"You are joking right?"
Sitting upon her bed, redoing her tight long braids, Ruffnut rolled her eyes before turning a glare towards her brother who was laying on his bed in their room they had shared since birth. Hiccups mission had resulted in success, while they didn't find Drago fortified on the island, Tuffnut had found Dragos remains half buried by the earth just off the beach. When they had arrived back on Berk and shared the news with their fellow Vikings a celebration had quickly been called for that very night in the great hall. This had eased Ruffnuts anxiety and dread for her date with Snotlout, with a celebration going on it would definitely be less awkward then if it was just her and Snotlout eating in the hall alone.
Her only issue now was that of her brother who upon hearing the news of her surprise date with Snotlout was beyond excited, because Ruffnut would never seriously go on a date with Snot, this had to be another setup for a yak manure prank on the shorter Viking. Ruffnut wished it was another prank but this time it wasn't and she was having a hard time convincing her brother that she was in fact serious.
"I'm not joking Butthead" Ruffnut responded not breaking away from her glare just yet, "and don't even think about trying to fuck it up" she spat
"Oh come on" whined Tuffnut, "I have the perfect idea, it involves getting Snot blind drunk so that he won't know the difference between ale and yak piss" he cackled spinning around so he was now sitting on his bed.
Ruffnut held in a returned cackle to that of her brothers and kept braiding her hair, "You wish buttbreath" she muttered deciding to now ignore her brothers antics as she finished braiding her hair.
"Ugh" Tuffnut groaned, "boring" he said with an over exaggerated sigh. "Your acting like such a girl"
"Yeah a girl that could kick your dumbass" Spat back Ruffnut in a challenging tone, "Your lucky I just redid my hair or I'd knock your teeth out"
Tuffnut let out a laugh and stood up from his bed and put on a high pitched voice, "Ooo I'm Ruffnut, I'm so scared of my handsome strong, viking brother, oh no I can't hit him I might mess up my hai- argh!"
Ruffnut tackled Tuffnut onto his bed and two instantly fell into one of their fights again.
The loud commotion from their room soon caused their mother to burst through the door. She didn't usually intervene in their tussles, but tonight was different Ruffnut was going on a date with one of her suitors and the celebration was about to start! She couldn't afford her daughter looking all 'roughed up' tonight!
"Thats enough you two!" She said as she came into the room glaring at the two who had paused mid fight on Tuffnuts bed. Tuffnut pulling at Ruffnuts braids and Ruffnut punching Tuffnuts stomach. They both new their mother was serious when she interrupted them.
"Tuffnut let go of your sister now and go clean that muck off your face" Their mother scolded pulling Ruffnut off her brother. "And you" she said addressing her daughter, "Your lucky those braids of yours have stayed in place, now put some clean clothes on and get going to you future husband"
Ruffnuts face went red, "Mother shut up!" She hissed as Tuffnut slithered off to their wash room with a snicker.
"Oh come on darling you know being a Jorgenson is the best thing offered for you" Said her mother as she turned to Ruffnuts closest and began rummaging through the clothing, "As much as your father would prefer you being an Ingerman!" She laughed, "I would have to disown you dear"
Ruffnut rolled her eyes, "Thats what father said about me being a Jorgenson" she muttered under her breath annoyed at her parents persistence in getting her betrothed but their disagreements in just who she was going to marry.
"Now what to wear, what to wear" he mother said to herself before pulling out a light purple bandeau top and a tight mid length cream coloured skirt, "Perfect, these and your leggings will be fine"
"Mother its freezing outside I need something a lot warmer then one of my summer tops" complained Ruffnut as her mother handed her the chosen outfit.
Her mother let out a small laugh, "My darling that's the point! Snotlout will give you his warm coat, its a very romantic gesture!"
Ruffnut groaned and gave her mother a look but the look that retuned her told Ruffnut that her mother wasn't going to back down from this one and as stubborn as Rufnfut herself was, she knew that there was no fighting her own mother. "Fine!" She said shooing her mother to the door, "I'll wear this and freeze to death, you happy?"
"Extremely!" Her mother beamed turned on her heel and walking away, Ruffnut could of sworn with a skip in her step.
