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Equus	By : Deb Category: Gundam Wing/AC > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2855 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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“Equus”

Chapter 79

Treize and Zechs dropped in to see the new filly that afternoon, both admiring the new arrival and wishing Heero all the best with her in the future. Treize in particular was impressed with the foal's conformation. The cross of Zero's bloodlines over the Peacemillion mares was proving to be a very good one. When asked about his future plans for the filly, Heero responded by saying he would break her in when she was old enough and see what her jumping ability was. He did hope to compete on her and once her jumping career ended, he'd look at adding her to his small stud.

Missy soon settled into the routine of the stables, greeting Heero at the paddock gate every morning with Angel and spending the days frisking around the paddock or sleeping. Each day she grew stronger and more confident, and whilst she was like her brother Wing in many ways, her sense of mischief and getting into trouble appeared to be greater than her brother's.

Heero just hoped she wouldn't learn how to open stable doors or paddock gates.

The construction crew finished their work on the new stables and after cleaning up the site the many vehicles and power tools left for good and a peace settled once more over the stud. Heero did a final inspection of the new building with the foreman of the construction crew, local council building inspector and Mr. Trimble from the insurance company.

Both Heero and Mr. Trimble were impressed with the new stable block. The workmanship was top quality and the alterations to the original blueprints incorporated perfectly. Heero was over the moon with the result and even the insurance assessor admitted it was one of the best 'jobs' he'd seen in a while.

Once the building inspector signed off on the paperwork all that was left to do was to get them ready and move the horses back in.

With the practice being closed for other than emergencies on the Sunday, a working 'bee' was arranged and everyone came down to help. June managed to get her husband to look after Max for the day which left her free to help out. Carl and Marie arrived, Frank following them in a few minutes later. Zechs and Treize also turned up to help along with Hilde, Catherine, Trowa and Quatre.

Heero had had a truck load of shavings delivered the previous afternoon and once everyone was assembled he spoke to the group of volunteers and outlined the plan of 'attack'. Armed with wheelbarrows, shovels, forks and rakes, the volunteers descended on the stable block which once more became a hive of activity.

Duo had brought a radio with him and plugged it in to the power point in the new tack room. The background music did make the work a lot more fun. Treize and Zechs armed themselves with shovels and forks, stationing themselves at the pile of shavings. Carl, Frank and Trowa all grabbed wheelbarrows and with Treize and Zechs filling them with the shavings, the three began to barrow the bedding into the new stables.

Catherine, Marie and Hilde raked the shavings out as they were dumped into each stable while June rounded up water buckets and gave them a clean before filling them and placing in each stable as it was finished. Heero, Duo and Quatre fetched all the feed stuffs from the other shed and began the task of filling up the main bins in the new feed shed. Heero had decided to have built in feed storage bins with lids on them to keep the vermin out in the new building.

Once the feed shed was organized, all the gear was brought in from the other tack shed and arranged neatly in the new one. Each owner had their own section in the new room consisting of a saddle rack, bridle hooks, a rug rack and a small cabinet for them to store things such as their grooming kits and the like. With everyone working hard it didn't take long for the stables to be ready to receive the occupants. Once the bedding was all in and the water buckets filled ready, Heero made up the feeds whilst June did the haynets. As each net and bucket was finished, the rest of the group took them out to the new stables and hung them ready for the horses that evening.

Angel and Missy would remain out in the paddock for the foreseeable future, Heero deciding to leave Comet out next to the new mother for company so those feeds remained inside the shed to be taken out later. With the work all completed, Heero invited everyone back to the cottage for a late barbecue lunch.

Sitting outside in the patio area and munching on hot dogs and hamburgers done on the grill with a drink of their choice beside them, the talk soon turned to the Dalesford show and speculation on how Nataku would perform. With his knee still a little tender, Heero hadn't done a lot of ridden work with the horses the past few days. He'd done a lot of lunging to keep the horses fit and when he did ride, it was mainly flat work. Given all but Wing were capable jumpers, Heero didn't think the few days break from jumping would do any of them any harm.

When asked directly what he thought Nataku's chances in the B grade competition were, Heero had replied all he wanted from the mare was for her to remain calm and manageable in the ring. He wasn't out to win, or place for that matter; Heero would be happy if the mare completed the first round regardless of faults and listened to him the entire way. The worst case scenario would be Nataku losing her cool and reverting back to how she had been with the asshole that had owned her before.

It was starting to get cool as the afternoon passed and reluctantly everyone got up and made ready to leave. Treize and Zechs departed first, Treize having to head back to his own stables and horses, Zechs accompanying him. Trowa and Quatre also left as they had the animals at Trowa's shelter to feed. Hilde, Catherine and Marie took charge of cleaning up and doing the dishes whilst Heero, Duo, June, Frank and Carl all went to fetch the horses in and settle them into their new stables.

