Okay, this is what i’ve got after doing the Saiyuki tests.
1. Valentine Gift
Flashback to a few days before at the market*
While wandering through the market with Gojyo and Hakkai nearby, you stop at a stand selling all sorts of sewing notions and every shade of silk thread imaginable. Gojyo looks to Hakkai, grinning and sighing as he does. “Well Hakkai,” he gives his friend a good-natured slap on the back. “This could be a while. Anything else we need to pick up while the woman tries to make up her mind?” He catches your eye as you turn to huff at him, though he knows as well as you that you aren’t in the least annoyed. He’s gotten used to you and your little quirks. This one being that you adore any sort of sewing, and it can take (in his opinion, and yes he is probably quite right) an eternity for you to choose just the right shade of green to use for a particular piece.
“Oh hush…” Your eyes sparkle at him as you wrinkle your nose then smile. “But yes.. If you need to get anything else you probably shouldn’t wait for me to finish looking here.”
Gojyo chuckles before taking you around the waist and pulling you close for a gentle kiss. “We won’t be long babe. I’d say don’t move from this spot but … I’m pretty sure you will.”
You take a little nip on his chin and he pretends to protest, as you pull away and turn to Hakkai. ” Make sure he behaves for me will you.”
As Gojyo walks off with Hakkai to get the last of the groceries, Hakkai turns to his friend. ” I would never have believed it. You, a henpecked man. ”
“I am not henpecked.” Gojyo grins as he lights a cigarette. Then he chuckles and smirks. “Okay maybe a little.” Watching as Hakkai haggles with the grocer about some onions, Gojyo turns serious. “I’ve been thinking I’d like to get her something special. You got any ideas something she might like?”
Hakkai laughs and shakes his head. ” She’s your lover. You ought to know what she likes. ”
Gojyo frowned a moment. ” I don’t know that you could technically call us… lovers.”
Hakkai raised a brow slightly surprised. ” You share the same bed you can’t tell me…”
“Yes I can tell you that.” Gojyo growls and rolls his head cracking it. ” She’s not ready and I’m not pushing. ”
“Isn’t it rather difficult to refrain when you are so close, sharing the same bed…?”
“Difficult ..?” Gojyo follow along with Hakkai as he continues shopping. “Man you have no idea. But I’ll live. But that’s exactly where my problem is. This whole… courtship thing. It’s like totally foreign territory for me.” He leans against the post of one of the tented stands taking another bag from Hakkai as they move along to the next spot. ” I’ve never given anyone anything. I mean sure I tried to give mom stuff but.. that doesn’t count anyway.”
“Well she loves to sew.” Hakkai said simply.
“Don’t I know it. You know she once ran out of green thread, some wacky shade I forget the name of and asked me if I would pick her up some on my way out for cigarettes. Wouldn’t ya know they don’t have the one she needs so I figure one green is good as the next. Apparently … I was wrong.” He grins as he takes a long drag on his cigarette, the exhaling. “God she’s cute when she’s annoyed.”
Hakkai lets out a deep laugh then. “She got annoyed over that?”
“Well .. she never really gets annoyed, she just likes to pretend she is,” Gojyo winked at Hakkai. “cause she knows I’ll try extra hard to make up for it.”
“Alright… I think I’ve heard enough.” Hakkai laughs. “But back to my point. If she likes sewing … why not get her something she can use?”
“Like what?” Gojyo frowns as Hakkai takes take last bag groceries they need.
“Well…”Hakkai begins as they head back to the stand where they had left Essa. “We could take a look at the stand Essa was at. But it might be hard to pick something if she is still there.”
Gojyo chuckled. “Trust me she won’t be. Unless I miss my guess…” Gojyo thinks carefully. “We’ve been shopping about an hour and half now… she should be looking for someplace that has banana fritters and sweet tea.” He smirks.
About twenty minutes later Gojyo is carrying a small rosewood sewing box and is frowning at Hakkai. “You’re absolutely sure she is going to love this? I mean it’s not particularly romantic and it wasn’t even the prettiest one there.”
“Gojyo…trust me.” Hakkai winks knowingly.
*Present day*
It’s an unusually quiet day. The sun is shining and, well if it were up to you the windows would be wide open, but Sanzo despises the heat. You sit curled up in a chair in the corner working on some silk embroidery. It’s just one of those lazy days and you have not even changed from your sleeping clothes, instead you’ve just pulled on a robe and made yourself comfortable for the day. In fact you’ve gotten so comfortable it’s not long before you’ve fallen asleep in the chair. By the time you are woken up by a gentle kiss on the cheek, the sun is already setting. You blink slowly as you stretch you arms and yawn.
“Such a beautiful day and I slept it away.” You look up to Gojyo who is leaning in kissing you on the forehead, his hands resting on the arms of the chair. “Why didn’t you wake me sooner. ” You glance up the window feeling slightly disappointed.
“Sorry babe. I wasn’t here to wake you. I had stuff I had to do.” He takes your hand and gives you a little pull out of the chair. “Go get changed. I’ve got a surprise for you.”
“A surprise? What kind of surprise?” You curious.
“I’m not telling you silly.” He shoos you into the bedroom. “You’ll just have to wait and see.” You are sure you see a smirk on his face as he almost pushes you into the room.
After you change Gojyo takes you by the hand and you leave the inn. Once outside he insists you close your eyes as he keeps you steady as you walk with him for what seems like forever but is really only about 15 minutes. At one point you almost trip on a rough patch of ground.
“No tripping babe. Can’t have you messing up that pretty dress of yours.” He snatches you up into his arms carrying you the rest of the way. You cannot help but giggle as he does.
“Where are you taking me?” You put your hands over your eyes as you feel the urge to start peeking.
