Okay, I have to admit. I had A LOT of fun writing this chapter :D It made me smile :P I hope it makes you smile to ;)

Chapter 10 – Hungry carpets

P.S. MAKE SURE you read the A.n at the bottom okay :D It explains something…but NOT YET. Read the story bit first – or you'll ruin it sillies :P

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Crash!

"Oh! I was under the impression that the food was for me. I guess the floor looked hungry huh?" A melodic sound followed the out burst.

A giggle. Holy shit; she giggled. Was all Gojyo could think of. The last few seconds had gone almost in slow motion. Since he had opened the door; the opening of the door. That's where it all went wrong. Gojyo suppressed the urge to slap himself in the face.

"Excuse me, Akane!? Can I come in? I brought you some dinner!" He had called, balancing the tray in his left hand, as he pounded on the door. Hakkai had sent him up with food, seeing as Sanzo and the stupid monkey had gone to sort out arrangements with the hotel, so that they could stay overnight in this town again. Gojyo sighed; she hadn't replied. "Akane?" He called again.

"Come in!" Called a voice from the other side of the door. Finally, he thought to himself. "I'm sorry," the voice came again, "I was in the bathroom." Well, he thought again, I can't really blame her for that. Hmph, who am I kidding myself, I can always forgive a hot girl. He chuckled to himself coyly; reaching down and taking hold of the door handle…

"Hey", her voice pierced through his thoughts, "are you okay? I'll help you clean this stuff up", she walked off, through into the bathroom. Moments later she reappeared with a towel. She chucked the towel at him, and reached down to take hold of the bowl and glass; which had crashed to the floor. She quickly shoved them on the tray, before reaching out towards the spilled food.

"No, stop. Here", Gojyo said quickly, squatting down to push her hands away, and to clean up the food himself. "It was my fault, I'll sort it out. I can't let a pretty girl get her hands dirty right?" He asked, looking up at her and winking.

Gojyo couldn't help but feel rewarded, seeing the pretty red blush which fanned across her face. "Ah," she murmured, "hai." He smiled at her, and pushed his hair over his shoulder, to prevent himself from dirtying it with the food, which was currently littered across the floor. Shit, he thought to himself, she doesn't even know my name yet, and I've already embarrassed myself. Damnit.

He pushed the door open slowly; his eyes on the tray, balancing on his left arm. He stepped around the door, and took hold of the tray in both his hands, glad he had managed to avoid dropping it, and stepped forward to allow the door to close. Then he'd looked up, smiling, to see her.

But he hadn't seen her. What he had seen was a perilously hot woman with fiery red hair, lying back on a bed, resting with her hands clasped behind her head. She turned towards him when she heard the door slam, rolling over to lean on her hand; her elbow pressed against the bed; and her shirt hanging down just a tiny bit, just a little bit further God! For need of a distraction he looked to her face, only to find himself becoming absorbed into ruby red eyes. Eyes that he saw every day in the mirror; eyes that all of a sudden didn't belong to him.

That was when he dropped the tray.

"So", her voice broke through his thoughts again, "you never did tell me how good that apple was?" she was teasing him, he realised quickly. He heard her sigh, "and I spent so long selecting the nicest one too. I hope you intend to pay me back." Gojyo looked up at her again, having swept up the mess on the floor, luckily for him, the hotel had had wooden floors. She was lent against the wall, by the bed, and underneath the window. The sunlight was penetrating the glass and falling onto her, making her hair appear even brighter; if possible. Her eyes were also shining, and they were set upon him. He suddenly realised; she was waiting for a reply.

He didn't mean to do it. He wanted to reply like a normal person. He tried to remember Sanzo's threats. He tried to remember Hakkai's more recent warnings about Sanzo's seriousness. But although all he could see in his mind's eye was a Smith and Wesson with his name on it. It still came out wrong. His days as a pervert had got him in a habit. His days as a pervert were numbered. Shit, his days were numbered in general.

"That depends," he replied in his most seductive of voices, the pitch dropping several semitones.

"On what exactly?" she replied brashly, her eyes still focused on his face.

"On how exactly you would like me to pay you back", he smirked at her, and stood up; well aware that his body looked best when he stood. He turned towards her more fully, giving her a bit more of a show, lifting his hand to run it through his hair, 'accidentally' flashing her his biceps with the movemnt. It would be an understatement to say he was a tad bit proud of his body. Hell, it'd be an understatement if he said he was very proud of his body.

Akane stood up too, slowly at that. Hell, he thought to himself, this girl is shameless! She was walking towards him now, slowly, her hips swaying slightly, her eyes focused on his face. Gojyo was sure his eyes were about to pop out of his head.

She finally reached him, and stood to his side, she tilted her head up, standing up on her tip-toes a little, so that her lips came to rest just beside his right ear. He could feel her warm breath on his skin, causing Goosebumps to appear on his neck, and shivers to run down his spine. Shit, he thought, as he felt the shivers running through other parts of his body. He stared straight past her, towards the wall opposite, as she started to talk. Trying to take his mind of the feelings that she was causing to stir within him, deep within him and otherwise.

"It's okay," she murmured, "I'll tell Kouryu to put it on his tab."

It took Gojyo a few moments to realise that she had left.

OkayOkayOkay. I ADMIT the real name of this chapter is actually:

Chapter 10 – Anticlimax

But that'd just give it all away wouldn't it :p

Sorry it was short. But you can't really add to that. Can you? I reckon it'd ruin it.

Oh yeah. Sorry if it was crap :P

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