Normal POV

The auburn male pushed Hunter to a corner of the school, away from everyone. Once the older male's back hit the wall, he lifted his hands up, "H-hey!" Hunter said nervously. Even though Hunter was the older brother, Hiccup was still terrifying when angry. "W-well at least she knows your name?" Hunter tried to make him stay positive.

Hiccup scowled at him, "What was that about?" he asked.

Hunter sighed and shook his hand off, "Look, I had nothing to do with it." Hunter said truthfully. His green eyes squinted in suspicion, "Honest!" Hunter said. "I know how much Astrid means to you, I would never think of stealing her away from you!"

"Then explain." Hiccup demanded, "Explain, out of everyone in this school, out of her hundreds of friends, why would she ask you for help?" he poked Hunter's chest, "She barely knows you! You're from a different class!"

"I don't know OK?! Don't blame me that all of sudden your crush asks me to help her with her Geometry homework." Hunter said. Hiccup grunted in frustration, his hands curling to fists. Hunter sighed, "Hiccup, I'm sorry. I really am telling you the truth. I have no idea about her confrontation."

"You better be." Hiccup felt betrayed.

"But I'm telling the truth! You have to believe me!" Hunter said desperately.

Hiccup took a deep breath to calm down, "I just...I don't understand." he said. "Why is it suddenly you now? She could of have asked me, I'm in her class."

"If she did then you'd be running away faster than light."

"I'm gonna punch you. You're not helping." Hiccup said.

"I'm proving a point." Hunter crossed his arms, looking at him sternly. "If you finally faced your fear and stopped running away every time Astrid is near, you two would probably have some sort of friendship right now."

Hiccup were to retort something back, but groaned, "I hate it when you're right." he said.

"Hey," he placed a hand on his shoulder, "Use this as your advantage."

"Use what exactly?" Hiccup asked.

"Your jealousy, duh." Hunter said. "Maybe this could finally motivate you start talking to Astrid before anyone else takes a chance on her."

Hiccup scoffed, "What? Me? Jealous of you? You wish." he didn't sound convincing.

"Admit it." Hunter smirked. "You're jealous!"

"I am not!"

"Mhmm," Hunter laughed, "So you don't mind if I wrap my arms around her while I help her study the-"

"HUNTER!"

That Night

"Wait," Astrid said, tapping her pencil on the paper on her desk. She and Hunter were in her room, sitting down near her desk, where papers scattered around. "Isn't the formula Surface Area equals 4 times pi times r squared?" Astrid corrected.

Hunter blinked, looking at his work on the paper. He was absolutely wrong. "Oh yeah, my bad." he said. Astrid only giggled, and they continued to talk back and forth with answers and questions.

However, once they were close to finishing, Hunter started to question this study date thing. Astrid seems be doing fine with Geometry, why would she ask help from him? The whole session mostly consisted of Astrid correcting Hunter with formulas and how to solve it.

It was as if it was Astrid who was helping him.

That was strange.

Not the fact that Hunter wasn't really good at Geometry, but the fact that Astrid asking him for help when she clearly knows more about the subject than him.

"Is that it?" Hunter asked.

"Yep." Astrid gathered the papers, inserting them in a green folded. "Thank you for helping me, Hunter." Astrid smiled, standing up to put her stuff away.

'Yeah...and thank you for making me remember the pain Geometry had given me last year.' Hunter said to himself. But then come on, who remembers Math lessons you learn last year? He doesn't.

"I'll get you something to drink and eat before you go."

"Oh, no that's alright." Hunter said.

"No, no, I insist." Astrid said before running out if the room.

Hunter shrugged watching her walk out the room. His eyes caught something on the night stand near the bed. Hunter sat up straight to look at them. It was the roses Hiccup gave to Astrid, now transported into a blue vase.

He kept staring into the vase of roses until Astrid returned with a tray of snacks and drinks.

...

The door to the Hofferson Residence opened, Hunter coming out. "Hunter, hey, wait a minute." Astrid said. She stood still by the door while he was still by the porch, just a feet from her.

"Yeah?" Hunter asked.

Astrid looked nervous, thanking the dark for hiding the blush on her cheeks. "I-I just wanted to say thanks." she said.

Hunter looked at her confusingly, "You've already said that." he said, "You don't really need to thank me that much." he shrugged.

