I Fell In Love The Moment We Kissed
After HTTYD 1 but before HTTYD 2 / Around the time of
Summary: Hiccup had enough of Astrid and Snotlout fighting so he forced them to work and spend more time together, so they did. They got a lot closer, a little too close for Hiccup's liking and he starts to become jealous of Snotlout and Astrid's new found friendship even though Astrid and Snotlout are just good friends.
I'll be using your guys' ideas soon and I'll be giving credits ~
I just really liked the idea of this and wanted to do this one first before I forget about it (:
Hiccup was frustrated. This was the fourth time that Astrid and Snotlout had been arguing and it was just getting worse. "Stop getting in my way!" Astrid yelled at Snotlout who had collected stones, as per Stoick's request, and had placed them in the middle of everything causing Astrid to trip over them and fall on the ground, hurting her wrist in the process of trying to catch herself. She slowly stood up checked herself over, moving her wrist to see if it were hurt too bad.
"In your way?! Why don't you just watch out for my stones!" Snotlout fired back, placing a few more stones done in the pile where Astrid had tripped. When Snotlout got close to her, Astrid grabbed his wrist and twisted it and flipped him onto the ground, much like she did to Hiccup before when she first encountered Toothless. "Ow!" Snoutlout yelled, "That hurt!" Snotlout stood up and checked his own wrist.
"Good!" She yelled back. Her wrist was hurting, but she wouldn't let up. I'm not weak, she told herself in her head. Overhearing the yelling, the rest of the riders stopped to watch the two, the twins obviously more entertained than the others.
Fishlegs, looking a little worried spoke up. "Can you guys stop?!" He yelled at them, a little more loudly than he should've, causing him to feel embarrassed with all the faces turned towards him.
"No! Keep going. Punch him Astrid!" Tuffnut cheered on. In response, Astrid rolled her eyes and turned towards Stormfly. She was done dealing with them today.
Hiccup who heard the yelling from nearby appeared through the brush. He groaned and the sight since he had already known that something happened with Snotlout and Astrid .. again. "What did you guys do NOW?" Hiccup asked exasperated.
"She hurt my wrist!" Snotlout yelled at Hiccup and tried to play the victim in here. "All because she was being clumsy and fell!"
"That's not true!" Astrid yelled back at Snotlout and walked towards Hiccup. "He," she gestured at Snotlout with her hurt wrist, "put his rocks in the middle of everything and caused me to trip over them because of how stupidly they were placed." This caused the two of them to start arguing yet again and making Hiccup even more and more stressed out. He sighed.
"OKAY!" He yelled, "Would you guys shut up!?" He said in a booming voice. Everyone quieted and looked at him. You could tell he just wasn't in the mood. "Snotlout you shouldn't have placed your rocks in the middle of everything because that's how accidents happen." Hiccup said trying to reason with him but before Hiccup could say anything to Astrid, Snotlout interrupted.
"There you go again! Picking her side! I'm the victim here! Not your stupid little girlfriend!" He yelled back at Hiccup, who in turn wasn't having it.
"For Odin's sake she's not my girlfriend!" Hiccup yelled at him and right after Astrid joined in.
"I'm stupid!?" She said fiercely, looking like she was about to tear off Snotlout's head.
"I-I can't take this anymore!" Fishlegs yelled at them, obviously getting irritated as well. The twins, noticing everyone was yelling joined in.
"Yeah! We can't take it either!" They yelled.
Hiccup was getting a headache and he was about ready to lose it. "You guys! CAN YOU ALL BE QUIET?!" He tried yelling as loud as he could but the others' yells covered his. Toothless, noticing Hiccup's frustration stepped in to help and Toothless roared as loud as he could. It was deafening to everyone and it echoed for a few seconds, even after everyone finally quieted down and turned their attention towards the Night Fury and Hiccup. "Thanks bud." He said as he scratched his dragons head who gurgled in return.
"Okay, I'm sick of all of this. You guys are out of control. You need to learn to work together WITHOUT the screaming and yelling and fighting and injuries. If I can't count on you guys to get along here by just simply stacking rocks, what makes you think I can confidently count on you guys out there when we have to fight against Alvin or Dagur and his armada or anyone else for that matter?"
"Hiccup .. " Astrid began quietly but was cut off by Hiccup.
"No." He said tensely, not looking at her. "I want Snotlout and Astrid to spend the day together. You guys need to start appreciating each other more. I can't deal with this constant bickering everyday. Just you and Snotlout, no one else, just the two of you. No Hookfang and no Stormfly." Hiccup looked up to face everyone, who either had terrified or desperate looks on their faces. "And I want you back at the academy tomorrow. Alive." After a short pause to let his demand sink in, Hiccup said, "Let's take what we have so far back to the academy and we'll call it a day." Everyone agreed in silence and they took their rock load back to the academy where they placed it in a barrel.
