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Another Me	By : Resting-Madness Category: +S to Z > Wolf's Rain Views: 1788 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Wolf's Rain. I make no profit from this work of fiction. I also don't own the Wolf's Rain environment.

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Toboe was over the moon! How his brother managed to get Hige to actually spend the day with him he doesn't know, but it happened and now he's ambling merrily beside the older boy towards the movie theater to play video games and eat junk food before they watch My Imaginary Dinosaur. The movie came out last week and has been getting rave reviews that it was funny and good for the whole family.
To Hige good for the whole family meant good for all mush brains who actually like sitting through poorly scripted playground talk. He's fourteen years old and doing below the belt activities with his boyfriend, he doesn't have time for nine years old company. But, first Kiba he'd do just about anything, including helping in easing his kid brother's worries and abandonment issues. Plus…
'Maybe Toboe can tell me why Kiba's so insecure about showing me his arm.' Thought the sneaky teen.
"What snacks are you gonna get, Hige?" Toboe ogled the concessions stand as they passed through to the arcade. "Mrs. Cher doesn't like me to have too many treats, but she said that I could save them for later on,"
Hige scoffed. "How much do you plan on taking me for?"
Embarrassed, Toboe scratched shyly at had back of his head. "Sorry. I just haven't been to the movies in a while,"
Hige blinked hearing that. "Didn't you see The Jungle Book with Cheza just last weekend?" He fished into his pocket for a five dollars bill that he turned into quarters at the change machine.
"Hige, it's different when you're with the guys," The boy explained, dejected look on his face and uncertain tone in his voice. He was beginning to wonder if the older boy really wanted to be here with him, or if this was just a favor to his brother.
"No argument there," snorted the Moon teen. "It's like when I hang out with Senji and Makoto, they're nothing like hanging out with Kiba,"
Toboe smiled mischievously, Hige wasn't the only one looking to extract information. Toboe wanted to get his too, because no mouth speaks the truth better than the one that's not related to you. He studied the older boy's profile for a moment but was startled from his intimidation game by Hige thrusting a handful of quarters into his hands.
"What should we play first?" Asked the Moon teen, his red gaze scanned the semi crowded room for eligible machines.
"I don't mind, whatever you like," Toboe watched Hige to sense where the older boy might go.
"Ooh, the Dead Battle game is free, let's play that!" Hige hurried over before the other gamers could notice and swipe it from them.
He grabbed a plastic gun modeled after a shoulder shooter TMP handing the other over to the younger boy. This was already the best day of the boy's life just by hanging out with Hige, but to get to play violent video games… Score! He hoped he looked cool and continually shot glances at Hige to ensure that he's doing it right. Gun resting on his shoulder and left eye winked he squeezed the trigger but his gun didn't shoot.
"Huh?" Looking at his weapon he found that his finger wasn't on the trigger but just behind it. "Oh," Fixing his grasp he then readjusted then began firing off virtual rounds at the screen.
Hige was amazing and he wasn't too bad off either, it's easy to shoot without recoil so his aim was sure each time… almost. The boys played for ten minutes racking up the points and chatting like brothers in arms on the battlefield of zombie apocalypse.
"Are you ever mysterious, what's with the dead aim, runt?" Hige set the gun down in its holster attached to the machine. "Got some hidden aggressions you need worked out?" The older boy patted Toboe's gut, snickering at the thought of child rage. Toboe's the nicest kid on the planet, what could he have hidden grievances about?
"Thanks," he beamed; he got a little caught in the controller cord but set it down in the holster as Hige had. "I hope no one beats our score while we're watching the movie,"
"I doubt it, we slaughtered the old record," pulling two quarters from his pocket he walked over to a fighting game.
The pair played and played hoping from game to game of all sorts of genres. Shooters, fighting, Tetris puzzle games and back to the zombie game. Hige kept an eye on his watch so they would not miss the movie and after a hour of gaming the two are accumulating snacks before walking into the screening room.
Both of them have questions on their lips but had no idea when or even how they should bring it up. Hige was having an especially hard time with it, how do you ask somebody why there brother has body images and if he, the brother, has seen it? And Toboe was completely at a loss wondering if his brother and friend are lying to him because they're doing things that adults usually don't like for guys their age to do. He wasn't sure, at first, but commercials and television shows have made him believe that there was something more going on because like the people on TV whenever kids ask their parents about adult things the adults dodge the answer. Kiba and Hige dodge answers, and 'homework' is a pretty lame reason to want to be alone because he can work steadily and be quiet too. So there.
