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HI LONG TIME NO UPDATE AND I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME WITH THOSE LONG UPDATES. I HAD SOME TROUBLES WITH SOME PARTS OF THE STORY AND THE GAMES HERE ARE REALLY DISTRACTING ME BUT THEY'RE REALLY COOL. THOUGH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL SUBSCRIBING THIS STORY, IT'S REALLY AMAZING THAT PEOPLE ARE READING MY STORY, SO THANK YOU…AGAIN. ANYWAY HERE'S CHAPTER 16.

Chapter 16: Feelings are finally admitted

NORMAL POV

"Hiccup! Hiccup!" Astrid called out as they crash landed in the cold water of the sea. She can't seem to see Hiccup but he can see his dragon Toothless looking for him too. "Hiccup!" she called out again but he's still nowhere to be found so she dove back to the water to search for him and when she did, she saw him, sinking down to the bottom, unconscious and bleeding. Astrid swam for him but when she got close she can't seem to reach for him. "Why can't I reach him?!" Astrid yelled in her mind. "Hiccup wake up! Please! Wake up!" Astrid wanted to yell while still trying to reach for him but no matter what she did, she still can't. "Hiccup! Hiccup! Hiccup!" and then he disappeared into the dark abyss.

Astrid's eyes jolted up, realizing she was dreaming about that again. It's been four days since the incident happened and it's still haunting her and because of that, she can't seem to relax, nor eat, or sleep well and it's because she's blaming herself for what happened to Hiccup on that day, the same feeling when Hiccup left berk. Astrid was thinking she should have listened to him that time but because she didn't, Hiccup got hurt. Heather on the other hand has tried convincing her that it wasn't her fault but for Astrid, no matter how she looks at it from any angle, it was her fault…and adding their recent 'issue' it really got her depressed, and I mean really depressed.

Astrid sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes, she looked around and saw at the window that it was still the middle of the night. She was thinking of going to his room again but she knows if she did that, she might breakdown into tears again, but without even knowing it she was already walking out of her room to see him. Astrid went down the stair and now, she's in front of Hiccup's door, really nervous and scared to go inside, scared that she might really cry again, scared to see that he's still unconscious…scared to see what she caused. But even with that reasons going on inside her head, there's this urge in her chest that she still wants to see him.

Astrid slowly and hesitatingly reached for the door knob and opened it. "Please God's wake him up" she prayed to the gods but when she opened the door only to see that Hiccup's still unconscious. Astrid walked towards Hiccup and as she got closer to him and saw his unconscious state, no matter how hard she tried to hold it in, she still cried. She kneeled down and looked at him, thinking about how close she lost him on that day and also thinking when he will wake up. "Hiccup please wake up, I-I'm really s-sorry" she said in a crying low voice. Though Astrid really knows Hiccup will wake up…at least that's what Heather told to her, but when Heather told Astrid that he will still wake up, it really sounded like Hiccup's chance of waking up was…fifty-fifty, which really got her scared and depressed but even so, she was still hoping Hiccup would still wake up.

"Hiccup pl-please wake up, I can't…I can't stand seeing you like this anymore and I know it's my fault but…but please…wake up" she begged, really hoping that he would just wake up. Astrid touched his shoulder and shook him a little, but still no sign of waking up and she continued to cry, only this time a little louder. Toothless woke up on the moment Astrid cried louder, "oh no" he said, worried about Astrid crying like that again. Toothless went to her and nudged her by the shoulder, "You have to go back to your room…your just torturing yourself here" he said even though he knows it's pointless, because Astrid still can't understand dragons and besides even if Astrid can understand them, Toothless knows she wouldn't leave him and it's been going on for days, starting from the night when it happened until this night.

Toothless just sighed and laid down behind her, in case she falls asleep there again but still, it's really frustrating him to see Astrid like that. "Hiccup you better wake up some time now because it's really a pain seeing someone cry like this even for a dragon like me" he said looking at Hiccup. Astrid then, held his hand very tight but when she touched it, it was really cold, "Hiccup…I-I'm really sorry" she said crying, "I s-should have listened to you…I'm really sorry…so please! Wake up!" she said raising up her voice again. And as nothing is still happening, she kept crying and crying to him, "p-please…" Astrid begged again. She was hating herself for this because if she had just listened to him that time, Astrid clearly knows that this wouldn't be happening but due to her persuasiveness, it ended up in this situation. Astrid was still thankful though that Hiccup saved her, but the feeling of him getting someone hurt just so they can save you was really over whelming her and it's really bugging her to the core.

Astrid wanted to punch herself right now but the depression was really stopping her. She then started to think of him again, which was not really helping her, "Hiccup please wake up…I still want to spend some time with you, so please wake up…" she said, making it sound like he's really going to die. "I want to see your eyes open…I really want to talk to you right now…I-I really want to hear your voice…so please wake up for me…even for just a second…just say something…please" she begged really hard but it looks like there's still nothing going to happen right now, leading her into more tears.

And then Astrid stayed there, holding Hiccup's cold hand, crying and talking to him, begging him to wake up. And as moments passed, Astrid, out of tiredness, didn't realize that she wasn't just sitting on the floor anymore but she was now lying beside Hiccup, though she was still holding his hand while crying on to him. Astrid buried her face into his shoulders, still saying in her mind for him to wake up. Toothless on the other hand, watched her silently mourn at his best friend's unconscious body and he can say that he doesn't like that feeling at all too, being unable to help or comfort her…though as he watched Astrid, he heard something he wasn't expecting.

"Hiccup…please wake up…don't leave me, I really need you…" she whispered the last part out of tiredness and also due to Toothless being a dragon, he heard the part, 'I really need you" loud and clear though he thinks that it should have been 'love' instead of 'need'. Anyway after Astrid had whispered those words, he looked at hiccup and said, "Hiccup you better wake up because things are turning out the way you wanted". Then not long after that they both fell asleep guiding Hiccup.

(Morning)

Morning came and it's sure as nice as always, though not for the people inside the mansion. Heather woke up first and prepared breakfast, she visited Azriel and gave her own breakfast and then she went to Astrid's room to wake her up but she wasn't there. Though Heather already knew where she was and it was kinda worrying her, because she knows that Astrid cried herself all night to him again. Heather went to Hiccup's room and she was really expecting her to be there, though she didn't expect where she will see her. Heather saw Astrid sleeping with Hiccup. Astrid was embracing Hiccup and when Heather got close to them, she can clearly see that Astrid's eyes were swollen from crying last night, she can even see trail of tears on her cheeks that dried out.

Though letting herself see both of them together was giving her a stinging feeling in her chest and then after that, she felt a tear fell to her cheeks and she was surprised because she and Azriel had been talking about this for days and she has already been telling herself to let go of those feelings for him because she'll just keep hurting herself then those thoughts dispersed when Toothless suddenly woke up. "H-heather?" Toothless suddenly spoke. Heather forgot that Toothless was there, she quickly wiped the tears and turned back from them, and then she said, "c-can you wake Astrid up for me…I'll just…prepare breakfast" and then she just stormed out of the room. Though Heather didn't know that Toothless just saw what just fell from her eyes, he didn't know why she was crying but Toothless sure knows she was lying because he can already smell the scent of smoked fish and that means breakfast is already served, so it made him wonder, "Why would you lie about this? And more importantly why are you crying?" he thought.

