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"So you found someone?" Jack looked at his friend oddly as he took another bite of his malt, always a sucker for a frozen treat. Seemed fitting since his last name was Frost.

Aster nodded as he swallowed down some of his fries. "Yeah. Seemed like a nice kid," Aster didn't bother going into too much detail, but he decided that since Jack was the one who had gotten him into the class hoping it would help, it was only appropriate that Aster tell Jack his efforts hadn't been for nothing.

Jack smiled as he dug out another bite of his treat, those blue eyes sparkling with mischeif. "Was he cute?"

Aster rolled his eyes, trying not to blush. "Get yer mind outta the gutter. Might be legal but he looks like an ankle-biter,"

Jack shrugged. "Didn't ask if you wanted to sleep with him. Just asked if he was cute,"

Aster scoffed. "Goin' by that...Yeah, he's pretty cute. For a kid anyway," He amended quickly. "Anyway, he was good model. Behaved professionally so I gave him my card,"

Jack frowned and rolled his eyes. "Wow,"

"What?"

"Nothing," Jack sighed. "Just thinking about what a natural romantic you are," His voice dripped with sarcasm and Aster narrowed his eyes a bit, heat coming to his cheeks in embarrassment.

"Now what's that supposed ta mean?"

"Just stating facts. I mean that's the reason we didn't work out,"

"We didn't work out because you always pull pranks," Aster had to keep from his face turning red at the memory of their brief relationship (if you could call it that).

"We didn't work out because you have a problem with intimacy," Jack corrected, pointing his spoon at the artist as if for emphasis. "You didn't wanna cuddle, ya didn't like holding hands-We never even got to have sex!"

"Would you keep your voice down?!" Aster's face was red by this point as he caught the dirty looks from a nearby couple sitting with their three kids. "And I do not have a problem with being...intimate! We did to kiss,"

"In private. If we had a friend in the other room you insisted it was inappropriate," Jack's tone came out flat, his eyes conveying boredom.

Aster huffed but found himself unable to come up with a proper comeback. He couldn't really correct Jack if he was right... "Yeah, well...Things change!"

Jack quirked a brow. "Is that so?"

"Yeah, that's so. After all, modeling is...intimate,"

"Only if it's nude or something,"

"I'm not asking him to get nude!" Another dirty looks from the parents reminded Aster to keep his own voice down. Flustered, he continued. "Maybe...in costume or something," he admitted. He had thought a lot about Hiccup draped in nothing but a white sheet so Aster could see more of those cute freckles.

"Has he called yet?"

Aster shook his head. "Nah. But it's only been two days. Seemed the nervous type...I think it had been his first time modeling,"

"Oh good. Then all the tainting is left for you to do," Jack teased, grinning. "How'd you ask him to model for you?"

"I told you: I gave him my card,"

"Yeah, but what did you say?" Jack was excited now. "Did ya like...do that deep voice seductive drawl you do?"

"I've never done that," Aster denied. I do that?

Jack ignored him. "Or did ya wink or tell him something like 'I'd love to see more of ya' or something like that?"

Aster chuckled. "Nah. Just gave him my card and told him to get ahold of me if he wanted to get another paid modeling job. Told him to keep it secret too. Just so the press doesn't catch word," he shrugged.

"Ohhhhh secret! Better hope the kid's dad doesn't find out. What's his name anyway?"

"Hiccup,"

"Hiccup!" Jack beamed. "That's so cute! What did he look like? What'd he say?!"

"You can see him if he takes the job," Aster replied.

Jack groaned. "God, you're so evil!" He sighed. "Probably why I liked ya for so long,"

Aster rolled his eyes, grinning stupidly. "Would explain that dark entity you hang off of now,"

"Pitch isn't that dark," At Aster's sarcastic quirked brow, Jack blushed a bit. "Okay, so he's a little dark. But at least he doesn't have a problem with being all touchy-feely. He actually likes it when we kiss in public,"

"Yeah, I've noticed," Aster drawled, taking another bite of food. His mind wandered as he thought about whether Hiccup was actually considering his offer or whether the kid forgot.

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