Videl woke up to the sound of her father's yelling voice, "Videl! Wake up! I need you to go to the markeeeet!" he bellowed. Videl sprang off of her tattered, dark futon, and onto the floor, 'eek, I completely forgot' she thought as she quickly dressed into a navy kimono. She felt around the walls to reach the doorway, and by memory found her way to her father. Her dad gave a heavy sigh, the girl always slept in, it was so unladylike. However, he refused to pity her for her blindness; he knew that a person is only crippled if people show pity for them. Videl could do anything a normal girl could do, so he treated her as a normal girl. The old man handed her a small purse full of coins, "the list is inside, hurry back alright?" he said with a firm voice. Videl simply nodded and walked out the door and into town, feeling her way the entire time.
Gohan had been awake and training for hours, he never slept in, and always trained for two hours every morning. He was the first son of a very honorable man, Son Goku, who was known very well as a man of strength. Because of his father's name, Gohan had pushed himself since he was a child, to surpass his father. Whether he liked it or not, status meant everything to his family. After his routine, Gohan looked out the window and saw that the city was alive and bustling; he decided to go for a walk. As Gohan sauntered past house after house, he noticed many girls giggling and eyeing him. He pushed it to the back of his mind; he knew that his parents would choose his spouse. Gohan stopped a stand in a local market, eyeing goods in a child like manner. He slowly turned around, only to bump into something. He looked down and saw a girl, around his age plopped on the ground, bags of food next to her. Gohan wondered how anybody could miss him standing there, was she blind? Or just stupid? "You should watch yourself next time" he coldly stated as he began to walk past her, she looked like a commoner, maybe less, so he didn't care. "My apologies," came a sweet voice from below. Gohan spun around to look at the girl; her hands were searching for the bags. 'Oh my Buddha! She is blind!' he thought. Gohan rushed to the girl and helped her up, while at the same time, picking up the bags.
"I'm sorry, I did not think you were really…" he began. The girl spun around to face him.
"Is that the reason why you helped me? You seemed pretty happy with yourself before." She firmly stated. But for Gohan, time stopped, he gazed into her bold blue eyes. Though she was blind, her irises were rich with color. She was simply stunning, and he couldn't rip from his state.
"Did you hear what I said? Or are you deaf?" she snapped, after no response from the rude young man, Videl simply walked passed him in annoyance. Gohan finally snapped out of his gaze. He suddenly grabbed her arm,
"Wait!" he uttered.
"Why should I?" Videl asked. A ball in her throat, Gohan's act really did hurt her.
"I'm terribly sorry…there is...no excuse for what I did, please forgive me," He remorsefully stated.
"Alright. Apology accepted may I please go now?" she bluntly said. He allowed a small smirk to grace his face, "only if you tell me your name first" he delightfully said while blocking her path.
"I said 'apology accepted,' that's all you have earned today, please leave me be." She said before briskly walking past him. As Gohan watched her leave his sight, he swore to himself he'd find out who that girl was. There was just something about her…