Hiccup looked at his dragon. He slyly smiled at him too. Toothless sighed.
"I don't like that look Hiccup. Your thinking about something dangerous." The dragon scolded.
"Oh come on Toothless. You don't think we could take on one sick dragon? I mean come on, how hard could it be?"
"You've never seen her Hiccup. She's taller than trees and bigger than the houses on your old island. Even if she is sick, she'll be tough, smart and way faster than you'd think."
"Well we have to something Toothless. We can't just sit around. She lives in Helheim's gate right? They wouldn't be able to follow us there. We would finally be truly safe."
"I just don't know Hiccup. Maybe I could convince her to let us stay there but not likely. We would probably have to run for our lives."
"Toothless I think we have to risk it. I just don't feel safe anymore. Please don't think it's because I don't think you can protect me. It's just that I don't want them to find us again. I promised to protect you and if we can live there, we would be the most protected possible."
Toothless sighed. He couldn't believe he was about agree with going back to the place he escaped. His mind instantly went to the worst situations possible. Having to grovel and beg wasn't something he liked to do but for his mate he'd swallow his pride. Hiccup moved over to him. Placing his hand on the dragon's head.
"Hey!" Hiccup snapped him out of his thought. "It's going to be okay. Okay? Listen if you don't think it would work than just say so. I know it's a bad idea but if we weren't outside I don't think we would have made it. They would have just broke in or smoked us out. We got lucky. I don't like that."
"I know. I know. I just don't know how she'll react. I've been gone for almost three years. I was her greatest tool. I strike fear into everything I come across. Except you. How do you think she would react to knowing that a human broke her control over me?"
Hiccup laughed and flexed both his arms.
"She'd probably be pretty mad." Hiccup said lightly. "I know I would be." He laughed. Toothless rolled his eyes.
"Please be serious Hiccup."
"I'm just trying to lighten the mood. We're going to end up stressing ourselves out and doing nothing. Maybe we should stay here again tonight. Figure out what we should do before making our move." Toothless did like that idea. But he thought about the people hunting them down.
"What about your dad? He's still looking for us. What if he finds us?"
"They're probably going back to Berk. Two of their people died. They'll have to go back and have funerals for them. It would be irresponsible for my father to not give them that. So we'll be fine unless we flew closer to Berk and they happen to land here and then happen to find us. The only reason I suggested going to the Queen's nest is so that we have safety in the future. We're fine tonight. I promise."
Toothless visibly loosened his muscles. He sighed happily.
"I knew you'd like that." Hiccup laughed. He jumped onto his dragon's back, hugging him tightly around the neck. That didn't last very long as Toothless bucked him off. Hiccup rolled away before standing. Toothless crouched down facing his opponent. Hiccup ran at his dragon getting low so he could get under him and knock off his center of gravity. Toothless raised his Paw and struck down on the back of Hiccup's head. Hiccup slide on his face until he passed Toothless entirely.
"You go for that every time Hiccup. You need to change your approach." Hiccup pushed himself up, face bloody and body covered in abrasions. Toothless spun on his front leg, bracing himself for Hiccup's next attack. Hiccup ran at him again trying to trick his dragon. Just before he reached the large beast he stopped. Toothless swiped low again expecting the same thing. Hiccup placed a hand on the top of Toothless' head, lunging himself onto the dragon's back. He spun around and began to strike at the back of Toothless' head. The dragon dodged the first two strikes by getting lucky. The third strike hit him square in the head. His sight flashed white for a second. He shook his head and rolled over. Hiccup fell from his position and before he could react he was pinned down. Toothless nuzzled under Hiccup's chin.
"You get better everytime. Soon we'll be able to fight on level ground. I liked what you did for your second attack. I wasn't expecting that. Things like that keep your opponent guessing. It increases your chances of living." He took his Paw off his small human. He laid down, pawing at where Hiccup hit him. Hiccup jumped up. He went around to the dragon's head to check on him.
"Did I get you too hard?" He ran his fingers over the dark skin.
"I wasn't expecting it, I'll tell you that." Toothless laughed. "And don't worry about hitting me too hard. I'm resilient and it's going to take more than that to bring me down."
"You're avoiding the question Toothless. Did I hurt you?"
"It's definitely bruised. But I'll live, I think." Hiccup climbed on top of his friend. He spread himself out, placing his cheek on Toothless' shoulder. He reached up and rubbed the dragon's neck and behind his ear. Toothless purred loudly, vibrating his whole body. Hiccup giggled to himself. He liked the feeling of the vibrations and Toothless scales against his skin. It made him feel at home. Like that's where he belonged. Toothless shifted under Hiccup so he could look at him.
"You're asking me if I'm fine? Look at yourself. Did I hurt you?" Hiccup ran his other hand over himself. He looked at his hand finding streaks of blood.
"And your head too Hiccup." Hiccup found a cut in his forehead and hissed when he accidentally reopened it.
"If I wasn't underneath you I'd clean you up."
Hiccup hummed happy. He liked the intimate feeling of Toothless' tongue. His arm got tired so he dropped it to scratch Toothless' chest.
"So what do you think the rest of our life is going to be like?" Hiccup asked lazily. Toothless huffed while he thought.
"Well if we go through with going to the Queen's nest. We'll probably have a tough time. If we don't, we can go south, island hop for awhile. Find a place to live, build a house again. Live like we were. Other than that? I hope that it gets a little easier. We've been cutting it too close for too long."
"Yeah. We don't do well in the winter do we?"
"We did better than our first year. We just need to prepare better. I think we underestimate how much we eat and drink. If we prepared earlier we probably would have been fine."
Hiccup hummed, agreeing with Toothless.
"What do you want to do for the rest of the day?"
"Let's just stay like this. I'm feeling lazy. We don't get to do that everyday." Toothless responded. Hiccup closed his eyes. Toothless watched him until Hiccup was asleep then went to sleep himself.