"To bear LOVE with its boundaries"

Chapter 4: Goku's friend

It felt like a whole eternity that night, but now they were on the road. They were on they're way to the west just like the usual way. Gojyo felt so tired and sleepy because of the sexual deed that Sanzo had given him. Sanzo looked magnificently well and indeed wasn't tired of what he had done to Gojyo the previous night. The whole time Sanzo was smiling to himself as if he had won himself a prized trophy. Hakkai really didn't feel conspicuous at all, with Sanzo's bright behavior and Gojyo's exhaustion; it really didn't bother him at all. He just drove like nothing happened. But Goku… He felt a little worried about Gojyo… since the time he woke up early in the morning and saw Gojyo sprawling in his sleeping bag…

(That morning...)

Goku sat up in his sleeping bag, stretching his arms.

"Good morning!" Goku said aloud with a smile on his face. Obviously everyone was asleep. So no one bothered to reply to him.

"Uhn… Sanzo..." Gojyo said in his sleep.

"Huh?" Goku looked at Gojyo. He was surprised that Gojyo was dreaming of Sanzo. Gojyo was sweating hard and he was squirming a lot in his sleeping bag.

"S-stop! No... I don't want this..." Gojyo was struggling inside his sleeping bag. His head was twisting sidewards as the dream came through to him.

"Gojyo… wake up…" Goku said worriedly as he crawled towards Gojyo.

"Yes… I am…your slave…" Gojyo said in a whisper, his body started to shake and his voice was trembling.

"Gojyo! Wake up!" Goku couldn't stand it, he tried to shake his friend awake but Gojyo was deep in his dream.

"Sanzo! It hurts! Stop it! Stop touching me!" Gojyo was sprawling in his sleeping bag, his arms brushing Goku's away.

"Gojyo…" Goku's eyes widened in shock, his friend was suffering and he didn't know what to do.

(Back to the car where everyone seems a bit awkward…)

"Neh… Gojyo…" Goku called to him worriedly. Gojyo looked at him weakly; under his eyes were dark rings of a night's misery of no proper sleep at all.

"No thanks Goku… I'm not in the mood to fight…" Gojyo waved a hand at him and tried to sit in a relaxing position.

"Oh… Ok…" Goku said silently and sat back in his seat.

"Are you hungry Goku?" Hakkai asked from the front seat.

"Nope… I don't feel hungry…" Goku said softly. Sanzo snickered at what Goku said.

"Heh… You're not hungry? That's a start…" Sanzo said to himself but letting Goku hear it also. Gojyo wasn't surprise at all; he didn't care because he was so tired.

"Well… just a few more miles to go and were going to see a town soon!" Hakkai tried to cheer Goku up but it didn't work so he just smiled at the poor boy.

In the remaining few miles… Gojyo fell asleep and Hakkai hummed all the while, driving Gojyo to sleep more until they arrive into a town. Goku was silent the whole time and Sanzo just bore his eyes on the dusty road, thinking about the things he was going to do to Gojyo the next time he was going to be alone with him.

Finally they arrived to a town. The whole group went to an inn asking for some rooms that are available.

"Well… there's only two rooms left… but here… take the keys" the innkeeper handed the keys to Hakkai. When Hakkai grabbed the keys, he turned and faced the group.

"Well… there's two rooms left…" Hakkai said as he handed the other key to Sanzo.

"Hmm… just two?" Sanzo raised an eyebrow at him.

"Well… yeah… I guess me and Gojyo are going to sleep together while you and Goku sleep together also…" Hakkai smiled at Sanzo.

"Yay! Sanzo were room mates!" Goku cheered aloud.

"Good for you Goku…" Gojyo said weakly and gave the boy a warm smile. Gojyo grabbed the key from Hakkai and started to walk up the stairs.

"Where are you going Gojyo?" Hakkai asked as he stared at the slump figure of Gojyo.

"I'm going to bed… I have been feeling tired lately…" Gojyo said softly and silently went up the stairs.

