It was bitter. Exceptionally so. He sighed heavily and stared around. Things had never been so bad. They'd gone through a whole lot, but this was the worst. Neither would so much as look at the other without getting angry or upset. Fishlegs couldn't even make sense of why. Last he'd known, Hiccup had been going to apologise, next thing he knew, everything went wrong and somehow he found his best friend breaking up with his girlfriend.
It had not been pretty.

There had been yelling, screaming, crying. And then the altogether more lethal throwing of objects including Nadder spines. Fishlegs privately thought they were all lucky to have survived the situation. 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned' Fishlegs thought, and no woman hath fury as hellish as Astrid Hofferson he added privately.

The really sad thing was, seeing the effect of the break up on everyone else. It had been three weeks since the "Hiccstrid ship hit a reef" as Ruff put it. But nothing was any better. If at all possible, things were worse.

At first, it had just been the bitter angry fall-out. The one where they're too angry to speak to each other. In that time, Hiccup hardly spoke to Heather and Astrid completely ignored Eret much to Ruff's dismay because it meant she didn't see him. Fishlegs had almost convinced Hiccup this whole thing was stupid... Then Eret had decided he was sick of Astrid ignoring him and forced his company upon her at the same time Fishlegs had gotten Hiccup near her. He'd stormed out and not been seen for the next five hours. Ruff told Fishlegs Eret had gone to ask Astrid why she wouldn't talk to him anymore, that after she spotted Hiccup she'd spent six hours looking for him. But when Hiccup didn't want to be found, he wouldn't be found.

After that things went from bad to worse. It was like being thrown into some horrible parallel universe. Hiccup had been so mad; he'd taken Heather's every word on board. And unfortunately, she was a bad influence. She took him out drinking in bars, he flirted with other girls, and when he was really drunk, Fishlegs had seen him making out with other girls. The one time Astrid saw it, all Fishlegs saw was a smashed glass and a flash of blonde hair running out of the place. Hiccup had somehow become overly confident and cocky, gloating and laughing like the traditional play-boy jock.

Astrid went to the other extreme. She didn't go out so much. She skipped classes, she skipped her training... she just sat in her apartment in sweats eating cheese puffs, ice cream and raw cookie dough.

Fishlegs wished everything could go back to how it was before. He sighed again and glanced at his best friend. Hiccup was sat back in his chair, carelessly scribbling down his notes, getting the answers right as usual, but with a distinctly un-Hiccup attitude that Fishlegs was really growing sick of.

