YOU, Miss, are not supposed to be out here

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Oh my god.


This is probably my most favorite thing I ever made. Because I forced myself to do a background. And Kent and Blue are being cute. ^^ What are they conspiring about?

and believe me, OT assignments are being posted tonight. I SWEAR. Even if it kills me. Which it might.

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The Lieutenant sat in the grass and toyed with his hat rather dully. He had pulled off his suspenders and his gunbelt so that he could relax in the grass. He had felt very bad about today, and reviewed in his mind what he had possibly done to make his brand new friend dislike him. Maybe it was just that he was so clumsy... maybe she had been patient with him until now. Or maybe he had just said something wrong. Certainly laughing at her when her horse was being stubborn didn't help. He winced and sighed, resting his chin in the palm of his hand.

A soft sigh sounded behind him and he turned suddenly, surprised with himself for not noticing someone walking up behind him.

"Blue!" He exclaimed. A slow grin spread across his face at the sight of the loose horse walking steadily with head down toward him, and he rested his head in his hand again lazily. "You, miss, are not supposed to be out here." He gave a tired chuckle. "How did you get out of your pen?"

The mare just snorted and snuffled around in the grass beside him as though it were perfectly normal for her to wander around outside of her corral.

The corner of Kent's mouth tipped down. "Probably here to scold me too, eh?" he said, glancing down at the grass again as the horse nibbled to her fancy. The two were quiet, as the sun slowly moved closer to the hills. Blue swatted her tail lazily at a fly and Kent looked preoccupied with shredding a blade of grass between his fingers. "You know, maybe it was just that I.... no, that couldn't be it." He trailed off. He glanced out of the corner of his eye at Blue and raised an eyebrow. "You wouldn't happen to know why your owner is mad at me, would you?"

Blue raised her head slightly and glanced over at his voice, ears tilted forward as she munched contentedly. She gave her head a shake and went back to eating. Kent pursed his lips. "I thought so - you're just not going to tell me." He sighed and rocked back on his palms to glance up at the sky. "I guess I'll just have to accept the fact that I don't understand women -" he glanced sharply at Blue. "Or mares."

The horse snorted in response.

He narrowed his eyes at her. With unhurried motions, he pulled himself to his feet and stretched. Blue lifted her head and looked at him. "Well," The Lieutenant said at last, "I guess I should take you back - I don't want to be accused of horse theft. That would make an excelent reason why everyone would hate me." He paused and glanced over the hills where he could just make out the first campfires being lit. "You know, maybe I'll just talk to Summer," He said. "Nothing to lose, right?" To his surprise, the mare didn't need any coaxing to follow him back to camp.


>3< Oh, Blue, you little stinker you.


Summer & Blue (c) ~Shotechi
Lt. Kent (c) me