learning and growing

a/n: vote and comment or i'm deleting the book :3

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02:40 PM. BERK, THE ISLE OF BERK

over these few weeks, it has been a common occurrence that hiccup would come and spend the rest of his day with y/n, toothless and midnight. 

midnight did not mind. hiccup would always being her flowers. and some days, when he could, he would bring her red meat. 

and for y/n. gosh. what wouldn't he bring for her? not anything like a ring. not yet anyway. but he always made sure she had her needles and thread, fruits, sweet treats he would try and bake for her. it doesn't always go well. but she eats and enjoys them non the less. 

y/n also made a small tapestry of toothless; on one of the white cloths hiccup gave her. she is unsure to give it him though. she's never given her art to anyone else being. she continues to sow, her back on midnight's belly. midnight lays in the sun. she enjoys it as her gems reflect off the light. toothless has to hold back from playing with them because he knows midnight will tease him. 

"hey!" hiccup shouts, jogging over to them. y/n turns her head with a smile, putting the small tapestry behind a rock. "what was that?" 

"nothing," y/n says, quickly. but not quickly enough like she is hiding something. hiccup narrows his green eyes at her, hiding the saddle he has behind his back. y/n stands up, narrowing her violet eyes at him. today, her hair is away from her face, tied back in a pony tail. "nothing that concerns you just yet," hiccup nods. he's not going to push. 

"where's toothless?" he asks, showing her the saddle. y/n reaches for the saddle, feeling the material in her hands. 

"what is the relevance of this?" she asks, holding it with both of her hands. "do you wish to bind him to you?"

"no!" hiccup laughs before putting his hand under his chin. "but that's practically what i'm doing. i-it's a saddle,"

"i was unaware that toothless was a horse," y/n states, looking over to the dragon who's partly dozing off. hiccup looks at her and she just shrugs, hiding a smile. "i do not need one of these...these...objects, i cannot find a better word to use to describe it, to ride midnight,"

"but you're..." hiccup turns his head, unsure if what he is about to say is offensive. 

"a targaryen?" y/n finishes off for him. "it is not an ill word to use. you may use it however you want,"

"a-are you sure?" hiccup asks, taking the saddle back. y/n nods once, placing her hands behind her back. "well, you are a targaryen. known for riding dragons since the start of time,"

"and you are a viking," y/n says. "that does not mean you must have a saddle,"

"eh," hiccup shrugs, walking over to hiccup and y/n following. "i don't want to risk it," y/n rolls her eyes. 

"do as you please, hiccup," she sits back down, lying against midnight. "i will be watching," now, that's puts a lot of pressure on him. the last targaryen watching him put a saddle on a dragon even though she thinks dragons should not have saddles on? this is going to go so well. that's sarcasm, by the way. 

hiccup holds the saddle up to toothless, making the night fury bow with a rumble. toothless runs away, hiccup yelping as he chases toothless with the saddle above his head. 

y/n lets out a laugh, putting her art further away from herself and mounting onto midnight. 

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toothless and hiccup fly over the water with hiccup holding a string to keep toothless' wing straight. 

y/n and midnight fly under them just in case, well, just in case anything happens to the two males. 

hiccup grunts, pulling on the string too hard and makes the wing shut. he flies forward, off toothless as y/n lunges at him, catching him before they hit the water. they resurface, looking at each other before laughing. 

midnight and toothless fall into the pond too, toothless whining before play fighting with midnight. 

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hiccup hooks a safety rope on to his saddle, tugging on it to see if it's sturdy enough. y/n doesn't even have a saddle though, how does she do this?

she is pretty amazing though. 

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y/n and midnight follow behind hiccup and toothless, y/n ready for anything. she's dressed in her riding clothes because she's noticed hiccup's determinism to getting this right. 

hiccup, grunts once again, struggling to open the fin tail before yelping as toothless dives down into the tall grass below them. 

"tegun, midnight," y/n says, the dragon doing just that. she slides off midnight, using her dragon's wings to help and she stands next to hiccup. "you will achieve it. you may ask for my assistance. you are aware of that?"

"i want to do this by myself," hiccup says, y/n smiling at him. 

"you will," she says, pushing the grass apart as hiccup watches in awe to see both dragons playing around in the grass. "i do not take them here very often because it allows them to be distracted," y/n says, mostly to the two overgrown cats. "but it does all them to relax," she plucks some grass, handing it to hiccup. 

the viking holds it in his hand, looking down at it. this could be useful to dragon fighting tomorrow. 

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"may i show you something?" y/n says, getting up from her tapestry work. hiccup nods, y/n wiping her hands on her dress. "watch," y/n whistles, midnight coming over to her. y/n starts to scratch along midnight's neck, the gem encrusted dragon letting out rumbles and purrs, leaning further into y/n's touch. y/n does one final scratch under midnight's chin, the dragon falling to the ground with a soft purr. "now, you try on toothless,"

"me?" hiccup questions, pointing to himself. "on him?"

"toothless will enjoy it," y/n says, guiding hiccup hands onto toothless' neck. hiccup's breath hitches. she's so close. and her hands are so soft. "i believe in you,"

"right," hiccup clears his throat before trying. but does it very weakly. y/n raises her eyebrow at him and he feels her eyes on him. "sorry," hiccup scratches toothless' scales harder, making the night fury purr out in satisfaction. hiccup continues, toothless rising a leg. hiccup scratches under toothless' jaw, the night fury's eyes widening as he suddenly slumps to the ground with a happy sigh. "woah," hiccup whispers, looking at his hand. 

"the secrets of dragons," y/n says, going back to her tapestry. and she's sharing them all with him. 

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"you come here so much," y/n states, finally finishing her work. now all she needs to do is give it to him. "i am surprised the son of the chief does not have ore pressing matters to attend to do,"

"i did them all this morning," hiccup lies with a shrug, making y/n laugh. y/n picks up a gem from the floor. this is midnight's gem. they fall off when newer ones grow underneath them. y/n puts the gem to the sky, letting the light reflect off it. toothless lunges at the light, pushing midnight out the way. 

midnight huffs, closing her eyes. toothless is so annoying sometimes.