Chapter 2: It's a start

A/N: Well here we go another chapter in this story. I've been having some technical difficulties with this one. It seems it won't appear in the main database or in the just in database as well. It was also not coming out in the search engine till about a day ago. I don't know what's up, I even tried reposting it, but got nothing. Maybe it will come out in the database with this new chapter. Oh well I would like you to read the background info for this chapter.

Background Info: Goten looks like he did on Gt and so does Trunks. Only they wear different outfits. Goten has on a dard navy blue t-shirt white muscle shirt under and cool dark jeans, shoes kinda like air forces, black. Trunks wears a dark green t-shirt like his gi black muscle shirt under, cool regular color jeans, and black combat boots. Outfits will change, but I will describe them when that happens. Goten is 17 and Trunks is 18, they are in the same grade 12th thanks to Chi-Chi's insufferable need to make her son's scholars. Goten was able to skip a grade and be with Trunks. It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the Brief family is the richest in the world. Absolutely nothing to do with their immense fortune, power, prestige, and influence (LOL… wink wink). Anyway they have all the classes together except two. I know your thinking why do I care, but it will be important later. Here is their schedule:

1st Pd: Goten Calculus; Trunks business

2nd Pd: Trunks calculus; Goten business

3rd Pd: Both History

4th Pd: Art

Senior Lunch

5th Pd: Both Language Arts

6th Pd: Both Mechanical engineering

7th & 8th Pd: Both Martial Arts

Disclaimer: I don't own Dbz


Trunks sat there in his desk waiting for his best friend to enter class. He was keeping up with the raven-haired boys Ki as he approached their history class at an abnormally slow pace and with the feel of his Ki he could tell something was wrong. Goten always rushed to this class because it was the first class they had together. They has six periods together and history started it all off. He was deep in thought pondering over his new discovery when his friend finally entered the room.

Goten what's wrong? You have been acting pretty strange the past couple of weeks and you haven't even tried to mention why to me. I don't know what to do so you could tell me. We have never had this kind of problem before well its actually me who has never had this problem before. Its usually me who has something in their mind and you are the one left to figure out what's going on. Yet, here I am in this god forsakken place wondering what could be the matter. If this is how he feels everytime he has to figure it out then, man do I need to give him more credit. We are best friends, have shared everything together since the day you were born, Hell we can become one in the same as Gotenks, if sharing a body isn't taking sharing everything a little over the top then I don't know what would. So then why won't you tell me what's wrong? He was shaken out his thoughts by the noice of someone moving the chair next to him, it was Goten.

"Hey Ten what's up?" asked Trunks.

Goten picked up his head from the desk and slightly turned so that he could talk to him. "What? Oh yea, hey Trunks. Nothing really special is up, just a little tired. Didn't get much sleep last night is all." replied a very drained Goten. Trunks finally took the time to really look at his best friend. He had bags under his eyes along with dark underlines, he was abnormally pale, and the gracious Son smile that always adorns his face wasn't present. Instead he had on a very tired and almost sickly expression. Not something that any normal person would really notice. Maybe the missing smile would have some people raise an eyebrow, but his tired look is something only the trained Z fighters would pick up on.

"Wow dude, you look like you just finished fighting Majin Buu or Broly. Twice!" said Trunks shocked by his appearance. "Well what happened bro? Why couldn't you sleep? I mean it must've really been something if it cost YOU to lose sleep over it."

There is definitely something up with him. He has never lost sleep over anything, except with the whole Majin Buu thing, but who could blame him on that one. Even I lost sleep over it, it's not everyday, ok maybe every other day, that the fate of the world is on our shoulders. But we where not even 9 at the time, so I can let it slide.

Goten looked contemplative for a minute. It's nothing really Trunks, he thought sarcastically, it's just that every-time I close my eyes I see you. Whether it is one of my many happy fantasies or, his face turned grim, my many nightmares. You rejecting me, you telling me that you hate me, and so many other things that I just don't want to think about right now. It just so happens that last night was one of my "lucky" nights where you hated me. When am I going to have the courage to tell you everything my sweet sweet prince? He sigh loudly.

"Well I don't really know actually. It's just that everytime I close my eyes something keeps plaguing my dreams," he half lied.

"Ten really what's up? Are you sure thats the only thing going on. I gotta tell you man, im worried about you, you've been acting weird these past couple of weeks" replied a concerned Trunks with a very soft and caring voice, the kind that only Goten had ever witnessed.

"Yea i'm alright... my prince" the Goku look-a-like replied jokingly while taking a little bow. Trunks rolled his eyes, he was back alright, then his expression turned serious.

"Chibi," he called him be his nickname, the one only Trunks used and the one that was only spoken out loud when the situation was serious or intense. Like when his mother died at the hands of Buu or when they first found out they could become super saiyans. Only in high emotional periods for them would that name surface. For Goten it was both intense and nerve wrecking, his mind was racing with many impending thoughts of doom. Did he know? Did he hate him? What would he do? All these were running trough his mind at 100mph. Keep it together Goten, keep your cool, just calm down. His thoughts were interrupted by Trunks' voice.

"If something serious was up you would tell me right? I mean you can trust me right? You know im here for you know matter what?" Trunks finished his statement much more like questions. As if he was trying to reassure himself more than actually tell Goten that was the case. He had much emotion in his face along with his voice as he finished speaking.

You know you can right? He thought. I mean the only other person besides my mother that I let in is you and even she doesn't completely know me. There are just some things a mother should not know about her son. Your the only person that has seen and understood what's behind the mask, the mask that my father taught me, and boy did he teach me well. Only you are trusted inside of it and I can only hope that you could let me in. You have never had that problem before, you are like an open book to me, as I am to you, yet you have been hiding something from me and I want to know what it is. I know you, I know who you are underneath it all, underneath the whole "cheerful, can't let anything bring me down" attitude. Most people don't even know you, they think your as naive as you were as a child, but I know better, your like my brother, a part of me.

Goten looked really taken aback by his questions. Of course I could trust him, I always tell him everything, it's just that this... this was different. This was telling him, his best friend that not only did he like men along with women, but he was also deeply and utterly in love with him. Now how does one come about something like that? He asked himself. A question that had been plaguing his mind with no real answer in return. So Goten as only Goten could reasured him:

"Ofcourse I can trust you Trunks and I know I can tell you anything. Its just that-" he hesitated in the middle of his statement. How am I going to do this? He knows something is up that much is clear, but i'm just not ready to come right out and confess. So he went with a easy cowardly escape. "Its just that im going through somethings right now. I know I can trust you, but I haven't figured things out myself, so how could I tell you about it? Look when I finally work things out you're gonna be the first one to know what's been up with me."

Well its not exactly the explanation I was hoping for, but atleast I got him to admit something was up. He was still disappointed he didn't get to the bottom of things, but he knew better than to push him when he wasn't ready. He nodded in the direction of his best friend to let him know he understood and turned around to face the front, letting the subject drop that instant. Atleast its a start, he thought.

RIIIIIIIIIIING RIIIIIIIING RIIIIIIING...

The bell rang and Mr. Hersh came in, ready to begin class.