An Unlikely Couple

Goku looked at Sanzo miserably. For the third night in a row, the group had been lucky enough to find a town in which to spend the night. For the third night in a row, they had been lucky enough to find a inn with vacancies in those town. And for the third night in a row, Goku found himself sharing a room with Sanzo, rather Gojyo as he wanted. Not even Hakkai who could persuaded to leave the room for a time so Goku and Gojyo might have some privacy, but Sanzo. Stubborn, immovable Sanzo.

"Quit staring at me like that." came a voice from behind the ever present newspaper. Goku blinked and shifted his attention to the town visible from the window. It was early evening and people still milled around the streets. Vendors from the street market dismantled their stalls, families walked together to visit friends and the after work drinking crowd made their way to bars and...was that a flash of red hair? It was! Goku knew there was little chance of the town having a resident redhead, so that could mean only one thing. With a well practised whine, Goku addressed his keeper.

"Sanzo, I'm bored."

"Find something to do then," Sanzo replied without looking up from his paper. "And do it quietly."

"We could play cards?"

"No."

"Want to read to me?"

"What? No!"

"Can I-"

Sanzo lowered his newspaper and peered over his glasses at Goku.

"I told you, find something to do and shut up." he raised the newspaper once more.

"Okay!" and with a speed unrivalled by any of his companions, Goku was out of the room, down the stairs and out of the inn, heading for the area in which he'd spotted Gojyo.

Sanzo looked up from his paper when he heard the door slam and realised he'd been duped.

"Manipulative little bastard." only the fact that he couldn't be bothered moving saved Goku from Sanzo's wrath. The boy would have to return sometime and when he did, Sanzo would deal with him then.

Through the sea of people, Goku kept catching glimpses of bright red hair. He struggled to keep track of Gojyo, but eventually managed to almost catch up with him before the man disappeared through a doorway. Goku found himself stood in front of the tavern which Gojyo had obviously entered and stepped inside, coughing in the smoky atmosphere. He made his way to the bar where no doubt he would find Gojyo. As expected, he found Gojyo propping up the bar surrounded by beauties regardless of the fact he'd only just arrived. Goku made his way over, positioned himself as close to Gojyo as he could get and cleared his throat.

"Oh hey, Goku," Gojyo didn't quite slur but it was quite apparent that this wasn't his first drinking establishment of the evening. "Sanzo let you out of his sight, then?"

Goku responded with a shrug and a wary look at the girls surrounding Gojyo. Fortunately, Gojyo took the hint and politely shooed them away.

"You want a drink?" Gojyo ordered two beers without waiting for a response.

"Uh, if Sanzo finds out I've been drinking beer, he'll kill me. And you."

With a snorting laugh, Gojyo leaned in close to Goku.

"Better not tell him about what happens after the beer then."

There was something highly amusing about the situation, Gojyo mused as he watched Goku sip nervously on his beer. On the one hand, Goku was so forward in his pursuit of Gojyo, but became nervous and flustered when Gojyo made a lewd suggestion, although to his credit, Goku didn't back down.

"What does come after the beer?" the boy muttered into his beer glass. In answer, Gojyo drained his beer, pushed back his stool and stood. He walked to the end of the bar and spoke quietly to the barman then beckoned Goku over.

"We've got a room for a few hours if you're interested?"

Without a moment's hesitation, Goku eagerly nodded his head and the two of them passed through the door at the back of the tavern. Gojyo flipped a few coins the barman's way and received a key in return.

"How did you know they'd have a room?" Goku asked as they climbed the narrow stairs.

"Places like this usually do, for y'know the working girls?" the blank look on Goku's face told Gojyo that he didn't know. "Uh, it was a good guess. Ah, here we go - let's hope the room's clean. Hah-hah."

The room was clean as well as surprisingly well decorated and maintained. There was a large comfy looking bed in the middle of the room and the windows had been left open, giving the room a fresh smell.

"Hey," Goku exclaimed, immediately making for the bed and sat bouncing on the edge. "This is great! Much better than that crappy inn. We should stay in places like this more often."

Gojyo choked back laughter at the thought of Sanzo sleeping in a room which was usually used by whores to entertain their clients.

"Good idea, you should mention it to Sanzo." he chuckled and moved to sit beside Goku on the bed then casually slung an arm around the boy's shoulders. Goku momentarily stiffened then relaxed, leaning into Gojyo's touch. With a gentle squeeze of Goku's shoulder, Gojyo pulled him closer an dipped his head, speaking softly and seductively.

