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        "But, I Lost Myself" (ch.12)

        "You know she slept with dwarfs for that necklace, right? Odin was so pissed off at her that he had Loki steal her necklace and wouldn't give it back to her."

         "Oh come on, you're not telling the whole story. She got it back. She just had to make two kings fight each other."

         "That's the boring part. The part where she slept with the dwarfs is the best."

         "If you're talking about her for entertainment value shouldn't you be talking about the time Loki embarrassed her in the dining hall?"

         "When she farted in front of everyone?! That use to be my favorite story as a kid!"

         "You're so sad, Tuffnut."

        Hiccup shook his head with a smile, flipping through the book as he sat by the boy's bedside tiredly, leaning on his knees tiredly. Tuffnut was propped up in the bed beneath a mound of furs, a ridiculous amount of pillows supporting his thin body. He was grinning from ear to ear at the mention of the childhood story, his long hair falling in straight strands over his broad shoulders. The smaller brunette viking was sitting in a chair next to his bed, a fur thrown over his lap haphazardly, a worn book of tattered parchment spread out over top of that.

        Tuffnut was still bedridden, now more for the attention than the need. His ankle had healed nicely beneath the attentions of Ruffnut and Hiccup, but it was still a little sore to walk on. While Hiccup knew that the blonde viking could've just grinned and bore it, he chose to give into the manipulative boy's whines of pain when he got tired of working.

         Hiccup would finish up whatever Tuffnut was supposed to be doing, lead the boy back to his home and his bed, and baby him for the rest of the afternoon until he had to go do other chores. Ruffnut, on the other hand, was not happy that she had to take over her sibling's chores and keep up with her own. She was even less happy that Hiccup was babying her twin to no end, so she had frequently taken to hitting Tuffnut when she saw him or heard his voice.

         "Are you going to let me finish the story or not?" Hiccup laughed softly as Tuffnut shifted in the bed, lifting his arms above his head and stretching with a content groan before turning to grin at him again.

        "That one's boring, I told you that already! If you really insist on reading one of those damned things to me why don't you read the one we were just talking about?" Hiccup arched a brow, looking back down at the book and flipping through the pages, looking for the story the blonde was talking about.

          "You mean the banquet one? You really wanna hear that one? It's so pointless..." Hiccup shook his head again, settling down with the book in his hands, leaning on his knees once more. Tuffnut let his smile soften, watching the little viking's emerald eyes dance over the ink on the aged paper. He could see the happiness that books and writing brought the boy, but he had trouble taking part in that happiness.

           "That's why it's funny though. The more pointless the more entertaining." He shrugged, frowning at a pain in his shoulder as he did, reaching up and rubbing the lightening blossom of a scar on the aching shoulder. "Why don't you sit on the bed and read it?" With those words he turned and grinned mischievously at Hiccup again, the brunette letting a blush stampede across his freckled cheeks as he did.

           "Tuff...I can't...I mean..." Hiccup was looking around nervously, already touching the bed with anxious fingers. He drew the corner of his lower lip in, nipping at it as he peered around the candle lit room, as though he expected Ruffnut to come bounding out of a corner at any moment. He jumped a mile high when Tuffnut wrapped a calloused hand around his own, drawing his skittish attention back to him.

         "She's out with the dragons. Come on." Tuffnut smirked, dragging the boy out of his chair and onto the bed with a swift pull on his hand. The book and furs fell to the wood of the floor with a sighing crash, Hiccup's body colliding with the bed with a small bump. Before the little brunette could stammer out more excuses he jerked him farther onto the bed, hooking a hand into the boy's belt and lifting his hips as easily as he would a child. "Come on, you owe me...remember?" He smirked again, Hiccup's emerald eyes once more betraying the pain he felt at Tuffnut's mischievous words.

          "Yeah, but..." Hiccup whimpered when his lips crashed against Tuffnut's, the blonde rising to meet him as he cupped the back of his head, dragging him down to silence his arguments. Tuffnut's second hand was fisted in Hiccup's shirt again, keeping him drawn as close as he could, trapping him atop his lithe form. It easily loosened itself and wound its way down Hiccup's slender little hip though, smoothing to the small of his back, the long digits fingering the base of the brunette's spine. He shivered, pulling away with a quiet pant as Tuffnut bit at his lower lip softly.

       "You owe me, Hicca..." The blonde was saying it now more as a mantra than anything, just liking the sound of his own voice. But, he wasn't complaining about its affects on the smaller viking either. He closed his eyes at the feel of Hiccup's soft lips grazing over his cheek and ear, his breath warm and moist as it breezed over the skin of his throat before the brunette closed his lips around it in a soft kiss. He loved the feel of the boy trembling in his grasp, as though he was terrified of everything Tuffnut made him feel on the inside.

        Tuffnut's hand deftly found its way around Hiccup's narrow waist again, easily unhooking the wide belt that held his shirt and pants in place. The sound of the metal snapping open was almost deafening alongside the heat of their mingled breath. Tuffnut dropped his head back into the plush of the pillows, his fingers finding their way beneath the scratchy hem of Hiccup's shirt, calloused pads running over fine muscles hidden beneath milk white flesh as the brunette's tongue left a heated trail down his throat. He groaned, wrapping his free hand around Hiccup's waist again, straightening the boy on his knees before him.

        The smaller viking smiled lightly down at him, resting little hands on the warmth of his bare shoulders. He smiled too, gold flickering in the slate of his eyes before he pulled the boy's shirt up, smoothing his hand up the length of the toned torso before letting his lips follow it. Emerald hues hid themselves beneath feathery lashes as the brunette took in a slow, shuddering breath, his spine stiffening beneath the blonde's affections. "Tuff...w-wait..." He whimpered, almost doubling over when the blonde bit the dark flesh of his nipple teasingly, the breath of his laugh sending another shiver through him.

                  "Yeah, Tuff, maybe you should wait."

        Each boy froze, eyes wide but afraid to look. Eventually Hiccup bit his lip and closed his eyes, thinking that maybe if he wished the voice away whoever owned it would go away with it. Tuffnut swallowed hard, but slowly sat back, purposely taking the time to situate Hiccup's shirt back down around his stomach and his waist. After a second he turned to face his twin, still aware that Hiccup had yet to open his eyes and face the girl himself. Ruffnut let a slow grin break out over her face when Hiccup finally did turn to face her and open one weary eye, still straddling her brother, with her brother's arm still wound around his waist.

               "Well, this certainly makes MY afternoon more interesting. Care to share?"