His head was pounding, that was the first thing he felt upon waking up. Next was the excessively bright lights coming through the windows of his bedroom. His body was sore, and felt heavy. Also he felt sick to his stomach-definitely had way too much to drink last night. Hiccup opened his eyes slowly, attempting to shield the light as he sat up slowly. He yawned quietly, stretching his arms out and over his head, moved the covers off him and stood up. And then he saw blond hair poking out through the bed quilt and attached to a head laying on the left side of the bed. Blond hair? His eyes widened. Astrid! Hiccup moved around the other side of the bed and saw her still very much asleep, he looked at himself and noticed he was still naked-then the torn open condom wrapper on the nightstand.

"Fuck!" his whispered to himself as he scanned the room and found his pants and boxers, he quickly slipped them on and left the bedroom. "Oh my Gods...I had sex with Astrid last night...Shit, what happened...I don't remember a thing...how drunk was I?!" he asked himself as he raked his fingers through his auburn hair. He remembered being at the bar, then seeing her, she sat beside him and they continued to drink and talk. Hiccup dug through his pants and found the receipt from the taxi cab, so that's how they got there. How did she end up at his place though? "Come on...think, Hiccup...think!" he urged himself. Hiccup moved to the coffee pot and started it knowing it was ready to go to make about four cups, he sat down at the table and tried to think.

Hiccup glanced to the clock on the stove: 11:30am. How long had he slept?! Hiccup grabbed his phone sitting on the center table in front of the couch and saw a text from Teddy, the bartender saying: =Hey, Hic! You probably won't get this til 2marrow mornin' but just wanted to say it was rly cool of u to offer to let that grl stay w/u lst nite when she didn't have her keys or a way home. Hope you get some! See ya soon -Teddy= that seemed to be all it took for Hiccup to remember what happened. He and Astrid were drinking, she said her keys were in Ruff's car, and she couldn't get into her house without them, also Ruff and Tuff weren't home. Her phone had died, couple guys hit on her and he protected her then said she could stay with him in a motel or his place but she wasn't staying alone. Teddy must of sent them in the cab to Hiccup's place when the bar closed.

Hiccup grabbed two aspirins and took them with some sprite in the fridge, then he took a shower-hoping it would wake him up a little more. He only showered for ten minutes before getting out and slipping his boxers back on, then the pair of jeans he'd grabbed before entering the shower. As he came out, he noticed Astrid was sitting up in the bed looking very confused as to where she was, also sick to her stomach which was likely due to the drinking.

"Morning," Hiccup said softly. Her head whipped in his direction as her eyes widened.

"Oh my Gods, I wasn't dreaming...I really did get drunk with you at the bar, come here with you, and had sex! Oh Gods, Astrid-you idiot, what did you do! You actually had drunken sex with Hiccup-someone you haven't seen in four years, and you just broke up with Eret...Wow, I must have been shitfaced..." she seemed to scold herself.

"Well, I didn't think I was that bad last night..." Hiccup mumbled as he grabbed a shirt from his dresser drawer and slipped it on.

"You took advantage of me!" Astrid glared angrily.

"Bullshit, you came on to me first!" Hiccup stated quickly.

"I would never! I don't even like you, Gods...I cannot believe we slept together. You keep your mouth shut, got it!? I swear to God, Hiccup...I will kill you if anyone finds out we had drunk sex together. Understand, not a soul! This...never happened. Get me my clothes, and don't look at me..." she warned him. Hiccup just rolled his eyes and grabbed her clothes which were strewn about the room and tossed them to her as he left the room.

"I ain't gonna say a word because I got way more to worry about than you if this gets out. By the way, I wouldn't move too fast if I were you," he offered from the living room. Astrid sighed heavily as she just sat there a moment while slowly getting her clothes on then stood up slow to catch her balance and then sit on the edge of the bed to get her sneakers on.

(Outside The Room)

Hiccup just sat at the counter on one of the stools as he poured himself a cup of coffee, then added the sugar and milk before blowing on it and taking a sip. Without warning, the apartment door whipped open and seven people rushed in panting. Hiccup snapped his head around seeing them there.

"There you are! Do you have any idea how worried we've been you asshole?!" Zap exclaimed.

"For the love of Odin, please shut up. I just got up like twenty minutes ago and I have a wicked hangover..." Hiccup groaned as the bedroom door slid open and Astrid walked out seeing them there, she blinked in surprise.

"Really, couldn't have waited until I left to brag to your friends?" she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Don't start, Astrid. They just barged in," Hiccup sighed heavily.

