Chapter 4: Love
A/N: I updated again, everybody love me. dances a little
Disclaimer: If I owned Saiyuki, I'd be married to Kougaiji. But I'm not.
Hakkai wrapped and healed Gojyo's wound slowly, purposefully taking up Sanzo's time.
" Fucking bastard..." Gojyo cussed continuously as he glared death glares at Sanzo's back, just hoping his head would explode.
Hakkai sighed, " There's nothing you can really do now." Gojyo glared at Hakkai, " I'm not dismissing what he did, I'm just as angry as you are. I'm just keeping it in."
Gojyo perked up his eyebrows and smiled for the first time since the fight. Hakkai finished off the wrapping and closed up the first aid kit and put it back into the jeep and they continued on. There was no talking. They reached the next town and nobody said a word, except for Gojyo who made a joke to Hakkai, which both laughed about. The room sharing was obvious and there were no arguements. Goku was with Sanzo and Gojyo was with Hakkai.
Goku sat in the room with Sanzo for quite some time before either of them decided to talk. Goku smiled a little, hoping that would break the weird silence they'd been having for almost five hours and finally spoke.
" Sanzo, what's really wrong?" He asked quietly, holding his pillow.
" It's nothing." Sanzo said coldly, not even giving Goku a glance.
" If you're tired, or stressed..." He started, " We all are. And it's not helping anybody by you flipping out randomly." Goku explained. Sanzo perked an eyebrow. " We're all getting sick of each other, and we all need our space. But taking it out on the ones causing your problems isn't going to solve anything."
Sanzo sucked his teeth, " You don't even understand what you're saying."
Goku knitted his eyebrows, " What's that supposed to mean?"
" You're just a kid, you don't understand." Sanzo shrugged.
Goku sighed to calm himself down and ignored the comment. Sanzo was mad, and getting mad back wouldn't solve anybody's problem, so he continued anyway, " We've never all fought like this before. There is something wrong between us and I want it fixed. I mean, you were always mean, but I don't think you comprehend, you shot Gojyo today. We never really inflicted damage on each other, but we are now. We're starting to turn on each other."
Sanzo wasn't really listening to his fullest. " You don't understand, once again."
Goku sighed, trying to let his anger out, " Explain, what don't I understand." Goku said, crossing his arms.
" Stop trying to be the savior, the one who gets us to unite again. You're just not taking sides because you're too scared to betray me."
" W-What?" Goku gasped.
" That's why, isn't it?" Sanzo pointed out. Goku sighed, walked up to Sanzo and slapped him across the face.
" There is something wrong with you." Goku said, " It's like you're not even trying to get things back to normal. I don't like this fighting! And all you're doing is acting high and mighty so you end up being the winner at the end of it all!"
" Once again, speaking words you can't understand!" Sanzo yelled. Goku huffed and snuggled under his sheets. But still, sympathetic towards Sanzo.
" My god! He pisses me off!" Gojyo growled, throwing his towel off his shoulder and onto the ground of the changing room. He hissed, realized he threw with his injured arm. " GAH! I wish he'd go die in a dark alley somewhere and get raped by drunk men! He drives me crazy! Where does he get off shooting me?
" Gojyo, calm down. Once you take a bath, you'll feel much better and it'll calm you down." Hakkai talked calmly.
Gojyo looked at Hakkai has he took off his shirt, " What's with you wanting me to me calm? If you seem to forget, I was shot today! Calm is the LAST word in my vocabulary!"
Hakkai looked up at the half-naked Gojyo, " I just don't like seeing you so stressed and frustrated. You might get a forehead wrinkle." Hakkai chuckled.
" Ha, and that'd be the end of me." Gojyo said, tying the towel around his waist. " Come on, what takes you so long to get undressed?"
Hakkai noticed he still had his pants on. " I was talking to you." Hakkai frowned. " You're so distracting." He sighed.
" Well, hurry up or I'll take those pants off for you." Gojyo grinned.
Hakkai blushed, " You really are a pervert." He said, wiggling out of his pants and putting it into the basket. " You hit on boys and girls alike."
" Nope, just you." Gojyo grinned, walking out onto the edge of the bath. He stepped in slowly, hissing a few curse words and sat down and Hakkai came in a few seconds after getting used to the water.
" Doesn't that feel better?" Hakkai asked.
" Yeah, it does." Gojyo nodded, closing his eyes. " My arm still hurts."
" Told you." Hakkai said.
They sat for a moment in silence. It wasn't awkward, it was actually quite pleasant dispite what a horrible day they had gone through.
" Hey, 'Kai?" Gojyo asked, opening one eye.
" Hmm?" Hakkai hummed.
" Thanks." Gojyo said quietly.
Hakkai blinked, " For what?"
" When Sanzo told you not to heal me, you did anyway." Gojyo explained.
" Of course I would have." Hakkai gasped, " Did you doubt me?"
" No, but whenever Sanzo says something like that, you usually obey. I don't see you go against his word too often and it was just nice to see you do that. So I just wanted to say thanks."
" It's no problem." Hakkai said. " It just would have really hurt to lose you. I was in quite a panic believe it or not."
Gojyo turned quickly and kissed Hakkai on the cheek. Hakkai turned a bright shade of red and he glared at Gojyo. " You caught me off guard." He hissed.
" But you're blushing, don't pretend to be mad." Gojyo grinned.
" I don't want you teasing me." Hakkai looked at Gojyo, " You--"
" It's not teasing." Gojyo grinned, taking Hakkai's hand. " I don't really know what's wrong with me right now, or the past three years or what's making me say all this now and so randomly,but I think that shot to my arm did something to me."
" It's like in the movies, where you start finding me sexually attractive." Hakkai noted with a smile.
" Who said it had to be sexual?" Gojyo said. Hakkai noticed how close their lips had gotten. Hakkai started flustering and Gojyo's lips pressed against his. It was slow and soft and send zips through both of them.
" Gojyo..." Hakkai whispered.
" I'm not supposed to like guys." Gojyo whispered with a laugh. " But...you're kind of like a girl..." He shrugged, meeting his lips with Hakkai's again, in soft, little pecks.
" What's that supposed to mean?" Hakkai asked between kisses.
" It means I love you." Gojyo whispered, pulling Hakkai onto him. " I think, fucking, I don't know. You don't have to feel the same way...just think about it or something."
" I don't know what I feel for you either, but, let me figure things out."
And the love bond was slowly forming...