Chapter 5:The Abandoned House
Their breakfast had been eaten and she was waiting patiently for him to decide that they were moving on. Not that she could decide for herself but, she was afraid that Black Haru would be released.
She wasn't technically scared of his other personality, but she was afraid to a certain point to were she would keep her distance from him. She knew that if she really wanted true love, she would have to learn both sides of Haru's personalities.
"Well Tohru, are you ready to go?"
She nodded and she went toward the field where both horses were being kept.
"Umm Haru, if you don't mind me asking, what are we going to do with Red Lighting? We can't just hitch him up to and expect him to carry us like his mother"
"Why don't we just leave him here, he's no use to us" He said shrugging
"No! I refuse to leave a baby horse here in the middle of nowhere with noone to take care of him! He'll die and he's only a little fella" She said nuzzling the baby horse.
"Well what do you suppose we do with him huh?"
"Well he could just ride with me, in the back of the wagon"
"Your going to get that horse into the cart! I'll believe it when I see it" He laughed again and took ahold of the mare.
"Come on horse, we gotta keep going so I would appreciate if you would hurry up"
Tohru watched the angry teen as he wrestled the horse to get it to come with him.
'I'm not sure, but I think I'm dealing with Black Haru here, that's why he's being so rude and laughing about everything I've been suggesting. That must be it, why else would he be mean to me? But why did he get out in the first place, he was white haru when we were eating and then shortly after he just changed? How weird is that? Maybe I should try to get him to stop being black and get him back to his white personality'
"Hey! Stupid! Are you coming or what?"
"Not with that attitude I'm not!"
"WHAT!"
"If your going to treat me like this, then why would I want to come with you?" His expression soften.
"I'm sorry Tohru, I'm not exactly how he got out but he did, I'm sorry for being rude to you, you can keep that munchkin in the back of the cart if you want" he looked at her his eyes glistening
"Okay, thank you for turning back to white haru"
"Did I do something wrong?"
"Well you called me stupid but that's no big deal, I get that from Kyo all the time!"
"But I'm not Kyo, I don't want to make fun of you or hurt you...maybe we should go back, you could live in the Sohma house again, fall in love with Prince Yuki and then I'll go to Akito's, and then I don't know what happens after that really...I just know that I think that..."
She placed a finger over his lips.
"It's okay Haru, I forgive you, we should really keep going though we have plenty of ground to cover before the sun begins to set again" She said hoisting herself into the cart. Haru picked up the little horse and set him down beside Tohru. She slowly coaxed the frightened foal to lay down and soon enough the little beast fell asleep.
"Well then, lets go shall we?" He said cracking the reins and they continued to move down the path. The wheels of the wagon crunched the many frail leaves below as they moved down the small autumn path. Tohru watched as the many trees went by counting how many trees had red leaves, how many had orange and how many still hadn't become autumn and were still green. A smile played across her face as she watched the small foal move slightly.
"Don't worry little fella, we'll find somewhere eventually and we'll be able to settle down and you and your mom will grow happily in a field behind out house, our meaning Haru and me" She sighed softly.
"And I'm sure he really doesn't hate you, I just think that he's had some bad experiences with horses or something. Maybe it's because he doesn't like you. Or it may be because black haru doesn't like horses so he keeps white haru distant from them" The little horse didn't stir from his sleep. She lied down next to him facing away from the little foal and closed her eyes and fell asleep again. Haru smiled taking a glance at the two in the back cart. He looked at the horse in front of the cart too and smiled again.
'Maybe with her help, I can grow to like horses again' He thought turning his attention to the road.
Many hours passed by. The mare was growing tired of pulling the heavy weight attached to her back. Haru felt sympathy for the creature and he pulled back on the reins.
"Whoa girl, you can stop" He said, but the horse pressed on.
"Okay what are you doing?" The horse pulled him to a large open field surrounded by a large wooden fence, with a good sized pond in the middle of it. There was a house a few yards away from the pond. It was still in good shape.
"This is defiantly going to make her day, maybe we could just stay here?" He pulled back on the reins. The horse stopped but obviously wanted to go on for the water. He jumped out of the wagon and opened the gate of the fence and pulled on the halter making the mare move into the fenced area, The mare just looked around, waiting for further instructions from her master. He closed the fence and climbed back into the wagon he pressed the horse on. She walked slowly along the lush grass of the field. He stopped her just infront of the house. He got out again and this time detached the mare from the wagon, He took of the bridle and replaced it with a purple halter . Slapping her haunches she ran to the pond were she drank to her content. She ran around the field. The muscles in her legs powered her speed as she ran along the edges of the fence and against the wind. This truly was a beautiful sight.
Tohru stirred feeling a stop in motion. She poked her head from over the side of the wagon and almost gasped at what she saw. A beautiful piece of property with a pond. The mare running freely among the field, the power surging through her legs. She took a glance at Haru who was smiling widely. She smiled too and her heart melted at the sight of his smile. She picked up the sleeping foal who woke up looking at her with it's large chocolate eyes. She set him down and he ran the same way as his mother. He raced past Haru and toward his mother. The foal running along side it's mother whinnied against the air sending the sound through the forest. He stopped and reared high sending his front feet in the air. He set down again and ran to his mother racing her.
"I'm gonna guess your up now huh?" Haru said. Her head popped over the side once more. She sighed
"Yeah I'm up" She said climbing out of the cart.
"I'm glad" She stared at the playing horses.
"Isn't it beautiful?"
"What?"
"Them" She said pointing to the horses.
He shrugged.
"Their okay"
"I saw you smiling earlier"
He blushed.
"Well I suppose the sight of them running mixes something up in me" He said shrugging.
"Well I guess were gonna stay here?"
"Yeah we are"
"Well...lets go check it out!" She said grabbing his hand pulling him inside. She opened the door and gasped.
HAHAHAHA! Cliff hanger! Don't you just love that! Oh well, a little bit of writers block...sorry it's so short. I'll try to make up for it with the next two chapters! Thank you loyal reviewers and I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, I had a lot of things going on and the tons of homework my teachers are giving me isn't helping. Not to mention all the orientations for my sophomore year in high school .Chou for now!
