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"To bear LOVE with its boundaries"
Chapter 13: THE CONTEST and Goku's thoughts…
It was a full moon that night, the breeze was ice cold, the windows were creaking. Two men slept in separate beds.
"Uh…" Hakkai grabbed his blanket tightly; he was trying to warm his cold body under the thin white blanket. He couldn't sleep well; he was a bit lonely in the room even though Goku kept company with him. Before he slept that night, he was a bit surprised that Gojyo insisted to stay at Sanzo's room for the night, they were supposed to be sleeping together, Hakkai wanted so much to be within Gojyo's caring arms but he was with Sanzo. The soft caring brunette just agreed and didn't question further about the reason why his lover is spending the night with a monk, no doubt a grumpy monk indeed, Hakkai did observe that Sanzo was always in the bad side. It was like Sanzo wanted to shoot a few bullets in his forehead and be done with it, Hakkai was mostly afraid to anger the monk since the day Gojyo became his lover.
"Gojyo…" Hakkai called out for him, he sighed as black clouds covered the moon.
"Gojyo?" Sanzo sat up in bed; he stared at Gojyo who was changing into his clothes.
"Ah… sorry… did I wake you up?" Gojyo smiled at the blond man, Sanzo slightly tilted his head to the right.
"What are you doing?" the monk crawled to the edge of the bed to get close to Gojyo.
"I have to go to Hakkai…" Gojyo zipped his pants and sat down beside Sanzo on the edge of the bed. Sanzo placed his arms around the redhead; he laid his head on the tanned shoulder.
"No… don't… stay with me… I don't want you with him…" Sanzo held him tight, he wasn't going to let go.
"Sanzo… I know that you don't want Hakkai to touch me-" Gojyo's sentence was cut because Sanzo kissed him. When the kiss was done, Sanzo didn't lean back; his face was still close to the redhead.
"Gojyo… you are mine…" Sanzo let go of the redhead and sat back.
"Well… I am always yours Sanzo… but there are still things I have yet to consider about…" Gojyo stood up and smiled slyly at the monk.
"Che… you better come back here or I'll shoot you in the head…" Sanzo muttered a threat and lay back down on the bed.
"Ok… Ok… I promise… it won't take long… I'll just go there, say 'good night' and kiss him for good dreams…" when Gojyo said 'kiss' Sanzo snorted and turned his back on him. Gojyo laughed for a moment and then decided to go already. He walked out of the room, leaving the monk muttering curses. He entered Hakkai's room silently, but the brunette was awake the whole time.
"Gojyo…" green eyes were focused upon a scarred face. Gojyo walked towards his bed and stood above him. Hakkai sat up and grabbed hold of him.
"I feel so cold…" Hakkai desperately grabbed unto him, he could feel Gojyo's warm skin, he could smell the lovely scent of the half-breed.
"Hakkai… I'm here…" Gojyo knelt down and held him in his arms, Hakkai was tired and his hands couldn't hold on anymore, he laid it down on the bed and let Gojyo hold him instead.
"Gojyo… kiss me…" Hakkai whispered pleadingly, Gojyo smiled at him softly and slowly he bent down to kiss him. Hakkai felt good, he tasted his lover's kiss and it was sweet as usual. The brunette was about to close his eyes in delight but something caught his eye. A small red mark lay on the tanned neck of his lover, Hakkai pushed Gojyo away from him, he felt a little conspicuous.
"What's wrong Hakkai?" Gojyo looked at him in concern; Hakkai just smiled and shook his head at him.
"Nah… It's nothing…" Hakkai waved a dismissive hand at his lover.
"Eh? Nothing?" Gojyo raised an eyebrow at him; Hakkai just smiled and looked away.
"Gojyo… I…" Hakkai whispered, before Hakkai could finish, Gojyo lay down beside him on the bed and hugged him like a soft mushy teddy bear.
"I love you…" Hakkai smiled in his face and kissed him softly on the forehead.
"Close you're eyes… rest Hakkai… you're going to need it for tomorrow…" Hakkai obeyed him and closed his eyes. Gojyo kissed his left and right eyes softly; he cradled Hakkai in his arms and told him so many things of love to make the brunette descend into his dreams without any disturbance. Gojyo left his lover as soon as he went into dreamland; he snuck out of the room and went back to Sanzo as he had promised.
The next morning…
"Hakkai!" Goku shouted aloud awakening the brunette from his wondrous sleep.
"G-Goku?" Hakkai rubbed his eyes slowly and tried to wake his body up from the sleep.
"Good morning!" Goku was cheerful today, the little boy had a bright smile on his face, it seemed like nothing bad had happened to him.
"Good morning to you to…" Hakkai smiled back at the boy. Goku jumped on his bed and sent Hakkai flying off his bed, landing on his butt on the hard wooden floor.
"Ah! Hakkai!" Goku worriedly crawled on the edge of the bed and looked down at Hakkai.
"Ite…" Hakkai was rubbing his sore butt.
"Sorry… I just got excited that's all…" Goku got off the bed and stood before him.
