Wolf's Rain Fan Fiction ❯ Love Object ❯ Chapter 11

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 Eleven

 Hige stood around outside of the school, rocking on his heals. He was bored to tears and three seconds away from going into that building and knocking out a few teachers to spring Kiba from the joint. As though he had thought some kind of secret word, the large double doors shoved open and his lover emerged with a subdued look on his face.

"Remind me never to wait for you again." Hige teased.

 "Yeah," Kiba walked down the stairs of the entry way two at a time. Hige following along as though he had an invisable string attached to him. "What time is it. by the way- I need to get home and get dinner started before Toboe decides it's too late and we have to order something."

"Hahaha, that kid learns more from me everyday." The red head laughed.

Kiba shot Hige a heated glance but the cheerful boy just shrugged. "Ha, come on Kiba someone's gotta give him a back-bone." They headed for the parking lot. "It's around four twelve by the way."

"Shit, it's that late?" Kiba has no idea, his head was down the whole time as he wished like hell he wasn't stuck in that damned classroom.

"Hey if you guys want something bought for dinner I'm your man!" He pulled open the drivers side. "It's as good of an excuse as any to stay over for dinner."

 Kiba rolled his eyes slipping into the car. "We've been over this before. I don't wanna spoil Toboe- Besides that, I can't take money from you." He pulled his seat belt over his shoulder clicking it into its base. "It wouldn't feel right."

"Not if I wanna do it!" He started the car. "Kibaaa....?"

"Higeee...."

Hige rolled his eyes now, gluing on a smile. "I'm taking you out for lunch tomorrow Wolf. Whether you like it or not." The car backed out of the school parking lot.

"I'm shaking." Kiba teased. "....I just hope Toboe isn't getting into anything at home."

"Maybe Cher took him home with her." He figured with a shrug. "And you and me could maybe... prolong our getting him from over there."

Kiba shook his head, "Out of the question. I have to make sure Toboe is alright and knows why I wasn't there to get him."

"Yeah, what did that note say anyway?" Hige just remembered.

"Huh, it just said that he was sorry and that he was having a bad day and took it out on me." He turned his attention out the window. "No big deal."

"Thought so," Hige grinned. "The oooold pebble in the shoe."

"Hahaha, you're such an i-"

Hige cut him off saying. "Interesting guy- I know."

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

 Kiba waved goodbye to Hige as he walked into his house. Closing the door behind him, he turned the lock over and dropped his book bag onto the floor. "Toboeee!?" He walked into the kitchen. Empty. Going into the livingroom, he saw the same thing. He must be upstairs.

Kiba walked over to the answering machine seeing that several messages were left on it. "Toboe?!" He called again. Pressing rewind, Kiba played the messages over as he sorted through the mail.

"Kiba this is Cher," Her voice sounded funny somehow- as though it were... frantic almost. "It's Toboe-" This got Kiba's attention. "Are you at home, I really would rather you pick up the phone."

Toboe! Kiba forgot about the rest of the messages and picked up the phone dailing Cher's cell number. "Cher are you there?!"

"Kiba!" She sounded just as frantic as in her message. "Kiba I am so sorry, it's my fault I never should have-..."

"What about Toboe, Cher tell me!"

"Kiba.... He's been abducted."

 Kiba's heart dropped to the floor along with the phone reciever. Toboe's.... missing.... He couldn't breathe. His head began to swim. Images of his happy little brother were being ripped from his mind one by one all the way back to that day, when he lost everything.

Mommy! Daddy! The boy shouted.

His father frantically fumbled with the seat belt on Toboes car seat. "Protect your brother!" His father shouted. "Take care of Toboe!"

His fathers words echoed through his mind- over and over and over again.

 Without realizing it, Kiba began to press buttons on the phone trying to dail Hige's phone number. His heart was pounding through his ears. He had to get ahold of Hige. "8-2-4," He said the words outloud without even knowing that he was speaking them. "Come on Hige, pick up the phone!" Tears dropped down onto his hand. rolling onto the side table.

"Kiba!" Hige shouted as he burst through the door. "I got Cher's message, is Toboe here?!"

"Hige...." He wept out bending down to get the reciever. He held it to his ear, speaking in a strange voice. "I need your help."

"Kiba..." He dropped to the floor and picked his lover up to his feet. "We gotta go look for him, Cher said the cops were already searching. But we know where he would go so we gotta look too."

"I-...." He let a few more tears fall from his eyes.

"Kiba?"

Taking a deep breath of air, he calmed himself down long enough to say. "We should split up, you look up town and I'll look down, Hige please hurry."

Kiba was trembling, Hige had never seen him like this before. It was scaring him. "Okay, come on." He turned to the door. "We gotta hurry!"

Kiba hopped into his car, Hige in his and the two of them tore down the streets in search of Toboe.

* * *

"I really like your room," Toboe blushed. "It kinda reminds me of a cheetah den hahaha."

