GUYS! WE GOT A RELEASE DATE FOR SEASON 5 OF RTTE! AUGUST 25TH! And we'll get the official trailer on JULY 25TH, though there's a short little snippet of the trailer flying around, I think.

But WE'LLL GET THE OFFICIAL TRAILER IN TWO DAYS EEEKK! I was literally screaming when I watched the teaser clip. I'm intrigued by what I saw! Lots of theories running around.

Annyywhooo... on with the story already, Ani...

The Only One For Me: Astrid tries to help Hiccup with one of his inventions in the forge but they can't focus. Hiccup has a more pressing matter... one involved with suitors, Stoick, and a birthday. Requested by Fantasygirl1329.

The Only One For Me

One thing Astrid had come to know about Hiccup after the past few years was that he was a hard worker. Sometimes too hard. So it was no surprise that when she realized that she hadn't seen Hiccup all day, her feet immediately led her to the forge on Berk in order to find him (the Riders had relocated to their native island Berk ever since the volcano had destroyed their beloved Dragon's Edge). It was typical that he'd be working on some crazy invention, testing it out, and nearly getting everyone killed due to some difficulty. Well, with the ideas Hiccup had, it wasn't really even a surprise.

"Hiccup...?" Astrid called as she entered the forge. She balanced a bowl of stew she had brought for Hiccup in one hand and used the other to open the door. "Are you in here?" After wandering further inside, she then saw the familiar sight of tousled brown hair. Hiccup was standing in front of a table, his back to her, and appeared to be working on some new invention. Astrid hid a smile. Of course, he's here, of all places on Berk.

At Astrid's voice, Hiccup turned, at first looking surprised, but then comfortable with the young woman's presence. "Oh—hey, Astrid."

"Hi," she greeted. The two stared at each other for a while, smiling rather dopily, truth be told until Astrid remembered the reason she had come here in the first place. "I, um, brought you something." She held the bowl of yak stew out, offering for Hiccup to take it. He did after a moment and closed his eyes as he smelled the thick broth. He opened his eyelids again with a satisfied grin.

"Stew. Nice. It smells great, thanks." He took a bite of his meal with a wooden spoon and groaned with exaggerated delight.

Astrid smirked at Hiccup's reaction. "Sure..." She then frowned as she watched Hiccup practically swallowing the contents of the stew whole. "...you haven't eaten since breakfast—have you?"

Hiccup looked a little uncomfortable and set his spoon back down in the stew in a lost attempt to convince Astrid otherwise. "Well... I… no. I've just been so busy. I want to finish this project by tonight, but as there's only one of me, it's hard."

"That should be your next invention—making a clone of you." She grinned. "Hey, is there anything I can do to help? Maybe you could finish in time."

"Hmm..." Hiccup seemed deep in thought as he glanced around his forge workspace in search of something Astrid could do to help out. "Hmmm... I may take you up on that. Thanks, now I might be able to finish this in time... could you hand me those prongs over there?"

"Mhm." Astrid handed the tool to him and was thanked with her favorite smile. "So... what are you even making?

Hiccup continued with his work, his gloved hands playing with the metal in front of him. "Something for my dad. It's almost his birthday—just in a few days, actually—so I wanted to make something special for the occasion. I'm making a shield for him... but on the face of the shield, it'll tell a story. It's going to be sort of like my own shield, with Gronckle Iron also. I had Fishlegs drop off some earlier."

"That sounds like a really nice gift." Astrid's lips curved at the thoughtfulness of Hiccup's present. It was really no surprise. "Stoick will like it."

"Yeah… S'pose..." It was only then that Astrid realized that Hiccup seemed a bit distant and quiet.

Astrid quickly picked up that something was off. "What's wrong?" she asked, sending a concerned glance over to Hiccup.

"What?" Hiccup looked alarmed at her observation and tried to turn away from her. Okay, something was definitely wrong. Something was on his mind... but what? "N-nothing. Why would you think that?"

"For starters..." She ticked up a finger. "You're not rambling on about your inventions. Second..." She held up another finger. "You really have no acting skills."