"No...no not that." Astrid giggled before taking a deep breath, "I want to thank you for the...uhm..the flowers." She said, pulling a strand of blonde hair behind her ear.

"Flowers?" Hunter asked. He doesn't recall any-

Wait a minute...

"Yeah. The flowers you gave me in school." Astrid said. "Heather gave them to me, saying they came from you." she started blushing more, "I-I love them by the way."

Hunter couldn't talk. He was beyond shocked at this point. She...she thought those were from him?!

"I know this...is all of a sudden but, before I...thought you liked me because of what I saw with the part where you offered me a ride and the time I saw you alone and just waving hi to me." Astrid said, "I wasn't sure that time but when you gave me the flowers...I just wanted to say...I like you, too." Astrid said.

And then the next thing he knew, Astrid closed the space between, tip-toeing to give his cheek a kiss before giving him a hug. She didn't notice the petrified look on his face.

Oh, sh*t.

...

While driving back home, Astrid's words still lingered around his mind.

I like you, too.

I like you, too.

I like you, too.

I like you, too.

Hunter gulped once he pulled over to the grass. He couldn't breath all of sudden so he walked out the car for fresh air.

Oh, gods. What did he just get himself into?

I like you, too.

Astrid likes him. ASTRID LIKES HIM!

And HICCUP is going to KILL him!

What did she say again? About the whole...what is he thinking, Astrid thought that Hunter liked her before? What..how did that happen? What made her think that? Has she always liked him?

Whatever the answer was, it was not good. If his brother finds out about this , he will freak and tear Hunter apart. Literally.

Maybe...maybe if he didn't tell Hiccup, he won't know. That's the only solution. And maybe if he ignored Astrid, then she won't like him anymore. That idea was a problem because the two of them stay afterschool in Dragonology class!

Hunter sighed as he leaned his back on the car door. He assumed Astrid must have started to have an interest in him because of Hiccup. How you ask? Everytime Hunter tries to get Hiccup to make a move on Astrid, he runs away and Hunter will be the one Astrid notices.

Just like the time where Hunter accidentally volunteered for afterschool baby-sitting when encouraging Hiccup to volunteer. And the time Hiccup was going to give Astrid flowers, he ran away and dropped the flowers. Where Hunter picked them up and asked Heather to give it to Astrid. And then that's when she thought they were from him!

And to top it all off, when she asked Hunter to come by her house today, it wasn't to ask help, but to hang out.

It all made sense.

Now realizing this, he slid down to the ground, not wanting to go back home with the guilt of knowing Astrid had fallen in love with him.

Hiccup is so going to kill him.

...

"Are you OK?" Hiccup asked curiously, looking at his brother who's been staring off to nothing. "And you're sweating...when it's clearly cold out this morning."

"Me? Sweating? Pff, no." Hunter said nervously. The two were walking inside the school doors, passing a few students. "What makes you think that? I'm not...hiding anything or whatever.."

Hiccup just looked at him with a weirded out look, "Uh...OK?" he asked. Last night when Hunter arrived home, Hiccup was waiting in the kitchen like he's been expecting him. The auburn male interrogated Hunter for several minutes until they had to go to sleep. Of course, Hunter lied and made sure to never mention about Astrid until her interest in him die out.

"Uhm...come to think of it hehe," Hunter gulped, walking faster than Hiccup now, "I have...somewhere to go to." Hunter said, trying to come up with another excuse, "My...classmates needed help with their...Trigonometry homework, so..they asked me to help them. Yeah..yeah that sounds right."

Hiccup rose a brow at his weirdness. The older auburn male started backing away, a nervous smile on his face. "I'll...uh, see you later!" Hunter yelped before sprinting to his first block.

Hiccup watched him with suspicion. He knew Hunter was lying. His older brother was such a terrible liar.

Just like how terrible he is in Math.

He is hiding something.

...

"You look so in love there's hearts popping out of your head." Heather grinned, looking at Astrid.

"Huh?" Astrid blinked, looking away from the board to Heather.

"If you keep doing that face, people are going to start noticing." Heather warned. She scooted closer to Astrid's desk, "You haven't told me how your study date went! Describe, and tell me all the details."

Astrid laughed at Heather's sudden interrogation, "OK, OK. Don't be so loud." Astrid shushed, looking around to see a few students in her Biology class. It was still Break Time so they can talk, "When we worked on the worksheet, I found it cute when he kept getting the questions wrong. I was just glad he didn't get suspicious.