Toothless looked at Astrid and Hiccup for a moment, they were still in that embrace as he saw them in last night and that gave him a…'hunch' on why Heather was crying but he was already wishing that h was wrong because if his hunch was right, it could be another problem for them. After that, Toothless stood up and dashed for the door. When he got out, Heather was still there, walking slowly and just from looking at her back, Toothless can see that she's sad and still crying because he can see that she's trying to wipe the tears away from her face. "Heather?" Toothless approached her. Heather jolted up when Toothless suddenly spoke like that but putting that aside, she has to hold whatever she's feeling right now and talk to him. "T-Toothless what is it?" she asked, though she didn't face him but even if she didn't looked at him, there's only one question he wanted to ask her, "Heather why were you crying?"

Heather's heartbeat started going fast after that because she didn't know what to say to him, and then she started to get scared. She got scared because she knows how close Toothless and Hiccup are and if she tells him that it could get out on an instant, and even if Heather did tell him the reason why and Toothless promised to keep it a secret, Hiccup would realize it just in a few days and if that happens, it sure will have another problem and she doesn't want that. "I-I wasn't crying…the-the room was just dusty…yeah….the room was dusty" she said. "No, you…" "You know what maybe I'll clean it later…" and then she just turned away from him, it really left Toothless puzzled but he was sure of something now and it was Heather was feeling something and she's hiding it.

While that was happening a certain someone was walking up and it was Astrid. She slowly opened her eyes and immediately, last night's events came rushing to her head and it's really a bad start for her. It even got worse when he saw Hiccup still unconscious, it really was crushing her. She can't bear to watch him like this anymore. Astrid stared at him for a moment, she really looked hopeless just by doing that and it's really putting her on the edge of crying again. All she just wanted is for him to wake up but it's really not happening, so to escape that situation, she sat up on the bed, getting ready to leave the room…even though what she really wanted was to stay with him.

Though before Astrid could even stand up, she started crying again. She looked at him again and whispered, "Please…wake up…" but still, nothing is happening. Astrid held his hand for a moment, still hoping and waiting for a movement, for a twitch and it was still the same…nothing. For a moment there, Astrid was starting to really loose hope, she was about to let go of his hand but then it held on to her, Astrid's eyes stopped crying there for a moment, "Hiccup?" the she turned towards his face and she can see that he was starting to slowly open his eyes.

"Hiccup?" she called him again. "A-Ast-Astrid" and after Astrid heard her name escaped his mouth, it really sounded weak but the first thing she did was attack him with a hug. "Hiccup! Hiccup! Hiccup!" she exclaimed while holding him very tight, she was really happy. "A-Astrid…my shoulder" Hiccup yelped in pain, Astrid forgot that his wound was not yet healed. She immediately released him and that slammed him back right at the bed, causing him more pain, "Oh my gods! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I'm really sorry!" she apologized, "but this isn't a dream right? You're really awake right?! If this is a dream I would kill myself after I wake up" she exclaimed. Hiccup wanted to speak more but his throat was really dry, "Wa-water…please" he asked Astrid with a really dry voice. Astrid quickly responded with a glass of water and gave it to him and then after he drank it he said, "I assure you this is…not a dream because if it is what you did wouldn't hurt that bad" Hiccup said as a joke but Astrid didn't found that very funny.

Astrid wanted to punch him when he said that because she is right here, showing him that she was feeling relieved to see him awake but she can tell that he isn't in a condition to receive a punch and she can tell that just by hearing his voice, it was really weak. "Well, I'm sorry for caring okay..." Astrid retorted. Hiccup then knew that what he said made her angry, "I meant it in…" and then suddenly Astrid hugged him again. "A-Astrid…shoulder…" Hiccup tied to protest but Astrid still pursued. "Hiccup…please bear with it for a while…I really want to hold you right now" Astrid said and Hiccup was surprised by that because for Hiccup, it's like his feelings for her were finally being answered, the only thing is, they're not. But anyway, Hiccup just took her request and ignored the pain for a moment, though thanks to that hug, he was able not to feel any pain right now because he was getting a very warm feeling from her hug and he can feel that it was mostly care… a care of a friend, even if friend was not that word he wanted to describe her…though putting that thought aside, he really felt different emotions rush to him as that happened to them, he even felt the world go slower.

"I really wish moments like this never stops" he thought, but sadly as it is for him, it has to. Though for Hiccup, experiencing that was already fine. "Hiccup please don't ever do that again…" Astrid said while still in that embrace and then she started to cry and Hiccup can feel those tears running down his shoulder. Hiccup knew that she must have been talking about the accident, "Astrid…if I hadn't did that…you'd be…" "The one in your condition right now or worse, I know" Astrid continued. "Then…why?" Hiccup asked. Astrid released Hiccup and faced him, still crying, "Because you don't know how worried I was these days…I…w-we thought that you were never going to wake up…we thought you were going to die, we nearly lost hope Hiccup…you weren't moving or giving any signs that you'll wake up…that really scared me…so please Hiccup, promise me that you won't…" "I'm sorry Astrid I can't promise you that" Hiccup cut her.

Hiccup then reached for her hand and said, "Astrid you know I can't promise that…no one would…because I would do anything to save you or anyone who's in danger…probably anyone we know would do, even dragons will and that's how I and Toothless survived out here…we watch each other's backs, so if you're going to make me promise that, I'm sorry…" Hiccup said and Astrid knew that he would say that, but with Astrid being extremely worried, she still wanted to make him promise. "I know…but Hiccup…if you…if you died because of me, I don't know how I can forgive myself anymore and I surely don't know how I will endure with that…I mean just seeing you like that really makes me depressed" she said, "…and didn't I told you that…I still have a lot of things to make up for you…but I can't do that if…if you're gone" Astrid added.

Astrid continued to cry and Hiccup ran out of words to say. So in times like this, he did the best thing he could do, a warm hug. Hiccup then caressed her back gently, trying to calm her down, "Astrid I'm alright now…so stop crying okay?" Hiccup said and kissed her head. They know that no one would agree to what they wanted, they'll just contradict each other if they continued that conversation but all of that is because of one pretty good reason and it's their hidden feelings for one another. Though what's good is that these next coming events will be first step into revealing it but it involves one major bad event.

Then suddenly the door opened and there looking at them is Toothless with his eyes wide open, shocked to see Hiccup awake and…well surprised to see them in a hug. Though as they heard the door opened, they released each other and then they faced Toothless. "Hey Toothless" Hiccup greeted him, still lying down on the bed weak. "You recovered quickly…I meant after you wake up, you're already…well doing that" Toothless said, trying to make a joke but Hiccup didn't get it and just ignored it. "Anyway I'm glad to see you awake!" then Toothless suddenly made a dash for him and licked his face. "It's been a while s-since you did that…but seriously like I told that really doesn't work out" Hiccup said with a small laugh as he tried to push Toothless away. Then when Toothless stopped, something popped into his mind, "By the way…how long was I out?" he asked them and the answer, he actually can't believe it, "You were out for four days" Astrid answered.