Gojyo only grins. “You’ll see. We’re almost there.” All you can hear is the sound of the wind rustling lightly through the trees and crickets chirping. “Now you can open your eyes.” He stops, still holding you in his arms as you open your eyes and look around. There in the middle of the woods is a small stream and set up by it is a blanket with incense burning and, a basket, which you can only assume, is filled with food. Red and pink flower petals are strewn on the ground surrounding the blanket. Gojyo is watching your expression closely as you stare at the carefully arranged space. “Well… do you like it?” He lets you down and taking your hand walks you over to the blanket, sitting down next to you as he pulls over the basket and opens it. ” I would have lit candles but… I didn’t want to burn down the entire forest.”
You watch as he takes out a covered bowl with what looks to be noodles in it and some chopsticks. Then comes second dish with some chicken. Taking out two empty bowls, he sets everything neatly between the two of you and you watch as he uncovers the noodles.
“I sure hope you’re hungry.” He takes up the bowl of noodles and puts some in an empty dish then hands it to you “Have some. It took some work but I think you’ll like it.”
You look at him completely surprised as you take some with your chopsticks and taste it uncertainly. You’ve tasted Gojyo’s cooking before and, well…it leaves much to be desired. Fortunately though you can cook and between you and Hakkai there is really nothing to fear at mealtime. But as you taste this you can’t help but smile. It’s good. Quite good actually.
“You did all this yourself?” You ask in amazement.
“Well..almost all by myself. I screwed up a couple things and .. to be honest I ended up asking for a little help from Hakkai. But…” He said seriously. “I cooked it all, I just followed his direction.”
You blush and set the bowl down, suddenly not feeling very hungry as your stomach turns to knots.
“What’s wrong?” He looks from you to the bowl of the noodles. “I screwed it up somehow didn’t I?” He growled to himself then sighed.
“You didn’t screw up anything.” You say softly then look at him. “It’s perfect.” You lean over and kiss him briefly then pull away. “In fact, you are perfect.” In that moment you realize he would do anything for you, anything to try and make you happy, and he wasn’t going anywhere. “I love you Gojyo.” You must have said it hundreds of times before but something in the way you said it this time was different and you couldn’t have meant it more. ” But I seem to have lost my appetite for food at the moment. Maybe I’ll be hungry later…” The blush in your cheeks grows a bit deeper as you look at him a way you haven’t dared to before.
“Babe..” Very gently he caresses your cheek, moving his hand down to you shoulder caressing all along the way as he begins to slightly slip the shoulder of your dress off. “…Are you sure?”
“I couldn’t be more sure.”
With that he kisses you more deeply leaning you back on the blanket…
Comment: This is a lie, i don’t sew.^^
2. Saiyuki Note
Tearing through the forest as quickly as you can you hear the sound of brush crackling behind you. It’s hopeless you know , in your wildest dreams you knew you wouldn’t be able to outrun him , but you certainly intended to try. After only a few moments though you felt yourself brought down to the ground from behind and turned onto your back as you struggled against strong arms. You stared up at the demon prince your eyes narrowed in anger and fear. “Get off of me!” Furiously you begin trying to twist free of his grip , his hands tightening around your wrists as he digs his claws in slightly to keep you still.
“Foolish girl…!” He pushes your arms back down hard above your head with all his might and you can’t even wriggle free in the slightest. Your skin heats up and between the anger and the fear your body is shaking uncontrollably. Letting out a deep breath you realize that the average human girl is hardly a match for even the weakest of demons… and the demon Prince Kougaiji was as far from weak as they came. You muster up one last attempt at twisting free but he slams your wrists back against the ground in exasperation. “Damn you girl!” He hissed looking at you in disbelief. ” Stop struggling so. ”
“Then let me go.” You glare up at him.
He huffs and stares down at you narrowing his eyes. “Only if you swear not to run.”
“Why should I swear to that?” You stare up at him with the most defiant look you can manage.
He smirks slightly as he looks down at you. “Because I won’t let go if you don’t.”
“Fine… I swear I won’t run.” You stick your tongue out at him and huff.
He grins triumphantly a sparkle in his eye until you sit up and slap him hard across the face. Furiously he grabs your wrists and pushes you back down on the ground. “What was that for?”
“Let me go!” You push back at him. ” I swore I wouldnt run. I never said anything about not hitting you.”
The matter of fact tone to your voice catches him offguard and he can not help but laugh. You want to be furious with him but even so , you’ve never heard him laugh before and oddly enough it’s quite a pleasant sound. ” I swear you are the most difficult child ___-chan.” He laughs still as he lets go and sits back on the ground resting his arm on one knee as he looks at you.
Sitting up yourself you brush the dirt and leaves from your skirt.” I am not a child.” You wrinkly your nose up at him with slight hint of disdain.
“Oh…” He smirks, an amused look crossing his face as he cocked one brow slightly. “So you’re a woman then are you?”
“Oh..stop it.” You stand and fold your arms across your chest as you start to walk away and past him.
“Where do you think you’re going?” He reaches up and takes you’re wrist gently this time. ” You said you wouldn’t run.”
“I’m not running.” You stick your chin out at him looking down your nose at him still sitting on the ground.”I’m walking. Can’t you tell the difference?”
As you turn away from him he gets to his feet and pulls you against him , leaning down and pressing his lips against yours with great force. You don’t know what to do. You stand there frozen in shock , and for a brief moment you find yourself returning the kiss. Then very quickly you push him away. You don’t know what to say , a look of complete embaressment covers your face as you bring your hand to your lips. Without another word you turn and run back towards the inn. Never mind that you swore you wouldn’t run from him, somehow you rather thought he understood.
Standing back and watching you race back through the woods , Kougaiji smiles softly to himself. ” perhaps another time ___-chan.”
Comment: *shivers*