"And then when he was going to leave, I stopped him and well...told him everything." Heather's eyes glimmered for her to continue, "I told him that I liked him back..a-and I kissed his cheek before hugging him. You have no idea how nervous I was to do that."

Heather squealed, "Aww, what did he do next?" she asked eagerly.

"After I hugged him, he hugged back...kind of awkwardly since he was so stiff. I guess he didn't expect that." Astrid shrugged.

The two girls continued to chat about what happened last night in Astrid's house, unaware of the auburn male that heard them.

...

Hunter parked his car inside the garage of his home, walking out and swinging his bag to his back. He arrived alone today because he had the afterschool dragon watching still, meaning Hiccup went home earlier. Speaking of after school, it was terribly awkward inside the classroom.

Hunter said no word at all. The atmosphere in the room was tense. He hoped this would lessen Astrid's progressing crush on him more. Although he felt guilty for not talking to her since she looked crestfallen the whole time, and Hiccup would probably get angry about that.

He sighed, opening the door to the house. Hunter just hoped this was all a dream he was having.

"WOAH!" Hunter screamed once he got tackled on the ground out of nowhere. His blue eyes looked up to see angry green ones, hate directly towards him. "What the-...Hicc-"

"YOU TRAITOR!" Hiccup shouted, wrapping his hands around his neck to strangle him, not with force to actually hurt him.

"W-what are you talking about?" Hunter asked with a look on his face, "What is wrong with you?"

"You know what I'm talking about." Hiccup said gritting his teeth.

Hunter furrowed his brows, still confused about what he was talking about. "I don't know what you're talking about! Now will you please get off me? Go hang out with Toothless or something, this is getting weird." Hunter said.

Hiccup didn't move, a scowl still visible, trying to hint Hunter what he was trying to show, "Answer me honestly." he demanded, "What happened between you and Astrid last night? I know there was more to just answering Math questions."

It hit Hunter like a pile of bricks. "Oh.." he muttered. This wasn't anger coming from Hiccup, this was jealousy. Well it was kind of anger, but it mostly came out from jealousy. "Uh..yeah about that.."

"I can't believe you!" Hiccup said in disbelief. He let go of Hunter's neck and sat up, "You're my brother, why would you even think of doing that?"

"I know it looks bad but you need to hear me out..." Hunter said. He tried to stand up but Hiccup held him down.

"And what? Hear more of your lies?" Hiccup asked.

"No. Hiccup, you're overreacting." Hunter said. "Just let me explain, and we can settle this like normal, civilized men."

"Are you kidding me?" Hiccup asked with an unimpressed look. "You acted so whiny like a spoiled child when you realized I got more gifts than you last Snoggletog."

Hunter glared at him, "Leave Snoggletog out of this." he said. "It's either we talk this out or I'll do it the hard way."

"Oh no, I'm so scared." Hiccup said sarcastically. "What are you going to do then, smart*ss?"

"Something bold and manly that doesn't have to include using violence against you," Hunter grinned.

Hiccup raised a brow at his reply. It was true, they promised no violence among each other years ago. Not counting the time Hiccup kicked his shin to get away from Astrid one time.

Hunter knew the right solution for this. He took a deep breath before yelling as loud as he can, "MOOOOOOOM! DAAAAAAAAD! HICCUP'S TRYING TO HURT-" Hiccup covered his hand on Hunter's loud mouth.

"Don't you dare get Mom and Dad involved in this." Hiccup whispered - really? That was his bold and manly plan? "This is between you and-" Hiccup paused once he felt something wet and slimy touch his palm. He quickly pulled his hand away like it was just burned, "Ewwwwwww! Did you just...did you just lick my hand?!" Hunter snorted, "You are so gross. This is more disgusting than Toothless' spit." Hiccup said.

Hunter rolled his eyes, "Hiccup look, if you heard about this from Astrid or anyone she shared this too...it's not what it looks like." Hunter said. He was about to protest but Hunter continued, "As I was saying, whatever she said is a misunderstanding. Or it's more like what she's thinking is a misunderstanding."

"What do you mean?" Hiccup asked.

"Astrid thinks I like her." Hunter sighed.

"What?!" Hiccup asked. "Though...you don't right?"

"Of course not. Sure, yes, she's pretty and every guys' dream girl, but I know for a fact you like her and once you actually give yourself a chance to talk to her, she'll like you too." Hunter said.