But rather than talk, the pair sat companionable in the comfortable cushy red seats, snacks of chocolate bars, gummy things, and popcorn scattered all over them and the arms of the chairs with a big Hawaiian punch tucked between their thighs while they resituated the items until the drinks rest on the arms of the chairs and the popcorn between their thighs and the candy and chocolate lined both upper thigh and chair arm.
Hige found the movie completely ridiculous but he couldn't ignore it, and had even laughed out loud to some of the jokes. He was waiting for the lame touching ending but it didn't turn out that way, it ended on a sad note because the imaginary dinosaur had vanished because the boy's mother died. He had been so blind playing and running around that he didn't notice his mother was slowly leaving him, all her wanting to hang out he put off to play with Bog the Dinosaur. It was a smack in the face for a kid's movie. Hige wondered why this would get such rave reviews but walking out of the theater he saw many children holding hands with their parents and not being as loud and bratty as they were when they had first gone in to see the film. Hige knew he would hug his mother when he gets home. Conformity comes from the strangest places.
Toboe walked beside Hige with his head down, quiet and thoughtful for a while, it wasn't until they hit the park that he started talking again. "Hige,"
Hige tossed a stick out into the open space before them then looked over at the younger boy. "Yeah?"
Resting his head between his hands, he sighed. "Never mind, but hey, while we're talking, what's going on between you and Kiba? I'm pretty sure I'm not buying the studying thing anymore,"
Hige laughed at the way the younger boy phrased it. So that's what all of this was really about, it's not just feeling left out but it's feeling lied to. He could understand that, his parents used to lie all over the place and it drove him up the wall.
Not sure if the silence was Hige's way of saying "pass" or if he was finding yet another way to skirt around it. "…Hige?"
'What's the harm? Besides, he might answer my question in return…' Thought the older boy. "Are you sure you can handle it?" he was sure to ask this first, because he'd be pissed if the kid hauled off and cried or something. But the look on Toboe's face, you'd think the kid just hit the lottery twice in one week. "Your brother and I are seeing each other,"
Toboe's beaming smile deflated quickly and he cast his friend an annoyed look. Was he kidding with that? He wondered. Hige was worse than Kiba if that was his answer. "You're mean," he stated dryly.
Hige scoffed before defending himself. "I am not. You asked me and I told you, why am I mean? Is no one else allowed to date your brother, you're just gonna hog him?"
Toboe opened his mouth to say something when a record scratched in his brain causing him to double take over what he's heard. "Excuse me?"
Giving himself a slap to the forehead Hige sighed. "That's what people call it when they're dating 'seeing each other',"
Toboe stared off into space watching as all the pieces of the puzzle came together. He knew it had something to do with that, well, not in detail of sex and other adult behavior, but he knew it had something to do with how adults on television act when kids ask questions like: "Where do babies come from" or "where's dad" having to see this weird guy is exiting his or her parents' bedroom.
"So, you and Kiba are like a couple?" He tested the new situation out in his head with a thought of the two holding hands and giving the other goodbye kisses. "Like Mr. Hubb and Mrs. Cher?"
Knowing that the Lebowsky's are all the boy has to go on Hige nodded.
"So you and Kiba are seeing each other, like a couple who kisses and raises kids and stuff?" Toboe nodded to his filled in blanks.
Hige slapped his palm to his forehead. "Your ten-years old, what're they teaching you at that school?" Groaning at having to better explain the situation the older, exasperated teen gives it a shot. "Guys don't have kids together, unless they're adopted like the Lebowsky's took in you and your brother, but that doesn't have anything to do with anything. The point I'm making is that your brother and I love each other and sometimes we go places to show it or we kiss."
Toboe scrunched his nose up at the idea of that, but what Hige was saying was a lot more clear. "I can understand now, you want to have dates and for that you need privacy. The Lebowsky's have date nights, that's when Kiba watches me and Cheza,"
Bright eyed Hige nodded. "Exactly! It's nothing personal, just a love thing."
Toboe was glad for that. He doesn't get relationship behavior but he does know what it is and that people like to do it a certain way. "I'm glad you guys don't hate me or anything,"
Hige popped Toboe's shoulder in good-nature. "Don't be so dramatic, runt. Me and Kiba are something alone but together, but we're both a something together with you, but we choose not to hide that. Which do you think is better?"
Toboe didn't even have to think about it as he answered. "All of us, of course,"
"Right, now, no more of this feeling left out nonsense- even when we ask to be alone,"
Giving Hige a thumbs up, Toboe looked vacant lyrics out into the vast field of the park. Hige gave the boy a long look then asked.
"Now what is it?"
Toboe looked at Hige with sad eyes but then he seemed to perk up. Shaking his head he replied cheerfully. "It's nothing, I was just thinking about the movie."
