Astrid had woken up late the next morning to the sounds of impatient squeaking outside her window. The blonde opened the shutters of her window and squinted painfully at the bright light, blocking the sun with her hand as she glared out to see Stormfly, flickering her wings in irritation as she squeaked again. Astrid blinked away her tiredness and sighed, leaning over the window pane to stroke the Nadder's nose "Sorry I slept in girl, I'll be right down to feed you".
The dragon huffed and stomped around to the back of the house as the girl ran back into her room, pulling the long sleeping shirt off and changed into her normal cloths and armor. Running down the stairs, Astrid past her cooking mother, bidding her a good morning as she grabbed one of the baskets of fish and went outside to feed her hungry dragon.
Dumping the fish on the ground, Astrid went back inside to grab herself a quick breakfast before the two headed down to the arena where everyone already was waiting for them. The group quickly saddled up before taking to the skies, flying out towards the jungle of sea stacks once more for their lesson. Hiccup rode in front, leading the way with Astrid and the others towing behind. During the ride there, Astrid felt eyes on her and turned her head, looking around at the others before her eyes met Toothless' own.
Astrid stared at him as raised a brow, confused to why he was staring at her so intensely rather than pay attention to where he was flying. Raising her hand, Astrid gave a small wave and a smile towards the dragon, who smiled back at her gently before screeching in surprise as Hiccup gave a sharp tug of the saddle, narrowly avoiding a rock pillar as they swirled out of the way.
Astrid bite her lips, holding back a giggle at the dragon's surprised expression while Hiccup huffed "Toothless! I told you to pull up".
The dragon grunted an apology before looking back over to the blonde, blushing in embarrassment as she smirked, watching him turn away, a blush beneath his scales.
(….)
Astrid watched from the edge of the stack as Fishlegs and Meatlug dived off to do their lap around the pillars, disappearing behind a stack as the turned with a loud whoop of success. Astrid kicked her legs through the air, having just finished her first lap, and watched as Stormfly bounced away to the other dragons, leaving her to sit beside the other teens as they waited.
They sat in a comfortable silence with the occasional grunt and curse work from the twins as the push each other back and forth. Astrid played with her braid, strands of hair sticking out from it after haven sleep in it the night before, when she felt something nip at the back of her shirt and tug her back.
Astrid yelped and turned around to see Toothless standing behind her, foot stomping on the ground anxiously as he whined. Astrid stared at Toothless for a moment before turning her head to look at Hiccup "What's with him?".
He looked at the dragon before looking back at her and shrugged as the dragon grabbed her by the hem of her skirt and dragged her a few feet away from the ledge before Astrid managed to tug her skirt from out of his mouth and stand up.
Putting her hands on her hips, Astrid tilted her head as she eyed the dragon as he stomped his foot again "What's up Toothless?".
With a grumble that answered nothing, everyone turned to face the pair "He looks nervous" Ruffnut muttered.
Hiccup nodded his head and watched the dragon "I think he's scared you're going to fall again".
With a scoff, Astrid turned to Hiccup and eyed him "That's ridicules, I'm not going to fall".
"Well clearly Toothless doesn't know that; he looks worried" Hiccup noted as Astrid turned back to the dragon and crouched down, stroking his nose "I'm not going to fall Toothless, you don't have to worry about me".
With a puff of hot air on her face, Toothless nodded slightly before bumping his nose again her hand and waddled off towards the other dragons. Astrid turned and returned to her place between Hiccup and Snotlout, who scoffed angrily and crossed his arms "Why does Toothless care if Astrid falls and not us?".
"There's a bunch of reasons why he doesn't care if you fell off" Tuffnut sneered, earning a glare from Snotlout.
"I'm sure it's just because of yesterday, no one else almost fell off the stack" reasoned Hiccup with another shrug "I'm sure it's nothing".
"Yeah?" Snotlout rounded on him "Then why didn't he pull you back? You're his rider".
