Lost in your Eyes - Chapter 4
#8 of Lost in your Eyes
Mike laid there, waiting for rescue from the dirty warehouse. He was still crying from pain on all fronts. Spirit, emotion, physical...he was falling apart. His fears were put on hold when the sound of a vehicle came closer. He prayed it wasn't a stranger. Mike waited for the sound of the car door shutting before he let out a great cry. "SPENCER!" He heard frantic stomping, the door to the warehouse swung open as the brown horse stood there in the light, like the hero from a romance novel.
Spencer looked down at the blood on the floor, and the red splotch on his jeans on his ass. "What the hell...?" Spencer shook his head and tried to help Mike up, but the wolf groaned in agony as he tried to shift position. "Stop! I can't move, Spencer...I was raped, and it hurts." Mike looked up at Spencer, afraid he might run given the odd predicament. Instead, Spencer did something a true friend would do. He reached down and scooped Mike up into his arms. The horse wasn't that strong, but the wolf's light weight proved beneficial for his exodus. "Let's get you to my place to rest. My folks are out of town for the next five weeks, so we can talk about it all night if you want."
As they exited the warehouse, Mike squinted his eyes to adjust to the great brightness that contrasted to the darkness he was envolopped in earlier. He then looked up at Spencer after his eyes adjusted to the light. The horse stood still, looking back down to his friend. "Still hurt?" The horse smiled before he kept walking slowly, careful not to shift the wolf around too much. "A little..." whispered Mike.
Spencer opened up his trunk and helped mike crawl into it. "Lay down face down, and I'll take the least bumpy roads on the way home." Spencer waited for Mike to get his feet inside before he slammed the trunk shut and got back into the driver's seat.
Mike always looked up to Spencer. He felt blessed that he had such a great friend to protect him in harsh times, and tell him the truth even when it would break the friendship. He felt like an idiot compared to the horse...but he sure knew what to tell someone to make them happy.
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They arrived at Spencer's apartment, a small 2 bedroom 1 bath. The living room was completely clean and organized, much like Spencer would have his domain. Spencer laid Mike on the couch. "Okay, Mike, tell me what happened."
Mike told Spencer the story, and Spencer had a look of rage. "How dare he...nobody hurts you like that and gets away with it." Mike grabbed for Spencer hoof in a hurry, pulling it to him to plea. "Please! He didn't know! He thought I was acting!" Mike was truly hypnotized by those eyes, unable to see proper reason. Spencer closed his eyes, thinking of how to break the news to him. "Mike...don't be a victim and pretend like it's okay. You two just started dating this morning if I heard correctly. I have no problem with a new couple making love on the very first night, but...not like that." He pointed to Mike's ass, the wolf blushing and looking down at the floor.
"No...that's the sign of someone taking advantage of you. He didn't even apologize to you after he must have clearly seen blood pouring from you. This can't be blamed on ignorance." Mike started to sob, not wanting to hear that his new boyfriend didn't truly care for him. "He...he was so nice yesterday and..." Spencer interrupted him, "Yeah, who the hell isn't nice on the first day in a new school? Who wouldn't try to make friends in a new place from the start other than foolish loners? Yeah, he found a friend in you, and then he found something else today...you became a toy." Mike was getting angrier and angrier with Spencer, but he knew that whatever Spencer said was usually right...but why did he have to be right all the time? Couldn't he just be wrong this once...?
"He'll make you his fuck toy until you're broken, and then he'll find someone else behind your back. Then when he's depressed, he'll let his sweet side out on you and reel you into his arms again. Everybody has a nice side, but not everybody uses it for selfless purposes." The horse stood up, pacing around as if lecturing to a class. "And Mike, I have a question for you. Why do you love him?" Mike deep in his mind why he loved Max...but his heart was speaking for him. "He's handsome...and kind...and passionate." Mike disagreed with every one of his words, but he couldn't say it out loud.
Spencer chuckled inappropriately. "Mike...I see what your problem is...you're lost in his eyes." Spencer turned and looked at Mike, seeing his expression that hinted that he just hit the nail on the head. "You don't love him...you love Darty."
Mike lunged at Spencer, hugging his legs tightly as he spilled his heart out again. Spencer felt sorry for the other male, taking his paw and bringing him up to a standing position. The horse hugged his friend, whispering, "Tomorrow you can tell him how you felt today. I hope that I'm wrong, I really do. I won't deny that ignorance is an answer...but it's unlikely." He rubbed Mike's back soothingly.
Mike's heart fluttered a bit at the attention he was getting. He felt a little stronger willed now that he knew that he had someone caring for him, no matter how foolish he becomes. "Okay...thank you, Spencer." He backed away, sitting down with a quiet hiss at the sting in his bum. "Man...how long will this last?" Mike laughed quietly, finally getting over his ordeal for tonight. He looked up at the horse who was sitting down next to him now. "Spencer...how do you not have a girlfriend yet? Are you gay too or something?" Spencer smiled at him, "I can't say, Mike. Perhaps I'm bisexual? I'm looking for someone who I can spend time with and feel like I'm important. So many of the girls that want me listen to my words, then spit them back out later. I also want a mate that is not afraid to hide anything from me." He smiled down at Mike, sighing.
Mike looked confusedly up at Spencer as the horse started to frown. "Four and a half months ago, I finally worked up the guts to ask the one who I knew was right for me out. I couldn't sleep the night before in excitement of breaking the news to him...yes, him." Tears started to roll down Spencer's cheeks as he looked up at the ceiling. "But I saw him holding hands with another male...A fox with inverted fur. I felt so much rage that I wanted to kill the fox. But I would never be able to take another's life...so I made a plan to break those two apart."
Spencer looked at Mike who was gazing up at Spencer, awestruck as he realized that his best friend had a crush on him all along. How could he not have known. Spencer smiled some, choking up his tears. "Mike...I wanted to seperate you two...but the look of joy in your eyes just melted my heart. I knew that if I truly loved you, I would let you go. And it felt good to know that you found a guy that treated you with the respect you deserve. Darty was amazing...everybody loved being around him. Such a cheerful guy...and my best friend shared love with him."
Spencer ended the embrace, leaving Mike there to gape at the ceiling. Mike was stunned from emotional overflow. Spencer patted Mike on the back to wake him from his daze. Mike looked down to notice that the Wii was turned on. "Let's see if we can do adventure mode on 'intense'. I've been training hard with all the characters." Mike smiled, tears fading as he pushed everything back for now. He wasn't ready to process all this information at once.
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That night, Spener turned in early. Mike stayed up about 3 hours later playing on the Wii before turning the machine off and curling up on the floor. He began to plan for his next day. He'd have to break up with Max. He can't let Darty's eyes rule his life when they were harbored by someone so abusive. He then felt his phone vibrating in his jeans again. It was his mom.
"WHR R U!?"
Mike laughed a bit. "Deja vu..."
"Im at Spencers. 4got 2 call, sry"
"K, just making sure you're all right"