"And how are you so sure about that?" Hiccup asked.

"Bro, the only reason she likes me is because of what you've done." Hunter said. "All the opportunities you had with her, I accidentally get stuck with them in the end. Remember in PE? She noticed me only because you left the court, leaving me alone, awkwardly waving hi to her.

"The afterschool thing for Mr. Gobber's class? When I tried to get you to volunteer, Mr. Gobber thought I volunteered instead, and that was when Astrid thought I had a thing for her or something. And then last Valentine's day? You chickened out and drop the roses you bought her. I picked them up and asked her friend, Heather I think, to give them to her.

"When she gave them to Astrid, Heather thought they were from me so that's what she told Astrid." Hunter explained, hoping Hiccup will believe him. He was desperate right now. "Yes, I did hug her back, but I didn't want her to be suspicious of me because I didn't want to tell her the truth about you."

Hiccup listened closely, taking in his words. He let out a sigh, "What now then?" he asked, beginning to stand up. He helped Hunter to his feet.

"I don't know, it's your turn to think this through. I'm already helping you by trying to get Astrid to stop liking me." Hunter said. Hiccup groaned, "Hey, it's that or you lose Astrid forever. Think about the fact that you're losing her to me." Hunter said.

"I hate you."

"Love you, too, bro."

...

"Hunter?" Astrid said for the first time today after school. He turned around, "Where are the rocks that Mr. Gobber said to feed the Gronckles?" She asked.

"I think they're in the storage room right there." he pointed to a brown door at the other side of the room.

"Oh, OK." was her only reply before she walked toward the storage room. She opened the door, walking inside. Astrid turned on the light, her blue eyes scanning the small room. There were just pantries of jars, containers, and boxes. Her head tilted up to see a jar of rocks, with a name that said 'Gronckles'. The problem was, she couldn't reach it. "Hunter can you come here for a second?"

Hunter left the baby dragons that started to sleep, "You need help?" He appeared by the door.

"The jar's all the way up there. Can you get it for me?" she asked, pointing to the highest part of the pantry. This was the first time they talked after their study date, and Astrid was glad to start talking to him again. She assumed she must have freaked him out with the kiss and hug.

"Oh, yeah sure." Hunter said. He walked in, pulling the door behind him.

Astrid saw the door closing, "Wait no! Don't let the-" the door slammed shut. "...door close."

Hunter whipped his body back, seeing the door close. "What? What's wrong?" He asked. He noticed there was no doorknob in this side. "Oh..."

"Is anyone by any chance outside? Or at least outside in the hallways?" Astrid asked.

"I don't think so. The janitors are probably cleaning the restrooms, and the truant officers are off campus by now." Hunter said.

"So we're going to be stuck here?" Astrid gasped. When they were going to leave the class, they were the ones to lock up the classroom and then leave. The idea of staying here until night made her paranoid...although, she was a little glad Hunter was here.

"No, so don't worry." Hunter said. That made her a little disappointed. "We only have 5 minutes left until we go home, that means my brother just got out from his football practice." he reached to his back pocket, "let me get my phone and I'll call him." his hand froze.

He left his phone on the counter in the classroom.

"On second thought..." Hunter said. The blonde female sighed, taking a seat on the ground beside the pantry. "Let's just wait for a few minutes. I'm his only ride to get to home, so he'll notice why we're late." he said.

Hunter sat next to her since this storage room was really small, and wherever, however he sat, it would still be next to Astrid.

Meanwhile, Hiccup looked at the school doors for a while, waiting for his brother to come out. He's 5 minutes late, Hunter usually comes out on time with Astrid. Where were they?

Wanting not to wait, Hiccup stood up and walked inside, making his way to Gobber's class.

Back with the two inside the storage room, they kept a conversation to lessen the awkward atmosphere, "So, are you and your brother close?" Astrid asked.

"You can say that." Hunter said.

Astrid smiled, "Must be really great to have a sibling. I'm an only child. The only relative I have that I treat like a sister is my cousin, but she's not really here in Berk that often. She'll be coming here this week, that's good." she said.

Hunter nodded, pausing to think for a bit. Come to think of it, this may be a right time to talk about something. "What do you think of my brother?" Hunter asked. He hoped it wasn't sudden.