"I..." Hiccup struggled to retaliate, but couldn't come up with a suitable response. "Oh, fine... Okay, okay, I admit it; something's bothering me..."

"What?"

"Well... it's..." He let out a sigh of defeat, then took a small sip of stew. "It's my dad..."

"Oh?" Upon Hiccup's nod at her, then at a nearby piece of metal, Astrid gave him the slab he needed to use for the shield.

"Yeah," he agreed. "So get this... this morning, I'm sitting at the table with my dad, eating a nice breakfast of yet another yak stew, and my dad says to me, 'Son, there's something's that's been on my mind lately...'"

"'Not now, Dad," Astrid interrupted, taking on a nasally impersonation of Hiccup's voice. "I've got a whole day of procrastinating to get to. The forge is waiting for me to hide at!'"

"W-what?" Hiccup looked offended at Astrid's tone. "Astrid. I don't sound like that."

Astrid smiled, amused.

"Anyways," Hiccup continued, "I say, 'What?' And Dad sets his hands on my shoulders. Like—like this." He turned away from his work to put his arms on Astrid's shoulder. Astrid contorted her face to look uncomfortable and bored—another mimic of Hiccup's expression. "Come on, Astrid, don't make that face…"

"I can't help it. I'm trying to be in character."

Hiccup sighed, removing his hands. Astrid was chuckling to herself. "Just gonna ignore that inconsiderate comment..." He noticed that Astrid was about to take one of the hotter pieces of metal and give it to him bare-handed, and reached out to grab her hands away from the danger. "Oh, watch out, that's hot!" He gripped her palms tight, not wanting her to injure herself.

After a long second, he realized that he was still holding Astrid's hands. Still a little self-conscious about touching Astrid, though they were courting, he pulled away. "Er..."

Astrid ducked her head. "...thanks. Nearly burned me. Anyways." She clasped her hands, looking back up at Hiccup. "Carry on."

"Alright... So, Dad continues…" Hiccup now adopted a Norse accent. "'You're growing older by the day, Hiccup... one day, you'll wake up and find yourself to be a man. And I think it's time that you find someone.'"

"'Someone'?" Astrid repeated, not quite knowing where this was going.

"A... a girlfriend," Hiccup stammered out, a little hesitant at saying the word. "Someone to court... He even went on to say that he was going to find me suitors if I didn't have—have a girl by the end of the month… I'm serious. He's going to marry me off to the next girl that charms him!"

Out of the blue, Astrid suddenly bent over, shaking with uncontained laughter. "S-suitors...!" She swiped at her eyes, her grin going from ear to ear. She clearly thought that this situation was hilarious, despite the consequences it could have. Hiccup, however, did not find the same humor.

"Hey, why are you laughing? This is serious!" He shook his head in disbelief.

"I'm... I'm sorry," Astrid managed, still breathless from all of the laughing. "I just... You... paired off with a suitor..."

Hiccup groaned. "Astriiiiddd. I thought you'd be on my side with this..."

"Hiccup," Astrid said, sobering up. "You know I am... I just can't imagine that… you, paired off with some meaty Viking woman twenty years your senior, probably..."

"Well, that's the recipe for a nice nightmare," said Hiccup gloomily. "But it'll happen if my dad doesn't find out that we're courting each other."

"Hiccup," Astrid began, the direness of the situation now dawning on her. "Don't you think that we should tell your dad about us? I'm fine with it… and if you're okay with it… we could. I know we've been a little hesitant about telling people, but I think the time may be right for this. As much as I love laughing at your problems, I'm not about to see you paired off with someone else than me."

"I... yeah, I'll do it. I would. Yes! I mean..."

Astrid smiled, cutting him off. "No, I get you. How about... how about we tell him on his birthday? A special surprise for the chief?"

Hiccup nodded slowly. "...so... there's a chance that he may get lividly angry... or be ecstatic with joy..." Hiccup let out a nervous chuckle. "50/50..."

"Come on." Astrid shoved him playfully, and he rubbed his shoulder in mock pain. "I think your dad likes me well enough. Why wouldn't he approve of you finally finding that someone?"

