Saiyuki Reload Fan Fiction ❯ Demons Poison, Lovers Care ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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Ch 4

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Hakkai finally left, soundlessly closing the door, after asking Gojyo twice if there was anything else that the redhead needed before he departed for the day. Gojyo had simply waved his hand and told Hakkai to bring him back booze, women and more smokes, `oh and something to cure this fricken lame ass paralysis!'

 

Hours passed in the most sluggish of ways and minutes seemed as eternity. Perhaps if he could actually do something it would not have been so bad; but the fact of it was he had already discerned twenty seven different sexual positions from the cracks in the ceiling and three dozen out of the wood lines on the table. Half the pack of cigarettes were gone along with all the water and he had played solitaire thirty four times; then on top of it all he needed to pee.

 

`fucking hell, if Hakkai doesn't get back soon I might have to go run around just so that I can sleep through this god awful day…' Gojyo mulled over just how much activity he would have to do so that he could awaken around the time Hakkai got back. He figured if a walk to and from the bathroom did it last night it might do it just about right this time too… besides, like he mentioned earlier… he had to pee.

 

Carefully removing himself from the bed he walked as least strenuously as he could manage to the toilet. `…oh yeah…' Gojyo sighed with contented liberation as he relieved himself. Letting his head lull back onto his shoulders Gojyo started at the ceiling… suddenly a familiar feeling came into his legs… or rather lack there of…`FUCK!' …they went to threads and the redhead fell to the floor managing to barely avoid cracking his head on the porcelain. “oh great! Just fucking great!” Gojyo felt miserable at being as helpless as he was. “This settles it! I am never getting old! As soon as I turn fifty I'm committing suicide!” Plunging his hands into his hair and tearing at it, his only comforting thought was `at least I was finished peeing.'

 

Hakkai came home just after the sun had set to find Gojyo was not where he had left him. Panic filled his chest and a rigid feeling clutched at his heart. “Gojyo?!” Hakkai nearly dropped the bags he was carrying, but managed to set them down, as he rushed to the bed to dig through the blankets as though Gojyo might have been swallowed by them.

 

A moan came from the bathroom; “in here…” the grouchy voice was deep and sounded extremely irritated.

 

As Hakkai swung the door on its hinges it revealed Gojyo, one arm draped over the side of the tub the other lying floppily next to him.

 

“Dude you would not believe the day I had.” He looked up at Hakkai through messy hair and gave a half attempt at a smirk.

 

Hakkai moved quickly to collect Gojyo into his arms. The smaller man looked a bit awkward picking up the redhead but though his load seemed cumbersome he lifted him with ease.

 

“Man, I'm sorry you're having to pull me out of all these messes… I would have dragged myself back to the bed but the paralysis seems to have gone to my arms… I think if it had been much longer I would have let go and smacked my head on those cold tiles …” Gojyo starred at the bathroom floor from over the brunettes shoulder and felt at ease for the first time since Hakkai had left that morning.

 

Hakkai did not take Gojyo out of the bathroom instead he set him in the empty tub. “You stink,” he said with humor in his voice.

 

“Yeah well you don't smell like posies either.” sarcasm was a constant with Gojyo and Hakkai wondered if the redhead was capable of speaking without a tinge of it on his tongue.

 

“The road will do wonders for ones `aroma',” Hakkai said jokingly pulling his own shirt off. The brunette left the bathroom for a moment turning on the light as he exited through the doorway.

 

Gojyo could hear rummaging and tried to crane his neck and see what Hakkai was up too, this resulted in his slipping further down into the tub. Without muscle control he slithered unintentionally to the bottom of the bath where he grumbled angrily until Hakkai heard him and returned to pull Gojyo into his former position. The green eyed man exited once more and returned with six or seven bottles and two brown paper packages in hand.

 

“Are those what the old lady gave you?” Gojyo questioned through a gurgle in his throat.

 

“Yes, some of it, and it sounds as though I indeed returned at the right time. You seem to be going into a state of total paralysis instead of sleep.” Hakkai got to his knees by the tub and reached down to place hold on Gojyo's boxers.

 

“Wmath zee heeal manh?!” `…what the hell man!...' Gojyo tried to yell at Hakkai but inevitably the poisons work had reached his mouth.

 

Laughing the brunette removed the clothing through the persistent spasms which were all Gojyo could manage in his current state. “I think I might just like you better this way,” Hakkai beamed at Gojyo.

 

`DEATH!!!' Gojyo thought it as hard as he could while staring at Hakkai with threatening poppy colored eyes.

 

Hakkai leaned over towards Gojyo's ear, “I have to tell you Gojyo…” Hakkai's breath was warm “…I am very tempted…” the brunette cut off his sentence and moved even closer to Gojyo's face. “To… leave… you …exactly… like …this.” Each word dropped with intention and depth. Hakkai smiled as Gojyo's anger visibly multiplied and came like daggers from the kappa's eyes. “Well now, if we're to get any feeling back into your bones by morning we had better get started.”

 

Hakkai removed his own clothing and climbed in behind Gojyo. He reached over Gojyo's shoulder and turned on the tap, checking the water with his wrist he got it just right before placing the stop in the bottom. Then tilting over he picked up one of the bottles from next to the bath. Read its label. Replaced it for another, seemed to decide upon it and opened this one. He poured the contents into the bath the blue liquid turned the water purple and smelled of mint and butterscotch.