"Hiccup?" Astrid asked, looking at him. She glanced down to her feet, "Oh, I..don't know. I know him of course since he's in all my classes...but we never talk. I think the only time we talked was in Freshman year and then after that, we never talked again.

"He has a lot of friends and he talks to almost everyone in our class." Astrid said. "But he doesn't talk to me, not even to ask for a pencil or to be partners." she looked at him, "Does..does he hate me or something?"

"What? No, of course not!" He loves you. "Hiccup's not the type of person to hate other people. He's really kind and treats everyone nicely."

"That doesn't explain why he ignores me." Astrid said.

"He...he doesn't ignore you." Hunter said. "He just..." maybe this was a bad idea to talk about. "Well...uh..let's drop it. You know...I'll ask him today. But don't think he hates you, I'm perfectly sure."

Astrid shrugged. "I'm sorry for getting us stuck in here. You must have other things to do right now...I'm sorry if I wasted your time." she said.

Hunter laughed, "What are you apologizing for? I should be the one saying sorry. You're not the one that didn't know there wasn't a knob at this side of the door."

Astrid smiled, "Well, at least I'm stuck here with you." she said quietly, but it was enough for him to hear it. Hunter was suppose to ask her more about that comment until she placed her head on his shoulder.

A chill went down his spine and he could feel the hair behind his neck rise. Oh, no. This was not good. This was certainly not good at all.

Hunter was stiff as a rock, and did not move at all. What was he going to do? Just straight up tell her to move away? He couldn't do that! Astrid still liked him. If her crush starts to become more serious, that would cause problems between him and Hiccup.

Astrid moved her head a little to look at him, still leaning to his shoulder, "Are you alright? You're shaking." she said.

He couldn't do it anymore. The guilt was eating him inside. Hunter had no choice but to tell Astrid the truth about him and Hiccup. He just hoped his brother won't mind. "Astrid?" he called out. She still looked at him, "We..need to talk."

"Talk about what?"

"Look...I-I haven't been completely honest with you. I should have said this before for Hiccup's sake and-"

Hunter stopped himself when the door opened.

...

Hiccup looked around the empty classroom. The baby dragons were fast asleep except for a couple of Gronckles, who were playing around and flying everywhere. He'd love to check them out because he adored dragons, especially the little ones.

He heard inaudible voices coming from the storage room. Hiccup paused to look at the door - he knew the only 2 people in there. The auburn male walled to the door without thinking, twisting the doorknob and pulling the door open. Hiccup expected some sort of make-out session for some reason, which made him angry to know Hunter had lied to him.

However, instead, Hiccup sees the girl he's been crushing since Freshman year leaning her head on Hunter's shoulder while they look at each other. Hunter was suppose to say something, but once the door opened, he shut his mouth when he saw his younger brother.

"Hiccup?!" Hunter yelped. Astrid shrieked in fright, sitting up straight.

Hiccup didn't say a word. All he could imagine was the image he saw when he opened the door. The picture pained him, it hurt so much. He knew the feeling was a mixture of jealousy, anger, and sadness. It was mostly sadness right now, and all he could do was just stare at them with an emotionless look.

Hunter stood up quickly, followed by Astrid. "I..I was just looking for you. It's past 4 already and I..need to finish something at home." Hiccup didn't let Hunter say another word, walking out the door to wait for him outside.

There was definitely tension coming out from the two siblings, which Astrid did not understand. It was better to ignore it since it was not her business anyway. Hunter checked his watch - it was time to go home, so not they'll lock up the room after making sure the baby dragons are fast asleep.

...

Outside the school, Hunter leaned on one of the pillars while he waited for Astrid to finish making a call - she borrowed his phone since hers ran out of credit. Hunter looked over to his right to see Hiccup sitting on one of then benches outside the school, waiting for him.

They haven't said anything to each other after walking out the classroom. It was killing Hunter with guilt, and he felt like he had to do something about it. Sighing, Hunter walked over to his brother.

"Hiccup," Hunter called out. He looked back. Hunter expected Hiccup to tell him to go away or shout at him, but instead, Hiccup just looked away in sadness. He looked damaged and betrayed. "Hiccup, we need to talk."

With Astrid, she finished her call with her Mom, who told her she'll be here in 10 minutes. "OK, thanks Mom, love you." Astrid said. She hung up when her mom said love you back. "Hunt-" she turned to call Hunter to give him his phone back, however, he was not where Astrid last saw him.

