By: Ami

Beta Reader: Myst

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU

A Sequel of Why Did You Kiss Me?

Here it is; a sequel of Why Did You Kiss Me. A question won't be complete without an answer, right? *grins* Hope you'll love it as much as you love the previous.

Thanks for the previous chapter's reviewers. I received many cute reviews. ^w^ *glomp at the reviews* Oh well, this story is a really sugar-high story. ^^ Even all the reviews are sweet. But don't worry; this sugar won't cause diabetes. XD

To: Nan

Thanks. ^w^ Take care and happy b'day *blows trumpet*.

To: gallatica

Such a sweet phrase~!!! ^___^ I love sweet cotton candy to~! And thanks for the chocolate. *looks at my CHOCOLATES FROM GALLATICA CUPBOARD* It's almost full… gotta look for another bigger cupboard now… XD

To: Twisted Psycho

Thanks, hanae-san. ^w^ I know you can do it and you really did it. I'll be waiting for your other projects. Gambatte, ne?

To: real-circus

My friend!!! *glomps* Miss you miss you miss you miss you and your fics~~!!!!!! Keep up the spirit, K? I'll be always your faithful fans. Anyway, thanks for DO YOU KNOW. ^w^ Really romantic and sweet~

To: kmey-sha

Err… could you tell me the meaning of O_o? You like it or not??? ^^;;; Hope you like it as much as I had fun writing it. ^^

To: Windy~! *glomps*

Yay~! Thanks for visiting me here~! *hugs* And now… *evil grins*

*Ami appears with 10000000000000000 faithful soldiers behind her, ready for her every evil command*

AMI                 : Soldiers~!! Now we will deploy Windy's house until she uploads Stuck Together chapter 3~!!!!

SOLDIERS      : YOSH!!!!! *deploy Windy's house, keep Dew and Tetra as hostages*

AMI                 : *innocent smile* Wai~ let's see how long she will delay it again… *sparkling glasses*

To: Li-chan

Wai~!!! Your review is the fluffiest too~! ^w^ Thanks for reading and loving it. An author's biggest happiness is when people love his work. Thanks for telling me about your feelings. That's the most important thing for me. *hugs* *gives chocolate* Banzai fluffiness~!

To: Flora

Thanks, Flora-chan~! ^^ Glad you like them. Please read them and make yourself relax and happy. Joy to me when readers can make up their days by reading my fics. ^w^

To: kitsune-oni

Thanks. ^^ Sorry if the mistakes bothered you. ^^;; Bad me for being careless all the time. *scratches head* He he he… Anyway, thanks for reading and loving it. *gives chocolates* Love ya.

To: gemini

Wai, thanks~!!!!! *glomps* I think your review is kawaii too~! ^w^ Banzai kawaii-ness~!

To: trang

Wai~! Trang-san!!! Okaeri~!!!! *hugs* Can you re-tell me your e-mail? *puppy eyes* Onegaimasu…?

To: Genjo Sanzo

KENREN        : *grins* He he he he… don't you just love it? XD XD Saru is extremely easy to manipulate…

*gives chocolate* Thanks for loving it~! XD Kenren, Kenren… you should be doing an introspection…

To: Kate

You're so sweet too, Kate-chan~! *glomps* Thanks for reading, thanks for loving, thanks for reviewing~! You made my bad day. ^^

To: avmin

I'll be supporting you too all the way avmin-san~!!! *glomps* Love you and your fics~! ^^

To: Black Demon Myst

Myst~!!! *hugs* My loveliest editor~!!!! *using speaker* GUYS, HERE IS MYST~!!! COME AND SEE HER~!!! I CAN WRITE CAUSE SHE'S THERE FOR ME~!!!!!

To: Magenta

Thanks~! ^w^ I know how much you have been supporting me. Thanks for encouraging me to go on writing. Anyway, most probably I will start making a Kenren/Tenpou story… may be after this chapter or as a new story… ^^ Just wait, ne?

To: Anael Razzuale

SANZOU & HOMURA          : DON'T CONNECT ME WITH THIS FREAKY!!! # # # #

^^;;;;;

*hugs* ^w^ Thanks for loving it~! May be next time I'll get a less-innocent saru… *evil grin*

To: Hikaru R. Kudou

*chanting spells* No angst no angst no angst no angst no angst no angst no angst no angst…

Does it work? ^^ Muse-darling, stop angst-ing, ne? Don't get Hika-san angst-ed too… Anyway, Hika-san, I can't wait for your Predilection. Keep up the good work~! ^o^

To: Hakkai – Gojyo – Goku – Sanzo

Thanks~! Such a long name you have~! ^w^ Thanks for supporting me all the way~! I know how much you have been doing it. ^^ It's my honor to make you happy.

