Yeah, so when I was typing "finishing" up typing this on monday night, I had about 700 words and was aiming for a 1000 word chapter. Yeah, 800 words later, I'm done! I was feeling guilty for such a short chapter too. Anyways, my beta is being slow and I really wanted to update tonight so I'm going ahead and updating anyway, hehehe :P

But don't worry, I did the best I could correcting it myself, althogh she is a 4.0 student and is super smart. I apologize for any silly mistakes I missed correcting!

Disclaimer: I dont own HTTYD, but the van I drive is pretty sweet.

Hiccup and Astrid walk through the storm, which is less powerful than it was the day before. Walking is a chore with all the new snow on the ground. Each step is heavy and awkward. Even more awkward, is the silence between them. So far, neither of them have said anything, and they have been walking for almost two hours.

Soon enough, they are in sight of Berk, and Hiccup and Astrid's can no longer put off talking about it. "So, about this morning," starts Hiccup.

"Yeah?"

"Was it ok?"

"Well yeah, it was kind of fun," answers Astrid with a little giggle.

"That's not what I meant."

"Oh," Astrid blushes, and turns to try and hide it. Even though her cheeks were already rosy from the harsh wind.

"Like, for us. We don't have a problem doing that stuff?"

"I don't, you?"

"Well I could get use to it," Hiccup and Astrid laugh. He can't believe that believe that they actually did that. They made-out, in a hole. That's just awesome. Though it did end abruptly, and Hiccup can't help but think that it was his fault. Then again, who could blame him for not controlling his dick in a situation like that? And Astrid defiantly shied away from it. He chuckles to himself, so much for being the fearless Astrid. They stop in front of Hiccups house. "You know, I saved your life yesterday."

"Oh, right," Astrid pauses and pushes her bangs out of her eyes, then she lets out a sigh and pulls her battle axe up to Hiccups throat, so it's barely touching his skin. Hiccup throws his hands up in front of himself defensively, but it's too late, the blade's already pressed to his throat. "If you tell ANYONE about that, I swear to Thor, I will kill you!"

"Ok, got it," Hiccup lowers his arms as Astrid is lowering her axe. He rubs his neck with his hand, feeling to make sure everything is intact.

"But thanks," she hugs him and gives him a peck on the lips. Hiccup has the vague beginnings of a smile forming. "I'll probably be over tonight."

"Ok, see you then," Hiccup says as he turns and walks towards his house. About midway to his house, he looks back at Astrid as she walks away. She is walking with her usual swagger, which makes her butt sway as she walks. Hiccup watches for a few seconds. He turns away just in time to open the door rather than run into it. He takes one step into the house, then WHAM, he gets tackled by Toothless, back out of the house and into the snow. Hiccup would normally be surprised by this, but it definitely isn't the first time he has been tackled by Toothless. One time, Stoic opened the door and Toothless came flying out and tried to tackle Stoic on accident, but he just got pushed back a few feet by Toothless. He then laughed and walked inside nonchalantly.

"I'm happy to see you too!" says Hiccup while receiving several licks to the face. "Ugh! Stop that!"

"I don't think you have been giving him enough love!" Astrid yells through the storm.

"I see that!" he yells back, Astrid gives a final wave before disappearing around the corner. Toothless let's Hiccup get up, then starts nudging Hiccup and looking at the sky. "You want to go flying? Toothless, it's really stormy right now and your cold blooded, cold blooded and cold don't mix!" Honestly though,

Hiccup did want to go flying. He misses the feeling of the wind through his hair, and the exhilaration of speeding through the air.

Suddenly, Toothless shutters violently and hops back inside and goes straight to the fire. 'Yep, that's what I thought.' Normally, dragons would be hibernating during the winter, but since they have sources of warmth like the Berkian house and the fireplaces, they don't have too. So it's also kind of hard to blame a dragon for sleeping a lot, when it really should be hibernating.

Stoic isn't home yet, so Hiccup assumes that the storm prevented them from returning. Or maybe the trip is just taking longer than expected. Hiccup steps out the back door and grabs a fish for Toothless, he tosses the fish through the air at Toothless and he catches it and eats it. "Nice catch!" says Hiccup with some excitement in his voice.