HICCUP'S POV

"I was out for four days?!" I exclaimed, that is if you call a weak dry voice exclaiming and pushing myself to say that also made me cough really hard, which really hurt…anyway I really can't believe that I wasted four days just sleeping. "Why? What's wrong?" Astrid asked me, "and please don't try to push yourself Hiccup, your still weak so don't talk or move too much" she added. "I know…It's just that I really can't believe I was out for four days" I said and then I tried to sit up but I can't, my back still hurts, though Astrid saw that and assisted me and then she said, "Yeah you were out for four days and you don't know how horrible those days are" Astrid said as she helped me. Then I heard Toothless make a smirk, "Yeah…you won't believe how horrible those days are…for her" Toothless said, "seriously" he added and that made me really curious. I wondered what Astrid has been doing all these days because as she said a while ago she was really scared and she was blaming herself for what happened to us.

I wondered what she did and then I took a guess and unsurprisingly I was right, though it may not be surprising but it sure is embarrassing. I looked at Astrid, "What have...you been doing these days then?" I asked. "At first…I tried to help Heather with the work here so I can get my mind off from the incident but it just kept flashing back on my mind and because of that I kept messing up with the chores…so I…I just took care of…you" Astrid said…and it's really embarrassing for me to hear that and what's making it more embarrassing right now is the fact that she's actually blushing, which is really making me blush too. The moment got really awkward, it went silent but good thing Toothless spoke. "Anyway, Heather's waiting for us down stairs, she already prepared breakfast for us" he said.

And as Toothless said the word 'breakfast', my stomach grumbled and everybody sure heard it. "Do you want some breakfast? I'll go get you some" Astrid said. "No it's okay Astrid, I can get it…" I said, trying to stop her from doing things for me anymore because she's been doing this for four days for me already and it's kinda embarrassing, but when I tried to stand up, that stupid damn injury brought me back down. I grunted as that happened. "Hiccup I told you not to move much, that wound is not yet healed… you stay here, I'll get your breakfast okay" Astrid told me but I was thinking of protesting again but before I could even speak, she already said, "…Hiccup, it's really okay…besides I really need this…for myself" and that last statement made me not to argue with her anymore because the way she said that really sounded that she does need this…besides something like this is what I actually…w-wanted to happen to me someday. "O-okay...and Astrid, thank you" I said and after that she just showed me a smile and went out of the room.

After Astrid left the room, Toothless began to get serious. "Since it's going to take time before she gets back here, there's something I need to talk to you about…and it's about Heather" he said and I can tell that its really serious because I know that tone of voice and it's when…well, when Astrid and I were…still not...'okay' with each other. Though I'm really curious on what are we going to talk about her because last time I saw her everything's seems fine with her but I didn't know that that's where I'm wrong. "What about her? What about Heather? Did something happen to her?" I asked, worried but Toothless said, "You could say that…"

"What do you mean?" I said but as Toothless was just about to open his mouth, Heather came rushing into the door, panting heavily. Heather got her hand at the door, trying to catch her breath and then she looked up and looked at me. "Heather?" I said and then she just lunged for me, which has really got to stop every time this happens because people kept forgetting about the wound but that's what I guess is called caring for someone. So Heather lunged for me and as she did, I yelped in pain, "Heather…my back" I said and she immediately released me. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" she apologized, "but Hiccup you finally woke up, you finally woke up!" she exclaimed. "Well you got here fast" Toothless cut in.

And then after Toothless spoke, Heather just froze there, like she became nervous all of the sudden. And for that, I can tell that she wanted to avoid Toothless. Then I remembered that Toothless was trying to tell me something about her. "Heather did something…happened?" I asked her but she didn't return an answer which really made me more curious on what Toothless was talking about. Heather started to look anxious, she was pinching the tip of her finger and she started biting her lip.

"Heath…" but then Astrid entered the room. "Okay here's your breakfast" Astrid said as she laid down the tray of food beside the bed. It was chicken soup and bread, Astrid then took the spoon and pointed it at my mouth. "Here" she said, it took me some time to realize what was happening and when I did, I immediately tried to stop it, "whoa, it's okay Astrid, at least I can do that by myself" I said but when I tried to grab the spoon, the pain denied me from getting it. "Ah…damn it" I thought to myself and with what I'm showing them right now will tell them that I really can't do it and then I looked at Astrid, she was already giving me this 'see-you-can't-do-it' look.

"See? You can't do it Hiccup, come on just let me do it" Astrid demanded. "No…it's ok…" I tried to protest but she insisted. "No…keep trying and that wound might get worse so for the mean time you can rely on us" she said and I just gave up, "okay" I said with a sigh of defeat. Astrid sat down beside me and took the spoon again and pointed it at my mouth but when I was about to take it, she pulled it away. Astrid laughed at me for that, "Okay…real mature Astrid, real mature" I said with sarcasm in my voice. "Oh come on, I was just messing you" she said with a smile and just seeing that in front of me, made my day. Then as that was happening I remembered I had something to talk about with Heather but when I looked at where she was, she wasn't there anymore.

"Where's…Heather?" I asked them and as I did, I heard Azriel's roar going off in a distance just outside the house which pretty much means they went flying or they were just fighting again. "Come to think of it, Heather and Azriel have been fighting much lately" I thought to myself, but it's true, they have been fighting with each other a lot lately and I wonder if it has something to do with what Toothless was telling me a while ago. "Hey Toothless…Toothless?" I called for him but Toothless wasn't there anymore too. "Where are they?" I asked as Astrid gave me another spoon. "They just left…you didn't see them?" Astrid told me and I'm guessing that's the effect of staring too much at someone.

Then after that, Astrid continued to feed me, I tried to take it from her half-way through but talk about being persistent, she wouldn't even let me touch the bowl and then later that day, I actually got myself to stand up, though I did it when Astrid was not around that's why when she saw me standing already, she got mad at me for doing a reckless thing like that. Anyway it just took three more days before my injury got healed…well kinda healed. I can still feel a little bit of tingling pain every time I move my shoulder but for me it's already okay…it's still better than being stuck inside that house all day. And as for Astrid, I can pretty much tell how relieved she is to see me standing up again. I haven't seen her this happy before…I always see her smile, hear her laugh and those eyes, those sapphire eyes, I can't stop starring at them and I'm sure that I won't get tired of it. Though thinking all of that right now really makes me wonder when will I have the courage again to confess to her my…my feelings.

I already thought of the consequences if I really did that. It would surely make some changes and when I mean changes, I mean a lot of changes and one of that is I wouldn't be spending all my time in studying dragons all day anymore. I can't pretty much say all of the change that will happen but I'm sure that it will be a lot and if that really happens and I'm hoping it would, I would definitely never let her go…though what's good that it did happen…but just for a matter of short time.

ASTRID'S POV

It's been three weeks now since I came here and yes, at first, things weren't as good as they are now but everything turned out fine and now it's really great. Though it's still bothers me every time I think about this because my mind keeps thinking if we…we just listened to him that time. This, all of this should all be happening back in berk. Everyday riding with dragons, having a race with someone, and as time passes, we'll eventually hear what the dragons are thinking but we ruined it and if I did listen to him that time…maybe things with my parents won't have to turn this way and for us, for me and Hiccup, things might have turned up the way I originally wanted, the way I really wanted…but it's too late for that now and maybe…he doesn't think of me like 'that' anymore…but it's better than nothing…I guess.