Looking around for a second, she found Hunter with Hiccup. Astrid walked to them, but stopped when Hiccup stood up to face his older brother. The two looked serious, and she stepped back to give them their space. I should just wait for them, she thought.

"You need to tell Astrid." Hunter said.

Astrid stopped walking when she heard her name come out of Hunter's mouth. She hid behind one of the pillars, her back on it while she eavesdropped on their conversation. She felt bad for doing this, but they were talking about her and she was curious. Why had Hunter said that? And what about Hiccup?

Hiccup shook his head, "Do I have to?" he asked sighing, "Astrid clearly shows she likes you, and I can't take that away from her." Hiccup sounded defeated, "She picked you, you can have her, it's too late for me anyway." he sat back down but still faced him.

"You're giving up that easily?" Hunter asked, "Hiccup, you can't do that." he said. "I've watched you admire Astrid for years, and now you're going to throw all that away just because of a misunderstanding?"

"There's nothing more for me to do!" Hiccup exclaimed, "She fell in love you, Hunt. She wants you, and not me. I'm not going to force her to like me...some people aren't just..meant to be."

"Why are you suddenly doubting everything you believed? You can't just give up so early." Hunter said, "I'm sorry, OK? Maybe if I had stayed away Astrid wouldn't have noticed me. Although, Hiccup, you need to tell her the truth."

"And then get my heart broken when she says she wants you instead?" Hiccup asked.

"Don't think of it like that. Astrid's a sweet girl, she'll understand if you explain it to her." Hunter said.

"You're not sure about that."

"I've been staying after school with her almost everyday. She's nice and understanding, Hiccup. You can trust me on this." Hunter said. Hiccup shrugged, looking down. "Dude, are you really willing to throw away all of it?

"If you really care about Astrid, then you need to think about her. Do you want her to fall in love with someone that doesn't love her?" Hunter asked. "If this crush Astrid has turns more serious and you don't tell her sooner, you're going to watch her get broken hearted when I turn her down.

I'll feel guilty for doing that, but I can't imagine myself spending my life with someone that reminded me of someone that should have been with my brother instead." Hunter said. "I don't want to hurt Astrid, Hiccup, she's been nothing but a nice person to me. And I know you don't want her to get hurt to."

Hunter continued on, "Hiccup, you and Astrid are meant for each other. You have a lot of things in common than you think. Just give yourself a chance to finally talk to her. Stop hiding and tell her how you feel."

"Alright, fine, I love Astrid, OK?!" Hiccup exclaimed, standing up to his feet. "I've always thought it was all going to be a short term crush that I'll forget like always, but I had to fall in love with a goddess in the end...but to only realize she likes you...Hunter, I messed up. I should have confessed ever since.

"I don't know what to do...I'm not sure what to do..." Hiccup sighed, "Astrid won't show any interest in me when she still thinks you like her. I want to tell her the truth...but I don't have the right time. I just want her to know that it's been me the whole time...from offering her a ride then the flowers for Valentine's Day.."

Astrid has been listening to their conversation for a long time. She was beyond shocked at what they were talking about. The blonde female wasn't entirely mad or something, just shocked at the truth. When Hiccup mentioned about the flowers, she realized, from what she's learned from the conversation, the flowers weren't from Hunter, they were from Hiccup.

This all made her body froze, causing the phone on her hand to fall. Astrid gasped once it landed on the ground, making a sound that was sure that made them hear. The phone bounced one time before landing face down. Luckily, the screen didn't crack or got scratched thanks to the protective case around it.

"Astrid?" she heard two voices.

She didn't pick up the phone, looking to the side to see her there. Astrid straightened her back, the first one she looked at was Hiccup. His expression clearly explaining what he was thinking.

Silence fell upon them until Hunter walked forward. He picked up his phone, looked at Astrid with a small smile before walking back to Hiccup. Hunter nudged his arm, "Now or never, bro." he said before walking away.

Hiccup's eyes widened, turning his head back to see Hunter walking away. Oh gods, he was on his own. He looked back at Astrid, who stood there with a look. Hiccup couldn't believe this was happening. He had to this, there was no point in running away anymore.

Taking a deep breath, he walked to her with all the confidence and courage he had, gaining more the closer he was to her, "You..you heard all of that?" Hiccup asked, scratching the back of his head. Astrid nodded slowly. "Oh, yeah, you did.." he bit his lip. He tried his best not to make it awkward and go straight to the point.

