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Love Object	By : Resting-Madness Category: +S to Z > Wolf's Rain Views: 4969 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Kiba fixed himself something to eat, though, he left the bowl in his bedroom atop the dresser before exiting the room to go down the hall to his brother's bedroom. The door opened quietly revealing the younger Wolf, lying in his bed with the covers pulled up to his chin; Kiba cocked his head seeing the scene. Figuring out in seconds that Toboe wasn't asleep, he crossed the room, then climbing onto the bed he lie down on his stomach beside him.
Seeing that his brother hadn't moved yet, Kiba rested his head down on Toboe's shoulder, sighing as though he were ready to get comfortable. The younger teen's face unwillingly twisted into a smile. He tried to fight it with all he had but to no avail, Kiba had seen him.
Leaning up on his elbow he looked down at his brother saying, "Big boys don't pretend to be asleep when someone wants to talk to them."
Toboe remained motionless, eyes closed, but answered to explain his actions. "I'm avoiding confrontation for yelling at my brother."
"Mmmhh," Kiba acknowledged. The brothers are silent for a moment. The eldest Wolf looked down at his brother again, then whispered. "You can relax, Toboe, you're not in trouble."
Peeking an eye open, he looked at his brother. "I'm not?"
"No." He shook his head. "You made a good point down there; I'm proud of you for it."
Opening his eyes completely, Toboe sat up on his elbows looking his brother's face over carefully. "You are?" he questioned curiously. Kiba was up to something, he just knew it.
"I really am... In fact," he started.
'Here it comes.' The boy affirmed.
"I'm so proud of you for wanting to take responsibility, that I'm gonna ground you for a week and see how that goes." He smiled slyly.
His little brother's face sagged low enough for him to look forty - well, thirty something, give or take. "But, that's not what I meant."
"That's what I got from it." Kiba explained with a shrug.
Toboe sat up completely, folding his arms over his chest with a pout. "...That's not fair. I just said all that stuff so that you and Hige wouldn't break up."
Kiba chuckled thoughtfully. "I know. And now you have to pay up for it." He shrugged. "It's just one week."
"Yeah, to you, for me it's like - forever." Toboe's pout began to fade as he draped his arms around his brother's neck, dropping his weight sideways so that his head rested against his brother's. "But, Kiba, I love you so much."
"So much you'll try to suffocate me in your pajamas?" His brother joked, pulling free of the boy's grip.
"If I have to." Toboe joked back.
"Nice try." Kiba sat up pushing Toboe down in a laying position on the bed. "Lift your shirt, I need to put something on those cuts."
"Okay." Grabbing the bottom of his night shirt he raised it to his chin. Kiba left the room for a moment then returned with a little container and the first-aid kit. "Will it sting?" The younger teen asked attempting a look at the tub's contents.
"Not really," Kiba popped the lid from the container and dipped his fingers into the cold white paste. "...Toboe, seriously... I need you to follow my rules when it comes to... things like this." He began to spread it across the reddened chest where fingernails had dug into the skin, breaking from the actions of Toboe's scratching.
"I'm sorry... But, I really didn't think the water would be any big deal." He flinched away from the cold of the cream. "It felt really nice at first, but then it didn't so much - but, Kiba, what I don't understand is why?"
"Why, what?" Satisfied with how much ointment he used, Kiba then bandaged the cuts so they would heal and not flare up again out in the cold.
"Why something like a birthmark would hurt, just because it's in hot water - I don't understand why mine looks different from others?" He frowned. "I hate it... It makes me feel different; and you said not to show anyone, so you must know that they'll laugh."
"...Our fam..." Kiba stopped his words from finishing. "You and I aren't different, Toboe; sometimes things are just different on other people because that's the way the world works." He shrugged.
"Yeah well, I wish we weren't."
"...Me too." Leaning down he gave his brother a kiss on the forehead. "I have to eat, now; then I'll be heading out to work."
"Is Hige coming back?" Toboe asked just as the front door was heard opening. He heard the sound of keys being dropped in the dish on the accent table.
"That's probably him now; good night." Kiba backed away from the bed then walked out of the room.
"Night, Kiba." Toboe snuggled in - even though he wasn't tired. But, he closed his eyes waiting for sleep to take over.
/"There's never anything good on the radio." A man said. It sounded as though he was turning the knob from left to right as the radio stations began to fuzz up before coming in clear.
I'm dreaming... A young voice thought. Darkness... Why can't I see anything?
Sounds of a car driving continued in the slumbering boy's mind. His sleeping eyes darting back and forth under his eyelids trying to search for images in the dream.
