Ruffnut was confused to say the least.
Months ago she had stopped her failed persistent nature towards winning Eret's heart. He obviously wasn't interesting in anything she had to offer, for example her undying love for him and his arms. She was wasting her time on Eret and she wouldn't admit it but being ignored by Eret for all those months had hurt. Ruffnut genuinely liked Eret, yes for his arms and good looks but also for who he was, dragon trapper turned dragon rider, charming, funny, strong and a fighter. Which was everything Ruffnut was lacking in her life.
It had pained her to give up on Eret, but what else was she meant to do? The only problem apart from her heartbreak was the increase of attention she was now getting from Snotlout and Fishlegs. They had both assumed that since she had given up on Eret that now she was free for the taking.
Truth be told Ruffnut would of probably shown interest back to the two young men if it weren't for their reasons behind their feelings. Ruffnut was always seen as the smarter one of the twins and she knew that the only reason Snotlout and Fishlegs wanted her was because she was their only choice left.
Astrid has always been the obvious choice for the young men on Berk, it was clear Snotlout wanted her and Fishlegs was known to admire Astrid from a far, this stopped when it became apparent that Hiccup and Astrid were offical and very invested in each other. After that it wasn't long before Snotlout and Fishlegs realised that the only chance they'd ever have at relieving their hormonal frustrations was with Ruffnut.
This was why Ruffnut had been so stubborn with them, she was second choice, she wasn't either of the twos first choice and this was why she had been so hopeful with Eret. She had wanted to convince him into returning her affection, just because she wasn't going to be something he wanted out of lust, or out of competition.
So when she had finally given up on Eret and continued in her stubbornness of Snotlout and Fishlegs advances, she thought that all was lost and that one day much to her dislike that she would have to settle for either being a Jorgenson or Ingerman. When she had decided this though her confusion began to grow.
She had remained friends with Eret as she was with the other young adults of Berk but as she focused less and less of her attention on Berk and then soon no more of her attention as she spent on anyone else she began to notice small changes in Eret.
She would catch Eret looking at her before retracting his gaze as soon as they locked eyes and walking away as quick as he could. He would talk to her more and more now, trying to keep her attention but then suddenly find an excuse to leave just as she started giving in and returning that attention.
More recently Ruffnut had also noticed Eret's obvious discomfort when either Snotlout or Fishlegs were making advances on her. Whether it be him watching with a tense glare, a fist scrunched beside him or even taking he attention away from Ruffnut by asking either young men a question.
These new going on's that Ruffnut had noticed hadn't made her as happy as she once would of been. It had actually made her feel sad, angry and upset with herself. Why would Eret suddenly change his mind from being repulsed by the thought of her to suddenly fancying her.
It was impossible, Eret would never think of her that way, he had made that clear from the moment they met... yet somewhere in the back of her mind a flicker of hope would jolt around inside her but as she found herself almost giving into the hope she would quickly put the flicker out.
Why? Because it was stupid, she was stupid; and as she watched the ex dragon trapper saddle up Skullcrusher ready for the journey ahead of them she knew that he would never return the strong feelings that she felt for him.
