26. Yellow Tulip; Hopeless Love
(Eccentricities)
Word count: 219
In a lot of ways, Hakkai was completely hopeless.
He cleaned excessively. He cooked when he was bored, or when he was tired but didn't feel like sleeping, or when they actually needed something to eat. He read endlessly. He loved grocery shopping and did it whenever he got the chance. He also happened to be a sex fiend, but that was one of Hakkai's helpless traits that Gojyo didn't really mind.
Hakkai had his quirks, that was true. Sometimes they got on Gojyo's nerves (honestly, how much stir-fry could one eat in a week?), but mostly he chalked them up to being Hakkai and therefore never, ever subject to change. There was no stopping it, no helping it, and no getting over it. There was only getting used to it.
Also, there was looking closer. Gojyo had learned to be responsive to others during the would-be endless Journey West, and living with Hakkai in their crappy little house on the edge of that crappy little town, all by themselves, made him acutely aware that there was one eccentricity that Hakkai was unwilling to share with Gojyo but indulged in nonetheless. The redhead couldn't say anything about that particular one, though.
Because, really, Gojyo was hoplessly in love with him, too.