Anyway the last few days went through without a problem, we went through the same routine every day, a ride with all of the dragons, taking them to the sea for their meal and then a detour on the way home to have some fun with them or we sometimes we just talk to each other about his adventures or what he's been doing since he left Berk while watching the dragons. Though today will be different because today Hiccup kinda promised…more like insisted me that he'll show me the whole island and maybe show me some new dragons he discovered and that's where I'm interested in so I agreed with him. At first though I tried to refuse and said that just do whatever he does and I'll just go along with him because for me, just for me, what he offered me sounded like a date…but I realized that it wasn't and just accepted it when he said that he somehow also needed this because he said that he was looking for a certain dragon that's been causing a ruckus in the nest...I think.

"So? You ready?" Hiccup asked as he got on top of Toothless, getting ready to take off. "Wait! I can't find Stormfly, she isn't responding to my calls" I said and that's really a problem. "Well where did you last saw her?" Hiccup asked me. "She was with Toothless a while ago, she was just right here" I said and after that, Hiccup turned to Toothless and then he looked like he whispered something to him. "Uh, Hiccup? Is there any problem?" I asked but he just ignored me and I really hate it if someone does that to me. "Hiccup?" I called him and he's still not responding, "Hiccup?!" I called again but this time a little louder and that's when he faced me. "Uh…Astrid, I've been thinking…you should stay and keep looking for Stormfly, I'll-I'll just find that dragon by myself" He said with a fake smile as I can tell. "No I'm coming with you and why are you smiling like that?" I asked.

"Let's just go" Hiccup said with a sigh which made me upset…a bit. "It's okay if you don't want me to come…you could just say so Hiccup" I said with an irritated tone. "No it's not like that Astrid, I want you to come but..." "But what?" I cut in. Hiccup was looking at the saddle at that time which gave me an idea on what he was thinking and it was pretty offensive for me. "Are you saying if I ride with you, it's going to get uncomfortable? Like I'm fat!" I said, getting a bit angry now. "N-No no I'm not saying you're fat…y-you have a perfectly fine body, w-why would you think that you're fat" Hiccup said, trying to make me feel better but I'm going to admit that I liked that comment, about me having a perfectly fine body but he's still not getting away about what he thought about me. I went near him and gave him a punch in the shoulder, "That's for thinking I'm fat" I said and Hiccup complained, "I really didn't think you're fat!" he said but I just ignored him went onto Toothless' back.

"Come on let's just find that dragon you want to find and then later you'll help me find Stormfly" I said and lend him a hand. Then after he got on to Toothless' back, he leaned forward and whispered something again to Toothless though I didn't quite heard it but I just ignored it and after a few seconds we were in the air.

"So what kind of dragon are we searching?" I asked him. "The Gronckles were the one who saw it, It was just only one but they said it's body structure was the same from the family of the speed stingers but bigger and muscular, they said it only uses brute force and it doesn't have any some sort of poison or any kind of deadly saliva but instead it also breathed fire, and they said that their jaws can open really wide, oh and they said that this one is really aggressive" He said. "Hiccup here we go again, you heard them this dragon is big and it's really aggressive, why don't you just let Azriel or Armag or Apoc handle this?" I asked him, worried because the definition of the dragon he just said doesn't sound safe to me and adding the word aggressive to it doesn't make it better. "And Hiccup you just got out of an injury, are you looking for another one?" I added because I am not allowing him to be unconscious for days again. "I know you're worried but they said that this dragon had a lot of scars on its body like it was tortured by someone" after the word 'torture' came out of him, he became really serious. Guess he really treats dragons as his family, "and I'm guessing that's the reason why it's aggressive to any other dragons" he added.

I sighed in defeat, knowing his persuasiveness I can't make him go back, "Okay but please let's try to be careful okay, I don't want to see you unconscious for days again Hiccup, it's really scaring me to see you like that" I said though I won't just be scared, I would be devastated if I saw him again like that. "Okay I will be" he said and looked at me. "Then let's find your dragon" I said and then we began searching for it but time passed and night already came, we're probably at the other side of the island now but there's still no sign of the dragon.

"Hiccup we've been searching for hours now…are you sure it's still here?" I said. "If it's bigger than the Gronckles and it has no wings then there's no way it can't leave this island" he said. "Then how did it get here? It can't possibly swim or dug underground it's way here" I said. "I know but look there…" he said as he pointed at a docked ship at the shore. We can tell the ship was big and it had weapons on board but it wasn't just ordinary weapons, those weapons were for capturing dragons. The sail caught our attention because every ship had their crest printed on their sail though that's not the reason why it caught our attention but because the sail itself was already destroyed.

Hiccup patted Toothless on the head, signaling him to go down. It was just a matter of seconds before we landed and when we did, we can't believe what we saw. True that the ship was for capturing dragons and it was already destroyed but instead of what we feared that we'd see a dead body of a dragon, instead what we saw aboard of it was a massacre, it wasn't dragons but humans. There were severed part of humans scattered, you can see an arm, a foot, even a head lying around. There were blood splattered across the whole deck, it was really disgusting. "This isn't dragon blood that's for sure" Hiccup said. "You don't say" I said. Then across the huge deck of blood, we saw a huge hole. Hiccup went closer to it and that really made me worried because what if the one that did this is still inside there. "Hiccup what are you doing? Get back here!" I demanded but he kept looking down there and it's really worrying me. "Hiccup get back here" I said but he just won't listen to me so I went there to pull him back but when I did I wish I didn't went there.

The whole crew was there, I mean all of the ship's crew was there. "Whatever they did to that dragon, they made it angry that it became strong enough to break free from the chains that was restraining it, resulting in a deadly massacre" Hiccup said and then after that, my body couldn't take the reeking smell of dead bodies anymore so I quickly went out of the ship. "Astrid wait" Hiccup called for me but that was really disgusting me, I can't take it anymore and after I got out, I threw up.

"You're throwing up? On that?" Hiccup said. "And what do you mean by that?" I retorted, "Don't you find that scene disgusting?" I asked him. "No it's just that I assumed you're already…you know used to this" He said. "And why would I be?" I said and then he just looked at me, like he's saying that I should already know what he's talking about but then it really did came to my mind what he was talking about and it really offended me. "Hiccup is that what you really think I did back at berk, you think I massacred dragons?" I said, getting angry. "No Astrid, I wasn't saying that you did that but I was saying…" "Saying what exactly?! Is there anymore meaning to what you just said?" I cut in. "Astrid no, I'm saying is that aren't you used to see dead people?" he said and that actually made it more offending.

