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Chapter 7: Beginnings.
A week and a half had passed. Videl and Gohan spent tons of time together but between Videl trying to follow Erasa's advice and wait for that perfect moment and Gohan trying to find the courage to overcome his shy nature, neither had made that first move that would officially mark the beginning of a match made in other world. Both Gohan and Videl's sleeping troubles continued as well. But after weeks of meditating every morning, Gohan had come to the conclusion that his bottled up feelings for Videl definitely were the leading cause of his sleeping predicament.
In the time that had passed, Gohan's and Videl's feelings for each other had intensified to the point where it was becoming harder and harder to keep their feelings inside with each passing day.
The back story of the young Z fighter's life had also continued. Gohan had told Videl all about his adventures on Planet Namek from getting his neck broken by Recoome, to his father's incredible battle with the evil alien tyrant Frieza. He had also told her all about android 17 and 18 and how Cell absorbed them. The last place he left off was where they had all showed up at the ring Cell had made.
It was a beautiful winter day. A light snow was falling and it was just before sunset and two teens had decided to take a friendly walk to a nearby lake.
Gohan was in his usual dark blue jeans, a tight black turtle neck, and a grey beanie that wasn't pulled down over his forehead leaving his bangs exposed.
Videl was wearing a white turtle neck, a black scarf, black skin tight leggings, and a pair of white boots.
The two walked through the snow dusted trees and fields talking about everything there was to talk about under the sun.
"So how far out is this lake?" Gohan asked.
"Its a little ways by foot. I know we could always fly, but I really enjoy the scenery." Videl said as she looked around with a smile.
"Yeah I see what you mean."
Videl looked at her crush and her eyes began to dance. "Hey Gohan…"
His eyes met hers. "Yeah?"
"I… I'm really glad you came." she said unable to fight down her blush.
Gohan's heart pounded against his chest. A moment ago this girl was so easy to talk to. Now he was suddenly overcome with a great deal of bashful nervousness. But it was a wonderful feeling, one he wouldn't trade for all the zeni in the world.
He was having trouble finding his words. The last thing he wanted was to say something to make himself look stupid, but then he remembered what Sharpner told him.
"Use that brain a little less when it comes to women bud."
"I wouldn't miss this moment for the world." he said returning her smile.
It was Videl's turn to be dumbstruck. Her heart melted and she fought back joyful tears. Never before had she felt so happy. Her smile grew but she just couldn't find any words to say back to him.
There was a period of silence. Both Gohan and Videl could only look down with a very noticeable blush spread across their faces.
'Oh boy. What do I say to that. Heck I can't even gather myself enough to talk. Come on Videl, do something. Flirt with him for kami's sake!' she thought to herself. 'But how do you flirt with a Saiyan?'
Videl looked up with a smirk on her face that would have made Vegeta proud and she picked up a handful of snow.
Gohan was still staring at his feet when all of the sudden he felt something cold smack him straight in the forehead. He looked up to see Videl pointing and laughing at him.
The young warrior chuckled and scooped up some snow. While Videl was laughing, Gohan got his revenge.
Videl smirked. "Okay buster. If its a fight you want… Its a fight you'll get." she said cupping more snow in her hand.
"I'm counting on it." Gohan replied slyly as he grabbed a handful and the battle was on.
The two flung snowballs relentlessly at each other as they dodged, ran, and took cover behind the many many trees of their surroundings.
For the better part of 20 minutes, snowballs whizzed through the air, some of which found their targets. Gohan rushed out from behind a tree with a huge pile of loose snow in his grasp and charged at Videl and grabbed her with his free arm under a huge pine tree covered in snow. She shrieked with laughter.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" then Gohan raised his hand full of snow over her head and it didn't take the girl long to know what he was planning to do. "GOHAN SON! DON'T! YOU! DAR- AHHHHHH!"
She was cut off by all the snow that poured down on top of her. Gohan released the snow dusted girl in his grasp and fell down in a hysterical fit of laughter. Videl swiped the snow from her shoulders and shook the frozen flakes from her hair. Looking down at the young man she noticed that he was laughing so hard that his eyes were shut.
'I'll give you something to laugh at you adorable dork.' she thought with a sly smirk of vengeance as she floated up towards the top of the tree. When she was significantly high up she called out to the hysterical half saiyan below. "Oh Go-han" then she gave the pretty strong kick.
Gohan opened his eyes just in time to see a massive pile of snow pile on top of him. He raised up as snow fell from his body. "Okay. I give up haha."
Videl smirked in satisfaction and descended down beside him.
"That was fun!" Videl exclaimed
"Yeah it sure was. Hey didn't you say there was a hot springs around here?"
"Yeah I was actually going to go there tonight…" she said as she sat helped him to his feet.
Once Gohan was at his feet, he noticed Videl become nervous as she started to fidget with her fingers.
"I-I was actually w-wondering if you'd like to come with me… just the two of us…" she asked him nervously.
Gohan's face flushed and his heart jumped against his chest. "Sounds great! I can't think of any other way I'd want to spend my evening."
