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It was a cool fall's night the air was crisp and the wind blew gently against the leaves of the trees. Everything was calm, and peaceful. Or that's what it seemed at least. There in the thick wood laid two houses, one was just a mere cottage sitting there modestly.
The other a great mansion, standing there proud and sturdy. There in the mansion sat two of the three inhabitants of the house. A woman and her daughter, eating dinner. Everything seemed peaceful enough, nothing was amiss but in one woman a storm was brewing.
"Mommy where's daddy?" Pan asked innocently while eating her dinner with her mother.Videl sighed, absently putting her fork down on the wooden table. "I don't know dear he'll probably be home in a few minutes" Videl replied trying to look calm for her daughter. Pan frowned at that,
"but that's what you said last time and he didn't even show up" Pan said. Videl sighed again, burying her hand in her short ebony locks.
"I know but didn't you hear what he said? He said he promised to be home this time remember?" Videl said tiredly. Pan stared at her intently for a moment piercing her with those innocent eyes, videl hoped that those keen eyes didn't detect the lie in what she said obviously Pan hadn't, as she smiled and nodded, and without another thought went back to her meal.
Videl sighed quietly to herself in relief that was close. Videl really hated to lie to her daughter but children should be kept in the dark about most things. She knew quite well where Gohan was, at work like usual.
Lately, Gohan has been spending more time at work, first it was just an hour later then he usually would come home, well that one hour turned to two hours and next thing we know he's missing dinner. And that was a pretty big deal with him being saiyan and all.
But not only was he working more now he seemed to be neglecting videl herself more. Now Videl wasn't one of those girls that absolutely needed to be the center of attention all the time, but she did like him to at least acknowledge her. He would come home some nights not even uttering a goodnight to her, or a good morning sometimes it was.
No this had to stop, Gohan was way out of control and like a true son woman she would bring in back in control. With brute force if she had to. She missed the way he used to be, She wanted her old Gohan back the one that went out of his way just to say,
'I love you' she wanted the smart ,sweet, strong, slightly naïve husband she married not the neglecting, cranky, workaholic husband that showed up almost all the time nowadays.
But after all that, She was irritated with him to say the least, she wasn't so irritated that he wasn't there for dinner for herself she was more irritated about him promising pan that he would be there. Now this was the third time this week had he missed dinner, and the twentieth time this month.
But this one was the last straw. Sure she had been fine with the first couple times seeing how Gohan always found his work important but it shouldn't be that important that you had to break a promise to your four year old daughter is it? No it's not now she was going to set him straight.
She was going to let him know what should be important in life even if she had to beat it into him.
After the dishes were washed and put away, and pan was safely into bed, she took her seat at the table and waited, glancing at the clock occasionally. 8:30…9:00…9:30…10:00…Videl's patients was finally wearing thin, if she had to physically go to his office and drag him back home by the ear then so be it.
She swept out of her chair, grabbing her jacket as she went. She was about to open the back door when she heard an opening and a slamming of the front door. Finally so that no good piece of crap has decided to show his face has he?
Not caring where she dropped her jacket she immediately went to the living room to cut him off. Before he always slipped away to their bedroom, not this time this time he would talk to her. She found him in the living room hanging up his coat; she crossed her arms and cleared her throat making her presence known.
Gohan stood stock for a few moments before turning around looking sheepish. "Oh hey Videl," he said, his whole body showing his nervousness.
Videl smirked, good he better be nervous. He smiled at her hoping he could bring out one in return, showing that she wasn't angry with him. He got no such response as Videl continued to smirk and glare at him. Gohan sighed heavily trudging his way to an armchair before collapsing in it.
Now what has he done now to deserve that look? "Look before you start yelling at me hear me out okay?" Gohan said while burying his face into his hands, Videl laughed harshly, not bothering to sit down but to stand up physically showing him that she was not relaxed enough to sit. She didn't want him to feel relaxed.
"Fat chance why should I believe anything you say after you flat out lied to our four year old Gohan," Videl spat. Gohan winced slightly at her words, when did she get so harsh? This wasn't the Videl he knew, the videl he knew wouldn't show this much anger towards him.
He couldn't however not feel a slight twinge of anger at her words. He looked up at her with slight irritation "Look I didn't lie to her okay? When I told her that I had every intention of fulfilling my promise but the meeting ran late and I just couldn't get away alright?" Gohan said.
Videl fumed she didn't know why she was so angry all she knew was that she felt some very strong feelings towards him right now.
"Oh so you just HAD to stay at the meeting didn't you? Couldn't you just get Bulma to end the meeting? After all she is the president and she is your friend I'm sure she would have understood Gohan." Videl said hotly, her temper rising with each word. How dare he, he choose a measly meeting over his family? What kind of father was he?
Gohan glared at his wife, standing up from his spot on the chair. What the heck was her problem today? She never acted like this before. "Look Videl I think your overacting a bit here I mean come on is missing one lousy dinner this much to fight over?" Gohan exclaimed, Videl gritted her teeth.
there was no way she was overacting she never overreacted never in her life. She quickly made her way over to him, once she was inches away from him she glared at him straight into his eyes.
"So is that all it is to you? One lousy dinner? It's not just that gohan it's the fact that you broke a promise to your daughter who had her heart set on you coming! You say it's just one lousy dinner now but what do you think is going to happen ten years from now? It's going to turn into missing her gradation or missing out on her first tournament? I am not going to let that happen so I suggest Gohan if you want me to stick around you better get your priorities straight got it?"
Videl hissed, her voice deadly low. Gohan stood there stunned, she saw anger and hurt in his eyes, but she didn't care all she wanted to do right now was get through to him.
Neither of them said anything, they just stood there, staring each other down until finally Gohan spoke, his tone low and had a sense of finality to it.
"Look Videl I don't know when you became so…difficult but I thought this is what you wanted? Me to get a steady job so that you and Pan could live a good life. that's what you wanted me to do so I did it. you didn't have a problem with it before so don't give me anything about it now okay?"
Videl growled, frustrated he just didn't get it, this was exactly what happened to her as a child, her father missed out on a couple of occasions and her mother just let it slide.
well next thing they knew they barely knew who he was anymore. She didn't want that to happen to her child, she promised to herself she would not let it happen to her child.
Videl sighed finally giving up, she couldn't deal with this anymore not now, she gave him one last look before saying.
" look Gohan I'm tired of fighting with you like this if you obviously think its not important then fine I don't care anymore do what you want but since you don't think me or pan are as important as your precious job then you better find somewhere else to stay tonight," Gohan gaped at her, his previous anger vanished.
"You can't just kick me out," he exclaimed, "I just did now get out" "but—""out!" she yelled, pointing towards the door. Gohan sighed; angrily. she's impossible, fine if she wants him out then he'll leave. he turned on his heel, making his way to the door, he didn't take one look back at her. He couldn't. He slowly opened the door before slamming it shut.
Now all was quiet, it was just her alone. The corners of her eyes stung, she rubbed them roughly with her palms. With that her old Gohan was gone; he left her without saying goodbye. The old Gohan would have at least made a little bit more of a fight to stay; he would have because he loved her right?
So why didn't he put up one now? Maybe he doesn't love me anymore. She quickly shook those thoughts out of her mind, no that couldn't possibly be it, it was just another dumb fight that by tomorrow they would forget. By tomorrow Gohan would be back and everything would be fine…right?
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done already? kay well review
goten's coming in the next chapter! whoo!
chapter two'll be up in a bit.
