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AN: Is anybody reading this also love FinnXFP? No? Shame…

Arc: The Retrieval

Days Until Wedding: 22 days

Music I'm Listenting To At The Moment: Life's Too Short

"How Did This Happen To You"

"Care to tell me what happened?" Astrid asked as all the girls were sitting infront of each other forming a small circle.

Ruffnut sighed once more while her shoulders slumped.

"Do I really have to?" Ruffnut whined. Astrid furrowed her brows. She knew that Ruffnut was only stalling. No matter how strong willed the female twin was, this was serious business. Ruffnut was not stupid enough to just pass it off as nothing.

"Ruff…" Astrid urged

"Fine…" Ruffnut begrudgingly gave in while hugging her legs around herself. Her face turned from annoyance to sadness in a split second. "This all happened a day after you and Hiccup left…"

-Flashback-

Just this morning, Hiccup and Astrid left the village in search of the dagger. It was currently nighttime and vikings in Berk were getting ready to sleep. Inside the Thorston's household, the lights upstairs was still on.

"Hey Ruff…" Tuffnut drawled from his side of the bed while he was lying down and picking his teeth with his knife

"What?" his sister equally drawled from her side.

"Did you know that Snotlout took some mead from his dad this morning?" he smirked.

"Oh yeah?" she leaned from her bed and gave his brother a raised brow

Tuffnut nodded his head while he gazed on the ceiling "Yep… he told me that he invited some older vikings to have a drink with him. Oh, he also invited me, obviously" he smirked

"What about me?!" Ruffnut glared at his brother. How dare he got invited and she wasn't!

Tuffnut just waved her off "Don't get your undergarments in a knot. Of course he invited you, duh. You're the only female teenager our age that is currently single that he has a chance to get laid with" Tuffnut said like it was the most obvious thing in the world

Ruffnut would have countered but she didn't. She was too stunned for the fact that Tuffnut, her idiotic brother who had the attention span of a rock, was actually making sense. He was also right when he said that she was the only single female left in their age group, making her the only target for Snotlout.

Ruffnut sighed in irritation. If only a certain rotund bookworm would be ballsy enough to ask her out then she wouldn't be in this problem right now. She didn't rush him though; she learned that Fishlegs was the type of viking that needed time. He always took time when making decisions. He didn't take chances like most vikings did.

"So when is this party?" Ruffnut asked as she got a headache in trying to think.

"Tomorrow night"

"Why tomorrow?"

"Beats me…" Tuffnut shrugged his shoulders

"Now there's an idea" Ruffnut said as she jumped and tackled his brother on the bed. They wrestled each other for seem like hours until their parents literally yanked them apart.

-End of Flashback-

"Why do you always get in trouble when it involves you getting drunk?" Astrid sighed as she asked the question.

Ruffnut made an 'I don't know' sound.

"I still couldn't believe that Tuff actually made a valid point"

Ruffnut laughed at this "Trust me, that was the only time that happened."

The girls laughed at male twin's expense "Anyway…"

-Flashback-

It was the night of the party. Snotlout prepared for everything, mostly. He had snacks ready like some sugar coated strawberries, some bread and mead. Too bad for him that the only people who showed up was his friends.

Ruffnut looked around Snotlout's choice of place to throw the party. "Tell me again why you chose your room, the basement, as the place to throw this so called party?"

Snotlout ignored her questions and started pacing around the room. "Maybe they didn't know where he lived. Maybe they got lost along the way. Or mayber…"

"Or maybe because they think you're lame…" Ruffnut finished for him with a smirk. Snotlout glared at her and was about to retort but Ruffnut would have none of it "Instead of waiting for someone who is obviously not coming, why don't we start drinking? I mean, the less we are the more we can drink, right?" Ruffnut said with a grin while she poured some mead for herself.

Snotlout blinked and a smile slowly formed on his face "You're right! Duh! Sometimes I forget how smart you are" he winked at her and she rolled her eyes. Great, he was starting to flirt with her now.

"Ugh! Hey man, flirting with my sister is like flirting with me!" Tuffnut said as he stared at Snotlout with disgust.

Snotlout mimicked Tuffnut's action "Man, why did you have to say that?! Now it feels like I want to kiss you!"

"Gross!"