All the horses appeared happy with the new stables. Zero made sure to have a good look around and sniff every corner of his new stable. Wing gave an exploratory check of the bolts on his door, annoyed that they didn't want to move when he lipped at them. Shini simply gave a snort and headed for his feed bin, food was his priority.

Orion, Lunar and Jester all settled well, taking a look around before locating their respective feed bins and getting down to the business of eating. Checking each door was closed and bolted firmly, Heero thanked everyone for their help, shut off the lights, set the alarm and closed the large, sliding door.

Five minutes later, Heero and Duo found themselves alone in the cottage, tired but happy with the day's work. Duo had put the kettle on to boil and was making them both a coffee whilst Heero fed Smokey. He'd just finished pouring the water into the mugs when a pair of arms wound themselves around his waist. Duo relaxed and stirred the mugs, Heero nuzzling lightly against his neck.

Heero was pleased to note that Duo didn't flinch when he wound his arms around his slim waist. All those sessions with Doctor Jay appeared to have done his partner a lot of good. Not so long ago, Duo would have stiffened and hit out at him. “Happy?” Heero whispered in Duo's ear before nibbling on the lobe.

“Very,” Duo replied with a small sigh and turned around in his partner's arms to place a kiss on those ruby lips.

The kiss broke and violet locked with blue. “Want to come and watch a movie with me?” Heero asked, his breath ghosting across Duo's lips.

“Sure.” Duo cocked his head slightly. “You want me to rub some more of that cream on your knee too?”

“Would you mind?”

“You go get it whilst I bring these coffees through to the lounge.”

*

“God you have such talented hands,” Heero moaned, his head resting back on the chair as Duo, sitting on the floor between his legs, massaged the anti inflammatory cream into his knee. The swelling had gone down and a lot of the bruising was starting to fade, but it was still a little tender to the touch and ached by the time Heero had finished his work for the day.

Duo smiled at his partner and continued to massage, behind him the television played out the movie Heero had put into the DVD player, but neither man was really watching it. Mindful of their interruption a couple of days ago, Duo gave a wicked smirk and began to massage higher up Heero's leg.

Feeling those fingers moving closer to his groin, Heero had an idea of what his partner was up to – and had no intentions of complaining. He closed his eyes and savored the touch. When those fingers reached his half hard erection, Heero groaned and pushed his hips forward.

“I believe I owe you a rain check?”

“Hmmm, I think you do.”

“Want to cash it in now?”

“Oh, yesss,” Heero hissed as Duo began to massage him through his sweats.

Feeling more confident by the second, Duo forced any and all doubts to the back of his mind and pushed on. While one hand continued to massage Heero, Duo brought his other one up to try and worm it under the elastic of the waistband. He didn't have much luck and gave a frustrated growl.

“Need a hand?” Heero panted when he heard the growl.

“A little help would be appreciated.”

Heero shifted and brought his hands to his hips sliding his thumbs under the hem of the sweats and pulling them from his body. He tossed them to the floor and resumed his position on the couch.

“Commando?” Duo asked with a lick of his lips, eying Heero's perfectly nude and sculpted body.

“More comfortable,” Heero replied with a smirk and reached a hand down to fondle his rapidly swelling cock.

Batting the hands away, Duo curled his own fist around Heero's length. “My toy,” he said with a pout. “Mine.”

“Hai, Duo. Yours, all yours. Oh fuck!” The expletive left Heero's mouth before he registered it as Duo's warm, wet mouth captured the head of his cock and began to suck on it. “Oh, god, that's so good.”

Smiling around his mouthful, Duo continued to work Heero's length with both his hand and mouth, drawing the Japanese man ever closer to that final end. Sliding his other hand to cup at Heero's balls he moaned with the response he got from his lover.

“Shit, Duo! I'm not gonna last much longer,” Heero panted out. “Been too long...”

Yes, it has, Duo thought, and that's something I'm now ready to change.

Duo twirled his tongue around the head, teased at the slit and then took as much of Heero into his mouth as he could, applying suction to the entire length.

Incoherent grunts and moans were all Heero was capable of making right now. His hands drifted down to clasp lightly at Duo's head and hold him in place. “Uh.. Nnnnggg...”

Knowing his lover was very close, Duo hummed lightly around the shaft in his mouth and quickly backed off a touch when he felt Heero's balls tightening. Seconds later he was rewarded for his efforts, thick, creamy seed spurting into his mouth. Swallowing rapidly, Duo drank all Heero had to offer, and when his partner slumped, sated into the couch, he reluctantly let the deflated organ slide from his mouth.

