“I’m not going up on that thing.”

“Oh, come on! It will be fun!”

“Nope! No, not going to happen!”

“Please? For me? Your super pretty and kind boyfriend?”

“I will break up with you. I swear to god, Daniel, I will dump your ass so hard!”

Daniel gave out a chuckle which earned him an even more furious stare from Noah. He looked at his boyfriend, who stood five feet away from him, his arms crossed angrily across his chest and a furious pout on his face. Daniel tried – he swear to god he tried – to not laugh, but a smile crept across his face despite his efforts. This was the first time Daniel had ever seen Noah negative about something, and he was so freaking cute!

“Come on, Noah! It’s not that scary!”

“No, I refuse! Horses are evil steeds!”

“But she’s so kind! I mean look at her”, Daniel said, gesturing to Pearl standing beside him. As on cue, the horse nudged its head into Daniel’s side, impatient about it taking so long. As she moved, Noah jumped back and let out a yelp.

“Its going to kill me! Is that what you want, Daniel, to kill your beloved boyfriend?”

“It’s not going to kill you”, Daniel said with an eyeroll. “And if you’re too scared, you just have to say so.”

“I’m not scared”, Noah said defiantly and move an inch closer. “Horses are like Satan cows!”

“Come on dude! You are a football player, nest best in the class¬—”

“Excuse you, I’m top of my class, thank you very much”, Noah interrupted.

“— And you’re 6 ft tall”, Daniel finished.

“They have dead, soulless eyes. It’s a fucking killing machine!”

“For fucks sake, Noah, it’s a fucking grass eater!” Daniel yelled, finally loosing his temper. “Just get here and put your ass on the horse!”

Noah stared at him for a second, and then he carefully took a step towards Daniel, and another, until he finally stood beside Daniel.

“Now pet it”, Daniel said, calmer. Noah reluctantly reached out his hand and stroke Pearl on the neck.

“See? It’s not so bad.”

“They’re too tall”, Noah said sceptic. “No tame animal should ever be that tall.”

“Ready to get on?” Daniel asked. Noah gave him a small nod.

“Horses are just a bad mix of black magic and pubic hair”, Noah mumbled as he got on. Daniel couldn’t help snort at the comment, which made Pearl take a step to the side. Noah immediately got three shades paler and held onto the saddle for his dear life. Daniel choked down a laughter and waited until Noah had calmed down until he carefully led the horse forwards.

Noah actually did very good, and soon began to relax more. Soon enough a smile tugged at his lips and he straightened a bit.

“I’m doing it,” Noah said disbelievingly. “Holy shit I’m doing it!”

“Yes you are”, Daniel said with a smile. “You want to keep going?”

“Hell no”, Noah exclaimed. “Get me the fuck off!” Daniel stopped Pearl and helped Noah off. Daniel noticed Noah was shaking a bit where he stood, but otherwise he was grinning from ear to ear.

“Holy shit! Did you see how fast I was going? It was incredible!”

Daniel rolled his eyes.

“You literally went as slow as it is possible to go”, Daniel deadpanned, “even the Shetland pony walks faster than this.”

“Whatever, dude!” Noah beamed. Watching Noah look that happy, made Daniel’s heart race and he felt a warm feeling in his stomach. God what a dork, he thought as he matched Noah’s smile.