After that, Hiccup put Stormfly and Hookfang into their pens in the academy. "Remember, no dragons." As he lowered the stone to close the gate. "Well, I guess we can call it a day. Hope you guys have fun together." He said with a sarcastic tone and a sarcastic smile to follow. With that, he and Toothless flew out of the arena and Fishlegs and the twins followed him out, leaving Astrid and Snotlout alone.
Astrid looked disgusted and terrified at the same time. She didn't know what was worst; Hiccup being absolutely annoyed and mad at her or having to spend the day with Snotlout. Astrid sighed. "I don't care what Hiccup said, I'm getting my dragon." Snotlout said as he marched on over to the gate to open up the pens.
"No! Hiccup said no!" Astrid yelled at him and went to go and stop him.
"Who cares what he said?" Snotlout said and tried to get to the lever but Astrid blocked his path.
"I do, and he's going to be your future chief so you better get used to caring." She said coldly, giving him a deadly stare. Snotlout, realizing he was crossing a deadly line backed off.
"Fine." he growled and started walking away.
"Where are you going?" She yelled back at him.
"Anywhere but here." He called back at her as he reached halfway across the arena.
"We have to stay together!" She yelled at him as she ran to catch up. Her anger was boiling inside of her and her frustration was starting to near an all time high. "Is it really that hard for you to listen?!"
"Well what are we supposed to do!?" he shot back at her, obviously full of frustration as well. "I hate this as much as you do." He said as he turned away and started for the arena gates.
"Let's just .. I don't know! Let's just practice melee combat alright?" She said in desperation. She didn't want to spend time with Snotlout, but she didn't want to let Hiccup down, not right now especially. He had enough of her already.
Snotlout turned around. This actually got his attention. He hadn't known the last time he actually had time to practice melee combat since the whole dragon thing changed Berk. He never really had a need for it. "Okay, fine. I get the hammer." He said as he walked over to the weapon rack and pulled out his hammer he always chose. Astrid grabbed her trust axe that was sitting near Stormfly's pen. "You ready?" Astrid said as she turned around.
"Let's do it." Snotlout replied and the two began fighting in the arena.
Between thrusts and clashes of weapons, the two sparked conversation. They talked about whatever came to their minds; their parents, their dragons, etc. They weren't so focused on the conversation either so it just made it easier to reply. "If anything happened to Hiccup, I'd get Toothless." Snotlout said during one of the conversations.
"What? No way, I would. I've already ridden on him and he already likes me." She shot back as she dodged a blow from Snotlout's hammer and slashed with her axe, only for her hit to be blocked and defected back.
"I'm his cousin. It's only right. Family first." He said as the two continued their fighting.
Astrid stepped back and took a stance, long enough for her to roll her eyes. "You wish. It's not like Toothless would let you ride him anyways." She shot back as she tumbled to the right to dodge a powerful smash from Snotlout.
"He would too!" Snotlout yelled as he jumped back and fixed his stance and braced for an attack.
Astrid aimed her axe and threw it at Snotlout who blocked it and threw his hammer at Astrid, who also blocked it. One good thing about this training was that each other knew how to fight so they could always count on each other to dodge their hits. She was about to bring up the whole flight Hiccup took her on with Toothless the night before his final exam with the Monstrous Nightmare who was now Snotlout's dragon Hookfang but realized it was a secret. No one else knew and no one else needed to know.
The sun was just about setting when the two finished their training. "It's a beautiful sunset. A beautiful sunset that's pretty romantic don't you think?" Snotlout said with a smirk. Astrid, who still didn't enjoy the come-on's pushed him aside and walked past him. "Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow." She said and left the arena.
The next morning, Hiccup was late yet again. He made it to the arena, 5 minutes late. He was anxious to hear the results of Astrid and Snotlout's bonding experience and what he got was a surprise. He saw the two laughing and talking. It literally stunned everyone. Happy with the results, Hiccup walked to the two with a smile on his face and his arms spread out. "So? How'd it go?" Hiccup said anxiously.
"I have to tell ya Hiccup, you were right. It worked." Astrid said, looking at Hiccup with a smile, glad to see he wasn't mad at her anymore.
Snotlout quickly changed his expression to a bored look, "Psh, yeah it was alright." He said trying to sound like it wasn't that big of a deal. Astrid rolled her eyes at him and Hiccup studied the two's interactions.
"Let's get on with today." Hiccup said. "My dad wants us to finish up the rocks. He said it's not enough and we'll need triple the amount we have." The gang headed out to collect the rocks.
Work was going very well. In fact, no one was even arguing at all. Everyone was getting along, even the twins weren't fighting each other. It seemed as though everything seemed right. He took note that he was hearing Astrid laugh all the time though, every time Snotlout would reply. It didn't bother him that much, in fact it probably wouldn't have bothered him if Fishlegs didn't say anything. "Hey Hiccup, I think Astrid and Snotlout are a little too close now, don't you think?" Fishlegs said as he picked up a rock off the ground to toss in the pile.