To: vermillian

Sure I'll do it more for ya~! *glomps* *gives chocolate* Hope I'll see you again real soon, K?

To: goldmund

*super duper teary eyes* You really think so????? *glomps* THANKS~!! I'm sooooooooooooo glad that my fic could make up your day… *sobs* *sobs*

To: MissyIrene

Thanks for your support~! ^o^ Love ya for loving my fic~! You know, you really make me glad! ^_____^

To: ashley

Thanks, ashley~! ^w^ Your name is really adorable~! *gives chocolate* Thanks for being the 1st reviewer~! I'll treasure your review~!!! *glomps*

Anyway, I've got an announcement for Jane Gray. If you read this, I want to confess something. I lost your e-mail. ^^;; I have got the thing you want, but I couldn't send it cause I totally forgot to save your e-mail address. I'm sorry, please send me again.

DISCLAIMER             : No own, no money, no sue. *bows down*

GENRE                       : Romance/Humor

PAIRING                    : Sanzou/Goku, Goku/Sanzou + Konzen/Gokuu, Gokuu/Konzen

WARNING                 : Very sappy and fluffy (Just like what gallatica said: sweet cotton candy ^w^ I like that phrase. Thanks, gal. *hugs*), some curses, OOC.

Here we go…

"Then, if a kiss doesn't kill… Why did you kiss me anyway?"

"Return to me when you're at least 18, then, I'll tell you."

***

Goku jerks awake with a red face. Sweat is all over his body. He rubs his reddening cheeks and sighs deeply.

So… it's just a dream.

How… disappointing.

***

Suddenly, Gokuu jumps and glomps him. Konzen shrieks as Gokuu sends him falling to the floor and sits on top of him. Just before he yells out, Gokuu leans down and kisses him softly on his lips.

***

Sanzou widens his eyes and sits on his bed. His breath has quickened, so has his heartbeat. He touches his lips and blushes deeply.

So… it's just a dream.

How… disappointing.

***

"Good morning."

………………………

Hakkai sighs as he looks at his two daydreaming friends. He puts a plate of buns in front of Goku and whispers, "Goku, the breakfast is ready."

Goku is still blank.

"Oh well…" Hakkai puts a cup of coffee in front of Sanzou. Sanzou is also daydreaming. He can tell from Sanzou's contrary newspaper. //Yare yare. What a day.//

Hakkai sighs and sits across from Goku. He has no idea what to do with the uneasy silence between them. This is not a typical Sanzou-ikkou day.

"Hakkai."

Gojyo comes in just in time. Hakkai feels like hugging his lover when Gojyo sits beside him with his usual cheerful attitude.

"Hey, what the hell are you two doing, Bakazaru, Namaguza Bouzu?" Gojyo tries to distract them with a fight.

No work.

Hakkai chuckles and sighs again.

"Oi, oi… is there something wrong?" Gojyo raises an eyebrow. "You're too infatuated with my drop-dead gorgeous face or what? This is breakfast time, damn it!"

"Maa maa, Gojyo… They have been like that since this morning…" Hakkai sweat drops.

"Then we're not going to do anything about it?" Gojyo pulls Goku's hair and gets no reaction from the daydreaming saru.

"I've tried my best." Hakkai shakes his head.

"Then… let's…"

"No, Gojyo. This is a public place. No, no." Hakkai pushes Gojyo away, blushing deeply at the looks the people are giving them.

"Ah… Just a little…"

"NO." Hakkai puts a plate of buns in front of Gojyo. "Now, eat. Then, we'll depart."

Gojyo groans disappointedly. He just wants to give his lovely Hakkai a good morning kiss—Why can't he? He places his eyes back to Goku. Teasing Goku is his second favorite habit. Teasing Sanzou is next. Of course, flirting with Hakkai is number one.

Now… now… since they're in confusion now, why don't we use it?

Snickering evilly, Gojyo tiptoes between Sanzou and Goku. With a grin, he puts his hand carefully on Sanzou and Goku's shoulder…

Then…

*PUSH* *KISS*

"Wha---"

Gojyo pulls Hakkai away, laughing loudly as he rushes outside before a certain trigger-happy and his pet do something to reduce his precious life.

"YOU *()&&%^&%^$%$ KAPPA!!!!!!!!!!" Sanzou yells furiously as he pulls his gun out from his extra large spandex space.

"O.O W—what—" Goku blinks cutely for a few moments. "What has—happened?"

"You pathetic, slow, saru!" Sanzou whacks Goku's scalp, trying to fight his own shyness after the previous and unexpected accident. Yes, Gojyo just pushed both of them to each other and made them kiss. What a sly kappa. He's going to get it from our furious monk here! # #

Goku blushes as he gets the whole picture. So—he and Sanzou—just—kissed---… "GYAAAAAH~!!!!!!!!!" Goku screams loudly.

