The next Day....

Doku wakes up slowly, taking account of the rather unusual situation. He had finally grown tired, climbing in bed with Goujun, managing not to wake him. At some point in the night he must have scooted over, because at the moment he in spooned up behind the other man, one arm draped protectivly over his side.

Goujun stirs, and mumbles something softly in his sleep. He snuggles backwards, toward the warm body surrounding his, and the comfort it provides. He mutters again, but since he is mostly asleep still, the words are indecipherable. He moves an arm from under the covers, and seeking out the hand laying over his side, he finds it at last, and lasce his fingers with those of Doku.

Doku blushes as he becomes more alert, no real way to get away from Goujun and back to his side of the bed now, at least not without waking him the rest of the way. Instead he relaxes as best he can, taking note if Goujun's body temperature still seems any higher than normal.

Goujun move a bit more, then slowly, eyelids flutter open and he looks around, then yawns. "Doku-san?" he says in a soft, sleepy voice, then notices the hand around his waist, the hand he is holding. "Nani?" he asks, surprised.

Doku says, "You were still asleep, I didn't want to wake you up. How are you feeling?" With Goujun awake he gets his hand free, moving back to his side of the bed as he stretches, yawning.

Goujun reluctantly lets go of Dokuu's hand, and rolls over as well, sitting up. He makes a little complaint sound, but smiles at Doku. "I feel much better, rested." he says. "Hungry too. I suppose that is a good sign." he smiles, looking at Doku with a serene expression. "You are the most kind of souls Doku-san. Thank you again for all you have done for me." he says, then looking down, blushes a bit.

Doku says, "Forgot to get food, so it's ramen for breakfast or we can go out, your choice." He scratches a hand through his hair, yawning again. "As for all that, you don't have to thank me all the time. I mean I'm sure you would do the same for me."

Goujun nods at Doku. "I would do all this and more I have a feeling..." he says, then looks down at his hands. "I have these feelings. Perhaps they are memories... I am not sure. I know I used to have a purpose. Powers.... something..." he says, then sighs. "I want to remember it.... I want to know what I am..."

Doku says, "I can understand that, but don't try and force it, if you're going to remember, you will." He gets out of bed a little reluctantly. "So ramen, or do you want to go out?"

Goujun nods, "Ramen would be good, I don't think I should veneture out again so soon. I slept well, but I can still tell I am tired." he says, then slowly gets up from the bed. He is a little stiff in places still, but able to walk on his own. He heads for the bathroom.

Doku nods and goes into the kitchen to start the ramen for both of them. He'll have to remember to get by a grocery place today. Now that there's no need to worry about funds for a while, there's absolutly no reason not to buy better food. Well, besides the fact that it takes a little more skill to cook.

Goujun says, "Shall we call out for something, that way you don't have to cook? Perhaps something more substantial than Ramen might help me along..." he says from in the bathroom. His hunger is far beyond Ramen at this point.

Doku grabs the phonebook, flipping through it. "Ok, we have pizza, chinese, a pizza place that also has bar b q ribs, and hotwings. What sounds good for breakfast?"

Goujun comes from the bathroom, face washed, hair combed, and other things seen to. "Pizza? What is that?" he asks as he makes his way to sit on the couch again, turning to look at Doku curiously.

Doku says, "A round piece of bread stuff with tomato sause, cheese, and any other toppings you want on top, like pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, peppers...." He just names a few things off the top of his head, looking at the different pizza places in the phonebook.

Goujun looks confused, as usual, but willing to give it a try. "Lets try some pizzas." he smiles. "Nothing really spicy I would guess." he says, leaning over to look at the book Doku is reading.

Doku says, "Do you need me to help you change the bandage on your arm later?" He then picks up the phone, dialing the number of a likely looking pizza place, ordering two medium pizzas, one extra cheese, one with sausage and pepperoni, then letting them know where he lives.

Goujun nods, "Yes, I think we should see to my arm and apply more medicine, and wraps." he agrees, and lifts his arm up for Doku to inspect. "It doesn't hurt quite as badly, but the headache is coming back." he reports.

Doku says, "Did you take any more painkillers?" Doku starts unwrapping the old bandages, trying to take care not to hurt him at all. He stays alert for any signs of infection, or it not healing like it's supposed to.

Goujun seems to be healing quite well, the cuts and abrasions are starting to fade, and it looks like a minimal amount of scarring will occur. "I havent taken anything yet this morning. I was told to take them with food..." he smiles.

Doku gets out the ointment, starting to apply it, again being careful and trying not to hurt. "Food should be here in 30 minutes or less" Once he's done applying the medicine, he starts rewrapping it with fresh bandages.