Cracking open a blue eye, Heero smiled at the happy, satisfied look on his partner's face. “Thank you,” he whispered out.

“My pleasure,” Duo replied with a grin and flopped onto the couch next to his recovering lover.

Noticing the rather prominent bulge in Duo's jeans, Heero licked his lips. Not completely sure of what Duo's reaction would be to intimacy after his rape, and remembering that they had only been intimate once since said rape, Heero proceeded with caution. Turning to his side, He brought his lips forward and kissed the vet softly. After breaking the kiss, He began to feather gentle kisses along Duo's neck and jaw as he brought a hand to his partner's thigh and began to stroke his fingers along the denim. The quiet moan he got in response encouraged him further.

Still kissing and nipping his way around Duo's jaw, neck and ear, Heero's hand wandered further up Duo's leg until he reached the juncture of those thighs. Keeping his touch feather light and relaxing as much as he could, Heero made certain that Duo had plenty of room to move away and stop this if he wanted to. Cupping Duo's erection through the denim, Heero squeezed gently and whispered in his lover's ear., “Is this okay?”

“More than okay, Heero,” Duo breathed and pushed his hips forward.

Carefully, Heero unzipped those jeans and let his hand wander inside to locate Duo's swollen penis, pulling it free from the fabric where he could play more easily. Duo was fully aroused and leaking from the tip. Shifting back a little, Heero lowered his head and took the crown in his mouth, running a teasing tongue around the ridge and flicking it across the slit.

“Gods you're a tease,” Duo groaned.

Smirking to himself, Heero opened his mouth a little wider and swallowed the head and shaft completely. He alternated between strong and light sucks, bobbing his head as he enjoyed the taste of his lover. Pulling upwards, he let all of Duo slide from his mouth and nibbled along the sensitive underside. His tongue swirled around the head, delved into the slit before swallowing the length again.

“Heero, don't torture me,” Duo whined.

Snickering, Heero decided to finish his lover off and set about sucking in earnest.

Hips gently pushed upwards as one of Duo's hands dropped to the back of Heero's head and ran through the rider's chocolate locks. His head tossed back, violet eyes closed whilst pants began to leave his mouth. “Yessss,” Duo hissed, feeling the familiar warmth curling in his gut. Moments later he exploded into Heero's mouth, the volume of his seed catching Heero by surprise and nearly causing him to choke.

As the last vestiges of his orgasm began to recede, Duo slumped in the seat and gave a long, drawn out sigh of contentment. Tucking his partner back into his jeans, Heero brought himself upright and wrapped the vet in his arms.

“Feel better?” Heero asked.

“Oh yeah,” Duo replied lazily.

“Good.” Heero pulled the vet closer to him, Duo more than happy to snuggle against Heero's side and the pair finished watching the movie before heading to bed.

* * *

“Shit, Heero. Are you going to a show or the Olympics again?” Duo demanded when he walked into the tack room and saw the pile of gear Heero had put ready.

Scratching the back of his neck, Heero gave his lover a sheepish grin and eyed the pile again. “I guess there is a little much there,” he offered in apology.

“A little?! Why don't you pack the entire tack room and be done with it?”

“Is there a problem?” Wufei, hearing Duo's loud words had stepped into the tack room to see what was going on. “Oh my,” he added when he spotted the pile of gear.

“No, no problem at all, Wufei, that's if you don't mind the horse staying home from the show as there won't be any room inside the goose-neck for her once Heero's finished packing all this lot,” Duo stated.

“It does seem rather a lot,” Wufei said carefully. When it came down to it, he really had no idea exactly what gear would be needed for his horse at the show, but what Heero had sitting on the floor seemed to be a touch excessive.

“Why on earth didn't you call me? You know I generally pack all the gear for you,” Duo said and folded his arms across his chest.

“Ah, you were busy with Angel and I didn't want to disturb you,” Heero tried.

“I was just giving her a quick brush down. I can do that any time.”

“I suppose so.” Heero hung his head and then peeked out at his lover from beneath his bangs. “Would you mind taking over the packing of the gear – please?” Heero added what he hoped was a puppy eyed look to the plea.

“Of course I will, Heero,” Duo replied, unable to deny his lover anything, especially when he peeked so shyly from under those bangs. “But you need to drop the puppy look, it doesn't work on you, Quat's the only one who can pull that off.”

“Thanks!” Heero gave his lover a beaming smile, one that made Duo melt. “I'll be outside getting the horses ready.” Words said, Heero disappeared out of the tack room to see to the horses.

