It was the quietest the dorms had been all day.

"Gonna warn you now, I snore." Ruffnut had told Astrid as she reached over to turn off her lamp. She quickly slapped her sleep mask over her eyes before lying down. Astrid watched as she curiously put plugs in her ears. Little did she know, sharing a house with her brother had forced her to pick up these things. The sleep masked ensured no light would wake her up when Tuffnut would accidentally leave the curtains open, and the plugs had kept out the sound of his night terrors. It was hard to break routine.

Astrid shrugged before turning off her own light. Ruffnut wasn't used to going to sleep this early, but she wanted to make a good impression with her roommate. She would at least try, and if trying meant going to bed when she did, then it was alright with her. Ruffnut hummed to herself before realizing she really didn't need any of the earplugs or masks.

But as she took the orange foam plug out, she quickly shoved it back in after hearing Astrid. At least Ruffnut admitted to snoring, Astrid's seemed to be rocking the bed.

Ruffnut snickered to herself before rolling over, and succumbing to the tired that followed the hours of unpacking.

The two girls slept, whatever tension seemingly melting away until Astrid woke with a snort.

"What the…" She muttered, rubbing her eyes. Loud music seemed to be shaking the ceiling, and it vibrated through the room.

She quietly looked around, trying to decide what she should do. Normally she would have run up the stairs and bit their heads off, but she wondered if she was being a little too harsh. She had already been in a fight for no reason, perhaps she was a little too high strung.

She bit her thumb before she walked over to Ruffnut, gently prodding her shoulder.

"Hmm… tuff… go eat shit…" Ruffnut breathed before rolling over. Another small poke and the girl violently lashed out around her.

"I SWEAR TO GOD, TUFFNUT, IF YOU DON'T-" She angrily ripped off her facemask and immediately calmed at seeing a very frightened Astrid staring at her in the darkness.

"What can I do for you?" She asked coolly as she took out her ear plugs. Before Astrid could speak, Ruffnut raised her hand, silencing her roommate as she looked to the ceiling. "That's some good music."

"Ok, so you hear it to! I was trying to decide if going up and asking them to turn it off would be too-" Astrid explained, feeling relieved that she wasn't over reacting. This had just been an odd day for her. Before she could finish, Ruffnut had her by the hand and was pulling her to the door.

"I know the dipshits that's doing this, I gotchu" she smiled. She was surprised that Astrid smiled back at her, and the two determined girls marched out of their room, pajama clad.

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"It's awfully rude of them" Rosethorn said as she turned on the lights.

"Some of us are trying to sleep!" Grimhilda yelled, standing on her bed and pounding the ceiling. Rosethorn quickly made her stop, not wanting someone to come yell at them for noise.

"Do you think we should go ask them to turn it down?" Rosethorn asked.

"Ask? More like demand" Grimhilda huffed before marching towards the door.

They had spent the day shopping, Rosethorn pleading for Grimhilda not to spend money on her, but she hadn't listened and now there were piles of shopping bags around the cramped room. After shopping, they had gotten dinner, and Grimhilda had peeled off. Rosethorn wasn't sure where she had gone and assumed she had come back after she had fallen asleep.

Rosethorn hastily followed her out of their door, where they ran into their neighbors. Two blondes, one had honey blonde hair pulled into a messy pony and wore some loose flannel pants and a tank top. The other was tall and skinny, her platinum blonde, choppy hair revealed she had just woken up. She looked to be wearing boxers with a bra. No one seemed to question her appearance, and they looked happy to see them.

"You heard it too?" Astrid asked, looking at her fellow girls.

"Yes!"

"I should know your name- what's your name? why don't I know you? We're right next to each other but we haven't met" Astrid yammered, looking at the shorter roommate. She was already well acquainted with Grimhilda who had a silk slip looking night dress on.

"Rosethorn" The redhead replied. She had a simple tank top that had a picture too worn out to even be called a picture and some pajama shorts.

"Pleasure" Ruffnut replied, sticking out her hand. "You may refer to me as Ruffnut"

Astrid silently elbowed her roommate as Ruffnut mimicked Rosethorn's accent though the girl didn't seem to notice.

"Let's go, I want to sleep" Rosethorn puffed, crossing her arms.

Astrid nodded and led the small army up the stairs, ready to give hell to whoever was keeping them up.

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Hiccup was half awake as he nudged his roommate. His light snores were interrupted as Hiccup jostled him again. He woke with a start.

"Mama I swear I didn't mean to sleep in-" Fishlegs mumbled, scrambling out of his bed only to land on the floor with a thud.

"Sorry! Sorry- sorry" Hiccup squeaked, covering his mouth in surprise. Fishlegs blearily patted the ground, before leaning against the bed. His light snores continued until Hiccup cautiously poked him.

"Alright- Alright, I'm gettin'- I'm awake." The blonde said, rubbing his eyes.

"I need help." Hiccup admitted, crouching down.

