Chapter 3

'Well, here we are again riding west' thought Gojyo as he sat in the back of the Jeep and thinking about last night. This romance thing was all new to Gojyo and it was giving him a lot to think about but here he was right behind the love of his life and the center of his universe. Gojyo was a person who didn't like the status quo; it was boring, so the thought, 'Think I will see if I can wake up a little mean streak in Hakkai.'

He leaned up to Hakkai's ear and whispered, "Hey, babe, what ya thinking about?"

Hakkai turned a little pink and didn't move but cleared his throat.

"Yeah, me, too. But, where are we going to do that and when?" Gojyo chuckled just loud enough for Hakkai to hear.

Hakkai was having a hard time driving in a straight line at the moment which made Sanzo look up and ask, "What's going on Hakkai? You been drinking or something?"

"Uh, no (gulp) I just had an itch." replied Hakkai.

Gojyo started to laugh so hard he almost fell out of the jeep.

"What the hell is going on with you two?" Sanzo demanded.

Gojyo with an innocent look said, "Nothing, Sanzo, not…one….little….thing." He smiled then and Hakkai giggled.

"There is something going on and I demand to know what it is!" voiced Sanzo.

Goku took that moment to wake up and wondered what the heck was going on. He looked at the situation, laughed and went back to sleep.

"If it doesn't bother Goku then I guess I can wait and find out later too." With that Sanzo slouched back in his seat and took a nap.

Hakkai took this time to whisper out the side of his mouth to Gojyo, "You will be the death of me if you don't be nice and quit the veiled innuendoes."

"Hey, they are not so veiled back here in the back seat. I know I got less room in my pants than I did a while ago." Gojyo replied.

"Okay, I get it and I am having a little problem in that department too so could you just lean back and enjoy the ride?"

Gojyo smiled and whispered, "Watch me say that to you tonight, babe."

With that Hakkai turned at least beet red if not worse thinking," I am driving, I am driving, I am driving………" Thinking was getting hard to do.

The rest of the afternoon went by with no other disturbances which made Hakkai very happy. The sun was setting and they were not near a town so they had to sleep outside that night. They were making camp and Gojyo leaned into Hakkai and asked if he could lay his bedroll next to his. Hakkai looked at Gojyo and replied with a sigh, "I guess so but you had better be good."

"You know I will be GOOD."

"Gojyo, I am going to the stream to wash up!" and with that Hakkai left in a huff.

Gojyo was having so much fun and now his playmate was gone and all his fun was gone. He thought about it a minute and looked over to the others that were making camp and said, "Guys, I think I will go get some water."

Goku looked up, smiled and said, "See ya later, Gojyo." And had the audacity to wink at Gojyo who did a double take on that one. 'You never know what that little monkey is going to do. I know he knows what is going on but he won't let Sanzo in on it. I didn't think he had the balls to go against Sanzo but who am I to worry,' he thought as he made his way through the trees.

He found Hakkai at the stream bent over the water dabbing his face with it. Gojyo made no attempt to announce his presence but watched the beautiful man try to cool his ardor with the water from the stream.

"What ya up to Hakkai?" he asked.

This shocked Hakkai so much he lost his balance and went head first for the stream and Gojyo (being the gentleman that he was) made a grab to catch Hakkai. They both landed in the water fully drenched from head to toe. They sat up and Gojyo started laughing at Hakkai because he had a leaf just under his nose that made him look like he had a moustache. He reached for the leaf and replaced it with his lips in a kiss saying, "Can't stand to kiss a man with a moustache it tickles."

"Gojyo, I don't know what to do with you."

"Well. Hakkai, I guess you are just going to have to love me."

"I already do that," he said and reached for the other man and kissed him very hard on the lips to punctuate the declaration.

"Could we move over to the bank and lay on the grass babe? It will be more comfortable," and Gojyo started for the shore. He sat on the grass and held out his arms for his lover to come to him and he did with as much grace as he could muster.

They lay there on the bank of the stream for a long time in each others arms and kissed until the kissing led to touching and Gojyo moved the hair out of Hakkai's eyes and said, "I never thought in a million years I would be so lucky to be with a person as beautiful inside and out as you."

Hakkai shivered and replied,"Gojyo I am the lucky one."

"Let's just say we both win and move to the main event."

"I don't think that is such a good idea here Gojyo, the others could catch us"

"Guess we better go back to the camp and change out of these wet clothes."

"Yes, I think that would be best Gojyo."

"Ok, but when we get to the next town I am going to make love to you all night and in the right way so you will never doubt that I am so in love with you."

"It's a deal," and with that they went back to camp.

There they met shocked eyes. "What happened to you two?" came from Sanzo soon as he saw the two.

"We kind of had a little accident," was Gojyo's retort.

"Yeah, I lost my balance," replied Hakkai.

Under his breath Goku said, "I hope that is all you lost."

Gojyo gave Goku a really dirty look and mouthed, 'I will kill you, monkey' and shook his fist at the boy.

Goku just smiled and made a face at Gojyo. Sanzo missed that return of which all interested were glad. But he was more interested in where they were and how long it would be to get to the next town.

Hakkai looked at the maps and told him, "We should be there by mid afternoon tomorrow."

"Good, we can get supplies and have good nights sleep in a real bed."

All seemed to like the sound of that so the four got into their bedrolls and started to drift off to sleep. Gojyo was having real trouble getting to sleep so he inched over to Hakkai and asked, "Hey, can I have a goodnight kiss?"

"What? With Sanzo just over there? Are you crazy?"

Gojyo replied, "Yep, I think I am or at least mostly cause, I can't stand it not touching you some way or other."

Hakkai reached over and quietly kissed Gojyo on the lips and said, "That will have to do until we get to the next town.

"Okay, babe, I will savor it as long as possible," and gave Hakkai a sexy smile and a wink.

Hakkai hurried and lay back down and tried to sleep himself.

Sanzo was asleep already but there was just the tiniest little smug smile on Goku's lips. 'Wasn't life just too much fun,' he thought as he slipped off to sleep.

The next morning they all got up clear eyed except for Gojyo and Hakkai for they had had a real hard time sleeping. Sanzo was ready to go and instructed the others to get things packed up. Camp was dismantled and loaded up fast and off they went to the next town west again.

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