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Her final words had, of course, evoked more unwanted questions into Sanzo's head.
"Damn her." Sanzo muttered to himself before sinking into the depths of his soul to search for their answers.
Two people in a tangle of arms and legs crashed through the door and somehow in the mixture of stumbling and tripping, they managed to land on the bed.
Hakkai controlled a sigh of exasperation and untangled himself from the red headed half youkai. The red headed youkai had obviously voiced his disapproval and tried to grab him back, but Hakkai was fast enough, he sidestepped the feeble attempt from the drunk person. Hakkai surveyed the scene. He was in a hotel room. With two, single beds. Separated by a small table supporting a lamp. Oh, of course, not forgetting his very very drunk best friend, which was already beginning to slide of one of the beds he had dumped him on.
Hakkai turned around to the washroom and grabbed a small basin and towel and swung it around his neck. He was just proceeding to fill the basin up with water when he heard a loud 'thump'. This time he let himself release the sigh. The 'thump' meant that his best friend was drunk to the extent of not being able to pull himself up the bed properly. He turned off the tap and brought the half filled basin back to the room.
'Why? Why am I so worried about this boy. no wait. youkai? . no that's not it either.. Fine. living being born out from the earth which no one could ever replace because he would be the one and only specimen of his kind? The thing that had, I supposed caused a hell of a big deal to be chained and trapped in a mountain with seals all over the opening? This thing that had caused so much trouble for me. Caused me to constantly raise my voice. Caused me so much worry and anxiety. Caused me to lose my monotonous life. Caused me to actually realize I have feelings. The one and only thing that has actually been able to nudge in some warmth into my almost nonexistent cold stone heart?'
Sanzo slowly adverted his gaze to the form of the sleeping youkai and muttered softly to himself.
"So that's why."
Sanzo was then thrown out of his thoughts by a soft rap on the wooden door. The door slid open to reveal the doctor. The doctor glanced around and seemed quite nervous to realize that he was trapped alone with the monk. Upon realizing Sanzo's questioning gaze on him, he replied, " I will be sitting up with him tonight to see if the fever breaks. If it does, he should be fine and out of any immediate danger.
Sanzo replied with his usual "Ch" but indicated his approval by dragging two chairs from the opposite side of the room and half tossing each of them a distance away from each other, but still somewhat next to the bed and occupied one of them. The doctor righted the chair and mounted it. After a moments of awkward silence, the doctor nervously turned to Sanzo and said,
"You should get some rest, you must be tired from your journey. I will stay here and watch over him."
The doctor got his answer by a glare from Sanzo and Sanzo turning his head away from him. But the doctor wasn't blind, half scared to death but yes, still quite aware of his surroundings. Before Sanzo had turned away, he had seen him land his gaze softly on the boy lying on the bed and his expression had softened for that micro second, before hardening to his normal, icy face.
Despite his fear, the doctor let out a small smile, before resuming his watch over the boy, crumpled on the bed, unaware of his surroundings and the tension in the room.
Hakkai placed the basin on the small table. He then hauled his best friend up onto the bed. Adjusted him into a relatively comfortable position, perched himself onto the side of the bed, and proceeded to delicately sponge away some of the perspiration off his friends forehead.
"hmft"
His friend's indication of his discomfort about the cool towel on his forehead. His friend then turned his head to one side, causing the towel to flip off his forehead.
"Gojyo, don't do that." Hakkai gently lamented his friend while stretching across him to retrieve the towel that had dropped onto the opposite side. "You're causing the towel to dr-ah-" Hakkai let out a small sound of surprise as his friend reached out and grabbed his shoulder that was hovering over him and pulled him down. Hakkai tried to disentangle himself from his friend without much success. When Gojyo wanted something, he would have it. Even in his dreams. After Hakkai realized that he could do nothing about it, he stopped failing about.
Hakkai settled down and paused to take in his surroundings. A habit he always did when he was in a compromising situation. He realized then how warm he was, in Gojyo's embrace. He realized again how comforting it was to hear another person's heart beat, indicating their life smoothly running in them. The rising and falling of one's chest to signal their steady breathing. Hakkai tried to snap himself out of his thoughts and tried again to dislodge himself from Gojyo by leaning backwards as hard as he could. But this in turn only resulted in him being crushed tighter into Gojyo's embrace.
Hakkai realized the odds against him of getting free. He sighed and tried to get himself into a more comfortable position on the bed.
'I'll let myself, just this once, I won't be alone.' Hakkai thought, as he drifted into the realms of sleep, soothed by the beating of the heart of the man beside him.
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SO.. How is this one? I'm quite disappointed at the no. of reviews I got the last chap. But anyway I'm willing to forgive if more come for this chap! Oh and add some ideas too! My muse I, I think, is getting tired.
