Written for LiveJournal's Saiyuki drabble community 100_roadtrips' challenge #226, let's pretend. Not beta-reviewed.
Pretend
Goku pretends that all he needs is enough food to satisfy a hunger five hundred years in the making. He has other hungers that he doesn't acknowledge.
Hakkai pretends to be delighted to take care of everything for us. It's a form of fucking self-sacrifice, but it makes my life easier, so I don't say anything about it.
Gojyo pretends that all he cares about is chasing skirt. It's all an act. He's barely touched a woman since we started out.
And I pretend that I don't care that I'm dragging the three of them with me to their graves.