Gojyo'd probably be mortified to know just how clearly that side shows...though I'm sure Hakkai is smart enough not to bring it up.
I really like the circularity you've got framing this all, too -- Hakkai can't sleep at the beginning because his mind is racing with the horror at his youkai side, then at the end he's managing to replace those racing thoughts and finally sleep with plans of studying chi healing so he's not left unable to help like this in the future. That last bit puts me in mind of a bit of Hakkai-meta I've seen a few times, the idea that all his compulsive cleaning and caretaking of the others is really a way of distracting himself from what's going on inside his head...
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Date: 2008-03-26 10:38 pm (UTC)I really like the circularity you've got framing this all, too -- Hakkai can't sleep at the beginning because his mind is racing with the horror at his youkai side, then at the end he's managing to replace those racing thoughts and finally sleep with plans of studying chi healing so he's not left unable to help like this in the future. That last bit puts me in mind of a bit of Hakkai-meta I've seen a few times, the idea that all his compulsive cleaning and caretaking of the others is really a way of distracting himself from what's going on inside his head...