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Post by Yaoi Queen on Aug 25, 2009 22:36:34 GMT -6
[Gojyo/Hakkai. The night of Tenpou's conception.]
He was probably going to regret agreeing to this in the near future. He was sure that he would. They had played Mah-jong together many times, along with Sanzo and Goku, and had gambled with many other games as well, but the red-haired taboo couldn’t remember the last time that he had Hakkai had played poker together. And not just poker, but strip poker no less; don’t get him wrong, Gojyo had faith in his skills as a gambler, but Hakkai seemed unbeatable. Nonetheless, Gojyo found himself moving to straddle a backwards chair, one hand placing down his open can of beer and his other hand flicking the ashes from the end of his cigarette before it was slid back between his lips once more.
I’m seriously going to regret this, aren’t I? He thought to himself even as he picked up the deck of cards that was placed on the table before him, absently removing the unneeded cards before starting to shuffle absentmindedly. The motion was familiar and so he did it using little mental capacity, his crimson eyes watching as Hakkai finished feeding Hakaryu before coming to sit across from the kappa with a cup of tea in hand.
“So, what’re we playing ‘Kai? Five card stud? Texas hold’em?” He muttered around his smoke as he set the deck down on the table, crushing out his cigarette at the same time. With both hands free, he sipped from his beer, sure that the subtle buzz of alcohol in his system would help to ease any problems he may encounter with this game. Laying his head on folded arms upon the back of the chair, red eyes watched the healer and waited for him to name the game.
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Post by ToonMissy on Aug 25, 2009 22:45:58 GMT -6
As usual, the Chi manipulator had an all too knowing grin plastered upon his face. He had merely adjusted his monocle that was ever present before seating himself opposite of the kappa that had been shuffling the cards. “I suppose Five card stud works between the two of us, Gojyo. Hakuryu had already curled up to sleep next to Hakkai’s pillow awaiting for his friend to join him in slumber.
As the five cards had been dealt out to him, he merely took a glance at them before discarding three and replacing with new cards in the deck. That was how Hakkai could always have the advantage, his ever-lasting smile that never told the others in his group just what he was thinking. A mere sip of his tea before his eyes peeled over his hand, more than certain he had Gojyo beat already in this first hand. A royal flush glared back up at him so unless Gojyo decided to cheat, he was going to be losing clothing very soon.
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Post by Yaoi Queen on Aug 25, 2009 22:52:18 GMT -6
Once Hakkai announced the game, Gojyo deftly dealt out the needed cards, five a piece, before setting the deck aside and awaiting the discard and draw. Humming lightly under his breath, Gojyo’s eyes played over his cards absently, taking them away to hand the chi manipulator the three cards that he asked for, hating the fact that he couldn’t read even the slightest bit of alternate emotion in the brunette’s eyes. He couldn’t even catch a reflection in his monocle. Running a hand through his hair, Gojyo replaced two cards in his hand and had to hide a pout when it didn’t help any.
Three of a kind. He may as well start stripping now. Dammit. Sipping from his can of beer, Gojyo kept his cards close, hiding them against his arm, while looking at the other male through the fall of his bangs. “Call your bet, ‘Kai.”
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Post by ToonMissy on Aug 25, 2009 23:02:01 GMT -6
He set his cards down before grinning as he merely watched the crimson-haired taboo spoke. “Make my bet? Well I suppose I will bet my shirt, it is rather warm outside tonight and it’s also warm in this room.
Hakkai was still grinning as he picked up his hand and merely watched his opponent. If Gojyo was a smart man, he’d fold with such a bold bet from the brunette, but Hakkai knew all too well that Gojyo was anything but a smart man. His competitive streak was also something to take advantage in this case. “Time to place your own bet, Goyjo.”
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Post by Yaoi Queen on Aug 25, 2009 23:08:41 GMT -6
His shirt? Well shit…Gojyo scratched at the back of his neck, never having been perfect with his own pokerface but sometimes were better than others. It didn’t help that he had thought more than once of having the healer naked and alone with him; don’t get him wrong, he had seen Hakkai naked before, and it was a beautiful vision, but the idea of not having to share said vision? Heaven. Pure heaven. Running a hand through his hair, the kappa shrugged his broad shoulders. “Alright, I’ll call. Bet my vest.” He said with a smirk; after all, he just had his vest and muscle shirt to worry about. He didn’t wear long-sleeves like all the other members of the ikkou.