"No, it's not that," Hiccup said hastily. "I'm certain that he would approve of you and me together… he's probably rooting us on from the sidelines now... But Dad... well, he can get a little bit..." He pinched his thumb and his pointer finger together, leaving only a small amount of room between them. "...overbearing? Unpredictable? Concerning?"

"I've noticed," laughed Astrid. At the same time, she realized something with an even bigger laugh. "Gods, Hiccup... we haven't gotten a single thing done on that shield tonight." She gestured to Hiccup's work, which lay forgotten in front of him.

"Oh!" Hiccup stared at the project for a second, looking surprised, but then he smiled with true mirth. "I guess we haven't. Too busy talking and messing around." He cut his eyes towards Astrid, though it was jokingly.

"I wasn't the only one," Astrid retorted, then began to mime Hiccup's Norse impression of Stoick. "Son, you're gonna wake up and be a man tomorrow… I've got a nice, big Viking gal all picked out for yeh..."

"You—agh—I—" Hiccup face-palmed, and Astrid's shoulders bounced with laughter. Eventually, Hiccup removed his hand from his face, revealing a bemused yet tired expression. "Agh… I guess it's too late to finish the shield now... I'll have to wrap this up tomorrow morning..."

"That's what you should've done in the first place," Astrid said. "You're exhausted, Hiccup. Even a blind person could see that. You need to get some rest—you look about ready to collapse." She patted his shoulder comfortingly, earning a crooked smile.

"Okay, okay," Hiccup consented. "Maybe I am a little tired..." He fought back a yawn, then glanced at Astrid with raised eyebrows. "But not too tired to walk milady home." Astrid's lips twitched. "Well, if you'd like that… Would you like that?"

"I would," said Astrid. "I'd like that a lot."

Hiccup quickly began to shut down the forge. Gobber had left his shop long ago, and Toothless was curled up in Hiccup's private workspace, resting until his rider finally decided to go home. After cleaning up, Hiccup blew out the torches and declared he was ready to go. Ever the gentleman, he opened the door for Astrid as they came out, Toothless trailing behind them.

Without thinking about it, Hiccup leaned over and pecked Astrid on the forehead. They were standing by the entrance to the forge and halted to a standstill at the kiss. "Thank you, milady," he murmured. "You're the only one for me."

Astrid felt a strange warmness inside. A bubbling giddiness that she, a hardened warrior, had only felt a few times before. "And you for me, Hiccup—no doubt about that."

Hiccup smiled for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Hey, Astrid, do you believe in Fate?"

"Hmm... I guess so." Astrid looked curious. "Why?"

"Well," Hiccup said, entwining his hand in Astrid's, "I think we... were brought together… by Fate Itself." At Astrid's blank look, he scratched the back of his head nervously. "Dramatic, I know... but I just feel so... so complete with you. And when we talk or hold hands, or kiss, it's like I'm in a whole other universe... a good universe. The best."

"I," Astrid began. "I... I feel that, too. Every time."

Hiccup squeezed Astrid's palm. "What do you say I walk you home?"

"Of course. I wouldn't have it any way else."

And so hand in hand, the pair set down the street.

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Alright, WARNING I'M ABOUT TO GO ON A RANT ABOUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS SOME OF YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW. OKAY? OKAY.

I think you guys should know something important about what's going on in my life. I've been sick for around a year with symptoms like nausea and pain in my stomach that the doctors haven't been able to pinpoint as a specific illness. I don't know what I have but, lately, it's been really, really bad (to the point where I'm spending a lot of time in bed), and I just don't have the energy to write sometimes. I just thought you guys might like to know that, so you aren't wondering what on Midgard—er, Earth—I've been doing instead of giving you more of I've Got You. :-) So, in the future, if I don't update for a while, it's probably because I'm just trying to feel better. I am, though, I think on the road to recovery, though I'm not going to get my hopes again. I'm going to go see a high-class doctor this week that will probably help me. Praying that it'll turn out!

AWKWARD RANT MODE OVER. Alright. That's said and done. So I guess I will see—well, write—to you all whenever I can. Bye!