Just Some Random Saiyuki Thoughts
Surprise! Right…
Disclaimer: I don't own Saiyuki. Kazuya Minekura does.
A/N: This takes place pro-journey.
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Today was a special day for Hakkai. He sat and read his book in his room. Alone. With a frown on his face.
He usually only celebrated this day with Kanan and the school children, but since she is obviously not here, today was going to be celebrated with his--I guess you could say-- friends. He never seen this day as important, he actually didn't really attempt to remind people. He wasn't selfish enough to take other people stuff so it wasn't a day he cared for.
His friends thought otherwise.
They were preparing the preparations for this day. They started three days before; they tried ever so hard to look natural however…it wasn't working.
Someone like Hakkai wasn't going to seriously fall for something like this. Come on, they were being sneaky with the whole thing, they even tip-toed and whispered…often. Always distracting him from a specific direction, opening a conversation or, for Goku's case, asking a million questions.
They'd, constantly, dragged him away from the kitchen and his bedroom in the house he and Gojyo shared. They even forced him to spend an entire day with Goku in his home with Sanzo. Sanzo and Gojyo were, supposedly, searching for a new brand of cigarettes to try. When they came back, supposedly, they didn't like the name and smell of the brands. When Hakkai asked what different aroma cigarettes had, they replied with, "If you are a smoker, you'll know the difference between the good ones and bad ones." Supposedly, only smokers could really tell.
Yeah they really searched. They searched so hard that when they came home they came back; Hakkai didn't smell different brands of cigarettes. No, not at all, he smelled the same ol' Hi-Lite on Gojyo, and the same ol' Marlboro on Sanzo. They could've at least put some effort into making their lie seem true.
Goku was acting more perky than usually, Gojyo was stuttering and into his own little world more than usually, and Sanzo actually became surprised and read the newspaper less than usually.
All of the things stated above were just some bad observations and did not lead to one fact in Hakkai's mind.
They were going to throw him a surprise twentieth birthday party.
Nope, none of this led to the fact that his birthday was today and their unnatural behavior (which so wasn't obvious) didn't not lead to this date. Not at all. Nuh-uh. There was no way in hell they weren't suspicious and giving him a party.
Hakkai become a little angry as he continued reading his book in solitude with a frown on his face. Did they believe he was that naïve and foolish! This is the all mighty, all seeing and all knowing Hakkai. He just could not see what they were planning. Right! They suddenly believed that they were the smart ones and was able to read people clearly and bottle up their emotions and true motives. Hakkai's grip on the book hardened; his frown deepened.
A knocking on his door interrupted the internal tantrum. He loosened his grip on the book he wasn't even reading, just staring at the letters, and he placed a false smile upon his face. "Come in," he said in his normal voice. Here's where he begins to act naïve again.
"Hey Hakkai," Gojyo said as he opened the door, stepped into the room, closed the door quietly and walked over to Hakkai who was seated on his bed.
Hakkai placed his book flat on the tap that was beside his bed and gave Gojyo his full attention. Whatever is was must have been important since he shut the door quietly.
"I'll just get straight to the point. I'm assuming you already figured out that we were throwing you a party," Gojyo said. He definitely got straight to the point.
Hakkai continued to look at Gojyo.
Gojyo continued with his speech, "I'm also assuming you were fuming in your room since you had the book upside down."
Hakkai's brow rose. Not only did it rise for the fact that he felt like a dumb ass for having the book upside, making anyone know right away he wasn't reading the damn thing, but also for Gojyo being able to figure it out. Usually this was something he did.
"I just want you to know that it was that damn monkey that insisted on giving you a party. Sanzo and I pretty much knew you weren't going to fall for it. That damn monkey kept nagging and that damn fake priest had to go and spoil him."
Hakkai finally spoke since Gojyo began. "Why didn't you just explain that to him?" that seemed more like something those two adults would do to a child. Either that or beat him into his senses.
Gojyo lowered his head and he was smirking. He must have been remembering or just thinking about how to answer. "I just couldn't break his little heart. This is the first surprise birthday party Goku has ever experienced. You know he looks up to you as a parent. That stupid monkey couldn't help but want to throw you a party."
