Disclaimer: I don't own Saiyuki, they are rightfully belonged to Kazuya Minekura. ^_^
Pairing(s): Sanzo/Goku, hinted Gojyo/Hakkai.
Warning: Some foul languages, OOC-ness, shounen ai.
Summary: The rule of a monk is to be a vegetarian, not to kill, not to gamble and not to love. Goku found out about it just as he was about to confess his love for his keeper, Sanzo. Innocently forgetting Sanzo did not ever obeyed the rules at all, Goku started hesitating about whether to confess or not.
Being In Love
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Chapter One"Bakasaru! Can't you stop your whining and keep your mouth shut!" Sanzo shouted angrily to the youth sitting on the chair, near the window, of his office. The famous Genjo Sanzo was doing his paperwork, sitting behind his desk, with a brush on his right hand and a set of documents on his left, but he was glaring at his pet, Son Goku, who was whining in his office and couldn't kept quiet at all. "It's annoying, do you know that!?"
Pouting, Goku stared back at Sanzo innocently and said, "But I'm bored."
"Then find something to do!" Sanzo retorted as he resumed his work, ignoring Goku's pitiful stares. Without thinking, Sanzo added, "I'm busy can't you see that? If you're so free, get a job in town or find a girlfriend to accompany you!"
It's been three months since they returned from their suicidal mission and since then, the world had been peaceful and harmonious. Our four heroes went back to their normal lives, but the youngest companion out of the four, were totally bored since Sanzo gives him little attention and the other two companions, Sha Gojyo and Cho Hakkai seems to be so coped up with their new relationship that they had no time for others.
"Meanie!" Goku shouted hurtfully at Sanzo and rushed out the room, banging the door shut.
Staring at the door, Sanzo was a little surprise that Goku suddenly got so upset just after what he says. Unable to trace out what had he said wrong, Sanzo just let out a sigh and mentally noted to himself that the monkey would be back when he's hungry.
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'Why am I feeling so upset?' Goku thought as he walked down the hall of the temple, towards the entrance, deciding to head for the town. He was very uneasy with the feeling of being upset with Sanzo just after what he had said. 'Wasn't I used to his scolding and hurtful words already?'
Walking pass the entrance gate of the temple, Goku thought deeply about the reason why he was feeling so funny these few days. He felt good when he was with Sanzo, but he felt very uneasy when he recalled Sanzo telling him to look for a girlfriend just a moment ago.
"Why am I feeling so angry at what Sanzo says?" asked Goku softly to himself as he continues walking towards the town. Unsure of where he was heading to, Goku just continued his steps and thought about his upsets. "Why do my heartaches a little when Sanzo said that? I don't understand… "
Unconsciously, Goku knocked into someone and snapped out of his thoughts immediately, just in time to balance himself before he fell down. Turning around, Goku apologized and bowed, "I'm sorry... Hey, you're… Houmei!" [1]
The girl looked up at Goku and hurriedly covered her mouth in shocked, "Goku-san! It's you!"
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"It's been a year since we last met… How have you been?" Goku chirped cheerfully.
Houmei smiled and nodded, "I've been fine, thank you. I heard rumors that the Sanzo-ikkou had defeated Gyumaoh and were back to their original lives. I wanted to meet with you again so I set on my own journey to ask about your whereabouts."
"Meet me?" Goku blinked in confused.
"Yeah, I wanted to because we're friends and that we haven't been able to talk properly the last time since all I told you were about my late childhood friend and how I hated demons." Houmei smiled sadly as he recalled the incident with the demon who attacked her and hold her as hostage. Shaking off her thoughts, Houmei turned to Goku and asked cheerfully. "So how are you?"
"Fine, thank you." Goku smiled. "How's your father?"
"He's doing well too. You live alone now?" asked Houmei.
Shaking his head, Goku replied, "No, I stayed in the temple with Sanzo." Suddenly feeling sad, Goku recalled his early upset and stood up from the bench, where he was sitting with Houmei, and turned his back on her. "I guess I better go now."
"Wait!" Houmei reached to grab Goku's hand. "Is something bothering you? You can talk to me, you know?"
Tilting his head to eye Houmei, Goku saw her concern and nodded. "Well, I guess it's better to have someone to hear me out anyway."
"Right." Houmei smiled.
