I'm not really feeling well at the moment. Something caught me making me weak, :(

As much as I want to continue Chapter 4 this week, I guess, I'll move it till next week. Hope you enjoy this chapter!

I do not own How to Train Your Dragon and all credits belong to Dreamworks Animations and Cressida Cowell.

A Love Triangle?

Chapter III: Gifts and Fireflies

Hiccup isn't really sure about his relationship to Astrid, "We kiss and we hug, doesn't that make us a couple bud?" Hiccup asked Toothless, the dragon retracted its teeth and showed off a weird smile and then, continued eating fish.

"What am I doing asking a dragon, I know, I can feel that she feels the same, but why is there some kind of a gap between us? Maybe she doesn't want to acknowledge it yet? Or maybe should I open the topic up?

Out of the blue Hiccup heard a noise outside their house, Fishlegs was running around like a duck waiving its tails. He was raising his hand holding a shining plaque. Everyone who sees him would notice the plaque.

"Fishlegs, what's the rush? What a nice plaque you have there." Hiccup said as he approached his friend.

"Oh Hiccup, this is not a plaque, it's a golden shield that can give me +10 armor and +10 block."

"I really don't know how that "plus" works but isn't shields supposed to be round? Want me to remold it for you?"

"Well that's nice of you but I wish I could let you do that too but it's a gift I received from my fiancée this Snoggletog season. Hmm, come to think of it, I don't see anything new to Astrid, you didn't forget giving her a gift did you? I gave my fiancée two baby Gronckles, I asked permission to Meatlug of course and she said that she loved it. You better hurry or Astrid will be really disappointed."

"Wait, what? Is that something really big?"

"Come on! You didn't know? Once a girl Viking meets her mate she'll expect something really fabulous on their first Snoggletog together. We are supposed to give our partners something for Snoggletog and girls really cherish it for the rest of their lives, Astrid is no exception. Even dragons gave us newborn babies for their riders as a gift."

"Uh.. I see.." Hiccup said showing a blank stare.

"You better hurry according to my calculations you have roughly 10 hours and 25minutes left before the season ends. Then see you later, I still have to show this off to everyone."

Hiccup was in deep thought, he can't forget what Fishlegs told him. He knows that Snoggletog was the best season celebrated in Berk and he really never cared about it in the previous years. Everyone puts their helmets upside down hoping they might receive something from Odin, in this case their parents.

Hiccup lay on his bed looking at the wooden ceiling of their house.

"Come to think of it, Astrid gave me a Yak-Nog and Toothless got me my helmet back."

He stood up, walked around his bed, sit on his desk, look outside the window and eventually lay back on his bed again.

"I'm home son!" Stoick shouted with rumbling thick voice. "Well what in Thor's name are you doing lying around here alone? Snoggletog is about to end, shouldn't you supposed to be with someone right now?"

"Speaking of being with someone, where have you been Dad?"

"I just visited Odin's monument, prayed to Him to keep your mother safe, wherever she is right now."

Hiccup suddenly got an idea, "uhh, Dad, It might be odd for me to ask this but.."

"There's nothing wrong with asking son, it's like asking Odin for blessings, it's been a while since the last time we had a good talk, go ahead continue."

"Dad.. what did you gave to mom on your first Snoggletog?" Hiccup asked.

Stoick scratched his head and his beard. He paused for a moment and gave his son his answer.

"What a weird question you had there son, your mom was the strongest female Viking I've ever met, well next to that annoying Bertha. Valhallarama, your mother, was always out doing some quests alone; she never needed the help of anyone, except for Humungously, which she fell in love with later on."

"Dad, can we slow things down, I'm a bit confused, and you never gave me a clear answer. Isn't Bertha the one who had a huge crush on you, and mother fell in love with Humungously the hero? How did you win her?"

Stoick patted Hiccup's shoulder, "Well, you should know this son, it turns out, tough Viking girls are often possessive you just have to show them that even if they never told you you're theirs, you must show loyalty, so I ignored Bertha, and Humungously had gone mad and I just needed to protect her from his rampage. She's soft on heroic acts; they find it touching even if they might not show it."