"Astrid, I'm sorry." Hiccup said. "If you get hurt from what I'm going to tell you..then I accept that it's my fault. Hit me, slap me, punch me in the gut, it doesn't matter, you deserved the truth." he said. "Astrid, I like you. It's not Hunter if that's what you think...it's a misunderstanding.

"My brother has been trying to get me to talk to you for years. Everytime he tried, I'll back out and run away faster than light to make sure you don't see me." Hiccup explained, "After that, Hunter got into the mess that I left, making you think it's him that liked you. The flowers that you thought were from him...they were actually from me."

Astrid waited quietly for him to continue, "You...have no idea how much I wanted to talk to you..to tell you how I've felt for you for years. After showing you around school back in Freshman year, I had a crush on you the next day. I kept it a secret for years until not, and only my brother knew about it." he said, "I..hope you're not mad.."

The blonde female didn't look mad at all, "Are you for real?" she asked.

"Yes." He answered.

Astrid paused before talking, "..I..I'm sorry if I keep blanking out...this is the first time I..well not the first time, a lot of boys had confessed to me, but they were different and the first thing I did was reject them."

Hiccup's face looked crestfallen, "I guess I'm going to get rejected too, huh." he said.

Astrid widened her eyes and shook her head, "What? No, no, no. I rejected them because I know how bad they were. I can't stand those guys, seriously, their actual presence annoys me." Astrid laughed. "You're...the first guy to ever tell me your feelings instead of straight up telling me to be your girlfriend because you're good enough and all that."

Hiccup chuckled, "Thanks...I guess?"

Astrid smiled, "So you do like me?" she asked.

"Yeah...but that was before," he said, making her confused, "I'm in love with you, Astrid." he finally said.

Her cheeks burned, "W-wow...I don't know what to say." Astrid said. "I never knew you had an interest in me...I thought you didn't like me at all, since you have other girls that drool over you. I assumed I wasn't good enough to be part of that squad."

Hiccup scoffed at that, "A-are you kidding me?" he asked, "Astrid, you are beautiful. No girl is like you because you're different...you're just...Astrid. You're not like any of the other girls I've seen. You put your education as your top priority, you don't dress to impress, you don't wear makeup to feel pretty, you're intelligent and wise..." he smiled, "You are beautiful, inside and out."

Astrid's cheek were not a velvet color, "You...you think so?" she asked. He said those things to her...and it made her legs feel like jelly. No guy had made her feel like this.

He blushed to, "Of course. And what I said, I mean it." Oh gods, where was all this confidence coming from?

"I could say the same thing to you too." Astrid said. "You're not like the other guys, you express your feelings more than your ego. It's something I find attractive from a guy." Astrid said. Hiccup gave her a teasing look, "Wait..sh*t, did I just say that out loud?"

"Yes, yes you did, m'lady." Hiccup said. Astrid pouted, but inside she was screaming hysterically in excitement. He just called her m'lady. Now this is a gentleman.

They stayed quiet for a few seconds to take in their conversation, "H-hey," Hiccup stuttered. He went back to scratching the back of his head, which Astrid now realized a habit he did when he's nervous. "I was wondering..if we can hang out this Friday..at my house? I-if you're busy you don-"

"I'd love to." Astrid said immediately.

"Oh.." Hiccup said, surprised she accepted, "Great!" he said happily. He was overjoyed to tell you the truth. "And well, since you're coming to hang out, do you want to be..partners for the report project for Dragonology class?"

Astrid's smile widened.

"Why would I say no?"

...

"So he ended up volunteering instead?" Astrid laughed.

"Yep." Hiccup nodded, laughing with her. They were talking about the time Hunter accidentally volunteered when encouraging Hiccup to volunteer in Dragonology class.

Friday finally came, and they were both excited to hang out today. Astrid and Hiccup were in the backyard of the Haddock residence, sitting on a blanket over the clean grass. Two laptops were beside them along with a few notebooks and textbooks.

They have been procrastinating in doing their work, instead, they talked and talked. The two asked each other random questions, Hiccup told her about hilarious times with him and Hunter, and discussed about dragons.

"Speaking about dragons," Hiccup said, looking up to the tree providing shade for the two. Leaves fell from above, "Look who's awake." Hiccup chuckled. A small, black blur jumped down, circling around the two, and eventually landing on Hiccup's shoulder. "Afternoon, bud."

