Date finished: 30 January 2003
Title: Yours Am I?
Series: Gensomaden Saiyuki
Pairing: Sanzo + Hakkai
Status: 1/?
Category: Angst, sap and fluff. And probably some humor(?) in the next parts,
depending on Goku and Gojyo's schemes ...
Warning: PG-13 for the shounen-ai theme, some language
Archive: Taciturnity [www.taciturnity.fateback.com] and the SanzoxHakkaiML [www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sanzoxhakkai]
A/N: This started out as a sequel to "Beautiful Stranger". Midway into writing this, however, I'm now wondering if this still is. We shall see. Also, this is my 4th multi-part fic. I hope against odds that this will not become my 4th unfinished multi-part fic.
'--denotes thoughts--' | *--denotes emphasis--*
"Yours Am I?"
by Fall
- Part 1: "Who's scheming?"
Strange, but Cho Hakkai felt like he was still in the middle of his dreams. Warm sunlight flooding his face, he was in a comfortable bed, and strong arms were holding him close to a warm chest. He snuggled closer, inhaling the unmistakable scent of his lover. 'Mmm, you're warm, Sanzo...' he thought.
Huge emerald orbs snapped open in surprise. 'Warm? Sanzo?' Hakkai looked at the pair of arms encircling him and back at its owner's face. Sanzo looked especially delicate when he's asleep. No frowns marring his handsome face and certainly no sign of lips curling up in disgust. And incidentally, these lips were visibly curved into a smile. He liked to see Sanzo in this state, but as it is, getting Genjo Sanzo to display his radiant smile 24/7 is something no one has attempted.
'If this is still a dream, then I would like to stay in it for a few more minutes,' Hakkai smiled wistfully to himself.
'Right,' His nose suddenly crinkled, looking again at the slumbering Sanzo. 'And now I'm beginning to think in clichés.' He laid a light kiss on the inviting lips inches from him. Long lashes fluttered for a bit before settling down. 'Demo, I doubt if anyone else who could fill in my shoes would resort to avoiding the same lines.'
Sanzo's lips slowly curved up into a smile.
"No," Hakkai concluded, chuckling softly. "They probably won't resist saying them if they had Sanzo for a lover."
***
Beautiful ladies continued to appear beside him, lying seductively on top of velvet cushions, luring him with their honeyed voices. One of them had sexy brown hair and was looking at him with such alluring eyes that when she beckoned to him to come nearer, he couldn't resist. A blond bombshell was pouring wine on his head and chest, while his brunette favorite toyed with his hair. The woman had inched her face near him and --
"Oi Gojyo, wake up!"
"Nanda?" Gojyo yelled awake, shoving the boy off of him. Goku had been straddling him, pinching and poking everywhere he could reach.
"Baka saru! How could you wake me up just like that?" Gojyo snarled, picking up the boy by the collar of his nightshirt. Not knowing whether to consider throwing the saru out of the window or strangle him, he merely held the boy high in the air. After several minutes of glaring, he finally made up his mind to do neither. Setting the boy down, he contented himself with swiping the saru's forehead.
"Itai! Gojyo, you ero-kappa!" Goku aimed a useless kick against the crimson-haired half-youkai. "I was only trying to wake you up because of an emergency!"
'Emergency? What shit is that?' Gojyo scratched his head, reaching for his cigarette pack. Suddenly, his irritation with the saru transpired into something like amusement. "Emergency huh? What, the pork buns suddenly sprouted wings and flew away from you? The cook is really a youkai assassin who suddenly attacked you and is now dead?"
"None of your answers is correct!" Goku gleefully said. "I was just thinking about Sanzo and Hakkai..."
This caught the red-head's attention. "Hmm...like what?" He muttered, his lips toying with the stick between them.
"Like Sanzo is a bad lover to Hakkai."
"Sanzo is a what?" Gojyo choked, instantly stepping on the cigarette stick that fell from him. "Oi baka saru, do you know what you're saying?" It was beyond his brain to interpret how the baka saru knew of any liaison budding between two of the most discreet persons he knew in his life. Peering curiously at Goku, he found no satisfying answer.