Goujun watches Doku closely as he attends to him, and ponders the feelings stirring inside of him. He feels drawn to the other, but cant explain why, or to what degree. Something about the other Youkai makes him feel calm, safe, and content. Before he realizes it, he is lifting up his good arm and stroking the side of Doku's face with his palm. He admires the feel of the others skin, how warm it is. 

Doku freezes at the touch, glancing up to meet his eyes, startled by the move, not having expected it at all. 

Goujun seems lost in the moment, slowly moving his hand up along Doku's jaw, then when he realizes just what he is doing, and sees the expression on his roommate's face, he pulls back quickly, looking down. "Gomen nasai.... I should not have done that... That was... impolite of me.." he says quickly. 

Doku reaches out to place his fingertips under Goujun's chin, tilting his face back up. "No, it's alright, you just surprised me, that's all." 

Goujun says, "I t hink I surprised myself." looking into Doku' eyes shyly. "I just feel so safe around you. I think we were meant to meet." he says, then smiles. "This is all so confusing to me. Tell me how you feel Doku-san, please?" 

Doku says, "I really don't know how I feel, I want to keep you safe, want to go out and do things with you, watch movies, tell you jokes. And waking up like that this morning was.... nice, very nice." He matches his smile. 

Goujun grins, and nods to all Doku has said. "Yes, I don't know if I have ever slept with a man before.... but waking up that way... I liked it as well. " he pauses, and reaches out to take Doku's hand in his. "I want to do all of those things as well. I shall work hard to get better and be self sufficient." 

Doku says, "Goujun.." Or at least starts to say it, interrupted by the sound of someone at the door. "And that would be the pizzas" He squeezes the other's hand, then goes to get him wallet, opening the door and paying the pizza delivery person. 

Goujun watches Doku go to the door with a look of disappointment, but this means food has arrived, and the lightheadedness he is experiencing needs to be adressed immediatly. "It smells wonderful." he calls out, sitting up on the couch, then leaning forward to clear open space on the low table before him. 

Doku sets the pizzas down on the table in front of the couch, going into the kitchen to get them both juice and some papertowels, Returning to sit on the couch beside Goujun, grabbing a slice of pizza.

Goujun looks at the food with great interest, and inhales the aromas. "Smells so good...." he grins, then waits, as his mouth waters and watches Doku for clueson how to eat this new delicacy, it looks like it doesnt involve chopsticks at all. 

Doku eats it like one eats a slice of pizza, holding onto the crust and bottom of it, eating the tip first. "So what do you think?" 

Goujun watches the other, then takes a slice of the pepperoni and begins to take a tentative bite. His eyes go wide and he grins, chewing and swallowing it down. "Interesting, very interesting." he laughs.

Doku grins, quickly finishing his first slice. "Glad you like it" He grabs another piece, cheese this time. 

Goujun devours the pizza slice, then copies Doku and takes a slice of the cheese. "This is good as well!" he comments with a bright, fangy smile, then drinks long from the juice and looks over at Doku. "I like this food. I like it a lot." Then, suddenly, he belches. He covers his mouth, looking horrified. 

Doku Laughs, taking a sip of his juice as well. "Good one" He laughs mostly at the obvious embarrassment. "I'm glad you like it, good suggestion for breakfast." 

Goujun is still blushing, and takes care not to belch like that again as he eats three more slices of the pizza, two pepperoni, and one cheese. When he is full, he leans back on the couch, and places his good hand over his belly and sighs. "That... was marvelous..." he sighs, looking over at Doku. "I am quite sure I have never eaten anything like that ever before." 

Doku eats another four slices, finishing off his juice then getting up to put the leftovers, that that there is that much, in the fridge. "I'm glad you liked it, that is one of the huge perks to this world. Pizza. Feel better now?" 

Goujun nods. "Yes, I do. I don't feel so dizzy now..." he smiles. He then looks to the TV, and points to it. "What does that do?" 

Doku says, "You watch stuff on it, movies, TV shows, news, like, ah... a story with moving pictures. It's fun to watch." He sits back down on the couch, sucking the last traces of pizza sause from his fingers. 

Goujun looks over at you. "Can we watch it?" he asks with a curious smile. "It sounds quiet interesting..." he comments, then picks up his juice and drinks down the rest. 

Doku nods, looking for the remote before turning on the power, he then hands the remote over. "These buttons change the chanel, just flip through until you see something you like ok?" 

Goujun refuses the Remote with a polite wave of his hand, "No, let me watch you do it first. Show me how it works." he says quietly, then looks at the screen and the images moving across it. 

Doku begins flipping through the chanels, looking for something worth watching. With daytime TV, it isn't easy. He finally settled on the cooking network, for the time being. 

