Thirty minutes after Hiccup had gone to retrieve Snotlout he returned, with a hungover Snotlout not far behind him.
Eret glanced at the pair while he stood beside Skullcrusher, his arms crossed. He couldn't help but smirk at the sight of Snotlout who looked worse then he did. Eye bags, messy hair and of course a coating on manure on his backside. It was a sight for sore eyes that was for sure.
Snotlout slowly made his way into the arena grunting a greeting to his dragon Hookfang who was resting beside BarfBelch and the twins. Eret watched as Snotlout suddenly perked up upon seeing Ruffnut tending to Barf and felt his smirk drop to a frown.
"Hey babe" said Snotlout standing straight up as he made his way towards her.
Ruffnut physically shuddered upon hearing Snotlout approaching her, "Hey Snotface" she said without looking at him.
Snotlout pouted sadly at her lack of enthusiasm but quickly shook it off and continued his onslaught of affection.
"Where'd you go last night babe, date nights no fun without my princess" he said with a grin coming to stand beside the girl.
Tuffnut scowled at Snotlout and felt his stomach churn at the words, he was quickly reminded though from the throbbing black eye he had that Ruffnut could handle herself, so he sat back on Belches head and watched the scene unfold before him.
"Date night" scoffed Ruffnut glancing down at the shorter man, "gimme' a break" she said.
"Date night" piped in Fishlegs who had slowly made his way over to ensure Snotlout wouldn't get all the attention.
Ruffnut groaned and looked down at the ground letting out a deep breath. To think she was in a good mood only moments ago.
"That's right Fishface" Said Snotlout pushing his chest out triumphantly, "me and my princess went out last night"
Eret watched the scene unfold before him in discomfort, a pit of anger growing in his stomach. She wasn't his, she was nowhere hear his but the fact that those two idiots where trying their best to woo the girl was turning Eret green with envy.
Fishlegs went to say something to Snotlout but Snotlout was quick it cut him off. "It was pretty romantic night if I do say some myself" he said smugly. Earning a huge groan from Ruffnut as she avoided eye contact with the two young men.
"Aye nothing says romance more clearly then a coating of yak manure on your back does it Snotlout?"
Ruffnut, Snotlout, Fishlegs and Tuffnut all turned to see Eret now standing close behind Snotlout.
Eret looked at the four with a smile and continued "a romantic date in a manure pile? Even your better then that" scoffed Eret.
Snotlout glared at the taller man about to spit something back when Hiccup conveniently chose to defuse the situation.
"Guys, guys come on" said Hiccup catching their attention, "there's no time for this" he sighed.
"But he" started Snotlout.
"Maybe don't sleep in a pile of Yak manure then" said Astrid, a hand on her hip with a grin across her face, infuriating Snotlout further.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut cackled together earning Snotlouts pride to further be damaged.
"Alright, alright" said Hiccup calming the situation, "let's saddle up gang" he said turning and walking towards Toothless.
Fishlegs scurried quickly past Eret towards Meatlug, not wanting the man to have dig at him too.
Snotlout walked past Eret giving the man a firm glare, his face red with embarrassment as he mounted Hookfang.
Great, thought Eret, another person pissed off. For some reason though embarrassing Snotlout didn't bother him and at all, in fact it made his mood improve drastically. Eret chuckled to himself and was about to move towards Skullcrusher when he locked eyes with Ruffnut.
She was still standing beside her dragon, a smile on her face as he locked eyes with her. She mouthed a thanks to him gently and beamed at him again.
Eret stared at the girl before smiling as quick as he could and turning on his heel rushing back towards his dragon before his face heated up too much.
Ruffnut looked after Eret he smile turning into a frown. He didn't like her, she thought as she climbed into her saddle. She should just leave him alone
Eret groaned as he climbed onto Skullcrusher resting his face in his palms. He had to stop doing that, she had moved on from him and he was just making the situation worse by having feelings for her. He should just leave her alone.
While everyone got saddled up Astrid had watched the situation between Eret and Ruffnut unfold before her eyes. She narrowed her eyes thoughtfully at the pair and could clearly see Eret's red face as he walked away from Ruff. Astrid could tell that Ruffnut still fancied the ex dragon trapper and in the last two months Astird had began to notice Eret staring at Ruffnut, trying to talk to her and when a conversation started would quickly leave and also defended her from the advances of Snotlout and Fishlegs.
Astrid looked towards Hiccup and knew that she'd had a conversation with him on the way to the island.
She was going to fix this.