"What?!" I yelled at him and he can clearly see what mistake he did back there. "Okay, I shouldn't hav…" "Hiccup I'm not a cold hearted person…in fact I'm really tired of seeing dead people back there, every dragon raid there's always someone dying! And I will never get used to it" after I yelled all of that, I started to feel my eyes getting watery though I'm not going to cry. "Hiccup I'm not that stone hearted as you think I am…" "…Astrid I know…" Hiccup tried to cut in but I couldn't just ignore what he said, it was really offensive. "Hiccup I have feelings too you know and that really…" then Hiccup just…embraced me. I tried to push him away due to my anger but he…just held onto me, like he never wanted to let go and if this is his way of calming me down, it's working but I'm still not giving up, "Hiccup let go, I'm still not forgiving you for what you just sai…" "Astrid I'm sorry, I'm really sorry" he apologized and I can tell it was a sincere one, "Astrid I'm really sorry, I'm an idiot when it comes to words but please I'm really sorry for what I've just said, I'm really sorry" he continued.

And as he said that, my anger just dropped. Then I began to feel a familiar feeling that I felt when he finally forgave me for all the things I did to him and it really calmed me down. "Okay" I said but again he's not getting away with what he said so I gave him another punch, "That's for this whole conversation" I said. "Again would you stop that" he complained as he rubbed his shoulder. "No I wouldn't, not after what you've just said" I said. "I said, I'm sorry" he retorted. "Anyway let's get back for now, it seems the dragon you're trying to find isn't here either and maybe let's search for it after a few days, let it calm down a little" I said and then when I looked back at him, he was giving me a smile. "What are you smiling about?" I asked him.

"Wait I'm smiling?" he said. "What kind of question is that? But…yeah you're smiling" then after that, Toothless laughed behind us. "Uh…d-don't mind him, A-anyway you're right let's head back for now and just look for it again tomorrow" after that he grabbed for my hand and went to Toothless, who was giving him a smile and I can tell that Toothless was teasing him about something. "You know I really wish I could understand dragons now so I could join in what he's teasing you about" then Hiccup said, "You can tell he's teasing me?" he said. "Yeah…I mean he's laughing at you and you're giving that pouting face on him which is really funny by the way" I said and laughed at him a little.

"I am not giving a pouting face" Hiccup protested. "Then what was that face then" I said then after that, we continued to talk, more like tease each other as we went back to the mountain and it was pretty funny talking with him, we laughed till our stomach gave out. Then at some time we became really quiet though it wasn't the awkward quiet but the one that, where you can feel a deep satisfaction within you and adding the moon's view, nothing can compare to this relaxing feeling. Though I know I can enjoy this back at the house on the roof but still seeing it while riding on a dragon's back is still something…its breath taking. Feeling the cold breeze going through your face while watching it is really amazing…but remembering how this feels led my thoughts back at that place, at berk.

I still remember where I always go to enjoy this sunset back at berk and I can say that the feeling of that from here isn't that different from here and it really makes me feel nostalgic of that place. The only bad memory it has now is that it was my father who introduced me to that place and that place you can also see the cove…but still that memory led me to some pretty good ones like how we and the others would set a camp there for a night and just hang out. Then as that thought got deeper, I started to feel depressed and eventually I was already dozing off and Hiccup was trying to snap me out of it. "Hey Astrid? Hey Astrid. Hello, Astrid to Valhalla are you still there?" Hiccup cut in from my thoughts, "…are you alright?" he asked me. "I-I'm fine just lost in my thoughts, that's all" I said.

Hiccup kept looking back at me then suddenly, "You're thinking about Berk are you?" he said. "No…I-I'm not thinking about…" I said, trying to deny that I was thinking about it but Hiccup still saw through me. "No Astrid, it's okay…you miss home and I understand you" he said then he let out a smirk, "…because believe it or not the feelings the same when I left Berk and Warwhales before I went wandering out on the whole archipelago" that actually surprised me because the things we did to him was enough for him to curse all of us to rot in hell or the gods know what he wanted to do to us but he just said that he also felt something like this when he left Berk and what's more surprising on what he said, is that he used the term 'home' to describe berk.

"It took me time to get myself to stop getting depressed whenever I think about it but sometimes…I just can't, it's just too hard to forget all about the things I went through there...it always comes back to me like a nightmare that never stops because it's my past and it will always be there…" he said. After he said that, I can't make myself to look at him again because I know if I did I would see the hurt and pain in his eyes again and that's what's really haunting me but then what he said next got me back my courage to look at him. "And adding the fact that that's where my mom lived…the mom that I haven't seen since birth, really adds on the weight of trying to forget that…But you know, as far as I know we can't run from the past, it's a part of us, all we can do is just accept it…and it's all thanks to you I finally learned to accept it…"

After that, I looked at him and he was gave me a smile and that was the one I actually haven't seen in years. It was just a simple smile but…I don't know but now that I saw that again it gives me this warm feeling in my chest, "…or is it just that or am I ignoring something" I thought because that feeling was always there every time I'm with him…even from the time when we saw each other again, this feeling was there and even…even when we were kids, that feeling never left me whenever I see him, though I mistook that feeling as rivalry, resulting for me to be harsh on him. Though now that I've felt it again, it's clear that I was wrong, but maybe it was something I was really hoping for, something I wanted with him…maybe it's because I…Then that thought got postponed because I noticed Hiccup's cheeks were getting red all of the sudden and I found out the reason why when I looked at our distance. Our faces were just inches away from each other. It was really embarrassing and as soon as I realized that, my cheeks went bright red too but then we immediately made some distance and then…there it is, the silence.

Now this is the awkward silence, the one that I really hate. "Why didn't I realize I was that close already?!" I angrily thought to myself because I clearly ruined that moment and it was really going good. "Guess…I'm sorry" Hiccup suddenly apologized while he scratched his head. "No…t-that was definitely my fault, I didn't realize that I was getting…too close" I said and that didn't actually remove that freaking awkwardness between us, I feel like it's only getting worse but then I started to think that the gods didn't like that moment too because I think they were the one who put that up, Aurvandil's fire. The Aurvandil's fire appeared and lighted up the whole valley, that light did remove the awkward moment but those lights are actually not good for me because every time those lights show up, I remember my Uncle Finn getting killed by the Flightmare and those lights are the signal that it's here.

"Hiccup what are we still doing here?" I asked him. "Why?" he said. "What do you mean why? That's Aurvandil's fire and that means the…" "Oh you mean the Flightmare is coming?" he continued but the way he said it is like he's not worried about it. "Yes and aren't you worried about that?" I said. "Astrid clam down because the Flightmare will not show up here" he said, trying to calm me down but what the hell does he mean by that. "What do you mean the Flightmare won't show up here?" I asked him while I still look around, being cautious if the Flightmare isn't really here.

"Astrid come on, just sit down and relax, I'm really sure the Flightmare won't show up" He said, "and to answer your question, it's because this place is and never will be on its route" he answered but that actually doesn't clear up anything. "What route? You mean you know the places where and when the Flightmare will come?" I guessed. "Yes and this place is not on its track because its food source doesn't go here" he said. "What food source? Because the food that I only saw it eat was my…was my…well a human" I said pertaining to my Uncle that got…well Hiccup already knows what I'm talking about!

"Oh...you mean that" he said. "And 'that' ruined my family's name" I said and Hiccup knows that I wanted to fix that and to do that, I have to find that Flightmare. "Astrid just calm down, I'll show you why the Flightmare killed your…your uncle….later, for now do you want to take a detour?" he asked me but I clearly wasn't sure if this detour will be good or bad because my memory of that is still bothering me but if it wasn't for Hiccup, I wouldn't agree on this. "Come on Astrid, just trust me…please, this will calm you down" he said and with that I just agreed to him.

