling ready to enter his mouth, or let him enter hers.
This…This was the best feeling she had ever felt. No amount of grass could compare to the simple pleasure of kissing her rid- no, her best friend…
Sadly, they broke apart as quickly as they had started, a little moan exiting her throat but happy still that she had kissed him a second time, and he still loved her.\ Her head sagged, "But, Hiccup…I- I can't love you…I don't deserve you, I- I killed…"
Hiccup grabbed her head tightly, "I know girl…But Toothless…" He smiled weakly, "You aren't made to destroy with that body of yours…Look at everything we've made, Tooth. Look at the Berk we made today, and it's all thanks to you, me, and most importantly…Us." He held Toothless's right paw endearingly, her claws trembling in his grasp.
"Hi- Hiccup…Oh Hiccup…I- I…I'm sorry!" she buried her head in his chest, her crown of flaps surrounding her head all raised as she kept bobbing her head against his body.
"And it's okay, because I know you'll come back, Toothless. Even if one of us goes away…"
And there you have it! P3MF's kiss scene between them! I asked him to write it for me because I couldn't come up with anything. Everything I tried writing for this scene turned out horrible. Now back to Hiccup's POV which will be kind of short.
Hiccup POV
It had been about half an hour since me and Toothless had kissed a second time. It had made her extremely happy, as it had made me completely wonderstruck by how amazing it was.
I told you that no matter how you do it, it will always be the right way, I had said with a smile. Though it had made me very happy, it also left me feeling very tired because of how much we talked during it and all the tears she shed, making me want to cry myself.
As we lay on the grass by the small beach in the cove, my eyelids started drooping.
"Toothless?" I whispered.
"Hm?"
"I love you," I said for about the hundredth time today.
She chuckled. "I love you too, Hiccup."
And I slept.
Toothless POV
I woke to the patter of rain drops on my body. I thought nothing of it and assumed it would just sprinkle, thinking that I could be able to cover Hiccup from a light drizzle. Putting my wing over his face so he wouldn't wake up, I remembered everything from earlier today. I felt everything but regret.
When the rain started to get faster and harder, I started to worry. I looked up at the sky and saw that it was nothing but black clouds. I felt a raindrop hit my eye and I blinked a couple times to get it out.
Oh gods…this wasn't going to be good. The rain then decided to start coming down in sheets. No, more like blankets. I nudged Hiccup with my head.
"Wake up, you lazy fishbone! We need to leave! Now!" I begged. He mumbled something like, "Five more minutes…" then woke up when I poked him in the face with one of my teeth. "Hey! What was that for?" he glared at me. His eyes widened when he saw the rain falling and how drenched I was. "Did this just start?" he had to shout because the rain was so loud.
"Yep!" I roared.
"I have an idea of where we can go," he said, "Why don't we go to Iratze's cave?"
"Sure! It's not too far from here," I agreed. He got out of my hold on him and within seconds he was soaked. I moved so he could get on my back. It probably wasn't the smartest idea to fly in the weather, but we had to get to Iratze's quickly.
He got on and positioned himself how he usually did.
"Let's go!" he clicked the prosthetic into place and I took off flying.
The rain was very hard to fly through, but so far we were doing okay. We made sure to stay a little below the trees so we weren't right in the line of lightning if it did strike. I could hardly see anything in front of me. But my other senses led me there. I heard Hiccup cough and sniff. Was he getting sick already? Humans get sick faster than I thought. Then again, it is pouring rain.
"THOR ALL MIGHTY!" Hiccup shrieked as lightning struck down on a tree not too far from us. Thunder sounded through my ultra sensitive ears. It was probably worse for me than it was for Hiccup, but I'm sure his fear was much greater than mine. "Faster Toothless!"
I grunted loudly in response. I pushed myself to fly faster and to try not to run into trees at the same time.
Another coughing fit from Hiccup distracted me a little. "Are you okay?" I roared.
"I'm," cough, "fine. Just keep going! We're almost there!" he said.
We finally made it to the cliff and I dove down into the cave. Stumbling a lot, Hiccup's prosthetic unattached and he fell off of me, sending him tumbling across the cold, hard, wet ground.
"Hiccup!" I cried. I ran over to him. He sat himself upright, coughing and moaning.
"What the Hell is going on in here?" I heard another dragon from further inside the cave roar.
"Iratze!" I said out of relief.
"Toothless?" he gasped when he saw me. His eyes found Hiccup. "Hiccup?"
"We're sorry, Iratze, but we got caught out in that storm and I'm pretty sure Hiccup is getting sick. We can't go back to the village until morning so we came here," I explained.
