Title: Insomnia
Rating: K+
Pairing: Sanzo/Goku
Characters: Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai, Gojyo
Prompt: Insomnia
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Goku slowly woke to the smell of cigarette smoke, faint but recognizable. Knowing that Sanzo must be awake, he pretended that he was asleep, lest he make any noise and disturb the blonde monk's quiet time.
It was dark in the room, even with the dim rays of light coming through the window and resting on the brunette's face.
This fact got Goku to wondering how early in the morning it was, and why Sanzo was already awake. Goku knew that Sanzo almost always woke before him, but he didn't know how early.
He was about to fall back asleep when his stomach growled, and there was a small shifting sound from the other side of the room.
"I know you're awake, stupid monkey."
Goku let out a small sigh and rolled over, still wanting to stay under the warm blankets.
"Why're you up Sanzo? There's still a few hours til Hakkai'll make breakfast…" he mumbled sleepily, gazing over at Sanzo. The faint light from the window made the blonde's hair shin slightly, and there was a small glow from the end of the cigarette.
He looked like the morning sun.
"Here," Sanzo grunted, tossing an apple over to Goku, who quickly sat up and caught it. "That should tide you over until breakfast, right?"
Goku frowned at Sanzo's avoidance of his question, but nodded and started eating. "Thanks Sanzo."
The two of them sat together in silence until Goku finished his apple and decided to go out.
"Goku."
Goku glanced over at him and smiled. "I'm just gonna go for a walk, 'kay?"
After a moment, Sanzo nodded in approval and Goku quietly left the room and headed out of the inn, leaving Sanzo to his thoughts. Goku didn't return until after Hakkai was done cooking, when the sun was bright overhead.
"Hey Goku, welcome back," Hakkai said as Goku sat down, handing him a plate. Sanzo was sitting to Goku's right, reading a newspaper and drinking coffee.
Gojyo still wasn't awake, so Goku was able to take his time eating, although he still ate his usual amount. By the time he was done, Sanzo had finished his paper and a second cup of coffee.
When the priest noticed Goku was done, he got up.
"We're heading out soon."
Hakkai nodded and started cleaning up the dishes. Goku bounded up the stairs, Sanzo slowly following behind him.
"Hey, hey, Sanzo," Goku started energetically, turning as Sanzo opened their bedroom door. "Can we get some meatbuns before we head out, please, please?"
Sanzo sighed deeply.
"No."
"Aw, why not?"
"Because I said so!" Knowing he wouldn't get a different answer and still worried about this morning, Goku stopped asking and went quiet.
The rest of the day was not very eventful. Goku fought with Gojyo in the back seat of the Jeep about pointless things until Sanzo resorted to hitting each of them with his fan.
There was only two youkai attacks, and both groups were pretty weak. The day soon gave in to night, and the Sanzo party was forced to camp out.
As soon as the tents were up, dinner was eaten, and everyone had washed up, the group went to bed. Goku wondered if Sanzo would be able to sleep tonight.
Goku had tried to go to sleep in the beginning, but he ended up staying awake. He watched Sanzo sleep for hours as thoughts ran through his head at a fast pace.
Shaking his head to rid himself of the thoughts, an idea occurred to him. Maybe, if Sanzo didn't wake up from the movement…
Goku quietly crawled over to Sanzo and laid down next to him. It always helped Goku sleep if he had someone to lay next to, so he figured it might help Sanzo.
He remembered a few years ago when he was frightened from a nightmare.
Goku was clinging to someone's hand tightly, running though seemingly endless hallways. He felt scared and glanced up at the figure running in front of him.
The tall man had long, golden-blonde hair and loose white clothes. With a squeeze of the hand, Goku felt a bit better. Whatever he was running from, he was sure he could get away because he had his sun beside him.
The next moment, the scenery changed, and they were running through a dark room. Their aim was a rapidly closing, large stone door.
The brunette felt his hair stand on end when his sun pushed him hard through the door, and he heard a sickening crunch.
With a small whimper, he turned to look at the source of the noise, and that image had him screaming himself awake.
Panting, he sat up and looked around. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until there was a knock on his door.
"Wh-What?" he asked, wary.
It was then that Hakkai opened the door and peered in with a concerned expression.
"Are you alright Goku? Did somethi-"
Goku cut him off by launching himself at the young youkai, hugging him tightly.
"I had a really really bad nightmare…" he mumbled into Hakkai's shirt, drenching it with tears as he started to cry and tremble. Goku felt a hand pet his head softly and he looked up.
"You don't have to tell me about it if you don't want to. Do you want to sleep with me and Gojyo?" Hakkai asked, smiling calmly.
Goku nodded and, several minutes later, found himself fast asleep in between his two friends.
Sighing deeply, Goku went to rest his forehead against his friend's, but got smacked instead.
"Ow!"
"What the hell are you doing so close, stupid monkey? I'm trying to sleep," Sanzo growled irritably.
"I-I'm sorry! I just thought-" Sanzo scoffed. "-since you didn't look like you slept so well last night, that I would help. Y'know, moral support an' stuff…" Goku explained quickly.
With a grunt, Sanzo rolled over. Goku frowned, thinking he had upset Sanzo, when the priest quietly muttered to himself.
"Huh?"
Blinking, Goku moved closer to hear Sanzo, who raised his voice slightly and looked anywhere other than at Goku.
"I said, you're not doing it right, idiot." Goku was confused for about five seconds before it clicked.
"Sorry, I'll be more careful next time," he promised as he rolled over, pressing his back to Sanzo's.
"G'night Sanzo…" The blonde replied with a grunt and went still, having almost no trouble falling asleep. Content, Goku listened to the other's breathing and was lulled into a deep sleep.
