Chapter nine:
Nate turns feeling that he is being watched. He notices a few pair of red eyes seemingly to be glowing as they watch him. He turns to look to the direction of the house where the spike is then spares another glance to the eyes only to see them seemingly turn away closing their eyes as they leave. He hears their retreat as bushes rustle. He turns away and moves away from that part of the forest deciding to go see what he can do around the ranch until Mihael gets back. He finds a slightly young girl who can't be older than at least a year or two younger than himself.
The girl has long brown hair that is rather straight reaching to the middle of her back, a tan complexion and he spots that she has purple eyes with a brown ring that is like a stain slightly reaching to the rest of her eyes. She is wearing a black tank top that is worn, a little ripped as well as dusty, jean shorts reaching to the middle of her thighs and black rain boots. She is leading some of the cows around possibly to somewhere for possible grazing.
Nate moves over wondering if she needs help seeing as she only has one cow under control while the rest walk around her. He stops at the fence and the girl spares him a glance before turning back to what she was doing. "Need some help?" He asks.
"Not really. But knock yourself out." The girl responds.
Nate climbs over the fence joining the girl in the pen.
"The extra rope is over there." The girl nods to one of the fence posts in which Nate turns to it. "Just slip it over the cows head."
"Okay." Nate heads over to grab it then approaches one of the cows that turns to him. He raises the rope so the cow can see it then he slips it on just like how it needs to be with even the one part around the cows muzzle. "Where are we taking them?" He asks the girl.
"To their grazing field. It has the best grass for them." The girl explains and takes the lead with Nate following. "You're new around here." She says after a few moments of walking.
"Yeah. We didn't really have anywhere else to go." Nate says slightly glancing away. "It was nice of everyone to let us stay here." He feels the gaze of the girl who is looking at him in surprise.
"Oh." The girl looks away.
Nate turns to her a little questioningly. "Say I never caught your name."
"Don't worry about it." The girl moves forward a few steps.
Nate decides to not bring that up anymore. "Almost there?" He asks.
"Yup." The girl confirms. "Right up ahead." She nods to a stone fence with a wood gate. "Here we go." She leads them to just inside as the gate is open and once inside they remove the rope from the cows letting them run free in the very large stone walled pen. She takes him back to get another cow to lead to the pen to let them graze on the grass there.
It takes a bit but they get all the cows to where they need to be and the girl shuts the gate to keep them from escaping with a metal lock place over the one part of gate.
The girl turns to Nate. "Thanks. That was done quicker than expected." She says as they put the ropes back onto the post.
"It was no problem." Nate assures her.
The girl then heads over to where the pigs are rolling in the mud.
Nate turns and heads over to the sheep who are hanging out in the smaller pen. He stops beside the fence and wonders if they need to move these sheep to go grazing. He turns and notices Sean coming over.
"The sheep will be joining the cows for some grazing." Sean tells him. "You wanna help?"
"Why not." Nate agrees and climbs over the fence with Sean following. He heads over to the sheep. "How do we do this?" He asks turning to Sean.
"Ever herd animals before?" Sean questions placing a fist on his hip as Nate shakes his head slightly. "Well then a first for everything. We just need to lead the sheep to the grazing field. There is too many sheep to do it like the cows. We will need horses. Come on." He leads Nate who climbs back over the fence to follow. He gets them a horse each and once they are safely on they head back to the sheep. "I'm sorry." He says getting Nate's attention. "For earlier. You know?"
"Yeah it's okay." Nate says turning away.
"Ready?" Sean asks as they reach where the sheep are after flashing Nate a smile he opens the gate once Nate nods. He takes the lead as they get the horses into the pen causing the sheep to run out.
They follow the sheep moving to either side of them to try to keep them as a group as they head for the grazing grounds.
