How would the boys react if they ride a horse for the first time?
A/N: You can imagine where these scenarios are happening 'cause I couldn't think in a plausible one 😌 Enjoy!
He doesn't know what to do
Literally doesn't know what to do
Of course, the first step is mounting the horse
But poor boy. He is a bit suspicious. It's the first time that he is seeing a horse in the flesh.
Would the horse refuse him and knock him off?
He gaves a quick look at the horse which was looking straight and totally stay still
He placed his hands on saddle and his foot in stirrup
He sighed and whispered "Okay... Please, accept me."
The horse flick its ear backwards towards where Leo is and turned its head slowly
Did the horse uNDERSTAND WHAT HE JUST SAY?
The two of them are literally making eye contact
Leo asked to himself what it is thinking right now...
The horse let's out a heavy breath and turned his head straight again
For precaution, Leo gave a few friendly slaps on its neck to make sure he is not an threat
So finally Leo made an impulse and gets on the horse
He doesn't moved, scared of what the horse would do
The horse gave a few steps from a side to another to adjust itself under Leo's weight
Leo tilted his head to have a better view on the horse's face
The horse looked back at Leo and lowered its ears
The horse stretched its neck to smell Leo's foot and leg.
Leo has no idea why the horse is doing it
A few seconds later the horse looked straight with its ears up again
Friendly slap its neck again and gently kicked each side of its belly
For his surprise the horse started to walk
He knew that horses could get spook by anything and screamed internally
"I am riding!" He thought, grinning
He lowered himself and rubbed the horse's neck
"Ya know... I thought you would kick me off"
The horse gave a quick look at Leo and moved its head up and down
The horse repeated the same moviment with its head
He is face-to-face with the horse
His arms are crossed in front of his chest
The horse is just starting at him
"What are ya looking at?"
The horse just lowered its ears and moved its head to the side breaking the eye contact
Then the horse looked back at him
"Okay, just let ya know. When I get on up there, I'm the boss! Understand?!"
The horse doesn't move, still staring at Raph with its ears towards him
Raph smirked. Understanding this behaving as "yes" and walked to the horse's lateral
The horse steps away from him
"Hey, easy. I just wanna ride ya." He lifts his hands in front of his chest as peace signal
The horse seems to relax a bit and lets Raph come closer
Raph gives a rub on its neck
He placed himself to the right position to get on it
The horse look back at him
The horse just stares at him
Then it turns its head straight
Breathing quickly Raph gets on horse and adjust himself on the saddle
The horse did the same under Raph's weight
"I think I am too heavy for ya" he said while look at each side, looking for signals of discomfort
Raph backs to his position and sighed
He lightly kick at each side of the horse and it doesn't moved
Raph tries again and the horse doesn't moved again
"Aw come on... Let's go!"
The horse glanced at Raph and lowered its ears
Raph noticed its discomfort and stopped immediately
He rolled his eyes "Okay, sorry, I promise I won't be rough"
The horse kept still staring at Raph
He sighed "I promise I won't be rough ever again"
The horse looked back straight and started to walk
The horse get spooked by Raph's sudden loud voice and started to buncking, trying so hard to get Raph off
But the horse continued fighting
After a minute of effort to not fall, Raph got relief by the horse's sudden stop
The horse lowered its head and breathes heavily. It looks exausted
Raph took a few deep breaths and bowed to stroke the horse neck
"Sorry, buddy. Was not my intention to scare ya"
The horse looked up to Raph and lift its head
From now on Raph won't yell when he's on a horse—when he's near a horse
Raph waited till the horse get back to normal and kick its belly gently again
He thanked that this time everything went okay
He continued getting closer to the horse but it insisted to get away
Donnie knew that the horse was too scared of him and decided to stop
"It's okay..." He lifted his hand "I'm not gonna hurt you"
The horse stopped walking and looked at him
Donnie is a bit nervous; he tried to not show his nervous 'cause he knew that horses can noticed everything, even when someone is nervous or not
If you act agitatedly the horse will be agitated
If you keep relaxed, the horse will be relaxed
The horse stared at him as studying what Donnie is doing
Donnie kept in silence with his hand lifted
The horse smelled the air and Donnie made a mental note that the horse is trying to get his smell
Without success, the horse takes a few steps towards Donnie, still smelling the air
Maybe because of Donnie's sudden speak
Donnie kept silence again
The horse started to smell the air again and gets even more close to Donnie and finally it is smelling Donnie's hand
The horse smelled from Donnie's hand till his arm and stopped.
