Now Of All Times

A/N: sorry if this is a bit choppy to read my muse has been on strike.
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Now of all times
Pt 4


Trying to keep his irritation in check Sanzo shoved a razor into Gojyo's hand. "Don't even think of anything it the terms of kappa induced fun until you shave."

"Well you're not sprouting any feathers either you know." He affectionately tugged on some of blond chin hair.

"Ugh just go. You stink to the high heavens. And I'm tired of the skin irritation."

"I seem to recall that you had a completely different reaction that one time."

Sanzo's face turned bright red. "Well that was different."

"You want to know what one of the sexiest things that you can do for a lover?" Sanzo blinked at the red head. "Let me shave you."

The blond was beyond words. Gojyo used the silent time to gather the necessary items. Draping one towel over the slim shoulders. He went into the bathroom only to return a short while later with a steaming hot towel.

"Sanzo do you trust me? You have to have absolute trust to allow me to do this. If not I'll stop right now."

Sanzo blinked several more times. "Yes I trust you."

"Good now hold on this part is a bit hot at first." Gojyo carefully wrapped the hot towel around Sanzo's face. "This helps open the pores and makes the hair soften so it won't pull when I use the razor." He kept his voice quite. Rubbing the brush on the shave soap to get a thick lather. "Now." He pulled the towel away. "Once more! Do you trust me?"

Sanzo nodded in reply. The foam was genteelly brushed on the blushing and heat flushed face. He responded with a sigh of delight. It felt so good. The steamy towel had already relaxed him fairly well. He almost made a huge mistake when he first felt the chill of the flat blade against his skin. He almost jumped at the contact.

"Sit still Sanzo. I don't want to cut you." Gojyo slightly hissed at the fidgety priest.

"So how did you come to this particular skillful knowledge?"

"Wwwweeeeelll." Gojyo drawled out. "You see there was this gal…"

"Eeww! Stop I don't want to know." Sanzo couldn't help the slight twitch.

"Hey watch it." Gojyo warned.

Sanzo once more began to relax under Gojyo's careful delicate job. It lulled him into a relaxed place somewhere between awake and asleep. He came back to full consciousness when the red head kissed the tip of his nose.

"All squeaky, shiny clean." He ran a finger around Sanzo's jaw line. "What'd ya think?"

"I think if I'm not careful I could get use to something like that." He touched his jaw and neck. "Not sure if I could do the same thing."

"We'll work on that some other time. What you need right now is to get into the shower so I can do the same thing."

"Unless you want some help…" Gojyo had a silly smile on this face. "I need to get nice and clean too cause otherwise my little seduction will be wasted."

"Oh is that what it was?" the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. "Maybe you should hurry up before I lock the door."

"Hey that's cruel…you wouldn't really do that? Would you Sanzo?" there was a flicker of fear in his gem colored eyes. "S-A-N-Z-O? You wouldn't do that to me would you?"

"Now's not the time to find out." He walked with a little extra swing in his hips as he opened the bathroom door and stepped inside.

"Hey hang on let me get my stuff you tease."

Sanzo sighed heavily when he had finally managed to get Gojyo's hair clean after three complete rounds with the shampoo.

Occasionally they got a little sidetracked and took extra time on certain areas of each other's anatomy.

"Well now that was a tasty little show."

Gojyo's shriek of surprise hit an all time high. Sanzo could not help the minute chuckle that escaped. He made a valiant effort to appear angry with only a towel draped around his hips.
"What do you want this time?"

"Just checking in on my boys." Kanzeon Bosatsu lounged on the bed. "You guys are just too cute."

"Knock it the fuck off you crazy old witch." Gojyo's voice had returned to its normal level. "Give a guy some warning next time."

"Now where's the fun in that?" She brushed a stray strand of hair back into place. "Then I wouldn't be able to catch all that delicious fun."

Sanzo, still trying to maintain his stern demeanor, crossed his arms over his chest. "So what'd you want now?"

"Oh nothing really…" her voice tapered off...

"Bullshit. Spit it out and leave."

"Always to the point Konzen Douji. Very well you need to get to the next town in a hurry. And as much as I enjoy these little distractions you've got to make haste."

"Why?" Gojyo growled out.

"Because you're needed there." She faded away.

"Meddlesome old hag." Sanzo had a quick but vivid flash of his other self saying nearly the same thing. Shaking his head, "To hell with her we're staying the night. I for one need a real bed under me."

Gojyo slipped an arm around the trim waist next to him, pulling him closer. "Besides we have some unfinished business right here." He began to lay a line of nibbling kisses down the neck of a still perturbed priest. "Come on Sanzo." He pulled Sanzo along by the hand as he moved toward the awaiting bed. "Let's not waste any time worrying about her."