Hiccup plops on his couch and stares at the ceiling. He certainly has a lot to think about. What he is going to tell his dad when he finds out the didn't catch anything, though the fact that he is alive and didn't freeze to death out there should be enough. Also, where exactly his dad is and when he is getting back. Lastly, about Astrid, and about the events that happened that morning, and what will happen tonight.

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Astrid starts her walk to Hiccup's house. By now the storm is just about cleared up, with a strong moon shining on the clouds to make a nice and evenly light. Her house is unbelievably quiet, with no one in it but her and her Nadder, who spends most of its time sleeping. So she was kind of itching to get out of there at get some human contact. As she walks, the cold winter air nips at her face and pierces her leggings. She can handle it though, after all, she is a Viking.

Her mind flashes back to when she was saved by Hiccup, how nice it was. She shakes that thought out of her head, she is Astrid, she has no weakness, or at least that's what she tells herself. It's true, for the most part.

She arrives at Hiccups house and knocks on the door. He opens the door after ten seconds or so. "Hey, come in," says Hiccup. He is wearing some comfy looking fuzzy pants and a baggy t-shirt. "You're here kind of early."

"Yeah, well no one is at my house, so it's really boring over there. And I can't practice throwing my axe or anything," they walk over and sit on the couch, which still has blankets on it. Hiccup took a little nap earlier.

You know, I'm a pretty good swordsman."

"Really, how come I never knew that?" says Astrid, who has curiosity for.

"Well I was super clumsy at first, but when I was eleven I found out that I was left-handed, At least for sword fighting."

"How could you not know what handiness you are?" laughs Astrid.

"Yeah yeah."

There is a pause for a moment. "Wanna spar a little?"

"What?"

"Yeah!" she says excitedly, "I even brought my axe"

"You brought your axe?"

"Never leave home without it" she point to her ax leaning up against the wall

next to the door.

"How did I not notice that when she came in?" Hiccup mutters under his breath. "Sorry but that will probably end badly, and my dad would definitely kill me if we destroyed the house by sparring." And she might kill me.

"Makes sense," says a disappointed Astrid.

Hiccup and Astrid sit quietly, listening to the crackling of the fire, and gentle murmuring of Toothless's sleep noises from somewhere else in the house.

The fire burnt down to a somewhat dim glow, flickering light randomly across the room. Hiccup gets entranced by the moment. He looks over at Astrid, light beautifully shining on her face. There's a glint of firelight in her eye as she looks over at Hiccup. Timidly, he leans over to kiss Astrid gently.

Astrid, not Hiccup, makes the next move. She puts her hand gently on Hiccups chest, which does wonders for his confidence. He wraps an arm around Astrid's waist, and the other he cups to her face. With this, Astrid gets more comfortable too, putting her hand on the back of his neck and pulling him in even closer. They sink deeper into the couch.

Astrid adjusts herself so she is straddling Hiccups legs, but does so without breaking their lip-lock. She grinds into Hiccup, totally forgetting about the multiple spikes built into her skirt, which dig into his groin. "Ouch!" says Hiccup, breaking their kiss.

"What?" Astrid says, breathing hard. She realizes the problem, and discards the skirt, tossing it on the floor. "There," she says, and proceeds pushing into Hiccup. This time, there is no armored skirt between her and the bulge in his pants, but she doesn't care. They are locked in a very long, and very intense kiss. Hiccup loves the lush feeling and texture of her lips, and decides to be a little bold. He uses his tongue, a trick he overheard from some of the younger adults of the village, but Hiccup, obviously, has no experience with it. Astrid is also in an adventurous mood, and takes on this new kissing technique like a challenge. Without skipping a beat, she reacts to him. Their tongues dancing like pros. He breaks off the kiss as the last bit of firelight quits out. "We should probably get the fire going," says Hiccup, exhausted and out of breath.

"Nah," she pushes Hiccup so they are laying across the couch. "We don't need the fire," she says as she pulls the blankets over them. Hiccup puts and around Astrid, who is using his shoulder as a pillow.

They both settle into the couch, protected snugly by the warmth of the covers.

Sorry if that was a little choppy, BLAME MY BETA FOR BEING SLOW! (Don't actually do that, I can't afford to get her angry :P)

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P.S. Sorry 122boy and HTTYD .fan.4ever2010, I know I'm horrible at updating fast