Blush

A Saiyuki fan fiction by Iapetus

Disclaimer: I do not own Saiyuki.

Beta: Ouri

Note: This story features Kougaiji/Yaone implications. If you do not prefer to see these two characters together, I suggest you hit the back button now.


"…wait. What?"

"She likes you."

Kougaiji shook his head. "No, that's not what I meant. What do you mean she 'likes' me?"

Howan shook her head and looked back at the report on her clipboard. Really, how was it that men didn't get this? "I mean that she likes you."

The prince blinked blankly back at her. Howan rolled her eyes. She really didn't understand how in the world she got into this conversation with the prince. "You can see it in her face," she explained. "Her cheeks turn lightly pink whenever you look at her."

A part of her was glad that Nii wasn't around. He would have probably loved to tease Kougaiji about this. Women were hard enough for men to understand – Kougaiji didn't need any more confusion. It also appeared, that at least in this respect, there was no difference between demons and humans.

"Her cheeks have always been that color," Kougaiji refuted. "I would have remembered if there was a change."

Howan really didn't have the time to explain women to the prince, especially since it involved a relationship that she was sure her Lady would not approve of. That and she knew from past experiences that working relationships turned romance often caused more problems than they were worth. She really shouldn't be helping.

"That just means that she's always liked you," she stated in a-matter-of-fact tone. "You've never seen her face when you weren't around, so of course you wouldn't know."

His other option could always be to spy on her, but she wasn't about to suggest that. She was not Nii, and that was something he would think of. Howan was fortunate enough that no one ever had the desire to spy on her, because if they did they might find a surprise like that themselves.

Really, someone should just push those two together someday. She would be amused to see how much each of them would blush if they ended up giving one another a quick kiss.

But that wasn't the important thing right now. She was supposed to finish up her report – which was hard to do with a confused prince hounding her for answers.

"Well… how does she look when I'm not around?" Howan wondered if it was the light, but she could have sworn that she saw a faint blush on the prince's cheeks too. It was an interesting thing to take note of. She'd have something up on Nii.

"She's not as pink," the scientist said simply. "Now if you'll excuse me, your highness, I need to finish writing this up." With that, she left the prince in a possibly more confused state than when he first ran into her.


This was written for the 30kisses challenge on LiveJournal. Expect to see more Kougaiji/Yaone stories from me soon, for I am the one who has them as one of my pairings. :grins:

Comments and criticisms appreciated.

:Iapetus