More Than This (+Yaoi+)

Subject: More Than This (+Yaoi+) Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:35 pm

Ever since he was a little boy, Icarus was a bit different. He grew up on a farm with two humans whom he truely believed to be his parents. He went to school like any child and, of course, his ears and tail gained him trouble and attention in the worse way. This community saw Icarus as a monster. This comunity thought Icarus was something they could hunt and hang. It became so bad that even the teachers completely abused the boy and beat him. When a man shot at him in his own school his parents decided it would be best if he just staid on the farm. It killed Icarus inside. He wanted to learn so badly, yet there was nothing he could do. He wasn't very strong when this decision was made and today he still saw himself as weak.

Feeling horrible for having the town force him into hiding like some animal, Icarus began to work on the farm and built up his strength without realizing it. He tried to teach himself how to read and write however his parents had no former education. He had no hints, no clues on how to learn at all. He couldn't read a single book though he so terribly wanted to. When he earned a little money Icarus would sneek into down with a cloak over his head and around his body. He would purchas a book at the library, never looking at anyone and never speaking to anyone. When he came home with his new book he would go up into the loft and try to read while looking at the pictures of different animals. One animal that stood out was this rather large cat with a fluffy main that lived somewhere really far away. This cat had similar ears and the same tail as Icarus did. "Whoa... I recon that thing might be mah second cousin or summtin... huh... I wonder how that worked out. Aint no way ma'd let somethin that furry in her bed no sir. Ma says she has one wooly beast and that be mah Pa. She dun need no others gettin into her sheets." He explained to the pig.

Icarus was so incredibly lonely that he had to resort to talking to the animals he took care of just so he felt less alone. The pig looked up at him and gave a snort before getting up. "I bet this here cat'll be choppin ya up in one bite," Icarus turned the page so the pig could see a picture of the cats teeth. "See, whaddaya make of that?" he grinned. The pig sniffed at the page before walking off, uninterested. "...yeah recon you're right. It be not that excitin..." He sighed sadly while putting the book away under the hay loft with the rest of his stach.

Icarus walked outside and watched the sun set, wondering why his life was so lonesome now. The boy sat upon the fence wearing only his jeans rolled up passed his mud caked knees. His tail swayed as he began to count them all in his mind. To his dimay one was missing. Now normally Icarus would go tell his mother, who unlike him looked completely normal, and she'd tell his father, who also looked normal, and he'd go look for it. Of course his mother was in this big fancy city place taking care of her sick sister and his father wasn't really around. Icarus looked around, then lept off the wooden fence and whistled.

A border collie came running up along side him, bouncing on her hind legs and licking at his legs. Icarus grinned and began scratching at her. "Lets go find us a sheep." Icarus grinned to the dog. The two walked outside the border of the farm and fallowed a stream that ran behind the farm, looking for the sheep together. They walked for what felt like a couple of miles though still no sheep. "Bygum... where doya suppose that lil lamb wandered off to Sheila?" He asked with a frowned. It was then that the two spotted two figures on a large hill with swords. Now Icarus had never seen a sword before in his life so he was in complete awe. "Getta look at that..." He whispered curiously. The dog sat down and gazed at the two men fighting and backing up towards the ledge. You could only imagine his shock when one of the men slipped and went crashing into the water. The man above smirked, satsified, and dissapeared. "Well that dun look too good." Icarus mumbled while backing up. "Stay righ`ere Sheila." Icarus ran and lept right over the broad stream before running towards where the man fell.

The man was drifting down stream in a pool of his own blood spreading around the water. Icarus splashed into the water and grabbed the man. With some struggle he mangaged to drag himself and the man to shore. "Hey mista, you're not dead are ya?" The man didn't respond. Icarus wasn't an educated man, though he knew enough to know that some one needed a heartbeat to live. He pressed his soaked ear against the man's chest, trying to ignore all the blood for a moment. "Mista, you gotta come out of it." Icarus frowned. "Now how'd that feller on the telle do it... kissed the girl and pressed on her stomach and she came back eh? Breathed the life right into her..." Icarus frowned and decided now was the perfect time to figure it out. Icarus began to mimic what he'd seen, trying to bring the man back. After the second time their lips met the man spit up water and began to cough. The man's eyes were open and he was gasping and wheezing, trying to breath. Suddenly the man grabbed Icarus by the neck and yanked him over with a trembling hand. Icarus let out a small cry as he was slammed into the dirt. The man was suddenly on top of him, bleeding and soaking wet with his hands around his slender neck. "M-mista I just saved yer hide... w-why you doin this to me?" Icarus asked, trembling rather voilently. Icarus felt himself growing weary and faint. His hands grasped at the man's hands though after several moments the man seemed to loosen up, just staring at him and wheezing.

The man muttered an appology before falling over, out cold. Icarus scuffled backwords with a whimper, rubbing at his neck and trembling rather violently. He hadn't done anything wrong had he? Yet like everyone else this man was just trying to hurt him... but... then again no one had ever said they were sorry to him before either.... Icarus sat up and stared at the bleeding man for a few more minutes before deciding something had to be done. He picked the rather heavy man up and his sword, not realizing the weight. To Icarus he was pretty light but the man easily outweight him with his weapons.

Icarus lept over the large river again and landed near the dog. "Oi, this here fellah needs some help. I recon a good nights sleep and some chicken soup would do him right."

Icarus managed to bring the man up to the hey loft where he had a clean matress laying around. If his father knew of this guy's presence he'd be in big trouble... the man would probably get thrown off the property. Not that his father was a cruel man, he was just protective over Icarus like a good father with an unaccepted son should've been. Icarus sponge bathed the man before wrapping his injuries. He dressed the man in some loose fitting pajamas before putting a blanket over him, enough to keep the strange man warm and comfortable during the night. He brought food and water for the man and sat by him for a while. Two days had passed and when the man hadn't woken up to eat or drink Icarus tilted his head up and gave him water, crushed food and helped him eat... he took care of the guy. Of course, helping the man go to the bathroom was something he did not want to do even if he had no clue how to do it. If the man wet himself he'd just wash the sheets and give him another bath... "Gee wiz mista.... when you gonna wake up? You must'a had at least three good nights sleep's over by this time I recon..." He sighed glumly while laying down beside him. What a strange person... It was a shame he couldn't tell his parents about him... maybe they'd know what to do with him or how to make him feel better.

[[I lost my picture for Icarus! TT^TT Basically he's this REALLY SKINNY light brown haired boy with hazel eyes and lion ears and tail. He is a Lion Boy<333 XD and he's much stronger than he thinks he is. He can lift a tractor. But he thinks he's this tiny helpless little thing **cute nii?** XD anyway please join!]]