Videl was awestruck. She had never felt such a rush of excitement and happiness flow through her being. Videl noticed the way Gohan was looking at her and they shared a smile as they stepped cautiously towards each other. Gohan was the first to act and took Videl's hands in each of his. Butterflies filled both of the teenagers stomachs. The wind blew a frosty breeze around them as they stood there in pure bliss and feelings neither could deny any longer began to swell inside their hearts. They were in love. Both of them could see it clear as day in each other's eyes, body language, and smiles. All shreds of doubt were erased, there was no longer anything to wonder about because as Gohan gazed into her beautiful blue eyes, he knew she returned his feelings.
It was Videl's turn to act as she took her hands out of his and instead embraced him in a gentle hug. Gohan wrapped his arms around her. Videl rested her head against his muscular chest and savored the moment. After a few moments of holding each other, a large gust of wind blew more snow off the tree and onto the two teens below.
After laughing about the situation Videl grabbed his hand. "Come on, I wanna show you something." and with that they took off through the woods.
Meanwhile Erasa and Sharpner were in the upstairs living room reading magazines and talking about the latest gossip around the school.
"You wouldn't believe how many girls are obsessed with him now that they know he's Saiyaman and the Gold Fighter. If you thought they were crazy about him then, you should hear them now." Erasa said with disbelief in her voice.
Sharpner rolled his eyes.
"Jealous much?" she teased him.
"Its not really jealousy, its just how on earth are other guys supposed to compete with a super hero?"
This caused the girl on his left to giggle. "Awwww don't be like that Sharpner," she said in a mockingly sympathetic tone, "a lot of girls at school still think you're a cutie too." she winked at him.
"You think so?" Although the jock wouldn't ever admit it he was a bit insecure about his appearance lately.
"You and Gohan are wrote all over the bathroom stalls so yeah. Plus Gohan may be pretty popular with the ladies but we certainly haven't forgot about you." she turned red in embarrassment when she realized what she said.
Sharpner looked at her with wide eyes. "Did you just say we?"
Videl and Gohan, still hand in hand, stopped running when they came across a frozen lake. It was a beautiful place surrounded by trees on both sides as well as behind them and three snow capped mountains towered in the distance between the clearing of the trees directly across the lake from where they were standing.
"Wow this is absolutely incredible Videl."
"This is one of my favorite places in the entire world. I have so many memories that are really special to me that were made here." she wrapped her free arm around Gohan's and rested her head against it. "From my mother teaching me to swim, to dad giving me my first martial arts lesson. It all happened here." she sighed happily at the memories.
Gohan was taken aback. He looked down at her and she looked up at him. He felt so honored that she would take him to a place she held so dear to her heart. As he began to get lost in her eyes again he felt his heart swell once again with love and compassion. "Videl c-can I ask you something?"
Videl saw the passion in his eyes. 'I-Is he about to ask me what I think he's going to ask me?!'
"Yes Gohan. Anything." she said breathlessly.
The two sat down on a fallen tree and he took both of her hands in his.
"Videl, ever since I first met you, I was intrigued by your fiery spirit. Then after we became friends, I have felt a stronger connection to you than anyone I know and I just don't have any idea how to explain it." he began. "Being homeschooled for so long, I don't know all that much about social interaction. I know even less about girls haha."
Videl laughed with him and squeezed his hands urging him to continue.
"But I do know that I've never felt so happy and so passionate about someone else before in my life."
Videl's breath hitched. This was it.
"I care so much about you and I want to spend more time with you."
'Just ask me Gohan. Please ask me. I need this. I need you.' she confessed in her head.
"I guess what I'm trying to ask you is… V-Videl will y-you be my girlfriend?"
Her heart soared. Finally. Everything she wanted was now hers. She felt tears well up in her eyes. She desperately tried to hold them back but she was fighting a losing battle.
A few seconds of silence past and Gohan started to worry that he had let his emotions get the better of him when all of the sudden Videl threw herself at him and latched onto him.
"It took you long enough you big idiot!" She said in an outburst.
Gohan wrapped her in his arms and Videl couldn't hold back her tears of joy as a couple of them rolled down her cheeks.
"And for the record, I feel the same way Gohan. I've never been much for romance, but when I'm with you I get this warm feeling in my heart that brings me so much happiness. Ever since you first walked into class on your first day I haven't been able to stop thinking about you."
The two sat there in their embrace as the snow began to fall again.
The moment was interrupted by Gohan's stomach and after a spell of laughter they decided to go back and tell the others the news and eat.
Videl was about to take off into the sky when two strong arms swooped her up bridal style. She turned her head to see her new boyfriend's crimson blush and smile and she rested her head against his chest as Gohan took off towards the cabin.
Back at the cabin, the two blondes had put down their magazines and began to talk about the interests that they had in common (which was surprisingly more than either would have dreamed) and had been at it for about a good 40 minutes. At some point in the conversation Erasa had latched her hand onto Sharpner's. All of the sudden she found herself leaning towards him and he did the same. The slight gap between the two was closing slowly.
