—t u f f n u t

What's with people getting bad wake-up lines?

Today, I woke up. Everyone obviously does. But I woke up. I immediately staggered to my feet because I fell off the bed and I could only roll my eyes as to who the culprit might have been.

"Odin's ass," I breathed.

"Drag your ass to the kitchen, Thorston, stop being late, good grace." Ruff yelled straight in my ear, I could feel the exact moment my earwax cowered in fear.

Hey, that rhymed, Greek god Apollo please commend me.

Begrudgingly walking down the stairs, I sat at the dining table to eat breakfast. The cereal tastes especially weird today.

"Hey, Ruff? Is this the day you finally decided to murder me? Why does the cereal taste like food poisoning?"

"Maybe because it's expired? Idiot?"

I spat out all my breakfast. This day just keeps on getting more interesting.

"Great! Now clean your own mess, loser. Literally." Ruffnut rolled her eyes, clearly done with whatever the heck I'm dealing with. Have I done it? Have I finally crossed the line? Is Ruffnut going to put me up for adoption?

—

—r u f f n u t

Thanks a lot, Tuffnut. My day has officially been ruined.

Yesterday was kind of a blast, finally some good drama in this generation. Hiccup Haddock was into this kind of lover's spat with the new kid, I could've guessed not all entertainment in this world would last too long.

Passing by the house corridors, I had the unfortunate chance of hearing Tuffnut singing the same song, yet again, and now it's threatening to get stuck in my brain.

Hush little viking don't you cry,
or the Berserker will stab you in the eye
Don't let the enemy see you afraid,
or he's going to gut you with a rusty blade
If a dragon hears you moan,
he's going to mash up all your bones
I promise, Scauldy, if you don't kill me,
my friend and I will get you out to sea

It just never ends, Lord Frey make it stop. He keeps singing the same song over and over again, it had become a routine. He once explained that it was a memory of his 'pet,' a wild fish that had desperately been needed to be cast out to sea because of its behavior. Tuffnut loved the little guy too much, he named it 'Scauldy.'

Tuffnut takes too long, I'm leaving him.

Ten minutes before class.

—

—a s t r i d

Hiccup Haddock. Greendale V.I.P. Teachers' most trusted pawn. His milkshake brings all the ladies to the yard.

Kind of unbelievable that he's the one playing Robin Hood in the olden days.

I'm still beating myself up for getting flustered in front of him a couple of days ago. I made the whole thing weird, trust me to say I never meant it to. He was blushing too! It wasn't entirely me at fault!

Rushing through the gates, I roughly had five minutes left.

Dagur D. Ranged met me halfway through, just when I thought I could have the chance of sneaking in. I hate this guy. He's one of those self-entitled teachers whom you really don't learn anything from.

He raised an eyebrow, "Good to see you, Miss Hofferson," he glanced somewhere behind me and nodded, "Miss Thorston." He sneered. "I was about to shut the doors but I'm guessing you still have an excuse to report?"

I internally groaned.

Hail fifth grade theater for acting skills. For extra impact, I leaned forward to whisper in his ear, "It's the monthly ladies' Christmas gift, sir, my period held me a bit later than I intended."

I saw his eyes going wide. He cleared his throat and nodded off to Thorston — Ruffnut, if I could remember, my newbie knowledge wasn't exactly stellar. "Reason?"

Ruffnut just stared, completely out of it. Although I'm guessing that is how she was most of the time. When Dagur D. Ranged decided that time was up, he yelled, "Detention! Get out of my class before I drag you out myself." Because public humiliation is always the best way for a good teacher to express anger, am I right?

Poor girl, the next thing I did was completely unplanned.

"Mr. Ranged! I sort of ran into her before I got here. She was supposed to be earlier than I was but due to my haste I toppled over her, and that was when she lost her ring. It was valuable to her, so she searched for it while I dashed to the classroom. It was my fault, I'm sorry."

Ruffnut looked taken aback, then her gaze softened as she mouthed a 'thank you' before bringing her eyes down. Dagur D. Ranged contemplated for a bit. At the end, he just sighed and let the both of us in. "You're getting detention instead, Miss Hofferson. One hour."

Meeting eyes with Trisha Millane, I only scowled in annoyance. It didn't help that Hiccup was a distance away, too.

What a great audience.

—

Moment of doom.

I sat back for detention, Dagur D. Orange fumed in his usual shade of Trump.

"I hope you learn from this, Miss Hofferson. Getting someone else in trouble for your own sake is never good. You're released after an hour. Answer these worksheets."

When he walked out the room, I saw a paper airplane zooming on, swiftly riding with the breeze. Confused, I grabbed the airplane and opened it. There was a note.

Did you get into detention on purpose? Fair play, Hofferson. We actually had a partner project awhile ago and I chose you to be the one and only! My house later at 6. Have some candy, don't get bored :)

— not Hick

It was too late to stop myself from grinning. I ripped the candy packet attached to the note.

Okay, Hick.

—

A monster greets me at the alleyway.

Kidding, Hiccup boo'd me in the middle of nowhere. Ass-wipe.

"Don't do that again," I told him murderously.

"You should've seen your face!" He laughed, his smile looks bright today too.

I rolled my eyes. "What's with the note? Earlier, I mean."

He stopped walking, a tilting pause at his soft breathing. "I wanted to apologize for — you know, a couple days ago. I made it horribly awkward, I don't want that. I'm sorry."

"You know, stop apologizing, some things are... difficult to control." I said sheepishly.

He grinned tiredly.

"I'm treating you dinner today, and you are only allowed to agree."

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Note: Another chapter's out of the way, thank goodness. Here's to hoping I get to wrap these stuff up nicely! Also, heads up to a few mythology references up there! 

Old Author's Notes:

•~>>Author's Note<<~•

Fishsticks, the ending of HTTYD 2 is EPIC!!!

I can't stop screaming yesterday!

Had anyone else seen the part when Hiccup smirked?He smirks better than Jack Frost!OMG I'm bursting up!

But,to be honest I haven't seen the full movie xD

But it looks like I already know what happened...REALLY!Thank you spoilers!

But I still can't get over the 'Stoick Incident' though...He's my dad for goodness' sake!Just kidding XD

Well,how's the chapter?This is for @littleENCHANCER123 for voting and commenting!Thanks for loving my books and for rating my writing! :)

And Kyrah,if you're reading this SO SORRY!I'll try to fit in the other characters like I promised :D

Bye!

~TheCoolestAstrid ♥