Standard Disclaimer: I don't own Saiyuki, so there…boo hoo…!

Author's Notes:Sorry for the late update. Been busy with assignments and all and a bit caught up with other stuffs. Writer's block...? maybe that too... enjoy...

Cupid strikes

"Yikes...it's him again! Oh my gosh, is it going to get any more troublesome today!" sighed Goku. And yet, he felt something different brewing within his heart. What could it be?

The photographer, whose name we now know as Hakkai, hadn't notice him at all and was immediately ushered away by another hairdresser. Goku's heart shipped a beat as he watched him walk away to another corner of the hair saloon. Our dear Goku didn't know why, but something within him was pushing to get closer to Hakkai. His mind was frantically hatching a plan and he found his opportunity when Hakkai, while taking off his hat, requested for a hair wash.

"Now is my chance...wait a minute...what am I doing? Why do i want to wash his hair? What am I going to say to him? What's happening to me?!"

But his body was already moving towards Hakkai and taking over the hair washing duty. He managed through the shampooing just fine at first, but then his imaginative and aroused mind began fantasising the man in front of him and his wondering hands went over his hair caressingly. Every strand of hair was as soft as silk and it was oh so dark like mahogany wood. He couldn't stop himself from loving the feel of Hakkai's hair in his hands and he couldn't take his eyes off his gentle face. Until disaster strikes...shampoo got into Hakkai's beautiful green eyes!

"Oh no, not again! What have I done?! Now I surely will be fired this time!" lamented Goku.

The scene happened really fast. Poor Hakkai was crying in pain, the manager was apologizing profusely to Hakkai and scolding madly at poor Goku at the same time; and all Goku could do was just stand there quietly and sulked. Hakkai left the hair saloon with a soar eye but none the worse, accidentally leaving his hat behind. The manager was still ranting away at Goku when he noticed Hakkai's hat. Knowing that he would be fired sooner or later, he immediately took the hat, put on his jacket and followed Hakkai, while calling back "I quit!"

Back at the photography studio, Hakkai immediately went to work on taking photos of a motorbike model when Goku quietly knocked at the door. Hakkai's assistant, an average height, slim, blonde man with violet eyes answered the knock and was met with the saddest golden eyes he had ever seen.

"Sumimasen, ano, a photographer who works here left his hat at the hair saloon I worked at. Can I see. I need to apologize about what happened there…"

"Wait for a moment." And the blonde man left Goku standing miserably at the door.

The blonde man went to Hakkai and relate the message to him. "I'll be there in a minute, Sanzo. You won't mind clearing these equipment up for me will you."

"You have always been quite mess, haven't you, Hakkai…" answered Sanzo.

Hakkai found Goku staring sadly at the floor of his studio. Recognizing him as the same boy he met this morning, immediately his heart was touched. For how can anyone look as cute as this boy was when he was miserably sad? He remembered the picture he accidentally he took of this cute, naïve boy and knew he wanted this very boy to pose for him just to get that same expression he got this morning.

Goku, though, fell immediately into a long winding feat of apologizing to Hakkai and couldn't stop until Hakkai held his small hand in his gentle big ones and gently said: "I know what you can do for me if you want to make amends. Will you be my model for today?"

Goku was shocked by his request. He had expected angry shouts from the man he had accidentally shampooed his eyes. But looking at this man's face closely, he knew he would not get such shouts nor would he be mocked by him. His request was earnest. With a shy smile, he agreed. "Yes, mister." answered Goku. "Please, call me Hakkai." laughed Hakkai in return.

That whole afternoon was spent with Hakkai happily snapping away at Goku's cute poses and Goku laughing away at his funny attics. A new relationship was just budding between these two unlikely pair (if you can call them that now), but unbeknownst to them, someone was jealous…really jealous…

Author's Note: What do you think will happen next? I'm not going to tell you…I'm just following the Korean MTV my friend showed me recently… stay tune for the next chapter…