Toothless awoke late in the night. Their fire only smolders and ash in the pit. He didn't dare to shift himself, worried about hurting his human. He looked Hiccup over again, making sure he didn't miss any part of him from before. Looking over Hiccup made him think about how different they are. Size, shape, color, wings, head fluff, teeth, almost everything. He was distracted from his thoughts as he saw more blood that wasn't there before. His crotch, both their tails and there legs were all covered in half dried blood. Unhappily moving from his spot, he searched for the spot that was bleeding. He pulled back when he noticed that Hiccup's metal leg was missing, replaced by a real one.

'He'll be happy about that when he wakes up.' Toothless thought to himself as he cleaned the new leg. Once finished, he looked himself over. Blood drops coated his scales, his lower half also covered in a fine layer. He couldn't help but chuckle at how ridiculous he must have looked.

He looked around the cabin, at the gaping hole in the wall, at the cold, ash filled fire pit, at his tail, fixed by the gods, and at his human, his soulmate. Someone who he was bound to be with no matter the situation. He quickly became overjoyed and couldn't help but nuzzle his human. He curled further around his pale friend, keeping him warm.

'I love you, Hiccup' Toothless thought happily. He couldn't believe himself. 'Of course I love him. For how long? Since we landed here? Earlier? When he made me the new tail, so that I could fly again? Does it matter when? Probably not. Coming to the realization is nice though.' He laid his head down next to Hiccup's.

Hiccup woke up, hot and sweaty from the furnace around him. He tried to get up but he was still in too much pain and his arm gave out underneath him. The thud of him coming down startled his dragon awake.

"Hiccup what happen?" Toothless asked. Hiccup weakly turned to his side, placing his cold hands on Toothless' skin to warm them.

"I'm still to weak to do anything." Hiccup whispered. "And I still hurt all over."

Toothless chuckled as he nuzzled Hiccup again. "You went through a lot of trauma. You lost a lot of blood and have not eaten in almost a day. If you were able to move I would be surprised." Hiccup hummed weakly, agreeing with his friend. "Would you like me to tell you what you look like now?" Hiccup nodded. "Well lets see, your skin has changed, and you grew a tail, like she said. But you also grew your leg back, so you'll be able to walk normally again. Not look like such a fool trying to climb the mountain every day." Hiccup slapped him lightly.

"I wouldn't have looked that way if you carried me."

"Then you would have grown weak, and I wouldn't have been able to laugh at you." He laughed. "Remember the day you fell? I laughed so hard."

"Yeah, but you came running back down for me. Whining like you were the one hurt. And you carried me up the rest of the way that day." Hiccup whispered.

"Hmph. Well I don't like to see you hurt and we weren't having a good day anyway. So carrying you wasn't a big deal." Toothless said.

"Toothless? I'm hungry." Hiccup's stomach growled unhappily.

"I can tell. I will get you something from our reserve. We must be careful about eating through our stock though. I'm fine to hunt by myself but I'm still worried about your sire finding us. I don't want to be separated from you in this state." He got up and shook himself. He flexed his new tail fin as he made his way to their food store. He checked their supply of dried fish and game. Happy with the amount they had he plucked one out for himself, swallowing it whole. He nosed through some of the other, finding a smaller one for Hiccup. He found one for him and picked it out. He returned to his friend, who was curling in on himself. He laid down next to his shivering human who immediately pressed himself against his dragon.

"I got you one of the fish we caught a few days ago. She said that your stomach and teeth changed so you should have no problem eating this." He laid down allowing Hiccup to weakly grip his meal. Hiccup brought it to his mouth. He attempted to bite through the fish's thick skin but couldn't.

"I can't even eat, Toothless."

"Give it to me. I'll feed you like a hatchling." He took the fish from his human and began to chew it.

"Ew. I don't think I can eat that, Toothless. It's gross." Hiccup cringed at the thought.

"I have fed you like this before. I Just won't have to worry about you choking this time."

Hiccup sighed unhappily. He flipped onto his back.

"Alright Hiccup. Open your mouth." Hiccup complied to his dragon. Toothless slowly fed Hiccup the fish. He gagged at the chewed fish sliding down his throat. The fish was quickly downed and finished. Toothless laid the rest of the way down, closing his eyes.

"Are you okay? Do you feel weird or anything?" Toothless asked. Hiccup pressed himself against his dragon's heat.

"I feel better now that I've ate. Thanks for doing that for me." He whispered.

"Go to sleep. We will try to get you on your feet tomorrow. We need to fix the wall, and get more food before the freeze sets in. We barely made it last time." Hiccup weakly nodded into the dragon's chest.

The weeks quickly passed as Hiccup healed and grew used to his new body. He fixed their house and trained with Toothless. Toothless taught Hiccup how to hunt without a weapon. Hiccup embraced his new change and wanted to learn 'how to be a dragon' rather than being a friend to one. Their relationship skyrocketed as the weeks went on. Each day it grew colder until the snow began to fall on their island.