CAN OF WORMS by Helena Handbasket [NC 17]

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Fandom: Saiyuki
Title: Can of Worms
Pairing: [Burial and Gaiden] Hakkai/Gojyo, past Tenpou/Kenren
Author: Helena Handbasket, hhandbasket
Website: Handbasket Holidays appears to be defunct.
Rating: NC17

Why this fic must be read:

From the moment Gojyo, without the slightest trace of irony, told his post-Centipede demon/post-Banri room-mate, Hakkai, "I just want the guys to know you like I do," I was hooked by topnotch comedy writer and satirist, Helena Handbasket. Her stories string one side-splitting moment after another, and this tale, where Fu, a jovial and artistic OC drunk military comrade from the Western Army in Gaiden, drops into Gojyo's favourite bar one night and inadvertently wipes out his status as a ladies' man for all time, is exceptional. The tussle which leads to Gojyo's moment of truth is believable, and there's enough of a tragic bite from Hakkai and Gojyo's history to stop it from dissolving into complete schmoop. It takes a good humourist to keep the bitterness in Saiyuki from overpowering the sweetness. hhandbasket knows her œuvre.

Can of Worms: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.