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And When The Sun Goes Down	By : GhostHelwig Category: Gensomaden Saiyuki > General Views: 3352 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Gensomaden Saiyuki, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Disclaimer � I do not
own or profit from Saiyuki. Which you hopefully already knew.

Rated
R for stuff that happens later.
As in, not right now.

Thank you to everyone
who reads this story, and everyone who takes the time to review. I truly appreciate your support.

There�s a line in
here directly from disc ten of the anime. Which, I should�ve mentioned before but forgot, you will probably want to have seen before you read this
story, as I�ll be including SPOILERS in it that I may not think
to warn of. This takes place after the last �Saiyuki� episode.

Oh, and if anyone can
name who says the line in the anime,
you get virtual cookies! (�grin�)

Chapter Summary: In
which Hakkai worries, Goku and Gojyo don�t, and Sanzo earns himself the title
of �Skinny Boy� by once again forgetting that food is necessary to good health.

Anyway, enjoy. Peace, all.

***

And When The Sun Goes Down

Chapter Two: I Lie Awake And
I Pray

by Ghost Helwig

***

Hakkai sighed, letting the breath rush out between his
teeth. Another whole week had passed,
and nothing had changed, except that he knew, he knew, he knew...

He really hated the knowing.

And he thought maybe his facade of blissful ignorance was
starting to crack. Not that anyone had
called him on it, or even seemed to notice yet, but inside he knew it was all
he could do to not confront Sanzo about his utterly inappropriate behavior �
and then duck and cover when the bullets started flying.

But confrontation was never his way, not in situations such
as these (has there ever been another situation like this, Gonou?
he thought to himself. In your entire lifetime?), and anyway
Sanzo hadn�t actually done anything
worthy of a confrontation yet. Looking
was not the same as touching. Lord knew
that if looking counted as sex, Gojyo would�ve been intimate with them all at
least thirty times by now � and with Sanzo, probably even more than that.

So he did nothing, and Sanzo did nothing, and as far as
Hakkai could tell Goku did nothing but eat, sleep, eat some more, argue with
Gojyo, and pester Sanzo for whatever reason occurred to him until he got hit
with the paper fan or shot at � and Gojyo seemed content doing basically the
same things, only with a healthy (or unhealthy, depending on your point of
view) helping of sex and flirting added in to the mix.

It was all driving Hakkai just the slightest bit mad.

But now here was the perfect opportunity to express himself,
to tell Sanzo what he felt Sanzo needed to know without actually �telling� Sanzo anything (since that
would probably � no, definitely � get
him shot). He was better at doing things
this way anyway, better at talking around pertinent points rather than address
them directly...

So as Sanzo sat very still in his seat and tried not to
twitch listening to Goku and Gojyo bicker over a certain meat bun even though a
platter of them sat not far away from both of their overstuffed plates, Hakkai
decided to broach the subject as delicately as he possibly could.

He kept half his gaze leisurely trained on Sanzo�s hands the
whole time, waiting for a sign that either one was going for his gun. He wasn�t stupid.

�It�s kind of funny, isn�t it, Sanzo,� he said pleasantly,
�how no matter what happens, Goku and Gojyo remain the same? It�s quite refreshing, actually.�

Sanzo gave him a look that could only be described as
funny. Hakkai smiled, even though the
expression was among the last his face wanted to make.

�They never change,� he went on, glancing pointedly at
Goku. Sanzo followed his gaze and
frowned darkly. Maybe I�m getting through, Hakkai thought. He spoke again, this time feeling much more
hopeful about Sanzo actually getting � and conceding
� his point...

�Let�s hope they never do, yes?�

Violet eyes narrowed suspiciously. Hakkai knew, then, that he�d won, because
Sanzo knew precisely what he meant and even Sanzo must agree that Goku-

�Everything changes, idiot,� Sanzo said, gruff voice
unusually low and harsh � Sanzo could play this game, too, that was obvious,
though Hakkai could tell from the pinched set of his lips that it left a bad
taste in his mouth.

Or maybe that was just from the nature of their discussion. He
certainly felt a little sick again...

�Besides,� Sanzo said as he reached for the newspaper Hakkai
had had the serving girl bring him just before dinner (a calming tactic, one
that had the added bonus of being just obvious enough that Sanzo would know
Hakkai wanted something from him), �things that never change are so lame.�

Sanzo froze, hand outstretched. He appeared startled by his own words, though
Hakkai didn�t know why. Sure it was
strange to hear Sanzo call anything
�lame� (usually he used much harsher words), but it wasn�t as though he
couldn�t understand what the monk was telling him...

Sanzo sat back, the newspaper abandoned, and glared at
Hakkai as though he was the source of all of his problems. Hakkai smiled genially in return.

Goku and Gojyo were getting progressively louder. Hakkai could see Sanzo notice this, watch the
emotions play over the unchanging face Sanzo showed him. He could read Sanzo so well, no matter how
hard the blonde tried to hide...

Which was why he knew, immediately, that
his words were going to be ignored.

Before he could say anything more, Sanzo stood up from the
table, fan immediately in hand and descending upon the heads of two people who
really shouldn�t have been surprised by it.
As Gojyo swore and Goku whined, Sanzo snarled at them to shut up, and
exited the bar without a word of explanation.

Goku stared. Gojyo
stared. Hakkai put his head in his hands
while both of them weren�t looking at him.

He has to see what
this is. He�s not stupid, or naive in
any sense of the word. He has to
know. He has to know this is wrong.

Hakkai looked up just in time to see Goku willingly abandon
his meal in favor of running after Sanzo.
Gojyo, obviously floored by this turn of events, was left staring after him.

And Hakkai was left with that same dull nausea roiling
around in his gut, wanting to choke him.

***

Goku and Sanzo finally returned two hours later, just when
Hakkai was about to start truly freaking
out and go after them. He really,
really wasn�t comfortable with the idea of the two of them alone together right
now...

But they walked into his room at the inn they�d be staying
at easily enough, nothing strange in either the priest or the boy�s
demeanor. The only odd thing was that
Sanzo actually came into his room; the monk obviously had yet to realize it (or
just didn�t want to acknowledge it), but the reason they often met in his room
was because he flatly refused to set foot in any of theirs�, even when the
situation warranted a group meeting of sorts...

But Sanzo was here, and glaring, and so normal Hakkai could actually imagine, for a moment, that things
were still alright between them.

But then Goku grabbed Sanzo�s hand to pull him further into
the room and get him sitting on the good chair by the window (having summarily
kicked Gojyo out of it first, leaving the redhead grumbling goodnaturedly on
the floor), and Sanzo allowed
it. Didn�t do more
than roll his eyes. Was as passive as Genjo Sanzo ever allowed himself to be.

It was... unsettling.
Unnerving.

Sanzo suddenly looked at him, looked with a gaze only he
could pull off that was wise and young and angry and understanding and knowing all at once, and Hakkai blanched. He hurriedly dismissed himself, rushing from
the room even as Gojyo called after him, �hey! This is your
room, y�know!�

He knew. But he
suddenly couldn�t be in it any longer.

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