Crush
Title: Crush
Author: janna_hawkins
Summary: "Oh, very mature. I suggest something and you try to drown me."
Characters: Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to HTTYD except the first seven books, and a bunch of action figures
Author Notes: This came from a prompt by alabaster_demon over on train_dragon . "Toothless (in dragon form, please) gets an innocent 'crush' on Astrid." I couldn't resist trying it out :)
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Hiccup first noticed after one night Toothless didn't come home until after dark. Once he did, the dragon refused to acknowledge any of his questions in any way and merely plopped down in front of the fire.
Then, one day while he and Astrid were out flying with their dragons, Hiccup realized that Toothless seemed to be paying attention to something other than where he was going. He came to this conclusion this after the Night Fury had run them into a rock pillar for a third time.
"Thor's beard, Toothless, what's the matter?" the teen exclaimed, rubbing his head gingerly, sure that huge lump was forming.
The dragon whirred apologetically, his eyes on Astrid and her Nadder.
Hiccup followed his gaze and sighed. "What, you got a crush on Cojiro, or what? She's not even your own species."
Toothless turned his head to whap Hiccup with his ear before swooping down to the water. The Viking had time for one shriek before he ended up soaking wet.
"Oh, very mature. I suggest something and you try to drown me."
"Hiccup? Everything alright down there?"
"Everything's fine, Astrid. Toothless just seems to have a bit of a c-ack! Toothless!"
The dragon looked back at his freshly soaked human innocently before turning his gaze onto Astrid and her Nadder.
Astrid flew closer, grinning widely. "So what is it he's got?"
"Apparently some kind of crush on Cojiro."
"How does that work? They're not even the same species!"
"I have no idea. Toothless, how about you try not to kill me while I'm talking?"
The Night Fury simply smirked and dunked Hiccup again.
"Fine! Fine then, we'll go back to village!"
"That sounds like a good idea...you're going to get sick in those wet clothes."
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"I really don't see what your problem was," Hiccup muttered, rubbing a clean sheet of cloth over his hair. "I mean, come on, I was just teasing! Uh...Toothless? Are you even listening?"
Hiccup wandered over to where his dragon was staring out the window at Astrid as she fed her Nadder. "Hey, Toothless?"
The Night Fury looked up at him for a moment before turning his gaze back out the window.
The Viking sighed and set the makeshift towel aside, running his hand over his unruly hair as he joined Toothless in watching the two outside. "She's really something, isn't she? I'm so luck-ow!" The teen crawled backwards as the Night Fury raised his tail again threateningly. "Toothless! What are you...oh. Oh! Oh, Toothless, what?! How?! Why?!"
"Is everything alright in here?"
Hiccup sighed in relief as Toothless bounded over to where Astrid stood and rubbed his head against her shoulder.
"Hiccup? What are you doing on the floor...and what's the matter with Toothless?"
The teen pulled himself upright and glared at his dragon. "Apparently I was wrong before. He doesn't have a crush on Cojiro."
"He doesn't? Then what...oh."
"Yeah. Oh."
"But why?"
"Probably the same reason I did," Hiccup replied with a smile.
"But..."
"Just go with it, Astrid."