With a scowl Ruffnut slammed the door behind her mother and groaned. This night was going to be a huge mistake.
Eret knew he shouldn't go to the celebration. He knew Ruffnut was going to be there on her date with Snotlout and he knew that it would just infuriate him and probably cause him to interrupt and make Ruffnut hate him even more. While he knew all these things it somehow hadn't stopped him from taking a warm bath, cleaning the filth and stench from his body and then proceeding to get ready for the celebration, which was actually taking a lot longer than he expected.
He had eventually decided on a long sleeved white, fleece undershirt (he made sure it covered the ugly scaring on his chest) which he paired with his usual pants. Ontop of that he wore a warm hair covered coat similar to the one he usually wore but this one was long sleeved to account for the cold weather.
Eret would only ever admit this to himself… but he was nervous. It was all because of her, for the first time in his life he actually wanted to put a bit of effort into how he looked that night. Usually he would just throw on the usual clothes scattered on his floor but this time it had taken the him around an hour to decide on what to wear even though all his clothes practically looked the same. Now he faced another dilemma, never, never in his entire life had Eret cared much for his hair, he would just comb it back and walk out the door; tonight however he was frantically looking around his small house for silver plate or anything that would give him a hint of his reflection.
"Oh come on" Eret groaned to himself as he rumaged through one of his kitchen draws, "gotcha ya' bugger!" He exclaimed with triumph as he found a worn, dimmed, silver plate at the back of the draw.
Coming to his feet Eret made his way towards the fire he had going for warmth to get some light. Holding the plate up he looked at his dull reflection and began pushing his hair back making sure there were no loose strands hanging anywhere. No matter how much he groomed himself (which anyone would compare to a peacock) Eret found that nothing would ease the nerves building up inside of him.
Letting out a frustrated sigh Eret dropped the plate to the ground and rested his face in his hands, "Come on you brute" he mumbled into his palms, "Leave her to have her date" his heart stung at his own words, "and go get drunk with Gobber and his drinking buddies"
Taking in a short breath, Eret pulled away from his hands before standing up and looking towards his door, he felt a little better thinking about spending time with Gobber and his drinking friends they were some of the only locals on Berk that would talk to him and they usually made good conversation. 'They'd be a good distraction from Ruffnut' he thought to himself as he made his way towards his door, opening it up. He could hear the celebration from his house and the village was practically deserted. It sounded like one of the biggest celebrations Eret had ever seen. Closing the door behind him Eret felt a shudder run through his body as a cold wind rushed over him…it was going to be a cold night.
"AHAHAHAH, I JUST I CAN'T BREATH!"
Ruffnut would of punched her brother if her hands weren't wrapped around her side, doing little to keep herself warm. The twins accompanied by their parents had walked from their house towards the Hall and had just reached the top of the many stairs. As soon as she had emerged from her bedroom Tuffnut had burst out laughing at the little clothing she had on whilst telling her how she was going to become a human icicle by the end of the night. Ruffnuts mother had then explained how much more attractive this type of clothing would make her for Snotlout which had then led to her parents arguing once more about her being an Ingermen or a Jorgenson.
All Ruffnut wanted to do was get inside this hall, sit down, eat some hot food and drink…. preferably till she passed out. "Outta my way" she said pushing Tuffnut to the side and squeezing between her parents entering the hall before any of them. She felt herself smile as a rush of heat hit her frozen skin and the loud, deafening celebrations of her people sounded out through the packed hall.
This was short lived, she saw the eyes of some vikings lay upon her, some of then chuckling upon seeing what she was wearing in this weather and others (the older men) eyeing her up. She now missed the cold air outside, at least there was nobody there to laugh or gawk at her dumb outfit.
Before she could make her escape outside her mothers cold hand grabbed her shoulder "Come of darling lets go find your date, oh! There he is with Spitelout, Snotlout! Spitelout! Over here"
Ruffnut's eyes nearly rolled into the back of her head at her mothers shrieking cries. She heard Tuffnut nearly wetting himself from laughter beside her and the sounds of her father annoyingly grumbling "I'm off for a drink". Opening her eyes she saw Spitelout and Snotlout approaching, she nodded her head as a greeting to Spitelout who returned one with a huge smile on his face, she turned to look at Snotlout and felt her stomach churn. He wasn't even looking at her, well he was but his eyes were glued to her busty breasts that were covered with that thin purple materiel.