She slammed down another glass. The bartender raised his eyebrow at her.
"Pounding them back pretty hard tonight." He commented as she waved for another.
"I have reason."
"Him again?"
"Have you seen him over there?"
"Yeah, can't miss him. Where's your friend?"
"Over the other side the room playing tonsil tennis with the guy who helped wreck my relationship."
"Oh."
"Yeah... Oh."
"I'll make this a double, on the house."
"Thanks." She said as he slid another glass towards her which she pounded back too. She didn't want to be there. She glanced to her left and Hiccup was sat in a booth, laughing loudly, drunk and openly flirting with other girls, mostly Heather who was hanging around him like a scarf. It made her sick.
To make matters worse, if she looked to her right, she saw Ruff flirting with Eret who had played his part in her break up with Hiccup. Ruff had dragged her out and now had bailed on her.
The barman shoved another glass her way.
"If you pound this one too I ain't giving you another one for a while."
"Understood. I'll take this one a bit slower but I'm not going to nurse it." She said sipping at it just to appease him. She sipped it slowly, her eyes flicking between Hiccup and Ruff for a while. Both sights made her want to vomit and neither had anything to do with alcohol.
After a little while, Hiccup, still laughing, left, one arm around Heather's waist. It was the final straw. Astrid downed the last dregs of her drink and smashed the glass down with such ferocity in her bitter anger and jealousy that it smashed.
Heather! She thought bitterly. That stupid slut had been screwing everything up for Astrid for far too long! She took everything Astrid had that she thought was good and messed it up by getting in the way! And now, she'd taken the nicest guy in the world and made him into a total jerk! She'd taken the one guy Astrid really did care about.
"Mind if I sit?" Astrid glanced to the side away from the shattered glass that seemed to mirror her own feelings to see Snotlout standing there. She shrugged not really caring anymore. He sat beside her and watched Ruff with her.
Ruff was laughing too, she and Eret were now shamelessly making out in the middle of the room before they left together.
"This caring lark sucks huh?" Astrid didn't answer him, she just accepted another glass and shoved one towards Snotlout and they both downed it. "You must hate it. Seeing him with her. After all she's the one who..."
"Did you want something Snotlout?" she snapped, cutting him off.
"I figured I'd come talk."
"Why?"
"Because well, you were here alone and miserable and I... I kind of get what you mean. How you feel... I hate seeing Ruff with other guys ok?"
"So what you guys were casual." She was too bitter to show sympathy.
"I know Astrid, but I've realised... I don't want to just be casual. I want to be with her. So I'm not going to let her go. Not without at least trying. I'm not giving up just because some guy like Eret has shown up."
"What's your point Snotlout?"
"I've never known you to give up on anything before."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Are you really going to give up on Hiccup?" She slammed down another glass hard and turned to look equally hard on him.
"What?" She snapped shortly.
"Are you going to give up on him, just because Heather is interfering?"
"He's not Hiccup, Snotlout." She said quietly.
"No... He's still Hiccup underneath. You and I both know his brain is just a bit fucked up."
"A bit? Snot, that would be the understatement of the century."
"Ok, very fucked up but look..."
"No... You look. You've seen him. That's him now. He's no different to the rest of those jerks. Flirts with anyone he fancies and messes with the girls. If wants to go fuck around with Heather then he can, ok? I don't care anymore."
"That's not true. You do care."
"No I'm done caring. Caring just gets you hurt. If you care you just have more to lose. And I don't have much left to lose so I intend to keep it. I'm through with this shit Snotlout. Love is for fools. And I'm through playing the fool" She downed another glass and slammed in onto the bar again and made to walk away.
"You're not done. You can't decide if you're done. You don't chose to fall in or out of love. It just happens."
"Enough Snotlout. Why do you even care?"
"Because you guys kind of taught me about caring. And to be honest, if you guys can't make it, what hope is there for the rest of us?"
"I guess there isn't. Only fools right?" And she left without another word. Snotlout watched her go in despair. That wasn't Astrid. And it wasn't Hiccup either. He decided then, that something had to be done. Because these two just didn't work right without each other, and it really sucked.

"So we all know why we're here..." Fishlegs began.
"Dude, it's not a freaking women's institution intervention or whatever... We're here because our friends gone and fucked shit up and now it's not just them paying the price. I can't remember the last dragon training session where no one nearly died," Tuff said, leaning casually back on the chair, his feet on the desk, "I mean, I'm all for dangerous lessons... But mad Astrid throwing spines and breathing metaphorical fire whilst her dragon sits in the corner shaking is not the kind of danger I like."