"You ready for your treat?" there was no need to wait for Goku to respond, Gojyo could see the answer in the way innocent eyes widened and lips automatically parted, just begging to be kissed. So Gojyo did exactly that. He brushed his lips lightly over Goku's then pulled back to gauge the reaction. Goku's eyes were closed and his lips still parted, short breaths escaping them. He looked so innocent, so angelic but when he opened his eyes, Gojyo saw the hunger and raw need within.

Goku's fingers scrabbled at Gojyo's collar, trying to grip so he could pull the man into another kiss. He needed to be kissed again, but not lightly, not gently. Goku wanted Gojyo to devour him.

"Please?" he whispered when Gojyo held back. Was the man deliberately teasing him? Did he want Goku to beg? Because he would. If that's what Gojyo wanted, Goku would beg - after all, he was used to begging whether to be for food or a little of his keeper's attention.

'No,' Goku thought to himself. 'Don't think about Sanzo...not now. Not with Gojyo.'

As if seeing the emotions pass through Goku, Gojyo finally acquiesced and caught him in a kiss, gentle at first but quickly growing in intensity. The kiss was returned with enthusiasm and Gojyo thought it was one of the sweetest he'd had, despite Goku's inexperience - or perhaps because of it. Either way, it filled Gojyo with a feeling he wasn't quite used to but it wasn't the time for self analysis so he filed it away at the back of his mind to ponder upon later.

With neither of them breaking the kiss, they shifted their positions so they were no longer sitting on the edge of the bed, but lying instead. Gojyo covered Goku's body with his own and insinuated himself between the boy's legs, causing their jeans covered crotches to come into contact. Both men jolted at the sensation and Gojyo swallowed Goku's groan. Finally, Gojyo broke the kiss.

"You know, it would feel much better if we had less clothes on," he said with a wink. "Whaddya say?"

Goku felt fingers at his belt and closed his eyes. He had suspected - hoped? - all along that Gojyo's treat would be actual sex and thought that was what he wanted, but now when faced with the reality of it, he wasn't so sure. He had a horrible feeling that Gojyo would ditch him as soon as he'd got laid and while Goku didn't kid himself that what they had was true love, he didn't want to be just another notch on Gojyo's mental bedpost either.

"You okay?" Gojyo was concerned. A few minutes had passed since he'd asked Goku's permission to proceed and all the boy had done was lie there with his eyes screwed shut. "We don't have to...y'know...not if you don't want to."

"We don't? Won't you be pissed off with me if we don't?"

"Of course not! I'll be disappointed, sure, but there's plenty of other stuff we can do to satisfy each other," Gojyo pressed the palm of his hand against Goku's crotch. "Anyway, don't I owe you a hand job or a blow job or something?"

Back at the hotel, Sanzo drained his drink and signalled for a refill. Beside him, Hakkai did the same.

"Where do you think they went?"

"Sneaky bastards could be anywhere." Sanzo growled. "If that filthy kappa thinks he can screw my monkey without consequences, he'd better think again."

Stroking his fingertips over the cool metal of his gun hidden wit in the folds of his robes, Sanzo promised himself that he's make Gojyo's life a misery, even more than he did already. Okay, so he might have given the impression he didn't care what the pair of them got up to, but...

"Well," Hakkai spoke up, startling Sanzo. "I'm sure Gojyo is only responding to Goku's advances."

Although said in his usual genial tone, Hakkai's words held a hint of something else, something un-Hakkai like. Sanzo raised an eyebrow in question.

"Just what are you trying to say, Hakkai?"

"Oh nothing, nothing."

Sanzo didn't believe Hakkai's innocent look for a moment and waited for the punchline that was certain to follow. Hakkai might be a master at keeping his feelings hidden most of the time, but Sanzo was positive that this wasn't one of those occasions.

"I mean," ah, there it was. "It's not as if your monkey could possibly have seduced my kappa now, is it?"

Well, Sanzo hadn't expected that. So Hakkai had designs on Gojyo did he? No wonder he wanted to be there when Sanzo confronted the kappa. Things were starting to slot into place.

"We could do something about it,"
Hakkai leaned forward conspiratorially and whispered to Sanzo. "No-one says we have to just accept things as they are."

"What did you have in mind?"

"Hmmm, the town is fairly small. It shouldn't be too hard to find out where a red haired half-breed with a teenaged boy in tow might have gone..." he left the suggestion hanging.

First, Sanzo discovered Goku's skills at duplicity and now he was finding out just how sneaky Hakkai could be. Sanzo wondered if he knew his companions as well as he thought he did. At least the lecherous Gojyo had done nothing but live up to Sanzo's expectations. With a flick of his wrist, his drink was emptied down his throat. Ensuring his gun and fan were still on his person, he stood up and nodded curtly to Hakkai.

"Let's go."

TBC...