"Well make them leave, we need to talk..." Astrid mumbled.

"About what. You said it never happened so I fail to see what we need to discuss," Hiccup remarked.

"Uh, maybe about the fact we got drunk and slept together last night. I bet you didn't even use protection," she huffed angrily.

"Don't flatter yourself. Even drunk, I use a condom. It's in the bedroom garbage if you'd like to check for yourself. Told you, I got way more to worry about than you do. Lose your tude with me because as I said, you came onto me!" Hiccup argued.

"Bull, if you knew enough to wear a condom then you were sober enough to know were were having sex last night!" Astrid retorted.

"Will you please keep your voice down! And one of you shut the damn door before someone overhears..." Hiccup stated, Zap shut the door as Hiccup turned on the TV, switched it over to AV-2, then hit rewind for about two minutes before hitting play and turning it up slightly.

~Video~

"Y'know, Hic...cup," Astrid said slowly, "I always thought you were...really cute back during freshman year, but...you neva seemed...interested..."

"Ya did?" he asked as Astrid gave a short nod, "Bet you...didn't...know I had...a crush on your since eight grade..." Hiccup chuckled some.

"I do...now..." Astrid smiled as she leaned over and kissed him on the lips deeply, Hiccup blinked at first-but then he kissed her back. The kiss only became more intense as Hiccup leaned in more and laid her down on the couch, crawling over her and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in for more.

~End Video~

"Yeah. Looks like I started it for sure..." Hiccup remarked. "Should I fast forward to the bedroom because you sure as shit weren't sayin' no, Astrid," he added. Astrid was about to say something but she shut her mouth and looked the other way. "And what are all of you doing here?"

"We've been messaging you since you left the arena asking if you were okay. When you didn't answer, we started looking all over for you," Toothless told him. "Seriously dude, can't go taking off like that and not telling anyone. We need our lead singer, Dusk..."

"Toothless!" Hiccup said quickly as he looked over to Astrid who had moved into the kitchen to get some coffee, in the sudden silence, a mug dropping and shattering to the floor was heard.

"Oops...It slipped, Hiccup, I swear!" Toothless said quickly realized he just ratted out that Hiccup was Dusk.

Astrid couldn't believe what she just heard. That...guy just called Hiccup...Dusk?! Hiccup was Dusk from Dragon's Roar! It...couldn't be possible! But then Hiccup called the guy, Toothless. One of the lead guitarists who was always by Dusk when performing on stage. "Yo-You're...Dusk?...From Dragon's...Roar?" she managed to get out as her eyes slowly moved to him.

"Thanks for that, Tooth..." Hiccup sighed with his eyes closed as he looked at Astrid with firm, serious eyes, "Yes, Astrid. I am Dusk from Dragon's Roar," he informed her as her eyes widened at the information.

"N-No...there's...no way you're him...you can't be. I-I met him last night at the arena. He...told me I lived up to the...divine beauty name, he...kissed the back of my hand and after I broke up with Eret, Dusk...brought me tissues and told me-" Astrid began as Hiccup sighed heavily again.

"I said and I quote: 'I'm not sure what happened but I can tell you this...no man is worth crying over. We're all idiots and do stupid things but the biggest fools are the ones who aren't willing to fight for the ones they love. If he walked away and didn't bother to fight back, he ain't worth it. Besides, you can't cry here. You don't want red, puffy eyes for the pictures later, do you? There's a million guys in this world, don't be upset just because one turned out to be a jerk. Just means he isn't the one, but I'm sure that you'll meet him one day. You never know when love will find you, so don't give up and never be afraid to take a chance. Keep fighting and it'll work out. You'll see'." Hiccup repeated.

"You're...Dusk." she said again as she put a hand to her head, "I...need to sit down..." she blindly located a chair close by and sat down slowly. She couldn't believe it, he really was Dusk. Hiccup Haddock, the shy, know-it-all, loner from school who had zero friends because they thought he was a nerdy geek was actually Dusk, the lead singer from Dragon's Roar. "Oh my Gods, I slept with Dusk last night...Oh Gods!"

"No, you slept with me, Hiccup." he pointed out rolling his eyes.

"You're the same person!" Astrid retorted.

"I'm Dusk on stage with a black wig and face paint. Last night, I was Hiccup. Auburn hair and green eyes. Besides, you weren't yelling Dusk's name last night." Hiccup grinned a bit.

"Technicality..." she mumbled a bit. Hiccup sighed again looking to his friends.

"Can ya give us a minute? I'll meet you at Gob's in a couple hours for practice and for the love of Thor, don't tell him about this. Seriously, never leaves this room-understand?" Hiccup asked them.

