"Are you sure Videl is okay with this?" Gohan asked, gesturing to the lake and its restless waves.
Buruma squeezed a fair amount of sunblock lotion into her palm and rubbed it between her breasts, but not once did Gohan's eyes glance below Buruma's chin. He was too worried of what his wife might do to him once they returned to think about anything else.
"Would you give it a rest already." Buruma growled."What's the worst Videl will do to you? Beat you up? Ground you? No sex for a week? Just relax and enjoy the vacation. You deserve it."
Gohan looked down at his feet and wiggled his toes, freeing them from the sand." This hardly feels like a vacation." He mumbled, noticing that Buruma had avoided answering his question. He knew Videl was at his mother's house boiling with rage while impatiently waiting for him to get home so she could yell at him. He wanted nothing more than to return home, but someone needed to be there to keep the kids from fighting. Since Buruma was focused on trying to relax, he figured that responsibilty was on him.
His eyes drifted to the four kids in the lake.
Goten and Trunks weren't exactly kids, but they didn't act like responsible men in their twenties half the time either, so Gohan couldn't help but call them "kids" in his mind. The rift between the best friends was apparent. Goten stuck close to Bura on the right side of the lake, playfully splashing her with water while she tried sleeping on her floaty bed. Trunks, sticking close to Pan on the left side of the lake, always snapped his head in their direction at any sudden movement Goten made, reminding Gohan of a territorial badger.
Gohan leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. The rising sound of Bura's furious voice danced acrossed the water's surface and dove into his ears, coaxing a light chuckle from his lips. He would never admit it out loud but on the day Pan came to him, tugging on his arm and shouting in a rushed breath," Trunks is trying to kill Goten!" He wasn't at all suprised when Bura revealed she was carrying Goten's child. In his eyes, Bura was a raging forest fire and Goten was like soothing rain. The two of them were bound to come together eventually.
"What did I do?" Goten whined, his voice carrying a mocking innocence.
Trunks glanced across the lake, bristling.
Gohan's eyebrows lifted as Pan grasped Trunks' shoulders and forcibly turned him back to her. An amused smile played across Trunks' face and he kept his full attention on Pan for the remainder of the afternoon, joining in her excitement when one of them caught a fish, and turning a deaf ear to Bura's empty threats and Goten's playful attempts to drown her.
"Humm." Gohan sighed, sounding like a tired old dog.
"What is it now?" Buruma snapped, ready to go into a thurough rant if he mentioned Videl one more time. He was sure that she was regretting bringing him along.
"Trunks is spending too much time with Pan. I don't like it." He admitted.
Buruma laughed." Are you serious? Trunks is harmless. He'd never hurt Pan, and he definitely doesn't have any romantic feelings for her." She lowered her voice and whispered." I don't think he's interested in men or women. He might be asexual."
Gohan observed the way Trunks looked at Pan. She was wearing red shorts and a thick bathing top that looked more like a sports bra, but the glimmer in Trunks' eyes was alarming. He was showing too much appreciation for the tiny bit of bare skin her bathing suit showed.
"Bura doesn't have a baby bump." Gohan said, shifting the conversation onto Buruma's daughter. He wasn't ready to think about his little girl dating boys, let alone the possibility of Trunks showing a romantic interest in her.
"It's too early. She's still in her first trimester." ( 1st trimester is 0-13 weeks)
Gohan nodded." Oh, right. So,are you still going to force Bura to take the paternity test next week? It seems pointless. I mean, they both said Goten is the father...and isn't it dangerous for the baby?"
"The test has some risks." Buruma admitted, waving her hand in the air as if thoses risks weren't important." But Bura can handle it. I've seen her take Vegeta's kicks to the stomach as if it were nothing, if it had been me i would've had a hole clear through my back! She and the baby will be fine, don't worry so much. Besides, Chichi wont accept the kid is her grandchild until the test is done and I'm tired of her accusing my daughter of being a whore." She squeezed out more lotion and began rubbing it into her arms. Her movements were quick, not at all sensual like earlier.
"You doubt Goten is the father." Gohan commented. He couldn't believe a mother could think so low about her daughter. Then again, his mother was always quick to assume that he was converting into a low life delinquent when he was a teenager.
"Don't give me that look. You don't know what it's like having a daughter as wild and uncrontrollable as mine. When the boys start knocking at Pan's door and trying to sneak in through her window, then you'll understand why I'm not sure Goten is the father." Buruma rolled her eyes and lit a cigarette." None of this makes sense if you think about it. Why would a good guy like Goten cheat on his sweet girlfriend with a seventeen year old who's always mean to him?"
Gohan scratched his head." I heard there was alcohol involved."
"He was drinking with Trunks, but Trunks would never allow Bura within ten feet of alcohol. He's more of a mother than I am when it comes to her. Vegeta, too."
"Yeah, i've noticed," Gohan laughed." How is Vegeta by the way?"
Buruma had a lot of complaints about Vegeta, and Gohan patiently listened. Every few minutes he drifted out of the conversation to make sure that the kids were getting along with each other, allowing his eyes to linger a little longer on Pan and Trunks.