Pairing - Rita/Veridia
Words: 288
Rating: We'll go T
Veridia was honestly scared for Rita. Yet the other mermaid seemed completely unbothered by the horse pitching and weaving about underneath her, doing a very convincing impression of a giraffe. The fear got worse when the horse kicked out its back legs, or even worse, decided to stand on two legs rearing up onto its hind legs.
Whenever the horse misbehaved, Rita simply turned the horse around or tried to urge it forward. She imagined there would be some degree of cursing, or there certainly would be if it was her.
In the summer sun, the horse's coat shined a brilliant burnt orange, the silver of its shoes glinted each time it raised its feet and it's tail flowed behind it, the way a Mermaid's hair flowed under the water.
She lost track of how long she sat watching, marvelling at Rita's seemingly endless patience as the horse continued fidgeting under her until it seemed something switched in the horse's mind and it decided it would work without further complaint, walking somewhat calmly around the outside of the arena before moving up into a brief trot before walking again. Rita circled the horse before coming to a stop in front of her.
"That thing is mental," Veridia said.
Rita let the reins slip through her fingers and the horse stretched its head down, nostrils flaring.
"At least she's appropriately named," Rita patted the horse before she slipped her feet from the stirrups, leaned forward and swung her leg over, hopping off. She patted the horse's shoulder again before lifting up the saddle and loosening the strap under the horse's belly.
"What's she called?" Veridia asked, stepping up the fence and letting the horse sniff at her hand.
"Flare."