Hiccup blinked, thinking of a response when Meatlug landed behind them and Snotlout stood up, marching over towards Hookfang before the two quickly took off, leaving Hiccup to glance between his ex and his dragon in curiosity.
(…)
The Night Fury had kept his eyes on the beautiful blonde, not wanting anything to happen to her on his watch after what had happened the day before. The other dragons teased him, mainly Hookfang, but Toothless ignored them; Astrid would be his only during training, especially with that Stormfly In a mood.
Toothless had asked her what was wrong and the Nadder just grumbled, complaining about Astrid's lack of interest in her and how she felt her human was forgetting about her after she had told him the girl had slept through their morning flight and almost forgot to give her breakfast. The Night Fury just rubbed his head against her wing and apologized for Astrid's sack. Stormfly huffed in reply and went over to Astrid for their turn, jumping off the pillar before her rider was ready.
Toothless glared at the dragon before trotting over to the ledge of the stack and waited for their return. That Nadder was slowly getting him annoyed, especially if she kept her attitude up.
After a few more laps around the sea stacks, the teens returned home for a late lunch at the mead hall, piling up a small mountain of fish for the dragons before they all headed inside. The dragons quickly dove into the pile as Toothless watched their riders disappear inside the building before pulling aside a few fish for himself.
Swallowing them all in a matter of minutes, Toothless turned to watch the other dragons eating for a moment before growing bored and headed up to the mead hall. Stepping to the side, Toothless curled into a tight ball under the cooling shade of the vast building and closed his eyes, waiting for his friends to return.
(…)
The laughter was staring to give her a headache and the twin's constant bickering was not helping. With a side, Astrid pushed her half eaten eggs around her plate before standing up, quickly excusing herself to the others as she walked to the doors. Pushing them open, Astrid let out a sigh of relief as she escaped from the noisy building. Making her way down the steps, Astrid headed over to where the dragons were.
(….)
Raising his head, Toothless looked over his shoulder to see Astrid walking past and quickly jumped to his feet and jogged after here, bumping her lower back with his nose the moment he caught up with her. Astrid yelped and tripped forward, turning around to glare at whoever decided to push her until her eyes laid on the black dragon and she smiled "Hey Toothless".
Said dragon grumbled and raised his head to rub his forehead against her hand, purring loudly as his eyes closed. With a laugh, Astrid moved her hand to scratch his chin "I think we should go check on the other dragons, don't you?".
Toothless nodded and watched Astrid turn and walk down the rest of the hill before quickly following her from behind. Reaching the dragons, Astrid sat down on the grass as they ate, expecting Toothless to go and join them only for the Night Fury to sit right down next to her, smiling.
Astrid returned it and watched the other dragons chomp on their fish, twisting the grass around her fingers to pass the time as Toothless laid down next to her, his head pressed against her leg.
Stormfly raised her from her meal and blinked towards Astrid and Toothless and scoffed "I didn't know you were trying to make a move on her today Toothless, we would have left you alone".
The Night Fury glared "Shut up Stormfly, I'm not trying to 'make a move', I'm just trying to be nice".
The Nadder rolled her eyes with a mutter of something that made Toothless' face burn with embarrassment before her head dropped back down; Toothless, however, continue to glare at her, huffing to himself angrily until a hand was laid on his nose and he looked over at Astrid "You okay Tooth?"
With a soft purr, the dragon shuffled closer to the girl and cooed, nipping at her palm lightly. Astrid smiled, a faint blush across her cheek as she leaned against Toothless' side, slowly stroking his head as he purred.
(….)
"Hey Astrid, can I ask you something?" Turning around, said blonde waited for Hiccup to catch up with her before nodding and continued to walk to her house "Sure Hiccup, what's up?".
"I've noticed that Stormfly seems sort of moody lately. Is everything alright?" Hiccup asked, walking by her side through the village.
Astrid shrugged, glancing off to the side and then nodded slowly; so it wasn't just her imagination, Stormfly really was annoyed at her. "Yeah, I've noticed that too. I think it's because I'm sort of busy lately I've started to forget about our morning flights or feeding her meals on time".