Goujun gets all wide eyed, then very interested in the cooking shows. "I like this... he teaches us to cook!" he exclaims, and leans forward, transfixed. 

Doku chuckles at his obvious facination, leaning back and getting comfortable on the couch, perfectly willing to watch the cooking chanel for a while. "Though I'm not sure how much sucess we'd have if we tried making any of it"

Goujun stares and STARES at the TV, drinking it all in. "Look how fast he cuts up the vegetables...." he remarks, amazed. "I want to learn to do that..." he says, then looks over at Doku. "Maybe I could go to a .... school to learn this, and make something of myself." he grins. 

Doku says, "It's an idea, and that's the right line of thinking, look around, get ideas for what you want to do, you can do anything you like" He does admire the knife, to cut through them so cleanly, it has to be incredably sharp. 

Goujun settles into the couch, content to watch TV for as long as it is on. He finds this... hypnotic. He sits there for sometime, forgetting about everything else in the room.

Doku closes his eyes after a few minutes, automatically shifting over closer to Goujun as he starts drifting off, the soothing cooking shows quite relaxing.

Goujun leans against Doku as he eases closer to him. Before he knows it, he has draped his arm around Doku's shoulder, and continues to watch TV. This is just too good to be true!

Doku murmers quietly. "You smell nice, spicy sort of." Is quite perfectly content to spend all day here, full belly, companionship, it's very nice.

Goujun says, "Spicy?" looking confused, and down at Doku. "I smell Spicy?" he repeats, then laughs lightly. "What an odd thing to say Doku-san." he says, then cuddles closer to the other. He looks at the TV again, another show starts. "Doku-san?" he asks after a few minutes. "Do you like ..." he stops, not sure how to continue this question. He stops, hoping Doku will not have noticed.

Doku says, "Spicy like cinnamon or something." He's quiet after that and almost doesn't catch the start of a question. "Hmm? Do I like what?" He opens one eye to show he's not asleep yet, and is in fact listning.

Goujun gulps and looks decidedly nervous. "I was just wondering.... Since I cant recall how I was "before" and Now is so new to me, I was wondering if..." he stops, biting his lower lip, then continues on. "When you seek a partner, what sort do you seek?" he asks, eyes locked with Doku's intently.

Doku gives it some thought, finally speaking. "Are you asking what qualities I look for, or if I like guys or not?" He pauses before continuing. "I like people who I can trust, I can depend on, I can get along with and talk to about things. As for the liking guys...."

Doku says, "Girls are nice enough, you know? But I just don't think of them that way. I've always liked guys better. Does that bother you?"

Goujun looks worried at first, then quite relieved. "No, it doesnt bother me at all..." he smiles. "I am finding that... that I like you quiet a bit. I know it hasn't been very long that we have known each other, but knowing that you are OK with men liking each other, it helps."

Doku considers what to do next, logically they really haven't know eachother long, and Goujun is still so new to this world. The logical thing to do would be to take things very slowly, one little bit at a time. Doku had never been good at choosing logic over emotion. Turning his head, he presses his lips against Goujun's in a light kiss.

Goujun opens his eyes WIDE, but does not pull back. He blinks and lifts up his hands, suddenly not sure where to put them. He makes a surprised little sound as he is kissed, then at last leans back. His heart is pounding, and he blinks at Doku. "Doku.... I... " he starts to say, then stops, stunned. Just plain stunned, but pleased as is evident by the grin that slowly crosses his pale face.

Doku says, "It's alright, you don't have to say anything" He grins as well. "I take it you liked that?"

Goujun lifts a hand up to brush first across his lips, then Doku's. "My mind is reeling, my heart pounds, and my lips are tingling. I would say, that yes, I did enjoy it Doku-san. Very much so." he says shyly, then looks down at his lap.

Doku grins. "Good" He feels intoxicated, high on emotion. Part of him wants to pin Goujun back against the couch and kiss him senceless. He firmly tells that part to stay in his pants where it belongs, settling for relaxing back onto the couch, still pressed close to Goujun.

Goujun smiles and moves so he is closer yet to the other, snuggling right up close to him. "I liked it a great deal, and I wouldn't mind.... doing it more..." he grins, then lays his head on Doku's shoulder, and resumes watching the TV.

Doku says, "I'm sure we'll get to do it more" He closes his eyes again. "I'll brush your hair again for you tonight, if you want."

Goujun looks over at Doku, and smiles warmly. "I would like that very much Doku-san. I would like for us to sleep beside each other again. I found that very .... nice, and comforting." he smiles, then nuzzles against the other, content to spend the rest of the afternoon just like this...