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 3:
That morning, Dark awoke to the most beautiful sound of the piano being played. As far as he was concerned, there was only one piano around, it was in the main hall,placed therefor special occasions. Someone was playing a song, a song that he had never heard before. Dark got out of bed, put on his hat and slipped into the main hall to where the piano was. He wasbeyond surprised to find Krad, his fingers hitting the keys at an extreme pace but never making mistakes. There was no sheet music in front of him, Dark watched him in awe. When he finally struck the final chord and lifted his hands off the piano, the amethyst eyed boy started clapping, Krad whirled around, shock danced in his eyes.
"Dark! I didn't notice you there…"
"I doubt you did."
"I'm sorry, did I wake you?"
"Nah," Dark bit his tongue at the lie, but he didn't mind being awoken by such a nice tune. "We usually get up this early, I was heading to the stables then I heard you playing and decided to check it out."
"Oh…"
Krad looked down, the sunlight hitting his golden hair making it look like he had a halo. Dark added hastily, "You didn't disturb me or anything, I was just wondering where the music was coming from. It sounded real good!"
The blonde blushed, "Iya betsuni…"
Dark smirked, kawaii…then he mentally slapped him snap out of it! Since when did you think of himas cute!?He looked up, Krad was getting ready to leave, "H-hey, you gonna play again?"
Krad looked at him, "Sure, maybe tomorrow."
The cowboy nodded dumbly, they looked at each other awkwardly, but luckily, Emiko called them for breakfast. They ate in silence, Krad excused himself and headed off to see the black stallion. Emiko tapped Dark's shoulder, "I think there's something you should know…"
Krad wascontently stroking the horse's muzzle when he head a loud, "WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYY!?!?!?"
The blonde raised a brow and went off to see what the hell that was, the horse nipped his collar, "I'll be back in a second."
He headed to the stables where the yell came from, inside was Dark stomping around and kicking dirt everywhere, then he flung himself at a horse hugging it tightly while the horse whinnied soothingly, "Goddamn it! Why!? It's not fair! Why do they have to come next week!? I don't want to see her! She's eeevvviiillll!!!"
Krad raised a brow soon becoming more amused than confused, the horse just whinnied sympathetically, "Who's coming?"
"Risa-chan! It's going to hell!!" A second later Dark looked up from the horse and gave a startled yelp when he spotted Krad, "What are you doing here?"
"At the moment? Listening to you throw a temper tantrum."
Dark snorted, regaining his composure, "You're going to be throwing a temper tantrum along with me next week."
"Why?"
"Because the mistress of hell is coming, that's why!"
"I see…and what are you going to do about it?"
"What can I do about it?"
"If you really don't want to see her that much, why not go and break a leg or get hospitalized from doing something stupid? And you can turn insane and get put into a nut house. Then there's always the option of enjoying things while you still can."
Dark laughed despite himself, "What great options, great advice coming from a rich city boy."
"What makes you think I'm rich?"
Before Dark could answer, Emiko called him, "Krad! Phone!"
The blonde looked back one last time before running out, Dark noted that he was sort of out of breath.He picked up the phone, "Krad speaking."
"Master Krad?"
"Riff?"
"Aa, how do you like the ranch so far?"
"It's fine…a lot of horses…"
"Are you seeing doctors?"
"Yea, I have an appointment later."
There was a sigh over the line, "That's good to hear, phone me after the appointment. If anything's wrong I can send for a plane immediately."
Krad smirked, "Yes mom."
He heard Riff laugh over the line, "I'll talk to you later."
"'Kay, bye."
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Later that day Krad hitched a ride to see the town's doctor, who gave him nothing but bad news, "I'm afraid it's making a lot of progress, you really should consider going on AZT."
Krad shook his head, "No drugs."
Dark was feeding the horses when the blonde came back, Krad the pampered little rich kid. He saw him leave for town, probably went shopping, Dark snorted inwardly. Krad came back, shoulders slumped, he looked weary,the cowboyraised a brow, maybe nothing in this town was expensive enough to satisfy him…
The blonde walked sulkily towards his cabin, he picked up the phone and called his butler, "Let's just say it's been busy…"
"Master Krad, if you feel sick or anything please come home."
"Don't worry, I will, see you."
Krad frowned, he walked to the blank canvas he had set up the other day. Since there was nothing to do he decided to paint. He painted the first thing that he saw in his head, when he was done he stepped back and was shocked to see that he had drawn the black stallion.
"Oi you!"
The blonde headed out the door to see Dark, "I have a name you know!"
Dark stood there grinning, "Yea I know, but that's not the point right now, come down to the stables with me."
Krad followed him to the horses, "Why are we here?"
