Prompt: Ice skating

Author: Erik

Summary: In which Gojyo has a surprise for Kanda.

Disclaimer: We do not own Saiyuki or DGM.

It was morning. The sun streamed in through the curtain-less window. Kanda was just waking up when Gojyo burst into the room. "Get up, squirt!" He said in an excited voice as he tossed a coat at Kanda. Gojyo already had a sweatshirt and his shoes on. It was odd to see him not hungover or even up and this cheerful at this hour. Kanda narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

"What's going on?" Kanda asked cautiously.

"I got somethin' I want to show you, it's a surprise."

"I don't like surprises," Kanda huffed.

"Tough shit. Now let's GO!" Gojyo was practically out of the door When Kanda came begrudgingly after him. The morning air was cool and the thin coat he was wearing was not doing its job as well as it could. This didn't seem to phase Gojyo in the least.

They weren't walking toward the town. "Where are we going?" Kanda demanded.

"Just wait," was all he got as a reply. Soon they arrived at a smallish pond.

"What are we doing here?" Kanda asked, by now more than curious as to what the older youth had planned.

Gojyo unslung a bag Kanda hadn't noticed he had from his shoulder and took out two pairs of ice skates.

Gojyo gave the smaller pair to Kanda. "Don't look at me like that, I didn't steal 'em." The skates were a little worse for the ware but still usable and after quick argument and a tackle into the snow, Kanda and Gojyo were unsteadily making their way onto the ice.

"What's the point of this again?" Kanda growled as he struggled to keep his footing.

"I dunno, always wanted to I guess," Gojyo shrugged. He attempted to stand straighter but over balanced and his feet came out from under him. He landed hard on his back. Kanda tried to skate over to him. Gojyo groaned but started to laugh. "Shit that hurt."

Kanda looked over at him. "You look like an idiot."

"I know. Now help me up." Gojyo held out an arm and Kanda tried to pull him up. The two only succeeded in pulling both of them back to the cold wet ice. Eventually they both got to standing.

As the morning wore on, the two of them began to get better. They could actually stand up and propel themselves forward. By the afternoon they were attempting tag. This, of course, didn't mean they didn't fall, in fact the probably spent an equal amount of time standing as they did flat on the ice. They were soaked, but didn't really care.

Kanda was by far the better of the two. When Gojyo fell, he would skate circles around him. Of course when Kanda fell, Gojyo had no qualms about mocking him back. The sun started to sink below the clouds when the two of them decided they had had enough. Working their way back to the edge, they sat in the snow and removed the skates. Gojyo stuck them in the bag and they made their way home.

"So, how was that?" Gojyo said, ruffling Kanda's hair.

Kanda proceeded to elbow him in the ribs, but it wasn't nearly as hard as usual. Gojyo smirked. It was a good day then.