Summary: Pan Son and Trunks Briefs were best friends, they were also like brother and sister but after Trunks announces his engagement to Marron, Pan develops a deep resentment of Trunks and Marron throughout the course several of years. Will their friendship ever be the same again? And will Pan stop hating Trunks and move on with her life?
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball (Z, Gt, etc.) or any of its characters except my OC's, nor do I make any money from my writing.
Terms of Resentment
Chapter 1: Good Times
~With Trunks and Pan~
Trunks and Pan walk out of the movie theater, laughing about how ridiculous some of the scenes in the movie were. Spending time with Trunks made Pan feel hopeful. She knew full well that Trunks was her best friend, nothing more, but she was convinced that the situation would change. It simply had to. Every time Pan as much as thought of Trunks, she was plagued with these thoughts.
"Pan, do you want me to fly you back home?" Trunks asks, snapping Pan out of her thoughts.
"What? Oh, sure!" Pan answers, "In the hover car, right?"
"Yeah. I know your mother doesn't want you to fly in public." Trunks says, already pulling out the capsule for the car. The car poofs out of the capsule, and Trunks walks up to it, opening the door on the passenger side with a lopsided smile.
"After you, miss." Trunks says, with laughter in his eyes. Pan smiles, and gets in the car.
"Thank you, good sir." She says, happy that the 14 year age difference between her and Trunks didn't limit the jokes between them. Trunks still acted like a 15 year old, even though he was 29. It was one of the reasons she liked him so much. Trunks closes the door after Pan gets in, and walks over to the drivers side of the car, gets in, and starts the car.
"I warn you, my driving style may not be quite what you expect." Trunks says with mock-seriousness. Pan pretends to look concerned, and then shocked as the car flies sharply into the air (to a level with no other hover cars) and begins zigzagging in the relative direction of the Son residence, Trunks laughing wildly the whole time. Personally, Trunks loved the relationship between himself and Pan, and wanted no change to it, but he was afraid that Pan might want something more. Usually, he threw these thoughts out of his head, thinking he was exaggerating, but today he couldn't, even though he was trying to act as he normally would. Soon enough, with Trunks speeding, and making twists, turns, and odd drops to play his part in their game and to humor Pan, they had arrived at the Son residence. Trunks landed the car carefully, in case Videl or Gohan were watching, but didn't get out of the car immediately, and neither did Pan. They never did. Instead, they would talk until Pan was called by her parents.
"Well, how did you like my driving?" Trunks asks Pan, tilting his head, in mock-curiosity. Pan shakes her head, looking horror-struck.
"Sir, I must say, your services were.. quite... interesting." She says, and then smiles, marking the end of the game for the day. "Wonder what your mother would say if she saw you driving like that..."
"Don't know. Make me work more? It's not like I drive like this in the city."
"I know, I know. That's how you landed the space ship though. Remember? When we were looking for the Dragon Balls with Grandpa?"
"How could I forget? You really blame me for that? We were missing a stabilizer!"
"Well, what about the landing after that?" Pan retorts, sticking her tongue out.
"Ahh... Oh, never mind. I'd like to see you land a space ship." Then, Trunks seemingly remembers something, and his face looks serious. "By the way Pan. There's something I need to tell you..."
"What is it, Trunks?" Pan says hopefully, thinking, Maybe he finally broke up with Marron! Trunks opens his mouth to answer, but is interupted.
"Pan! Come inside! It's time for dinner!" Videl yells from the doorway of the house.
"Oh... Coming!" Pan yells back. "Sorry, you're going to have to tell me later. Bye!" Pan says to Trunks, while hopping out of the car. She closes the door and runs to the house before Trunks can answer. Trunks sighs, and gets out of the car, deciding to fly home without using the car. He turns it back into a capsule, and takes off into the sky. Just to himself, he says:
"I wonder how Pan will take the news... Hopefully, I'm wrong about her feelings on out friendship, and nothing will change..." Trunks trails off, and flies the rest of the way quietly, deep in thought.
End Chapter
That's that! I probably could have done a better job for the chapter ending, but I'll try harder for further chapters. This is the third story I'm currently writing, so if anyone else has requests, they'll have to wait until I finish one of my stories. Meanwhile, R&R please! Thanks for reading!