"Exactly. It's out of control. And now they won't talk in the lessons and she gets Stormfly before we start and goes off or she just won't join us. I think Toothless and Stormfly miss each other. I heard him warble at her pen the other day but Hiccup and Astrid won't let them see each other." Snotlout commented.
"Yeah well if we point that out, they'll just let the dragons meet and still ignore each other. Might even make things worse, her claiming Stormfly is leaving her too or whatever." Fishlegs pointed out.
"She just sits in her sweats. She doesn't do anything now, and she hardly talks to me." Ruff said.
"It probably doesn't help that you've been shoving your tongue down Eret's throat and fucking him when in Astrid's eyes, he's part of the reason she and Hiccup broke up." Snotlout said, a hint of bitterness in his voice.
"I can fuck whoever I want. It's a free country." Ruff said calmly.
"He has a point though Ruff, you're her best friend and it probably seems like a betrayal to Astrid right now."
"So you want me to just stop seeing him?"
"You're seeing him? Like a relationship?" Snotlout asked his face falling.
"Eurgh pathetic... we're pretty high up, you could jump." Tuff muttered in disgust.
"I see him to go fuck." Ruff said flicking her hair back casually. "Besides what do you care?"
"I don't care."
"Then why do you look so miserable at the idea?" Tuff asked.
"I thought we were here about Hiccup and Astrid?" Snotlout snapped trying to change the subject.
"Yes, we are." Fishlegs said looking meaningfully between Ruff and Snotlout. That was practically begging for more drama. "Ruff, either find a new fuck buddy, or do it discreetly, and definitely not at yours. It'll just make Astrid more pissed."
"But if Eret is fucking me then Hiccup will know he's not sleeping with Astrid!"
"That's true, but it won't help unless Astrid thinks he hasn't fucked Heather."
"Has he?!" They all asked, each voice getting higher in disbelief. Fishlegs rolled his eyes.
"I don't know. I don't think so, but he doesn't say so much to me anymore... He's usually busy either talking to Heather or just shoving his tongue down her throat." They all shuddered involuntarily.
"That's just not right. It was tolerable when it was Astrid."
"I think I might be sick at the very thought."
"If he's not fucking her though... Surely we can fix this?" Tuff asked looking over at Fishlegs.
"Maybe... It all depends. I actually think part of the issue to begin with was that they didn't have sex. Not in that 'I want sex and I'm leaving if we don't' kind of way, more in the intimate and serious way. I think Hiccup got scared about Eret because he was worried he couldn't compete with other guys, in general. So then it seemed like Astrid wasn't serious about him if they weren't having sex because it's something they both take seriously."
"Stop saying serious so much. It comes down to this, sexual tension and frustration. Hiccup wanted it, Astrid wanted it. Why didn't they have it? Couldn't catch a break. Why did it get so bad? It seemed like a bad omen. Bam, Eret turns up. He's the ultimate sex icon in the girls' eyes, my sister proves that, Hiccup starts feeling more insecure because Astrid is capable of talking to guys and not wanting sex regardless of whether they do. Heather creeps in from stage right, she starts convincing Hiccup Astrid isn't serious about him because she'd have slept with him if she was. Hiccup gets more insecure and mistakenly believes Astrid is hooking up with Eret. Astrid flips and Hiccup goes looking for Heather. Astrid sees them together and what follows is the ultimate bad break up but both are still so frustrated and honestly, infatuated, yeah I know big words, with each other, that even when drunk they can't hook up with anyone else."
"Wow..."
"That was..."
"Unbelievably accurate." Said Fish in disbelief. "That does totally sum it up. It really does boil down to sex and insecurities."
"Not something I ever expected to hear about Hiccup." Snotlout confessed.
"It's not like that crazed desire to hook up though is it? It's about intimate sex with feelings and shit. That's something no one here has ever had, and to be honest, they need to get it out of their systems." Ruff said.
"She's right, even if they don't get together, I cannot believe I'm saying this, they need a hook up, they need to get out this sexual frustration in order to move on."
"Yup, they just need one wild and hot steamy night, where it's all passion and heat and desire and...What?" Ruff said looking at their expressions.
"Now I am going to be sick." Tuff groaned.
"So what do we do then?"
"Duh... We try and get them to fuck." Ruff said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"It's not enough. They don't work without each other. A night of sex without realising they actually care for each other would have no more effect than if it was someone else." Pointed out Fishlegs.
"Yeah, but if they have sex with each other then at least they aren't going to forever hate the other for sleeping with someone else like Heather."
"This is again true..." They all sighed.
"I just don't know what to do." Ruff said in despair. "What if this doesn't go away? What if they stay mad at each other for good? Then what?"
"I guess we'd have to divide our time. I mean, you guys aren't all that close to Hiccup so I guess I'd see Hiccup mostly and you'd all see Astrid."
"This is like a bad divorce in a bad TV show." Snotlout complained. "Why can't things be the way they were before?"
"I have to admit, I almost miss walking in on them making out everywhere. It was better than seeing them fight anyway."
"I found all the photos I took the other day... I thought about deleting them, but I couldn't do it. They just seemed so right together you know? Happy."
"This sucks."
"Cheers to that." Tuff said. "I blame Heather. Until she's out the picture they have no chance."
"Are you suggesting we kill her?" Ruff asked and Fishlegs couldn't tell if she was excited or appalled.
"He's right though... As long as Heather is around, feeding Hiccup's over confident drunken ego... He won't give up. It's like revenge. Astrid is clearly...Oh my gods I've got it!"
"Got what?" Snot asked confused.
"Who does Astrid hate more than anyone?"
"Heather." The others all said in unison.
"Exactly. Hiccup was jealous over Eret, but how could he make Astrid feel like he did?"
"By flirting with Heather."
"Precisely! The one small part of his brain still functioning knows that Astrid will get jealous if he flirts with Heather. She's playing on that, if she gives him what he wants..."
"She gets what she wants. She breaks Astrid and gets to hook up with Hiccup in the process!" Ruff finished.
Snotlout looked thoughtful. "So, that means... Subconsciously, Hiccup wants Astrid still because the only reason he's acting like this is to make her jealous because he thinks it'll win her back because he thinks she was seeing Eret."
"Which she obviously wasn't but it still ought to have the desired effect..." Tuff continued
"...Except, Astrid doesn't like this over confident cocky side to Hiccup because it makes him seem like any other jerk who would hurt her..." Fishlegs added
Ruff then carried on "... And she always liked Hiccup because he wasn't like the others. He was always different and the only time he was confident in a hot way was..."