Though I didn't know that agreeing to this would make things worse and it even gave us a hurtful argument and making it worse that it's about the past….but due to what's about to happen will change my memory of Aurvandil's fire…forever.

NORMAL POV

It took some time before Astrid calmed down to Aurvandil's fire. She did calm down to the part when they were just below the clouds because just like on their first flight together on Toothless, Astrid tried to grab for the clouds like a little kid and for Hiccup, he was felling for her all over again. Then as they got through the clouds, the only thing they saw was the view of the full moon and the stars lighting up the sky and because of that, it made the moment really romantic for them and it's about to get better because as they exited through the clouds the whole view of the valley emerged and only a gasp escaped Astrid's mouth on seeing it. She gazed at the sight like the place was different, like she had never seen the place before. "This place is really something" she whispered with amazement in her voice. Hiccup smiled to that and said, "Told you this would calm you down" and Astrid just replied with a "…yeah". Then as they were enjoying the view, Hiccup remembered something, though when he told Astrid about that, it ruined their moment.

"You know…this is what I was supposed to tell you that time, before…you know, I-I left berk" Hiccup said. Hiccup was trying to say it to her like they were just talking about the past and nobody is getting affected by it anymore…at least that's what he thought is happening because when he looked back at her, he can already tell that Astrid was already depressed. "Oh come on! Why did I have to say that!" he immediately cursed his self and he went on and on with it while for Astrid, she was thinking why would he say that now. "Why would he say that!" she said in a really angry voice in her head but there was something wrong. Astrid maybe angry from the inside but outside she never looked like angry, it was more like she was getting depressed and that confused her and because of that confusion, things began to get worse.

"W-why Hiccup? Why did you trust me that time?! Why didn't you go after me?!" Astrid said, clearly going back to that hateful event they went through. "Because if you did, things wouldn't have to turn out like this! Berk should be having a peaceful life right now! Everyone could have been riding with dragons…No more night raids and nobody has to die anymore! And for you, you wouldn't have to leave if chased me! You shouldn't have gone through all those scars in your body! And you wouldn't have to live alone!" Astrid stated and she was on the verge of crying right now.

Hiccup was stunned to hear all of that from her, he really was still shocked that Astrid still hasn't let go of that past. Astrid has distanced herself from Hiccup now, it was clear for Hiccup that she didn't take it lightly when he said that event, it clearly still has an effect on her. "So she did really see my scars, well what do I expect? She was the one who took care of…no stop! This isn't the time to think about that! I have to say the reason why…" he said to his self so he could gather all his strength to say the reason why did he trusted her that time, but as he thought of what's going to happen to them next if he said it, he began to hesitate. Though the next words that will come out of Astrid's mouth finally gave him the courage to say it…no, not courage more like triggered to say it.

"And for me Hiccup, I wouldn't be feeling like this! I wouldn't have to betray and leave my parents!..." as Astrid said that, Hiccup then felt a sting of anger rose in him and it was rising, "then if that's the case you shouldn't have leave! You should have stayed!" he said and Astrid heard him but she just kept on saying things she wanted to say. "…I wouldn't have to choose between you or berk! I wouldn't have to feel like this! I would have to…" then Hiccup just exploded and he blurted out his answer. "IT'S BECAUSE I LOVED YOU!" he yelled, "…it's because I loved you…" Hiccup repeated but with a low depressed voice because as he said that memories he couldn't bare started to get inside his head again and just like Astrid, it still hurts. Hiccup thought that what he said would make Astrid stop but she actually didn't and just continued.

"What do you see in me Hiccup?...because as we perfectly remember, I-I didn't paid any attention to you, I-I made you feel an outcast…and if you remember…you said that I did nothing for you because that's all I did Hiccup…nothing and your right" Astrid stated and that was both hurtful for them to hear that but Astrid only said that so she could know why Hiccup was so into her that he also trusted her despite of all the things she did in the past. "Hiccup tell me what do you see in me?" Astrid asked again. "…Astrid what I saw in you wasn't just your looks or even your attitude towards me…I loved you for who you are and that's just it, there's no other reason to it. In fact I don't need a reason so I could fall in love with you, nobody does because if you love someone then you love them…the only thing is you just have to choose the one who will love you back the same way you love them…" and then Hiccup paused for a brief moment after saying that, because the last part of what he said had a huge impact to him, he actually thinks that he failed in finding that. Hiccup released a sigh filled with depression, "….so to sum it everything up, I loved you because you're you…I loved everything about you" Hiccup confessed.

"…though…if someone would look for a reason for me to love you that time maybe it's…it's because I always thought that you were not the same as them…I always thought that you were better than them…and I thought that you were the one who'll finally make me feel a…" "Hiccup you should stop now…" Toothless suddenly cut in while looking past at him. Hiccup took a glance behind him and as he looked back, Astrid was already looking down in depression which is making him depressed too. He wanted to say sorry and just hug her but because of what just happened between them, he lost all the courage to. Though what Hiccup doesn't know is that because of that, he gave Astrid a struggle with her thoughts and later it began to be a struggle in her feelings because after Hiccup said all of that to her, Astrid began to think that maybe, just maybe, it was also the same for her, that maybe Astrid felt the same way too.

At first, it was the same with Hiccup, she was also cursing herself for ruining that moment between them, "Why did I have to say all of that! I could have just said 'oh really? There was something like this on berk?' but I had to freaking ruin it! And n-now look what's happening! It's like we're starting all over again!" she said in a very angry voice inside her head, though something was actually wrong right now because as she can tell by herself, she was really angry in the inside…but on the outside, it was different, Astrid was already crying.

She wasn't able to realize it until the first drop of tear fell on her hand. Astrid then touched those tears and looked at it to see that she really was crying and that confused her which then started her thoughts to get really complicated. "W-why am I crying?" she thought, "I don't understand! Why would I be crying if I'm really angry at myself right now?" she tried to wipe off those tears but it kept coming down. Astrid continued to wipe it off even though she knows that it's not going to work and the only way to stop it is to figure out why she is acting like that.

"W-why am I crying like this?! I'm angry, I'm really angry at myself…yet why am I still feeling like this? Like there's…like there's a pain that I can't explain…" then at that moment she looked at Hiccup, who was still keeping his self in a quiet atmosphere, brooding about how he blurted out things like that to her. Though as Astrid stared at him, she realized that the reason was still the one that started this…it was still about the past. "It's still because of the past I'm like this! I'm still stuck in that past! I still can't move on…" she realized but that thought had its own conflict, "…but I don't understand why! Why would I still be trapped on that past?! Because it was clear that Hiccup already forgave me for all those things…so why am I still feeling like this?" Astrid asked herself, she was now really troubled on her own thoughts and feelings then she began thinking about the past and when she did, it made her realize that she was right, she was still stuck in their past because as she kept thinking of those memories, pain is always present in each memory and it still hurts as ever.