When they came to a stop in front of Ruffnut, her mother and brother there was an awkward silence as Tuffnut muffled his laughter, Snotlout drooled over Ruffnuts chest and Ruffnut shooting daggers at the small viking in disgust.
"Shall we leave the young ones to it!?" The twins mother beamed disrupting the silence and gesturing for Spitelout to come with her to join a group of other vikings.
"Aye!' Laughed Spitelout giving his son a hard pat on the back and grinning back and fourth between Ruffnut and Snotlout, "Try to bring him back in one piece will ya!" He said walking past Ruffnut also giving her a pat on the back.
Ruffnut grimaced at that before giving Spitlout and her mother an obviously forced smile.
Her mother returned her smile with small wave goodbye before guiding Spitelout into the crowd of Vikings hastily. Ruffnuts gaze followed the two into the crowd, she felt herself wishing she was with them and getting away from this horrible mistake of hers.
"What are you looking at that's so interesting" Snapping out of her thoughts Ruffnut looked back towards her brother and Snotlout and saw that her twin was referring to Snotlout.
"Shutup!' Snapped Ruffnut was a glare towards her brother before marching forwards and grabbing Snotlouts beefy forearm, "Come on" she spat almost pulling the man over with her force, "Where were you sitting muttonhead"
Snotlout who was pulled out of his trance looked around and pointed towards a table right before them, "Uh right there babe" he said with a nervous grin. Ruffnut felt her heart sink, this really wasn't going to plan, first her mother picks her dumb outfit and now Snotlouts table is of course right by the open doors of the hall right where the cold wind would gust in. She looked at Snotlout with a questioning, annoyed gaze but he was serious.
"Ugh" Ruffnut groaned looking at the table before her (Snotlout better offer her his fucking bear skin coat for this), "Fine" she said walking towards it, "But go get me some stew first I'll get the Ale" she said breaking away from her brother and Snotlout but not before catching the glint in her brothers eye upon hearing the word ale. She so wanted to join in on the prank now, but she knew that if she did and her mother found out that she had foiled a date she would be dead.
Ruffnut sighed to herself as she made her way into the crowd of vikings and towards the ale. She started pouring three large mugs of the brown liquid when she heard a chuckle behind her, Ruffnut felt her eye twitched and turned on her heel ready to remind this viking not to mess with a Thorsten. She spotted the Viking straight away and her anger shifted to annoyance but with a hint of humour, "Don't say it" said Ruffnut crossing her arms.
Astrid threw up her arms in defence a playful grin on her face, "I didn't say anything" she chuckled walking closer towards her friend, "but if I was to say something, I would say that outfit is ridiculously and surely even you know that"
"You gonna offer me your furs then?" Said Ruffnut with an eyebrow raised, gesturing towards the warm, enticing white furs Astrid had wrapped around shoulders and waist.
"Look I know I'm a nice girl but I'm not that nice" laughed Astrid as she poured herself a large mug of the ale, "Seriously though" she paused briefly, "Whats going on with you?"
"Hmm?" Questioned Ruffnut taking a small sip from her mug.
"Well I mean Snotlout? You and Snotlout?"
"What you'd prefer I was out here on a date with Fishlegs?"
"No, no, no I didn't mean it like that.." Defended Astrid, "I meant, well surely there's other people around that you'd rather go for" she said.
Ruffnut felt dasavou wash over her, didn't she have this conversation with Eret already, "Sorry Astrid but Eret's already bet you to this conversation" she sighed swirling her drink in her mug aimlessly.
Shock washed across Astrids face, "He what?" She said in disbelief.
