Pairings: Tsume x Toboe, Kiba x Cheza, Hige x Blue

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING. I can't even say I own the plot since I'm following the anime. I'm just manipulating the characters in a way that amuses me and my yaoi fangirl tendencies. Wish I did own Toboe, though. He's adorable!

How could I, one who hates to trust and be trusted, take a liking to such a pup? He's naive and young and follows with no regards for the other person.

Toboe followed me though I pushed him away time after time. He liked me despite my attitude and harsh words. A pup and yet strong enough to hold this little pack together.

What is it that makes me want to wring his neck while also wanting to hold him close? It's annoying. Exciting. Simular yet the opposite of my flings with the female wolves that I found in my territory.

What? Did you expect someone like me to live this long without relieving my tension on something? I wouldn't be surprised if I had a pup I don't even know about. But I'm straying from the situation at hand.

Toboe.

A kid with nowhere to go and basically no one to cling to but us. His pack and partners. Everything to him yet nothing at all. We flock together by instinct and yet there's not a single female among us besides Cheza for now.

She pisses me off! Her scent, this feeling. I want nothing to do with it or her. Doesn't help the matter that Toboe seems to like her either. That's another thing that makes me mad. She has Kiba, she can keep her filthy hands off the pup and myself!

Woah! Not that I feel anything for Toboe, though. No, nothing at all.

That is, except that I feel responsible for him. That I must protect him.

More precious than the moon, than the lunar flower, than the flower maiden all put together. On top of all that he seems so fragile to me. Though that's not saying much considering who I am.

I'm the toughest one of the group yet not the leader. No, Kiba is. That paradise obessed wolf is smarter than me, though I hate to admit it. That is unless it comes to Cheza. Then he becomes as docile as a dog and obeys her orders without objection, no matter how it endagers the pack. It sickens me that she controls this pack so fully by controlling Kiba.

Well, not like I can talk. Toboe does the same thing to me. Without knowing he controls me so completely. I go out of my way to protect him and pine for his company even though I won't admit it openly.

Dammit! This is seriously starting to piss me off again. This whole thing defies explaination and logic!

AN: Yay! Wolf's Rain fic! Full of fluffy goodness, or atleast it will be. This takes place during the actual anime and will probably continue to 'paradise'. These are just Tsume's thoughts on his feelings toward Toboe, or atleast my version of them. The next chapter will be better, promise. As you can see, though, Tsume's in denial. Who should he speak with about his feelings? Kiba? Hige? Cheza? I think Cheza would be best.