"Here," a woman said. "Better let me do that, we're getting into the forest now."
"Alright, alright..." The man muttered handing over radio rights to whom Toboe could only assume was his wife.
"Daddy?" A young boy called from what sounded like right beside Toboe's ear.
That kid sounds like Kiba... Maybe younger.. but it sounds like Kiba all the same.
"Yeah, sport?" the man asked kindly.
"When we get to the cabin, can I stay up late and watch tv?" The child asked. "Chin Xiao is gonna be on late; I saw a commercial yesterday..."
"Now, Kiba," The man began.
It is Kiba! Toboe exclaimed.
"Pleease daddy, he's my favorite singer!" The boy protests.
"Maybe this one time." The woman interrupted.
"Really?"
"What the..?" The sound of the car came to a stop. "How in the world?"
It's getting so hot... Hot... Toboe could feel his skin burning again. Nnoo, stooop! /
Toboe jumped up out of his sleep. A quick scan around the room let him know that he was still safe in his bed. "I was dreaming," he pants to the silence. "...But it felt so real..." Turning his head, he heard the sound of a car pulling away. Getting up, he hurried over to the window peering out. A black car sped away from their home and he frowned. 'Well, that explains the dream, just loud cars outside.'
But something felt wrong inside. Something... really wrong. Returning to his bed, he felt suddenly alone. Normally he would sleep with Kiba, but Hige was in there now. How would he take to having a younger guy in his bed? With a sigh he sat up again. "I don't care, I'm too freaked out to stay alone." With a nod of confidence, he slipped out of bed and scurried down the hallway.
Kiba's door pushed open and Toboe crept inside. "Hige?" He walked closer to the bed. "Hige, are you awake?" He asked.
"Hm?" Hige answered, but his eyes remained closed, and his posture remained sleepy.
Giving him a quick shake, Toboe tapped the teen's shoulder with more force. "Hige, wake up?"
"Huh? Wha-what is it?" He asked sitting up.
"I got scared... I had a nightmare; and I wanted to know if..."
Hige yawned, cracking an eye open he glanced long ways at the kid. "Alright, climb in." He moved the blanket over. "You don't kick do you?"
"No." The uneasy teen climbed in bed. "I promise."
"Okay, good night." Hige closed his eyes again.
Toboe laid still for a minute. Then he relaxed, but his eyes remained open. "Hige?"
"Yeah?"
"Kiba usually lets me talk about what'd scared me."
Hige frowned. This kid had to pick tonight to have a nightmare; sure he cared about him, but he also cared about his sleep. 'I'll never be able to get up for school tomorrow.' "Hhh'alright, runt. Tell me about your dream."
Toboe narrowed his eyes at the other boy. "It wasn't a dream, it was a nightmare - and if you don't really wanna hear about it, than forget it."
"No no... I wanna hear about it. Go ahead."
"Just forget it - it's a school night, anyway. We should have already been asleep." He closed his eyes.
"Pah. Glad you got the newsflash." He said sarcastically. Snuggling back into the bed, he closed his eyes.
'That's ok... If I can't tell Hige, then I'll tell Tsume, when I see him at school tomorrow.' That decided, Toboe fell back into a peaceful sleep.
# #
Tsume's car cruised silently down the neighborhood of Frost street. He couldn't believe he had actually stopped off at Toboe's house - was he crazy?! 'I wonder if that was him in the window? Mmmno, probably not - why would he be up this early?' He figured. 'Probably that idiot, Kiba, or the other one.'
Seeing a bar, he pulled his car to a stop in the lot. Checking his wallet for small bills, he climbed out and went inside. He was having a long night and he needed to drink it off. After taking down every picture of Toboe that he either hung up or saved to his computer, he felt drained and needed an out. But somehow he had just ended up at the teen's house!
'No more imaginary relationship. Not when the real thing is right around the corner. I just wish I didn't have that damned photoshoot tomorrow. Who knows when I'll be able to see him again now.' Pulling the door open, he planned to spend the rest of the morning in the bar.
# #
When Hige had awoken, he smiled to himself. 'Kiba...' His hands moved as though he were further inspecting the body in his arms. He groaned inwardly, as he gained an awake composure. "Toboe..." He mumbled. Removing his arms from around the boy's torso he then uncurled the runt's fingers that were tightly attached to the front of his pajamas.
