Toothless pulled in his last kill before the snow set in. He dropped it just inside the door.

"Hiccup did you get enough fish?" Hiccup didn't answer him. He was sitting in front of the window he created to replace the hole in their wall. Tears streaked down his cheeks and the cold wind blowing in his face threatening to freeze them to his skin. Toothless rushed to close the window and check on Hiccup.

"Hiccup what's wrong?" He asked hurriedly. He nudged his human out of his state.

"Toothless? I don't. I'm sorry you had to see that." He turned away from the dragon's intense stare.

"What's wrong?"

"Do you know what day it is?" Hiccup asked. Toothless walked away, back towards his kill.

"It's the day the freeze sets in. And we need to finish our prep so that we know if we have to risk going out tomorrow. Now come on we need count how much you caught and skin this deer." Hiccup nodded weakly and stood. He crossed the room, grabbing a knife and began to skin and bleed Toothless' deer. They both slowly worked finishing their jobs as the sun slowly fell below their mountain.

Toothless came back into the house with the last of the wood for the freeze.

"Hiccup are you finished?" Toothless asked. Hiccup nodded and held up the skin. "Good. We can dry the skin and use it in the sleeping area in a few days."

"Okay. Sure."

"Are you hungry?"

"yeah."

Toothless rummaged through Hiccup's fresh catch of fish. He ate one then grabbed one for Hiccup. Hiccup took it from his mouth and ate it without saying a thing. After he was finished he tossed what wasn't eaten outside in the snow. He closed the door, crossed the room towards Toothless. He stood in front of the dragon.

"Do you know what day it is?" Hiccup asked.

"I already told you. It's the day the freeze sets in."

"It's my birthday, Toothless." Hiccup sat down instead of laying with Toothless. He wrapped his arms around his legs.

Toothless looked down on his glum friend.

"What does it mean to you? You're birthday." Toothless asked.

"Before. When I still lived on Berk, my birthday was the only time I was treated like everyone else. We missed it last year when we were dying . I just... it's really important to me." Toothless nudged him, getting his attention.

"Is that why you weren't making eye contact or talking to me?" Hiccup nodded. "I'm sorry Hiccup. I knew it was important to you but there is something you need to know." Hiccup cocked his head, giving Toothless a confused look.

"What?"

"Your birthday is tomorrow, Hiccup." Toothless said. Hiccup's mouth hung slack jawed.

"Are you serious?" He asked. Toothless nodded quickly. "I. I can't believe. I was so sure my birthday was today. Are you sure?" Toothless nodded again. "I'm sorry."

"Hiccup can you ask you something?"

"Yeah. Of course."

"Why is your birthday so important to you. I understand that it's important to everyone but there must be a reason you were so upset that you wouldn't even acknowledge me."

Hiccup moved forward, crawling towards Toothless' side. He adjusted himself next to his dragon, getting comfortable.

"Listen Toothless I don't know if dragons celebrate birthdays but to Vikings they're important. There days to remember who was still with us. We would lose so many people during the year that it's hard to remember who still alive. So a birthday was more to enjoy that person's company. Be happy for them and their friends. It's nice.

But before. When I said that I used to be treated the same. That's not entirely true. When I was a kid, my birthday was the biggest event on the island. I was the chief's son. I was supposed to be the shining light of know. I'm the son of Stoick the Vast.

That changed when I turned ten. I woke up that morning expecting people to 'surprise' me and we'd have a big party with the other kids. But when I walked out no one was their. I thought surely they were outside, so I went outside and nothing. I went looking for my dad and when I found him he'd forgotten that it was my birthday. So from that day I make sure to celebrate. Normally by myself. I thought it was today. How? How did you know it's tomorrow?" Toothless nuzzled the back of his human's head.

"You acted like this a year ago, but I didn't ask about it. It was weird because you had never acted liked that before. So I made sure to keep track of it incase it became an issue. And you just told me that you thought it was your birthday. And you won't have celebrate by yourself. We'll do something for your birthday tomorrow. Okay?" Hiccup flipped onto his side, facing Toothless. He nodded slowly into his chest.

Hiccup fell asleep, allowing Toothless to think. 'I'm happy I defused that. If he found out. I don't know what I'd do. Good night Hiccup.'