All the Pretty Little Horses

There's a ranch called Golden Hope, filled with beautiful horses and lush forests...and they say...that if you ever get lost or wander off the path...a golden angel will guide you back...

Chapter 2:

"Krad?"

The blonde sat up, "Yea?"

"Are you Krad?"

Who else could he be? He nodded, the man gestured for him to come, Krad wondered what the hell was going on, then he remembered the horrid tiredness that never left alone no matter how long he slept, and his vision blurring. His appetite was never really good so no one could really see a difference, but his butler finally noticed something, the only reason he was standing in front of a doctor right now. He had nothing to do either way so he went; his normal doctor couldn't find anything wrong with him but suggested that he pay a visit to the hospital for a thorough checkup.

"I'm afraid there's something wrong with you..."

No shit, if there wasn't anything wrong then he wouldn't be there in the first place, Krad nodded slowly, "Uh huh...and..."

"As a hematologist, I study diseases in the blood."

Krad clenched his fists, he knew what a hematologist was, why couldn't the stupid doctor just tell him what's wrong so he could be out of the stupid hospital and back home, "Yea...what? Do I have cancer?"

The doctor shook his head, "No, but I'm afraid that your blood results show that you have HIV positive."

The blonde stared at the man for a second then something in his mind clicked, "HIV positive..." Then he shrugged it off, "I see."

The doctor raised a brow, "You seem awfully calm about this, you know what HIV positive is right?"

"Yea."

"Do you know how you got it?"

His voice sounded amazingly calm, even to himself, "I think so."

"Care to enlighten me?"

"I'd rather not, there's no cure for itso what's the point?"

The doctor adjusted his glasses, a sign of annoyance, Krad noted, "Alright...our most potential weapon right now is a drug called AZT..."

Krad shook his head, "No drugs."

"This drug will extend your life though..."

He wasn't dumb, he knew what the drug could do for him, but either way, he didn't care, "No drugs," he repeated.

The man sighed and shook his head, probably cursing how stubborn he was, the thought nearly made Krad smirk, "If that's what you want...but keep it in mind, if you ever change your mind, you know how to contact me."

Krad headed out the door without turning back, "Kay."

"You might want to know that you probably only have a couple months left! Give it some serious thought!"

The blonde snorted and walked away, living was just a game anyways.

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"Master Krad? How did it go?"

"I'll tell you later Riff, can you arrange a vacation for me?"

"Where to?"

"Anywhere, just away from the city, as soon as possible please."

His butler nodded and headed off, Krad walked up to his room and started packing.

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He had no idea what kind of trip was in store for him, and honestly, he didn't care, he boarded the plane but not before whispering into Riff's ear, "HIV positive..."

He didn't need to look back to know that his steward understood those words, a gasp was heard, he dismissed it by waving a hand in the air, not looking back.

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"Hey wake up!"

Krad's eyes opened, it was dark out, he looked around for the person who interrupted his contemplating, it was the boy again, "You again. Why are you here?"

"You fell asleep."

"Oh..."

"You better get back to your cabin city-boy"

"Why should I, Mr. Cowboy-sir."

"That's Dark Mousy to you."

"Alright Dark Mousy, I guess I'm suppose to be heading back to my cabin now."

Dark watched the blonde get up, brush himself off and headed off towards his cabin, "Oi you! What are you called blondie?"

The blonde yelled back, "That's Krad Hikari to you!"

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That night, Krad woke up to the sound of someone crying his heart out, he headed outside, there stood a lonely figure with bright red hair, Krad walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder, "Oi..."

The boy looked up, the pale silvery moonlight revealing tear-filled red eyes, he sniffed and wiped them away, "I'm sorry, did I wake you up?"

Krad shook his head, "There something wrong?"

"Iya betsuni..."

The blonde snorted, not convincing at all, so he laid down on the grass and stared at the stars, something he didn't see a lot of at home, or bothered to, "Fine then, I'll just sleep here until you decide to fess up."

He heard a sniffle, he looked over, the redhead's lips were trembled, the blonde thought he was going to burst out crying, "Would you listen though?"

Krad nodded, the redhead inhaled deeply, then he wailed, "I'm so confused I swear I don't have the slightest clue on what to do!"

Krad blinked, what was he suppose to say? "...care to enlighten me?"

The boy sniffled again, "I'm Daisuke..."

He looked at Krad, "...Krad..."

