Wolf's Rain Fan Fiction ❯ Love Object ❯ Chapter 9

Title: Love Object

Author: Linkin Fantasy

Pairings: Tsume/Toboe, Hige/Kiba

Disclaimer: Wolf's Rain and the characters of Wolf's Rain belong to their respective owners.

Warning: This story is NC-17. It is not for under age readers.

Chapter Nine

Toboe helped himself to a can of soda like Tsume offered and the taste almost made his eyes bug out of his head. "This is really good soda Tsume. What flavor is it?"

"Strawberry." Replied the model, plainly.

"I've never had this flavor before." Toboe took another sip. "I like it a lot."

"Then I'll keep some around for you."

Toboe chuckled lightly. "Aaw you don't have to do that. Aheheha"

Tsume smiled tapping the boys shoulder teasingly. "I want to. Think of it as a gift."

"Thanks.... You know what? You're really nice." The boy took another drink.

Tsumes nerve was beginning to slip as he realized the seriouness of what he was about to do. He had to act quickly. "Hn?"

"What?" Toboe wondered.

"Nothing- just that it's getting around to three fourty and your brother doesn't seem to be here yet." Tsume pointed to the clock at the front of the car.

Toboe blinked at what the man had said, he didn't notice the time at all. It really was getting late. "Yeah..... where could they be?"

"Listen, I can give you a ride home if you want?"

Toboe swallowed hard, he didn't know what to say. Maybe Tsume was a sicko- or a physco! Or maybe he really was just a nice guy.....? It was a really hard call. "I think I'd better see if Mrs. Cher will bring me home- It was nice talking to you..."

"Mrs. Cher? That blonde haired woman with a gray jacket?" Tsume asked.

"Yup, that's her."

"I Think I just saw them leave not three minutes ago."

".....Really?" Toboe's _expression became sad and he lowered his head. "Did you see a little girl next to her?"

Tsume pretended as though he were trying to recall the woman in question. "Yes, as a matter of fact. A young girl about your age."

The red head frowned lowering his head. "That was her alright....."

 Tsume bit his tongue, this wasn't going to be as easy as he had thought. Maybe I should just quit altogether. Let the boy have his life- I should be seeing someone my own age not pining for a fourteen year old boy.

"Toboe-..."

"My address is 5-5-7 Frost St." The boy said, cutting Tsume off.

A smile- no- sneer seathed through the mans teeth. "You wanna come up to the front seat?"

"Sure."

The two of them climbed out of the car then back in on the front and passengers sides. Tsume started the car, pulled it out of the parking space of the school then sped off down the road.

Back inside the building. Cher grabbed her jacket from the back of her chair. "Come on Cheza, time to go home."

Cher felt along side her pants pocket to make sure her phone where there, and almost as though it were on cue it rang. Pulling it out of her pocket, she flipped it open holding it to her ear. "Yes?"

"Cher, it's Hige." A chipper young voice greeted.

"Hige? What's wrong do you need something?"

"Well, no. Not me. Kiba wants you to bring Toboe to your house with you."

"Toboe? Why? What's going on?" She shrugged on her jacket, adjusting it around her.

"Kiba got into a little trouble at school and has to stay after until four o'clock." Explained the red head. "So can you make sure he doesn't leave the school or anything?"

"Sure, he should be in the office if he doesn't see Kiba anywhere. I was just on my way out."

"Thanks Cher, bye!"

"Bye." She hung up her phone, storing it back into her pocket. "Looks like Toboe gets to come over today Cheza, the two of you can help me with dinner."

 Cheza smiled taking her mothers hand. They walked out of the classroom and into the emptying hall way. It was still a little swarmed with the after school children. Who had clubs to get to or teams to play on.

Cher checked her watch, "3:25. Toboe might still be outside." Letting go of her daughters hand, she gave her a little push in the direction of the main office. "Honey go see if Toboe is waiting in there while I check outside."

"Yes." The girl replied.

Cher walked out the front doors and skimmed her eyes through the crowd for the young boy. "Chip," she tapped a boy on the shoulder. "have you seen Toboe?"

"I did, but then he was gone. I think he went back inside for something." The boy replied, slinging his bat over his shoulder.

