Sun Wukong had fallen in love with a deity. And that deity had joined them on the journey to the west with the help of the goddess Quan Yin. At first, the great sage didn't trust them, not one bit. Every single movement they made was on sight.

Going too close to Tripitaka? That's a big no go. Getting too comfortable with the white dragon horse, Ao Lie? Absolutely not! Getting too familiar with Sha Wujing, the river demon? Nuh uh! Zhu Bajie, the pig demon? Sun Wukong would just disintegrate himself.

Of course he slowly realized that what he thought was protection for his group was actually just some jealousy. He was getting jealous when the deity spoke with the other disciples. He could understand talking to Tripitaka, he was their master.

Throughout the journey Sun Wukong made his 2nd mission to get them to fall for him. Whenever he'd stop by a village he'd buy (steal) some accessories for them. As if they don't have them already.

One night when Sun Wukong was keeping watch as the other were sleeping, he was surprised to hear the death wanting to speak with him. Just to vent. Hearing them made his tail swing slowly as he crouched on the tree branch like a monkey, tilting his head.

He heard the deity talking to him about the celestial realm finding out about her interacting with the monkey that brought chaos upon heaven. "If I you, I betray myself. If I betray them, I betray the celestials. The celestials are very dear to me."

Sun Wukong frowned and hopped down from the tree in front of the deity. He knew that when they said "you" they meant the group, not just him. His ears lowered as he tail stilled. He needed to know.

"Dearer than I?"