With a raised eyebrow, Hiccup crossed his arms over his chest and stopped walking "This isn't like you Astrid".
"I know" the blonde admitted, sighing "What should I do?".
"Well if you're so busy I could look after her for a bit?".
Surprised by the offer, Astrid blinked "Really?".
"Sure" he chuckled "I don't have any work going on down at the forge and there are practically no problems with the dragons. Plus Toothless has been kind of distant lately, so it'll be nice to look after for a while".
Hiccup yelped when Astrid rushed forward, hugging him with a squeeze before quickly letting him go "Thanks Hiccup!" she grinned.
He chuckled and shrugged "No problem, what are friends for?".
(…)
She felt that it was the least that she could do; the tug in her heart becoming barely noticeable as she searched through her family's food storage for the biggest cod they had, the image of Toothless' face stuck in her mind. The more she thought about, the sweeter the dragon seemed to her; not even her own dragon watched over her as protective as the Night Fury did. She felt grateful for having someone like him around.
So, with a large cod in hand, Astrid slipped out of her house unnoticed by her sleeping parents and jogged down to Hiccup's house, finding herself actually excited to meet up with the dragon again. She got there quickly and found that Toothless was on the roof again. Calling him down, Astrid only had to wait a moment before he was awake and at her feet.
"Hey Buddy" she cooed quietly, reaching out to scratch his chin "I got you a fish".
The dragon grumbled happily before taking the fish off her and quickly swallowing it, rolling his tongue across his gums before he cooed and rubbed his head against Astrid's side. With a chuckle, the blonde stroked his ear gently "Thank you for keeping an eye out for me today. And keeping me company while the others ate".
She felt the dragon bump his forehead against her and looked down to see his goofy smile and laughed "You're amazing".
The dragon's ears stuck up a bit as he raised his head and stared at her; even in the darkness that surrounded them Toothless' eyes always seemed to stand out so intensely, they were so bright and held so much emotion and were so big. It took a second, however, to realize that the dragon's eyes were not getting bigger, but the dragon was slowly leaning closer to her until he frozen in place, her hot, nervous breath on his lips as they stood only an inch apart.
Swallowing, Toothless saw no signs of anger or panic or disgust but more nervousness and curiosity in the girl's stormy eyes and decided it was now or never before closing the gap between them.
Their first kiss was sweet and gentle but so warm and welcoming that Astrid felt herself practically melt against the dragon from sheer shook of how amazing the simple kiss was.
Sooner then she would have liked did the dragon pull away and Astrid only just felt the burning blush on her face, feeling breathless as she stared at the dragon, speechless, before finally breathing out a soft "Wow" that left the Night Fury just glowing with delight.
"I-I should probably leave home now" she walked backwards slowly before mentally smacking herself "Go home. I meant go".
The dragon cooed softly, watching her back away with love in his eyes as she turned, cursed herself for her mistake, and jogged back home stiffly.
Never, in her whole life, has she been so flustered by a boy; but Toothless wasn't technically a boy boy, he was a Night Fury, a Night Fury that clearly felt something towards her from what she gathered from just the look he gave her. She felt a twinge of pain on her heart as she looked back on that kiss and felt herself longing for another. Once more slapping herself in her mind, Astrid scolded herself and rushed home, wanting to get out of the dragon's sight and think about what had happened.
(….)
When Toothless was sure Astrid was safely inside her own home from atop of the hill he sat, he turned and jumped onto the roof, grinning to himself in pure happiness as he laid down and sighed, wanting to fall asleep as quick as he could so that tomorrow, and another training lesson, could start.
Unfortunately, neither party had spotted the pair of eyes watching them from above before disappearing back inside when the blonde had left and his dragon had go back to sleep. Though it was dark and silent, he wasn't stupid, Hiccup knew something happened, but what he wasn't sure is why.
So close to 6 pages. So close X(
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