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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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Toboe walked bitterly along the streets of Freeze city. His jaw was clenched and his eyes narrowed. Toboe has never felt anger like this before. 'How could Kiba do this to me!?' Tears stung at his eyes.
He was feeling so good a while ago, then all of sudden Tsume had said something that - if the answers weren't answered correctly - would change his life. The two of them had been standing on the elevator, both still a little high from what they had done in the penthouse. Finally Tsume broke the silence
"I almost hate to let you go, we were just starting to have fun."
Toboe felt his cheeks get hot, so he lowered his eyes looking down at his feet. "Yeah."
Tsume grabbed the wooden railings beside his crush, pinning him against the wall. Stooping so that they were eye-level, Tsume pressed his lips to his kissing him affectionately. "Mmm... I don't know what you're eating to make your kisses so sweet, but keep it up." He licked his own lips of the taste.
"And you smell really good." He blushed a deeper shade of red, looking into the model's eyes. "Um, Tsume? I was wondering, could I... maybe have your phone number?" He then quickly added. "You don't have to, though, if you don't want to! I was just curio..."
"It's too long for you to remember, my car has a bunch of cards in it, and my cell number is on them." Tsume replied. "Just ask the driver, he'll give it to you."
Toboe grinned. That was easier than he had thought it would. "I almost forgot..." He began to un-tuck his shirt from his jeans. "I got to see your chest so you get to see mine."
Tsume cocked an eyebrow hearing that, he was a little confused. Toboe smiled at the perplexed expression, if possible it made the model look even better than he normally does.
"When we'd first met, you asked to see my birthmark and I said I could show you, but then my brother came home..." He tried to help him recall.
He thought a moment. "As a matter of fact, I do remember that." Barely.
Unzipping his jacket, he then unbuttoned his shirt; Tsume watching attentively. "See." He parted his shirt with a smile. He remembered how Hige had stared, and thought Tsume would like to look just as much.
"Toboe?" The model stared, his expression horrified.
"Yeah?" He frowned then, seeing that his boyfriend wasn't exactly impressed.
"How did you get burned?" He asked rather bluntly.
"Burned?" He laughed out uncomfortably. "What are you talking about, this is a birthmark."
"Toboe... this is not a birthmark." His hand came out touching the flaming red skin with the small bit of purple tenderly. "Does it hurt? Are you ok?"
"I feel fine!" He swatted the hand away. Narrowing his eyes, he closed his shirt over then did up the buttons. "You don't know what you're talking about!" The young teen shouted. "This isn't any kind of..." He didn't even wanna say it. "You don't know what you're talking about! In fact, stay out of my life and leave me alone." He walked off the elevator, fuming. How could Tsume say something like that?!
# #
But now, after two accidents on his bike caused by teart eyes blinding him due to moisture and the cold, he walked himself and the bike home. He was beginning to have his doubts. 'Kiba... Kiba wouldn't lie to me about this... He wouldn't tell me that this thing on my body was a birthmark when in actual its a-a...' He didn't wanna think about it anymore.
Beep! Beep!
Toboe wiped some stray tears from his eyes, giving his head a shake. The car horn honked again. "I'm not even in the street! Go around!" He shouted to whomever it was. But the car horn honked again. "Ggrrr." Turning around he recognized the blue car right away. "Hige?" he muttered. The floodgates seemed to crack and burst, dropping tears from his eyes like a rushing river.
Hige slowed the car to a stop then hurried out, grabbing the weeping teen into an embrace. "What's the matter? Did somebody hurt you?" he looked around for anyone else, but the people in the area seemed pretty much occupied with themselves or in a car. "Toboe?" Hige ran his hand through the boy's rust colored hair, trying to get him to look at him and calm down.
Toboe's tears never ceased to stop falling, and as much as he wanted to say something his voice refused to come out.
Hige continued to cradle the younger teen in his embrace, rocking them back and forth. "Come on, it's pretty cold out here. I'll drive you home. Come on,"
Reluctantly, Toboe walked to the car. Hige grabbed the bike, setting it into the trunk of the car. Moving around to the drivers' side, he slipped into the seat, closing the door. He gave the boy one last concerned glance before starting away.