Hige blinked hearing that as he hadn't expected it. The kid sure could be weird. 'Oh, right!' He'd almost forgotten about what he wanted to ask. "Say Toboe, maybe you could help me with something that I've been curious about…"
The younger boy blinked, confused at what he a younger boy could possibly know over Hige. "Okay,"
"Why does your brother..." Hige scoffed words froze in his throat. How the heck could he ask a kid about his brother's bare flesh when he barely understands relationships? Wondered the Moon boy. "Aren't you hot, you're always so covered up?" He redirected.
Toboe cast his friend a long uncertain look but answered without much thought behind the sudden change of subject. "No. The shirts I wear breathe pretty good, that's what Mrs. Cher said when she'd bought me the shirts,"
Hige could understand that. "But why wear them at all when it's summertime?"
Toboe stood up from the bench snickering. "It's kind of embarrassing but Kiba and me have really ugly birthmarks."
'Birthmarks?' he nodded. It made sense now. He's got aunts who are embarrassed about beauty moles. It wasn't a big deal, but if it bothered Kiba that much, he wouldn't bring it up anymore.
Toboe walked into the Lebowsky's home with a small smile on his face. He knows now what's so special between his brother and Hige. What he doesn't understand is why Kiba's would keep it a secret from him? Is he ashamed? Or maybe he thought it'd be no fun if he, Toboe, knew. There's also a chance that Kiba's playing up to the age card and would have eventually told him the truth of the matter. There was too much head scratching to pick one, so Toboe just kept the secret telling his brother that he and Hige had a good time, and he'd like to do it more than once a year.
"Hige said he had a good time too," Kiba told his little brother once he was in bed for night.
After his shower he called Hige and talked while the younger boy did a puzzle with Cheza in the living room. The Moon boy told him just about the same thing that they had a good time, broken a record on a video game, he was engaged in the movie when he thought he'd be spending it trying to be noisy with his snacking to avoid paying attention. Then they went to the park. Hige also informed Kiba that something seemed to be bothering Toboe, that it seemed more like brother stuff than friend and he should talk to him.
So he lay in bed waiting for his brother to come to their room for the night so they could talk.
"Toboe, are you ok?" He wasn't sure how to bring up the conversation when he doesn't know what the topic is about.
"Hmm? Me?" He chuckled. "Duh, of course it's me, umm…" The younger boy rolled over onto his side staring at the darkened window. The curtains are drawn close, no ghostly glow from the moon was getting in. Nothing to see in the dark and nothing to reveal itself. "You know that movie Hige and I saw?" Kiba hummed a response of "yeah". "Well, it had me thinking about moving and dad, and what happened to them…"
Kiba's blue orbs widened in horror, he hoped this day would never come but here it presented itself like the dark thing looming in the corner of the room has finally decided to make its move. "…You're asking what happened to them?"
"I think I am, but then I realize that I'm too afraid to know… I don't wanna be sad that they're gone in some horrible way because I…" he trailed off.
"What?"
"I don't even remember them, not even a little bit… when I think about their faces I only see Mr. Hubb and Mrs. Cher, and when I don't see them I see you," he sniffled.
He felt even worse than the kid in the movie when he realized that he missed his mother's last days because he was self centered. Toboe wondered if the boy was running from his mother's illness that was up until the end, that look of confused shock on his face when his father told him that his mother was gone. Toboe felt like running. Running and never stopping.
"Kiba… don't let them go if you know them, one of us has to remember them," he began crying.
Kiba slipped out of his bed and into Toboe's, wrapping his arms around him he rest his cheek against the top of his brother's tucked head.
"I didn't mean to forget them and I'm sorry that I'm too afraid to remember them. What am I gonna do?" He sobbed and sniffled until he drained himself dry and fell asleep.
Kiba had wanted to go to the jump place tomorrow with his brother but he knew they needed to make a stop somewhere else first. He's sort if been sneaking over there as his own little fortress of solitude, perhaps it was wrong if him not sharing. He doesn't want Toboe miserable like he's a bad son. And it would be terrible to forget their parents. That horrible night could stay buried but the people, their lovely family. That needs to stay as a whole for the both of them.
The next day Toboe seemed to be feeling better, he wasn't talking during breakfast but it wasn't in a miserable silence kind of way, he was just quiet. There was nothing wrong with that. Hubb talked about a picnic next weekend and they all agreed to going and it sounded nice, it's been a while outside of meals and holidays that they've done anything as a family.
Family seemed to be a running theme this week because Kiba couldn't wait to show Toboe the past he's been missing. Not all of it just the good parts, starting with their old home and the licked room beyond.
