The sun set slowly over Berk, and the evening was much warmer than usual that the time of year. Vashti sat on the roof of her house, a little lonely. Her twin brother was out collecting food, she'd had to stay home, because of a small injury she sustained while trying to help train the other teen's dragons. She sighed softly, stroking her Hideous Zippleback's head gently, sighing. "He'll be back soon, I know it." She sighed a little, her brother had gone off with Ruff and Tuff, the only other set of twins in their tribe. She'd always been excluded from their fun, even when she and her brother got the same dragon as them. She ran her fingers through her long red hair, she didnt wear it in a braid like the other girls, not at night anyway, it was much more comfortable to have it loose.

After a few hours, she heard the familiar sound of her brother and Tuff returning to their home. She frowned a little, why'd he always have to bring the blonde home with him after foraging. It was embarrassing for her, since the blonde was so attractive, and funny, he was cooler then any of the others. She hid herself with her blanket, pretending to be asleep. Swallowing her pride, she listened to her brother's voice.

"Seriously, I don't know how you even survive at your place, its way easier with Vashti, we dont fight like you guys." Grinning, he looked over at her bed. "Speaking of Vashti...looks like she crashed before we got here. Pity." he sat on the floor, watching his friend flop on the floor next to the fire.

"She must've gotten bored waiting for you." Tuff's voice was so different, it wasnt overly deep, but it was still manly in away. "I was hoping she'd be up. Its been ages since I saw her..." He wasnt sure how to say it to, he knew he should tell his friend that he had a crush on the other girl, he hadnt even told his twin sister. "Valdez, is she gonna come to the academy tomorrow?"

"i'm pretty sure she will, we can't not go, besides, Double Shock needs training." he chuckled, he didnt even realise that his friend was into his twin. "I'll ask her in the morning..." he groaned, looking out the window. "I better go check Double Shock, feel free to wait for me here, she wont wake up...deep sleeper."

Vashti curled up tighter, her heart pounding. She peaked out slowly, her bright green eyes locking on the blonde as he took his helmet off. His hair was messed up, but still looked wonderful, it was quite clean, and she knew it'd smell good. She stiffened instantly as he moved closer to her bed to look down at her, she closed her eyes tightly, not wanting him to know she was awake. "Vashti..." He shook his head slowly, "Vas...if you can hear me...meet me after training tomorrow...on the secret beach...Ruff'll keep your brother busy." He brushed a little of her hair out of her face, his cheek flushing pink as he moved back. "Please."

When Valdez arrived back in their home, he saw his sister sitting up in her bed, looking nervous and awkward. He stared at her, already running to her side. "Are you ok? Was it the dream again?" He held her tightly in his arms, panicing that his sister was upset.

"N-no, I'm just nervous about the training tomorrow...apparently the Chief's gonna be there..." she winced slightly as she thought about it, though in truth, she was more nervous about going to the secret beach, alone, with Tuff.

"Well...if your sure." He smiled softly, cuddling closer to her. "Are we sharing tonight?"

"If you really want." whenever her brother felt awkward he wanted to sleep in her bed, like when they were younger. She snuggled against him, falling asleep.

When morning came, Valdez woke to see his sister already dressed and sitting on their front steps, tightly braiding her hair for the day, her hair was longer then Ruff's, but nowhere near as pretty. She was a beautiful girl, he had to admit, and it she wasn't his twin sister, he was sure he'd have tried to be hers many times. He watched as she stood, bending to touch her toes, stretching out the muscles that tire from braiding your own hair. He smiled, getting up and dressing in his training clothes properly. He leant down to kiss his sister's forehead. "Your up early." he smiled, moving to go find some breakfast.

"Double Shock woke me up early...She was hungry." Smiling, she moved to start for the arena. "We'd better hurry up, or we'll be late..." She skipped ahead, having already eaten. Valdez was confused, his sister wasnt usually this chipper in the morning. He followed her fast, panicing about her still, though, all those thoughts disappeared as he saw his two best friends.

Ruff and Tuff sat on their dragon, Barfbelch, he was walking towards the arena carefully. Double Shock was hovering close by, since they were both from the same species, they spent alot of time together. Valdez ran ahead and climbed up. "Morning guys," he was grinning as he joined his friends, his hair wasn't done, and he looked like he was still half asleep, but his grin was ever present. The twins were arguing about something, and he chuckled at their arguments. He and Vashti didn't argue very often, and never like the twins did. Vas sighed, waiting for Double Shock to pick her up.

Vas looked at the sky, riding on Double Shock, her eyes slowly moved back down to the second dragon in their group, they'd finished training, and Tuff was arguing with his sister and Val. She sighed. "We'd better land Double Shock...or those three are gonna kill each other." They landed, and she looked closely at the group. "Guys...stop that." She grabbed her brother's arm, tugging him slightly. As she tugged him away, Tuff looked angrily at them. He grabbed her arm, mumbling something about 'plans'. She went bright red, pulling away from her brother fast. "Right, I've got somewhere to be, you...don't fight with them." she ran off fast.

Tuff snuck away from the group too, heading in the same direction. He arrived just after her, seeing her sitting under a tree. She looked great, her red hair glistening in the sun. She had her shoes off, playing in the sand with her feet. He cleared his throat, looking at her a little awkwardly, it'd been a long time since he did anything without his sister. "hey." her eyes snapped up at him, looking almost nervous.

"Hi." She looked up at him, standing slowly. "Why'd you wa-" Her question was cut off by the taller boy kissing her suddenly. She froze, what was she meant to do. Was this a dream? She began to kiss back, just as he moved to pull back. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, pulling him closer. His hands slipped to her waist, squeezing lightly. As the kiss continued, Vashti's lungs began to scream for air, she pulled back slowly, staring into his eyes. "T-Tuff..."

