A few hours had passed before the star covered boy regained his consciousness. He felt terrible.

"Look who's finally awake." A calm voice spoke. It was Gyro, making some food for the two of them as well as that incredible coffee he always made.

'Thank god, once I've had this we'll be able to continue in the race!' thought Johnny excitedly, he tried to move to exclaim this but his body wouldn't let him, it was throbbing in pain. He let out a yelp.

"I wouldn't try and move so much, for now, that was a pretty nasty fall ." Gyro let out a small breath and gathered his thoughts

"Speaking of which, have you been looking after yourself? We have to be in top condition to race, as well you want to regain your ability to walk and learn the ' secret of my steel balls ' ." He said this with playful sarcasm followed with a smirk.

"Anyway I set up camp for tonight, it's not ideal but we'll have to work with this until tomorrow, I'm leaving with or without you first thing, so try and recover ." He commanded in a tone much like when his father had given him when giving an order. It wasn't pleasant but neither was the situation they were in.

Whatever had caused Johnny to fall off his horse wasn't his main concern; he still had to make sure he won the race for Marco, the young child wrongfully accused of a crime he couldn't commit and be sentenced to death, he still had time to save him.

"I understand." Sighed Johnny as he knew Gyro was serious but knew that his condition wasn't going to suddenly improve overnight " Can I have some food ?, if I'm riding tomorrow I'll need to make sure that I've eaten and I'm well-rested, no ? "

"Nyhoh ~ you've changed your tune, after falling off Slow Dancer I thought you were done for! Of course, I'll get you some food, do you need me to spoon feed you while I'm at it ?" Gyro joked.

"Piss off and just pass it over, I'm hungry, I could've been hungry and with the heat, I wouldn't be surprised if I forgot to eat and drink as much as I should've. Aren't you a doctor anyway, you of all people should know why I fainted I shouldn't have to explain my condition to you?" Johnny announced in frustration, he felt awful and this terrible sensation had no intention of leaving.

Gyro passed Johnny his food without saying a word and ate in silence, Johnny did the same; only to stop every few bites to stare at the cowboy ' he's not going to take off his hat huh ?' Thought Johnny and then as almost, as a response to Johnny's thoughts, he took off his hat and shook down his hair, then he continued to eat.

"Hey Johnny, I thought of a new joke would you like to hear it ?!" Voiced Gyro.

"Do I have a choice?"

"No! Don't be so cruel Johnny you love my jokes !"

"Can it wait until I've eaten at least? , I'm still hungry ."

"Fine..." Gyro sulked, he wasn't too pleased but as soon as his friend finished his food he was going to tell him the best joke that he's ever heard, maybe even better than that joke he told about the days of the week, no he was certain that it would be.

He patiently waited while Johnny ate, Johnny looked a little uncomfortable, the Italian man debated whether this was from him looking at Johnny every so often to see if he finished eating his food or because Johnny was still sore after that fall.

He wanted to tell that joke already