Daisuke nodded and continued, "You must be a guest here...umm...you see, there's this girl, Harada-san, she comes here every year in summer, and this boy, Hiwatari-kun, he works here so he's here all year round."

"I see...and you don't know who you like."

The redhead's eyes widened, but he nodded, "The problem is that even if I like Harada-san, she likes Dark-kun, so should I just go with Hiwatari-kun?"

Krad shrugged lazily, "Do you like this Hiwatari boy?"

"Well he's my friend and he's really nice to me."

"And the Harada girl?"

"She's...nice..."

"Is that all you can say?"

Daisuke looked down to think, "She's nice to Dark-kun and really polite..."

"Hm? Honestly, she doesn't sound nice to me, I'd just stick with the boy..."

The redhead gave a small smile, "Thanks, I needed to talk to someone."

"Dai-chan!"

Daisuke spun around, "Dark-kun!"

Krad didn't look, "Your mom's looking for you."

"Oh, okay, I'll be going now, thanks for listening Krad-kun!"

"Hn."

Dark looked down to see long strands of gold, glowing under the moonlight, "Hey it's you! What are you doing here!?"

"Can't you tell simply by looking? I'm watching the stars."

"You're going to catch a cold if you go outside without a jacket, city boy."

Krad rolled his eyes, he got up, "How would that concern you?"

"You get sick or hurt, our insurance is expensive, you could sue, we'd all end up broke, anyways, it's our job."

"Oh no, I never thought it was your jobto keep me cleansed of germs. Alright then cowboy, I might as well just make my way back to the nice, safe and warm cabin where I won't need my jacket."

Dark watched the blonde walk away again for the second time that day, stuck up, he thought, then he noticed that the blonde was barefooted, "Why'd you come out here without shoes?"

Krad turned around, "Is there a law against it?"

"No."

"Okay then, I came out here because I heard the kid crying so I decided to check it out, happy?"

"Shouldn't you be in bed getting your beauty sleep?"

"Shouldn't you be in bed?"

"We usually stay up late."

"Well so do I."

Dark scratched his head, he simply couldn't figure this guy out, he ran up to the trudging blonde, "At least take my shoes."

"Hm? You still have work to do, it's not like my cabin's a mile away."

"Whatever, just take them, I'm use to walking around without shoes."

"...how about I wear them to my cabin then give it them back?"

Dark shrugged, "Whatever."

Krad headed back, stange person...

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He huffed as he jammed a piece of pancake into his mouth and chewed, he didn't like people who came from the cities, he didn't like the boy that sat across from him. Dark was convinced that he knew their type, rich, spoiled, nosy and horribly arrogant. They always came during summer. The girls flirted with him, not that he really minded, but they usually ended up ruining all his summer fun, they were so convinced that a couple weeks and they'd be expert ranchers. The only thing that stood out about the blonde was not only his appearance, but his eyes, those golden eyes filled with...emptiness? Yes, emptiness like he had nothing to live for and a flicker of loneliness and regret. What did a little filthy rich, pampered boy like him be sad and lonely about? Dark could tell him plenty about sorrow if he wanted to, goddamn it, just forget about him, stop thinking about him, he's not worth it, don't think about him...but he couldn't stop thinking about the boy.

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Nya

there's going to be a bit of DaixSat on the side nya :D Erm...the comments might suck, I'm not feeling the greatest, so yea...sorry!

Hakudoshi-chan- Thankies! My first reviewer for this fic! Plot twists are fun! It's basically my mind going insane while I'm typing so....yay me I guess!

berettaboy- No worries, Daisuke and Satoshi's going to be there, can't really leave them out now can I? Oh yea, thanks for being my second reviewer!

babymar-mar- Nya Riding horses are fun, even though it's a bumpy ride and you feel all exhausted afterwards, not sure why I picked horses instead of a big pen full of pigs...hm...

Kloudy Reignfall- Yea...this is different from my other fics isn't it? I guess I felt like writing a more or less depressed fic, with horses! :D Hope you like this chapter!

Ailin- Dark and Krad pairing is like the best pairing ever, I'm not sure why I like it but I do! Actually I'm more or less obsessed with it. :) I'll try to update the other fics soon nya

golden-flame4- It's a hobby of mine or something, picking on Krad is easier than picking on Dark since he's all fragile looking and all. Thankies for the review! XD

Seena58- Action-packed fics...I like the sound of that, makes me sound like a somewhat good writer :D Ranches are fun, but smelly, but fun and all the horses are really pretty :D