Then as Astrid kept thinking about it more and more, it made the tears flow like a river and what hurts her even more is that no one was realizing it. Astrid was crying silently behind Hiccup right now, not a single noise came out of her. She just cried silently while they flew their way home back to the mountain but when they were finally near the mountain, Astrid too, began to get near her answer and it started when she realized that maybe she had left something behind in that past that was really important for her, something that was really crucial for her that it was making her go all through the trouble and pain she's going through right now. "…Maybe…I feel like this because there's still something in that past that I just can't get over with, like there's something I want to be clear with…like something is still missing and I know that it's really important because I wouldn't be like this, I wouldn't feel this emptiness and hurt right now if it weren't for whatever that is" She thought.

Then along her thoughts, Astrid remembered something. She remembered that she had already said those to someone else and that someone was none other than Hiccup. She remember telling him those before both of them went through those four horrifying days, she remembered telling him about her feeling like there's still something missing, like there's still something she wants in that past and she also remembered that she felt all of that because of him, Hiccup…though that time she said that it wasn't really bothering her and she even said that she'll ignore it. But now that she's not ignoring it, it's really bothering her to the core and it's not just bothering her but it's even making her really crazy.

"But why you?" she started again, "Why would it be you? Why are you the one who could make me feel like this? What is it that is in you that you're making me feel like this? W-what is it about you that I'm being like this? I always feel this uneasy feeling when I'm with you, a feeling like I'm going to burst whenever I'm going to talk to you or even if I stare at you…I don't know it but I also get conscious of myself all over you and why is it that if I see you're hurt or in pain why do I feel like I'm the one getting hurt and I know that it's not because of the things I did to you in the past because I can tell myself that it's something more to that" Astrid said in her mind and that was not all, there was a lot more and it is really troubling her and then it got worse because that thought conflicted itself again and it was more confusing than ever.

Everything that Astrid had thought about till now sure made her feel a lot of feelings she can't explain but one tops on all of them and it's the most confusing one for her, "…I know I said that this hurts, yes it hurts a lot, it stings, it might even kill me one day if I don't fix this but…but the truth is I really don't hate this feeling at all" she thought, "…this feeling it's…it's just making me feel…feel really confused, I really can't figure it out on why would I actually feel like that and on top of all, it's all because of you Hiccup" she thought, "why you…Why…" then suddenly, the words 'you don't need a reason to fall in love with someone' finally came to her mind and that finally did it, Astrid figured out everything and she figured it out exactly just when they landed.

When they landed, what Hiccup first did was that he kept a distance to her, thinking that he might hurt her even more if he gets close to her but with the thing on Astrid's mind right now, what Hiccup is doing is hurting her more than ever. "Let's…call it a day" Hiccup said in a down voice, he kept looking down on the ground, even trying to avoid eye contact with her. Toothless though saw that Astrid was crying as soon they landed, he decided to tell Hiccup but when he did, Hiccup stopped him. "Hiccup…she's…" "Toothless…please not now" Hiccup cut him.

Astrid on the other hand started to stop crying because now that she had figured everything out, her heart starts to calm itself down. Astrid realized that the missing feeling was Hiccup all along because when she thought about it, it was from the time Hiccup left, that feeling never parted from her and that was actually the sign that she had a thing for him. For the pain, it's still the pain from their memories of the past though the pain wasn't all about the time when Hiccup left berk but most of it was the pain of the fact that Astrid wasn't able to realize what this feeling was that time and the possibility to tell him what she really felt about him because she knows that if she did realize it a lot sooner, everything she had said to their argument a while ago wouldn't have happened. And for her other problems a while ago, the uneasy feeling, the feeling like she was about to burst whenever Hiccup is around, the conscious feeling, and even the pain to see Hiccup getting hurt…it was all love, not love as a friend but it was the love for a girl to a boy.

Then as Astrid kept thinking about her long hidden feeling towards Hiccup, she came to the point where she felt like she couldn't take it anymore, like she wanted to tell him all she's feeling right now. Astrid kept thinking of doing that and that actually made her nervous and scared. Nobody would believe it but she actually got scared just by thinking of her confessing everything to him...though it wasn't actually the confession that was scaring her but it was what Hiccup would reply to her if she did confess. Then at that thought, Astrid already hesitated.

Astrid can't seem to do it now and what made her more to hesitate is when her thoughts returned to their conversation ago and she clearly remembers that Hiccup used the word "LOVED" in his statement and that word meant for her that it was just a feeling in the past now, it means that feeling was no more. Then Astrid also remembered that Hiccup said "...would look for a reason for me to love you 'that time'…" and that clearly meant that it was from the past. But behind the hesitation and everything she still felt that she should tell him everything because she knows if she didn't, those hurtful feelings would return to her…even though, she knows that if she did tell him everything and Hiccup rejected her, the result was still the same, those feelings will still haunt her.

Astrid kept thinking about it and she did, she didn't realize that they were now in front of her room. She just noticed it when Toothless stopped walking and when she noticed it, she knows that she was getting closer to either losing this chance or creating something new for them.

Hiccup trying to be nice, opened the door for her and said, "…I guess I'll just leave you here" he said while scratching the back of his head like he always does in this kind of situation. Astrid looked at him to see that he was still avoiding to make eye contact with her and for that, for the first time in her life she felt the depression of love. Astrid looked down and thought, "It's never going to be like that…is it" Astrid thought, already giving up without even trying...without even confessing. Then that feeling even got heavier when Hiccup started to close the door. As the sound of the creaking door began, Astrid felt the feeling when Hiccup leaving berk, the feeling that he was slipping away again and that is the feeling that she was most scared of. Then Astrid decided it was now or never.

As Hiccup grabbed the door knob and began closing the door, Astrid grabbed for his other arm, "…wait…" she said. "Come on say it…just say it, ask him…" Astrid's subconscious yelled, "He's going away again, you'll never have a chance like this again...tell him!" she yelled in her mind. As Astrid battled with herself in her mind, Hiccup actually thought that she was about to say sorry for a while ago but he doesn't want that because he thinks that it was his fault for that argument. Hiccup also thought of saying that she should never mind what he said a while ago, after all, all of it was in the past. "Astrid look…I'm sor…" he was about to apologize but Astrid stopped him with a question he never expected, "Do you still love me?"

A long silence after that. Hiccup tried to process what she just said calmly and he did but Hiccup was actually shocked and at the same time confused on what she just asked him. Hiccup thought of what was going on right now, "Astrid just asked me if I still love her…" and that thought went circling on Hiccup's mind endlessly and now he was at a loss of words, not knowing what to think or say. Just a while ago he was here thinking of what he did made her depressed but here she was, asking a question he never ever expected…from her. It's not that he hates it but he really likes it a lot, he was just really surprised to hear that question from her. Though on behalf of all the conflicts and surprises of this moment, his answer to Astrid's question was absolute, it had never changed and it never will…it'll always be a 'yes'.

Hiccup looked at her hand and then straight to her face and when he did, he can see in Astrid's face that she was already pleading for his answer, and besides Hiccup too was getting restless to answer her question, so he finally answered, "…Yes" then after that, the next thing Hiccup knew was their distance became really close. Astrid's face was in front of his with her eyes closed…and her lips in lock with his, making a kiss.

