You woke up peacefully stretching your arms. The campfire burned brightly still. "Piccolo must have kept up with it all night" you thought to yourself.

You glance around the room but there was no sign of the Namekian. You looked out side and the sun was already shining brightly. Midday you assumed. You thought it was weird that Piccolo allowed you to sleep so late. He was very strict about keeping up with your schedule. Something about consistency being a key part of focus, or whatever.

"I hope he's not mad about last night still" You frown as you pulled the sheet off yourself and rose to your feet. The same sickening feeling you had last night entered your stomach again at the thought. You quickly shake your head and convince yourself to push away the whole encounter before heading outside.

"Over here" You hear Piccolo calling to you. A few paces down the mountain he stood at the foot of a slow moving stream that stretched across the hillside. He was facing away from you. Warily you walk towards him unsure of what to expect.

You stand beside him as the stream trickled quietly in front of you. From the corner of your eye you glance up at him. He was in deep concentration, the usual.

"Pico... uh, I mean Piccolo?" You call up to him curiously. He turns his head and looks down at you. You expected the all too familiar annoyed look but this time he caught you off guard. He was staring at you calmly, waiting for you to speak. You felt a sudden rush of heat in your cheeks, your breath felt like it was stuck in your lungs, you never realized how handsome Piccolo was. You avert your eyes from him and clear your throat. "Um,.. what are we looking at"

"Down there" He Points.

You follow the direction of his finger and look down the mountain side to the valley below. "What about it?" You asked confused. There was nothing unusual about the flat spread of grass.

"That's where you will be flying to" His voice sounded confident.

"What!?" You stare at him in shock. "I... I.."

He raises his eyebrow to you questioningly. "You wanted me to teach you right?"

"Yeah, but I meant like... start with the basics.. like floating and stuff" you wave your hands frantically. "Not diving head first off a mountain!"

"There's nothing basic about flying. You either can or you can't." He states cooly.

You were slowly starting to panic. He couldn't possibly be serious. What was he going to do, push you? You were about to turn and walk away, when a loud puff of air escapes his nostrils as he held the knuckle of his thumb against the bridge of his nose.

"Oh, real funny" you shake your head at him. "If the fall didn't kill me, surely your sense of humor will" you cross your arms frustrated.

"Alright, Alright" Piccolo grumbled as he snapped back into his serious self. "The reason I brought you down to the water is to keep cool. You're going to need to concentrate. See that rock in the middle of the water, I want you to sit there legs crossed, completely still"

"Huh, Alright. I can do that" you reply eagerly heading towards the rock.

"Waaaah careful!" Piccolo shouts just as your foot slips on a smooth wet rock. Your hands flail in the air instinctively trying to grab something to stop your fall but all you grab is empty air. You close your eyes bracing yourself for the unpleasant feeling of being stuck in damp clothing the rest of the day.

You land with a thud into something hard. Confused you open your eyes. Two green arms locked underneath your arms and held you steady. You felt large pectoral mussels flex against your back as Piccolo hoisted your forward. He let out an exaggerated sigh of half relief half annoyance. His arms relaxed and now hung loosely at your ribs.

At that point you should have felt relieved, you should have pulled yourself from his grip, you have been thinking of anything else other than how you didn't want him to pull his hands away; and so when the inevitable came, without thinking you clasped his hands and and held them in place.

"OH CRAP!" You cursed inside your head.

You weren't sure what to do now. Both your hands held on to his pressed against your ribs. As if time was frozen you stood still. It would be awkward if you let him go now, but as the seconds ticked by it was wasn't any better. He had tensed at your touch but he hadn't pulled away either. You hadn't meant to act on your momentary desires.

You flinched as his finger tips quivered. You could feel his entire body shaking. You open up your mouth to speak, unsure of what you were even going to say.

"Piccolo!" You both freeze as someone shouts above you. Looking up you stare wide eyed as Gohan and Videl stared back at you with questionable looks.

Piccolo quickly pulls his hands away "uh... uh.. Gohan" he says nervously. He clears his throat trying to regain his composure. "What're you doing here?"

"Well I was coming to check on Y/N's training" He smirks as he descends to the ground, Videl at his side. "Um,.. so... what exactly were you teaching her?"

"What, no.. um... see,... she fell,... and I was just helping her up!" His cheeks flushed a rose color as he waved his hands frantically.

Gohan raised his eyebrow and glanced over to you. You shake your head in agreement and Gohan shrugs.

"So how's it going?" Videl walks over to you with a smile.

"Good,.. good. Piccolo was about to teach me how to fly actually" You reply

Both Gohan and Videls eyes light up excitedly.

"Wow Piccolo, you think she's ready for that?" Gohan asks.

"Hey!; Don't you underestimate me! After Piccolos training I'll be able to kick even your butt!" You shout before Piccolo can reply. Piccolo looked at you surprised by the compliment. You smile softly at him before you remember the the embarrassing encounter and quickly look away, your ears growing hot.

Videl noticed and gives you a sly smile. "Um Gohan, me and Y/N are going to take a walk to discuss some things" she winks at you.

"Oh okay Videl!" Gohan happily waves to his now wife.

She nods at you to follow her and you both head down the stream until your out of ear shot of the other two.

"Sooooo,... Piccolos pretty handsome isn't he?" She states directly. You stop abruptly caught off guard.

"What!?, I don't know!, I mean... he's not ugly,.. but like,... why would,... and why are you..." You couldn't even form a sentence correctly.

Videl spins around and clasps her hand over your mouth. "I've saw that little exchange between you two." She grins. "Come on Y/N. Spill it." She removes her hand from your mouth and you let out a deep breath.

Scratching the back of your head you look to the sky as if it would give you clearer thoughts. "I... I don't.. ever since last night I've been having these weird feelings,.. thoughts.."

"WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT!?" Videl yelled excitedly.

"Videl!" You hush her quickly looking over your shoulder to make sure the other two were still out of range.

"Sorry.." she whispers.

You sighs "well you see..." you tell her all about what happened with the fire and how you cozied up to Piccolo to get back at him for being so cruel. You then fully explained exactly what had happened at the stream and how you subconsciously grabbed Piccolos hands without thinking.

When you were finished Videl stifled a laugh. "Well it sounds you've developed quiet the crush" her face softens.

"Uggghhh" you groaned "what do I do?"

"Well what do you want to do?" She tilts her head curiously.

"Honestly Videl, I'm not sure." You frowned.

Before she could reply Gohan flew down the mountain to join you guys. You both grow quiet on the subject. "Not to interrupt, we should be getting back now. Chi chi's waiting for us, we didn't exactly give her a choice about babysitting" he scratched the back of his head laughing.

"Oh okay, no problem" you smile. You give both of them a hug and wave goodbye as they flew away. You turn to head back up the hill, stopping as you noticed Piccolo waiting at the top. You groan at the thought of having to face him. Perhaps it would be best not to even bring it up, pretend like nothing ever happened... again.