The next morning, I woke up to see Toothless staring at me. "What are you looking at? Come on, lets get going. We don't wanna be late for class." I woke up, took a refreshing shower, put on a fresh pair of clothes and headed for the academy. Like before, Astrid was the only one there. "I told everyone there wasn't a class today.""Why?""Because I want to talk to you alone.""Is this about us?""Yeah. Everything you said yesterday, did you really mean it?""Yes. Every word. Everything I said to you was 100% true." I said. She suddenly rushed towards me and gave me a kiss. A long kiss. A kiss I enjoyed. When we pulled away, I asked, "How about you? Did you really mean everything you said yesterday?""Hiccup, of course I do.""Then I'm just gonna say the three words I've been wanting to say to you for a long time."
"I...love...you." Astrid face was glowing red. Tears were dripping from her eyes. She pulled me into a tight hug which made my body grow warm. Not long after, I returned the embrace. We hesitantly pulled away. "I love you too." Her words were very gentle. This time, I made the first move and kissed her. She blushed. Right after our moment together, we went into the forest. We spent a lot of time talking about our feelings for each other when we were young. We shared many laughs.
It was our moment of truth. I saw a whole different side of her. When she was young she was very different than how she is now. The young Astrid was still inside her. At that moment, I realize that the Astrid we all knew was not all there was to her. I loved both of Astrid's personalities. There is nothing I don't like about her. She is so perfect. She seemed so harmless at the time. When she was young she was always very soft and gentle. She never screamed or punch people on the arm once in a while. But I knew that Astrid was Astrid. Nothing could change that.
We walked back to the village hand in hand. We headed for the Mead Hall as it was already breakfast. When we went in, no one was there. "I guess no one was hungry." I said. The Mead Hall was rarely empty during times like this. It was the place was deserted. We didn't see anyone outside. There were lots of food left untouched. We just took the food and had breakfast. When we went outside I saw my dad on Thornado. "Hey dad, where is everyone?""They all went to dragon island.""Why?""I don't know. All of our dragons urged us to go and I think its because they're laying eggs again. The only dragons that are still here are Toothless and Stormfly. I guess they think you two are more important to them.. I'll see you two later or maybe tomorrow. Who know's how long everyone is going to be there."
"There you are Stoick! Is yer dragon ready?""Yes Gobber. Lets go." Gobber and my dad mounted the Thunderdrum. "See ya!" Gobber said while waving at us as they flew away. We searched the whole island for our dragons. We found them alone together at the cove. We spent a few hours there before heading back home. It felt wierd being the only two people (excluding the dragons) on Berk. What's the point of going to the forge? Going home? I decided to go exploring random islands with Astrid.