 

Immediately Gojyo could feel himself relaxing and the muscles melting back into their usual place. `The problem' he thought `is that I can feel everything but can't do a damned thing about it…'

 

Hakkai waited while the tub filled, gently untangling Gojyo's hair with his fingers. “You know, I rather enjoy this whole taking care of you business.”

 

Gojyo felt a small pounding in has chest.

 

“…I do so love children you know.” If Gojyo could have looked at Hakkai he would have stabbed him with steely blades of vision once more. Even if Hakkai's voice was soft and callus free with no trace of the palpable sarcasm as when Gojyo spoke, the redhead still seemed offended.

 

Hakkai finished his work with Gojyo's hair and turned off the water. The tub was full enough to bathe in but not so full that water could slosh out if one of them moved. Hakkai took a wash cloth from its proper drying ring on the wall, wet it, and began working his way across Gojyo's un-submerged skin.

 

Gojyo stopped being as angry at Hakkai and let his friend work his skin with the warm water. `… nnn… feels nice…' Gojyo thought as Hakkai moved the cloth across his chest and down to his navel where the water line was.

 

When Hakkai had finished that task he retrieved the smaller of the two brown packages. Unwrapping the paper delicately it revealed it self to be hiding a bar of gritty green soap. Hakkai dipped the cleansing tablet into the water and started a lather. Using a combination of the cloth and the soap bar, Hakkai rubbed in a circular pattern cleaning Gojyo's skin. Beginning with the redhead's neck the green eyed man gently caressed the white flesh.

 

The sand in the soap left small red striations over Gojyo's skin but felt rather good as it scraped across his collar and back then was followed up with the soft touch of the cloth in its wake. “What's that supposed to do?” asked Gojyo as he found the paralysis to be receding slowly.

 

“It's supposed to get you clean,” Hakkai smiled noticing the control his friend now was regaining in his lips and jaw. “The blue liquid is what's working against the effects of the poison.”

 

Hakkai worked slowly cleaning every inch of Gojyo above the water. Gradually working his way down, shoulders to hips, Hakkai finished his friends back. “Here lean on me now,” said Hakkai as he pulled Gojyo to him, tilting his friend against his chest. The brunette started washing red eyed mans front.

 

Gojyo could sense the control coming back into his arms, it was down to his elbows now and he could have made primitive movements. That is if he not been far to entranced in the wonderful caresses of Hakkai's diligent fingers. Red eyes closed as he felt the swirling motion reach his belly.

 

Hakkai was forced to bend around Gojyo, pushing his mouth into the redheads shoulder as he stretched to wash the lower half of Gojyo's torso.

 

A primitive half moan unwillingly escaped Gojyo's lips.

 

“What was that about?” Hakkai's words were nearly muffled in Gojyo's muscled shoulder as the brunette slowly finished his work.

 

Hakkai did not know that Gojyo could feel the heat coming from his friends reddening face; the knowledge made Gojyo smirk inwardly and out.

 

Any other would have been embarrassed but with Gojyo's history he had been in like situations before. “Keep in mind that along with food, booze and smokes, I haven't had any women in the last five months either baka.” Gojyo's control reached his fingers and he clenched and released them in the water repeatedly, glad he could move again.

 

Hakkai's teeth dug into Gojyo's shoulder a little as the brunette smiled, “to bad for you the opportunity for having a woman won't arise for a while yet, what with the poison and all.”

 

Gojyo made a grunting noise; he knew that sex was far too much of an active sport for his current condition.

 

Finishing Hakkai hung the wash cloth over the side of the bath and moved out from behind Gojyo. He did not bother to cover up as he pulled the redhead into a sitting position before dislodging the tub stop and letting the used water drain away. Pulling the curtain closed half way Hakkai turned the water on once more and pulled up on the handle to start the shower.

 

Wincing at the minimal shock the heavy driven water caused, Gojyo relaxed beneath the heat. Unexpectedly the redhead felt his body being picked up. Hakkai was behind him, supporting the weight of his friend's body against his own. Standing, with help, Gojyo savored the feeling of the warm water pounding down onto his freshly exfoliated skin. Happily the redhead closed his eyes for a moment while Hakkai rubbed here and there to get the soap to leave.

 

Being in front of the shower head had been nice but the kappa did not object, when with a tad bit of difficulty, Hakkai turned him so that they were facing one another. With the paralysis leaving his waist Gojyo was reminded that he was not completely helpless and he wrapped his arms around the brunette's neck to help support himself.

 

Hakkai sighed, if only a little, as Gojyo settled his head into the small nook in the green eyed mans collar. They stood like that; Hakkai gently stroking his friends back as the water washed away dirt and green sandy soap. Time stilled a bit as steam floated through the air and the friends shared a moment of synonymous feeling.

 

Gojyo woke from the comfort as his knees seized a bit and he wobbled around trying to help keep himself standing. The brunette seemed to come out of a sort of dream and laughed softly at Gojyo's shaky movements.

 

“Quit laughing monocle man,” Gojyo said gruffly not amused at his inability to support himself.

 

Hakkai did not stop laughing but he didn't laugh louder either. He lifted Gojyo at the small of his friends back, it caused their hips to press together but it enabled Hakkai to bend and turn off the water.

 

Gojyo felt his face bring up color, a thing that had not happened in a very long time. `…glad Hakkai can't see…' the consideration ran through his brain before he had even realized he had thought it.