"What's wrong?" Fishlegs asked, until he suddenly could feel the ground shaking. He had been too out of it to hear the obnoxious music coming from next door.

"It's that" Hiccup nodded upon seeing his friends face.

"Well, why'd you need me? If you just went over and asked-" Fishlegs began before seeing Hiccups face and he stopped.

"I don't know if they'd… listen to me… but you're uh…"

Fishlegs knew he was comparing their frames. Who would they listen to, The scrawny skinny boy or the big one?

"Alright… But I ain't much of a fighter, it isn't my strong suite…" He admitted, getting up before practically lifting Hiccup to his feet.

"It isn't mine either."

Fishlegs sighed before moving to the bathroom, Hiccup following at his heels. Normally, Hiccup would have been ready to go over to tell someone they were being annoying, but Snotlout was unpredictable.

They paused as they heard a banging outside, and instead of going to tell the two off by going through the connecting bathroom, they opened the door to the hall.

Fishlegs stopped in his tracks in the doorway.

A group of girls were outside, with one of them furiously banging on Snotlout's door. There she was again, the girl from the coffee shop, standing behind the angry blonde. Her brow was furrowed in annoyance. He felt Hiccup try to push past him, which he quickly gave up and instead stood on his tiptoes to see over Fishlegs's shoulders.

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She went to slam her hand on the door again, but it had suddenly opened. Astrid's fist almost collided with the boy's chest.

"Could you shut the fuck up?" Ruffnut sneered, at Snotlout. He seemed to ignore her as he looked at the other girl in front of him.

"They always come back for Snotlout." He smiled, leaning on the doorframe. Astrid's face turned with disgust, only to realize he was the one who had tried to flirt with her earlier.

"Turn that off, some of us are trying to sleep." She demanded, glaring down at him.

"You're missing just one key word, babe." Snotlout replied before he took a look at the two other girls. Tuffnut appeared behind him, not looking very partial to the conversation. He did raise his eyebrows at Grimhilda, who gave him a sour look. He turned to see his sister cursing him out, and they continued their silent insult contest, ignoring everything else.

"Would you please keep it down?" Rosethorn piped up.

"Are you sure that's all you want?" Snotlout asked, giving her a once over. All the girls together seemed ready to strike, only for a voice to interrupt them.

"Just do what they're asking."

The girls turned to see two boys standing in the doorway of their room. The bigger one seemed to gather the courage retaliate against Snotlout at the last comment.

"Stop being such a jerk." Hiccup added, walking out into the hall with Fishlegs to join the crowd.

"Look who it is, the cowboy and the toothpick" Snotlout jeered, nudging Tuffnut who snickered before clamming up at the glare of the girls.

"Cowboy? If you want that, then alright… if y'all don't turn off that obnoxious music like these nice ladies are askin' you, I'll- I'll do something." The threat was almost laugh worthy, but if he hadn't been leaning over Snotlout, it would have been different.

"Are you threatening me, bro?" Snotlout asked, puffing out his chest.

Fishlegs faltered for a moment, what was he doing? Before he could lose his ground, girls pushed forward around him.

"You better let me get my beauty sleep, lord knows you need it." Grimhilda spat.

"Snotlout, you better do what they're asking." Hiccup could feel himself getting ready to step in. Yes, he had wanted Fishlegs to help him, but not like that.

Snotlout looked unmoved until Astrid was pushing past Fishlegs and jabbed him in the chest, with her finger.

"If you don't let us go back to sleep, I swear-" The fire in her eyes made Snotlout take a step back.

"Dude, what's your problem?" Tuffnut said suddenly, except it was directed towards Snotlout.

"If you really want me to, babe, then alright, just for you." Snotlout's voice cracked as he tried not to look scared. He gave her another grin and she pushed him back into his room before closing the door. The music was promptly turned off.

Astrid turned around, hands on her hips, a happy smile on her face. The crowd gave a little cheer, deciding this was a victory.

"You're welcome." Ruffnut bowed after doing nothing and headed back down the hallway.

"Well… that was exciting." Hiccup breathed, letting himself relax.

"If that's what you want to call it." The blonde girl replied. He remembered that ponytail from earlier.

"It's a better spin" Hiccup's voice cracked and he blushed slightly as the blonde examined him. He suddenly felt very naked, even though he had on his pajamas. He watched her face until she broke out into a smile.

"Very optimistic of you."

"Well, you know me, did I lose a leg or gain an experience?" He quickly motioned to his leg, and she raised her eyebrows, not sure how to react to that.

"I'm uh- I'm Hiccup by the way" He broke the awkwardness, cursing internally at himself before stretching out his hand.

"Astrid." She nearly crushed his hand, and after the shake was over, he retracted it to see if any bones were broken.

"This has been an 'exciting' night so I think I'll be going; I'll see you later" Astrid spoke as she turned on the balls of her feet.

Hiccup smiled to himself only to see Fishlegs wringing his hands and alternating between looking at the ceiling or the floor and the shortest girl, trying to think of how to ask if she remembered him. She was busy whispering to her friend, only to see Astrid begin leaving.

