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WOOOOOOSH~~~~~~ Time jump complete! (LOL)

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The next morning, Sanzo was in a good mood. He was sitting at the table, reading the paper while smoking a cigarette, like usual, but that bath he had taken last night was something else. Anyone who had known him for as long as his three companions had could tell that he was happy, even though he wasn't smiling at all. Hakkai had stopped sneezing, and could talk normally, so his cold was getting better, and while he was sitting at the table, he had a rare real-smile on, not the fake ones that he had whenever Goku and Gojyo were fighting about something and he was trying to block them out.

Gojyo and Goku, on the other hand, were miserable. Goku felt guilty about last night, and was so embarrassed he thought he was going to explode, and Gojyo felt crushed, and guilty about making Goku cry more than once. And he had even made Goku flinch. Goku had thought he was going to hit him, and he was SCARED. Gojyo had hit Goku before, whenever they fought or argued, it wasn't a new thing if Gojyo hit him. But Goku had been scared. That was new. And so, the Sanzo party sat in silence, and waited for breakfast patiently.

"Goku, is something the matter?" Hakkai had noticed the absence of Goku's everyday breakfast shenanigans, and was worried.

"Huh? What? Hakkai, did you say something?" Goku had been staring off into space, thinking about what to say to Gojyo….

"I asked if something was wrong, Goku." Hakkai looked across the table at the teen, who was staring off into space again.

"No, i'm fine. I just don't feel so well…." Goku trailed off. Next to him, Gojyo had flinched.

"Ok, then…..Well, if you need me to heal it for you, or you need to talk, i'm here….." Now it was Hakkai's turn to trail off. He had noticed Gojyo's flinch, and had decided to stay out of it.

The breakfast they had ordered soon arrived, the beautiful waitress that had served them didn't even get a second look from Gojyo, and he didn't even mention her G-cup. All the while she was placing the food on the table, Gojyo was thinking about Goku. I shouldn't have been so childish and walked away when he had called me back…...I really hurt his feelings last night; he won't even look at me…...that waitress is hot, why can't I flirt with her…..? Gojyo remembered Goku last night, with his flushed face and half-closed eyes. He was so sensitive, too…..the waitress couldn't compare with the sexy Goku….why did I have to make such a big deal about him not wanting to tell me something…..He obviously didn't want to talk about it because it hurt him! I'm such an ass…...fucking jerk Gojyo…

Goku didn't think Gojyo was a jerk at all. On the contrary, he thought HE was the jerk. I really should've let Gojyo continue…..I should've just told him…..he got so mad at me…..will he ever….want to do it...again? It felt soooo good… Hakkai noticed Goku blushing, and was more than a little worried now. I wanted him to do more….so I trusted him….? I wanted to have s-se-sex with Gojyo….? Yeah…..yes…..I did…..that wasn't enough…..I wanted more…..I wanted him to do what Boss had done to me…..I wouldn't have fought Gojyo, though…...I need to apologize…..even if I know that I would've let him do it…..He won't touch me again…..he probably hates me now…...he hasn't looked at me at all…...Maybe if I take his food like I normally would…...He will act like normal too….? Goku reached over and filled his plate up with food, though he wasn't hungry, and waited for Gojyo to do the same.

"Goku, would you like some more rice?" Hakkai wasn't going to mention their behavior in front of Sanzo, but he wanted to know if Goku was okay…..

"What? Rice? No, i'm going to finish what's on my plate first….." Hakkai didn't believe him. No matter how much food Goku had on his plate, he always wanted more, making sure Gojyo didn't take his, and taking Gojyo's. Sanzo doesn't notice how Goku's acting today? I'm going to have to get him to tell me later…...Maybe I'll ask Sanzo if we can stay another night…..it sure was comfortable here last night. And my cold got a little better, so maybe he'll let us stay until i'm fully recovered…..

"Sanzo?" Hakkai turned to his left, where the monk was sitting, eating silently.

"Nnnn? What, Hakkai?" Sanzo put down his chopsticks, completely oblivious to their companions' behaviors.

"I was wondering if we could stay here another night…." Hakkai was trying to be careful. He, more than anyone, knew Sanzo's fuse was especially short in the mornings.

