Hiccup's POV
I can't believe that Toothless and I had our first proper flight! I mean, we almost died, but hey, it was fun anyway!

As I think, I start to mess around with my pencil, rolling it up and down the table and straitening it when it goes off course. Really, I'm rather bored.
Oh, gods. I have to stop accidentally winning in dragon training.
Oor... I could run off with Toothless!
I perk up slightly.
Now, THAT would be fun!
I wouldn't be missed. At all. like I bet it'd take a week for people to notice there's no destruction around the village. And the village would most definitely throw a party to celebrate!

I'm broke out if my thoughts by my dad entering the forge, surprising me.
What?! He's back already?!

"Dad! You're back! Gobber's not here, so..." I awkwardly say, trying to hide all my sketches of Toothless and the tail designs.

"I know. I came looking for you!" was his reply, pretty much hitting his head on his way in.
Why?
"You...did?" I say, closing my journal without looking at it and sliding it onto the pile to try and cover them up. I'm not used to this. Did I do something wrong? Haha! what kind of question is that? Of course I did, I trained a night Fury! Though there's no way he could know that.... right?!
"You've been keeping secrets!" My dad accuses.
(My reaction: O-O)
"I... uh..I Ha-I have?" I awkwardly say.
"Just how long did you think you could hide it from me? The whole village has noticed!" He continues.
Was it really that obvious? This whole time?! Oh my Thor. I am SO dead. Maybe I can lie out of it?

"Uh..I...I...I don't know what you're..." I try, but fail, to lie.
Yep... I can't lie out of this.
He holds me in an intense stare. "Nothing happens on this island without me hearing about it." Dad says louder.
Oh, no.

"Oh?" I offer, not knowing what else to say.

"So. Let's talk about that dragon!"
I accidentally slide my journal off the table in shock, in my mind I'm having some sort of panic attack.
HE KNOWS! OH GODS! DOES HE HAVE TOOTHLESS? ARGH IM IN IT DEEP HERE! HE KNOWS! OH GODS. Maybe if I be straight up honest He might spare Toothless? IM SO DEAD!

"Oh, gods. Dad I'm so sorry. I..I-I was going to tell you, I was! I just didn't know how to--" I blurt out, getting cut off by my dad. He's........ Chuckling? I nervously join in.

Wait, now he's full on bellowing with laughter.
What?! What exactly is so funny?

"You're..you're not... upset?" I hesitantly ask.
This could be one of those situations when they snap suddenly.
"WHAT?! I was hoping for this!" My father exclaims, giving me a heart attack at 'What?!' and he punches me jokingly. (He doesn't know his own strength, it seems.)

Wait, what?!
Surely he couldn't.....
"Uh......you....you were?" was the reaction from me, narrowing my eyes and turning my head, confused.
You mean you were HOPING your useless, stubborn, disobedient, runt of a son would shoot down a dragon, let it go, go back to see it, feed it fish, build it a tail, feed it more and finally ride it?

"Oh, believe me, it only gets better! Just wait 'till you spill a Nadder's guts for the first time! And mount your first Gronckle head on a spear! WHAT A FEELING!"

He punches me lightly, well lightly to him, on 'WHAT A..." and I am thrown back and into a basket. Oh thank Oh.... never mind then, thank Thor. He doesn't know. He doesn't know!

" You really had me going there, son!" I struggle to get out of the basket. This is awkward. I look up a little hopefully as I struggle out.
"All those years of the worst Viking Berk has ever seen! Odin, it was rough! I almost gave up on you! And all the while, you were holding out on me! OH, THOR ALMIGHTY!"

I manage to get out of the basket, and am looking on in surprise at my dad but I can't stop the feeling of hurt when he says 'Worst Viking!'
Oh gee thanks dad, so kind! I think sarcastically.
Pretty sure Mildew isn't much of a Viking. What about Alvin? I know you hate him!

"Ah. With you doing so well in the ring, we finally have something to talk about!" my dad rants, pulling up a chair and inching to me, his face gives away his relieve, surprise and joy. Now I feel guilty, not knowing what to say.
Uh...this is awkward. Look at his face! So eager.
"Oh, I... brought you something. To keep you safe in the ring." my dad says after a few seconds of silence. He holds up a viking helmet and adjusts one of its horns. He hands it to me.

My first real gift (besides Toothless, he's a gift) in years!

I run a hand over it. "Wow. Thanks!" I say sincerely.

"Your mother would've wanted you to have it!" Dad says softly. I smile slightly bigger.
That makes me so happy to know.
"It's half of her breast plate!"
I draw my hand away, curling my fingers.

That's uh.....disturbing.
"Matching set. Keeps her close, y'know?" my dad taps his own.
How can you wear that on your head?!
"Wear it proudly. You deserve it. You've held up your end of the deal!" my dad says.
Yeah, a one sided deal. And if only you knew....
hang on, now that I think of it, did dad even have HIS side of the deal?! Well, I guess sending me to dragon training counts as his end... not that I wanted to go.
I fake yawn. "I should really.. get to bed..." I say, trying to end the conversation.
Wow the odds have turned... usually I would be the one trying to start a conversation between us, now I'm the one ending it!

What we say next gets mixed up awkwardly.

( "Yes! Good! Okay. Good talk. Yeah, I-I'll See you back at the house. We should do this again. I'm great. Uh, Thanks for stopping by. Glad I stopped by, I hope you uh, like the hat. And for the... the breast hat!" Is what they say and Hiccup is underlined. )

"Well, uh... good night!" my dad says before leaving.
It has been years since he has said that, too!

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