A jet black dragon with green eyes the same size of an adult cat licked Hiccup's face, panting with his tongue out like a cat.

Once Astrid saw the dragon, her eyes widened, jaw dropping, "A Night Fury?! You weren't kidding!" Astrid exclaimed, getting excited at the site of the rare dragon.

"Told you." Hiccup said. "Astrid, Toothless. Toothless, Astrid." he introduced. The dragon looked at her curiously, before taking off quickly.

Toothless flew to Astrid, "Awww!" she giggled once the dragon landed on her lap, "He's so adorable and cute!" Astrid squealed. She hugged Toothless, who roared happily. The blonde pet Toothless' head, smiling at the dragon.

Hiccup looked at the two bonding, a smile forming on his face. He could get used to this.

Toothless crawled up her arm before flying back to Hiccup. The dragon ran around his body, tickling the auburn male. "Toothless, stop that!" Hiccup laughed. The dragon didn't listen, but instead kept making him laugh, also causing Astrid to giggle.

Hiccup moved, attempting to get Toothless off him. What was he doing? Hiccup's left hand fell to the blanket, but instead of meeting the fabric, his hand met a soft, small hand instead. He froze all of a sudden, looking down to realize his hand was on top of hers. Toothless stopped doing his thing, realizing his job was done, and flew up to the tree branch to watch them.

Hiccup blushed, still staring at his hand covering hers. "Duh..I..." He wanted to pull his hand away, afraid he might of scared Astrid, but when he looked at her, she had a smile on her face and her cheeks were pink. She showed no sign of being weirded out or being uncomfortable.

The auburn male smiled, keeping his hand where it was as the two look at each other, gazing into each other's eyes.

Meanwhile, Hunter grinned as he looked at the two from the sliding glass doors. His hands were crossed, and he had a proud look on his face. Finally, about time. Hunter was proud of Hiccup finally finding the courage to ask Astrid. His brother finally found the girl he loved.

Hunter looked away once he heard the knocking from the entrance door. He pushed himself from the door frame to answer who was outside. The moment he opened the door, a dragon flew instead quick, "Woah!" he shouted, looking back to see a blue and yellow Deadly Nadder, looking around before dashing to the back yard.

The Deadly Nadder flew fast, looking for her yellow-haired owner. Once she saw her sitting with a brown-haired boy, the dragon roared, launching herself to the boy. "Ah!" Hiccup shouted, falling on his back when the dragon passed him. From above, Toothless laughed.

"Stormfly!" Astrid shouted, the dragon landing on her shoulder. She looked to see Hiccup sitting back up, "Hiccup, I am so sorry...Stormfly's a little overprotective of me...I'm sorry."

"Nah, it's OK." Hiccup chuckled.

"Stormfly, this is Hiccup. He's my new friend so be nice." Astrid said. Stormfly looked at him suspiciously. She flew up and landed on his shoulder. About a second later, Stormfly chirped and rested on his shoulder. Astrid giggled, "She approves."

Hiccup smiled, "Whew...thank Thor." he said in relief.

The auburn male jumped a bit when a warm hand held his. It only took a fraction of a second to realize it was Astrid. He smiled at her, his fingers lacing together with hers.

The project will matter later, right now, they enjoyed each other's company.

Meanwhile, back with Hunter, "Uh..OK?" he turned back to the door.

His blue eyes widened in surprise to see an 18 year old female with dirty blonde hair and brown eyes, just an inch shorter than him. "Uh..h-hi.." Hunter stuttered.

"Hey, I'm Allison." she introduced.

"Hunter Haddock.." he said back.

"I'm here to drop off Astrid's bag and her dragon Stormfly." Allison said, "Mind giving this to her?" She asked, giving him a blue bag.

Oh, this must be Astrid's cousin, the one she mentioned before.

"Oh, sure I'll give it to her." Hunter said.

"Thanks." Allison said.

Allison was about to leave until Hunter stopped her, "Hey, Allison, wait a minute," he said. She turned back around, "Do you..do you want to come inside? It's a really hot day and it looked like you walked here," he didn't see any car other than their own, "you want to come in and get a drink?" he offered.

She thought for a second before smirking, "Sure. I'd like that." she said.

Hunter grinned, opening the door for her. Once she was inside, Hunter closed the door.

The Hoffersons were totally part of the Haddock family now.

The End