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The next day was pretty uneventful for one Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. He and Fishlegs ended their weird, uncomfortable and awkward silence.
Hiccup visited his lectures, doodled in his notes instead of paying attention. Although, his classes weren't that hard and he was quite smart, not meaning to brag.
The rest of the day was spent, letting himself be distracted by Astrid's cheek peck the night prior and he had blushed furiously every time he had thought of it.
But, since he couldn't spend the remaining part of the day wearing a goofy grin, Hiccup decided to drive down to Gobber's place and try to figure out what was wrong with her car.
And like always, he was instantly greeted by Gobber.
What was new to him, was Eret walking over to him wearing his signature smug grin.
"Where's your girlfriend?"
I just can't get a break, now can I?
Blushing once more, he stammered a weak "Astrid's not my girlfriend."
"But you'd like her to be" sing-songed the bulky man.
Caught by surprise, Hiccup began choking until his face was completely red. And Eret? That little shit laughed his ass off and nearly died from it.
Before the younger man could come up with a response (after he wasn't in imminent danger from dying due to a lack of oxygen), Gobber motioned them to come to him.
"Eh, laddies. Mala's coming here in about five minutes. Just to give ye a warning." A pointed look in Eret's direction.
"Mala? Then Throk's not far away. Man, I can still feel his fist colliding with my face, from the last time."
"Well, you did look at Mala a little bit too long for his liking, and he is her security detail."
Eret sighed and threw his hands up in exasperation. "I was looking at her because she was talking! I was being polite!"
Gobber chimed in again: "Ye also provoked the lad a little bit, didn't ye?"
"Whatever. I'm out of here. Call me when they've left."
They watched as Eret walked away to his car and driving out of the lot, merely seconds before a black Sedan pulled up.
Moments later, the sound of car doors being slammed shut, made the brunette and the amputee focus on the Sedan.
"Mala! Throk! My two favorite customers, although you're here quite often. I must say." Gobber said.
Hiccup stepped forward and greeted Mala with a quick handshake while he was attentively watched by Throk. "Mala, as always a pleasure. What can we help you with?"
"Hiccup. We'd need someone to take a look under the hood. It makes some weird noises when Throk's accelerating and the brakes don't grip as good as they used to."
"We'll take a look alright." Gobber paused. "And Throk? Don't be so tense, aye? Ye've known us for a while now, haven't ye?"
Throk hesitated and looked to Mala, who gave him a small nod, telling him it was alright. He relaxed his spine and shoulders nearly instantly.
Until he was disturbed by a loud, noisy, pain in the ass named Tuffnut LaVerne Thorston. Who had a leash on an equally annoying CHICKEN?!
"H! Throkman! Your Queen-ness!" He even managed a not so bad bow before he continued. "Gobber!" Tuffnuts usual cheeriness annoyed Hiccup to no end. Because it normally meant he was up to something bad. After all, he did dedicate himself to Loki, the god of pranks as Tuffnut put it.
"Tuffnut, what the hell are you doing here? First off, it's not Queen-ness, it's highness. And Mala isn't a queen, she's the mayor of the next town. Secondly, and most importantly, why in Thor's name do you have a chicken on a leash as if it were a dog?" Hiccup was seriously confused.
"How dare you, compare Chicken with a mere pet?! Pff..." The boy with the dreadlocks shouted outraged. "Chicken's so much more than that. She's my soulmate." He boasted proudly.
Hiccup turned his attention back to Gobber, Mala and Throk. The latter looked at him and whispered: "Shall I get the young man to the psychiatry? He looks even more confused than the last time I saw him."
The young Haddock glanced back at the man in question, who was currently very engrossed with his chicken. "Nah, the last time you saw him, he probably had a down day. That's the normal quota of weirdness."
Still seeming unsettled by the scene unfolding in front of him, Throk slowly nodded not being able to tear his eyes away as Tuffnut was seemingly discussing something with the chicken now.
"What do you mean? Of course it was there! Don't act as if you haven't seen that thing, young lady!"
