Title: Zuki
Author: kendra_fey
Summary: Hakkai wakes up and sees a different kind of blood. Quoted words taken from Vol. 5 (Hakkai and Gojyo's first meeting.)
Disclaimer: This isn't mine. Saiyuki belongs to Kazuya Minekura.
Author's note: This is my first Saiyuki fanfiction, so please tell me what you think!
"…..This isn't what I expected. Hell is rather anticlimactic."
"Who're you calling anticlimactic?"
How could I notice anything other than his eyes? Who would look at this man and see his handsome face or tall body? I looked straight up from my slumber and saw…
…Blood.
"About time you woke up."
I wonder how long I've been in his care. The last event I can remember was…
…No, that memory will stay away from my thoughts for now.
…The road. He was there; this man. He happened to stumble upon my soulless body. I remember smiling, but I'm still not sure why I did. I recall thinking, 'There is nothing you can do, stranger. I'm already gone.' I've always smiled, my whole life. Why stop at the end of it, I suppose.
"…Uh, excuse me. Are you the one who helped me?"
"Why? Are you mad?"
"Huh?"
"That this isn't Hell, I mean. I take it you wanted to die."
Why does he keep looking at me like that? If there were a way to get him to stop glaring, I would do it. Anything.
"No. I'm… glad I'm still here. Thank you very much."
I can't help but feel like I've been cheated out of my ending. I did want to die; I was ready. I had nothing left to live for, correct? Kanaan was gone, so what else is there? And then he comes along, changing my story. I was ready to read, 'The End.'
"This is the first and last time I bring a dude to my bed."
What is it that brought us to this spot? I could have died that night, however long ago it was. And he could have continued his routine life, whatever it contained. Perhaps fate? Destiny? I'd like to believe it was a coincidence, but this feels like something more. I look into his eyes and see…
…Blood?
…Wine?
…Love?
"……Yes, sir."