"What do you mean Fishlegs? They're doing fine." Hiccup replied. He was semi-annoyed, not by Astrid's continuous laughs but by Fishlegs want to keep pushing the questions.
"Well .. if you say so." Fishlegs said and at that moment, Hiccup and Fishlegs both turned to look to see and hear Astrid and Snotlout laughing together, yet again. Now, something was starting to bother Hiccup.
"It's fine." Hiccup said, reassuringly to Fishlegs, although it was more for himself. But by the end of the day, Hiccup had, had it. He didn't like it one bit anymore and there was a part of him that would prefer them arguing and screaming at each other instead of laughing with each other. "Alright you guys, let's head back to the arena." Hiccup said and they tied up the rocks and had the dragons each help carry a side of it to bring it in.
Once the rocks were put away and dealt with, Hiccup called the day over. The other riders , except Astrid, all left leaving Hiccup and her in the arena. He was just about to mount Toothless when Astrid walked up to him. "Hey." She said with a smile.
"Hey." He replied back flatly.
"Uh .. " Astrid started, feeling the awkwardness rise as she noted the tone of his voice and his demeanor. "Do you want to go for a ride around Berk?" She asked hopeful. It had been awhile since the two were able to hang out with just themselves and their dragons. She always liked it when it was just them, not that she minded having anyone else with them, but it just felt better when it was with just him and Toothless.
"Can't. I have to go .. talk to my dad." Hiccup added quickly as he tried to find an excuse. "Why not go with Snotlout?" He said, a little more harshly than he meant and he flew out of the arena in a blink of an eye, leaving Astrid speechless and confused. She knew better than to listen to Hiccup say that he was going to talk to his dad. What she didn't know was where would Hiccup go? The cove was too obvious, the other islands were too far to fly to for both of them this late. Maybe the cliff, she thought as she mounted Stormfly. It was time she and Hiccup talked.
Hiccup landed on the ground and dismounted Toothless. Toothless lit a spot with his flame and laid down and curled in it. Hiccup sat down near Toothless and rested his back against him. "Why does it bother me so much?" He asked his dragon who only eyed him. Toothless and Hiccup both knew why, but Hiccup just wasn't in the mood to admit it. Toothless had seen it the night of Astrid's first flight with them; he had sensed it. Toothless grunted in reply, which only received a sarcastic humorous remark back. "I am not in denial." Hiccup shot back at the dragon's body language. He had already known from the start how Toothless would react but he still felt a need to express it.
Astrid, who had been hiding near the trees with Stormfly, who both had been undetected from the boy and the Night Fury slowly emerged from the forest that gradually died away as the end of the cliff was met. "In denial about what?" Astrid asked as she appeared through the forest, startling the boy who had shot straight up at the sound of the voice. Toothless looked in her direction with lightning fast reactions, but knowing there was no threat, looked back at the sea where the sun was setting.
"Uh n-n-nothing." Hiccup answered back, his face flushed with embarrassment.
"If it's nothing, then why do you feel the need you can't tell me?" She pressed on as she stepped closer to where Hiccup stood.
"It's just that .. " Hiccup trailed off and sighed. He scratched the back of his neck wondering how to say it.
"It's just what?" Astrid said softly and warmly as she walked over to Hiccup's side.
"It's just .. " He trailed off again, and turned away. "It's just that you and Snotlout were getting along so well today."
"Didn't you want us to? Wasn't that the whole point of yesterday?" She said, slightly confused. She tried looking at Hiccup but he turned away.
"Yeah, but .. " He trailed off again looking for words.
"But .. " She pressed him on trying to get whatever she could out of him. This was one of the only ways she could get him to talk when he was holding back.
"But you guys were getting along really well. Like, really well."
"Hiccup, is that it?" Astrid asked and put a hand on Hiccup's shoulder to get him to turn around and face her, which he did.
".. Yes." He said boldly and look to the ground, not being able to hold Astrid's gaze for long.
"You know, I only did it because you told me to. You told me to hang out with Snotlout and I did. You were mad and annoyed that day, and I just didn't want it to bother you anymore." Astrid said warmly, trying to get Hiccup to look at her.
Hiccup looked up a little astonished. "I know but .. but I didn't think you guys would get along so well." He said quietly. A little frustrated that Hiccup was mad over this, Astrid rolled her eyes and sighed. She leaned over and pulled Hiccup's face to hers and kissed him.
"Wha-What was that for?" Hiccup asked a little surprised when they released. He attempted to hide his smile, but it was hard and Astrid saw right through it. Toothless, noticing the interaction walked over to Hiccup and nudged him closer to Astrid while he gurgled something. "Toothless, stop." He said trying to push his dragon back. Hiccup and Astrid were only inches away from each other, but neither one stepped back.
"That was for being you, and not Snotlout." Astrid said. Then she punched him on his arm, "And that's for getting mad at me." She said.
Okay now I'll work on the other ones c:!