"...When he and Astrid got together." Snotlout finished.
"So it actually works out that he's pushing her away with his attempt to win her back..."
"Because she's not getting territorial over him."
"She's not a dragon Fishlegs."
"But why isn't she territorial over him?"
"Because like we just said... His new attitude, she doesn't like it. She said it herself 'He's not Hiccup'" Snotlout said recalling his conversation with Astrid.
"So she needs to see he still is Hiccup."
"But he's not right now, so how do we do that?" Ruff asked.
"Duh." Tuff said and they all looked over to where he was still sat causally. "Well it's obvious isn't it?" They all blinked at him, not understanding. "Apparently not." He sighed. "If someone is over confident and cocky, what do you do?" They kept staring. "Knock his confidence. It worked before didn't it? He wasn't doing too bad, then Eret turns up and he lost confidence. Just repeat the effects."
"But he's not bothered by Eret right now, and Heather..."
"Like I said, get her out the picture. Then no one is feeding his ego. All it takes then is a nudge and he'll fall from his current state. Then he's manageable. He's Hiccup. Underneath, he's still the same. If it was a threat to Toothless, he wouldn't hesitate."
"That! That's it!" Fishlegs exclaimed suddenly. "That's our way in! Toothless!"
"How so?" Ruff asked baffled.
"Hiccup would do anything for Toothless. He'd never do anything to upset him. Toothless always loved Astrid..."
"...But he doesn't like Heather too much!" Snotlout shouted triumphantly. "I saw him growl at her!"
"It might only be a weak link, but it's a start. We make Hiccup realise he can't bring her to the academy all the time because it upsets Toothless. We then make a point to both him and Astrid that their dragons miss each other."
"They both go to let the dragons socialise, not intending to talk to each other..." Fishlegs joined in
"We conveniently set her up to say something or say something ourselves to knock his confidence..." Ruff chimed in.
"Likely sparking something of a fight between them. Then we have to hope the dragons are on our side and bail on them forcing them into each other's company." Tuff said gleefully
"Then we just don't let them out until they talk things out!" Snotlout said laughing. "It's brilliant!"
"It's flawed... but it might be a place to start. He needs a knock to his confidence; she needs to see he's still him underneath. Hopefully any issue with Toothless will do that."
"If he thinks he's done something to upset Toothless, that'll knock his confidence and he'll be really Hiccup-ish again trying to make up for it and she'll feel happier seeing that."