Ruffnut groaned and rolled her eyes. Why did she have to be here again? Her answer was sitting next to her. Oh right, because of him.

Shockingly, Fishlegs agreed to come to this party. Nobody knew why but at least his presence made it a little livelier. Snotlout also mentally thanked him because with the rotund viking's help, all the food he prepared would be consumed and not wasted to rot.

"Did you know that vikings once thought that some species of fish could cause earthquakes because of their mere size that when they shake the earth under us also shifts?" Fishlegs excitedly asked Ruffnut who was busy trying to think of ways to make Fishlegs to kiss her.

"Woah, really?" Ruff feigned excitement to not hurt Fishleg's feelings. "That's a first I heard of that…"

Fishlegs looked at her like she grew a second head or something. Ruffnut furrowed her brows.

"What? What did I say?" Ruffnut asked

Fishlegs just shook his head and smiled lightly at her "Nothing actually. I'm just surprised that you are actually interested about the things that come out my mouth" Fishlegs gazed at his feet while he smiled sadly "I mean, don't you think I'm boring?" he sighed as he slumped further.

Ruffnut also gazed down at her own legs. She felt like trash for some reason. Fishlegs was just being Fishlegs, just having insecurities and stuff. But why did she felt that weird feeling of guilt? She didn't do anything, right? Ruffnut mentally debated with herself in what to do. She had one idea but she didn't want to do it.

Fishlegs heard Ruffnut groan beside her and heard her mutter 'things I do for…' and she stood up. Fishlegs closed his eyes and let a single tear roll down his face. He did it again. He had another chance to impress her but in the end he acted like an idiot and ran away from the fight. He sighed and was about to get up when he someone sit next to him and he also heard a bottle being put on the table.

He heard liquid being poured in a mug and was passed towards him. He refused at first but the person was persistent, probably Snotlout. When the mug was literally pushed in his face, Fishlegs couldn't take it anymore and raised his head to glare at the stubborn person. He blinked and his mouth was agape.

The person that was forcing the mug at him was none other than Ruffnut who was smiling smugly at him. Her face was also flushed which meant that she was already drunk. She still continued to force the drink which he begrudgingly accepted because Ruffnut wouldn't take no for an answer.

Fishlegs cleared his throat before downing the liquid in one gulp. When the mead hit his throat, it felt too sweet for him. He coughed for a few seconds while his eyes watered. Ruffnut on the other hand, was pouring herself a mug and drank it effortlessly. She then handed Fishlegs another mug. He once again tried to refuse but Ruffnut would have none of it and force the liquid in his mouth.

It wasn't until the bottle was half empty when Fishlegs was willingly serving himself with mead. His face was now fully crimson and he had an everlasting grin on his face. Ruffnut was already swaying left and right while giggling like a girl for no apparent reason.

While Fish and Ruff were having fun, Snotlout and Tuffnut were not. Snotlout was busy rubbing his sore cheek, courtesy of Ruffnut, while Tuffnut was busy trying to figure out what Fish and Snot found in her sister.

"Dude, what's up with you and Legs? Why are you going after Ruff all of a sudden?" Tuffnut shouted while raising his arms for emphasis.

Snotlout rolled his eyes while gulping down his mead "Isn't it obvious? Aside from Astrid and Heather, Ruffnut is one of the most beautiful viking women I know!"

Tuffnut raised a brow "Don't you mean one of the ONLY viking women you know?" he replied smartly which Snotlout returned with a glare. He would've retorted but Tuffnut was right. The only reason why he knew these girls was because of their connections with the people he knew. For example, the only reason why Ruffnut even bothered to hang out with him was because her twin was hanging with him. Astrid was friends with Ruffnut so it was obvious they would stick together. And Heather was hanging out with Astrid.

"We're losers man…" Snotlout drawled.

Tuffnut looked at Snotlout with a raised brow. "Since when did you care?"

"Since that" Snotlout pointed towards the giggling blondes. Fishlegs was whispering something to Ruffnut which caused her to giggle. "Since when does Fishlegs make someone laugh, let alone a girl?"

"Don't worry…" Tuffnut said in a drunken kind of way "We'll get our chance, sooner or later…" he said as both teens downed their respective mugs. That was when their minds went blank and everything went crazy.

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