Astrid's POV
I watched as my friends had fun, flying their dragons hundreds of feet up in the air. I let out a sigh as I furrowed my brows and patted the Deadly Nadder beside me. "I'm so sorry, girl."
Stormfly tilted her head curiously at me as she waited for me to continue. I sighed, moving my hand to scratch under her chin. "It's because of Ruffnut's rules we can't go flying anymore girl, you know how it is, right?"
Stormfly squawked, moving in closer to me as if she wanted to show her understanding. I smiled at the dragon as I rested my head against hers.
"Why, hello there." A familiar voice snapped me out the moment I was having with my dragon. I turned to face the one who had interrupted us with a sharp glare, which immediately softened as soon as I saw who was standing beside me.
"Sig, Hey." I said, more uncomfortable than annoyed. Ever since that morning after I had been hiking with my friends, I had just gotten more and more uncomfortable around Sig, mostly due to his endless flirting and suggestive nature. But could I be rude to him? No, because that could jeopardize Berk's chances of a successful alliance with the surrounding islands, and I just could not be the cause of that because I couldn't keep my temper in check.
Sig sat down in the grass beside me. And when I said beside me, I meant thighs touching beside me. "So, why aren't you up there with the others?"
I froze. It's not like I could tell an absolute stranger about my pregnancy when my own husband didn't know of it! I quickly scrambled together an excuse, but clearly not fast enough as Sig placed his hand way too high up on my thigh.
"Astrid, are you alright?" He squeezed my thigh as his hand inched closer to places it was most certainly not allowed to go.
I shot up from my sitting position, Stormfly clearly noticing my agitation as she protectively placed her spiked tail in between me and Sig as she sent him a sharp look. "Yes, I'm fine, I ... I just needed to take in the scenery, that's all! But I should get going now, see you later!"
Defying Ruffnut's strict rules, I hopped atop my dragon and took off at once. As soon as I was certain we were out of Sig's sight, I placed my arms around my stomach, which was twisting uncomfortably in my stomach, rendering me nauseous. At that point, I didn't know whether it was the baby or if it was the fact that I felt so horribly disgusted by Sig putting his hands on me.
I bent down on Stormfly, resting my head against the back of her neck as I wrapped my arms around it. Gods, did I need a good hug from my dragon. After a long embrace, I sat back up in the saddle, shuddering as I attempted to erase the memory of Sig's hand on my thigh.
"BOO!" A voice called out of the blue, taking me by so much by surprise that I jumped up in Stormfly's saddle, only to lose my grip and tumble off, which left me plummeting from the skies.
"Stormfly!" I cried out, hoping my dear dragon would catch me before I crashed into the sea. I glanced down, noticing the dark waves beneath and realized that might be my last moment. I set my sights back up and found Stormfly too far out of reach to get to me in time. I took a deep breath as I closed my eyes, bracing myself for the impact.
But it never came. Instead I landed safely, and softly, into the strong arms of a masked man. It took me a minute to recognize him, but the second our eyes met, I knew exactly who he was. I wrapped my arms around the neck of my dear husband, clinging onto him for dear life as all other worries and troubles in my life momentarily faded away.
"And here I was thinking you hadn't even noticed I was gone." Hiccup chuckled as he opened the front of his helmet, revealing that wide grin I knew he had been hiding under there ever since he had seen me on Stormfly.
I landed a blow to his shoulder. "That's for being an idiot and making me fall off my dragon."
Another chuckle escaped Hiccup. "Remind me not to do that twice."
"And this ..." I placed my hands on either sides of his face as I pressed a warm kiss to his lips. "Is for catching me."
"Hm ... maybe I should do that again? Especially if I get the same reward." Hiccup grinned at me as I rolled my eyes.
"It's nice to know that you love risking my life." I chuckled.
Hiccup tucked away a strand of my hair before landing another kiss on my lips. "Only when I know I'll be there to catch you."
***
"Ah, it feels good to finally be back home!" Hiccup sighed, stretching his arms out to his sides as he strode around the living room. I leaned against the doorframe, watching as Toothless jumped from wall to wall behind him, clearly happy to be back home as well.
"How did your meeting go?" I asked Hiccup, trying my best to avoid silence so that I could spare myself from the image of the event that had occurred earlier that day.
"It went quite well actually, the only thing that's missing now is a contribution from all parts." Hiccup beamed, clearly satisfied with the outcome of the meeting. "I've been thinking that our contribution will be weapons, seeing as Gobber has been itching to make weapons again and our resources are superior to those of the other islands."
"Wow, Hiccup that's great." I shot him an encouraging smile, but could not keep the act up much longer. My head was pounding and my stomach felt like it was rising up my throat as I sat down at the nearest chair and rested a hand on my stomach. I closed my eyes as I tilted my head back. Gods, was I nauseous.
"Astrid?" Hiccup asked, his smile from earlier having faded as he furrowed his brows. "Are you alright?"
I nodded, resting my forehead against the tip of my fingers. "Yeah. Yeah of course I am, Hiccup. I'm just a little nauseous, that's all."
"Astrid," Hiccup sank down on his knees before me as he grabbed the hand that had been resting on my stomach, worry etched into his features. "You've been like this for almost a month, I think it's time we go to Gothi to find out what's causing this."
I shook my head, taking a deep breath as I realized I would not be able to hide the pregnancy from Hiccup much longer. "There's no need, I know exactly what's causing this."
I felt the grip on my hand grow tighter as Hiccup's eyes met mine, desperately searching for an answer to what I was saying. "What is it? Tell me, and we will figure it out, together."
A coo came from behind Hiccup as Toothless inched up to us, clearly worried as well, even though he had already guessed what was causing my near constant nausea.
"Hiccup, I'm ..." I took a deep breath as I built up the courage to look him straight in the eye. "I'm pregnant."
A look of realization dawned upon Hiccup's face as he slowly rose from the floor. My stomach twisted into another knot as fear built up inside of me. He was angry, I just knew it.
"You're pregnant." He said, not a hint of emotion in his voice.
I nodded slowly, swallowing hard as I felt myself shrink under his cold gaze. "Yes."
Suddenly, his eyes lit up as a grin spread across his face. "You're pregnant!"
I knitted my brows together as I watched his excitement grow. "What? You're not mad?"
"Why would I be mad, Astrid? We're having a baby!" Hiccup exclaimed dropping down to his knees again just to kiss my relatively flat stomach. "We're going to be parents!"
"But you said—"
"I know what I said, but that doesn't matter anymore, because we are going to be a little family!" Hiccup beamed, loving eyes glued to my stomach.
"So you're happy about this?" I asked him, not realizing until after I had asked what a dumb question it was.
"Of course I am! And I can't wait to share our happiness with each and every one of our friends and family!" Hiccup stood back up as he planted a kiss on my lips. "I love you, Astrid Haddock."
I grinned at my husband as I pulled him in for a longer and more passionate kiss.