HTTYD - Prompt: Picnic

"Remind me again, where are we going?" Hiccup asked warily, saddling Toothless up. It was a rare sunny day in the village of Berk, and Astrid had decided that she, Hiccup and their dragons would go on a picnic to make the most of it.

"Not far" Astrid replied, suiting up her Nadder, which she had christened 'Blue'. (Turns out she was as good as coming up with names as Hiccup was) "Just fair enough for some peace"

"Now THAT, I could do with" Hiccup replied with a small grin, pulling himself up onto Toothless's back. Said dragon nodded in agreement, knowing his rider had been swamped with questions and requests from the Vikings of Berk. He's lost count of how many saddles Hiccup had made for them all and he was pleased Astrid had suggested this trip.

'It's going to be fun' Blue commented from beside him in a casual tone, and he gave her a grin in response.

'Of course it is. Just us and our riders... Not to mention fish... and hopefully mutton" he replied as Hiccup pulled a woven basket onto his own back.

'You're obsessed with mutton' Blue said wryly, shaking her head at his obvious love for the meat.

'And you're obsessed with yourself' he shot back, causing the blue dragon to bristle in irritation.  

'I am not!' she shrieked indignantly and glared at him.

'Sure thing Blue' Toothless snorted and smirked as she took off into the air, Astrid on her back.

"Let's go bud." Hiccup instructed. "Just follow Blue" he shifted the tail fin using the new stirrup Gobber had designed for his prosthetic leg, and Toothless took off into the air, soaring straight after Blue.

'Blue? ' he questioned, but received no answer. 'Oh. So you're ignoring me now?' he asked, looking severely amused. 'Do you want me to apologize?'

Blue closed her eyes in an attempt to ignore the Night Fury and glided to the left after receiving a prompt from her rider. Toothless rolled his neon green orbs at the Nadder's stubbornness and quickly followed, moving so he was gliding beside her. He heard Astrid and Hiccup begin to talk about one thing or another, but ignored them for the moment and concentrated on trying to get Blue to forgive him. It was going to be boring if she was just going to act like he didn't exist.

'You can't ignore me forever Blue' Toothless tried, but the Nadder simply raised her head slightly higher, as if stating that she could, indeed ignore him for that long. He sighed irritably to himself as they soared through the clear blue sky and both dragons suddenly want into a small dive, heading straight towards a grassy area on a Cliffside.

"Just here!" He heard Astrid called out and flew towards it, landing calmly in the grass. Blue hit the ground beside him and crouched to let her rider dismount, before moving off to a patch of grass on her arm, still refusing to look at Toothless.

"What's wrong with Blue?" Hiccup asked Astrid, turning to look at the sulking dragon.

"I have no idea" Astrid admitting, her brow wrinkling. "She was okay before we left…" she and Hiccup turned to look as Toothless, who was trying to skulk away unnoticed.

"Toothless" Hiccup said slowly, causing the dragon to inwardly flinch and turn around to look at him innocently.

'What?' He asked, still trying to pull off the innocent expression as Hiccup let the basket fall from his back.

"Whatever you said to Blue, it's time to apologize" he ordered, and Toothless let out a low groan.
'I wasn't being serious about it' he muttered, his ears pressing back against his head in irritation.

Astrid began to set up the picnic, and as she was occupied, Hiccup quickly whispered to Toothless, trying to convince him to apologize.

"Trust me bud, girls hold grudges for a long time, the only way you're gonna get out of this is by apologizing" he mumbled urgently. "Helheim hath no fury like a woman scorned" he said grimly, and limped away to help Astrid set up.

'Great' Toothless muttered, sitting down on the grass. He let out a low groan and hung his head, thinking about how Hiccup would apologize to Astrid if they got into a fight. He'd usually meet her with some sort of flowers and apologize with so much sincerity that Astrid would go slightly red, punch him in the arm and then kiss his cheek, proclaiming him 'forgiven'.

He glanced over at the still sulking Blue and rolled his eyes irritably. Trust female dragons to be so stubborn. He snorted slightly, thinking about all the times Hiccup had called him stubborn in the past.
'Yeah, right' he drawled, standing up slowly. He glanced over at Hiccup and Astrid who were talking companionably, both of them smiling with little blushes on their face, and he shook his head. Humans were so strange. He turned and walked away from them, leaving the two of them to have some alone time. He wandered towards a larger patch of grass with tress surrounding it, and a small meadow of various different flowers. He sighed inwardly as he walked through the meadow, feeling irritation creep up on him. 'Are you just mocking me?' he asked, glancing up at the sky, directing his question to the gods. 'Because if you are, it's really not funny!'

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"Hey, where's Toothless?" Hiccup asked a while later, inwardly hitting himself for not noticing his dragon had disappeared.

"I don't know… Maybe he's gone off to sulk?" Astrid suggested, glancing over at Blue. "They seem to have gotten into a fight over something or other"

"I told him to apologize" Hiccup sighed, shaking his head.

"You? Giving Toothless advice on women?" Astrid teased, smirking. "That's new"

"Oh ha ha" Hiccup drawled, sarcasm laced heavily into his tone. "That's hilarious"

Astrid laughed and looked up, noticing Toothless walking towards them, his head bowed. "Oh here he is!"

"Toothless" Hiccup said in relief, turning to the dragon. "Where've you been bud?"

'Trying to figure out a way to apologize' Toothless thought irritably, keeping his head bowed. He walked past the both of the humans, much to their surprise and sat next to Blue. She glanced at him questioningly and blinked when he dropped a bunch of bluebells at her feet. 'Sorry' he said honestly. 'I didn't mean what I said'

"Aw, that's actually quite sweet!" he heard Astrid say from behind him. "Like Owner like Dragon, right Hiccup? Looks like you did teach him a few things"

Toothless blinked as he felt a cuff over the head hard, as Blue hit him with her tail.

"Yep. Like owner like dragon" Hiccup drawled, amused.

"Oh shut up"

'You're forgiven' Blue crowed, looking quite pleased.

'Oh good' Toothless said in relief. 'Now. Let's go eat before the humans steal it all' he proposed eagerly, turning and waving his hind quarters in the air in a pouncing position.

'I have to agree with you' Blue replied, also turning to their humans, a sly smile on her face.

"Toothless…Toothless no!"

"Blue, stop!"

"BAD DRAGONS!"