"You think it could work?" Snotlout asked almost desperately. Fishlegs gave a determined nod.
"If we make our plan just crazy enough, then it just might."

"I don't want to talk to him!"
"You don't have to." Ruff said rolling her eyes. "Just let Stormfly see Toothless. You two don't even have to stay. They're dragons. They don't need supervision. I'm sure it would make her really happy. She never sees him anymore."
"That's because..."
"You and Hiccup won't see each other? That's not fair to them, they didn't ask you two to get together and then have a bitter break up. This isn't supposed to involve them." Astrid looked away guiltily. This plan might jut work! "Can't you guys put your fight aside enough to let your dragons play? Stormfly loves spending time with Toothless. Don't make her pay for what Hiccup did." That should help, make her think she was totally on her side.
"He was just such a prick!" Astrid exclaimed. "I never thought he could ever, ever do something like that! I guess I was really wrong."
"Yeah, what he did was wrong. He was a total jackass. But Toothless didn't. And he doesn't get why he doesn't see you or Stormfly anymore. Just like she doesn't understand why she can't see them. Don't punish Stormfly and Toothless for his actions."
"I guess you're right. We shouldn't make them a part of our fight. My fight is with him, not Toothless."
"That's my girl. Let the dragons play. Leave them out of it." Astrid sighed.
"Alright, alright. I'll let Stormfly see Toothless. And I guess I'll stay just long enough to let Toothless know I'm not mad with him."
"Good plan, come on, let's go."

