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An Unwanted Kiss

Tuffnut stood outside his house, scanning the vast, snowy landscape with narrowed eyes. He had just woken up and was mildly worried upon discovering that his sister wasn't home. "I hope Toothless hasn't eaten her." He muttered allowed, trying to find the familiar blonde head. "It's not easy feeding Barf and Belch by myself."

Finally, he caught sight of a small yellow spot crouched on a grassy slope. He jogged over and found the girl lying on the cold grass, her eyes barely peeking over the edge. He followed her gaze and grinned. "Too bad no one else got to see your hard work."

Ruffnut's head snapped up. She grabbed her brother by the wrist and pulled him down to her level. "Shut up," she hissed.

Tuffnut rolled his eyes but went silent. He turned his head and watched as Hiccup frantically scrubbed the paint off of his dragon. "Do you think he knows who did it?"

"Duh! Hiccup was the one that told me Fishlegs had a dare for me, remember?"

"Ah. Right. So...are you sure it's a good idea to be so close to them right now?"

"If you keep your big mouth shut, I won't get caught and I can continue to enjoy watching Hiccup mutter under his breath like some crazy person."

Whoosh!

Tuffnut yelped as he was knocked to the side by a large, angry black beast. He sat up to see Toothless (who still had a few faint pink spots on his body) pinning his sister to the ground, his face dangerously close to hers. "Nice going, big mouth."

Hiccup appeared at the top of the slope, a paint-stained rag clutched in his hand. He glared at Ruffnut and waved the rag in the air. "A line has been crossed! Dressing dragons up is fine and all, but painting their body? What kind of maniac do you have to be to vandalize a poor dragon like that?!"

"Give me a break," Ruffnut rasped, trying to keep the courage to stare into Toothless' burning green eyes. "This is a Night Fury! He isn't poor in the least. If he wasn't such a heavy sleeper he would have woke up and stopped me."

"You painted him pink!"

"It was a very complimenting colour."

Toothless growled, pushing his claw onto her chest. Not enough to harm her but enough to get the point across-he was not happy.

"Hiccup, your dragon is killing me!" Ruffnut squeaked, trying half-heartedly to remove the heavy weight.

"Wouldn't you want to kill the person who painted you pink?"

"Tuffnut, do something!"

Tuffnut snorted. "Um, yeah, I'm not that stupid."

Ruffnut let out a strangled gasp as the weight increased. "Okay! Okay! I'm sorry for painting you pink! It won't happen again! Please don't kill me!"

Somewhat satisfied, Toothless roared in her face for good measure and stormed off. Hiccup cast one more glare at Ruffnut before going back to washing his dragon. Ruffnut lay in the grass, stunned, for a moment before slowly getting to her feet. "Well. That went...eh."

"That was exciting." Tuffnut smirked. "Now let's go feed our dragon before we feed ourselves."

...

"Fishlegs, something is wrong with you."

The husky boy turned red as Hiccup dropped on the bench beside him. "Well, it was the only dare I could think of! And I thought it'd be funny...was it funny?"

"Hilarious." Hiccup bit out. "It took thirty minutes to get the stupid paint off, or at least most of it. There's still some stuck to his talons."

"What's up, losers?"

The two glanced up to see Snotlout sauntering towards them. The boy sat across from Hiccup and stole a piece of ham from the skinny boy's plate. "Ruffnut painted Toothless pink." Fishlegs informed.

Snotlout broke into a coughing fit, causing Fishlegs to lean over the table and whack him on the back. The piece of ham dislodged from his throat and splattered to the table. Ignoring the looks of disgust Snotlout burst into laughter. "No way! Where is he?"

"I cleaned him off." Hiccup said shortly. "There was no way I was letting him out in public and there was no way he was letting me let him out in public."

"I wish I could have seen him."

"It was the funniest thing I've ever seen."

The twins sat on the bench with Snotlout. The dark-haired boy frowned. "You got to see him?" He asked Tuffnut.

"Yeah. I went with her so I could see the final result. It was hilarious." Tuffnut snickered.

"I'm glad everyone is amused." Hiccup rolled his eyes. He cast a glance around the Great Hall and frowned slightly. "Where's Astrid?"

"What's the matter? Missing your girlfriend?" Ruffnut jeered.

Hiccup blushed. "She's not my girlfriend! At least, not officially. There's definitely something there, though."

Ruffnut scowled and glared at the tabletop. Her crush on Hiccup would never become anything serious-she could admit that. There really was no way she could compete with the bombshell beauty.

But...she could satisfy herself...just once.

Ruffnut smirked evilly and looked at Hiccup. "I dare you to kiss me."

Hiccup's fork clattered to his plate. His eyes grew wide. "What?!"

"I dare you to kiss me. For a minute."

"No!"

"Then you refuse a dare." Ruffnut narrowed her eyes. "And insult me in the process."

"I don't mean it like that, I just-"

"Astrid's not here. These guys won't say anything." She gave the others a deadly glare. "And you might want to save that pass for the gruesome dares yet to come."

Hiccup hesitated. "Are you sure you don't have another dare in mind?"

"Nope. Pucker up, pretty boy."

Hiccup screwed his eyes shut and leaned forwards. Ruffnut quickly closed the distance and eagerly pressed her lips against his.

"Ugh, I'm gonna puke." Tuffnut covered his eyes.

"This is awkward." Fishlegs muttered, turning away as Ruffnut grabbed Hiccup's face.

Hiccup kept his mouth firmly closed. The sensation he was feeling was nothing like the one he got when kissing Astrid-as Fishlegs said, it was just awkward.

Ruffnut finally pulled away after a minute and Hiccup dropped in his seat, wiping his lips frantically on his sleeve and trying not to gag.

"There." Ruffnut said cheerfully. "That wasn't so bad."

"Um...I think one of you is going to die." Snotlout whispered, gesturing subtly towards the wooden doors.

There, standing in the entryway, was Astrid, her mouth agape and eyes staring in horror, disgust and fury at Hiccup and Ruffnut.

Dare suggested by Cottonmouth25 :)

Next chapter: In which Hiccup dares Tuffnut.

Onto round three!