The violet haired boy kept his grin on, "Take your pick, unless you want me to pick one for you."
"What?"
"Pick which horse you want to ride, it'll be your temporary horse."
Krad blinked and looked at all his choices, finally he chose a white horse, "I like that one, he looks smart enough."
Dark was pleased, that was the horse he would've picked for him, "This white beauty is Shiroi, not a bad choice, he's all yours."
The blonde walked over to the white steed which whinnied excitedly, "Too bad the black one isn't here, I liked him the most."
"He's not quite ready for riding yet, he will be in awhile. And he seemed quite fond of you too."
Krad gave a little smile, "I'll live, so, who's this Risa girl?"
"She was sent from hell."
"You're going to have to be more specific."
"Err…well she's terrible, she chases you around on the trails squealing 'Wait up Dark-san!' the horses don't like her, and I don't like her, she's a bitch."
Krad blinked, "I see…" Suddenly he got a dizzy spell.
"Hey, you okay?"
"Yea…must be all that information getting to my head, she sounds scary."
Dark chuckled, "She is, believe me. Well, I have to get back to work, see you."
"I'm taking Shiroi out on a trail."
"Suit yourself, don't get lost city boy."
"Whatever dimwit."
The two went their separate ways dismissing each other with a wave of a hand. On his way out with his horse, he heard someone call him, "Krad-kun!"
The blonde turned around, "Niwa?"
"It's Daisuke! Call me Daisuke!"
"My bad."
"It's okay."
"Aren't you supposed to be working?"
"Yea, I just wanted to tell you that Hiwatari-kun asked me to go on a picnic with him two days after tomorrow."
Krad wondered what it had to do with him, "That's nice, you should go."
"I was wondering if you'd like you come."
"And get between the two of you?" Krad shook his head, "Thanks but no thanks."
"Noooo, I mean come along then we can invite Dark too, he's been sorta down today."
The blonde looked at him closely, "Are you trying to play matchmaker!?"
Daisuke laughed, "Maybe, but still," his lips trembled. "Please?"
Krad sighed, "…fine…so two days after tomorrow right?"
"Yea, we're going around noon, right after lunch."
"Alright, I'll see you then."
The redhead beamed, "Okay! Bye!"
Krad looked at his horse who knickered and nuzzled him. The blonde got up on his horse and headed into the trail thinking about his life, which suddenly seemed very short, almost too short…
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Nya
Slow update, sorry! I'll have the next chapter up soonor at least as soon as I can! This chapter was kinda short! Sorry again! The next chapter will be longer! Yakusoku! And yes I stole Riff from Count Cain! Reason being I couldn't imagine Krad having one of those ugly old butlers! I mean killing him is bad enough but making him stuck with some old geaser just goes too far :P
Hakudoshi-chan- Yea I stole Riff, see reason above, -points up- glad you like the fic though nya, still my first reviewer :)
Sheridan- You'll find out in the later chapters, I'll be sure to include that part :) Riff seemed like a very suitable butler for Krad and making him stuck with some old guy just seemed a bit too mean :P
Ailin- You're welcome! Thankies for reviewing! :D I had a great day! Hope you have a nice day too :)
golden-flame4- o.O off Riff? ...who knows? :P lol, oh the possibilities of the fic XD Yea it's Riff from Count Caint, that way I don't have to describe his appearence, everyone knows and loves Riff :)
babymar-mar- HIV is the virus you get which leads to AIDS, AIDS being the final stage of HIV :) make sense? I just remembered awhile ago too since our class was discussing it :P
Kloudy Reignfall- There is no cure for HIV positive or AIDS so either way I guess death will come, maybe I shouldn't say this so happily :P makes me sound really sadistic but then again...I am killing him :P You're welcome! I couldn't really leave Daisuke and Satoshi out now could I nya?
Senna58- Hmm...why indeed...who knows? Krad's just so easy to target :P Easy prey XD Frosty politeness ne? That's a good phrase for it :) I'm cruel with a touch of sadisticness and along with all the other stuff like insanity and yea... :P
Hikari Fubuki- Yea, it's a bad habit of mine, killing Krad :P Ican't help it, it's just too fun to miss out on, and Dark didn't seem like the type to end up with HIV positive so Krad it ended up! Korean drama? What're they like? Never watched one o.o I'll try to update as much as possible!!!
Billy Bob Joe the Third- Sorry you don't like this fic...yea...that's just about all I can say...
Lillith- Sorry! I've been busy with other fics! Nah, like I'd actually stop writing fics! Yea it seems like forever waiting for a fic to update isn't it? Thankies! Talented and gifted XD huge ego boost! You flatter me too much nya