A/N:

Another update xd. Yes, so far um well there ya go I finally showed Harper's real identity to which I can finally open the plot to his past as I write, don't worry lads and lasses. My goal is to get this story to at least 80-100 words, chapters not sure xd but yea.

Enough Authors note's, enjoy ze story.

Chapter Twelve: Feelings must be Confessed

(No P.O.V)

The room was quiet, by that there was only silence. As everybody tried to take in the fact that Drake, bad ass, merciless, cold, and secretive. Is in fact the same guy they thought to be dead, Harper Haddock.

They just looked at him in silence while a few others in sympathy as Harper cried on his mother who was also crying, finally reunited with her son. "Shhhhh, Harper it's alright. I'm just glad you're alive, my Gods what happened to you while you were outside?" Vallory said finally calming down.

Harper looked up, his eyes bloodshot. "I…I… .. I re..regr..regret..I should ha..have..come..home while I had the chance." Harper choked out trying to calm down.

Vallory disagreed. "Son, you didn't know Berk became a safe haven, it's not your fault but its ours." She started only to be interrupted by Stephan.

"What are you talking about Val, if the boy stayed close he couldn't have been separated with us!" Stephan yelled out before Harper aimed a handgun at his forehead taking everybody in the room by surprise.

"Shut up, you don't know what you're taking about da.. Stephan, it's your fault I was stuck in this mess in the first place!" Harper retorted

"Don't you blame this on me Harper, I told you to stay close. But what did you do you tried to help a guy who was a lost cause before the stamped came in." Stephan informed glaring at Harper, but he ignored it with the barrel still on his forehead.

Harper looked at Stephan with no remorse, he looked at the man with an icy glare. Stephan did the same thing but he was at a disadvantage since Harper was winning this ruse.

"What are you going to do shoot your own father." Stephan said shakily taking everybody by surprise including Harper himself.

"Yes." Harper said simply before pulling out and aiming the handgun right on his leg, he pulled the trigger before the big man collapsed clutching the wound. "You shoot me." Stephan said dumbly trying to take in the fact that his own son shot him.

"I have no regrets anymore dad, the only regret I have is not coming home to see mom while I had the chance" He said coldly before walking out of the room. He heard his mother call his name, and he couldn't take the pain that his mother was crying as he shouted for his name. Harper went back to the room the crowd clearing the way who by now got scared of Harper.

"Harper please don't go, I lost you once and I'm not losing you again." Vallort cried out clutching Harper's arm. Harper shaked his head before going through his pack grabbing a small dragon plush toy handing it to her.

"I kept this wherever I go, funny thing is when someone tried to rob me. I begged them not to take this." Harper said handing the small plush toy to his mother. Vallory grabbed it expecting it to be a small Night Fury she bought for him when he was a baby. "I have to mom; my place isn't here anymore. Its outside, Berk does not want me no matter how many times you beg. They'll never accept me back. This is goodbye mom, I love you." Harper ended hugging his mom before grabbing his mask and walking out.

The adults looked at Harper with teary eyes over the dramatic scene which was heart-warming in their eyes. Gerald and Seth went to Stephan helping him up. Stephan gritted his teeth in anger. "Seth call in every guard, I want my son back alive. He will face charges for his crimes outside the wasteland and inside Berk."

"Stoick yu' can't, he's yur' son fo' cryin' out' loud!" Gerald said

"I don't care Gobber, for Thor's sake he shot me!" He retorted.

Seth nodded before grabbing the radio barker orders to capture Harper alive. Alek wasting no time ran out of the house looking for Harper. She barged right out of the door looking left and right before seeing a tall man with auburn hair walk away quietly.

'Shit." She muttered before chasing after Harper for the second time. "Harper, Harper!" She called out but Harper ignored her walking faster. She groaned before running after him grabbing his arm in which he forcefully removed.

"Harper there's no time your father is after you!" Alek scolded. Harper looked at her surprise before he saw pickup truck's coming in with military personnel. He looked at the back to see six men in the road pointing at Harper's location.

"Look you have to trust me, follow me!" Alek said to which Harper agreed following her lead, they ran through the streets as on lookers looked at the two adults running away from military officials.

Up ahead they saw a Humvee stop in front of them, Alek stopped to see another one behind them. Harper looked around finding no way to run from, he checked his pack before grinning.

"Alek where this." Harper started handing her one of his extra half-mask. She wore it before Harper pulled out a tear gas canister before throwing it at the Humvee at front. Once the smoke popped they heard loud coughs before running ahead.

They looked down to see the soldiers covering their faces crawling around, Harper grabbed one of their rifles before shooting back pinning down the soldiers at the back before tossing the gun at the floor running away.

"Look there's as spot I always go when the you guys try to beat me up." Harper said, Alek nodded but deep down felt guilty the fact that he had a specific spot to hide from when he's being chased.

They ran to the abandoned part of town, by now they looked around to see no one chasing after them. Harper looked around recognizing a building before ushering Alek to follow.

Harper tried to pull down the boards which were ineffective, so he kicked down the door overall before letting Alek in first, by now she removed the half-mask handing it back to Harper. He turned on a flash light which was strapped on his poncho.

He smiled before moving the two by four's out of the way reveling a small hall. "Come on this way." Harper said before he crawled in followed by Alek. Once they got out Alek looked around to see a medium sized room with a hole up top the ceiling, the windows were boarded up followed by a small mattress, a wooden table and chair all dusted up along with a crate and a lantern on top of it.

She looked around to see wall full of Harper's drawings, so this is where Harper goes. No wonder we don't see him a lot in town. She thought.