Giving his head a quick shake, he glanced down at the younger male beside him. 'Must have been some dream.' The oranget frowned. 'At least he seems ok from before- Shit! I forgot all about that!' Looking back down at the sleeping figure, Hige mentally smacked himself on the forehead. 'I can't do that, it's weird and a violation to the personal comfort level.'
"But still..." He argued with himself. Biting his bottom lip, he gently tipped Toboe over onto his back. Giving another hesitant pause, incase he wanted to change his mind, Hige was urged on by the memory of the poor boy screaming in pain from water that actually couldn't have been all that hot. 'I have to know.'
Grabbing the bottom of Toboes night shirt, Hige began to raise it up over his chest towards his chin. His eyes bugged-out as he looked on at the large red blister on the boy's body. Reaching out a hand he prayed wasn't freezing, he ran a finger along one of the pale red bumps of flesh. Some are firm, so soft and squishy.
'Damn... what happened to you guys?' He wondered. 'There's no way in hell these are birthmarks- just no way!'
A gentle smile graced the younger teen's face while Hige continued to examine his chest.
"Hige!?" A voice from downstairs called. It was Kiba.
Smiling himself, Hige tugged Toboe's shirt down then climbs out of the bed, running to the door.
Toboe rolled over, the smile never leaving his lips and he grabbed lovingly at the warm spot beside him where Hige had just vanished from. "Mmm, Tsume." He mumbled. Realizing he had said that out loud his eyes snapped open, expecting to see a shocked Hige laying beside him. Letting out a relieved sigh, he looked around the room to make sure that he actually was alone. "Phew..."
Sitting up, Toboe ran a hand through his cowlick. Listening in the quiet, he heard a faint sound of voices downstairs. Kiba's back. Standing he rushed to the door, but instead of heading downstairs, he made a mad-dash for the bathroom. He hasn't gone since last night, and he was a little full.
Downstairs. Kiba dropped a bag of sausage McMuffins onto the kitchen table; turning to Hige he opened his mouth to talk but the Moon teen cut him off before he could say anything.
"All right, breakfast! Somebody got a paycheck." He rummaged through the bag.
"Yeah," he leaned towards his boyfriend's face planting a kiss on his cheek.
"I love a man of money." Hige teased. Unwrapping one of the sandwiches inside, he took a big bite munching happily.
"You're a man of money." Kiba reminded his jokester boyfriend. Removing three glasses from the cabinet, he placed them on the counter then grabbed the carton of orange juice from the fridge.
Hige swallowed his bite, digging a finger into his ear replying. "Yeah, but with the way you let me use it, it's hard to tell."
Kiba brought his and Hige's glasses to the table and handed it over to him. "Where's Toboe? Did you get to talk to him yet?" Kiba questioned.
"No, not yet. We'd just woken up." The mixed teen mentioned. "And, by the way, the runt had some sort of nightmare last night. He wanted to talk about it - - with me, but I think you might understand a lot better."
He need not say more. Kiba could tell that Hige had no parental, nor brotherly, skills in him when it came to caring for another person as family. He's an only child, with very busy parents. Even though Toboe and Hige had their own brotherly relationship going on, by picking on each other, Hige could never feel it on the level he and his little brother share.
"I'll talk to him after school... Oh!" Snapping his fingers together, he reached down beside his leg and picked up a bag. "I got your clothes for the day."
"Thanks." Setting his breakfast down; Hige tugged at the rim of his pants.
Kiba of course watched him, until he saw a certain minor walk into the kitchen. "Hey, Toboe." He greeted.
Hige jumped out of his skin hearing that, yanking his pajama pants back up over himself. "Ahaha, morning, runt. Did you sleep ok?"
The younger teen cocked an eyebrow at the pair, but shook it off smiling at his brother. "Hey, Kiba. When did you get in?" He asked. Spotting the food his eyes widened with delight. "All right!" Reaching between his brother and friend, he snatched the bag digging through it for a sandwich with bacon.
"Hey," Kiba hugged his brother around his shoulders resting his chin on the top of his head. "Are you ok? Hige said you had a nightmare last night."
Toboe swallowed what he had been chewing and frowned. "...I can't really remember much of it, I couldn't see anything... But... I heard people talking."
The two teens gave each other quizzical glances. Younger people always have weird dreams.
"There was a man... And a woman.. And you, Kiba." He tilted his head back to look at his brother.
"Me?" He blinked. "How could you tell if you couldn't see anything?"
"I know it was you!" Toboe fumed. He knew when he was being teased. He wasn't stupid. "The man said your name... Only... Your voice was younger. Like when you were a kid."
Kiba shrugged. The dream didn't seem all that bad to him.