“Alright ‘Kai. Lay down your hand. Show me what ya got.” He said with a grin, sipping from his beer; at the back of his mind, he knew that he was doomed, but for some reason his libido over-shone that fact and all he could think of was naked Hakkai.
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Post by ToonMissy on Aug 25, 2009 23:17:09 GMT -6
“Alright ‘Kai. Lay down you hand. Show me what ya got.” Those words were all Hakkai had to hear before he continued to smile and set down his five cards. A jack, queen, king, and ace were what had appeared and Hakkai merely spoke a few simple words. “Royal flush, Gojyo…unless you have something that trumps me, you had best be removing that vest of yours.
The Chi manipulator merely sat back and sipped his tea as he waited for Gojyo to realize that the kappa was more than screwed already with this first hand. If things went his way, the kappa would be naked and betting his body long before himself would ever be removing even his pants.
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Post by Yaoi Queen on Aug 25, 2009 23:24:23 GMT -6
Shit, shit, shit, SHIT! Gojyo couldn’t help the agonized exclamation of despair that parted his lips as he saw the hand that was slowly laid down before him. “Grah!” Pulling at his own hair, Gojyo threw down his own hand. “Three tens. Dammit.” Sighing, Gojyo pushed away from where he was leaning against the back of the chair, the redhead shrugged out of the ragged piece of purple fabric, casting it towards his side of the room.
“Okay, that’s done.” Gathering the cards, Gojyo handed them over to Hakkai, giving a grunt of annoyance as he rose to his feet and finished off his beer, meandering off to get another one, returning to the table and taking his seat once more. “Better deal me something good Hakkai, or I’ll strip you myself.” He growled around the cigarette he was lighting.
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Post by ToonMissy on Aug 25, 2009 23:33:49 GMT -6
A mere chuckle escaped from Hakkai’s lips as he shuffled the cards in order to deal their next hand. “Well Gojyo, it’s all up to chance when the cards are dealt. Maybe you’ll get lucky this time.”
The cards were dealt and Hakkai had glanced at his hand. It wasn’t as good as his previous hand and it would more than likely get clothing removed from his body. He was still smiling as he glanced at Gojyo and from the look of the kappa’s grin, his hand was far better this time around. “Well I’ll bet my shirt once more, Gojyo. I hope you won’t try to forcefully strip me even if you did get a bad hand.”
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Post by Yaoi Queen on Aug 25, 2009 23:40:03 GMT -6
Chance? Yeah, right. It was more like the Goddess, Bosatsu, decided that she wanted to see a nude Gojyo and thus would allow Hakkai to have all the good hands. Grunting and shaking his head, smoke firmly settled between his lips, the taboo picked up his dealt hand and gazed and his cards. Well, this was promising. He managed to mute his expression of joy at the sight of said hand before throwing away two cards.
“Hm, well, I’ll call that one.” He said with an easy grin; maybe he was wrong about the Goddess’ intentions. He thought about raising but decided against it at this moment, throwing down his hand instead. “Check it ‘Kai. Full house; aces and kings.” A broad grin formed around a quickly-disappearing cigarette. “Can you top that?”
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Post by ToonMissy on Aug 25, 2009 23:48:16 GMT -6
“Tch, well I suppose you’ve won this time, Gojyo. Obviously luck wasn’t on my side this time around.” Hakkai had placed down his set of five, two pairs of tens and a two. The brunette had lost and so he merely sighed and stood up to remove his shirt from his body.
The sash had been removed before the green mandarin collar had been taken from his body. Hakkai had replaced his sash, positiong it over the scar across his abdomen. Ever since that time in his life, he had been insecure about how his body looked with such a blaringly ugly scar. He scooped up the cards and had handed them back to Gojyo. “I suppose you won’t mind dealing this time, Gojyo?”
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