"URUSAI, SARU!!!" # # #

*TWACK* *TWACK*

"That hurts~!!!"

"Then shut up and be good!!!!" # # #

"Kechi." Goku pouts until he spots a plate of nikuman in front of him. "Ah~! Breakfast~! Itadakimasu~~~"

Sanzou sighs. Goku's appetite is almost impossible for a mere human (or youkai). Watching Goku's cute face has reduced half of his anger. And anyway—it felt good. So, why should he beat Gojyo up? He should have thanked the horny kappa for all the favor he did. Genjo Sanzou, for the 1st life in this whole life, silently thanks Gojyo in his mind. Anger: 0 % now. Mission completed.

"Na, Sanzou…" Goku starts. "Why are you staring at me?"

Blushing, Sanzou quickly turns his face away. "Who is staring at you?"

"But you—just now—"

"Urusai! Just get over with your breakfast. We're leaving as soon as I find the kappa that ran away with our driver." Sanzou takes his newspaper to cover his reddening face. Damn that saru. How could he ask something like that so directly?

"Uhn… OK." Goku continues to munch his food cheerfully. Sanzou is wondering where he got all his cheerfulness. Goku seems happy-go-lucky almost all the time. Sanzou envies him a bit about this side.

Sanzou examines Goku more carefully. It has been years. He's looked at Goku a thousand times—but nothing seems to have changed. He's still his Goku; his usual, naïve little Goku. He doesn't show his true age at all—He acts like an eight-year-old boy instead of a 518-year-old dangerous, strong, mother earth child. Look at his hair, so soft and cutely brown like chocolate. His eyes are so beautiful. They're golden, charming and shimmering—scratch that. That saru only uses those eyes to plea for more and more food. What a waste.

His cheeks look so soft and touchable. And his lips are so kissable. Sanzou swallows as he remembers when he tasted them.

//He's sweet.// Sanzou decides.

Oh no… Goku now notices his gaze again. Sanzou curses and uses the newspaper to cover his reddening face. What is Goku going to think about him? Damn last night's dream.

***

Goku lays his head onto the pillow and yawns cutely. He's still sleepy. He woke up early this morning because he didn't want Gojyo steal his precious breakfast away from him. Now he's full and very sleepy.

//Thinking about this morning… Everything seems strange.//

Goku blushes at the thought of last night's dream. Blame the God who gave him such a 'strange' dream. In his dream, a strange, long blonde haired guy who looked a lot like Sanzou kissed him. No, not look alike. He's Sanzou. Goku recognized his face. Even his suit was strange and his hair was long. He's definitely Sanzou. They had the same, piercing lavender eyes. Both of them are beautiful.

//Sanzou…//

Now Goku's mind is wondering about the room next door—where Sanzou is.

//I love you…//

***

Sanzou is trying hard to close his eyes and falls into another slumber. He's still sleepy, damn it! Last night's dream kept him awake since dawn! He silently blames the God for giving him such a horny dream. Fine. He WAS horny. If he wasn't, there's no way he could dream about a-smaller-version-Goku on top of him who then leaned down and kissed him.

Fuck the damn thought.

He needs his beauty sleep.

Sanzou puts a pillow to cover his ears and forces his eyes to relax. Damn it. Damn this insomnia.

Groaning helplessly, being half-awake, he gets up from his bed for some beers. Yes, it will work. At least it will drive his mind away from a certain sleeping monkey in the room next door.

***

Gojyo and Hakkai cautiously enter the inn. Who knows if a certain furious blonde monk would suddenly appear and blow their heads?

Seeing no sight of Sanzou and his evil aura, Hakkai chuckles and decides that Sanzou is in his room having his beauty sleep.

"No." Gojyo shakes his hand with a confident smile, "In my opinion, the bouzu is in the saru's room; making out."

"Gojyo!" Hakkai giggles. "I know they love each other. But—I think that's still impossible for now, ne?"

"Who knows…" Gojyo raises his shoulders. "Anyway, more than just talking about it; let's go and check him out. If you're right—I'll kiss you and if I'm right, you'll have to kiss me."

Hakkai quickly nods. Whether he wins or not, it will still feel nice. But he still thinks he'll win.

Slowly opening Sanzou's door, Gojyo and Hakkai impatiently put an eye to peep inside.

The bed is empty.

They scan the whole room. It's still empty.

"Aha! It seems that I won this time!" Gojyo laughs confidently.