"Has the house always been this small?" wondered the younger boy, his noisy path thumped his trail through the empty house. "I must have really been small," Toboe voice was light and his smile ear to ear as the memories crept up on him slowly like water tracing it's way through a cracked trail until it could spill over. He'd gotten the bedrooms wrong, but gradually it snapped into place. He even remembered chipping his tooth on the bathroom sink when getting was messing around while on the toilet.
Kiba watched his brother roaming and remembering and he smiled. He hoped it would be met with joy instead of the sorrow Toboe had had last night.
"Toboe," he waved his brother to the center if the hall where an unexplored bedroom waited for him. "I wanna show you mom and dad's room."
Toboe looked interested but afraid and he slowly walked over to his brother and the intimidating door. How would they feel about him going into their room? Would they be angry that their son who no longer knows them is going to enter their personal space? Swallowing hard he then asked. "Are you sure they won't mind?"
"They would insist,"
Toboe doesn't have to know that the private place was actually a manufactured replica since another family had lived here and replaced their parents existence with their own. But even for a do-over the feel was there. And it contented Kiba so for Toboe it may do the same. Having wanted his brother to forget the accident had a pronged effect because where he'd forgotten the fire the people went along with it, and that wasn't his intention. Although, he questioned that often when he'd called Hige to talk about them instead of remembering them with Toboe who is aware that their parents are dead despite not knowing the gory details. Well, no more. If Toboe is okay with talking about them they can talk.
The room was cooler than the others and the smells were intoxicating to the younger Wolf's memories. He could see his mother putting on lotion for the day and smelling it before calling him over and rubbing some into his hands or on his chubby cheeks. And how his dad would place a finger to his lips asking that he stay quiet on mornings when he'd sneak into their bedroom then he'd scoop him up and, still dressed in pajamas, they'd sneak out of the house and get biscuit sandwiches from McDonald's to eat in the car while they watch the sun rise over Freeze City.
And though the memories made him happy Toboe fell to his knees, throat raw, in a mixture of crying and screaming. Kiba never brought his brother back home. And Toboe never asked to go.
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"The runt knows were together," Hige admitted one afternoon while they're riding their bikes around the area until lunc.
Kiba cast his boyfriend a threatening look. "Do you want a fist in the mouth? That isn't funny,"
Hige shrugged his hands, grabbing the handle bars that wobbled in his absence. "I'm serious, he knows but he's fine with it," he straightened out the front of the bike.
Kiba blinked very much doubting that. "And he told you this?" Hige tends to have a weird sense of humor, like… saying it would be easier for Kiba just to poke a hole in his pants so they can try this and that without getting caught or who would he choose if the Lebowsky's divorced, Toboe knows were being sexual- just nonsense.
"Weeeelll, I sort of told him," he jumped when Kiba barked at him with a rather loudly asked: "You what?" but he was sure to douse the flames of the Hell Hound by adding. "You're not giving him enough credit, Kib', he knows what dating is because of the Lebowsky's. It's not like I told him that we're being all graphic about it."
"He's ten, Hige,"
Shaking his head he replied. "Yyyeah, I'm not seeing the problem,"
"He doesn't need to be thinking about things like that,"
With a sly expression on his face Hige teased. "Why? Do you think he'll try it out on Cheza?"
"Yes! Hige, you don't know my little brother,"
Hige scoffed, furrowing his brows. "Hubb and Cher are definitely gonna get a divorce if a ten-year-old doesn't know about dating,"
"I just don't want Toboe filling in the blanks with us and asking a bunch of weird questions that I don't wanna answer."
"He didn't seem interested once he got his answers he kind of gave it an 'oh, what's the big deal' brush off. He thinks we wanna go see movies and ride bikes but in a just the two of us kind of way- which we do… There's no shame in it just because we're both guys…" Seeing that Kiba stopped riding he circled back and stopped beside him. "Toboe only wanted a better reason for why we wanted to be alone and he was happy for the truth, it's better that he feels comfortable coming to us, right? We little guys gotta stick together in this adult world."
Kiba was listening as he cooled off his nerves, recovering before he said something cruel he nodded. "You're right, but Hige, you let me worry about how Toboe grows up," looking at his boyfriend with a bit of annoyance he said very matter-of-factly. "He's not your little brother, so stay out of it," His feet returned to the pedals and he started for home.
Hige looked after him for a moment before following.
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Commentary: I'm so happy they're reselling Wolf'so Rain, I can't wait to buy it and see it all again and just bask in that mixture of happy despair it gives. Sorry if there's mistakes my laptop died and this is auto-fill tablet work, so I'll go back and fix ithe if I missed it.
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