"Welcome to the cove." Harper chuckled.

"How did you manage to find this place, I mean there was practically no door way?" Alek asked.

Harper scratched the back of his neck. "Well not exactly." Harper started with Alek looking at him unamused. "Okay look I kind of cemented door way building well the small entrance or vent if you would like to call it." He answered truthfully.

Alek looked at Harper eyes, to see that he is telling the truth. She looked at the small mattress with two pillows and a blanket. "Do you sleep here" She asked looking at the mattress.

Harper looked at the direction Alek was looking at before he sighed. "Sometimes since dad always locks me out when I don't get in the house after curfew, its family rules which mom enforced so I bought a small mattress with my allowance she gives and ta da, I got somewhere to sleep in." Harper said.

Alek looked at him softly. "Don't you have any relatives to live in during that time?"

Harper looked at her, his eyes shining before sighing. "No since the Jorgenson's are family and most of them hate my very existence, same time I have no friends at school. Gobber gave me a place to stay but I declined since chances are he might beat me thinking I'm a robber when he's drunk." He said softly

Alek looked at him with wide eyes, she was right he had no one. Harper sighed before sitting down removing his pack, poncho and vest. Placing it at the table, there was an awkward silence before Harper spoke.

"Why, why did you help me, I was basically and asshole to you. I hid my face from everybody I mean I'm still the little hiccup everybody sees in me." He muttered but Alek heard this before punching Harper in the shoulder.

Harper groaned before glaring at Alek. "Why would you do that, I mean yes I was an asshole to you which I'm sorry for and the fact that I almost killed you twice and…" Harper rambled out.

Alek rolled her eyes before grabbing Harper's long sleeve and pulling him into a kiss. She kissed him passionately but Harper didn't respond as his mind was utterly blank.

She pulled from the kiss examining Harper, he had a goofy smile looking at Alek dumbfoundedly. "I'll take that as an apology accepted." Harper muttered

Alek grinned before kneeling in front of Harper grabbing his hands and entwining them with each other. Harper had to ask he had to get it off his chest. "Alek why, why did you help me. I mean I am grateful but why?" Harper asked.

Alek looked up at Harper, her eyes full of compassion as she tried to find the words to speak. She sighed before talking. "I wanted to say sorry, I wanted to apologize. I left you when you needed a friend the most, and I left you to rot thinking the same thing that you're a Hiccup for the mere fact that you are an amazing friend. After well I took the drawing you drew back at high school, I promised myself to look after you. But after well the incident in the evacuation center, we all thought you died." She ended with her eyes looking into Harper.

Harper shaked his head. "It's not your fault Alek, if anything it's mine. I was just a Hiccup, everybody was right I mean I tried to help someone from being eaten but I also failed from that, I'm weak, pathetic, scrawny, failure and I was well just a useless guy."

Alek glared at him before jabbing his chest, he groaned for her sake but it actually didn't hurt. "Don't say that you're not weak Harper, Gods you stayed in the wasteland for five years. That's called bravery Harper, you're not pathetic Gods, you body slammed Sam into a table for Gods sake, and it's not your fault that you didn't get to save him. You tried that's all that matters " She said causing Harper so smile softly.

"You're not useless Harper, by all means you're a resourceful person. You are special Harper, all those inventions, those drawings, those ideas. Those things make you, make Harper Haddock. We promised to look after each other when we were young till we grow up but I broke that promise, but here I am redeeming myself. If you would accept me?" Alek asked.

Harper smiled before pulling Alek to a hug which she gladly accepted. "Of course, Alek, yet I still need time to well move on from the past since my childhood is still an utter hell with the things I did in the wasteland combined. It's well going to consume me little by little." He started.

Alek looked at him right in the eyes. "Harper burying the past won't do anything until you have peace with it. It's like burying a person alive, he will slowly die before his corpse starts to rot. You have to bury the hatchet, once and for all." She started but Harper looked down ignoring her gaze. She hooked his shin with her fingers forcing him to look at her.

"Harper talk you me, I'm here for you now you're not alone. I'll make sure you get out of Berk. I promise you that." Alek whispered before hugging Harper.

"Why did you kiss me?" Harper asked out of the blue.

She stopped hugging Harper looking at him with wide eyes before blushing. She calmed down before looking at Harper who in return looked at her with hurt? "No no, it's not out of sympathy or I had no words to think off. It's just "sigh" I had a crush on you Harper, well after you hit your growth spurt well I started to have a thing for you. Well and the same time during well the time you were wearing the mask, well I liked the.." Alek said trying to think of other words to finish he sentence.

Harper rolled his eyes before pulling Alek into a kiss which she immediately responded. They pulled out panting before looking at each other with their foreheads still on each other. "I like you too Alek, ever before as children I already had a crush on you till now actually." Harper chuckled.

Alek giggled before getting standing up looking at the night sky. "So how are you going to explain this to my father." Harper pointed out.

Alek looked back before laying at the bed. "Well I can't just go back since by now I'll be branded as a traitor." She said smiling.

Harper groaned. "God's now please don't tell me you're coming with me."

"Yes and no, look I can't just leave my parents. My life is here in Berk but at the same time I don't want to leave you." Alek said softly

Harper smiled before walking to Alek grabbing her hands. "Look I'll find a way to stay in Berk, even if I have I have to face trail. I want my life back at Berk, with you, with my mother, and if time goes by with everybody." Harper ended before telling Alek to lay on the bed.

They shared the bed but as the slept they started to come closer with each other, at the end Harper had an arm drapped around Alek pulling her closer to him with Alek laying on his chest listening to his heart beat.