"Oh I get it.. somehow.."

"Well son, this is not something you must ask to someone, it is something you need to discover on your own, just ask Skadi for wisdom, after all it's still winter and one more thing you just need more confidence on.. THIS" Stoick said as he pointed Hiccup as a whole with both his hands.

"You just gestured to all of me." Hiccup interrupted.

The conversation ended leaving Hiccup full of questions, however recalling all his father's tips he just had a great idea. Hiccup didn't wasted any time and ran to the forge house and closed all the windows and doors. At the mean time Astrid was looking for him the whole day, she was worried that he might saw Fishlegs and feel disappointed about himself; she wanted to cheer him up. She went to the Haddock's residence "Hiccup? Are you in there? Hiccup?" but he was nowhere to be found.

"Where could he be? Oh well, he'd probably be on his way home now, I'll just wait in the balcony." Astrid waited, until she fell asleep. It was less than two hours left before the Snoggletog Season would end.

The sound footsteps that was getting closer and closer is heard by Astrid.

"So there you are! I've been looking for you all over the place." Hiccup shouted as he paused for a moment to catch his breath. Astrid woke up from her slumber as she was shocked that Hiccup already grabbed her hand.

"Come on Astrid, I'll explain later, we're running out of time." As they both ran outside the village.

"Hiccup? Where are you taking me?"

"Don't worry Astrid we're almost there." Hiccup said as he ran as fast as he could to make it on time. Astrid was exceptionally fast and just jugged the whole time. He brought Astrid to Raven Point's edge where she first met Toothless. The sight of the place was breathtaking during the night and the moon's reflection in the lake perfectly served as a dim light on the place.

Hiccup was looking at the surroundings as if he was looking for something, then he checked the time.

"Come on guys, don't fail me now, there is about 5minutes left before Snoggletog ends."

"Hiccup? What are you talking about?' Astrid asked as she, yet again, received no answer from him.

Ten minutes had passed, Hiccup's plan was nowhere near accomplished. He bowed down his head with disappointment.

"Hiccup? Are you alright? Don't you show me that disappointed scowl, you brought me to a wonderful place. Thank you." Astrid said as she tried to lift Hiccup's spirits up.

"Those creatures always comes out on the first day of spring, I don't know why they aren't showing up now. Anyway, Astrid I want you to have this." Hiccup said as he presented his Snoggletog gift for Astrid.

"Wow! A silver circlet, it's so wonderful." As she hugged the received gift.

"It's not just a circlet, I noticed that you're the only Viking in town that doesn't wear a helmet so I made you one. I call it "The Retractable Helmet" and was inspired to Toothless' retractable teeth. When you press the middle button on that circlet, it expands on your head forming a helmet. When you press it back again, it turns back as a fashionable circlet that would most likely look pretty good on you." Hiccup said as he explained his latest invention.

"Oh Hiccup, that's so thoughtful of you. Not only you brought the dragons back you prepared a wonderful gift for me, thank you so much."

Astrid gave Hiccup a tight hug; they seem to melt into each other. They closed their eyes, the noise in place stopped, and they lost track of time as they felt comfortable like in a perfect dream. As things started to look good between them, something better showed up. It was what Hiccup has waiting for. A swarm of fireflies flew as they slowly illuminate the place. They are removed from the boundaries of reality of their world and enjoyed the dream-like moment they are experiencing.

Astrid released Hiccup from her hug and showed a frowned face. She punched hiccup on his arm.

"AW! Astrid? What's with you all of a sudden?"

"That's for making me wait!" then Astrid gave Hiccup, yet again another romantic kiss.

"Well that's…"

Hiccup interrupted, "for everything else?"

"Exactly!"

And they both lay down on the grass looking at the dark sky, with the moon up high, the stars twinkle in their eyes and of course the majestic glow of the fireflies.