"Sorry..." his voice was soft, nervous. He moved to step back, blushing a little. "I didnt know what to say...but I really wanted to do that." Her arms stay around his neck, looking very embarrassed. He cleared his throat, not moving anymore. "I think you should be my girlfriend."

"Y-your what?" She stared at him, very confused by the sudden statement. "A-are you sure Ruff would approve of that...and what about Valdez?"

"Just say yes, I...know you want to." He was gaining confidence. "But...don't tell your brother yet...and I wont tell Ruffnut yet..."

"So you want me to be your secret girlfriend?"

"yes."

She looked down, pulling away from him. A secret girlfriend, not a serious girlfriend. Slowly, she sat back in the sand, mumbling to herself. "That'd be...terrible." She looked down, hugging her knees to her chest. "I'd rather be Snotlout's girlfriend then a secret girlfriend." She had a few tears slipping down her cheeks. She shook her head slightly, feeling quite bad about the whole situation.

"I dont mean it like that." He knelt in front of her, cupping her face softly. "I just mean...I dont think they're ready for it. I...want them to be comfortable with everything." He leant closer, kissing her again. "I want to be with you." She kissed back very slowly, letting her legs fall down flat. As he started to pull away, she followed him, ending up in his lap. He blushed, staring at her as she sat on his lap. She wiggled a little to get comfortable. "You...move fast."

"N-not too fast..." She looked awkwardly at him. "I want...to try a few things with you." Leaning in, she kissed him again, keeping herself on his lap. As they sat there, kissing, Tuff slowly gained confidence, running his hand up and down her back. He nipped her bottom lip suddenly, causing her to gasp, quickly he slipped his tongue into her mouth, rubbing it against hers carefully. A gentle moan left her lips, and she felt an odd tightning in his pants under her hips. She wiggled slightly, blushing at the feeling of his partial erection.

Before she could break the kiss to say anything, she felt the soft sand under her back. She opened her eyes to stare up at the blonde as he hovered above her. "T-Tuff..." His eyes were dark with something she'd never seen before, his lips a little darker then usual because of their kisses. Tuff bent down, kissing at her neck slowly, nibbling occasionally, leaving dark marks. A deep moan left her throat, her nails digging into his vest. She opened her eyes slowly to look at the sky above them, gasping loudly as she noticed a dark, very familiar shape floating above them. "Tuff...Tuff!" She shook him face, trying to push him off. "Hiccup's just above us!"

Tuff rolled over, glaring up at the sky. He picked up a rock, throwing it at the sky. "He has the worst timing." He frowned, trying to hide his obvious erection. Vashti fixed her clothes, trying to get her hair to cover the dark marks on her neck. Hiccup landed next to them, looking rather quizzical. Tuff sighed a little. "Can we help you?"

"Your siblings are looking for you, they're both really worried." He looked over them carefully. "Is everything ok out here?"

"The sand feels so good between your toes, I wanted to show her." Tuff stated fast.

"And why were you on top of her?"

"T-There was a Terrible Terror stuck in my hair and he was getting it out for me...it ran off before you landed." Vashti covered for them quickly, biting her lip. "Do you think you could drop us back home, if the others are worried."

"Sure, right Bud? We can drop these two off...they arent heavy like dad." the large black dragon made a few noises, before giving them his cute, yet awkward toothless smile. The three teens climbed onto his back, heading back to the village. Vashti kept her arms around Tuff's waist tightly as they flew, Toothless was much faster then Double Shock, and it scared her a little. She hid her face in her boyfriend's long soft hair, moving one hand to rub his thigh gently. She was still interested, and she wanted to show him that. She felt him move slightly, gaining a grunt from Toothless.

As they landed, Hiccup looked at them. "next time, try going in the cave instead of on the beach...I wouldn't've found you there." Tuff made a face at him, starting to walk towards his house, seeing his sister and Valdez sitting on the front step with their dragons. Valdez jumped up, running over to them.

"Where the hell were you?" He grabbed her arm, checking her body over for wounds, freezing when he saw her neck. "Did you fall down somewhere, are you alright?" He panicked, looking at Tuff almost angrily. "Did you let her get hurt? What sort of loser are you?"

"That's enough Val." Vashti's voice was serious, she grabbed his arms unhappily. "You don't get to tell me what to do." Tuff stared at her, before stepping closer, clearing his throat.

"Do you wanna go get food in the hall with me?" She nodded at him, pushing her brother away, heading towards the main hall. As they walked, Tuff watched her, looking a little nervous. "Why'd you stick up to your brother like that? You guys never fight."

"He was annoying me. He's more annoying then you, you know?"

"There is no one more annoying then me~" He chuckled to himself. She smiled at him warmly, taking his hand gently. He blushed, holding her hand tighter. As they entered the hall, Snotloud started to laugh at them loudly.

"You're with the wrong twin, Losers." He chuckled. Tuff frowned at him, moving to say something back to him, before letting go of her hand.

"She fell over in the woods and got hurt, I was just helping her get here for her meal."

Her heart shattered as she heard the words leave her boyfriend's mouth, maybe it was too soon for them to be in public, or maybe someone needed to hit Snotlout, really really hard. She walked over to him, eyes angry, punching him hard in the arm, much harder then Astrid ever did. He winced back, looking like he was in quite alot of pain. She stomped over and getting a drink and her meal, before sitting in the back corner, glaring at her boyfriend and the other boy.

As he walked closer, Tuff noticed the glare, sitting at a different table, waiting for his sister to arrive. He was confused, he thought she'd agreed to keep them a secret while they got going, that had meant from everyone, not just their siblings. Lonely, he looked to where she'd been sitting again, noticing she was gone. He stood up fast, going to find her.