The second time Toby found himself realizing the affections of the other two was something Toby both blamed and almost thanked Eyeless Jack for. The blue masked man was often a prick at times - or all the time, really. While he knew better than to test other entities stronger than him, he was very quick to torment those he believed to be weaker than he was. And Toby was, of course, no exception to the latter.

Toby was making his way into the kitchen one late morning looking for breakfast - only to find himself bumping into Eyeless Jack as he exited, promptly blocking the door as Toby bumped into him.

"O-oh, so-sorry," Toby muttered as he moved to go around the blue masked killer - only for Jack to block his entrance. "I-I ju-just need to-"

"Better watch where you're going, small fry," EJ growled, leaning over the brunette and causing him to whimper lightly.

"So-Sorry," muttered Toby as he tried to move around the other, "ju-just trying t-to get -"

EJ moved to block him yet again, causing Toby to stumble back with a panicked expression. Jack was likely smirking largely under his mask at this point. Toby was half tempted to return to his room until Jack had decided to fuck off somewhere other than the kitchen. That seemed like a safe plan, really.

"Let him through," came the demanding voice of Tim from within the kitchen, a chair scraping loudly against the old tiled flooring as he stood before Toby could think of the best escape plan.

EJ turned to the raven haired man with what Toby assumed to be anger. As EJ turned, Toby could clearly see Tim standing, arms stiffly at his side and hands curled tightened fists as he stared down the other with a rage Toby was sure he hadn't seen before, even when Tim had that anger towards Toby countless times before.

"Or what?" mocked EJ with a curt laugh. "Don't tell me - you're gonna tell your big ol' boss, hmm? Have him take care of me for you? Why don't you stay out of this?"

"I said," Tim spoke again with a growl spilling from him, seeming to ignore EJ's mocking words, "let. Him. Through."

Toby had half a mind to sneak away quietly as the two fought, Jack having given out a curt laugh in response to Tim - however his attempts to flee were thwarted with a hand quickly going over his mouth as to keep his small squeak of surprise quiet. Brian moved into his line of vision, giving him a signal to stay quiet before quietly slipping past Toby to move behind EJ. That was when Toby noticed the steel bat Brain was carrying.

"Are you just gonna keep repeating yourself?" Jack was asking, now in annoyance as his head cocked to one side. When Tim merely glared in response, Jack chuckled. "That's what I thought. Now, why don't you run along to your little fuck buddy before I - Shit!"

In one swift movement, Brian swung fast and hard at the back of Jack's head. The killer dropped to the floor almost instantly, groaning as some blood seemed to pool onto the rotting floor. A sudden curt laugh from Tim snapped Toby away from Jack's body, eyes wide in surprise and - curiosity?

"Nice one," Tim was saying with a nod, moving to push in his chair and walk over to the now silent Jack. Giving a tap to the shoulder from Tim's shoe showed that Jack did indeed appear to be knocked out cold.

"Thanks, I try," Brian chuckled as he sat the bat against the doorframe. "Grab his head. We can probably give 'em a scare when he wakes up if we put 'em in the basement for a bit."

The two didn't seem to notice Toby quietly slip away back to their room. It wasn't that he was afraid of what they were going to do to the sadistic kidney eater - in fact, he almost wished they would do worse if not for the fact that Slenderman might have their heads for seriously harming or maiming Eyeless Jack for what perceived as no good reason - but more so that Tim had actually stood up for him. Toby was sure by the other's body language that if Brain hadn't 'intervened' and their little conversation had escalated, then Tim would have actually fought EJ in that moment.

He knew Tim and Jack weren't really on good terms to begin with, but they generally tended to stay away and ignored each other. There was never any indication that they would actually escalate into a fight. So why had Tim acted so angry then? Why did he act as though he was so willing to defend Toby like that? If anything, Tim always seemed so annoyed with him all the time; so distant and only putting up with him because Brian seemed to have a soft spot for him.

Toby decided to brush it off and ignore breakfast for a while in the hopes that his heart would stop beating out of his chest; for once not out of anxiety or fear. Was….. Was he in love? With not one but two people?

Oh, fuck his life.