So he is in the office, that's good to know. Returning to the building, she met her daughter in the hallway. The girl was alone and wasn't smiling. "Cheza what's the matter?"

"Toboe was not in the office." The girl replied.

"Hm. Maybe he went to the restroom." The woman thought, but her heart was still racing. What if something had happened to Toboe just that quick! She'd never forgive herself- Never!

"Sweetheart, you go find your father, and ask him to check some of the mens rooms." Cherinstructed. "I'm gonna check back in the classroom."

"Heya sweetheart!" Hubb greeted coming down the hall.

"Thank god! Hubb," Cher walked over to him. "Hubb I need you to check in some of the boys bathrooms."

"Check in the bathrooms? Why?"

"It's Toboe,"

"Toboe?" The man looked confused. "What about him?"

"He's missing, now we don't have time to talk we have to find him."

Hubb smiled waving his hands. "No he's not. Mr. Freemon told me all about it." He explained.

"Told you about what?"

"A man came in and said he'd take Toboe home," The man replied. "He told me that Kiba had told him to do it because he wasn't gonna make it today."

Cher's heart began to race faster. "You idiot!" she nearly screamed at him. "Do you know what you just did!"

"Cher what's the problem, I just told you that Toboe was fine." He held his hands up in defense.

"Hige just called me and told me to bring Toboe home," she poked him hard with her finger nail. "And you tell me he went off with some stranger just because he made up a couple of lies!?"

Cher grabbed Cheza's hand and marched into the main office grumbling as she went. "You are the dumbest man alive!"

Hubb stood there frozen, speechless. At first he was just listening to his wifes yells but then the seriousness of what she was talking about had began to sink in. "Oh my god..... What have I done?"

.........................

The black lexus rolled steadily down the street. The two passengers inside didn't speak a word, though Toboe unconsciously hummed along with a song playing on the radio.

I knew it was all in my head. Tsume's really nice. Thought the naive young boy. Looking out the window his eyes narrowed with confusion. I wonder what street we're on? I've never seen this place before.

Tsume's vision glanced down beside him at his passenger. At least he seems relaxed. He said reffering to Toboe's humming, which came to an abrupt stop.

"Tsume? Where are we?" Toboe wondered. "I don't.... This doesn't look like my street at all. Are we taking a short cut or something?"

"No." Replied Tsume, simple as that.

 Toboe swallowed hard. He could actually see his heart vibrating his shirt with quick little trembles, that seemed to rush through his entire body. His breathing had started becoming almost irratic as thoughts of what was going to happen to him flooded his mind.

"Uu-uum," His voice cracked as he tried to speak. "Tsume... What do you mean by 'No'?"

Tsume chuckled lightly and shrugged. "I'm sorry if I scared you, what I meant was we can't."

"...-Well, why can't we?"

"My car is almost out of gas." Tsume explained. "And since my house is closer, I think we'd have a better chance at making it there than to your house."

I guess that makes sense. Thought Toboe. Besides, if he were really bad he wouldn't let me call Kiba. Satisfied with his conclusion, he tried to relax. But the further the car drove, the more his body trembled. He really had no idea what he was getting hisself into.

After what felt like forever but was only actually three minutes, the car rolled to a stop. "Here we are."

A man dressed in black greeted the car at the curb. Tsume rolled up beside him and opened the door. "Good afternoon sir, may I park the car for you?"

 Tsume climbed out of the car, grabbing a hold of the mans shoulder before he could sit down. Toboe was too frightened to hear a word of what he was saying to the man. He had to think of a way to get out of this before something happened to him.

Kiba's gonna be so mad at me. Toboe's face frowned and his bottom lip quivered, he didn't wanna do it but he was two seconds away from a full blown cry.

"When you park the car, I want you to set the clock back ten minutes." Tsume whispered into the mans ear. "Damn thing keeps speeding up on me."

"Yes sir."

Tsume walked around to the passangers side of the car and opened the door. "You coming?"

Toboe turned his head looking directly into Tsume's eyes, they seemed so kind and sincere. He has to be telling the truth. Stop being a baby already. You can handle this. Smiling, half heartedly, he climbed out of the car. "Sure, let's go."