"Lips are sealed bro, don't worry." Toothless offered an apologetic smile to him. Toothless let the others out and shut the door behind him as Hiccup looked at Astrid again.

"Start talking, Hiccup...because this is...I don't even have a word for it..." Astrid told him.

"There's not much to talk about, Astrid. I'm Dusk, those guys were the other band members because I left the arena last night after all of you left," Hiccup said.

"How did...you end up lead singer of Dragon's Roar. That's...your job, isn't it? The one you said last night moves around? Oh Gods, you're with the girl...wait you said you left her, I am so confused..." Astrid held her head as Hiccup brought her over a cup of sprite and two aspirins. He began cleaning up the spilled coffee and glass shards from the kitchen floor.

"Well, it happened four years ago," Hiccup started as he sat down the couch opposite of her with his head down a bit. "I'd been...saving money for years, and after graduation, I took off to Archi for about a year. I started out living in a motel room about four blocks from a karaoke bar-which is where I started working about a month into living on Archi. I was a host first for two months, then bartender for about three weeks, and one night the boss heard me singing as I was cleaning up so he had be doing karaoke two hours a night. That's how Toothless found me, he was scouting for his father. He asked me if I'd be interested in joining a band with him and six others. I was hesitant so he invited me over to meet them, maybe play together and see how it went. That's when we ended up recording 'I'd Come For You'. After that, I agreed to be lead singer and we started working on a name, look, names for ourselves on stage..." Hiccup shrugged a bit.

"I guess that...makes sense. So...I mean your real name isn't Dusk, do the others use stage names?" Astrid asked.

"I'm the only one with a real name. Toothless, Zap, Sparky, Stormfly, Hiss, Meatlug, and Hookfang-those are their real names. I stopped using Hiccup, that's why they call me Dusk. Well, Toothless still calls me Hiccup from time to time but no one else. Anyway...for a while, started living with Toothless. His father...well, Gobber, unofficially adopted me as his son. Me and Toothless are pretty much brothers-he's my best friend in the entire world. Always has my back that guy does, as you saw. They just barge in to check on me, and Toothless has a key to my place," Hiccup explained.

"What's...the deal with you and the girl you were with, you...mentioned breaking up last night and I doubt the story you gave me at the bar was the real one. She's not like...gonna come after me in a jealous rage is she?" Astrid asked.

"No, I had her escorted from the arena last night after the breakup. The story was the truth, I just changed certain aspects so you wouldn't find out who I was. After concerts or during intermissions, we all group up in a main room to talk about how well the show is going. Like a small celebration, and we were enjoying the fact that last night was the end of the tour we'd been on. Heather's been on my ass lately about never getting to talk because of the tour, and she lives here in Berk so obviously when I was back here she was all happy and clingy to me that I was back. When I'm here, she pretty much lives here at my place. She actually has a drawer of things here which I need to send to her..." he mumbled, clearly not looking forward to it.

"The first six months with her were awesome, but after that-being the girlfriend of a celebrity started going to her head. After we had sex for the first time, she always wanted it, and she loved the spotlight. She started changing a lot and I slowly just became more and more fed up with it. She got clingy, obsessive, slightly annoying and last night, I just had enough of it when she got on my case about being nice to you," Hiccup sighed.

"M-me?" Astrid blinked.

"Yeah. When I kissed your hand, told you that you lived up to your name. Also when I gave you the tissues and told ya not to cry over Eret because he was a jerk. She got mad, I called her out on it all-she instantly tried to turn around and apologize, she wanted to have sex right there in the dressing room and I said I was done. I left her. Had the security guard get my key, the all access badge, and anything else that got her close to me or the band from her and she was removed from the building. After the meeting with you guys backstage, I took off, walked to the bar and you know the rest from there," Hiccup explained.

"So like you said, she pretty much used your for sex, money, and the spotlight?" Astrid inquired.

"Yep. What angers me about it is that she's seen me be nice to the female fans plenty of times and the only reason she got huffy about you, is because I mentioned knowing you and the others right before the show started and she didn't like it," Hiccup mumbled, sipping his coffee.

"Wow...well, I guess that explains a lot. What happens now?" she asked slowly.

"With what?" Hiccup asked.

"You and me...people...aren't gonna like, suspect were together are they?" Astrid looked at him.