Hiccup rubbed Toothless on his head. "That's not true is it?" He asked anxiously. Fishlegs folded his arms and raised his eyebrow.
"You know it is Hiccup. He doesn't like it. He wants to see her."
"But..."
"No, don't make excuses. He didn't ask for this. Toothless wants to spend time with her. He sees the other dragons, why not Stormfly?" Very helpfully Toothless warbled at this point as if to say he did wonder.
"Ok so I'll just let her out..."
"And invoke Astrid's wrath again? Have you not angered her enough?"
"She started it! She..."
"You sound like a child Hiccup. Grow up." Fishlegs said bluntly. Hiccup stared and made like he was going to snap back.
"Hiccup? You ready to go sexy?" Heather asked walking in. Fishlegs rolled his eyes again. "Oh hey there Toothless! You cutie!" She said in a sickening voice. Toothless snarled and slunk towards the back of the academy before his ears suddenly pricked up.
"Well that wasn't very nice Toothless!" Hiccup said.
"Told you." Fishlegs muttered.
"Stormfly. Hey girl, it's me..." Everyone turned as Astrid walked in. Toothless suddenly seemed much brighter, crouching playfully, a gummy smile on his face as he bounded over to Astrid nuzzling at her hand. "Oh hey Toothless. Hi bud... I know, I'm sorry. I'm going to let Stormfly out to play with you for a bit if you want. I know you guys miss each other." She said deliberately not looking at Hiccup or Heather. Toothless was nuzzling at her as if to say he missed her too. Astrid just smiled and opened the pen door letting Stormfly out. The Nadder paused to greet her rider before flapping excitedly at Toothless, clearly glad to see him.
"Ok Stormfly? I'll let you stay out and play ok?" She said stroking her snout affectionately.
"I'm going Hiccup. Are you coming or not?" Heather snapped looking harshly at him. He was watching Astrid and Toothless.
"Ummm... Not tonight. I have to make amends with Toothless."
"Amends for what?!"
"I dragged him into a fight that wasn't his." He replied, still not looking away. Heather scoffed and stormed out mad. Fishlegs tried not to smirk too much.
"I'm going too Hiccup. Just think about what I said. It's not just Toothless you owe an apology to, best friend or not, you have been a total jerk."
"What?!"
"You have. It's not like you to act like that. To try make someone jealous, to flirt and get drunk, to neglect your friends and blow them off. To act so careless. And you never act like that with Toothless either normally. And you're smarter than to jump to conclusions without solid proof. At least I thought you were." He said shrugging. "I guess I'll see you whenever. Bye Astrid, Stormfly, Toothless." And he left running round the side to listen with the others.
Hiccup looked back to Astrid. Fishlegs was wrong. He'd not been like that at all. It was her fault. She'd gone off with Eret... But that niggling voice he'd silenced with alcohol before was whispering in his ear again 'You never actually got proof of that. You just assumed. When did you ever see any romantic or sexual relations between them?' he tried to shut up the voice, but it was far from done. 'What about Toothless? He's your best friend and you haven't paid him as much attention. You kept him from Stormfly, you didn't listen to the fact he clearly didn't like Heather. You don't like Heather. You're just doing this to make Astrid jealous. It's not worked very well has it? Now she doesn't just think you're a jerk. She knows you are. If anything, you're pushing her into some guys open arms.' He shook his head in an attempt to shake the voice out. He didn't want to hear it. It couldn't be true. It couldn't be. Because if it was... then he really had been a jerk, an idiot... and he'd have blown his chances with the girl he'd loved since he first saw her.
"If it's alright with you, I'm going to let Stormfly spend time with Toothless. Unless that's a problem for you?" She asked, her voice bitter. He felt annoyed. She couldn't talk to him like that. He'd never do anything to upset Toothless, at least not knowingly.
"Be my guest." He said through gritted teeth.
"There you go girl. You can see him freely now. I'm sorry I didn't let you. Sorry Toothless, I'm not mad at you but I'm most definitely not welcome. I missed you too bud. But I'm sorry. I'm not allowed to see you." Hiccup felt really annoyed now, was she trying to make him out to be the bad guy? Uh uh... no way was that going to happen.
"Oh please, if you want to see Toothless, be my guest."
"Oh so you're done with him then? Just going to ditch him for Heather too?" He pursed his lips. She was really asking for it. She had the nerve to say that? She just stood there, somehow still flawless. Her blonde hair tied into a loose pony tail, her eyes cold but veiled. There was more to it than that.
"I'm not ditching him. I simply said if you wanted to see him, I wasn't going to stop you." His teeth were still gritted. She had to look good didn't she? It just made it much more confusing. He was mad at her right? But wait, wasn't he the jerk? No, no he wasn't. Was he?
"Hmm..." She crouched down to kiss Toothless on his nose. Was she wearing lip gloss or were her lips always that shiny and inviting? He'd forgotten how they tasted. No... no... he was mad. Definitely mad. "Are you staying here? Because I don't think your girlfriend is going to like that too much."