"Doing good!" Sean calls to Nate and he glances back noticing something. "I'll get that straggler." He turns his horse and heads to get one sheep splitting off from the others. He moves his horse to behind the sheep herding it back to it's group before going back to his previous position. "I see the gate up ahead." He says. "I'll get it open!" He heads on ahead and reaches it opening just in time as the sheep move through while Nate pulls the reins on the horse to come to a stop as the sheep go safely inside. "Good work." He says looking up to smile at Nate.
"Thanks. That was a little easier than I thought." Nate admits looking up to Sean.
"Yeah it can be. As long as things go smoothly." Sean says getting off his horse to make sure that the gate is properly closed before they head back. "You can join me in checking on them a little later. Gotta watch for wild animals at least every now and again." He says finishing with the gate.
"We'll see." Nate then heads off back to the rest of the ranch.
Sean smiles turning to watch him ride away. "Yeah. That sounds good."
… Later…
Mihael and Boss arrive back and Mihael heads to the ranch to look for Nate first.
Mihael looks around not spotting him right away. He heads on over to Makoto who turns to him as they both are now leaning against a part of the fence. "Hey." He greets. "Where's Near?"
"Last I saw over there." Makoto nods to where the horses are running around getting some freedom in a pen with grass.
Nate turns spotting Mihael and rushes over. "Mello! You're back!" He greets coming over to the fence. "How'd it go?"
"Just fine. Nothing bad happened today." Mihael assures the other who smiles glad to hear that. He feels a gaze and turns only to spot a girl looking at them. "Who's that?" He asks nodding his head as the other two turn.
"Mia."
The three turn to look to Nancy as she comes over only for Nancy to stop and look to the girl who is shoveling mud of poo.
"Mia is a young girl that we took in." Nancy explains watching the girl. "Poor thing was thrown away and left to die just two years ago." Her gaze is sympathetic. "We luckily found her. Cold, starving, alone and extremely dehydrated. She was lucky we found her or else she wouldn't have survived." She turns to them. "She may be a little distant but please do understand with what happened to her."
"I'm sorry that happened. I'm just glad that she was saved by such a nice group of people." Nate admits in which Mihael nods in agreement.
Nancy smiles warmly. "Thank you. Both of you. We're just glad that we could help those in need. Well everyone should be able to get some rest now if you haven't already." She heads off towards Mia probably to help her out.
"I was going to make some supper. Wanna come?" Mihael offers to Nate turning to him.
"Sure." Nate agrees climbing over the fence and follows Mihael to the home that they are staying at. He relaxes once behind closed doors. "Getting the day to pass by while trying to escape the sun at least every now and again isn't always easy." He sighs in relief.
"But you're doing okay here?" Mihael asks.
Nate turns to him and nods. "Yup. So far so good. I can escape the sunlight when I need to which does help."
Mihael nods. "That's good. Come on. You hungry?"
"A little." Nate admits and follows Mihael as they head to one of their rooms.
Mihael settles on his bed sitting comfrotably then removes his shirt.
"Can we do this a little differently today?" Nate asks.
"Sure how?" Mihael asks watching the other.
Nate blushes then he moves over as Mihael watches. He climbs onto the others lap straddling him still blushing. He feels glad when Mihael places his hands on his hips seeming to understand what the other wants.
"You sure?" Mihael asks in which Nate nods.
"Please Mihael." Nate slightly pleads in which Mihael smiles.
"Anything for you." Mihael assures the other placing a tender kiss on his lips. "Just tell me if you want me to stop, slow down or anything. It doesn't matter what." He says getting Nate to smile bright in happiness.
"Thank you." Thank you Mihael." Nate says glad giving the other a quick kiss before lowering his head to brush his lips against his usual feeding spot.
"Go ahead." Mihael quietly encourages.
Nate opens his mouth baring his fangs only to sink them into Mihael's skin. He begins drinking as Mihael lets out a slight moan only to bring his hands to the other boys ass instead of his hips. He lets out a slight moan with a buck of his hips as Mihael gently squeezes his ass. He feels so ready for this.