'Tsume's probably disgusted with me now. He probably thinks I'm gross, and I could never be beautiful like he is.' The young teen continued to cry. 'Kiba would never lie to me... That's why... that's why Tsume said what he'd said. Tsume thought it was gross, so he lied so I'd get mad and walk out on him; then he wouldn't look like a jerk.'
When the sobbing teen's tears became verbal sobs, Hige figured his voice was back so he spoke in a quiet and kind tone. "Toboe, can you tell me what happened to you? I'll kick their ass, if you want?"
Toboe sniffled after a small chuckle, "No, that's okay. I'm just... mad at myself."
"Mad at yourself? What for?" he wondered.
Toboe sniffed again, wiping a hand across his eyes. "For being so stupid."
"Yeah right, you're the smartest kid I know." Hige gave him a playful shove. "How could you be stupid?" It was more a comment than question.
"For being dumb and naive - believing everything anyone's ever said to me." He rambled on bitterly. How could he doubt his brother without asking him first? He felt completely stupid for even thinking, for a moment, that Kiba would lie about something that seemed so important.
"Alright, now you've lost me." Hige kept his eyes on the road, mostly because some of the ice from when it had snowed remained in the streets. But every so often he glanced at the sobbing teen.
"Hige, I went to Tsume's house just a while ago and... he..."
"Whoa, wait a sec! That guy didn't do anything to you, did he?" his voice went from concerned to terrified, then worried.
"No! Nothing like that..." He replied quickly, he may have been mad at him, but he still felt a need to protect the man. He didn't know why, maybe he was more naive than he thought. "It's just that... When we were talking," Toboe suddenly felt ashamed and embarrassed. He had no way of telling his friend that he had willingly opened his shirt to the older man without having Hige blow up because he didn't understand.
"Toboe? What happened?" He was sounding angrier by the second. "What'd that guy do to you?"
"I already told you, he didn't do anything!" He didn't mean to shout, but the words apparently couldn't be understood unless he shouted. "We were just talking!"
Hige waved a hand in defense. "Okay, I get it... but, if nothing happened than why are you so upset?" Toboe shook his head. 'Shit, now he's gone all defensive on me.' So much for that. But he did just answered Kiba's questions, he really is still seeing that guy.
"I just need to hear Kiba say it... I need him to tell me the truth, and then... I'll be fine." Toboe was mumbling into his lap.
"What about Kiba?" Hige was tired of this cat-and-mouse conversation; he couldn't bait words from Toboe anymore, without having him go back into the mouse hole.
"Tsume had said something to me, and... it kinda got me wondering, that's all."
Seeing the house up ahead, Hige turned the heater down then unbuckled his seatbelt. Toboe did the same thing, although, a bit more mechanically than Hige had. The teen looked at the young Wolf carefully, and frowned. 'Damn, the kid's never been this down before. I hope he cheers up soon, I can't handle two mopes today.'
He was referring to Kiba who had heard on the radio that a shower was heading their way, no doubt to melt the snow that had fallen over the weekend. But, either way the Wolf teen was none too happy about it.
Toboe walked into the house, leaving the door open, as Hige had asked. The Moon teen still had to get groceries from the backseat. Cher came outside to help him, mostly because she was concerned about Toboe's sudden mood change. He was so happy when he had left the house, but then he comes back with a tear stained face and a voice that's barely audible.
"Hey, don't ask me what happened. The runt's been rambling on about weird things since I found him on the streets." Hige explained.
"...That's strange. I wonder what could have happened to him?" she looked back at the house, before turning her attention back to the teen who was handing her a bag.
"I don't know, but it's got something to do with that Tsume guy - how could you let him go out?" Hige asked suddenly, remembering that it was she whom was in charge. "Didn't you know where he was going?"
"Hige, I'm a grown woman. I know how to take care of a teenager" Cher walked towards the house with Hige at her side. "He said he wanted to go for a bike ride at the park. How was I to know he was lying?"
"I guess." They walked into the house.
Toboe was still in the hall, slowly removing his things. When seeing the other two, he closed the closet door then headed upstairs.
Cher frowned. "Looks like we'll be getting the cold shoulder for a while."
"Oh well." Hige shrugged it off. "He did say he wanted to talk to Kiba, though; maybe we'll get some answers when he comes back from work."
"Speaking of which, are you gonna be here to watch Toboe?" The blonde woman asked. "I have a million things I need to do before tomorrow."