"Yeah, I don't think a few more days to rest and recuperate are going to get us killed, or that Gumaoh will get resurrected in that amount of time….they can't do it without the matten scripture, anyway. And who in the hell wouldn't take the chance to use that bath as many times as possible?" Sanzo went back to eating. Oh, so that's why he can't see the changes in Goku's behavior. He's too relaxed because of the bath….haha, I can't believe this….brainwashed by a bath…..If Sanzo ever got defeated, it wouldn't be by a demon, it would be him preoccupied with a bath and forget to eat, or something. In that case, I'll talk to Goku tonight, after Sanzo locks himself in the bath again, or locks himself in his room. Hakkai was determined to get answers, either by Goku's mouth, or Gojyo's. He already knew they had fought last night after he went to bed, he just didn't know what about. Here he was, supposed to be relaxing, and he was troubling himself with Goku's problems with Gojyo. He'd have to make it quick, and get back to getting rid of this cold.

Gojyo had filled his plate with food, asking Hakkai to pass some of the dishes near Goku to him instead of just reaching over. Alarms were going off in both Hakkai's and Goku's heads. Gojyo started to eat, only stopping to drink or answer a question that Hakkai asked him. Goku reached over and nabbed his dumpling, even though he hadn't even finished half his own plate yet. Gojyo didn't even acknowledge the missing dumpling, and he didn't even look over at Goku or tell him to stop stealing. Goku tried a few more times, building his plate up with stuff he wasn't even going to eat, noticing Gojyo's total lack of attention to him.

"Hakkai, may I be excused…? I don't feel so good…." Goku looked like he was going to cry.

"Yes, but before you leave Goku, do you mind coming to my room after breakfast so I can heal you? You might have caught something nasty." From the look Hakkai was giving Goku, it wasn't a request. Sanzo was still eating, his senses dulled from the idea of more relaxation in the bath, and Gojyo looked at Hakkai, suddenly realizing that Hakkai knew that something was wrong with Goku, and that it was HIS fault.

"Yes….." Goku knew he didn't have a choice. He just wanted to lie down and relax, and stop thinking for a while.

"Then I'll see you in a little, Goku." Hakkai smiled reassuringly, promising Goku it wasn't going to be a lecture. "I'll come and get you after i'm done with my food and organizing the supplies we have to see what we need." Goku walked away, into his (Gojyo's) room and closed the door just as he started crying. Gojyo had closed his eyes, not looking at Goku on purpose, and Hakkai thought that he was in pain by his expression.

After breakfast, Sanzo went into his room and undressed again, disappearing into the bath.

"Gojyo, what happened last night with Goku…?" Hakkai thought he'd get a better picture if he asked both of them.

"I don't want to talk about it, Hakkai." Gojyo still looked like he was in pain, and when he was done with his plate he didn't ask for seconds.

"Well, if it's affecting both you and Goku, it affects all of us," Hakkai clarified for Gojyo that he wasn't asking. He was ordering the answer out of him. "And it's making both you and Goku miserable. Just tell me, Gojyo. How long have we known each other? It's not like Sanzo is going to find out by you telling me, and I want to know."

"I have enough on my mental plate without having you chew me out too, Hakkai! Leave it be!" Gojyo slammed his hand on the table, the food still there jumping off the clanking plates.

"I can't do that, Gojyo, and you know it!" Hakkai almost NEVER raised his voice, always staying calm no matter the situation or how bad the fight or argument was.

"I can't deal with it all at once! Just leave me be! I feel like shit right now, and don't need you to rub it in!" Gojyo wasn't even fazed by Hakkai's rare reaction.

"Gojyo, I can help. No matter what it is, I know I can at least try to help….." Hakkai had no idea what was going through Gojyo's head, but for him to say that he felt like shit…..

"Fine. I don't even think I care anymore." Gojyo had calmed down, but not in a good way. Sure, he wasn't yelling anymore, but now he was just directing the anger at himself…

"What happened with you and Goku after I went into my room, Gojyo? What did you fight about?" Hakkai needed to know, he might even be able to help.

"Goku got hard, Hakkai." Gojyo was being dead serious, looking straight into Hakkai's shocked expression. "And before that, when we were fighting while you took care of the Inn, I had held him down and made him cry."

"Goku…..cried….?"

"I didn't even know why, but he made me promise, like, four different ways not to tell Sanzo. Don't make me break that promise, Hakkai."

"I won't tell Sanzo, but why did he…..?" Hakkai was staring at Gojyo, "What do you mean by 'didn't'? So you know now?"