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Back in the temple, Sanzo was getting a little irritated about Goku, who had yet to return. It was already dinnertime but the said youth was yet to be back. Not only was Sanzo irritated about Goku, who was not back yet, but also irritated about the funny feeling he was feeling just as he remembered Goku's expression this afternoon.
Stacking his papers neatly, Sanzo stood up and head out of his office, in search of the youth. It's rare that Goku could forget the time when it comes to food. Sanzo was not worried, but concerned. Goku was just not the kind to skip his dinner so Sanzo just got to see what the monkey is up to and he was sure going to get it if he finds him; for wasting his time to look for him.
Out the temple, Sanzo started his search for the monkey. However, he never expected it to be so difficult. He had gone around town but yet there was no trace of the monkey anywhere. Little do the great Sanzo-sama knows that Goku was actually having his dinner with Houmei at the inn, where she was staying for the day. Obliviously, Sanzo continued searching for Goku around town once more. The reason Sanzo thinks that Goku would never go into any restaurant was because he knew or rather thought that he had no money to even buy a bun for himself.
"Where did the damn monkey go!?" Sanzo hissed as he ended another round of search in the town. Getting frustrated, Sanzo decided to go back since he guesses that Goku might be back since he couldn't find him anywhere in town. Just as he was walking towards the temple, the door to one of the inns, opened and out came both Goku and Houmei, smiling happily and waving their goodbyes.
A tinge of envious ran pass Sanzo as he witnesses Goku smiling so cheerfully with Houmei. He doesn't understand why was he feeling envious when he gets to see Goku smiles everyday. Was he unhappy that he wasn't the one to cheer Goku up, someone who he had upset earlier in the afternoon for reason unknown? Then when he glances over at the duo again, he remembered exactly what he said about getting a girlfriend and it hits him hard on the back of his head as he witnesses how happy they were chit chattering about. Guilt and jealousy instead of envious crawl up to his mind as he continued watching the happy pair. 'Damn me!'
Deciding to push away all his thoughts, Sanzo went up to the monkey, who had automatically popped out from the inn, and thwacks him with his infamous paper fan.
"Ouch~!!" Goku yelped and covered his head with both hands before turning around to see who had hit him all of a sudden? And when he saw Sanzo, he whined, "Sanzo, what did you do that for!? And what are you doing here anyway?"
Houmei smiled with a sweat drop and bowed, "Good evening, Sanzo-sama. It's been a pleasure to see you again."
Sanzo ignored Houmei and turned back to Goku, "Did you know its pass dinnertime already!? Where the hell have you been!? Now you caused me to miss my own dinner!"
"You told me to go so I came to town to look for something to do. Now you get angry just because of that. It was you who told me out. And I never said that you can't have your dinner without me." Goku reasoned as he rubbed his sore head. "What's your problem anyway?"
'When did the monkey get so much backbones lately?' Sanzo thought as he glared angrily at Goku who just pouted. Turning back to the direction of the temple, Sanzo stated, "Back to the temple, it's almost your bedtime, bakasaru!"
"Eh? What about your dinner?" asked Goku; suddenly aware of what Sanzo had said.
Starting his pace towards his direction, Sanzo replied as he walked. "I'm dragging you out to town to get a better meal tomorrow and to make up for dinner today. You're the cause for missing my dinner so you're going to be staying by my side the whole of tomorrow!"
Staring at his keeper in surprise, Goku was speechless. Didn't Sanzo just want him to leave him alone this afternoon? Why was he being so nice to him all of a sudden? Now Sanzo even wanted him to stay by his side the whole of tomorrow? He was getting a warming feeling in his heart at the sudden niceness from Sanzo then the ache he got earlier. Deciding not to ask about it too much, Goku waved another goodbye to Houmei before following Sanzo.
Seeing them go, Houmei giggled and murmured, "I smell jealousy in the air." Then she entered the inn with a smile plastered on her lips. "I bet Goku-san was still unaware of this sort of feeling judging by the looks he put on just now... "
Then the night went by with the full moon hanging in the sky…
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To be continued…
[1] Houmei was the character from episode 2. ^_^
A/N: How was it? I hope you like it. I'm still a novice at writing shounen ai so please give me some feedback about this chapter. If my English is bad, please bear with me. It's been a while since I last wrote a fic so I'm really not very good at it. ^_^