They were hovering in the air, looking at the fireballs and the destruction. "There must be something we can do-!" Astrid interrupted him. "Hiccup, he's gone..." She said and turned Stormfly around, flying back to Dragon's Edge with the others.

She looked back and saw the young man on the Night Fury turn around too and flying after them.

Her eyes stung and Astrid turned her eyes down towards Stormfly's neck before parting her. The dragon turned her gaze at her rider and Astrid looked up at the clouds. The dragon squawked softly and they disappeared into the clouds overhead.

The two must've been there for jut a few minutes before a familiar voice asked, "Astrid? Are you alright?"

Said young woman turned her head towards the black Night Fury and the rider flying beside her and Stomfly. Astrid's eyes locked with Hiccup's and they kept that gaze for a few seconds.

"Y-yea, I'm okay."

"You don't sound okay, what's wrong?"

The blonde bit her lip. "I'll...I'll tell you later," She said and flew off, flying past the gang and speeding back towards Dragon's Edge.

Hiccup looked at her disappear before his brows furrowed and he patted Toothless on the head. "Come on bud, we have to see what's wrong..." He said before they took of.

"What's with them?" Fishlegs asked when he saw Hiccup and Toothless speed past them. "I have no idea,"

•••

"Astrid, wait!" Hiccup yelled from a distance behind her, trying to speed up. Toothless' wings flapped and beat as hard as they could, slowly getting closer.

Dragon's Edge neared quickly and they slowed down. Astrid landed Stormfly by the stables and told her go get inside before she started sprinting towards her hut.

This would be easy. Without her noticing, Hiccup landed Toothless behind their hut and he sneaked in. When Astrid ran past his door, he opened it and pulled her in.

"Hiccup! Let me go!" She yelled and looked at him. Her cheeks were red and puffy, her eyes were watery and bloodshot and she was breathing quickly. "Astrid..."

The blonde looked at him before breaking down in tears like she had on the flight back. Hiccup grabbed her arms and pulled her in for a hug.

The blondes arms wrapped loosely around his waist and buried her face into his collar. "Astrid, please, tell me," Hiccup said softly into her hair. "It-it's about Dagur."

"Dagur?"

"Yes."

Then, she told him what had happened during their training and what he had said.

• Flashback •

"I know it's probably hard to believe but I really do want to change," Dagur said, hovering in the air in front of Astrid and Stormfly on his dragon, Shattermaster.

"Yeah, as if," The blonde said and rolled her eyes. "You know, last time I, - and everybody else - saw you, you were still working for Viggo and Ryker. How can we trust you?"

Dagur looked down. "I know Astrid. I just...I don't know how to explain it: it's complicated. I want to change for the better. Didn't your boyfriend tell you that?"

"B-boyfriend?"

"Yeah? Isn't Hiccup your boyfriend?"

Astrid shook her head, cheeks slowly turning red and even redder by the second. "No, he's not," She said, stroking Stormfly's side softly.

"Oh? But you two fit together. I though you cares about each other."

Astrid looked at Dagur and smiled. "We do care about each other...its just...its hard to explain," She said and hugged herself.

"You should go and tell him your feelings."

• End of Flashback •

"He talked to me like it was nothing. He died, Hiccup-!" Astrid stopped, looking up at her best friend and the boy, - no, young man - she cared about with eyes full of tears.

Hiccup placed his hands on her waist and looked at her. "I...I know he did. But he died trying to change himself and the people's opinions about him. I know it's hard to accept, - I still can't believe it, - but we have to keep going. Dagur may have been a stubborn idiot but he earned mine and Toothless' trust. We were enemies back in the days, remember? He died in a honorable way. He was a dragon rider," Hiccup said, leaning down towards her to be in eye-level.

"Remember that, Astrid."

The blonde looked at him with big eyes and placed her hands on his chest. "Thank you, Hiccup," She said softly, sobbing, before softly standing on her toes.

Her lips pressed against his and he knew that she felt the same way about him as he did for her. It wasn't complicated.

Just...hard to understand. That's a different thing.

(A/N: I don't know if this is what you wanted, @I_love_ramon. But I guess it's here. I hope you liked it.)

- Toothless_NightFury1.