"...Then... Out of nowhere.. everything got really hot like I wa..." His words never made it out of his mouth before Kiba's hand came over it.
"It was just a dream, Toboe." Kiba gave him a quick hug. "Don't let it bother you. It's getting late now, finish your breakfast so we can get out of here."
"Okay." He took a sip of his orange juice.
Hige didn't think much of the dream, but when Kiba found a sudden need to slap a hand over his brother's mouth his interest was peeked. 'What was that all about?' He looked Kiba's face over, trying not to be obvious about it. 'Did Toboe's dream have something to do with those blisters on their bodies?' Hige felt his feet moving him out of the kitchen and into the hall.
"Don't you think you should get dressed?" The Wolf teen smirked at his boyfriend with a wink.
"Yeah..." Hige had missed it entirely. His mind was still churning from what happened in the kitchen a minute ago.
Kiba picked up on it quickly. Putting his hands on his brother's shoulders, he gave the tension a quick rub then joined his boyfriend in the hall. "Hige, thinking...? That's a scary thought. What's going on up there?" He asked.
"Kiba... The truth. Now. What happened to you and Toboe?" He asked, with a serious look in his eyes.
Kiba's gaze sharpened as he looked into his boyfriend's eyes. "We're gonna be late for school, go change." With that said, he walked back into the kitchen. Leaving Hige in the hall with his own thoughts.
"Toboe.." He heard Kiba saying before his voice got too quiet to be picked up.
'Maybe the runt's dream did have something to do with it? I'm definitely sure of that.' Going upstairs, he undressed quickly in Kiba's bedroom then came back downstairs to see the two Wolf brothers standing at the door waiting for him.
"Ready to go?" Kiba asked, with his usual monotone.
Hige could only stare at his boyfriend with hurt eyes. But shaking it off, he shrugged replying. "Whatever." Plastering a smile on his face he followed the family out the door.
...
Toboe sat through science bored to tears. He was too hopped-up on seeing Tsume at break. He almost walked into the door frame when seeing a man in black walking around outside the window, but further inspection proved that it was just a janitor walking around to the cafeteria.
Toboe hadn't seen much of Cheza that day, regardless the classes they were in, she seems to be withdrawn - or drawn away. Now it seemed as though she was spending more time with Taki than himself. He wasn't upset, just a little sad. She's his best friend! How could he not miss her? Oh well, he could always talk to her during break.
'Finally!' The bell rang letting them out to break and Toboe couldn't have run faster.
He made sure to tug his coat around his body a little tighter and adjust his scarf so that no air hit the part of his neck where the birthmark was. It was always irritated in the harsh cold.
"Cheza!" He called out to his awol best friend.
She and Taki were heading towards the swings. Toboe ran to catch up with them, panting as he caught his breath when he'd managed to make it up to them.
"Hello, Toboe." Cheza greeted.
"Hi." Taki chimed in.
"Hey," he panted, "you guys." With one final breath he straightened up from his bend and sat on a swing. "Cheza, where were you all weekend; I missed you?" He was trying not to sound bitter when he asked.
"She was at my house, we were having a sleepover." Taki explained.
"A sleepover?" He let it sink in. "Well, why wasn't I invited?" Taki and Cheza giggled, causing Toboe frown. "What's so funny?"
"Sleepovers aren't co-ed, Toboe." The other girl shrugged an apology.
"It was never a problem before." Toboe complained a little.
Cheza's face pouted seeing her friend's sadness. "This one is sorry, Toboe. This one will invite Toboe to a sleepover on Sunday." She offered.
Toboe managed a smile, but he was still pretty hurt. Taki was taking over Cheza, and turning her into a... well... a girly-girl! "Thanks, Cheza..." Glancing over at the fence, he hopped off the swing, giving his butt a quick brush with his hands. "I'll see you later, Cheza. Bye, Taki."
"Bye." Both girls replied.
Toboe made a dash to the gate fence, crouching down. "Tsume?" He called quietly. Nothing. "Hey, Tsume? Are you back here?" He called again with a little more force. "Tsume!" He gave one quick shout praying that no one heard him. 'Where is he?'
"Hey, Toboe! You wanna play 'Red Light/Green Light' with us?!" A guy called.
"Uhh, okay!" He shouted back. 'I wonder if he's sick?' Giving one last look over his shoulder, he hurried over to where a pack of mixed students were standing. 'I'll just have to find a way to see him after school, no big deal. He's probably dying to see me.' He convinced himself, before adding. 'I hope.'
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