"Hey buddy," He said quietly, gently patting the horse on the neck, "Let's… try and go slow, yeah? Please don't buck me off for anything.." He voice was too quiet for the other men to hear, thank god. He clicked his tongue, hoping to send the horse into a.. somewhat steady canter.
Hiss stayed still for what seemed like too long, then decided that he wanted to start on his own terms. He slowly took a step forward, then another, then went into a slow trot. Since he was bigger, the trot was much easier and steady than one would imagine, the saddle doing him justice.
He began to sort of jog forward, but his tail still swished behind him and he kept his head high, ears perked forward like he was ready to do anything.
He couldn’t help but release a breath, making sure to still hold on in case the horse decided to take off out of no where, “Thank you. Thanks for going slow.” He mumbled. He didn’t know if the horse could understand him but if he did he hoped Hissy would be gentle. He needed this to work.
(holy goodness I forgot about this and how much I enjoyed it— So so sorry for being MIA for so long!!)
Silk cocked his head to the side, walking forward from the posts to lean against the fence. Dierks bit his bottom lip, following suit and squinting out to see Bryce.
“I don’t—,” Silk began, but Dierks cut him off.
“Hush. It’s Hiss. Just wait,” he growled forcefully. “I don’t trust this steadiness he’d got going on.”
“Yeah. I mean you can see ‘is ears. He’s ready to do whatever,” Silk replied, gritting his teeth.
But Hiss seemed to stay relatively relaxed, eyes glaring each way as he followed Bryce’s orders.
(all good man, I understand)
Bryce loosed a breath. He could feel his heart racing and almost thought it was going to beat out of his chest. He could do this. he had to do this. There was no other option. Well, there was, go home and forgot about all this but there was no chance in hell he was letting it go.
"Come on. Let's try going a little faster, yeah?" He clocked his tongue and lightly tapped the horse with his foot.