Her final words had, of course, evoked more unwanted questions into Sanzo's head.
"Damn her." Sanzo muttered to himself before sinking into the depths of his soul to search for their answers.
Two people in a tangle of arms and legs crashed through the door and somehow in the mixture of stumbling and tripping, they managed to land on the bed.
Hakkai controlled a sigh of exasperation and untangled himself from the red headed half youkai. The red headed youkai had obviously voiced his disapproval and tried to grab him back, but Hakkai was fast enough, he sidestepped the feeble attempt from the drunk person. Hakkai surveyed the scene. He was in a hotel room. With two, single beds. Separated by a small table supporting a lamp. Oh, of course, not forgetting his very very drunk best friend, which was already beginning to slide of one of the beds he had dumped him on.
Hakkai turned around to the washroom and grabbed a small basin and towel and swung it around his neck. He was just proceeding to fill the basin up with water when he heard a loud 'thump'. This time he let himself release the sigh. The 'thump' meant that his best friend was drunk to the extent of not being able to pull himself up the bed properly. He turned off the tap and brought the half filled basin back to the room.
'Why? Why am I so worried about this boy. no wait. youkai? . no that's not it either.. Fine. living being born out from the earth which no one could ever replace because he would be the one and only specimen of his kind? The thing that had, I supposed caused a hell of a big deal to be chained and trapped in a mountain with seals all over the opening? This thing that had caused so much trouble for me. Caused me to constantly raise my voice. Caused me so much worry and anxiety. Caused me to lose my monotonous life. Caused me to actually realize I have feelings. The one and only thing that has actually been able to nudge in some warmth into my almost nonexistent cold stone heart?'
Sanzo slowly adverted his gaze to the form of the sleeping youkai and muttered softly to himself.
"So that's why."
Sanzo was then thrown out of his thoughts by a soft rap on the wooden door. The door slid open to reveal the doctor. The doctor glanced around and seemed quite nervous to realize that he was trapped alone with the monk. Upon realizing Sanzo's questioning gaze on him, he replied, " I will be sitting up with him tonight to see if the fever breaks. If it does, he should be fine and out of any immediate danger.
Sanzo replied with his usual "Ch" but indicated his approval by dragging two chairs from the opposite side of the room and half tossing each of them a distance away from each other, but still somewhat next to the bed and occupied one of them. The doctor righted the chair and mounted it. After a moments of awkward silence, the doctor nervously turned to Sanzo and said,
"You should get some rest, you must be tired from your journey. I will stay here and watch over him."
The doctor got his answer by a glare from Sanzo and Sanzo turning his head away from him. But the doctor wasn't blind, half scared to death but yes, still quite aware of his surroundings. Before Sanzo had turned away, he had seen him land his gaze softly on the boy lying on the bed and his expression had softened for that micro second, before hardening to his normal, icy face.
Despite his fear, the doctor let out a small smile, before resuming his watch over the boy, crumpled on the bed, unaware of his surroundings and the tension in the room.
Hakkai placed the basin on the small table. He then hauled his best friend up onto the bed. Adjusted him into a relatively comfortable position, perched himself onto the side of the bed, and proceeded to delicately sponge away some of the perspiration off his friends forehead.
"hmft"
His friend's indication of his discomfort about the cool towel on his forehead. His friend then turned his head to one side, causing the towel to flip off his forehead.
"Gojyo, don't do that." Hakkai gently lamented his friend while stretching across him to retrieve the towel that had dropped onto the opposite side. "You're causing the towel to dr-ah-" Hakkai let out a small sound of surprise as his friend reached out and grabbed his shoulder that was hovering over him and pulled him down. Hakkai tried to disentangle himself from his friend without much success. When Gojyo wanted something, he would have it. Even in his dreams. After Hakkai realized that he could do nothing about it, he stopped failing about.
Hakkai settled down and paused to take in his surroundings. A habit he always did when he was in a compromising situation. He realized then how warm he was, in Gojyo's embrace. He realized again how comforting it was to hear another person's heart beat, indicating their life smoothly running in them. The rising and falling of one's chest to signal their steady breathing. Hakkai tried to snap himself out of his thoughts and tried again to dislodge himself from Gojyo by leaning backwards as hard as he could. But this in turn only resulted in him being crushed tighter into Gojyo's embrace.
Hakkai realized the odds against him of getting free. He sighed and tried to get himself into a more comfortable position on the bed.
'I'll let myself, just this once, I won't be alone.' Hakkai thought, as he drifted into the realms of sleep, soothed by the beating of the heart of the man beside him.
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SO.. How is this one? I'm quite disappointed at the no. of reviews I got the last chap. But anyway I'm willing to forgive if more come for this chap! Oh and add some ideas too! My muse I, I think, is getting tired.