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Must you call it that?

[Pre-loaded??? Really??]

[He's still so huffy.]

You're utterly shameless. I'm not sure where to even begin.

Horny in advance? Revved up and ready to go? Hot anf bothered?

[ He's still grinning and you getting all huffy isn't helping. He has both hands on Hakkai's hips now. ]

C'mon, you know me better than anyone. Bet you can find something.

[Fine, he just won't look at Gojyo. Surely, that will help.]

Attracted. [So there.] And... caring deeply for you.

Is that adequate enough of a confession?

[ If it was possible to physically radiate joy, that's what Gojyo would be doing right now. He couldn't remember a time when he'd been this happy. Happy wasn't a large enough word -- it felt like he was so full it was bursting out the seams of him. Surely everyone else could see it too?

Is this what this felt like for everyone, all the time? It was better than any high he'd ever ridden.

He kisses the top of Hakkai's head.]

Yeah. Thanks.

... I'm not following.

[When did this suddenly turn into something other than teasing? Now that the tone has changed, even Hakkai is relaxing a bit. Baffled, but relaxing.]

I just...

[He looks up, blowing hair from his face absently, still smiling.]

This is like. The same, but more. I didn't think it could get better and then it did. Life don't usually drop happiness on us, you know?

[He looks back down, meeting Hakkai's eyes. Or, well. Eye.]

I dunno how to say it. I'm probably fucking it up. But this, and then you thought that about me even back then, it's like -- wow, you know?

You aren't. [You aren't fucking it up.] I wouldn't allow you to tease me like this, if you were.

[If it were anyone but Gojyo, they would be broken. Or deceased.]

But... you're right. We don't often get a chance to just be, do we? There's always some crisis. Or some attack.

It's good to know you like the downtime, as well as the adrenaline.

It really is like that time at the house, back when His Royal Virgin would just give us missions and then we'd go home.

I used to hate the down time. I'd go out and pick fights just to have something to do. Fuck a stranger, rob somebody blind. Then go get trashed so all I'd have to do is pass out once I got to the house.

[The one he shared with Banri. Except Banri took off and didn't come back. Until he did and almost fucked everything up anyway.]

Then you came along, and we had the missions, and I'd go out for poker and drinks to make grocery money. But then I wanted to go home. Always figured it was just me getting lazy. Or old.

Now I'm pretty sure it was you bein' there instead of a crappy empty place.

And now... it may as well be the same as that. Go on a mission. Return home.

[There are plenty of missions here, after all. Plenty to do. Get paid for it, and the chances of dying are so much smaller than back there.]

[It's starting to feel less like home - that world. Passing by from Jeep's driver seat. A cramped room at an in. The smell of so much cigarette smoke it's cloying instead of comforting.]

It's good to know you won't feel trapped. I had worried... I was keeping you tied down. Getting in your way.

It's why I almost left, that night. [The night he showed up with an umbrella and murder.]

Yeah. It'll be nice to get back to that easy shit. Thought I might try some handyman stuff around here too, keep my hands busy.

[ That kind of thing had always come naturally to him, like fixing the house up back in Trench. ]

Trapped?

[ His eyebrows fly up. ]

Why'd you think that?

You are very skilled with your hands.

[if you know what he means]

Ah, maybe that was the wrong word. More that I was intruding? Making myself a burden... an imposition. Forcing you to change your life style against your wishes.

[ It achieves the desired effect -- a broad smile. ]

Damn right I am.

And nah. If you really bugged me I'd have set you up with some cash and found another place for you to crash. It was kinda nice having someone waiting for me when I got home. Ain't had that since Jien.

Hahah, in that case, I'm glad.

Because I think here, our situation will be much the same. Albeit a bit quieter without Goku and Sanzo.

The quieter part'll be weird.

[ He leans forward, his body loose and lazy as he rests his chin casually on Hakkai's shoulder. ]

Think I'm still waiting for something to explode. Some fucked up white boy to show up and ruin our lives. Something.

I'm sure we'll find our own excitement. And trouble.

[Oh, this is ... comfortable. Extremely so.]

Don't say that. Sanzo may yet show up to demand we return to the road.

Always do.

[ He hums. ]

Eugh. Now that's one hell of a curse. Wonder what that asshole would make of us here.

He'd likely tell us to 'get a room'.

And then threaten to shoot us.

Hah, jokes on him. We already got one.

And he's shot at me so many times I ain't even scared anymore.

[He absolutely is.]

... Really?

[DOUBT.]

May I be there, when you inform him?

Only if you're volunteering to be my meat shield too.

If you insist.

[SMILE.]

[He can't see it but he can FEEL that smile.]

Hey-- it don't matter! Sanzo ain't here anyway. And if he showed up I'd chuck him back into the ocean. I'm still pissed at him.

[Gojyo he would absolutely be your meat shield, if he had to. You know that, right?]

Ah, no, I suppose it doesn't.

He might now show up on the beach, you know. He could arrive in a different season.

Then I'll find an ocean, drag him to it and throw him in. Bag of dicks that heavy's gotta sink.

Why do I sense another 'giant rolling asshole' conversation incoming?

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