"Not likely because last night I wasn't wearing the wig or face paint. No one really knows how I look without it but it'll eventually come out Heather and I broke up, they'll start wondering if I have someone new. You won't get brought into it unless you say something about what happened last night-which reminds me..." he got up now and moved to a file cabinet by where a few of his instruments were, he pulled the second drawer open and pulled out a piece of paper then grabbed a pen off the counter and put the paper in front of Astrid. "I'm gonna need you to sign that..."

"What is it?" Astrid asked looking it over.

"Contract for secrecy," he stated as she arched a brow at him. "Look, it's because you know who I am. No one really does except the band, and Gobber. Heather does too but she's under contract. This basically says you aren't gonna say a word, to anyone, about me. Not that you know I'm Dusk, that you didn't see me, that you were in my apartment...basically you're agreeing to keep your mouth shut about what happened between us and that you ever saw me. As far as you're concerned, you don't know that Dusk is Hiccup Haddock. You break this contract...you get fined and could spend a year or two in prison. It's not to be an asshole, but I'm not gonna let this get out and ruin the band's image or my own. I've worked hard to get where I am, Astrid and I can't have it blown just because we got drunk and had sex..."

"So I just can't say anything about knowing your Dusk? That's what this says?" she asked.

"That's about right. And I did ask you last night to not say anything about me as myself. I don't need my Mom or Dad knowing I'm in Berk. They haven't seen me in four years, I'd like to keep it that way if you wouldn't mind...but yes, the contract is needed, it's how I protect my identity as Dusk...You...understand, right?" Hiccup asked softly.

"Yeah, I get it. This would protect me too in a way. Anyone finds out, Ruff and Tuff can't keep a secret. I'll sign it as long as you agree that it never happened and we never speak of it again after today, that this never happens again?" Astrid asked him.

"Speak of what after today and what never happens again?" Hiccup asked.

"Exactly," Astrid smiled a bit as she leaned a bit and signed on the line, dated it-then put the pen down and handed it back to him.

"Thanks. So...you...need me to take you anywhere?" Hiccup asked.

"Can you...drop me off at Ruff's?" Astrid asked.

"Well, I can't take you there. I'm trying not to be seen remember?" he chuckled a bit, "I'll call you a cab to take you," he stated getting his phone off the charger and scrolling through a few numbers before pressing one and putting it to his ear. "Hi, good morning to you as well." he said after a moment, "I need a pick up at 86, Plasma Blast Lane to go to..." he paused looking to Astrid.

"Oh. 13, Spineshot Street," Astrid replied quietly.

"13 Spineshot," Hiccup repeated. "Thanks." Then he hung up and relaxed. "Be here in ten minutes," he told her.

"By the way, Hiccup...you were amazing last night. You did things with me I've only dreamed about having done to me...if you repeat that to anyone, I'll have to kill you," Astrid winked.

"So...I was better than Eret was in bed?" Hiccup arched a brow with a grin plastered on his face.

"Way better. Guy can't hold a candle to your stamina, he only lasts about twenty minutes..." Astrid giggled some.

"Well, I'm glad you were satisfied then, Milady." Hiccup offered a formal bow as she laughed a little more.

"Best sex of my life," Astrid breathed out making sure she had all her things together. "Kind of sucks we can't hookup again but I assume you...don't do that sort of thing with your job and all," Astrid blushed a bit-she basically just admitted to wanting to have sex with him again.

"Heh, I'm flattered you'd want to do it again after we just said it would never happen again," Hiccup chuckled some.

"I meant just the sex, not the getting drunk and having sex thing...but in truth, I wouldn't mind going for drinks again. It was nice to be able to sit and talk for a while, catch up since it's been so long since we've seen one another," Astrid replied.

"Well, who knows, maybe we'll meet up again sometime and can go for drinks. For right now, I got a practice to get ready for and your cab should be here in about two minutes," he smiled as he pulled a twenty from his wallet and handed it to her. "That should be more than enough to pay and tip the driver. You're not far from here," he added.

"Thanks...well, it was...really good to see you again, Hiccup. Hope to see you soon," she said when a honk was heard outside the door.

"Same to you, Astrid. Have a good rest of the day, and eat something so you recover from the hangover. Bread and water should help. See you around," Hiccup smiled as Astrid left the apartment and entered the taxi cab-it was gone about a minute later. Hiccup sighed heavily, and now to get to Gobber's and deal with the inevitable questions from them about what happened last night. They already knew since they barged in but regardless, Hiccup knew they'd be on his case about the drunken sex with the girl he knew from high school. Hiccup gathered his things then locked the apartment door, then got in his car and headed to Gobber's place for questions and hopefully practice. Hiccup just wanted to forget all about last night and pretend it never happened.