And it gave a few steps back
Is the horse comfortable?
Donnie steps towards the horse and lift his hand again, wanting to touch the horse's face
But horse lowered its ears and stepped back
Donnie stopped again, his hand still up
The horse looked at his hand and then his face and then at his hand again
Donnie noticed that the horse was moving its ears to all directions at same time and sometimes rolling its eyes to random spaces around
He knew that the horse was checking him out and making sure if the ambient around is save at the same time
The horse gets a bit closer to his hand and stop
Donnie took it as opportunity and approach his hand
For his surprise the horse didn't showed any signals of discomfort
And finally it allows him touch its forehead
He wanted to scream of happiness but he knew that If he does it he would scare the horse and all the confidence he has received would be waisted
He rubbed its face, his giant grin on his face showing all his proud
The horse seems to be liking Donnie's caress and push its head further into his hand
"Hehe you're enjoying, isn't?"
So, slowly, Donnie walked to the horse's side and placed a hand on it's back
"May I ride you?" He asked
The horse just look at him, turning its ear around while keeps another towards him
"Well, let's try" he thought
With effort Donnie finally gets on the horse
Donnie paid attention to all its signals. Acceptance or rejection. Discomfort or discomfort.
The horse gave a quick look towards Donnie
"So... What're you planning?"
The horse just turned its ears towards Donnie and then back to normal again
Donnie petted the horse's neck and lightly kick its belly
"I guess we are already a team, right?" He strokes its neck again
The horse glanced at him and moved its head up and down quickly
From now on these two are best friends
This boy is so existed that he doesn't realize that he's scaring the shit out of the horse
"Calm the fuck down, Mikey" Raph said, watching everything from a distance "You're scaring the poor thing"
"Chill out, Raph, I know what am I doing" Mikey said while walks towards the horse
It runs away again when Mikey got closer
"Mikey! Stop! You're scaring it!"
And then felt bad for the horse
The horse stopped again and stares at Mikey
Mikey looks towards Raph who just shares a shrug
Mikey looks back a the horse and took a deep breath and walked slowly towards it
"When you notice that it starts to run away, stop and don't push anything out of the limits. Give the horse some time to get used to ya.
"And when I will noticed that it will get used to me?"
"Ya will gain its confidence"
Mikey thought for a moment. Raph is right. How did he not think about it before?
He started to walk slowly towards the horse again
So Mikey stopped, with sadness in his eyes
He looked again at Raph who nodded positively
Sighing deeply, Mikey tried again, but this time he stayed where he is and lifted his hand towards the horse
The horse analyzed his hand and smelled the air
Mikey started to think what the horse is doing
"Don't move" Raph warned and the horse froze, staring at Raph
"Come on... Come on..." Mikey though
After a few minutes, the horse gave back its attention to Mikey and walks towards him slowly
"Do not move..." Raph though
Mikey stayed still while the horse examines his hand
He prayed for the horse to not bite his hand off
So he got shocked when the horse seemed to relax in front of him!
Mikey gave a quick glance at Raph and tried to pet the horse
"It's okay buddy... It's okay..." He smiled and the horse relaxed again
Mikey took this moment as opportunity and tried to pet it
This boy ALMOST screamed by happiness
"See Raph?! It accepted me!"
"Yeah, It had. Now, try to ride it."
"Try to ride it" and he chuckled
"Um... So you... you allow me to ride you?"
The horse just look at him
Mikey glanced back at Raph for help
And all he just says is "It's up to ya"
So Mikey looked back to the horse which was enjoying Mikey's caress. Well...
He slowly goes to its lateral and placed his hands on its back
"He is still calm" Mikey though and made an impulse to get on it
He got desperate when the horse starts to show discomfort signals
"It's okay, buddy. It's okay..." He rubs its neck "I just wanna be your friend" he said softly
The horse starts to relax
Mikey's face being filled with a big grin
"SSSHHH" the brute signed
Then Mikey put a hand above his month
The young boy moved his lips "I'm riding a horse!" without any sound coming from his mouth
The orange-claded boy has decided that this day it's the best day ever!