"I still can't believe it. Let's check Goku's room." Hakkai moves to Goku's room and cautiously opens it. His eye carefully scans the whole room… only to find Sanzou and Goku sleeping on one bed, cradling each other oh-so-peacefully-and-romantically.

Hakkai jerks backward and gasps unbelievingly.

Gojyo won.

"…………………….Then? Where's my prize…????"

"…………………Err… Could you close your eyes while I'm doing this?"

***

Goku blinks a few times. He isn't dreaming, right? Nope. He isn't dreaming. The Sanzou is real. Sanzou is sleeping beside him, embracing him so protectively. Blushing deeply to the close-up of Sanzou's beautiful face, Goku turns his head to the ceiling of the room. //What is Sanzou doing in my room?//

Goku sniffs at Sanzou and smells beer. So… Sanzou is drunk.

Goku feels a bit disappointed. A part of his mind was telling him that there's no way a normal, 'sane' Sanzou would ever enter his room and sleep beside him.

Well… Sanzou is Sanzou anyway…

Goku smiles and pokes Sanzou's cheek tenderly.

But Sanzou will definitely be very embarrassed if he finds himself is in this kind of position… Goku has to make this up for him.

Unwillingly, Goku snuggles away from Sanzou and brings him back to his room.

"Sleep tight, Sanzou." Goku whispers as he lays Sanzou back on his bed. Placing a soft peck on Sanzou's lips, he retreats and returns to his room. He's still sleepy. Better get some more sleep now…

***

Sanzou is reading a newspaper in his room. He inhales his tobacco while daydreaming about his 'strange' dream last night.

"Fuck." he silently curses his reddening cheeks at the memories. It has been a week and for a full week, he has been dreaming about the same dream at night. Moreover, Gojyo and Hakkai would grin when they look at him. It seems that they're hiding something. Damn the two of them. They just won't tell him what happened. Goku seems strange too. He would blush when their gazes met. Damn that saru. Thinking about Goku reminded him about his earlier upset— //How on the earth could I have a wet dream about the bloody little saru?! Hell! I am out of my mind! Ch! Better get some sleep now…//

*KNOCK* *KNOCK*

"Sanzou? You're awake??"

Sanzou sighs in defeat. It seems that tonight will also be a hard night for him.

"What do you want, Saru?!" he barks impatiently.

"Na, don't be a meanie. I just want to ask something."

# # Oh hell.

And Sanzou unwillingly opens the door.

"Now make it short. Before I lose my mind and—" //And kiss you.// "And blow your head."

"Uhn… I had a strange dream last night… Err… So…" Goku bites his lower lip and blushes cutely. "Sanzou… would you answer me?"

"Ch. Whatever." Sanzou pretends he doesn't care.

"Why did you kiss me?"

Sanzou flushes and jerks backward. "W—why the hell did you—"

"Gomen, Sanzou! I don't know why! It's just something inside my mind. Like… a kind of déjà vu…" Goku turns redder, "And if it really is déjà vu… I—"

Impatient, Sanzou pulls Goku inside his room, pushes him onto the wall and kisses him passionately.

"I don't remember and I don't care about the past or any kind of stupid déjà vu." Sanzou puts a hand beside Goku's head. "But, if you referred to this one…" he leans down and whispers tenderly, "It's because I love you."

Goku goes blank for a few seconds… And when he regained his senses, he found himself kissing Sanzou back with a tenderer kiss.

"I did it… because I love you, too, Sanzou." he smiles happily.

Sanzou smiles and pulls the smaller guy into another kiss. And now… all the problems have been settled.

***

Tenpou sweat drops as Gokuu finishes his 10th plate. "Ano… Gokuu…"

"Maid-nee-chan~! More~!!!!"

"Gokuu---I did tell you that you had to eat a lot so that you'd grow up fast—but—"

"No use." Kenren shakes his head helplessly. "Once he's dedicated to one thing, he won't change his mind."

"And now he's going to eat the whole Tenkai up." Konzen curses the dumbness of his pet.

"Now, let's discuss about today's main topic. Who holds the responsibility of this problem?" Tenpou settles his glasses.

"You told him about the 'kiss kills' nonsense." Konzen points to Kenren.

"You told him about the 'eat-a-lot-and-you'll-grow-fast thing'!" Kenren points to Tenpou.

"You kissed him and told him to return after 10 years." Tenpou points back to Konzen.

"MORE~!!!!!"

"Y—yes, Gokuu-san~!"

Err… I mean… ALMOST all…

…………………………

………………………………

……………………………………

One more question.

Who sent the dreams to Sanzou and Goku?

Up, sitting in front of her Lotus Pond, a certain Goddess is laughing loudly; claiming her victory on her nephew and his little lover saru.

~ OWARI ~

Tell me how you feel, onegaimasu~!