Dragon master

Chapter 6: Soulmates

"Deadly Nadder?" Hiccup asks in awe

"Yep" I say confidently

"Red Death?" Hiccup says

"Yeah like two months ago" I respond

"Wow you've seen it all I guess" Hiccup says slightly saddened

"I mean that's what happens when you travel the world" I say short

"I wish I was like you, I've never really seen anything outside of Berk" Hiccup says, upset

"Never?" I ask

"I mean there was this one time, I left Berk, but it was short. I don't really like talking about it" Hiccup says, coldly.

"Why not?" I ask, prying

Hiccup's whole demeanor seems to darken, his shoulders get more tight and straight, his head faces away from me, and he starts to twiddle his fingers around, seemingly uncomfortable.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to" I say, hoping he doesn't take me up on the offer.

Sighing, Hiccup says "It was just very short lived, and ended poorly, I don't talk about it because I try my best to not think about it"

Seemingly more uncomfortable, Hiccup lets out a small sigh. I looked over trying to read the expression on his face. He was paler than I've ever seen him, almost as if he'd seen a ghost, definitely lost in thought. Almost instinctively, I reach over and grab his hand to try and calm him down, the way I used to do so many years ago, but he pulls away, quicker than I'd like.

Hiccup looks up at me confused, opening his mouth as if to ask me a question, but instead he reaches his hand out to meet my face, cupping my cheek for a moment. I almost let myself be engulfed in the sensation, when I felt my inner monologue screaming don't fall for this again

Without thinking, I smacked his hand away, quickly jumping up and walking in the opposite direction from him, and fixing the dumb expression on my face..

"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have done that!" Hiccup yells at me, or in my general direction, I was too upset to turn around and check.

"Please don't go, I know I shouldn't have done it, and I won't do it again!" He tries to plead to me, but I'm too far gone to turn around.

I run for miles, however many, I don't know. All I know is that I did not stop running for a long period of time. I was fuming, so mad that I couldn't breathe. For a second there I thought I saw red.

"How could I be so stupid!" I yell into the vast void of trees

"You've learned your lesson about getting close to people, especially Him, especially Hiccup" My words break as I say his name, as if subconsciously I didn't want to admit it to myself.

Too focused on my pain, I didn't notice the moderate sized boulder in front of me, and I crashed right into it, toppling over and hitting the ground rather harshly.

The force of the fall knocked me out and I laid there unconscious for who knows how long.

*Flashback*

It was a crisp day, the air had a sharp pain to it, but not enough to be noticed by anyone other than me. I sat on a rather large cliff,looking out on the vast sea filled with every color of blue imaginable. It was a rather calm day with Toothless on my left, Hiccup and Stormfly on my right, basking in the sun. It had been a long and fun day of playing games and flying around with Hiccup. From the moment I woke up, to the moment I went to sleep, Hiccup was with me, somehow not frightened by my walls I had formed, presenting themselves in the form of my mask. We were just talking about, well, anything really.

"I hope to one day find my soulmate one day.." Hiccup says with a bit of hope and sadness in his voice.

"You believe in that stuff?" I say, almost mocking him.

"You don't?" He asks in disbelief

"Believe that there's only one person in the entire archipelago meant for me and that I am doomed to be alone until I find them? No. I don't believe in soulmates. I should be able to be happy with someone even if they aren't the person the gods choose for me." I retorted in a half joking half serious manner.

"I didn't mean it in that manner" Hiccup says, slightly upset.

"Then how did you mean it?" I ask, still joking but slightly unsettled that he was not.

Hiccup sat up, fixing his posture and becoming more serious with his words.

"I mean, soulmates aren't two people chosen by the gods, but rather two people who love each other in spite of how the gods feel. They are two people who feel each others emotions, every single day and still continue to stay, to find solace and completeness in the boundless expanse of love's infinite embrace." He says, more hopeful

to find solace and completeness in the boundless expanse of love's infinite embrace wow

"That sounds nice but they just don't exist." I say shifting in my spot.

"But they do, and when I find mine, In the quiet moments when my mind wanders and my heart stirs, ill speaks of her with a tenderness that only the soul understands. She is the whisper of spring's first bloom, her laughter a melody that dances through my dreams. In the depths of my being, she resides like a hidden gem, her eyes reflecting galaxies unseen, holding the secrets of ancient stars. Her touch is a gentle breeze on a summer's eve, comforting yet electrifying, igniting a fire that warms my coldest nights. With every breath, I exhale her name, a prayer to the universe for their paths to intertwine once more, knowing she is the soulmate fate crafted solely for me." Hiccup says, almost lost in a trance.

Wow

"That's endearing and all but it just doesn't seem very plausible to me" I say, turning away from Hiccup.

"Why are you being like this?" Hiccup says slightly angry

"Like what?" I snap back

"All against everything I say!" Hiccup yells

I stand up very calmly and start to walk away, as a way to avoid the conflict, when suddenly Hiccup grabs my arm and pulls me backwards.

"Do not walk away from me when I'm trying to talk to you!" Hiccup says in a harsh tone.

"You aren't talking to me, you're yelling at me, and I will not sit there and let you yell at me as if I am lesser than you" I say, calmly.

Hiccup's face falls from anger to sadness in less than a second. He lets go of my arm and slowly takes a step back, as if realizing how his actions were being read.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get in your face like that, it's just that you are always so guarded and when I try and talk about certain things, you just shut me down" Hiccup says, saddened by the argument.

"I am not trying to shut you down, I'm just trying to voice my opinion on the subject. You believe in soulmates and I don't, simple as that" I say, defusing the situation further.

I sit back down, and Hiccup follows behind me, sighing so loudly it makes me giggle, and he starts to laugh ,loudly. It's been a good day, I think to myself.