“I take it the problem is solved?” Wufei asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Uh, yeah,” Duo replied.

“Good, then I will return to assisting Meiran with getting Nataku ready.” With a bow, Wufei left Duo to his self assigned task.

Giving the pile of gear a once over, Duo pushed up his sleeves, rubbed his hands together and approached. “Right, let's cut you down to size, hey?”

*

“All finished?” Duo asked as Heero stepped out of Zero's stable and bolted the door.

“Hai. Everyone is fed, rugged and settled for the night. Did you manage to get all the gear packed into the goose-neck?”

“Yup. There's all three saddles, bridles, a spare bridle, jumping boots, water buckets, carrots, haynets, grooming kits, saddle blankets, feeds and the portable feed bins. Just need to put in your gear in the morning.”

“Thanks, Duo.” Heero stole a kiss.

“Welcome, but you'd better thank June too, she gave me a hand to pack it all. Oh, don't forget Meiran, she did all the haynets for me.”

Heero chuckled. “I'll be sure to thank them tomorrow.” Closing the sliding door after setting the alarm and turning off the lights, Heero took hold of Duo's hand and walked back to the cottage with him. “Should be a fine day tomorrow,” he stated, glancing at the sky which was steadily turning dark with a lovely orange/red hue to it.

“Fingers crossed,” Duo replied. “You know what they say: 'Red sky at night, shepherds delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning.' or something like that.”

“Then we'd better hope that the sky doesn't go red in the morning.”

* * *

The morning didn't turn red, in fact it dawned bright and clear, indicating a fine day ahead, albeit a chilly one. Heero fed those horses not going to the show out in their paddocks to make his work a little easier. Nataku, Orion, Lunar and Jester all remained inside the stables as they were the ones going to the show. With all the horses fed, Heero quickly cleaned the stables and made up the night feeds. Having done all he could for the moment, he checked each stable door had a set of floating boots waiting outside of it before heading back to the cottage and breakfast.

“Morning, Heero,” Duo greeted from where he was standing by the toaster.

“Morning,” Heero replied and stole a kiss.

“Breakfast will be ready in about five minutes if you want to go wash up.”

“Okay. I'll feed Smokey too.”

“Already fed her,” Duo replied with a smile.

“Thanks, Duo.” Heero wandered off in the direction of the bathroom, Duo setting the toast onto a couple of plates and placing them on the table. Heero returned and the pair sat down to eat their breakfast.

“Horses all okay?” Duo asked.

“Hai, they're all fine. I've put Wing, Shini and Zero out in their paddocks. Missy and Angel are looking well and Comet seems happy enough.”

“What time is Frank getting here?”

“Not sure. His class isn't on until later in the day so I told him I'd put Jester in one of the yards for him as I'll probably be gone when he gets here.”

“Carl said he'd come and give a hand with the horses and June said she'd meet us at the showgrounds. What about Wufei and Meiran?”

Heero swallowed his mouthful of toast. “They're going to meet us at the show as well.”

“Sounds good. Here, pass me your plate and I'll wash up whilst you go get changed.”

“Thank you.”

*

“Are you sure you have everything?” Carl asked with a grin, giving Heero a hand to raise the ramp on the goose-neck. “Spare saddle, spare bridle, spare water bucket?”

“Don't you start,” Duo growled from the side where he was closing the tack compartment. “Next thing you'll be asking if he's packed a spare horse.”

“What about a spare rider?” Carl quipped.

“I thought that's why you were coming,” Duo returned.

“Touche,” Carl snickered.

“If you two have quite finished, can we get going?” Heero asked with quirk of his eyebrow.

“Have we finished?” Duo asked Carl feigning innocence.

“I think so, for now,” Carl replied with a grin.

Shaking his head, Heero walked around to the driver's seat of the goose-neck and climbed in, Duo following to the passenger side whilst Carl got in his own car to follow them.

The drive to the show grounds didn't take too long and soon Heero was driving carefully across the grass towards the parking area allocated for the competitors. Picking out a good spot, he managed to reverse the goose-neck in and cut the engine. Carl pulled up next to them, leaving plenty of room between his car and the goose-neck.

“What are we going to do first?” Duo asked as they climbed out.

“I'll just check the horses and if they're okay we can leave them inside while I go find the secretary and get my numbers for the classes. I can find out the order too and when the courses will be open for walking,” Heero replied.

“I'll grab the water buckets and bring them with us,” Duo said and opened up the small gear compartment to locate the buckets whilst Heero checked the horses. Carl appeared by his side and took two of the buckets. “Thanks.”

