Sunlight seeped through the curtains of Toki and Qui's hotel room. Toki's blue eyes fluttered open and surveyed the room. A fireplace full of ashes, an oil burner with the oil completely evaporated, a soft bed and something surprising.
"Quietus…" Toki murmured drowsily as he looked at the brunette sleeping on his chest and finally, he remembered what had happened the night before.
The passionate lovemaking, the taste of the reaper's flesh and his name lingering in his mouth… Cho Hiro…
But in a strange way, he had lost whatever love he had shown the twin the night before.
"I'm denying it again…" He whispered to himself as he carefully got out of bed and dressed himself up. Toki was about to head for the door when he heard Quietus stir from his sleep. The reaper stirred, gracefully lifting himself out of bed. His eyes opened to see Toki and he turned away.
"Ohayou, Toki…" Quietus' soft voice broke the silence.
"Ohayou." Toki replied, "Would you like to go with me downstairs to have breakfast?"
Quietus turned to face Toki smiling, "Sure."
"Get dressed then. I'll see you downstairs."
"Matte."
"Doushita?"
"Wouldn't you like to wait?" Quietus said as he slid out of bed and put on his clothes. Toki watched the taller immortal as he made some final adjustments to what he wore. The final buttonhole sealed, the elliptical eyeglasses slid on and the lithe immortal's chestnut hair fixed up.
"Can we go now?" Toki finally asked, folding his arms across his chest.
Quietus walked towards his fair-haired lover and caught his lips in a quick kiss, "I'd recommend that you be a bit more patient, ne, Toki-san?"
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Meanwhile, in Sanzo and Hakkai's room, the two had spent the whole night sleeping on the carpeted floor. All the candles were burnt out and their clothes lay scattered around. Hakkai's shirt from the night before lay in a torn heap, noting the aggression of last night's escapade.
"Wasn't last night fun?" Hakkai smiled at his blonde lover who held him in his arms.
"Better than all the other nights in this lifetime, perhaps." Sanzo laughed.
"Why don't we go downstairs and see whatever happened to those brothers of ours?"
"Why don't we go downstairs and share a little morning Jacuzzi. Just you and me?"
"Let's go see what happened first, ne?"
Sanzo laughed and got off the floor. He put on the shirt and pants he shed last night and thought of something as he looked at the torn shirt Hakkai had worn that same night.
"Why don't I go downstairs and buy you a new shirt first?"
Hakkai laughed and opened the closet to reveal some clothes the hotel staff had kept there just in case something like that happened.
"No need!"
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"There you are!!" Hakkai laughed as he spotted Quietus and Toki having breakfast at the hotel café.
"Aniki! Ohayou! Would you like a breadstick?" Quietus smiled as he offered his twin the basket of breadsticks on their table.
"I'll pass." Hakkai apologized.
"So, whatever happened between the two of you last night?" Sanzo began, hiding the happiness in his voice.
"Whoever gave you permission to barge into my personal life?" Toki asked, his temper starting to rise.
"I'm your brother. That gives me permission to barge in…" Sanzo smirked as he playfully bopped Toki on the head with his harisen.
"Kuso… The trouble of having older brothers to pester you…"
"Maa, maa, Toki-san… It's not all that bad." Quietus beamed at Toki.
"Oh! Don't tell me you're all taking Sanzo's side now!" Toki whined sarcastically.
Both of the brunette twins sweatdropped as they found the remark strange.
"We aren't supporting either of you." They said in unison.
"Really?" Sanzo asked.
A pause of silence commenced.
"Nanjatte!" Both of the brunettes laughed noting that the whole thing was just a joke.
"Well then," Hakkai began, "Why don't we all go back home now… I'm starting to miss daily pancakes…"
"Is it me or are we being followed?" Quietus laughed nervously as he scanned the café for a familiar ki.
"Gojyo, Yaone, Jien, Lirin and Goku…"
"Dammit! They caught us!!" Gojyo threw his hands up into the air, "Ah well, at least the whole nighttime incident is over… Heheh."
"Gojyo, you sick bastard…" Toki growled as he clasped his hands around his neck in an attempt to strangle him.
"It's useless to kill useless cockroaches. They've got thick outer shells." Hakkai smiled. The rest of the group nodded repeatedly in unison. Gojyo sighed and Toki let go of his neck. Quietus smiled as Toki went back to his seat and finished the rest of his breakfast.
"Now, what about that Jacuzzi?" Sanzo nudged Hakkai. Hakkai only laughed nervously and shook his head.
"Too bad for you two…" Jien whistled, "All that last-night action and no morning Jacuzzi…"
"Ah! Not to worry… Once Hibi gets back here, we ought to ask her to make a Jacuzzi in the manor." Quietus grinned at the couple that looked quite disappointed.
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Later, back in the manor, the four immortals went back to their rooms to relax. What was in for the twins was quite a surprise.
"Sanzo! Look here…" Hakkai beckoned Sanzo to look at the strange package in his room. Hakkai ripped the colorful wrapper and found a brand-new flute, "Suteki…"
"Hm? It came from Qui." Sanzo noted as he looked at the card in the bundle of torn wrappers.
"Might as well thank him later…"
"Ara? What's this?" Quietus questioned as he entered his room to find a box-shaped package lying on his bed. He unwrapped the box with telekinesis to find a new violin with a shiny black finish. He smiled as he closed its container again, making a mental note to use it later at the Classico. But before he put the trash out, he saw a card fluttering down.
"It's from Hakkai… I'll thank him later."
The Classico was busy as always when Hakkai and Sanzo came in a few hours later.
"Konbanwa, Gojyo!" Hakkai greeted the redhead bartender who replied with a quick smile, "Ne, can you give a report on how business has been doing ever since Hibi was away?"
"So far, we're doing just fine. But the expense for talents is a wee bit higher than what we're earning here…"
"Estimated by how much?"
Gojyo whipped out his clipboard and put it in front of the two. Sanzo snatched the board and barked at Gojyo, "10,000 yen per act!? Dammit!! Hibi's resources at the bank aren't gonna last eternity…"
"And if she finds out about this then…" Hakkai made the off-with-his-head gesture, "We'll be facing her fury."
"Dammit… Cancel all outside performances for the next two months, Gojyo! We'll be working overtime here. No vacations until Hibi gets back!" Sanzo growled as Hakkai began calculating how much would they need to earn to make up for the loss.