It had been 2 days since Scout arrived, and the villagers were still curious. Many of the children asked her for stories of her travels, and she amused them. Hiccup hoped her stories weren't all true, but the children loved it. It turns out she was bright as well, and helped Gobber when he got too busy. Hiccup spent most his time away from Berk for now, and he had found an isolated island nearby with Toothless, which was where Scout found him.
She slid gracefully off Sora's back and walked over to him, the chains on her belt rattling as they knocked against her thigh shield on her right leg. The dragons wandered around, playing. Scout sat down next to him and for a moment neither of them said anything. He looked at her from the corner of his eye. Her blonde hair caught the sunlight, and she was playing with the fur guards on her wrists. The sun shone off her fur hood, and her yellow shirt almost glowed in the afternoon light. She cleared her throat and adjusted her brown tights.
"Your mother is looking for you" she said, still not looking at him.
"She always is" he said, going back to looking at the clouds. They were silent for a few moments more before she spoke again.
"Can I ask you what happened between you and that other girl? I forgot her name. The blonde one?"
Playing dumb, Hiccup said "Ruffnut? No, nothing happened between us"
"Not Ruffnut, I know who Ruffnut is. The other girl. Astrid isn't it?"
Hiccup's shoulders shot up at her name.
"I knew it, something happened" Scout said, and he looked at her.
"We were together but she ended it. Is that alright with you?" he snapped, and Scout just blinked, straight-faced.
"Yeah it is, but you avoiding her like a wounded animal is no way to get over it"
Hiccup laughed.
"Oh so is this where you tell me a fantastic story of yours about love?" he said sarcastically.
"No, this is where you tell me what happened" she said, her blue eyes drilling into his.
Hiccup made a scoffing sound and sighed.
"After….after my dad died, I took on the role of chief. With myself as chief and Toothless the new dragon Alpha, I thought everything would be fine. But it was hard work. I knew it would be but it was harder than I thought. Soon, I was busy all day and all night almost, sleeping when I could. After a while I guess she got sick of it, and she told me I got boring. She ended it a year ago. And…and I guess I still miss her" he finished, turning his head slightly so his hair would cover his eyes.
They sat in silence again, Hiccup watching the dragons and Scout pulling up grass to twirl between her fingers.
"I liked a boy in my village" she said, and Hiccup turned his head slightly to face her.
"I really did. I'm not sure it was love but I liked him. I was too scared to tell him how I felt. Then my village was destroyed and I never saw him again. That's when I decided that it was better to tell people what I thought and felt before I couldn't" she said, and Hiccup frowned, processing her words.
They sat there for a while, speaking every now and then, but Hiccup couldn't get her words out of his head.