A/N: A little short thing that just hit me recently. It'll have 4 or 5 chapters in total.
He woke up one morning to find breakfast made and next to the pile of food, I'm sorry Gojyo, but I need to go neatly pressed in small cursive hand onto the notepaper.
He didn't trust the shitty priest, not after the last time, so he pounced on Goku when he found him alone in the marketplace busy making the meat bun stall owner a rich man.
"Hey, Goku, did you see Hakkai around?" using his best 'we were just walking around and got separated for a moment, no big deal' tone of voice.
He knew Hakkai wasn't at the temple when Goku had no reaction at all and merely shrugged, "No, I didn't see him around the marketplace," barely paying him any attention. Further confirmation when Goku piped up, "Hey when you meet up with him again remind him to make sukiyaki on Sunday, he promised last week!"
He called him a greedy ape and ducked his punch half-heartedly, mind racing far ahead.
He went to find that damn priest anyway and wasn't surprised when he received a snorted "Tch. No idea where he is, haven't seen him."
"Like you'll tell me anyway even if he was hiding here."
"It was his choice not to tell you back then. As it is now." Sanzo rolled his eyes. "Not as if anyone could persuade him otherwise when he's in one of his moods."
He stared at Sanzo. Sanzo held his stare.
"If he wants to hide, you can't do anything but let him go. He's just as obstinate as you're stupid."
Gojyo gritted his teeth. "Shit you," and stomped away, leaving in his wake rustlings and stirrings of dried crunching leaves.
Amid all the crunching though he though he heard the priest toss back, "You really are an idiot. If he wants to come back he will. On nothing but his own terms."
He pondered if it was better that way.