"Why can't you go back to the village?" he questioned.
"Long story," I sighed, "Please, can we just stay here until morning?"
"That's fine with me," he said without any further interrogation.
"Hiccup, are you okay?" I asked, moving closer to him. He was shivering uncontrollably and coughing and sneezing.
"It's nothing. Ju-just a ccc-c-cold," he stuttered.
"That rain really got to you fast," I said. I curled up around him, sliding one wing under him so he wouldn't have to sit on the cold hard ground. And then the other wing I put over him to keep him warm. He lay down with his head on my front paw. I opened my mouth so I could bring some heat to him. I made the fire in me cool down enough so I could keep it at a light haze in my throat, but hot enough so I could fan it over Hiccup to warm him.
As I was doing this, Iratze lay down in front of us and watched us with suspicious eyes. I had a feeling that he suspected something was going on between us. Might as well just tell him now.
Hiccup was warm enough to be a bit perky again, although his coughing fits and sneezing hadn't stopped. He turned over so he was laying on his stomach with his arms in front of him on my paw and his head resting on my arms. He sniffed.
"Iratze…" I started.
"What's going on?" he asked nonchalantly.
"Well…um…Hiccup and I…we're not really…just friends…" I said slowly.
"Okay?" Iratze said.
"Well…" I tried to explain it a little bit more without making it sound weird.
"I'm her boyfriend, 'kay?" Hiccup said matter of factly. I burst out laughing.
"You guys are mates?" Iratze asked. He didn't sound all that surprised.
"Pretty much. Well, not mates. There has to be what the humans call 'sex' for that to happen. So for now he's just my…boyfriend. Gah, it feels weird saying 'boyfriend'," I laughed.
"Now you know how I feel when I have to say 'mate'," Hiccup mumbled.
"Hm. Now, Toothless, this really doesn't shock me. You were always the odd one out. It doesn't surprise me that you would fall for Hiccup," Iratze solemnly said.
"You never found a mate?" Hiccup asked concern in his voice.
"No," Iratze stretched and yawned, settling down.
"I'm sorry. I seemed to have stolen Toothless from you," he apologized.
"It's not your fault. She would have never gone for me anyways. And I understand why." Iratze glanced at me.
"You got that right," I said. But Iratze had already fallen asleep. Apparently some dragons don't care what others have to say…
"I feel bad for him," Hiccup said, turning over.
"So do I," I replied, "I wish we could help him. You know, find a mate and all."
"Same here," Hiccup sighed, "It seems that none of the dragon's out there are ever going to work for him. If he was human he would probably have a shot at one of the girls in Berk." He started coughing again got really pale. I put my head right next to his and licked him. Once his coughing stopped, he whispered something to me.
"I love you Toothless. More than anyone or anything."
It seemed to me that these words were getting thrown around a lot lately, but I didn't mind it at all. "I love you too Hiccup. With every bit of my soul."
While he at least tried to fall asleep, I tried to think of a way to help Iratze. He's been all over the world trying to find a mate. But he's always been stuck on me. I know he's convinced himself that he's in love with me, but I really don't think he is.
It was then that Hiccup's words actually made me think of something. What if Iratze was human? That would at least give him a chance to see if he liked any of the girls in Berk. Oh, I wish I could help him. But those papers specifically said that only Night Furies could transform. And they could only do it once in their whole life. So it was impossible for him to do that in any way shape or form.
I tried not to yawn as I suddenly grew very tired. Flying through that storm had tired me out. It was still raging outside, but I could somehow tell that it was only late afternoon.
Please, please, please! Find some way to help Iratze. He's probably miserable! Do something for him! I thought as I started to drift off into sleep.
But…
Was Iratze…glowing?
Okay! That's it for this chapter! It was actually supposed to go on for even longer, but I thought that you guys had done enough waiting, so I cut it short. I will get the rest of it up soon. I'm currently working on the 8th chapter right now. It's going to focus on the dreams all the main characters are having. That includes Iratze, Astrid, Stoick, Gobber, and I'm even going to throw in one of Snotlout's dreams just because I thought it would be funny even though he's not a main character at all.
So yeah, please do NOT be mad at me! I WILL NOT HAVE HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS BEING THROWN AT ME! I know what some of you guys did to TolkienNerd! It's not very nice to throw kitchen sinks at people! My slippers will come after you if you don't tone it down a bit!
I got the idea of Iratze's, uhm… 'glowing' from Achereus. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT YOU HAVE ME A BUNCH OF IDEAS! I OWE IT ALL TO YOU!