"No need to explain, I can watch the runt." He waved her off.
"I started dinner, by the way. You can eat in about an hour from now." Dropping the bag off on the kitchen counter, she walked outside grabbing her purse on the way to the hall. "Goodbye, Toboe. Feel better, honey!" Cher called into the air.
"Bye, Mrs. Cher." He called back in a weak voice.
'He must be crying again.' She thought sadly, hoping that Kiba would be able to stop the sadness. "See you later, Hige. I'll be back for the late shift." She assured.
"Yeah."
He closed the door after her, locking it like Kiba had always done. Time for some answers, whether he wants to give them or not. Heading upstairs, Hige turned on his heels with a better idea. "I'll call Kiba; they can't make him stay if there's a family emergency." He congratulated his smarts as he grabbed the phone. 'Maybe then, I can get the answers I'm looking for, too.'
# #
Toboe stood in front of the bathroom mirror, he slowly pulled his hat free from his head. His left eye winced in pain, feeling the woolly material of the hat brush over a cut on the side of his head from when he had fallen off his bike. 'Great. How'm I gonna explain this to Kiba?' He touched a finger to the bruise and sighed.
"Hey, runt, you in here?" asked Hige, knocking on the door.
"Um... Uhhh?" he looked around for the first-aid kit his brother usually left in there, but it was suddenly nowhere in sight. "Uuum, just a minute." He called.
Hige rolled his eyes knowing that the kid was in there doing something he wasn't supposed to- that was obvious. "On the count of three, Toboe." He called through the door.
Panicked, Toboe reached for his hat, hearing his friend counting from three to one before he violated his privacy by pushing the door open. Sliding the hat back onto his head he then pulled the door open before Hige could. "What?" he asked innocently.
Hige looked him over with a suspicious eye. "I wanted to talk to you." He mentioned, still keeping an eye on him.
"I have nothing to talk about?" Toboe replied. He walked out of the bathroom and down the hall to his bedroom, with Hige clean on his heels.
"Now see, with that attitude it tells me that you do." He closed the door behind them.
Toboe had crawled across his bed, so Hige did the same. The two of them sat beside each other; one grumpy with arms across his chest, and the other mocking him playfully by copying.
"So... talk?"
"Please, Hige... I'm feeling kind of sensitive right now. Can you just go away?" The young teen pleaded.
"Nnnope, not until you tell me what's bothering you...?" bargained the sitter.
Toboe thought about it. He had so much to say, he wanted to tell somebody something - anything - about what's been going on. Lying and secrets weren't exactly his favorite thing to do, especially now considering that his brother or Tsume was lying to him in a gross and rude manner, in which he wanted answers. He shook his head, mumbling softly.
Hige sighed, pulling the boy against him so that he lay on his shoulder. Toboe winced in pain, baring his teeth from it as he felt his bruise hit the teen's shoulder. "What's with the face?" asked Hige, Toboe's pain not going unnoticed.
"I fell off my bike..." He sniffled, "and I scraped my head on the ground... I looked for the first aid-kit and -" he shrugged for the rest of it.
"No wonder you couldn't find it, it was in here." He got up from the bed and grabbing the first-aid kit from the dresser.
Kiba had left it in his brother's room when he bandaged Toboe up yesterday.
"Let me see," he sat back down on the bed opening the kit. Taking out the necessary supplies, he looked over the cut. "So... tell me about what happened?" asked Hige while tending to the bruise.
"You're gonna be mad at me, then you won't listen to what I have to say."
Looking into the younger teen's forlorn eyes, so full of sincerity, caused Hige to pause his actions when the bruise was moved from his reach.
Toboe sighed, adding. "Nobody ever does."
"It's true... we don't listen; but it's just me your talking to here. Man-to-man... And I swear, whatever you say will never go to anyone else's ears." He held up his Boy Scout fingers. "And I won't be mad at you - or yell. I promise."
Toboe bit his lip in doubt. He was feeling so vulnerable right now. Could he really trust Hige? Nodding, he sighed to find his voice through the lump that had gotten in his throat, then he began. "I went to see Tsume earlier," he paused to see if Hige would yell. When he didn't he went on. "He's my friend, and I... like him, a lot."
Hige swallowed hearing that. He promised he wouldn't say anything.
