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Autumn Auction + Clinic Event

Art bid for . . .

Spring had shifted to fall when a tall, pale, and handsome blonde received a text message from his favorite blue-haired boy. It always made him smile, just a little, seeing his phone light up with his custom caller ID, though this time was particularly special: an invitation to Canada, that was already set in stone. He surprised him with two plane tickets, first class, because he wanted to attend a clinic with Whisper from the horses' ancestral birthplace; and there would be an opportunity for Kojima to try out a horse of his own, to potentially buy.

The thought of so much money made his brain short-circuit. A soft brow furrowed in mild concern, when he started typing, and deleted his text, and started typing, and deleted it again; struggling to process such a big gift. The blonde didn't particularly like to have a lot of value spent on him, but, the opposing man was damn smart; because he didn't even ask. He left him no choice, lest he wanted to waste that money, which would be even worse. With a gentle sigh of defeat, and a fond picture in his mind of spending a whole week across the world with this young man, the tips of his ears flushed light pink when he finally started to write a solid response.

'ok, ill come with u, on one condition. only if i get 2 take u out for dinner after : )'

And with that, the decision was made; before Kojima knew it, they were boarding their flight to Canada, a place he had never been before. Sure, he saw pictures all over the internet, but as a photographer, he knew the best camera was your own two eyes. Just like he prepared himself for, the vistas of snow-capped mountains and colorful autumn trees took his breath away, leaving him starstruck and staring for minutes on end. He had thanked Saito, quietly in the privacy of their rented cabin, dozens of times over before they even got to the clinic a day later. Of course, he hardly went anywhere without his big, clunky professional camera, and his polaroid; taking dozens of photos of all the spotted horses under the November sun. Only when it was his turn to try out a warm bay stud of his own, did he finally put it away; and contently tacked up beside Saito, exchanging hushed giggles and excited comments until they were both mounted in the dressage arena.

Kojima went out of his way to meet Alexa, beforehand. He tried his best to make a good impression, even with his monotone and laid back attitude, and excused himself for all the photographs, well before he was taking an amber spotted stallion in simple dressage movements across the arena sand. He didn't push his luck, but, tested some gentle limits of the stud with soft-handed side passes and simple, clean transitions; along with a test of collection and extension. It wasn't long before horse and rider fell into harmony, and danced under autumn leaves, graceful and effortless. The 'unbecoming' type was one that clicked well with the blonde, for he was the same, but he found himself pleasantly surprised with the cooperative attitude he found through the end of his reins.

After his full ride, the young man was already attached. He parked himself right next to his date for the day, and leaned down to smush his cheek on sooty black mane, absently patting the horses neck in contentment. The rest of his evening was spent watching Saito perform in the dressage clinic, dreamily through the lens of his camera, filling up half of his SD card with him. Anyone passing could tell the poor man was head over heels, which said a lot, for Kojima; who never really displayed much of anything, or was entirely hard to read. He wasn't afraid to share a congratulatory lock of lips, either, after his clinic was over; against the chilled metal wall of his trailer.

this is a collab between me and Dozymare who I can't thank enough for offering this opportunity!! i handled lineart, and flat color; while dozy did the background, shading and sketch. this was super fun to make, and would be stellar if our handsome pair got matching donstruppers to boot!!

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Kojima Sakai (trying for Solstice d'automne) belongs to me

Saito Nakano and S141 Careless Whisper belong to Dozymare

Alexa Grazzianni belongs to Emii-M

Madison Ellis belongs to spookieoopsie

Juliana and La Nuit Est Une Panthere belong to conversett

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thank you to everyone who offered to be featured in this collab!! i loved coloring all these fun characters so much. and thank you again to dozy for collabing in the first place

Description

Autumn Auction + Clinic Event

Art bid for . . .

Spring had shifted to fall when a tall, pale, and handsome blonde received a text message from his favorite blue-haired boy. It always made him smile, just a little, seeing his phone light up with his custom caller ID, though this time was particularly special: an invitation to Canada, that was already set in stone. He surprised him with two plane tickets, first class, because he wanted to attend a clinic with Whisper from the horses' ancestral birthplace; and there would be an opportunity for Kojima to try out a horse of his own, to potentially buy.

The thought of so much money made his brain short-circuit. A soft brow furrowed in mild concern, when he started typing, and deleted his text, and started typing, and deleted it again; struggling to process such a big gift. The blonde didn't particularly like to have a lot of value spent on him, but, the opposing man was damn smart; because he didn't even ask. He left him no choice, lest he wanted to waste that money, which would be even worse. With a gentle sigh of defeat, and a fond picture in his mind of spending a whole week across the world with this young man, the tips of his ears flushed light pink when he finally started to write a solid response.

'ok, ill come with u, on one condition. only if i get 2 take u out for dinner after : )'

And with that, the decision was made; before Kojima knew it, they were boarding their flight to Canada, a place he had never been before. Sure, he saw pictures all over the internet, but as a photographer, he knew the best camera was your own two eyes. Just like he prepared himself for, the vistas of snow-capped mountains and colorful autumn trees took his breath away, leaving him starstruck and staring for minutes on end. He had thanked Saito, quietly in the privacy of their rented cabin, dozens of times over before they even got to the clinic a day later. Of course, he hardly went anywhere without his big, clunky professional camera, and his polaroid; taking dozens of photos of all the spotted horses under the November sun. Only when it was his turn to try out a warm bay stud of his own, did he finally put it away; and contently tacked up beside Saito, exchanging hushed giggles and excited comments until they were both mounted in the dressage arena.

Kojima went out of his way to meet Alexa, beforehand. He tried his best to make a good impression, even with his monotone and laid back attitude, and excused himself for all the photographs, well before he was taking an amber spotted stallion in simple dressage movements across the arena sand. He didn't push his luck, but, tested some gentle limits of the stud with soft-handed side passes and simple, clean transitions; along with a test of collection and extension. It wasn't long before horse and rider fell into harmony, and danced under autumn leaves, graceful and effortless. The 'unbecoming' type was one that clicked well with the blonde, for he was the same, but he found himself pleasantly surprised with the cooperative attitude he found through the end of his reins.

After his full ride, the young man was already attached. He parked himself right next to his date for the day, and leaned down to smush his cheek on sooty black mane, absently patting the horses neck in contentment. The rest of his evening was spent watching Saito perform in the dressage clinic, dreamily through the lens of his camera, filling up half of his SD card with him. Anyone passing could tell the poor man was head over heels, which said a lot, for Kojima; who never really displayed much of anything, or was entirely hard to read. He wasn't afraid to share a congratulatory lock of lips, either, after his clinic was over; against the chilled metal wall of his trailer.

this is a collab between me and Dozymare who I can't thank enough for offering this opportunity!! i handled lineart, and flat color; while dozy did the background, shading and sketch. this was super fun to make, and would be stellar if our handsome pair got matching donstruppers to boot!!

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Kojima Sakai (trying for Solstice d'automne) belongs to me

Saito Nakano and S141 Careless Whisper belong to Dozymare

Alexa Grazzianni belongs to Emii-M

Madison Ellis belongs to spookieoopsie

Juliana and La Nuit Est Une Panthere belong to conversett

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thank you to everyone who offered to be featured in this collab!! i loved coloring all these fun characters so much. and thank you again to dozy for collabing in the first place