"Thank you, that was very kind of you to help us" The short girl gave a small smile.

A sharp elbow from Hiccup spurred him into action.

"No problem at all- He could start an argument in an empty house from what I've seen of him." He rubbed the back of his neck, his original tall posture had shrunk so he looked almost hunched.

"I'm Grimhilda, and she's Rosethorn, just so you know." Grimhilda said abruptly, almost shoving Rosethorn into the blonde boy. She had been looking between the two, and Hiccup seemed to have watched her whole thought process.

"I'm Fishlegs. I think we met earlier?" He knew they met earlier, but he asked because he dreaded the idea she would forget.

At this, Hiccup and Grimhilda both seemed to share a moment of mutual understanding.

"Oh, right! I love that shirt, I have the same one." She smiled, pointing to his t-shirt. He had to look down to remember what he was wearing.

"It's one of my favorite movies." He replied.

"Same here! I just love the part when-" The excitement in her eyes was wild until she turned to see Grimhilda raising an eyebrow at her and she quicky paused before getting herself back together.

"Well, I won't keep you longer, I hope you have a nice night" She replied sweetly, trying to recover from the outburst.

"Goodnight, ma'am." He replied. The girls snickered together as they walked away.

"We're right down stairs! If you ever need anything, come by." Grimhilda called back until they were out of sight.

Almost immediately, Fishlegs was pulling on his hair.

"I can't believe I said that, I'm so stupid! I can't believe I said that, but he's so annoying! Ugh, I can't believe I did that" Fishlegs groaned, holding his face as he walked back into their room and flopped on his bed. Hiccup couldn't believe what he was hearing, and tried to keep a laugh down.

"It wasn't that bad! I think they appreciated it." Hiccup sat across from him on his bed as Fishlegs turned onto his back.

"Ma'am? Who says that?! That was so stupid…" Fishlegs shook his fists in the air, he couldn't believe the embarrassment. He had been completely normal earlier, he even made small talk, but then he got ahead of himself.

"So… what's up with that?" Hiccup asked, holding his chin in his hands. He watched Fishlegs slowly look over to him before he defensively sat up.

"I just- I don't like when people are rude, especially when those nice ladies were just askin' for some peace!" He muttered.

"It's like the first day, not even the first day, and you've already got a crush?" Hiccup teased. Fishlegs's face turned a deep red, and he crossed his arms.

"She is just- I don't even know her- I just- I just wanted to help. I was just trying to be nice" Fishlegs huffed

"Oh, really?"

"Like you're any better 'did I lose a leg or gain an experience?'" Fishlegs mimicked him, making his voice squeak.

"If you could only imagine the amount of self loathing I feel right now… god, that was so bad?" Hiccup put his hands on his face, as if trying to hide from what he said.

"… we're really bad at resolving conflict." Fishlegs muttered after a moment, pulling a pillow over his face.

"If resolving conflict, you mean flirting? Yeah, you were really bad at that, I was just introducing myself so I don't know why you're grouping us together" Hiccup laughed only to have a pillow in his face.

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"Well, ladies, I think that could have gone better… we could have handled it by ourselves" Astrid sighed, looking at the other two as they walked down the stairs. Ruffnut was long gone, her lengthy legs had already carried her back to their room.

"Aw, I think they were just as upset as we were" Grimhilda replied, carefully walking back down the stairs.

"They tried to help, even if it was a bit… forceful" Rosethorn added, carefully choosing her words.

"I think they really liked us." Grimhilda smiled, looking between the other two girls.

"I think one really liked Astrid." Rosethorn said under her breath, and gave Astrid an apologetic look when she turned around.

"You're one to talk! 'goodnight, ma'am'" Astrid laughed, and Rosethorn smiled.

"I thought it was funny! What about the other one? That was a pretty bad joke." Rosethorn shot back.

"It was! I didn't know what to say! How do you respond to that?" Astrid walked through the door to their floor, pushing her bangs back.

"Already got admirers on the first day, you're catching up." Grimhilda nudged Rosethorn, who didn't look too enthused.

"I think they were just being nice…" Rosethorn mumbled innocently.

"Well, even if it was something, he's not my type." Astrid said as she opened her dorm room.

"I don't prefer boys who pick fights-" Rosethorn opened the door while Grimhilda gave the two exasperated looks.

"We were the ones who began the fight!" She exclaimed.

"I think you're seeing things that aren't there…" Rosethorn said finally as she went back to bed. Yes, they had started it, but had it been necessary for the other two boys to do that? It had even frightened her a little bit, though Fishlegs seemed nice enough. He didn't seem to think things through by the looks of it.

Grimhilda was left in the hall, looking back and forth between the two doors. Unbelievable.

"Yet again… it's up to me."

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A lil midnight fight! I hope everyone is enjoying the story so far! thank you for all the kind words! please leave reviews, it helps the writing ;*