"Of course I know!" Goku indignantly retorted. "Not unless some ero-kappa here doesn't know what *I* know!"
"Okay, given that you know about *that*, explain to me what's so important you woke me up in the middle of my beauty sleep."
"Anou..." Goku looked around as if afraid that someone might overhear them. Lowering his voice, he beckoned to Gojyo and whispered something in his ears for about several minutes.
"Baka!" Gojyo hissed, making a face at Goku. "That's the stupidest plan I've ever heard in my life! Come to think of it, *why* am I listening to your stupid words?"
"C'mon Gojyo, don't you have any faith in me?"
"Try me," Gojyo said in his most boring voice, privately thinking how overused that line was. On the other hand, he had nothing to lose by watching the saru work, right?
***
Great amethyst eyes opened, making the emerald ones blink in confusion.
"San...Sanzo?" He blurted out, realization dawning on him. His lover was awake after all. "How could you tease me like that?"
Blond eyebrows shot up in surprise. It was evident that Sanzo was rather expecting a different reaction from his lover. "Really, Hakkai. You ought to be pleased with the whole situation." Amusement was evident in the amethyst eyes as they swept up and down Hakkai's position.
Realizing where he was, the emerald-eyed youkai blushed prettily. Sanzo was still holding him, albeit this time, the monk's head was propped up on one arm, with the other hooked about Hakkai's waist. It was a teasing position, one that Hakkai couldn't resist but smile sweetly at his lover...
'Is it just me, or did I just see Sanzo's eyes glitter with mischief?'
And as the one in question pulled him up into a deep kiss, all sensible thoughts would have been laid aside if not for --
"Ohayo, Hakkai!"
The two broke apart rather instantly. Not that they thought of anything if anyone chanced to see them -- it was the thought that Goku should be allowed some discreetness, even as Sanzo argued that with Goku's brain, he probably would not think of anything when he sees them.
"Baka saru!" Sanzo cursed loudly.
"What is it, Goku?" Hakkai asked, trying to cover the fact that Goku had just walked in at them, kissing. On his other side, Sanzo had raised himself into a sitting position and was in the process of reaching for his paper fan.
Great golden eyes blinked up brightly. "Ne Hakkai, you promised you'd take me shopping with you when we run out of supplies." He held up two canned soups[1] and one unidentifiable fruit. "This is all that's left," Goku said cheerfully.
Hakkai smiled at Sanzo, knowing how irritated the monk must be because his next line was inevitable. "Sou desu ne. Goku, I'd be with you in a minute."
"Yay! We're going out to get food! Food!" And Goku happily went out the door, accompanied by Hakkuryu, who was awakened by his happy chirping. Both were blissfully unaware of a vein ticking in Sanzo's head as the blond muttered curses under his breath.
"Yare yare," Hakkai merrily said, planting a kiss on Sanzo's knitted brows. "Don't be so touchy about this morning, there's still tonight."
Sanzo made strangled noises that suspiciously sounded like: "Bakaero". He turned his back on Hakkai as the latter prepared to go. Holding out his gold credit card, he remained silent, even as Hakkai planted a parting kiss at his nape.
When he was sure that Hakkai and Goku had left the inn, he stood up from the bed and got dressed. "If this doesn't work, I swear I would wring his neck off its body," Sanzo muttered, leaving the room himself.
~ End Part 1
TBC
[1] Assuming that they carried canned goods with them -- I think I've never seen them with one in the whole series.
Further A/N: Where did I get the title for this one? From Yuki Eiri's line, episode 5 of Gravitation. *Spoiler alert* Yuki came to Shuichi's concert, along with Ayaka. At the end of a successful number [Rage Beat], Shuichi suddenly screamed to his audience, "YUKI IS MINE!" To Ayaka's surprise [considering Yuki's grouchy nature], Yuki had this little smile on his face and murmured, "Yours, am I?" *End of spoiler* Kawaii, isn't it ^_^
Review comments and constructive criticisms are welcome.