One of my favorite relationships in DBZ are Gohan and Piccolo. I'm going to do a whole one shot set of stories just about them. The first one will be short and in the perspective of Gohan.
Hugs from Mr. Piccolo are rare. Well, not the hugs I give him, but the ones Mr. Piccolo gives to me. I can only recall three times he has hugged me.
One time, I told Mr. Piccolo about the reason I faced Frieza by myself was because of him and my Dad. I told , "Even though, the whole planet was exploding and I thought Frieza killed my Dad. I had to do something. You taught me to protect others like you protected me, so I went." He hugged me without a word. I didn't understand why, but I didn't question it.
Second time, was when I told him I couldn't sleep, because of all the the nightmares I had about Frieza. Terrible nightmares that I was being tortured by Frieza, or ones were he killed all of my friends. He hugged me and I fell asleep in his lap like I did so many times.
Third time, was recent. Piccolo found me in the corner crying over my Dad's death.
"Gohan, it's not your fault it was Goku's choice not to come back," He reassured me.
"If I-I only killed Cell s-sooner-," I cried and then Piccolo hugged me.
I finally understood why he hugged me. I have gone through so much it finally hit me what I go through is not normal. As a child, I always did things that were beyond me, and anyone. Maybe, I shouldn't train, anymore. Maybe, I should be a child for once.
Thanks for reading! Until next week.