"I have a hunch." Gojyo closed his eyes again, then sat back and looked at the ceiling. "After you went into your room, Sanzo went into the bath and we were sitting at the table. Earlier, when Goku made me promise him, I teased him and told him that kisses were like promises to do the naughty only with the one person. One of the promises was a kiss, because one of the chicks in the last town told Goku that if you break the promise after you kiss, you'll go to hell. I was thinking about how to tease him more, then I look at him, and he is so turned on he was drooling and blushing a million shades of red I've never seen before."

"What? He kissed you-wait, GOKU was TURNED ON?" Another rare reaction from Hakkai.

"So I thought 'Is he sick? What's wrong with him? The Goku I know doesn't GET turned on…..', but he was really hard, Hakkai. He didn't even know what to do with himself. I offered to help, we went to my room, and while I was trying my very best here, he starts freaking out. So then he tells me he's had sex before, with a guy, and it hurt like hell. I connected the dots, and figured that's why he had cried when I held him down earlier."

"Goku had SEX? WITH A GUY? WHAT?" Hakkai couldn't believe it.

"Now he won't even look at me." Gojyo hung his head, hands clasped above it.

"Won't even look at you, but….You won't look at him either." Hakkai had his moment of shock, now he was trying to resolve the problem.

"How am I supposed to? I made him remember one of the worst moments of his life," Gojyo raised his head. "And I fell in love with him, Hakkai…..both in the same night….." He hung his head again, broken.

"Fell in lo- You, Gojyo? With Goku? I thought you didn't have any of that going on." Hakkai was referring to a few years ago, when Hakkai had asked him if he was gay after Gojyo took him in.

"I didn't, but when I saw Goku like that….." Gojyo trailed off, then sighed. "None of it matters, because I hurt him too much. You saw how he was before, he almost cried at the breakfast table just because I was sitting next to him, and he didn't even finish all his food…"

"Gojyo, I don't think that's why Goku cried. *sigh* So a man who isn't gay fell in love with Goku, who's had sex before, apparently."

"That about sums it up…." Gojyo leaned forward and rested his head on the table. "And I went like an ass, and actually asked him why he wanted me to stop calling him something…"

"Wait, what? What did he want you to stop doing?"

"He wanted me to stop calling him 'monkey' or 'monkey boy'. And then I got all jealous like an idiot, thinking that he wanted me to stop just so Sanzo was the only one who called him that."

"Gojyo…...did you ever think that it might have something to do with his first time….?"

"What?"

"Did you ever think that maybe, he was raped, and the person who did it called him 'monkey'?" Hakkai was starting to piece together all the information in his head.

"R-raped? What-" Gojyo stopped talking, remembering again.

"On another note, is this your first sex-bite-mark?"

"Yes…. I got hit before though…"

"HIT?!"

"Stabbed, too. And I got plenty of bruises…"

Gojyo jumped up like he had been electrocuted, startling Hakkai.

"Gojyo? Why-" He was cut off by Gojyo, who had sat back down.

"I am such an ASS! I can't BELIEVE myself right now! How could I-"

"GOJYO! Why did you jump up like that? And what do you mean you're an ass?!"

"I bit Goku….during it…..and I asked him if it was the first time he got bit during sex."

"You BIT him?!" Hakkai looked at Gojyo. "And? Why did you jump when remembering that?"

"He told me it was his first time getting bit."

"So?"

"He hadn't gotten bit before, but he got hit and stabbed. He told me he got bruises, too…."

"STABBED? Hit, I'd understand, if you have that kind of fetish, but stabbed?"

"Yes, and you just said he might've been raped. You don't normally hit your partner. Scratch, yeah, bite, yeah, but hitting and stabbing are a no. Never have I done it with someone who either liked it being done to them or liked doing it themselves."

"So, that must've been why…."

"Hakkai, thank you. I still feel like crap, but know I realize why he didn't want me to know….."

"Haha, I'm still stuck on the fact that Goku got hard!"

"Yeah….he was so sexy though…."

"Gojyo, I understand. And I won't tell Sanzo. But I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT. K?" Hakkai didn't want to even think about his best friend and the little innocent Goku doing it.

"Yeah, sorry….." Gojyo was feeling a lot better. Well, the guilt was still there, and he still regretted running away like that last night, hurting Goku's feelings like that…..but now he kind of had an idea of how to apologize…..

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