"It wasn't the only time I had seen him either, I saw him everyday at school... He waits for me behind the fence. We had lunch together on the half day." He lowered his eyes feeling ashamed for having lied for so long.
Hige remained silent, but his jaw was beginning to tighten with every sentence that was said. "Go on." He said through bared teeth.
Toboe gathered more strength as he began to speak again; sure that he would cry at any second. The minute he began he hardened himself like a stone, speaking slowly so he wouldn't let the tears drop from his eyes. "At the park, I saw him again... Tsume just showed up there," he paused to breathe. "We talked about ice skating and things by a bench; he took me to his car. We were warming up - from the heater!" he rushed out, feeling Hige move beside him. "And we had a hot chocolate..."
"And...?" Hige pushed him on. This was all too trippy. And he was sure nothing was gonna throw him now.
"He... he..." He squeezed his eyes tightly together, feeling tears drop to his bed. "And, he kissed me."
This time Hige did jump up. He stared down at Toboe in horror, before reaching out and grabbing him by his arms. "Toboe, he should not have done that! Period! The guy's too old for you - it's rape!"
"He did not rape me, Hige! I..." He lowered his voice from the yell. "He loves me - - I know he does... And besides, you said you would listen to me, and not get mad!"
Hige was about to retort to that, but he relaxed himself. Sitting back on the bed, he let go of Toboe's arms and held him fondly instead. "I know, I'm sorry. Go on."
Toboe couldn't stop now, despite the warning signs to zip-his-lip; tears were streaming down his face like cracks in the rock. He knows that he shouldn't have told Hige that, now he was gonna have to tell Kiba, because he had no choice. The two of them having kissed was wrong in everyone's eyes, but the people doing it. Why would he expect anything less once telling Kiba? He, too, will blow it out of proportion.
"Hige... I really like him, I like him the way you like Kiba."
"Now, wait a minute. I doubt you like the guy - - he seduced you! You're too young to know what you want." The older teen argued.
"He didn't "seduce" me." He stated plain and simple. "I really do like him."
"Okay..." Hige accepted it, to a degree. "So, then, what happened that's got you so upset?"
"It was when I left from his house. He didn't show up at school, and I wondered where he was;" Toboe explained weakly. "So I lied to Mrs. Cher by asking her if I could ride my bike to the park, and she said yeah. It was a lot faster to Tsume's house than the park, so we hung out."
"Then?"
"Then I... I showed him my birthmark."
"You took your shirt off!?" His eyes went wide from shock. Anything could have happened to the poor kid. Especially if it got to the point where the guy made him take his shirt off!
"I showed him on my own... Nothing happened while I was there... Nothing at all." He didn't want to freak Hige out more by saying they had engaged in some form of sex. He would never understand. "He looked at me funny, and asked me..." He started to cry.
'That's it, this jerk is mine!' Hige growled mentally. "What'd he do to you, Toboe? You can tell me."
"Will you stop it? He wouldn't hurt me!" Snapped the Wolf teen quite fed-up. "it was what he'd said that made me mad."
"What'd he say?"
"He said that my birthmark wasn't a birthmark... he said that... he said that it was... a burn." He explained. "He practically called Kiba a liar - - my brother loves me! He would never lie to me about something like that."
And then it all came to Hige. 'A-a burn? Could it really be a burn mark?' Now it was Hige's turn to feel guilty; he would have badgered the boy mercilessly an hour ago, but when he'd seen him crying like he was... he'd just kind of forgotten about it. And if Toboe was this mad from Tsume thinking it was a burn mark, he could only imagine how pissed the kid would be if he had told him that he thought it were some sort of disease.
"So that's why you want to talk to your brother?" He stated, hugging Toboe's pain.
"Yeah, I mean... I don't believe Tsume; but, now... I have to know that Kiba wouldn't do that to me."
"Toboe!?" he heard his brother shouting suddenly. "Hige, where are you?!" Kiba sounded panicked.
"I'm up here!" Hige called back. "In Toboe's room!"
Kiba practically teleported up the stairs, he ran so fast. Once he had made it to the room, he flung the door open looking around with a panicked expression until he saw the two just sitting on the bed. No murderer in the room, no fire, not even a paper cut. Wait, the first-aid kit is out. Someone was hurt.