"Why so excited early in the morning?" Hakkai asked the energetic teenager before him.
"Well… it's just that Sanzo is in a good mood and you're…" Goku stopped for a moment and started to think of what to say next.
"And… what?" Hakkai stood up and looked down at Goku's thinking face.
"And you're the last one to wake up!" Goku laughed silly, a sweat mark appeared at the back of Hakkai's head.
"What's that supposed to mean?" the brunette didn't understand at all. Why is Goku happy that he wasn't awake early?
"Well… it's because you were always the first one to wake up early and you always wake everyone up so that we could all be ready…" Goku said everything like it was a fact and somehow Hakkai got into the lower level because of his over sleeping.
"Ah… now that reminds me… is everyone up?" Hakkai asked with a plain smile.
"Yeah! Gojyo was the one who woke us up! It's really surprising that the lazy kappa could skip sleep to wake everyone up…" Goku was surprised, Gojyo wouldn't be awake so early, sometimes it's hard to wake the redhead up without a bucket of water.
"Goku… sometimes people change… even the way they are…" Hakkai patted Goku on the head.
"Change? Hmm…" Goku crossed his arms in front of his chest and thought thoroughly of the word change. A cloud popped out over his head…
He thought of Hakkai… he was wearing tight leathered pants and a sleeveless cottoned white shirt, his hair was messy and he was growing a little beard.
The brunette was a drinker and a smoker… goodness he was a ladies man!
"Ah… girls! Girls! Why don't we hang out at my place for the night?" Hakkai smirked at the women who hung around him. The ladies giggled and walked with him to the hotel.
"Ack! No way!" Goku shook his head hard.
He thought of Gojyo… he wore a pink apron with a heart in the middle for décor, Gojyo's hair was clipped back and his face was bright with a smile.
The kappa was actually soft and gentle… he was like a proper lady or he is actually like Hakkai…
"Goku… do you want you're eggs scrambled or sunny-side-up?" Gojyo blinked his pretty lashes at the boy. Goku just smiled at Gojyo, a sweat mark appeared on his forehead.
"Eek… creepy…" Goku's eyebrow twitched in horror.
He thought of Sanzo… Sanzo was Sanzo… he's standing in the middle of the spotlight… his arms crossed in front of his chest… his veins were popping out in anger…
Sanzo… hmm… Sanzo…
"Oi! Bakasaru!" Sanzo hit him with a paper fan.
"Ite… there's no way that old grumpy monk would change…" Goku rubbed his forehead even though it didn't hurt.
"Well… I'm going down…" Hakkai was dressed and ready. Goku stood there surprised, how long has the boy stood there? How long was he in his thoughts? Well… it doesn't matter anymore. Everyone has got to go to the west and finish their mission.
They both went down together. They paid for their rooms and they went straight to the restaurant, Sanzo was reading his newspapers and Gojyo was sipping from his bottle of beer. Hakkai smiled and greeted the two men in the table. Gojyo winked at the brunette and Sanzo snorted at him.
"Hmm… you over slept I suppose?" Sanzo raised a suspicious eyebrow at him, Hakkai nodded in response.
"Well… yes… I couldn't seem to wake up because I had a wonderful dream…" Hakkai smiled at Gojyo's direction, Sanzo saw that smile and overlooked it. He didn't want to be nasty at Hakkai; after all, Gojyo was still his and his alone.
"Would you like me to take your orders now?" the waitress asked Goku.
"Ahh… YES! YES! YES! I want everything in the breakfast menu!" Goku's eyes were sparkling, he was hungry like hell.
"BAKA!" Sanzo hit the annoying boy with a paper fan.
"Ite… Sanzo…" he rubbed his head softly.
"Sanzo… give the kid a break… you now that he's hungry…" Gojyo placed down his empty bottle. He smiled slyly at the waitress and gave her one of his seducting winks.
"One more beer please… and also buy the whole breakfast menu…" Gojyo was flirting with the waitress. Goku was totally happy and the other two men… they were a bit hostile with Gojyo for a moment.
"Gojyo…" Hakkai was in a dark and deadly mood, he was furious with the redhead because of his flirting with the waitress.
"You'll pay the whole meal the next time you do that again…" Sanzo was also in a dark and deadly mood, he was also furious with Gojyo.
"Ah… calm down…" Gojyo smiled nervously at the two men, a sweat drop appeared on his forehead. Black clouds appeared on the heads of Sanzo and Hakkai. They were totally mad at him.
"No more flirting!" Sanzo and Hakkai yelled at Gojyo in the same time. The two men looked at each other surprisingly. Truly there was going to be a contest held between them, a contest of love. Sanzo's lavender eyes penetrated with Hakkai's green ones. They were at it now, fighting for Gojyo's love. But Hakkai isn't sure yet if Gojyo and Sanzo are lovers… he just wants a challenge and he'll face it even if the prize would be Gojyo's heart. Sanzo is competitive and won't give up, surely he will never give up Gojyo.
How will this start off? And how will this end? Surely Gojyo will have a hard time making his decision! What will happen next! See you on the next chapter!