It was no secret to Hiccup that it went deeper than pride for Aurora- she feared restraints, seeing her in the condition she had been in when they first met, he had understood completely. There was no words necessary for that. 

His gaze lifted towards the sky and he grew wary of the hour but there was nothing for it now. While he was accustomed to flying in the dark with Toothless many long nights were catching up with him. It was a long flight back and… well it’d been awhile since they’d last seen Aurora. Toothless would probably want to catch up a little more before they returned. The village would be fine a little longer.

He rose to his feet. “We’ll stay.” He directed the next bit towards Toothless to see if he would disagree. “We can leave in the morning.” But the night fury simply stretched cat like and stalked to his feet, walking over to Hiccup before opening his mouth wide with a yawn.