Astrid had grabbed Hiccup for a kiss. She doesn't know why she did it but she felt like it was the right thing to do for that moment. Astrid had a little bit of hesitation about her feelings for Hiccup a while ago but because of that kiss…that single kiss, her feelings for him are also absolute now. She was right that it was really love that she felt for him because as they continued that kiss, Astrid can feel the gap in her heart being filled with something she never felt and it continued to get filled as they made that kiss more passionate.

The kiss became really passionate when Astrid pushed her tongue on Hiccup's teeth and Hiccup accepted it, making a French kiss. Then Astrid started to walk backwards, toward the side of the bed. Hiccup followed her while they still kept that deep kiss intact with one other. Hiccup closed the door as they went to the bed, leaving Toothless with a jaw-dropped face outside the room, shocked to see what just happened in front of him. But actually, Toothless was thinking that, it was about time for them to be doing that kind of relationship so for their sake he just let them be, "Finally! Some progress between them" he thought even though he knew that if they continued that, it was too fast for them to be doing…well 'that'. The term for the dragons are 'mating'…though Toothless can't shake off the feeling that now they have confronted their feelings with each other, he felt like they were stepping in again for another problem and he knows what that is...no it's more of he knows who that is.

Going back to the room. Hiccup and Astrid were still in that passionate kiss and it was about to get more passionate. Astrid started it when she brought Hiccup down with her on the bed, placing him on top of her while still on that none lasting kiss. Both of them started to feel hot, really intensely hot. Astrid then began to take off Hiccup's armor but then because of that armor's complicatedness, Astrid had to break their kiss and find out how to take off his armor which was really giving her a hard time, "How do you even remove this…" she complained with an irritated voice because it's really bothering them from continuing their make out. Hiccup smirked at that, finally giving him the courage to talk to her again. "I'll teach you" he whispered in a very seductive voice and that tickled Astrid a little bit, giving her goose bumps. Hiccup then grabbed for her hand placed it at the lower back part of his armor and there was a switch-like lock that will make all of his armor go off. Astrid clicked the lock immediately after Hiccup showed that trick and his armor fell off of him, she removed his t-shirt and they went back to making out again.

Hiccup started to kiss her chin going down to her neck and as he did that, for the first time in Hiccup's life, he heard Astrid moan and he's really lucky for it was her first. "I never thought I'd hear you do that" Hiccup said with a small laugh though Astrid got irritated at his comment but she has a way to shut him up. Astrid then pushed him to the side, "Let me make it fair for you" she whispered, her turn to give Hiccup the goose bumps and then after that, she gave him something he won't ever forget. Astrid took off her top, exposing her white slender body to him. Though Astrid still had her breast bindings on but for Hiccup looking at her without that sleeveless red shirt of hers was more than enough, in fact it made him feel like he was staring at a goddess. Then Astrid went close to him again, "You like what you're seeing?" she teased him with a small smile across her face before she continued their kiss again.

Then as their make out took a little longer, they began to get serious, which was really not their plan. They began kissing each other's neck, shoulder and Hiccup got near her breast, kissing the lower part of her neck. Though thanks to Hiccup, being an extremely nice guy, he noticed their selves getting carried away and for that he stopped their selves from going any further anymore. "A-Astrid…wait we can't…" he said, breaking another passionate kiss. "I can't do this to you…not without your parent's permission" he said. "Hiccup…I…" "I know you ran away but I still can't do that to you Astrid…and I'm sorry" Hiccup apologized.

Though they weren't saying it but they actually felt a kind of disappointment and relief when they stopped. Looks like they figured out they don't want to step in that point of their life yet. "It's…it's not that I don't want us to do that…it's just that maybe were going too fast" he said. Astrid then cupped his face with both of her hands and said, "No don't apologize, it's the same for me…" she said though Astrid wasn't just saying it but she's actually not ready yet despite of how wild she was getting with him a while ago though she was guessing that it was her longing love for him that made her to act like that…or lust.

Anyway after Astrid said that, Hiccup just went in for a peck at her lips before saying, "We should get some sleep…it's already late" he said. "Y-yeah" Astrid said with a slight blush on her cheeks. Then Astrid got out of Hiccup's way and then they gathered their clothes and got dressed again. But when Hiccup was about to get out Astrid stopped him for a moment. She just wanted to clear something, "Hiccup wait" she said, "I want to clear some things and I…I want you to say it…" she requested sincerely and Hiccup knows what she meant, she wanted for him to say those three words.

It took some time before Hiccup got the courage to say it due to the embarrassment but either way he still said it, besides they already made that far to make out with each other so why hold back with just saying three words…three extremely meaningful words to be exact. "Do I-I really…" "Yes, please, for me…to make sure" Astrid said. Hiccup realizing that there is no other way out of this, he took a deep breath and said, "I love you". A smile was now written on Astrid's face, "You know…it's really you all long" she said, "You're the reason why I'm here and not because I wanted to escape my marriage and just to go here so I could say sorry to you but I'm here because of you…because of my unnoticed feelings that I had for you…but I'm going to admit that at first I just wanted to be friends with you after I had fixed everything with you but after realizing my feelings for you and looking at the situation right now…I want to be with you…forever" that gave the both of them blushes that would make an apple really jealous. Butterflies started going wild in their stomachs and they felt that if either one of them speaks another word to each other, they felt like they were going to burst. "Y-you sh-should ge-get some sleep" Hiccup said trying to end that now because they might go back to what they stopped if this went on. "Y-yeah good night" Astrid said and before she closed the door, she replied for his three words a while ago, "oh and Hiccup…I-I love you too" and with that, Hiccup left her room with a smile he can't erase on his face.

Though as he left the room, the real reason why he stopped what he and Astrid were about to do a while ago came in his mind. The reason about him doing that to her was real too but this weighted the most in his mind and it was Heather. Hiccup recently discovered that Heather still had feelings for him. Toothless was the one who told him that and when Toothless revealed that secret of hers to him, he didn't quite believe it at first but when he started thinking about it for the following days, he realized it was all true. All the acting Heather has been doing, he started to notice it. He noticed Heather was avoiding him, even if he found her, Heather would just suddenly disappear as soon as he turns his back from her. Hiccup also noticed that she wasn't keeping any conversations with him that long like they used to nor starting any. This is actually problematic for him because he knows that if something starts to happen between him and Astrid, which already happened, will make things complicated. Though knowing what kind of person Astrid is, he knows she won't be the clingy type of girl, so he was thankful for that.

After all those thoughts went through his head, he didn't realized he was still in front of Astrid's room, "Better get some sleep…it's been one hell of a day…" he thought but the surprises that was about to come wasn't finished yet because as soon as he took a step forward and looked at his way…Heather was standing there…crying.

And as he faces a new problem, two more was about to come. One was already at bay and what's worse is the other one he's about to face, it was his relationship with Astrid….it didn't last long.

I'M REALLY SORRY AGAIN FOR THE LONG UPDATE. MY LIMIT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY TWO MONTHS BUT TO THE LOOKS OF IT I EXEEDED FROM IT AND I'M REALLY SORRY. BUT I GOTTA SAY THIS HAS BEEN THE HARDEST CHAPTER YET ON THIS STORY. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW.