THE TRANSLATOR, httyd.

the translator, nine.

and of course, there were days when elina and hiccup would just do nothing.

for example, cloud-gazing.

elina and hiccup lay down on the grass in the sanctuary, grins on both their faces as they looked at the clouds fly past.

their previous picnic was left forgotten, eaten by chameleon and toothless. elina nudged hiccup's shoulder. "hey, look! that looks like toothless!"

hiccup gasped dramatically. "oh, where?" elina laughed at his facial expressions. they lay on the grass quietly, both content with their position. elina could smell old books and chocolate when she sat next to him, and the two of them had their hands entwined.

"that one looks like you," hiccup told elina as a slightly deformed cloud flew by. elina pretended to be offended.

"hey! excuse you, i look much better than that monstrosity," elina told him, and hiccup smiled.

"i have no doubts about that."

or reading.

elina got up and grabbed a book from the bookshelf, making hiccup sit up straight. flame bounded towards them happily, licking hiccup's face as he laughed. elina tossed it to hiccup, who fumbled with the book before reading the cover.

romeo and juliet.

"shall i read it?" hiccup asked elina, and elina nodded as the two of them leaned against the willow tree trunk. hiccup flipped open the book and elina closed her eyes, leaning against hiccup's shoulder as he began.

"gregory, on my word we'll not carry coals. what does that even mean?"

once they finished the book, hiccup was furiously ranting about how sad the plot was.

"come on! ugh, why did romeo had to kill himself! seriously, couldn't juliet have just put a letter or something that wrote, hey, romeo, i'm not dead! don't worry, i'm just in this coma and you just gotta wait a bit. but no! they relied on a messenger that didn't even show up on time! how unreliable is that!"

elina smiled at his ranting. "well, at least they were united in death."

hiccup shrugged, but the thought did bring a smile to his face. the two looked down to see flame had fallen asleep at their feet, making both of them chuckle quietly as elina stroked flame's scales.

or trading clothes.

"hey, wanna trade jackets?" elina asked hiccup, who shrugged off his leather jacket. elina took off her blue coat and they each put each other's on. elina laughed at how her's fit hiccup and hiccup chuckled at how strange elina looked. clearly not her style.

"you know, i might just keep this coat for myself," hiccup joked, making elina punch his shoulder.

or drawing competitions.

toothless and chameleon, being the judges, looked at their drawings. hiccup's one was a striking, detailed drawing of elina, while elina just drew two stickmen and when hiccup asked what it was, elina explained it was the two of them.

hiccup snorted at how elina's head was levitating off her stick-body. "why are we naked?"

"uh, hold on. i'll draw our clothes." elina grabbed the stick and drew two potato-shaped circles over their bodies, making hiccup burst into laughter again. elina narrowed her eyes at hiccup, putting her hands on her hips.

"excuse you," elina mumbled. "it's abstract art!"

or wrestling.

hiccup and elina rolled down the hill. finally, elina pinned hiccup to the ground. "yay, i win!" elina said. elina grinned at hiccup, whose cheeks were flushed from the compromising situation they were in.

elina was straddling hiccup's lap and their faces were inches from touching. elina had realized that as well, and awkwardly jumped off hiccup. 

pieces of mud and grass stuck to their clothes, making elina dust it off her dress. 

"and that's that. the nineteenth time you have defeated me in a fight!" hiccup declared like he was an announcer in a stadium, making elina pat him on the back.

"at least you've been improving."

or playing with dragons.

elina dodged the jets of fire from the dragons. 

"i hate mating season," hiccup groaned. his hair was singed and his clothes had fish remains on it. elina wrinkled her nose at his state.

"at least the dragons are excited."

elina and hiccup watched as dragons tackled each other to the ground, and passionately... fought for dominance.

toothless floundered around, engaging in the fight in the middle of the sanctuary. elina pursed her lips, and stepped to the left as more fish guts flew towards their direction. hiccup took the blunt, and he watched in disgust as fish guts was all over his clothes.

"ewwwww! oh my gods, that's disgusting!"

elina had to put her hand over hiccup's eyes for more than one instance. 

"hey! i want to see what's going on!"

"trust me, hiccup. if you look, you're going to need to get more than just your clothes washed out."

or went fishing.

elina dropped the fish net by the dock, and the two let their feet dangle in the water as they talked about their new favorite book.

"favorite character in alice in wonderland?"

"uh, probably the cheshire cat, although he is a little bit creepy."

"all the characters are pretty creepy."

"agreed."

all of a sudden, their fish net got pulled in the water, pulling hiccup and elina in the sea too.

a scauldron looked at them, prepared to drown the two, and in a flash, both of them quickly swam back to shore, carried their fish and ran back to land.

hiccup was sopping wet by the time he returned to berk.

and that was the first time they both acknowledged each other as being the other half of each other.