Hakkai smiled a little. He could already see little Goku jumping around like a monkey, begging for those two to let him do the party. The party may not really surprise him for real however; he didn't want to hurt Goku. This meant only one thing, "Gojyo, I'll pretend to be surprised for Goku's benefit."
Gojyo looked up and his smirk turned into a huge grin. No words were needed to be said to Gojyo so he could show how grateful he was. He stood and began to exit the room. He paused momentarily and said before exiting, "Next time you pretend to read, put the book right so it won't seem suspicious." With that said Gojyo quickly closed the door as Hakkai raised up his pillow.
Hakkai smiled a little. The things they did for Goku.
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An hour after Gojyo entered, Goku decides to make an entrance. He didn't knock though like Gojyo, but luckily Hakkai had his book right side up so it did seem like he was reading. In actuality, he was acting on his 'I'm not surprised but I'm acting like it' skills. He was pretty good at it to be honest.
"Hakkai!" screamed Goku as he jumped on to the bed. He sat on his knees in front of Hakkai and leaned forward. "C'mon! We need to go to the living room."
"What for?" his acting will have to begin now. Right, he really didn't know why to go to the living room.
"Just come!" Goku grabbed Hakkai's hand and pulled him along to the living room.
Hakkai was dragged into the dark living room. It was eight o'clock, the drapes were closed shut, no light was on and the house was creepily quite. Meaning Gojyo or Sanzo were near the lights, Goku was going to lead him to the center of the room and this is where he must act surprised. How much more cliché can you get?
He just keeps on letting Goku drag him into the room, the lights turn on, Goku yells surprise, Gojyo and Sanzo tries to act enthusiastic but it wasn't really working. So now the finally ingredient is for Hakkai to be 'surprised.' He did a pretty good job of it too. No one could tell he was faking.
"I'll go get the cake!" exclaimed Goku as he ran off into the kitchen. Gojyo and Sanzo both looked at him depart, and then turned their attention to Hakkai who had a small smile on his face.
Five minutes past and Goku still hadn't comeback. What could he possible be doing? Hakkai wondered. Gojyo was lying on top of the couch, grinning like a mad man; Sanzo was reading his newspaper smoking and Hakkai sat on one of the chairs getting worried more and more as time passed.
"I better go che--" Hakkai was interrupted as a moaning noise came from behind him.
"Goku!" Hakkai shouted as he went over to him. He was hunched over rubbing his stomach. He moaned and groaned as he leaned on Hakkai. "What happened?"
Goku continued rubbing his stomach as he sat on the floor. Sanzo looked curiously over and his direction and stood over Goku who was getting nursed by Hakkai. Gojyo leaned over the chair. His mad man grin suddenly got bigger.
"Gojyo?" Hakkai said his name in an interrogative way. That meant he wanted an explanation.
"He should learn not to take what isn't his. Or should I say eat what isn't his?" Gojyo smiled even more.
"What did you put into that cake, Gojyo? Sanzo! The kappa is being mean to me! He poisoned the cake!" Goku stood and yelled at him, he crouched down again as the pain in his stomach returned.
Sanzo walked over to Gojyo and hit him in the head with his magically appearing fan.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?" Gojyo bawled.
"What the fuck did you do to him?" Sanzo aid. He glared too.
"Nothing. It's what he did to himself," Gojyo stated in defense.
Sanzo hit him again with his magical fan. "Fine what was in that damn cake that made his stomach fuck up like that?"
"Oh my stomach hurts Hakkai!" whines Goku.
"Oh dear. What's wrong with it?" Hakkai asked.
"It feels like I need to go to the bathroom but it won't come out!" Goku clutched his stomach again.
Go to the bathroom but won't come out? Then that meant it must be…
"Gojyo!" Hakkai looked at him and saw him snickering. How could he!
"I knew he would eat your cake. So I bought two and put that stuff in one of them. Your good cake is in a shelf that monkey can't reach to eat," explained Gojyo.
"But prunes!"
"Tch. He'll poop them out."
Goku later sat on the toilet for two hours, Gojyo got shot and hit with a fan by Sanzo and Hakkai peacefully enjoyed his cake.
He smiled as he looked at his piece of cake. He actually was surprised by those guys. He enjoyed a birthday without Kanan. That was something he really didn't expect.
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