Via was giddy to say the least after Tuffnut at long last FINALLY asked her to be his girlfriend, but by the next morning it was amusing since the blonde was obviously confused about the term as they walked towards the training arena.
"But….if you're my girlfriend then that means you're a girl that is my friend?~"
His eyes grew large and stuttered, "T..Then that means Ruffnut and Astrid are my girlfriends too!? That's NOT right!"
Via face palmed but grinned, "No Tuff, it's not the same thing. You can have friends that are girls but girlfriend means we're dating. You're not dating them too are ya?"
She burst out laughing when his face scrunched up in disgust grumbling, "You're a sick woman. What kind of fantasies do you have anyway?"
That earned a slap across the back of the head, "I was just kidding….sometimes I wonder why I even bother with you."
Naturally she received a naughty grin in the process along with a seductive purr, "Is it love~" Her cheeks turned pink, which didn't go unnoticed by the blonde but he knew, he wasn't too dumb to realize now that Via loved him.
He wondered if she knew he really loved her too but the fact they've kissed, made-out, and even had sex it must be true. "You know I love you right?" He just HAD to make sure.
Via grinned and kissed his cheek, "I know you do Tuffnut~"
"Hurry up you two! You're late!"
The lovers jumped upon the sudden shout from Snotlout, who was obviously impatient to get their meeting underway.
Via wasn't sure what it was about, she just heard about it from Tuffnut this morning but dreaded to what the topic was about….knowing her luck it'll be about her incident with Dagur no less.
If the subject can't finally be dropped by now, I've moved on why can't they?
*Hiccup sighed with relief to see that Via seemed to be back to her old self, which can't be said for her dragon since he was still miffed and moping about…..not to mention the young trainer noticed Scarfume wouldn't even go near Via for some reason.
"Alright, I'm glad everyone is here and sorry for the short notice but my dad wanted me to talk with you guys about Dagur."
An annoyed snort came from the woman, who presently didn't care anyone heard her or not and was about to leave when she saw Tuff's dark blue eyes pleading for her to stay…..so she did.
Fishlegs murmured with worry, "What about Dagur? He was heading back to his homeland wasn't he?"
"Yeah~ about that…he's coming back here. Toothless and I saw him last night during our midnight flight to relax. He is obviously coming back to start trouble again in two days at most."
Astrid arched a brow, "Why were you flying out so far out for just a midnight flight Hiccup?" The brunette nervously rubbed the back of his head, knowing he would get called out on that one before murmuring, "Well, I had a bad hunch Dagur might come back so I went back out to sea to make sure….I was out all night."
That explains the dark circles under his eyes…..he has every right to worry though.
Snotlout snapped, "WHY is that nutcase coming back here!? Doesn't he have anything else better to do with his time!?" Astrid nodded, "It's not like him to be this persistent and not come up with some plan to take Berk. Via, what do you know about this? You were his captive; did he mention anything about any kind of plan?"
Via stood there in silence, secretly relieved Tuffnut didn't tell them what happened….including what info she gave Hiccup which surprised her. She let out a heavy sigh and decided to tell them herself, they needed to know anyway since she's IS the cause of the deranged Viking appearing more often to their land apparently.
"He didn't say anything about any other plan aside from bringing me to his homeland so he can marry me."
The dumbfounded and gawking expressions almost made her laugh until Astrid was the first to speak, "Wait a minute? Let me get this straight….Dagur wants to MARRY you?"
Via just nodded as Fishlegs was next, "When did this happen?"
"Look, this isn't something that's been going on for years. This literally just recently happened when Dagur first snuck onto Berk during the night and tried to take me back to his ship. That was the first time I ever met the guy in person and he just got the crazy AND obsessive idea to marry me. That's it!"
Ruffnut was about to say something but a warning glare from her brother she actually listened, which made her worry a bit since he never takes an interest in many things except their hobbies.
Hiccup nodded, "Well that about sums it up and be that as it may we all need to be prepared when he does arrive, Dagur IS unpredictable."
As they shuffled towards the village Hiccup gently grabbed the woman's arm murmuring, "Via, may I speak with you in private?" Said woman nodded as she watched the others leave.
*Astrid mused, "I wonder what that was about?" Snotlout scoffed, "Who cares! All I can say is that even though Dagur is a complete lunatic he had great taste. I'd marry Via myself."
Tuffnut snapped, "Well you can't!" "Oh, why not moron!?" "She's MY woman!" Snotlout snorted, "I'll believe that when I see it."
The blonde scowled, "Oh you will…AND when we get married you're not invited to the wedding. It'll be huge with LOTS of food and dancing….and a humongous yak piñata~"
Astrid just muttered under her breath, "Poor Via, she should hear this."
