Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Taming ❯ Having a ride, taking the plunge ( Chapter 6 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
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Horses. It just had to be horses. It wasn't that Duo didn't like horses, he did, it was just that as an orphan at a poor orphanage he didn't have much opportunity to learn to ride or even see many horses. And now Heero expected him to get on one of those things? Riiiight. He knew the moment he got on the giant beast assigned to him it would try and kill him. It had an evil glint in its eyes, Duo was sure. That horse was plotting something.

Quatre noticed Duo's trouble and tried to help him in the only way he could. Walking easily between the horses he approached Heero and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Hm?"

Quatre pointed to Duo, who had slowly backed away from the horse until he was leaning against a wall several feet from it. Heero smiled, so something *could* phase Duo. This should even the playing field a little.

"Duo," he called, "is there a problem? You aren't on your horse yet and we're leaving soon."

"Nah, no problem." Duo instantly turned his cowering into a casual pose and smiled at his master. "It's just so early in the morning I didn't want to startle the poor beast. You know, if it just woke up it could be cranky or still a little tired so I thought I'd give him a chance to wake up."

Heero stared at him.

"Okay, so *I'm* the one that's tired. To be honest I don't know if I'm awake enough to stay on a horse so if you guys ride slow I could sorta walk behind you. Or run or something. Just until I wake up a little."

"Duo, come here." Heero's voice was too low for his slave to detect the amusement in it. When Duo was standing in front of his master, Heero continued, opting to get to the heart of the matter. "Do you know how to ride? Horses?" He finished, remembering Duo's earlier hentai comments.

Duo was caught. "Not exactly, no."

"Duo, we're not going to leave you behind. You can ride behind me on my horse." Heero felt the odd need to reassure his slave and was rewarded by Duo's smile. "But," Heero continued, "when we stop for the night, you're getting a riding lesson."
Duo paled slightly but didn't complain. He just looked up at the towering beast in front of him and gulped. It seemed to grin down at him. He snarled at it and the horse returned the favour. Damn horses.

Quatre, on the other hand, was completely at home around horses. He, as many nobles were, had been raised around them and so he shared none of his friend's worries. Trowa had nearly shouted when Quatre had walked between the horses to alert Heero but seeing his slave completely at ease around the animals quickly calmed him down.

"Quatre," he called, "you know how to ride, right?"

Quatre nodded and smiled, holding his hand out to the horse assigned to him so it could get used to his scent. Trowa smiled and approached his slave. "Quatre, this is Cloud. She's very gentle because I wasn't sure how well you could ride. Once we get back to the manor we can ride together and I'll introduce you to the other horses, okay?"

Quatre nodded.

"Alright." Wow, Trowa thought, he seems really calm. Maybe horses will be the key to get Quatre to open up. It's worth a try. " Heero," Trowa called, "are you ready?"

"Yeah. Mount up!"

They had decided to ride together for the first part of the journey. Quatre and Trowa would spend a few days at the palace with Heero before continuing on. It would be a fairly easy ride, more for the sake of the slaves than the others who were used to days in the saddle. Trowa judged that Quatre may have been able handle the ride but based on Duo's reaction, the slow pace was probably for the best.

Sadly, Duo didn't even realize that they were riding slowly for him. After a few hours of bouncing around on the horse's back, gripping Heero as best he could and sometimes falling off anyway, Duo was more than ready for a break. By the time they were finally ready to stop for the night, Duo couldn't move. He slid down from the horse and flopped, unmoving, on the ground as Heero, Trowa and Quatre unloaded the horses.

Quatre and Trowa went off to wash in the nearby stream and Heero was about to follow them when he noticed that Duo wasn't there. Heero made his way back to the camp to find Duo lying exactly where they left him. Great, Heero thought, I've killed him. "Duo," he called gently, "wake up. If you wash off in the spring, you'll feel better."

"Fshnug," was the only response.

"I'm not sharing a tent with you if you're covered in dust from the road."

Nothing.
Heero smiled. Working quickly, he scooped up the exhausted man and carried him to the stream, dropping him in.

"GAHHHH!" A now wide awake Duo leapt up from the streambed and scrambled onto the bank, glaring at Heero through his wet hair. "What was that for?"

Heero smirked at the wet man in front of him. "I told you to get up," he said mildly. "If you lie around after exercise, even easy stuff like that, you will get stiff. Now take off your clothes, get back in the stream and I'll wash your back. You're grimy."

Duo grumbled but complied, pulling his braid over his shoulder to keep it out of Heero's way. Maybe if he's washing my back, I can wash his. Then I'd get to touch that golden skin; Duo's train of thought was simple.

Heero stood behind Duo in the waist-deep water and carefully washed his back. Duo's head slumped slightly forward, allowing Heero better access and Heero began to work his hands into the muscles to massage away some of the tenseness already developing. Duo's throaty moan caused Heero a bit of a problem but he ignored it in favour of the sight in front of him. After several minutes, Heero judged that Duo wouldn't stiffen up too badly and touching him any more would be suspect. With some reluctance he disengaged.

Duo looked up when the contact disappeared and grinned, "Thanks Hee-chan, that felt great." He wriggled his shoulders in pleasure. "Did you want me to do you? We did get training in massage and stuff."

Heero nodded. Truth be told he was a little sore from the ride as well.

"Good," Duo said, motioning for his master to turn around. "My massages are good and my 'stuff' is gre-"

Heero cut him off by grabbing his braid and giving it a gentle tug.

"All right, all right." Duo's tone was slightly annoyed but his hands were amazing. They seemed to unerringly seek out every sore muscle and coax it into relaxation. "You know, this would be easier if you were lying down on the land. You'd get dusty but then you could just rinse off and I'd be able to reach you better."

Heero was not normally a naive person but he, due to the mind-blowing massage, didn't interpret this as the come on it was. He allowed Duo to push him over to the bank and lay him down on the grass. Duo then climbed on top of Heero to get better access. He straddled Heero's waist and worked at the tense muscles.

As Duo worked, Heero noticed a different kind of tension developing. He was quickly developing an arousal that made his position on the grass extremely uncomfortable. He debated rolling over but wondered what the affect his aroused state would have on Duo. On the other hand, he thought, Duo does seem to talk about sex a lot. Maybe I should give him what he wants...
With that in mind, Heero flipped over.