Astrid and her friends were in the academy playing truth and dare for a little while until Hiccup finally came to join them. He was still not used to seeing them in new clothes. Astrid had her red new top and lighter boots. The twins pretty much the same just different colors. Snotlout had a new pair of pants and a new blue t-shirt. While Heather had the same and Fishlegs had a new fur coat with a belt.
"Chiefing went well I presume?" Astrid chuckled, patting the spot beside her.
"It could have been better if someone here didn't go yak tipping," Hiccup glared at the twins who sat there avoiding eye contact. "What are you guys doing?"
"Truth and dare," Snotlout said. "Okay, my turn. Hiccup, truth or dare?
"Dare."
"I dare you to kiss Astrid on the lips," Hiccup laughed.
"Is that the worse you can come up with?" Snotlout rolled his eyes.
"Just do it already!" Snotlout said. Hiccup nodded, cupped Astrid's cheek and pressed his lips against hers. Astrid smiled before he pulled away. Her cheeks flushing red. "Okay, break it up you two. You're grossing me out."
"It was your dare," Snotlout pointed at Hiccup, trying to find a comeback but ended up groaning in frustration.
"Astrid, truth or dare," He asked, smiling at her.
"Dare," Hiccup nodded and looked at her.
"I dare you to make pigtails out of their," He pointed to the boys. "Hair."
"Argh come on!" Fishlegs groaned, covering his face.
"Good luck with my hair," Tuffnut said, holding a handful of his own hair.
"It's not the worst," Astrid laughed, walking over to Snotlout and sat down behind him. Then she began making the braids.
"You know, making braids on a boy means you're marking the as your own," Hiccup smirked, winking at her.
"Oh you little," Astrid groaned shooting him a glare. Ruffnut and Heather burst out laughing as the first braid was made at the top of Snotlout's hair. As time passed by and Astrid was finishing the long braids, bounded with different ropes Hiccup gave her, for Tuffnut's hair, she sat back down next to Hiccup, secretly taking a little hair from him to make him a braid too.
"Okay Astrid, your tur-hey, stop it," Hiccup laughed, trying to pull her away from him. Astrid punched his shoulder, making him groan in pain.
"Unless you want another punch, you stay still," Hiccup sighed and lay back.
"I've got something I need to give you guys later," Hiccup said, feeling Astrid grab another handful of his hair.
"Oh?" Astrid said, tying the braid and continuing on the next.
"Yup. Something the chieftess back on Bog-Burglar wanted me to give you from her," The teens looked at him so he would continue. "But it's a surprise," The teens groaned and lay back, continuing to talk for the rest of the day.
When night was coming they decided to head back to the house so Hiccup could show them the surprise. He had tried to remove one of the braids that held up his hair, but Astrid and flown over to him and slapped his hand away, telling him he wasn't able to remove them until the next day. Hiccup sighed and let them stay as they landed on the ground and walked inside the house. He ran upstairs and got the basket before walking down to the others.
"I got this just before I left," he said, emptying the basket on the table. "And since you already have a fur coat, I got this," Hiccup said, giving a little book to Fishlegs. Fishlegs took it out of his hands and flicked through the pages.
"It's about…dragons," Fishlegs said in awe. He ran over to Hiccup and tackled him to the ground, thanking him several times. Fishlegs let go and helped him stand up before he sat down by the table to read through it. Hiccup smiled and turned to see the others trying on the fur.
"What do you think?" Hiccup turned around to see Astrid finishing attaching hers to her shoulder pads. His eyes widened at the sight. She was…beautiful. "The braid though may be a problem," She said, loosening it a little. Hiccup felt himself drool but didn't care as she let her hair down from her braid. Her hair went over both her shoulders and down in the hood she was holding.
"I think I can fix that," Heather said, walking over to her with Ruffnut. They started working on her hair as Hiccup stood there speechlessly staring at them.
"Hey cousin, mind helping me?" Snotlout said, struggling to attach the black fur around his neck. He kept scratching himself on the claws. "Hiccup?" He looked up, walking over to him and smirked. He went over to the table and grabbed the mug before throwing everything over Hiccup.
"AAH THAT'S COLD," Hiccup yelled, looking angrily at Snotlout. "Why did you do that?" Snotlout just laughed.
"Mind helping me or are you going to keep drooling over her?" Hiccup looked at him with wide eyes before wiping away the drool. He walked over to him and helped him attaching the fur to his shoulder pads. Sometimes taking small glances up to look at Astrid.
"There," Hiccup finished up. Snotlout turned around and asked him how he looked. "You look fine," Snotlout grunted.
"Argh, that's not good enough," Snotlout said, walking over to the table to sit next to Tuffnut who had taken on his fur jacket. Hiccup sighed and sat down next to them, brushing the hair out of his face.
"And voila! You're done," Heather said, stepping away from Astrid along with Ruffnut. Hiccup turned around to see Astrid with her hair in a side braid that went over her shoulder.
"It's perfect, thank you," She thanked them before sitting down beside Hiccup. For the rest of the night they sat there talking with each other about different things and eventually called it the night.