"Well… I'm going to eat now!" Goku cheerfully skipped into the diner and sat down waiting for them in the table.

"Well… I'll just bring Gojyo some food when I'm done" Hakkai walked towards the table and sat next to Goku.

"Damn it…" Sanzo cursed under his breath and looked at his other two companions.

"Well, are you going to join us?" Hakkai asked with a frown on his face.

"No… I'll be back, I have to go upstairs for a moment and check out the room…" Sanzo didn't wait for them to answer, he just went upstairs like he said but he didn't go to his room. Instead he went into the room where Gojyo was resting. Sanzo's lips curled up into a smile as he saw his Gojyo sitting up in bed smoking a cig.

"You're not supposed to smoke you know… Hakkai doesn't like it when the room reeks of that smell…" Sanzo started to walk towards Gojyo's bed.

"Hmm… I forgot…" Gojyo put his cig out and throws it away.

"Have you been waiting for me?" Sanzo asked softly as he sat down on the edge of the bed. Gojyo lightly smiled at him and looked away.

"You're very disappointing Gojyo… but this time… I won't let you away…" Sanzo placed his hand on Gojyo's lap, his fingers lightly brushing the side of his thigh.

Downstairs… where Hakkai and Goku ate dinner. Goku stopped eating and looked at Hakkai worriedly.

"I think I should check up on Gojyo and Sanzo…" Goku said as he stood up from his chair.

"Sure… while you're at it… bring this to Gojyo… he might be a bit hungry…" Hakkai slowly passed him a plate of food. Goku grabbed it willingly and walked upstairs. He stopped in front of the room of Gojyo and Hakkai. He heard some voices and surely one of it was muffled.

"Gojyo are you alright in there?" Goku called out as he knocked on the door.

"Shit!" Sanzo cursed as he zipped up his pants and started to the window. He opened it and escaped through there, leaving the exhausted kappa in his bed sprawled out and naked.

"I'm coming in…" Goku gently opened the door and the whole room was dark so he couldn't see anything very well. Goku placed the plate of food next to the table beside him near the doorway. He turned the light switch on and what he saw made him tense.

"Gojyo!" he said in shock. His friend was breathing hard and sweating naked in bed.

"Goku…" Gojyo called out to him. Goku started to walk towards his bed.

"It's alright I'm here…" he said gently as he sat beside him on the edge of the bed. Goku's eyes wondered around Gojyo's body. He could see all the pain in Gojyo's face, his body was severely bruised and his neck had bared bites all over. Goku laid a gentle hand on Gojyo's forehead. When Gojyo flinched a little, it made Goku feel a little sad that his friend was hurting.

"Goku… I… I'm alright…" Gojyo said weakly, but Goku just smiled and pulled him into his arms. He held Gojyo silently and comforted him by brushing a hand on his back.

"Sshh… it's alright… I didn't see anything and I promise I won't tell Hakkai…" Goku loosened his hold on him and smiled in Gojyo's face.

"Goku… Thank you…" he smiled back at him and slowly he relaxed.

"But… you must eat! Cuz' Hakkai might get suspicious about your weight!" Goku smiled and cheerfully got up to get his plate. Gojyo sat up in bed and accepted the plate of food that Goku had given him.

"So… what exactly happened?" Goku asked curiously his eyes not focused on Gojyo but to something else. Gojyo trailed his eyes and looked at the object he was staring at. Goku was staring at the gun (Shourejyo) that was on the table next to Gojyo's bed.

"Nothing happened…" Gojyo said softly focusing on his food. Goku faced him and smiled again; slowly Goku stood up and walked to the doorway.

"Well… I better go… Hakkai's waiting for me and the food is going to get cold downstairs…" Goku slyly smiled at Gojyo and left him by closing the door gently.

"Hmm… that baka…" Gojyo sighed and smiled to himself. For a friend like Goku... Gojyo could trust him...