"You know gave me this whole boring blah, blah speech about how I shouldn't settle for second best and how there's someone our there for me and its not Snotlout or Fishlegs" Said Ruffnut lazily, "He got so angry when I told him I had to settle for one of those two idiots sooner the later though, he was being such a dick about it"
Astrid couldn't believe what she was hearing and also couldn't believe that Ruffnut hadn't pieced everything together, "Ruffnut are you seri-"
"Ruffnut!" Came a stern voice as the twins mother appeared seemingly out of the blue beside Ruffnut, "Stop drinking that ale and head back to Snotlout right now!" She snapped shaking her head at her daughter.
"Mother, I'm just getting drinks for us" Ruffnut retorted in annoyance giving her mother a glare.
"You can get drinks for your Snotlout your brother can get his own! And as for you, you will not be drinking tonight! I need you to be alert Ruffnut and take advantage of your sober mind! Stay alert and show him that smart, beautiful girl you are!" The without another word Ruffnuts mother snatched two of the three mugs of ale from the table and gestured for Ruffnut to head back to Snotlout, "Go on off with you" she ordered.
Ruffnut opened her mouth to respond but was interrupted.
"Now Ruffnut" her mother snapped in a stern, demanding tone, a hint of her temper shining through in her voice.
Ruffnut gave her mother a glare, there was no point fighting her mother when she had her mind set on something. She just had to put up with it, grabbing the single mug of ale Ruffnut pushed back through the crowd without another glance at Astrid or her mother.
"Oh hello Astird dear"
Astrid who was still processing what she had just heard snapped her attention towards the Thorsten woman. "Hello Helga" Astrid said giving the older woman a respectable nod.
"You snatched up the last good man darling! How I wish my daughter would be as lucky!" Said Helga with a laugh giving the younger Viking a smile her attitude changing completely.
Astrids gaze landed on a table not far from her and Ruffnuts mother. She felt a smirk come across her face, "No, I think there's one more good one"
Eret upon arriving had found Gobber and his drinking buddies sitting on a table which was conveniently placed just behind all the ale. Which was perfect for them and a great distraction for Eret who had filled two large mugs of the ale before throwing himself down beside Gobber who was engaged in conversation with two other vikings that Eret knew as Bucket and Mulch. They were alright, Bucket being a simple man but Eret still didn't mind him, he'd put up with anyone just to keep himself occupied.
"Argh there he is!" Announced Gobber in glee as Eret sat down beside him, he gave the man a hearty pat on the back that nearly made Eret spit out the ale he was drinking, "We can all sleep a little easier knowing that bastard Drago is no more then bones!" He laughed taking a large swig of his own ale.
Eret gave Gobber and the other two a smile and nodded his head, "Aye, one less problem to worry about" he replied before having another drink from his first mug.
"Ya' find those bones yourself there lad?" Questioned Mulch who's face was going red from the drink.
"No it was Tuffnut actually" Eret answered pausing briefly, "Found the remains by chance just off the beach" his mind beginning to linger back towards the female twin, he needed a distraction; finished his first mug of ale he quickly grabbed the second one "Now come on!" he stated standing up, "which one of you bastards are going to try and outdrink Eret son of Eret" and with the jeers of his fellow drinking buddies Eret sculled his last mug of ale before giving them a grin and going to fetch some large jugs full of the beverage.
After about the ten minute mark of trying to outdrink these older vikings Eret knew there was no way he was going to out last them, he could already feel the heat in his cheeks and he was only just starting the fourth mug! Even Bucket looked like he was holding himself better.
"Oh how cute he's going pink in the cheeks already!" Laughed Gobber before grabbing one of the jugs while indicating for Eret to finish the one he was on.
'Yeah definitely a mistake' thought Eret with a nervous gulp before sculling his practically full mug, "Go on then" he said holding it out for Gobber to fill up.
"Theres a good lad" chuckled Gobber before turning back to face Mulch and Bucket who were chuckling at the ex dragon trapper as he began his fifth mug.
Eret gave them a amused smile before shaking his head and having a drink from his mug and, his eyes wandered over the other vikings around them but then rested on blue eyes that were looking at his mischievously. It was Astrid, she was standing by the table with the large barrels of ale a smirk on her face as she looked at him, there was a woman beside her and Eret gulped as he saw it was Helga Thorsten, the mother of the twins. What was Astrid so amused about? And why was she talking to Helga?