"She's... She's not my girlfriend." That fact seemed suddenly very important. He wasn't with Heather. He didn't actually like her that way... in fact, did he like her at all or had it just been to spite Astrid?
"Oh really? I guess I was misled by the fact you shove your tongue down her throat on a regular basis. My apologies." She sneered.
"I only did that to make you jealous!" He spat without meaning to. The words had escaped him before he even realised what he was saying.
"Is that supposed to make me want you back? Because it doesn't. Just proves you're a jerk." He clenched his teeth together in an effort to bite back the hundreds of things he wanted to shout. It didn't work.
"Are you saying you don't care at all about me anymore?" It came out less bitter, more desperate.
"Yeah pretty much. You're no different to any other jerk. No different to before. I don't have time for that."
"I'm not like that!" He shouted.
"Really? Give me one reason to believe that! Go on, give me a reason!" She yelled back.
"I... I... Well I ..."
"Exactly, you can't think of anything."
"I was there! I was there when he cheated on you with her!"
"Yeah you were! And then you trusted her over me! You ran into her arms! You ran off just like he did!" Neither of them noticed the dragons slink out, nor that the others had just locked the doors of the academy.
"I didn't I swear! I never fucked her!"
"You didn't?" She asked surprised.
"No! Like I said, I only flirted with her..."
"And made out with her."
"And yeah... that too... To make you jealous. That's all it was. All it ever was! I could never have actually been with her, with anyone else because I'm still completely and hopelessly in love with you! The same as I have been since the moment I first saw you!"
"You love me?"
"Of course I love you! I've been in love with you for years!"
"You sure have a funny way of showing it!" She spat.
"You're no better!"
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
"You love me too!"
"That... That is completely off the point!"
"No it's right on the money and you know it! You wouldn't care otherwise."
"I don't care."
"Then why did you not say anything to me? Why did you just ignore me, why not just be straight about it like usual? Because you're trying to hide the truth. You don't want to admit it because then it hurts."
"I wouldn't have had to do that if you hadn't turned out to be a jerk!"
"So you admit it?"
"No. I might have sort of maybe at one point... But then you showed me I was an idiot. I was a fool and I don't want to be the fool."
"Liar."
"I am not a liar!"
"Liar!"
"Am not!"
"Yes you are!"
"Shut up! You're the one who fucked this up anyway!"
"Yeah I did ok?! I fucked up. I fucked up big time! I admit it! But are you too proud to admit you still love me?"
"Yeah I am actually!"
"Well then fuck this!"
" 'This' isn't anything!"
"I beg to differ."
"What is it then?"
"An opportunity and I'm not going to let it go."
"An opportunity for wha...?" He shut her up, grabbing her and kissing her hard on the mouth, one hand on her back, the other in her hair. Intially, she didn't kiss back, then her lips moved against his, warm and familiar. For a moment everything felt right, easy, natural. Then she pushed him away and stared at him dumbfounded.
"You kissed me!"
"Yeah I did." He smirked "Problem?"
"Yes there's a fucking problem!"
"What is it Astrid? What's the problem?" He asked still smirking.
"You were a total jerk!"
"A total jerk."
"And you broke up with me!"
"I think we just kind of fell apart but I admit, it was pretty much my fault."
"You broke my heart!"
"Then let me fix it."
"And then you ran off with Heather of all people!"
"Because I was a stupid idiot trying to make you jealous."
"You thought I cheated on you!"
"Because I was too stupid to realise you loved me."
"You were stupid! I told you you meant everything to me!"
"And I was an idiot. I didn't listen."
"I hate you."
"You love me."
"Don't."
"Do."
"Do not!"
"Do so!"
"Do not!" she said hitting his arm
"Do so!" He said grabbing her wrist before she could strike again and kissing her again. It was rough, it was aggressive, but she kissed him back.
"Do not" She muttered into his breath.
"Do so." He muttered back, his hands moving round to her back as he suddenly lifted her off her feet, one hand remained on her back, the other cupped her ass.
"Jerk." She gasped, wrapping her legs around him.
"You love me."
"Do not"
"Oh you do... you so do." He had her pressed against the wall now meaning one hand was free to move along her sides. Her own hands shifted, one still gripping his hair, the other sliding down his chest.
"I do not."
"Yes you do." It wasn't enough. He wanted more. He needed more. He could feel his desire growing and he longed to satisfy his growing need for the girl straddling his waist. He moved quickly, lying her down on the floor and crawling over her, lips searching out hers as his hands pulled at the material of her top, longing to remove it.
"Fuck..." She gasped arching her neck, he took his chance, lips moving over every inch of the flesh exposed, causing a moan to escape her lips. It only spurred him on. Off went the top and then she was dragging his off too, pulling him back to her lips and kissing him hungrily. "I really..." she kissed him "...fucking..." kiss "...hate you..." kiss "...Hiccup..." He couldn't help a grin as he removed her bra and moved his hands still further down her body.
"And I really hate you too Astrid. I really fucking do."