Hidden Secrets

by: emma jane (LUV)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything!!!! that's all....

Prologue
(Pan's departure)

4:00am. Capsule Corporation.. Trunks Vejita Briefs room..

Pan bolted her eyes open.

Sheets... Clothes scattered everywhere.. Trunks...

Pan gasped. She wanted to cry.. What had she done?

Suddenly, memories from last night had invaded her mind. It was all clear to her, Trunks Vejita Briefs had made passionate love to her. Pan stared at the figure beside her. Strands of purple hair covered his closed eyes. His breathes were soft and he seemed so peaceful. A small smile on his face. Tear stains from the night before.

She remembered what had happened. How she ended up where she was. Why did he say that? They both knew it wasn't true.. How could he use such words for a one night stand with his best friend..

*Flashback*

Trunks grabbed Pan in a tight embrace. Sobs began to escape his lips and his tears fell atop her shoulder. Pan didn't move. She let him hold her for the longest moment. She didn't want to cry. She had to be strong, to show him that she didn't need him.. They could never be..

"I.. I have to go Trunks. You can't stop me. I've been wanting to do this for a long time." Pan stated, a hint of sadness in her voice.

Trunks knew. He knew she had wanted to run away. She had told him before that she would run off with no identity and see the world with the eyes of a stranger. She would leave tonight and never to be seen again until she had seen what she wanted to see. She had told him this before but he had just shrugged it off. Besides, she was only 15 when she had said it. But now he knew that she wasn't joking. He had noticed a strange change in her when she turned 16. He noticed she began working extremely hard and keeping a savings account at Capsule Corporation. He knew the amount. It was unbelievable amount when she turned 19, but he had thought it was a life savings account. He was wrong... He never knew she would actually go through with it.

Now at the age of 23, Son Pan was going to run off into a world with no one at her side. Without a name. And with just a small suitcase that she had safely placed in the corner of his room when she had come to say her good-bye. No one knew she was leaving except for Trunks, and a small envelope that she had placed on her bed for her parents to find the next morning.

"Don't do this.." Trunks sobbed.

"I... I.." Pan began, she wanted to cry so badly. Second thoughts began to invade her mind. Maybe.... No! Why should she stay? To see the love of her life be devoured by kisses from women everyday, to never have him as her own? She would not stay! Not if to stay was to live a life as nothing more than a shadow behind every woman in Japan. No... She was leaving.

"I.. Sorry Trunks... I have to go." Pan said, "Good-bye." She leaned closer to Trunks and held him in a tight embrace. A single tear rolled off her cheek. She just stayed there. The two of them, holding each other. Trunks' buried his head upon Pan's shoulder, sniffing in the scent of her body. His strong arms encircled around her waist tightly. Pan's face was buried in his strong chest. This was the way she wanted to be with him forever... She wished time would stop, just for this moment..

Trunks pulled away from Pan and looked at her face. 'She.. She's so... Beautiful' he thought to himself.

"I.. I..." Trunks whispered. He couldn't say it. He choked and the words stayed in the back of his throat. Without any warning, or any control of what he was doing, Trunks bent his head lower and softly placed his lips on Pan's. The kiss was sweet, small, and yet it held such incredible emotions of love. When he broke the kiss, he stared into her eyes. Ocean blue, meeting chocolate brown..

"I love you Pan.." Trunks whispered.

Pans' eyes glistened. Before she could respond, Trunks kissed her again, this time with more passion. Pan kissed back, her hand stroked his hair and Trunks placed her softly on his bed. He began to kiss her with even more passion, not just her lips, but her entire body.

Pan sighed whit pleasure and closed her eyes. She let Trunks love her that night..... It was only them. Just the two of them.. Nothing mattered anymore to Pan... Nothing...

*End of Flashback*

A single tear rolled off Pan's cheek and onto the sheets. He loved her... He said he did. But... Pan didn't know what to do. How was she to know that Trunks would wake up the next morning in total regret. She wouldn't be able to take the rejection. She had no choice anymore... She HAD to leave. Silently, she got out of the bed and changed into her clothes that were scattered on the floor. She picked up her suitcase and began for the door. Before leaving, she stopped and stared at the love of her life. He seemed so peaceful, so happy. He didn't need her. She walked up to the sleeping figure and bent down, kissing him softly on the lips.

"Good-bye my love.. It's better this way.." She whispered.

She opened the door and crept quietly out of the house. Out into a world where no one knew who she was and no one would ever find her.