"Toboe, why are you crying?" he gathered his brother into his arms hugging him dearly. "Are you all right? Hige..." He looked at his boyfriend. "What happened?"
"I think it's better that Toboe tells you." He smoothed a wet strand of hair from his boyfriend's face. It must have started raining already.
"Toboe... tell me what's wrong?" Kiba said in a quiet and soothing tone. Noticing the bruise, he panicked again. "Has somebody hurt you?" he held his brother's chin up so that he looked him in the eyes.
"Why Kiba...?" Toboe began. "Why did you tell me to forget about that dream I had? Why did you practically laugh it off when I was telling you about it? Why did you make me stop half way?"
Kiba let out a breath. There was no emergency, Toboe was still thinking about that dream. "Toboe, it was just a dream. Nothing more." He explained, with a bitten tongue.
Hige remained silent through the whole ordeal, though he wanted to say something - anything to help the kid out. But his tongue seemed to swell tenfold.
Toboe shook his head. He didn't believe it now. He wanted answers. "Kiba... I'll explain everything later, but right now I need to know the truth... Tsume,"
'I knew it!' thought the older Wolf. 'That asshole's hurt my brother!' Kiba's blue eyes narrowed. "What? What did Tsume do to you?"
"Stop saying that! Both of you! Tsume never hurt me, he never would..." He sobbed a moment. "But maybe you did, either him or you... But why? Why would he tell me that my birthmark was a burn?"
Kiba froze, his eyes shading over. "It's because..." He swallowed a lump in his throat. "It's because it's the truth."
The rain seemed to sense the mood in the air, as it made itself known by pounding on the window glass. The three teens were silent, uncomfortable, and unsure of what to say next. A sniffle from Toboe brought everyone out of their thoughts as he leaned into his brother's arms.
"Why did you lie to me?" he cried all his worries into the embrace. "Why did you lie!?"
"I lied... I had to lie, because.." He bit his tongue. "It was my fault." The older teen's eyes scrunched and he began to tear up and cry silently himself. "It was all my fault."
"Oh, Kiba..." Hige caressed his boyfriend's dampened hair, pulling him into a hug from behind.
Kiba accepted it for a moment, then he pulled away. "It was so long ago... painful memories are all I have..." He stood up walking towards the window, that looked as though it, too, had tear streaks soaking it. "But I did it... I'm... I'm the reason our parents are dead; and you and I have these burns..."
Hige's eyes widened. He couldn't believe that he was finally going to find out why Kiba was so secretive all these years. Although, he wished that it didn't have to come out in this way.
"It was eleven years ago." Kiba began, a distant look in his eyes. It was as though he were opening a safe inside of himself that he never thought he would; now he was horrified to see what had manifested inside after so many years. "I was six, Toboe was only three."
Suddenly Kiba's voice seemed to fade into nothing but background, as the picture played out before the teens sad eyes.
We were all going on vacation to the family cabin we owned out in Fuji forest. Dad was driving; Mom was knitting, while listening to Dad ramble on about what was on the radio; and Toboe, you and I were in back.
"There's never anything good on the radio." Said Mr. Wolf.
It sounded as though he were turning the knob from left to right as the radio stations began to fuzz up before coming in clear. The jeep drove steadily along the road before it hit a dirt path into the forest.
"Here," Mrs. Wolf leaned over shooing her husband's hand away. "better let me do that, we're getting into the forest now."
"Alright, alright..." The man muttered, handing over rights to the radio.
Toboe had fallen asleep; and I was going on about some singer or actor I wanted to see on tv.
"Daddy?" A young Kiba called from the backseat.
"Yeah, sport?" Kiba's father 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," his father began.
"Pleease, daddy, he's my favorite singer!" the boy protests.
"Maybe this one time." His mother interrupts.
"Really? Wow! Thanks mamma!" the young boy smirked with satisfaction.
Radio: This just in... A severe thunder storm is heading in the direction of Freeze city. All people on the roads are asked to remain calm and drive safely.
The weather man continued on saying something about people at home to find all the matches or candles they could; and to unplug anything electrical.
Dad hurried the car through the woods. He wanted to get us to the cabin before the storm had hit.
Hige could almost hear the crash of thunder and the snap of lighting. He remembered that storm. It was the strongest one Japan had ever seen. Standing from the bed, he walked over to his boyfriend and placed a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. Toboe remained where he was, ears on full attention, but his eyes seemed to swim as he heard the truth.
