Rude Awakening [closed]

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

The good thing was that the breathing tube was gone. He didn't need it anymore. He was hooked up to a myriad of tubes and devices, but at least that was one less.

Hiccup still hadn't woken up, however. His eyes had opened and closed a few times, but other than those fleeting moment of half consciousness, he hadn't woken up.

Now the doses of the painkillers had been lessened and he was stirring more.

It was sudden, and alarming, when it happened. His eyes flitted open, and he sat up, screaming in a hoarse voice.

"Aaaugh aaaugh! What--where--get it off get it off!"

He tugged blindly at all the strange tubes and things clinging to him, and patted frantically at his stomach, as if expecting something else to pop out of it.

Hiccup didn't want things touching him, there were things attached--he didn't want anything attached.

"Where'd it go?! Where'd it go?!"

The last thing he remembered was, well, dying, as far as he knew.

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[governorkang]

What with how heated his last conversation had initially been with Stoick, and despite the fact that it hadn't ended that way, Kang was still a little surprised when he was contacted by the man and told that Hiccup had woken up.

Of course, he had to go see for himself.

He knocked on the door frame, smiling, "Feeling alright?"

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"As alright as I can be," said Hiccup. His lips were pale, but he was smiling slightly.

[governorkang]

"I'm surprised your father isn't here," Kang remarked, entering the room and moving over to the boy. "He refused to leave your side."

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"I told him to," said Hiccup. "He needed a break."

Heck, Hiccup had needed a break after that talk.

[governorkang]

Kang nodded, and sat down in the chair. "Sleep in a real bed, not a chair. They aren't exactly the most comfortable things."

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"...he really stayed with me all that time?" Hiccup asked, almost sounding surprised.

[governorkang]

"He did," Kang smiled. "He's the one that told me you'd woken up."

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Boy, his dad confused him. Hiccup's gaze was distant and thoughtful for a moment, before he turned back to Kang.

"Everyone else from the mission is okay, right? I forgot to ask dad."

They'd had other things to talk about.

[governorkang]

"They're fine. Rose's was caught before it could do too much damage to her, and she's healing up nicely." Kang said, leaning back in the chair.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"Good to know I'm the only one that exploded."

Good to know the glibness hasn't been ground out of him yet.

[governorkang]

There was a bit of the normal Hiccup.

Kang snorted, looking at the kid's torso, "You look like you're going to heal up fine, too."

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Hiccup nodded. "Amazingly. Although the doctor said I have to watch my stress levels and there's clotting issues and..."

He waved a hand as if to ward all that off.

"At this point, I'm just grateful I'm still sucking in air, to be honest."

[governorkang]

"We've got some good medics on board. You'll be back on your feet in no time," Kang grinned. "And back to sharing a bed with Astrid. Does your father know about that?"

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"Stress levels, Kang," he joked, going bright red, "I'm in a very delicate condition right now. No teasing."

That'd be a no.

[governorkang]

"Oh, so he doesn't. Don't worry, I won't say anything to him. I don't care what you two do." Kang winked.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Hiccup covered his face with a meaty pillow.

"We just sleep," he said, his voice muffled.

[governorkang]

Kang laughed, "I told you, I don't care. It's no one's business but yours, anyways."

It was nice to be on the other side of such teasing. It was always funny when it was happening to someone else, after all.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"Yet I can tell you're finding my business incredibly amusing," he said, still muffled, peeking one eye out from under the pillow.

[governorkang]

"Only because you're embarrassed by it," Kang pointed out. "Teasing's only fun when it gets a rise out of the other person."

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"Well then I am just going to stop being embarrassed," he said, pulling the pillow off his face, which was still red--a major feat, given how pale he was in general right now.

"Yes, I share a room with my girlfriend. We originally did it for mutual protection--well, mostly her protecting me, if we're going to be honest--and then it just...got comfortable. But we just sleep. There's only sleeping involved, and nothing that would impugn my girlfriend's, uh, honor. And all that."

[governorkang]

Chuckling, Kang grabbed the pillow, "Don't worry. It's normal to be embarrassed at first; I was too. You learn to just ignore it after a while."

He shrugged. "...speaking of Astrid. She stayed with me for a while. In the other bed, of course."

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"I know, she told me. Thank you. I know if our places had been reversed, gods forbid, I would've have wanted to sleep in the room alone, either."

[governorkang]

"I told you before, you two are like family. I hope she didn't exaggerate my snoring," Kang grinned, setting the pillow on the bed next to Hiccup.