A/N: This chapter wanders off from the Tohru right now, but I hope you like this one as well, because this chapter is kind of important to the rest of the story. This one is about Hatsuharu. Also, spoilers, so if you do not know who Rin is, be cautioned!
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of this fiction.
Chapter Five:
A huge whine thundered into the stables waking the black and white haired man up. Hatsuharu loved horses, so it was great that he was the stablehand at the palace, it was also great that he was good with horses, not that they don't bite him anymore, they still do, just… not as hard.
So then Haru, just woken up from another dream about horses and clouds and whatnot, rushed towards the horse which had made the noise indicating that it was hurt in some way.
The horse was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, and he had seen a lot of horses. Even better than the King's horses and that was saying something. She had powerful legs, made for running miles and miles without stopping, which would kill any ordinary horse, and the mane looked silky sweet, although it was jet black.
"Whats a matter?" (He does not call any horses "Horsie" or anything degrading because he treats them as beings rather than pets.) He surveyed the horse again this time more thoroughly and found the source of the pain. The leg was bleeding badly and unfortunately seemed to have an infection. She snorted at him and then fell down mostly because her legs wouldn't hold anymore.
"Crap! What the heck happened to you? Most likely you did something stupid like get your leg caught in a trap set for squirrels." As if knowing that Haru had mocked her, the horse butted her head against his hand and bit down.
"Hey! Now you have to stop that! I am just trying to help here, unless you would prefer that infection to get you an amputation. Which I assure you will hurt."
The horse snorted again, but let him apply disinfectant on her leg.
After a series of cutting, bandaging, and sewing, the leg was definitely much better, so it was no surprise when the horse put her lips on Haru's arm and blew in affection.
"Hey, that tickles! You are very welcome, and whenever you need some assistance you can-Hey! Where are you going?"
Haru did not get to finish what he was saying because, Rin, the horse that he was attending to, ran as fast as she could with her broken leg, trying to get away from him. She ran into a forest near the stables, and turned into a girl.
End of Chapter
A/N: So, you must know that the cursed horse is in fact Rin Sohma! Well anyways, although this chapter might have seemed a bit boring, it is quite important to the storyline! So please for the love of quiches! Review!!!!!! Also, sorry I took so long to update!