"You kids get to bed now." Mrs. Wolf hurried Kiba into the house with her free hand, while the other was securely wrapped around the sleeping boy's bottom. "Your father and I will be downstairs if you need anything."
Young Kiba hurried up the wooden staircase; he loved being in the cabin. It was so comfortable there, peaceful, too. Not to mention, if the storm didn't hit so soon, he'd be able to stay up and watch his program.
"Hmm hmm hmmm, mmm hmmm hmm." He hummed merrily.
"Ssshh, sshhh. Toboe's asleep." His mother reminded him.
"Toboe's always asleep." Kiba said playfully in a hushed tone.
His mother put the boy down on the big soft bed, tucking the blanket under his body. Turning then to her oldest son, she asked, "Do you have your pajamas?"
"I put them on the top like you'd said." He dug through his suitcase. Dropping his pants, he slipped into his cotton pajamas, removing the shirt next.
Kiba's mother went through his things to find the toothbrush. "Here you go; and make sure you do the back ones this time. I'm on to you, Kiba."
"Yes, mamma." He walked out of the room and into the bathroom.
Everything was so great that night, we were all happy to be on vacation - even if it wasn't too far from home. It was still a pleasant trip... He sniffled wiping tears away with his sleeve. I finished in the bathroom, and decided that since it wasn't too long before the show I should get some rest - so that I wouldn't fall asleep halfway through.
"We'd better get to the store before the storm gets too strong." Mr. Wolf mentioned, as he slipped on his coat.
"Right, let me just make sure the boys are ok."
"They're fine, dear. Don't worry so much about them."
The woman seemed skeptical, but gave in. Grabbing her coat, as well, the two left the cabin heading out to the store.
I'd heard a raccoon. It sounded as though it had knocked over a trash can or something, I can't be sure. That's what woke me up from sleep... It seemed so late, but it was only ten o'clock. I saw that the window was open; Toboe looked kind of cold, so I got out of bed and shut it. But he continued to shiver.
Kiba paused at that, his tears getting the better of him. Hige wrapped his arms around him, resting Kiba's head against his shoulder. The Wolf teen closed his eyes tightly, crying with his head down. Wrapping his arms around himself, Kiba rubbed his upper arms to calm himself down.
A low sniffle from behind them turned Hige's head. Toboe had walked over to his brother, stepping up beside him with a glassy look in his eyes. "Go on... What happened, Kiba, what happened next?" he urged him on. The pictures in his mind just wouldn't clear.
The young Kiba walked downstairs into the kitchen. He searched the drawers of the kitchen for a match book.
I searched everywhere - up and down. There was nothing I could use. I went back upstairs and searched the drawers of the rooms. Mom and dad may have had something, I'd thought. He sniffled miserably.
There was a lighter on the floor - I found that kind of odd because neither of them smoked, and we always light everything with matches or that stick lighter, never the run-of-the-mill kind.
Young Kiba hurried back to his and his brother's bedroom. Kneeling down in front of the fireplace, with shaking fingers he sparked a flame to the lighter. "There, Toboe, you warm up now. I don't know if I'm supposed to light this without mom or dad here, but.. you need to get warm."
The storm outside was becoming noticeable, and Kiba cringed hearing the sound of thunder fill his ears.
I climbed back in bed and rubbed his back. Eventually, I started to become tired again, so I closed my eyes. That's when... His breathing became ragged as he spoke. That's when it had happened.
"Aaaaaa!"
Toboe's screams brought the older Wolf from his sleep. He hadn't heard the smoke detector before anything else. Kiba's eye snapped open and he sat up, wishing right away that he hadn't. He began to cough from all the smoke that had filled the air.
Beside him, his little brother's cries wailed on. "Toboe!"
I didn't notice at the time, a board had fallen on you. He began to move his arms as though he were right there again, right there patting the flames away. I tried so hard.
"Toboe!" Kiba cried out. He smacked brutally at the flames not knowing what else he could do. His brother cried on, both from the flames and pummeling of his brother's little hands.
The fire on the bed had been thrown with the blanket, but the bedroom was filled with smoke and flames. I picked up Toboe and ran, I ran as fast as I could out the door, but a nail caught my pajamas and I fell...
