My Best Friend (modern Hiccstrid au)

The sleepover

A/N: Hey guys, I'll give you an extra update

Hiccup

We rarely ever had guests. So when Astrid slept over she slept there. When we were younger and Astrid stayed over, we slept together, but after 11 we stopped. Unless either of us had a bad dream. Which for Astrid happened a lot. I didn't know the cause of the nightmares and the one time I'd asked she ignored the question. Anyway sense she stayed over so much she had kept a pair of pjs and other necessities here. 

"You want to watch a movie"? I asked. 

"What movie"? 

Astrid knew the choices, I was a total nerd, I had every Marvel movie ever made, Harry potter, Hunger Games, Divergent, Pirates of the Caribbean, How to Train your Dragons, Eragon, Maze Runner, you name the fandom, I most likely had the movie. 

"What about the curse of the black pearl"?

"sounds good". I said

She got up put almost immediately flinched and sat back down. I popped in the DVD and sat next to her. 

"Astrid can I see your foot"?

"I'm fine Hiccup"

"Astrid if its sprained then you shouldn't be playing, volleyball"!

"I'm fine"!!

"Astrid, if its sprained your gonna make it worse"!!

I had raised my voice. 

"Hiccup, I'm alright"!!

"NO, your not"!!!! I raised my hand, not as a violent thing, but more of a dramatic effect, Astrid shrunk away with fear in her eyes. 

"A-A-Astrid, whats wrong"? I asked, 

"were you going to hit me"? She asked softly, but her voice was shaking. 

"WHAT?! Astrid no, I swear I would never hit you. Why would you think I'd ever hit you, I only raised my hand". 

"Because thats what Alvin does when he hits me". She whispered. 

I stared at her for a second, she wouldn't meet my eyes. 

"HE DOES WHAT TO YOU"!!!!!!! I yelled. 

She pressed her hand over my mouth. 

"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, don't scream Hiccup, please promise me you won't scream". 

She took her hand off my mouth 

"I'm not gonna scream, I'm gonna kill him"! 

I said. 

"No, Hiccup-"

"How long". 

"What"? She asked

"How long as that, that bastard been hitting you"? 

"10 years". She said. 

Then I noticed a tear making its way down her cheek. Astrid was crying ?!   Astrid never cried. NEVER!! I realized, she was falling apart. Shed been falling apart for years.

I wrapped my arms around her. 

"Astrid, I wish you told me sooner". 

Her head was in the crook of his neck. 

"It doesn't matter any more, We'll be graduating in 5 mounths, then I can leave". 

"You mean we, we're a team". 

She looked at me gratefully. 

"Some movie night, am I right"? I asked her. 

She giggled, "your tell'in me". 

I pressed play. 

"So, Astrid, can I see your foot now"?

She nodded. I gently took her foot and inspected it. 

"Does this hurt"? I asked as I poked it. 

She nodded. 

"Bad news Milady, I think it is sprained". 

She bit her lip. 

"Whatever you say Dr. Dragon boy". 

"I'm going to go make some popcorn". 

She paused the movie. 

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Astrid

He knows, Hiccup knows that my one family member abuses me. He now knows. I felt like a weight was lifted. He wasn't mad at me. He didn't hate me. It was times like this that made me feel lucky that my best friend was Hiccup Haddock.