“The horses are fine so they won't hurt to stay inside the goose-neck for a bit longer,” Heero informed the pair. “I think the secretary will be over there in that building.”

The three set off for the building, passing several other floats and competitors on their way, some of whom Heero knew and waves and greetings were exchanged as they crossed the grass. Carl located a tap and went to fill the buckets, leaving Duo to accompany Heero to get his numbers and information. Stepping back out a few minutes later, they took a bucket each and began the trek back to the horses.

“What's the news?” Carl asked as they walked.

“Orion is jumping fifth in a class of eighteen, Lunar has drawn eighth in a class of twelve and Nataku is sixth in a class of ten,” Heero replied. “The course will remain the same for all the graded events, just the height and width will change.”

“Ah. Did you manage to find out where Frank has drawn?”

Heero shook his head. “No, I didn't, but there looks to be only about ten or so entries in the A grade and if he goes as well today as he has been in his lessons, I'd say he'd finish in the top three.”

“When can you walk the course?”

“The course builder is in the process of putting the finishing touches to the course now and the Novice class will be first to go. I'll start to warm Orion up then go over to watch a couple of the novice horses go through. It will be open again for walking prior to the D grade and I'll walk it properly then.”

They arrived back at the goose-neck then so further talk was put on hold whilst the horses were brought off, tied up and had their floating boots removed. Carl took charge of Lunar as she was his horse, Duo took Orion and left Heero to deal with Nataku. No one had any idea how the mare would react so they thought it best to leave Heero to handle her as he was the one with the most experience.

Both Lunar and Orion were seasoned jumpers now and calmly took everything in their stride. They walked off the ramp, looked around and sniffed the air before settling to nibble on their respective haynets. Leading Nataku down the ramp, Heero prepared himself for the worst.

Nataku's ears were up, her tail slightly kinked and her nostrils flared. She came down the ramp with a clatter of hooves and let fly with a loud neigh. She twirled around for a moment and tugged on her lead rope. She could tell this was a show, the electricity in the atmosphere, the scents on the wind all told her so and memories of previous shows came back to haunt her. She twirled and tugged on the lead rope in an attempt to pull away and avoid the hurt she knew would come. Spotting the hand that was rising towards her, she suddenly stopped in her tracks and cringed, waiting for the blow that never came.

Seeing how the atmosphere of the show was affecting the mare, Heero kept himself calm and controlled, gently pulling back on the lead rope until the mare stopped. He began to raise his hand, keeping his voice soft and calm as he spoke to the mare. “Easy girl, no need to go upsetting yourself. No one is going to hurt you.” His heart tore when he watched the mare cringe from his hand, obviously expecting a blow to fall. Keeping his hand flat, Heero gently placed it against Nataku's neck and began to run it gently along the muscled flesh, still talking in a soothing tone.

Instead of the blow she was expecting, Nataku was surprised to find a soft caress against her neck and soothing words in her ears. She blew softly through her nostrils, still a little unsure. The voice and scent of the human that rode her and was nice to her infiltrated her senses, easing her fear for a moment and she paused in her thoughts to try and flee.

“That's it, Nataku. Try to relax, nothing to be afraid of,” Heero soothed and gently pulled on the mare's ears.

“How is she?”

Heero glanced out the corner of his eye to see Wufei and Meiran standing at the side of the goose-neck.

“Nervous,” Heero replied honestly as he continued to pet the bay.

“Easy, Nataku,” Wufei said as he approached his horse. “Good girl, nothing here is going to hurt you, you have to trust us,” he continued in his quiet tone.

Hearing the voice of her master and the man she had come to adore, Nataku turned her head and wuffled softly. As he drew closer, she pushed her quivering muzzle against his arm, seeking reassurance and getting it.

“That's the girl. Nothing to worry about,” Wufei continued to cajole and digging into his pocket he produced an apple slice for her. Nataku took the offered treat and crunched it up.

After a couple of minutes, Nataku relaxed completely; the blows she'd been expecting had never come, all she'd gotten was soft words, lots of pats and praise along with several yummy treats. The trust she'd begun to form with Heero back at the stables pushed forth and she instinctively knew this show would be different.

“I don't think we will have any trouble at all with her now,” Heero said softly as he tied Nataku to the side of the goose-neck where Duo had put her haynet ready.

“She's going to be as good as gold and show everyone out there what a great jumper she is,” Wufei said, still petting the bay neck.

“I'll be more than happy if we manage to jump the entire course without any fuss,” Heero said.

“I'll be ecstatic if you both manage to complete your time in the ring and come out in one piece, alive and without any blood or bruising,” Duo stated with a grin.

Heero rolled his eyes.

~ * ~

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