 Tsume nodded. It was understandable, Tsume had leopard printed blankets over his black sheets. The two of them walked back into the livingroom, over to the couch then they sat down. "I forgot about my snack." Toboe reached for his cup of milk, took a drink from it then set the cup back down beside Tsumes.

"It's getting late," He reached for the glass that was his turning his gaze to Toboe, picking up the boys as though he hadn't realized he'd done it then he drank from the same side Toboe had.

 "It is getting late." Toboe looked at the digital clock on the table. "4:23?" He frowned a little bit. Where'sKiba anyway? Did he forget about me? Maybe he went to Hige's house and thinks I'm at Mrs. Cher's... Maybe I could call her! she has a cel phone.

"Would you like some dinner?" Asked Tsume. "I can order anything you like?"

Toboe's sadness at the moment seemed to fade and a smile lit up his face. "Could I have McDonalds and everything?"

"Everything you can pronounce," Replied Tsume glad that he made the boy happy. "McDonald's was it? I can get my driver to get it for us."

"That sounds good. I like the cheese burgers, please."

 "You got it." Tsume got up from the chair and crossed the room for the phone. Toboe followed him with his eyes. This was the coolest visit he's ever been on. but he still wished he could go home. He missed his brother and Hige. Am I ever gonna get to go home?

"Try to be quick about it." Tsume was saying.

"Tsume," He said with a shy tone. "would it be alright if I called Mrs. Cher, I don't think Kiba came home yet and I should be going now. I don't wanna be late for school tomorrow."

"You can call whomever you like. My phone is your phone- you're my guest."

Toboe smiled coming over to the phone. Tsume smiled as well, smelling the perfume again. He didn't care that it was a womans, Toboe wore it better. 

"Hey Mrs. Cher!" The boy smiled.

"Toboe!? Oh my god are you okay?" The woman sounded horrified and relieved at the same time.

"Sure I am," He was confused. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Hubb told me you went off with some strange man, and.... Where are you?" She asked. 

"No, I'm fine really. I'm with Tsume Keina- the model! Isn't that cool?" Toboe couldn't hide his excitement to tell someone he was with a famous person.

"Nooo, Toboe. No it's not cool. Where are you, I'm sending your brother over to get you right now." Cher placed a hand over her heart. Toboe is fine. Thank god! "Tell me where you are."

Toboe frowned, he didn't know what he did was wrong. Or that people were worried about him. Didn't anybody get his message? "I'm at Banzai Gardens, West 23rd st."

"Banzai, West 23rd. Got it." Cher whispered something quietly to the boy that Tsume couldn't hear through the phone, before Toboe said 'goodbye' and hung up.

"Mrs. Cher wants me to wait in the lobby. Will you wait with me until my brother comes?" The boy asked.

"Of course I will," Tsume placed a hand on his shoulder. "Where's your book bag?"

Toboe had to think a minute about that, he didn't know. "Right, it's in your car."

"The driver should be back pretty soon." He pulled out his cel and dailed the number for his car. "Etsuo? Toboe left his bag in my car, make sure you bring it out with you okay. We'll meet you in the lobby."

"Yes, sir."

"Toboe?"

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering if you wanted an autographed picture- I'd gladly sign one for you." The man said.

Toboe's face lit up, a picture would be proof that he met him. "Sure, I'd really like that."

Tsume smiled in satisfaction, then put on a fake frown. "Shoot. I forgot, I'm out of pictures."

"Oh," Toboe frowned.

"I could take one though, with the both of us together." Tsume offered.

"Would you?" Restoring the cheer in his voice.

"Sure, let me get the camera." Tsume disappeared into his bedroom, returning with a small polaroid in his hand. "Say cheese."

"Huh?" A flash went off causing the boy to blink. "Ahaha, not one of me. You said the both of us."

"I know, I was just messing with you." Waving a hand, he said. "Sit on the couch."

 Toboe did as he was told, and Tsume grabbed the stand for the camera from the closet. Setting it on the stand he put the timer on ten seconds then walked over to the couch. As he sat down, he placed his hand on Toboe's thigh, close enough that if his fingers moved he would have touched the boys genital area.

Toboe made a weird face looking down with a blush as the flash went off. "Um, I think I made a weird face in that one, can we try again?"

"The timer is already set, just smile and wait." Tsume put his arm around the boy and Toboe put his arm around Tsume. The two of them smiled and the camera took the picture. "That should be perfect."

"Yeah. I'd better go though, my brother could be here any minute now."

"Right." 

 The two headed out of the apartment room, reaching the elevator they walked on. Unlike last time, Toboe held onto the bar behind them so he wouldn't feel sick. He had been distant since the phone call he made. What did that woman say to him? Tsume wondered. "Hey," He tapped the young boy with the back of his hand. "Cheer up, we're friends right. I'll give you the picture tomorrow at school- alright."

"Ok." Toboe replied with a weak smile. Cher's words wouldn't stop ringing through his head. Why would she say that?

He'sa sicko Toboe, don't let him touch you. We're on our way there just go to the lobby if you can get away.

Tsume's not a sicko. Toboe thought, He's my friend.

"Here we are." The large doors opened for them.