"Aaaa, aaaahaaa." The young boy struggled against the nail, as he tried to keep a hold on his little brother. A flame bounced onto Kiba's forearm; he cried out in pain shaking it violently to remove it.
As I waved my hand back and forth my shirt tore and ripped away from the nail; the fire helped. I ran downstairs just as our parents had gotten back. They were just getting out of the car.
"Boys!" Their mother shouted, scooping her sons into her arms.
Their father stood before the cabin; seeing that his sons were injured, he went back inside intent on using the phone - he could do it quickly; the fire was upstairs; they need immediate help. It was a foolish move.
"Isao, come back!" his wife called.
"Put the boys in the car, Mikado! I have to try to put this out." Isao replied. "The whole forest could go up."
"Noo!" Mikado yelled.
Her children tucked into the car, Mikado ran into the home after husband to pull him out.
I don't know what had sent dad back inside... it was all happening so fast...
"Mikado!"
We were out... We were safe... but mom screamed. Kiba's words seemed barely audible now, as he pressed a hand against the window. Lightning hit one of the trees, Kiba seemed to cry harder if that were possible.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Kiba screamed.
They never came back out.
"The... the tree was hit and it..." He felt his knees weaken and he dropped to the floor.
"Kiba?" Hige said with concern, kneeling down as well.
Toboe stood where he was, paralyzed. He just couldn't believe it.
"The tree... fell through the roof of the house.." Kiba sobbed. "It's all my fault... It's all my fau..." He planted his face into his hand.
"Oh, Kiba, I'm so sorry." Hige whispered. He tried to remain calm and strong, but now even he was crying.
""Protect him," that's what dad said to me." He reached out into airspace, as though he were taking his brother into his arms all over again. "I wanted to go back inside, but dad shouted at me from the kitchen to run and get help."
"Kiba, don't..." Hige whispered.
"I knew there was no way of getting inside, beams had fallen; Dad was trapped and mom..." He went silent. "I ran with Toboe, away from the flames, away from the forest, away from our parents... I wanted to get them back... I wanted our parents to stay alive. I couldn't do it on my own... But the house... the fire had gotten to it."
The last image faded from Kiba's mind as the second floor fell in. "I picked you up, piggyback and carried you - in tears - to the road." He wiped his tears and stood up, facing his little brother. "I couldn't walk much farther, I had inhaled too much smoke.. and, I collapsed."
Toboe looked away from his brother, he couldn't believe it. He just couldn't believe it!
"When I woke up, I was in the hospital... Mrs. Cher, she was coming back from who knows where when she'd seen us."
"You mean Mrs. Cher knew, too?" The younger Wolf finally spoke from his grown silence.
Kiba nodded, closing his eyes. "She took care of us; she knew our parents; and we knew her..." He began to dry his tears. "I told her about what happened, and she helped us. She paid the bills at home; and took me to school." He grabbed his brother's shoulders, looking into his eyes. "I never wanted to lie to you, never... But you were in the most pain and spent the most time in the hospital. You cried a lot, and called out for mom and dad... but, I was always there. Eventually, you had just stopped asking. When you were old enough to understand, I no longer had the heart to tell you. And that's why I lied."
"So you could keep our parents to yourself?" The boy asked.
"Toboe?" Hige said, giving him a stern look.
"No.. no, it wasn't like that. I just didn't want you to feel the pain that I did." His brother explained through tears and confusion. "I took care of you; made sure you never felt pain again - if I could help it. I thought it was the right thing to do, at the time. You were always so happy."
Toboe was silent. His face was scrunching as though he were thinking about it all. Dropping to his knees the tears ran from his eyes, pouring down around him. The young Wolf reached out for his brother and cried into his shirt.
"I'm sorry, Toboe... I'm so sorry."
"I'm sorry, too, Kiba." Hige mentioned quietly. He didn't know it was such a painful memory to him. And he never would have constantly tried to force it out of him.
"I'm okay." The Wolf teen replied. Opening an arm to his lover and pulled him into a hug.
Toboe moved away, wiping his eyes. "It's... it's n-not your fault, Kiba... and I'm glad for a brother like you." But something in his voice told Kiba that he had lost something with his little brother. Something that he loved about him, dearly. His trust.
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