Then as if on cue Eret felt a hand grab his shoulder, "Go on shove across Gobber"
Eret looked up to his left and his jaw nearly dropped. Standing right above him was the twins father GarthNut Thorsten who had an annoyed expression plastered on his face and a mug of ale in hand. Eret let out a groan, the whole point of him getting drunk with Gobber was to avoid thinking about or even seeking out Ruffnut but it felt like the gods were trying to voice him too.
"Aye Garth why some glum on this celebration of a night!" Exclaimed Gobber as he slid across the seat pulling Eret with him.
Garthnut sat himself down beside Eret and took a swig from his mug, "Your all lucky your not married" he spat with a grimace his eyes looking into his ale, "Bloody woman boasting about her victory"
Eret sat awkwardly between the two larger man as he finished his mug of ale which Mulch quickly replenished for him.
"What you two arguing bout' now?" Mulch questioned.
Without saying a word Garthnut raised his arm and pointed his finger towards the halls open doors to a table.
Eret followed the direction of Garthnuts point and as soon as his eyes landed on the subject he felt his body tense up. The gods really did hate him. There was Ruffnut, sitting at the table expressionless as she listened to one of her brothers drunken tales, her outfit was extremely odd for a night like this, Snotlout didn't seem to care though as he ogled Ruffnut's bust and every inch of her skin that was showing. Eret felt disgust building up inside of him as he saw the expression on Snotlouts face. That viking truely was a pig of a man.
"Ah let them be Garth" said Gobber turning to face the Thorsten man, "She's just doing what any other girl her age would be"
"I know but I'd prefer it wasn't with a Jorgenson let alone that oaf" growled Garthnut before finishing his drink. He stood up and looked around, "I'm going to find the Ingerman boy and send him over, I'd rather my daughter not marry a complete fool"
Without a word and without taking his eyes off of Ruffnut Eret began drinking again, the sickened feeling chest becoming more strong as he Ruffnut making conversation and Snotlout replying but only to her chest. It was disgusting, Snotlout didn't deserve to be sitting there with her, he didn't deserve to have any shape or form of her attention. Eret was jealous and this was only confirmed as he saw Fishlegs pushing his way through the crowd towards the Thorsten girl, his eyes also glued to her chest.
Finishing his drink Eret instantly refilled his mug and fell into silence as the older vikings around him continued to speak amongst themselves. He drunk that mug quicker then he had any other and continued to refill and drink, soon falling into a pattern. His eyes fixated on the table before him.
This was definitely the worst idea Ruffnut had ever had. This whole stupid date had just been her watching Snotlout and her brother get drunk, listening to Tuffnuts drunken stories (which she would normally join in on if her mother hadn't banned her from drinking) and to her disgust every single time Snotlout would speak to her his eyes would land on her chest.
"You should dress like this more *hic* often babe your so hot tonight" Snotlout slurred with a hiccup as he yet again ran his eyes up and down the female twin, Ruffnut taking note that Snotlout was obviously oblivious to fact that she was freezing, with goosebumps plastering her skin head to toe.
"Yeah maybe when its warmer weather, I'm freezing" Replied Ruffnut wrapping her arms around herself trying to send Snotlout a hint that she was close to being frozen. Of course her efforts were useless.
"No way you've never looked better babe" said Snotlout the smell of Ale reeking from his breath as he grinned at her. Ruffnut stared at Snotlouts coat and felt envy rush over her at how warm it looked, she hated to admit it but she was glad she was next to Snotlout, heat was radiating off him, because of his appropriate attire and it helped that he was drunk and flushed.
"Ugh" groaned Tuffnut who was sitting across from them, he had slightly pink cheeks and was definitely not as drunk as he was putting on. Ruffnut knew he was only pretending so that Snotlout wouldn't expect a prank coming. "Can we talk about something other than my sister" he groaned.
"Are you serious *hic* dude she's smoken'" slurred Snotlout sluggishly.
Tuffnut scrunched his face up in disgust and was about to answer when Fishlegs appeared out of the blue beside him, almost knocking Tuffnut off the seat with the force of his landing.
"Who invited you?!" Said Snotlout in annoyance glaring at the man before him.
