Chapter 5: A Moment with Astrid

That morning, Hiccup woke up and looked around not sure where he had ended up. Before he bothered to move more, he needed to know where he was or at least that is what was going on through his mind anyway. Hiccup realized that he is in his room and then looked up to see Toothless above. He smiled seeing his dragon sleeping above him and then he tried to move his hand but found a small amount of pressure on it. Hiccup looked to his right and then found Astrid asleep, her head in her arm, and her hand on his. Hiccup smiled wider and then placed his hand gently on Astrid's. Astrid slowly fluttered her eyes open to see Hiccup awake. "Hey Astrid." Hiccup said simply.

Astrid smiled and then scowled at Hiccup and punched him in the arm. "That's for scaring me half to death." Astrid said; her throat now very sore.

"You don't sound good Astrid, go back to sleep." Hiccup said worriedly laying on his back but facing Astrid.

"Not until you tell me what you did to hurt yourself like this." Astrid said as loud as she could and then grabbed onto her sore throat.

"Only if you stop talking." Hiccup said and Astrid nodded feeling that that's a fair trade and she really didn't want to talk anymore. "I went looking for you yesterday" As soon as Hiccup said this, she blushed madly thinking that he may have found her and she guessed right. "I noticed you were bathing in the pond and quickly turned away when a Viking from the south grabbed me by my collar. He threw me to the ground and it broke my prosthetic leg obviously." Hiccup said leaving out some specific details to keep Astrid from worrying about him more, at least for right now anyway. Hiccup quickly found himself being kissed and then gently kissed back. After two or three seconds, the two separated. "Sleep." Hiccup said when the elder walked in. "Elder, what are you doing here, not that it's not good to see you." Hiccup said trying to correct himself.

The elder raised her hand to silence him. "I've merely come to see how you're doing Hiccup." The elder said and smiled at the two.

"I'm fine but Astrid needs to sleep, she doesn't sound good." Hiccup said and then tried to sit up but Astrid stopped him. "I'll be fine Astrid; I'm just a bit sore." Astrid shook her head while glaring at him telling Hiccup that he isn't ok.

Hiccup was about to argue when the elder spoke up. "Listen to her Hiccup, you need to rest, no argument about it." The elder then went over to the bed and looked at the two. "There is a little more reason for coming here then to just check up on you Hiccup. Astrid here saved a female Night Fury last night after getting help to you and the young dragon needs some place to stay. So if you wouldn't mind Hiccup." Hiccup knew exactly what the elder was saying and he shook his head saying that he doesn't mind. Then the young dragon came into the room.

Toothless had woken up by now, jumped to the ground and over to the other dragon. "It appears that Toothless likes a certain dragon." The other Night Fury went into a corner and laid down followed shortly by Toothless who had started licking the other dragons wounded areas. The injured Night Fury let him and started to fall asleep. "Astrid, I think it only right that you keep the new Night Fury." Astrid nodded and then the elder nodded. "She is yours then." The elder then left the house leaving Astrid and Hiccup alone with two dragons.

Hiccup was happy to know that Astrid now has a Night Fury and wanted to know what Astrid would call her but decided to wait. Hiccup smiled and then kissed Astrid on the forehead gently and let Astrid sleep but first he moved over to let her in next to him. Astrid shook her head but Hiccup insisted. Astrid couldn't argue with Hiccup and really didn't feel like it at the moment and climbed in next to him. Hiccup then felt Astrid's head and she felt warm. "You need a cold cloth; you seem to have a fever." Hiccup said looking over to Toothless. "Hey Toothless." Before Hiccup could finish his sentence, Toothless had nudged the Night Fury lovingly and then went and grabbed a rag; put it in some cold water and brought it over to Hiccup. "Thanks buddy." Toothless smiled awkwardly and then went back to the Night Fury. "Here you go Astrid, this should help."

Astrid smiled warmly at Hiccup to thank him without talking and then closed her eyes. She would have rather gone herself to get the rag but Hiccup would never have let her go and she really wasn't in the mood to argue nor did she feel like it. However once she is feeling better, she would do anything and everything to keep from getting sick again. Astrid could still feel herself wheeze as she breathed. She kept her breathing shallow enough to not let Hiccup know her breathing was bad but not so shallow that she couldn't breathe comfortably. She didn't want Hiccup to worry too much about her and help her out more then she wanted, after all, she can take care of herself. That didn't mean that she wasn't grateful for help but she didn't like people doing things for her. That however would change if she marries Hiccup; he would never let her do something if he didn't feel that she had the strength to. Astrid will try to argue though she may not win, especially when kids come into the picture but that's a long way off though; she wouldn't complain if it happened earlier then she would expect.

Astrid finally fell asleep with her arm around Hiccup's waist. Hiccup smiled seeing Astrid asleep next to him and couldn't wait for this to happen every night but first he had to talk to her father. That was something that he isn't looking forward to but he will if it means being with Astrid for the rest of his life. He just can't think of life without her but for now, he had to focus on getting his strength back into his leg so that he can talk to Astrid's' father. Besides, now Toothless found a love of his own. Hiccup looked over at Toothless and smiled seeing the cheesy grin on his face. Yep, he was definitely going to marry Astrid now and nothing was going to stop him. Hiccup's face went from a smile to a look of determination.

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