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Chapter 2
We all sat down at the table, Gohan and Pan on either side of me. Goten, ChiChi, and Goku across from us and the Briefs and Chestnuts on either ends.
They were all engrossed in conversation or, for Goku and Vegeta's sake, their plates.
I could still feel Goten gazing up at me. When I looked in his eyes I saw a flicker of dark flames in them. Excitement rattled my bones like a child in a candy store and I was sure I had the same fire dwelling in my orbs. I didn't even have to look up to know that he was smirking. A similar expression crossed my face and I lowered my head into my plate earning a chuckle from Goten and the whole table turned to look at us, confused expressions on their faces.
"What's so funny?" Gohan asked with genuine curiosity.
'Nothing, just making googly eyes with your brother is all.' Dared to slip off my tongue but I bit it back and settled with Goten answering the question.
"Nothing, just an…inside joke." Goten said, smiling as he took another bite of his food.
"So now you guys are keeping secrets from me?" Gohan joked. I choked on the turkey that I was trying to swallow. He didn't know how right he was.
Gohan and Pan patted me on the back 'lightly' and with their Saiyan strength were able to get the bird out in one hit.
"You okay?" He asked. I nodded my head and looked up at Goten who was red with laughter that he was holding inside. I was sure if he held it in any longer his ribcage would burst. I snorted at him lightly and turned to Gohan.
"Yeah I'm fine." My voice was slightly raspy and I took a long chug of lemonade.
After Lunch
After everyone had finished and we had cleaned we met back in the living room where people conversed more, mostly with Goten. Even with all the attention he was getting he still managed to steal glances, each one holding its own distinct message.
At around 9:00 that night we decided to part ways. Goten hopped in the back of our car, much to Pan and Gohan's happiness and we took off up the mountain to our house.
Driving with one hand Gohan let his other hand find mine and he grasped on tightly, kissing it and sitting it back down near the gear shift, our fingers still intertwined.
There were two loud snorts behind us. Looking in the rearview mirror I saw Pan fake gagging and Goten looking out the window, lips curled in a snarl.
An uncomfortable feeling coursed through my body causing me to shiver slightly.
"You cold babe?" Gohan asked me, peeking over the rim of his glasses at me.
"No, I'm fine." I smiled.
"I'm surprised I don't have another little brother or sister yet." Pan whispered to Goten and he nodded, still looking out the window to the pale, crescent moon.
Since we still lived next door to Gohan's parents, Goten bid us farewell and hopped across the lawn to his parent's house. It wouldn't be the last time I saw him that night.
Later That Night…
It was around midnight-ish now and I crept out of bed. I wasn't able to get much sleep that night because of the numerous events of earlier that day that were popping in my head. I made my way past Pan's darkened room and down the stairs out the sliding backdoor on tiptoes.
Resting on a lawn chair that was on our patio I laid back and my hair that was usually in a low braid sprayed across the back of the chair with slight waves from its previous state. I looked up at the moon, admiring the beautiful gray craters that marked its surface and the sparkling stars that encircled it. It wasn't like it was my first night sneaking away to come outside. The moon always seemed more beautiful in the darkest part of the night.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" I heard a low masculine voice whisper behind me. I jumped holding my heart. I was shocked to see him there.
I wasn't sure if it was a rhetorical question or not so I slightly nodded my head. He sat down in the middle of the lawn chair and when I looked at him the moon's rays lay lazily across his steel face.
"Why are you out so late Goten?" I asked, resisting my twitching hand from touching his face.
"Thinking." He shrugged, "You?"
"Same."
There was somewhat of an awkward silence as he stared at me. The childish Goten that I had been around for the past what seemed like forever was now a grown man.
With a slow motion he reached out and grabbed a lock of my hair, running it through his fingers.
"I like it wavy." He finally said after examining it, "You should wear it like this more often." After he spoke he didn't drop it, only held on with a softer touch.
"Thanks." Was all that I could manage to say to him. The resemblance between Gohan and him was uncanny. Sitting here with him reminded me of when Gohan and I first started to date. The moonlight strolls, the carnivals, and trips to the beach.
"You're thinking about him again aren't you?" Goten asked and dropped my hair as if it were a dead rat.
I nodded, twirling thin strands of my own black hair on my index finger. Before I knew it he was kissing me. Pouring passion that could compete with Gohan's into it and all I could do was lay numb. My lips began to function by themselves and move in sequence with his.
'This isn't right!' My brain screamed. I knew my head was right and I couldn't give into my body's urges even though my teeth nipped at his lips and tongue with hunger. How could I be doing this to Gohan?
I ripped my head away from his throwing it back on the lawn chair and I squinted my eyes shut wishing to Dende above that I was dreaming and that he wasn't there.
I opened them slowly, sending out silent death threats to the heavens.
There he was, blazing eyes staring at me intently.
"I shouldn't have done that." I croaked out barely above a whisper, "I shouldn't have kissed you back." I put my face in my hands and sighed. My lips tingled with excitement and I felt like I was in somewhat of an adrenaline rush even though I didn't show it.
"I'm sorry. It's just that…Dende I'm so stupid!" He said pounding his fist to his forehead, "You're Gohan's wife for Dende's sake but I couldn't help myself. You're just so intoxicating…" He whispered the last part slowly and his face was inches away from mine. The sparks danced in his eyes and they looked as if they would pop out and burn my skin. He groaned and tore himself away from my eyes. Standing from the chair he began walking in the direction of the woods behind our houses.
"Where are you going?" I called softly so I would wake no one.
He grunted. I didn't want him to feel that way, be mad at me at all. I knew that it wasn't his fault entirely. Like the old saying 'It takes two to tango."
I stood contemplating whether I should follow and see if he were okay or go back inside and go to sleep.
My legs had already decided for me and I jogged to catch up to his Saiyan speed. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep without at least talking to him.
"Goten wait!" I called out. He had already disappeared into the darkness of the trees by the time I had approached.
The leaves crunched under my slippers as I slowly walked into the woods. He was nowhere insight as I used the moonlight rays that poked through the trees as a light source. Giving up I turned around and was about to start heading back home before my back hit a large tree softly. My heart pounded fast and the rush was coming back, I bit my lip unconsciously as I eyed him.
"Why did you have to follow me?" He whispered in my ear huskily nibbling on it a bit. The cold air nipped at my skin through my cotton pants material and his body was so tight against mine that I felt his heartbeat.
I was at a lost for words. His head came up slowly and he roughly put his lips to mine with just as much passion as before but this time there was a feverish tint to it. I was falling into his trap and quick. I knew this kiss would break all loyal barriers I had put up for Gohan.
"Gohan would be so disappointed if he found out what I'm about to do to you right now." He said and I could see the devious smirk the covered his lips with the moonlight that came in.
"Goten I just wanted to talk to you." I whispered. It was too late and I could tell by the gleam in his eyes and the grin on his face. Talking wouldn't stop him now.
A/N: I was most definitely thinking about a lemon in the chapter (just to put icing on the cake) but I decided to let you guys imagine what happens next. I'm pretty sure you all know what happened between the two.
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