"I'm just here to spend time with my friends and my darling" said Fishlegs innocently before looking towards Ruffnut smiling at her before his eyes too went down to her bust. Fishlegs face instantly went bright red and he looked away from Ruffnut eyes wide.
'Great, I knew Snotface was a sleaze but Fishbutt?' Ruffnut thought, her temper starting to surface. This was getting beyond ridiculous, she'd never been degraded like this before and it was starting to hurt that they couldn't even look her in the eyes.
Snotlout laughed at Fishlegs reaction and he suddenly felt cocky once again, he was on a proper date with Ruffnut after all and he'd obviously won the fight over Fishlegs, it was time to boast his victory to the larger man before him. "Stay if you want Fishlegs but your darling is now officially my princess you know" he said smugly slinging an arm loosely around Ruffnuts shoulders and pulling her closer.
"Ugh" groaned Tuffnut disgust all over his face " I'm off to the yak stal- to get some ale, yea ale" he said quickly coming to his feet and slinking off with a small laugh.
Ruffnut glared after Tuffnut for leaving her with these two and looked back towards Snotlout about to yell at him for pulling her closer but it was then she noticed how warm she was now. The fur from Snotlouts coat now covered her shoulders, his arm resting around her was large and warm and the warmth of his body pressed on hers was soothing and comforting. There was no way, no way ever that Ruffnut would normally let Snotlout do this but the thought of facing the cold again was just too much to bear. She let out a small sigh of defeat and moved her body slightly closer to his getting warmer as she did. She'd let it slide this time.
Snotlout and Fishlegs had now fallen into a argumentative conversation but Ruffnut paid no attention and simply closed her eyes embracing the warmth and instead drowning the two out with the sounds of the celebration around her.
Once again Ruffnuts momentarily peace was short lived. As Snotlout and Fishlegs continued to talk, she felt Snotlouts warm that was around her shoulder drop lower, she didn't take much notice at first and was too warm to care when suddenly her eyes shot open in shock. Snotlout as he continued to talk to Fishlegs had rested his hand on her chest and to her horror she felt his hand squeeze slightly upon it.
This was when her rage boiled over.
"You son of a bitch" Ruffnut leapt at the man to her left and her fist collided with Snotlouts stunned face, knocking him off the seat and onto the ground, in an instant Ruffnut threw herself on-top of him and started a relentless assault of hits to his face. She felt his nose break beneath her hits as blood splattered from his nose onto her face, "DON'T EVER FUCKING TOUCH ME AGAIN" she shouted as Snotlout groaned in pain beneath her.
Stumbling to her feet she left the stocky viking withering in pain on the ground as he held his nose and she turned to face the crowd of vikings who had come to halt of celebrations behind her. Fishlegs wide eyed and as pale as a ghost, fear in his eyes, Astrid and Hiccup looking at the scene in shock, she saw her mother and father together, her mother horrified and her dad looking pleased with herself and she saw movement through the crowd of someone trying to come and have a better look.
She really couldn't care less though, all she cared about was getting out of this hall even if that meant facing the cold but funnily enough she could use some air right now. With a final look of disgust towards Snotlout and a threatening glare at Fishlegs Ruffnut turned and walked towards the door heading out into the open.
"Ruffnu-" came the sound of Astrids voice.
"leave me alone" Ruffnut said not looking back as she exited the building. Walking down towards the steps she came to a halt and plonked herself down on the first step, resting her head in her hands. Hiccup must of told everyone to continue the celebration because once again the hall was full of loud chatter and laughter. Vikings had a tendency to move on from fights quite fast.
Looking out over the quiet village before her Ruffnut sighed. She now knew, one hundred percent that she would never be a Jorgenson or an Ingerman, she was going to remain a Thorsten for life unless she did decide to settle for one of Gobber drinking buddies. 'Yea well that's for another day' Ruffnut thought as she looked down at her bloodied knuckle and began wiping it on her skirt.
A voice suddenly sounded out behind her, causing Ruffnut to spin her head around expecting it to be either her annoying mother, Astrid or even Snotlout or Fishlegs. It wasn't and she felt herself draw in a sharp breath as he spoke.
"I take it there's not going to be a second date?"
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