It was 6AM in the morning as Goku snuck quietly out of his room into the living room. The note in his hand he set on the kitchen counter, knowing his son would find it. His smile turned into a serious expression. 'It's time for me to go back home for good. I've been away for too long training.' The door closed softly behind him. He stared at the scenery for the last time and putting his finger to his forehead, he disappeared from site.

Goten woke up with a sense that something was missing, so he slid out of bed, making sure not to wake up his mate Trunks lying beside him, pulled on his boxers, and walked towards his father's bedroom. "Dad." Silence followed, and he waited until he became impatient. He slowly opened the door to see an empty bed, and his sense brought him into the kitchen to see a note on the counter.

Dear Goten,

It's time for me to own up to my mistakes, so I've gone home to make things right with our family. I plan to stay for good and get stronger where my family is near. I'll do what I can to make them and you proud. I'm sorry I missed you growing up, and I'm sorry I left you and our family so many times. I was being selfish.

I'll let everyone know what's going on with you and Trunks. I won't tell them where you are just that you two are on vacation. Take care of yourselves ok and oh get in some sparring. You two need to keep getting stronger to keep the earth safe from evil. I won't be around forever, right? I'm proud of you son.

Love Your Father

Goten noticed the droplets of water on the note, and he wiped his tears away. He took the note and went over to the fridge to see round, black magnets holding pictures of him and his family. He smiled and used one of the magnets for the letter. 'You're always thinking of us dad, even when we're far away.'

He made his way back to bed to see Trunks still sleeping. He carefully got back under the covers, moving towards his lover, who abruptly turned to him and surprised him. "Whoa! Trunks look I can explain. I felt something was off, so I checked my father's room. He left me a note. He's gone back home for good to repair things with my family."

"That's great Goten but are you ok with it? There's tear stains on your cheek." His blue eyes were filled with concern as he brought his young mate's body to his, holding him comfortably in his arms.

"Yeah, I'm ok with it. I'll miss him, but we'll be back home when we're ready to go back." He kissed his chest, burying himself into him. He felt Trunks's hand stroke his back, lulling him back to sleep. 'I love you chibi.' He kissed his forehead.

'I love you to Trunks.'

'You're still awake. You need some sleep love, and you know I'll be here when you wake up.'

'Of course, shove it in my face. Are you the kind of person who wants to get up and then I get up after you?'

'You know chibi, that's a good idea.'

'Crap. Well goodnight prince pain in the ass.' He heard his mate's laughter and smiled.

Trunks woke up in the middle of the day to make important calls to his family. When he was done with that task, he crashed on the couch, turned on the TV, and got lost in its world.

'Sometimes I'm surprised by my mother's reaction to the things I do. She is so understanding. I just wish Goten's mother could understand him the way she does.' He leaned his head back on the couch and looked around. 'I'm hungry.' He smirked his devious smirk, raced into the bedroom, and jumped onto the bed.

Goten felt a shaking and opened his eyes to see Trunks jumping up and down on the bed. 'That's it, he's dead.' Goten leapt from his position and attempted to tackle his mate to the ground, but he missed, falling onto the floor on his stomach. He heard his lover's laughing as he got off the floor and stood. "You know you could have just woke me up politely instead of waking me out of my dream by jumping on the bed."

"Yeah, I know." His smirk turned evil as he thought about his companion's dream. "So," Trunks walked over to where his boyfriend was standing, "what kind of dream was it?" Trunks confirmed his suspicions as Goten lit up like a Christmas tree. "Oh! It was that kind of dream."

Goten walked passed him and into the kitchen. He started cooking, facing away from his boyfriend. He sensed Trunks sit down in front of his back. Silence filled the air until Trunks decided to talk. "You're too uptight Goten, what's going on?"

"What do you mean?"

"You used to be so carefree and relaxed. What happened?"

"My mother became more involved in my life and now I feel like I'm holding all this anger towards her inside. You're right this isn't me, but I don't know how to let go of this hold she seems to have on me." He took the pans off the oven and out the food onto plates before Trunks and him. He cleaned the pans before sitting down to eat.

"I guess you're not the only one who has to let go. I think we need to leave this place. We'll pack up and go where we want to. The open road is ours. What do you say?"

"I say that's a great idea Trunks."

After they finished, they gathered everything they could carry in capsules and put them in Goten's backpack that he had brought to the Briefs home when he was staying there. Trunks took the full capsules he had gathered in the bathroom, and he walked out of the room, found the pack, and put them inside, zipping them up. He made his way to the couch surprised and pleased to see Goten lying on the couch with nothing but a smirk on his face. "What do you say Trunks? One for the road."

Trunks stripped his clothes off at lightening speed and jumped on top of his lover. "Or one to last a lifetime." He kissed him roughly on his lips as his lover's arms went around him, pulling their bodies together.

Loud moans and grunts came from both of them as they joined once again in mind, body and soul. They couldn't get enough of each other by the black and blue covered bruises along with blood bite marks on their bodies. As well as the looks in their eyes filled with love, lust, and passion for one another.

Hours later they were holding each other close while their chests went up and down in unison. Their sweat soaked bodies turned to chills with goose bumps all over their skin.

"We—we're so good at this," said Trunks as his eyes went to Goten.

"You mean sex, right?" He kissed his forehead, and they fell asleep.

Trunks opened his eyes in the night aware of his lover's body below him, snoring away without a care in the world at the moment. 'The road will be good for us chibi, you'll see.' He felt a sudden movement beneath him, and he saw Goten struggling in his sleep. "Chibi, chibi, wake up," he said as he shook the raven-haired man.

"Huh? huh? What's going on?" Goten opened his sleepy eyes to see a pair of concerned, blue ones starring back at him.

"You were having a nightmare."

"Oh, well it's just a nightmare. No big deal."

"Yeah right, I read your mind."

Goten sat up. "You know I wish you would give me some privacy in my mind some times."

"Not when you're in pain." His voice softened. "She can't hurt you. I know Chichi's your mom and you love her, but you can't let her get to you. She will drag you down if you let her."

"You don't understand Trunks." Trunks moved off of him as Goten sat up on the couch. "I have everyone's acceptance except my mother. She raised me, and I—I need her acceptance. It's important to me." He felt Trunks's hand on his back, which calmed him.

"She needs time Goten. That's all I can think of."

"But what if time doesn't change her mind."

His worried eyes tugged at Trunks's heartstrings. He didn't know what to say to make his mate feel better, which left him feeling helpless, and Goten could see this. He got up from his seated position on the couch and sat on Trunks's lap with his arms around the confused demi-saiyan.

"Goten."

"It's ok Trunks. I don't expect you to know the answer, but it's nice that you were thinking about it." He heard silence when he expected Trunks to say something. Before he could say anything, he felt Trunks grab onto him, putting his legs around his waist, and running with him into the bedroom and into the shower.