Hiccup decided to call it quits. "Gobber, I'll take a look at Astrid's car. Right now I can't deal with...all this."
The burly man opened his mouth in order to protest, but he quickly shut it again when he saw that his former apprentice had already left him behind.
Reaching Astrid's car, the tall boy pulled his phone out of his pocket to drown out the rest of the garage with music. Plugging in his earphones, he completely dived into one of his current favorite songs.
If you were church, I'd get on my knees
Confess my love, I'd know where to be
My sanctuary, you're holy to me
If you were church, I'd get on my knees
I'd get on my knees
I'd get on my knees
Humming along, Hiccup opened the hood and started to look there.
Take the pain
Make it billboard big and swallow it for me
Time capsule for the future
Trust me, that's what I will be
Oh, the things that you do in the name of what you love
You are doomed, but just enough
You are doomed, but just enough
Hours later, Hiccup had found out what was wrong with Astrid's car.
Before he took out his phone and texted her, he picked up a rag and wiped the grease off of his hands.
He contemplated what he should write, however, he couldn't even decide on how to greet her.
"Astrid. Hey." "Hi, Astrid." "Hi, Astrid" "Hi, Astrid." Yeah, his brain was definitely fried by that wonderful peck on the cheek.
Bad Hiccup! Bad Hiccup! You need to concentrate!
Shaking his as if he could shake the memory out of his head, he concentrated on the phone. "Screw it." He muttered.
In the end, all he could come with was:
Hi, Astrid. I just checked your car. Your battery is empty and your display lights died as well. By the way, maybe we could go out sometime? - Hiccup
Realizing his thoughts somehow slipped into his text, he wanted to delete it. The young man didn't want to creep her out.
"Hey, H!"
Surprised by Tuff's yell, Hiccup instantly tensed up and...no...
He was mortified. He accidentally pushed the enter button, which sent the message on its way.
Can't the earth swallow me whole?!
He sure as hell was about to faint due to the shock when his phone signaled an incoming text.
Thank you for checking my car so soon. And by the way, I'd like to go out with you too. - Astrid
This was it. Hiccup wished his consciousness goodbye as everything turned black.
At the same time, on the other side of town, Astrid Hofferson lay on her bed, trying to block out her nosy roommate while reading a book.
"Ruff, will you quiet down?"
"No can do."
"What are you even doing to be this l -" She was cut off by her beeping phone. "A text. Huh."
From an unknown number: Hi Astrid. I just checked your car. Your battery is empty and your display lights died as well. By the way, maybe we could go out sometime? - Hiccup
Not being able to resist, she smiled and typed her answer.
Thank you for checking my car so soon. And by the way, I'd like to go with you too. - Astrid
She turned off the phone and hugged it to her chest, wearing a dopey smile.
What did this boy do to her? Her insides had never felt this warm and tingly before.
"Hey, missy! What's got you all dreamy and starry-eyed?" Ruffnut yanked her back to reality.
She sighed. "Oh, nothing."
"Don't sass me, young lady. I think it's got something to do with your phone and I'm gonna find out." Suddenly the other blonde leaped onto Astrid and fought her for her for the phone.
"Ruff! Get off of me! What the hell is wrong with you? You're a f-"
"Is there something you two want to tell me? I didn't know you had lesbian tendencies, Ast. I kinda figured Ruff had some. But you? Pff...that's a shock." This what followed by a chuckle.
Astrid held her hand far out of reach for Ruff and was half sitting up and Ruff...well, let's just say the assumption wasn't that absurd.
Exasperated, Astrid flopped back down on her bed as she saw who broke into their dorm.
"Heather. How did you get in here?"
"The door wasn't locked. Literally, anyone could have come in here with you screaming bloody murder." Heather laughed.
Astrid was blushing at the possibility of some random guy going to see if someone was being murdered. Especially since she was only wearing a sports bra and flimsy shorts.
The blonde closed her eyes and drew a deep breath. "Dear gods, help me."