Fishlegs rolled his eyes at the blonde, "Who has a piñata at a wedding? There should be flower petals scattered all around the great hall and candlelight with soft music~"
Ruffnut gagged, "Who would want to get married anyway….the whole thing is stupid."
Fishlegs gasped, "It is NOT! It's when two people are in love with each other and are committed to spend the rest of their lives together~"
Astrid had to agree on that one, "That does sound nice. Hopefully that'll happen to all of us one day."
Snotlout smirked and purred into her ear, "We'll be the first ones my darling Astrid?" Said teen punched him hard in the face with a frown as the others chuckled, "I don't think so."
*Via arched a brow when Hiccup asked as if almost desperately, "Via, what happened on the ship?" She narrowed her metallic orbs snarling, "Why does this matter so much that you keep asking!? It's nothing important!"
Hiccup snapped back with worry laced in his words, "It DOES matter! Your dragon won't come near you. You've shut everyone out when we came back despite you seem to be better now."
"I haven't spoken with Scarfume yet which I'm planning on doing today and I'm NOT shutting anyone out anymore. I'm fine! I'm just annoyed you keep bugging me about it. What happened on that ship isn't going to change anything. Why can't you just drop it?"
"I'm worried about you."
"Well don't be, I'm fine."
"I can tell you're lying."
With that remark she couldn't take it anymore. Via punched the dragon trainer in the face before jerking him up by the collar whispering quietly with malice and ignoring Toothless coming to his trainer's side growling.
"I was raped Hiccup. Surely you can understand why I didn't tell anyone about it. It's not surprising it happened since it was Dagur…but I'm moving on. I'll never be able to completely forget being molested by him but I'm doing my best. I've accepted what happened and letting it go, now…..does this piece of information have any significance that's so important you needed to know about? Aside that Dagur is a rapist as well as a lunatic."
Hiccup wanted to kick himself so hard for his stupidity.
I should've trusted her, but why didn't I? His thoughts went straight to Heather, who…despite being their friend still wouldn't completely trust them and kept secrets.
"I..I'm sorry Via. I should've listened to you and seen how much you didn't want to talk about it….I was an idiot for not thinking about your feelings."
The woman sighed and relaxed her grip before helping him up and hugging him, "You were being thoughtful Hiccup, you just too persistent to know every detail. Some things are better left unsaid you know."
The chief's son gulped slightly, not used to being hugged by a girl, but timidly returned it murmuring, "You're right and I need to learn that."
As she released him the woman sighed, "Well, now that you know…are you going to tell Stoic?" He shook his head, "No, like you said…some things are better left unsaid."
She gave him a small smile before leaving, "I'll see you later, I need to find Scarfume."
*Via looked everywhere for her dragon but finally found the sneak invisible in a tree after she felt eyes watching her.
She looked up and even though she couldn't see him she knew it was her dragon. "Scarfume I….um….I don't know where to begin…..I'm so sorry. I had NO idea you saw what I went through on the ship Scarfume, I thought you were just upset that I wasn't relieving my anger and troubles."
Her gaze lingered downward still apologizing, "I was having trouble letting go and it makes me even sadder knowing that you were suffering just as much as me. If I known you knew the truth I would've confided with you…..please forgive me Scarfume."
Her dragon never moved so she left it at that, meekly walking back to the village until she felt his presence beside her which earned a HUGE hug and affectionate nuzzle from the two best friends.
Upon arrival of the town she wanted to ruin the moment, just to double check that they were on good terms now…..unfortunately the gang heard it.
"So, this might be a bad time to tell you that I'm dating Tuffnut now."
Scarfume rose his head with a gapping mouth before leering silently to see if she was kidding….finding out she wasn't the reaction was priceless….he fainted.
Via gasped but was smiling from ear to ear, "Scarfume? I didn't think he'd take it so hard."
Snotlout was too shocked to speak as was Fishlegs, but not Astrid. "Are you serious!? You mean Tuffnut was telling the truth earlier!?"
Via grinned with a blush, "Oh he did? That's a surprise, but yes it's true." Hiccup smirked, "Well, I think congratulations are in order for Via and Tuffnut."
Astrid couldn't understand how Via would get with the twin but didn't ask as of yet, she just nodded in approval as she got her amusement out of Snotlout sulking.
Ruffnut broke the silence as she glared at her brother muttering, "I may approve of Via being your girlfriend but don't you dare get all mushy around me."
Tuffnut ginned evilly, "What a great idea~"
TBC:
So sorry for the long update but lost my inspiration for this story for a while. Hope everyone liked this chapter
I'll try to write the next one soon