Before their lips could meet the sound of the front door opening and shutting followed by what sounded like Videl giggling. This stopped the two blondes in their tracks. Their eyes snapped open and a pink blush stained their cheeks. Another giggle from Videl could faintly be heard.
Naturally, Erasa became more curious to what could make her best friend giggle like that. (Not to mention the fact that this was the perfect cover she needed to gather herself and hide her embarrassment from the boy she secretly had a crush on.)
Sharpner was the first to break the momentary silence. "D-did Videl just giggle? A-and d-did we just about…"
"SHHHHH!" Erasa tried to quiet him down so she could hear the two teens downstairs. She focussed hard trying desperately to hear anything.
Just then she was barely able to pick up the phrase: "So who's going to tell Erasa and Sharpner?"
Erasa shot up from the couch and practically sprinted for the stairs.
"Hey where are you going?! I just think maybe we need to talk about what just about-"
"LATER! I PROMISE!" she shouted as she disappeared down the stairs.
Sharpner was left in confusion. "So. Many. Questions." he muttered to himself as he rubbed his temple walking towards the stairs.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"
The new couple looked at each other and grinned sheepishly then turned back to the awestruck, wide eyed blonde and nodded at the same time.
Erasa squealed in a mixture of pure shock, excitement, and joy. "ITS ABOUT TIME YOU TWO!" she shouted as she hopped up and down clapping her hands together.
"Okay. You have to tell me everything! Who asked who? How romantic was it? Was there a kiss? I need details here!" Erasa asked trying to pry out as much information as possible. She could already see the gossip community of the school going insane.
Videl slipped her hand into Gohan's and the young warrior blushed immediately.
"I'll tell you later Erasa I promise! But we have to get Gohan fed before his stomach causes an avalanche haha.
Just then Sharpner appeared. "Alright so what's all the fuss about?"
"THEY FINALLY GOT TOGETHER!"
Sharpner looked over at the two who were making lunch together.
"Well well well looks like brains finally stepped up to the plate."
Later that night Gohan was sitting in front of the piano playing an old song he wrote about a year ago. Life was so incredible for him at the moment. He was waiting for Videl to get her bag packed to go to the hot springs.
He relaxed and began to recap his day.
It was still such an incredible feeling to not have to worry about whether or not Videl returned his feelings. She did! She really did! That was made crystal clear to him as soon as she practically tackled him with that huge hug when he asked her to be his girlfriend. He felt so privileged to be able to refer to her as his significant other. And why wouldn't he be? She was an angel. She could have had any guy she wanted and the fact that she had her eyes and heart set on him filled him with and unexplainable warmth.
He smiled at his thoughts and continued to play.
"So he just asked you out of nowhere?" the blonde gossip queen asked while she plopped down on Videl's bed.
"Not really… I think he knew how much I cared for him after our little snowball fight, and when I took him to the lake I think he realized how special that place is to me and tried to give me another memorable moment. He's really sweet like that." she said dreamily as she zipped up her bag.
"I'm so so so happy for you Videl. He really is such a sweetie. And he's beyond perfect for you considering you both share basically all the same interests. Not to mention he is the absolute definition of a total hunk."
Videl blushed yet her friend hadn't told her anything she didn't already know. "I always knew as soon as I saw him that he was different in a wonderful way." Videl sighed in contentment. "I will always remember the day we all met Gohan. Never in a million years when I woke up that morning would I have thought I would find love at first sight. I never believed in that either, I always thought it was just something people made up in order to justify jumping into relationships without hesitation. But after I got to know him even more, it was just undeniable."
rasa's eyes danced as she jumped up to her feet and latched herself to Videl. "You deserve this girl! So which bikini are you wearing tonight?" She winked as she removed herself from her best friend.
Videl offered a devious smirk. "The red one."
"Well well well pulling out all the stops for your first night as a couple aren't we?"
"Absolutely. Plus I wanted to show him what kind of prize he just won." Videl winked.
"Go get him girl!"
Gohan had just finished another song as he heard the door to the sunroom open and his face flushed even though no one had entered the room. Although over the years he played the ivory keyed instrument exceptionally well, his shy nature took over when it came to sharing that particular gift, so much so that only his immediate family had ever heard him play.
He stood up as Videl walked in with a small duffle bag on her shoulder. "You know your pretty good at that. You'll have to play for me some time."
Gohan nervously scratched the back of his head and his blush deepened causing Videl to giggle. She walked up to him with a cute smile and innocent eyes and wrapped her arms around him, making his nervousness vanish. Their eyes met and she giggled "You, mister, owe me a trip to the hot springs. Ready to go?"
"Of course! Cant wait!" he replied excitedly and went to grab his bag. They joined hands and interlocked their fingers as they took off into the late afternoon sky. Both of them were in no hurry and flew slow to enjoy the scenery and their time together.
So where is this place at?"
"Just past the lake actually. I found it when I was a little girl."
After a few more minutes of flying the hot springs came into few and the tandem descended.
