Ch 59

The weekend had come and Trunks and Goten decided to visit Trunks' family. Trunks was all excited to tell his mother about his ideas for his new company. Unfortunately Bulma was working that day, and Bulla was at baby daycare. Vegeta was home and wasted no time demanding that Trunks spar with him in the gravity room. Feeling tired from the amount of assignments he had completed at school, Goten decided to catch up on some well deserved sleep.

Crashing on Trunks' bed, he sighed as he pulled the covers over his body and fell asleep. A few hours later a noise woke him up. A sense of urgency filled him as he rushed outside the house. Trunks and Vegeta were all ready out of the gravity room.

Looking up, he saw a huge spaceship passing overhead. The doors opened and an army of saiyans poured out of the ship, making Goten quite nervous. He had sparred with his mate, brother, and Vegeta, but this would be his first battle. 'I can do this. The earth is counting on me. I won't let them down.'

There were no formalities as the army started to attack the three saiyans. Goten was doing well so far, but he could feel himself starting to tire. He was catching his breath when a solider came at him from behind. Before he could do anything, he crashed into the Briefs home. Getting ahold of himself, he realized he had landed in the time machine, which had turned on. "Oh no," he said as his disappeared.

The time machine landed in the Briefs backyard, but Goten noticed it wasn't destroyed. "Where am I?" he asked as a younger Bulma and a 17 year old Trunks came out to see what was going on. "I'm in the past," he said as the time machine started to breakdown. "Shit!" he yelled as he hopped out of the time machine just in time to see it fall apart. "No!"

"Who is he?" asked Bulma.

"Future Goten," said Trunks. "Remember I told you about him when Future Trunks decided to bring him hear to meet his brother and father."

"It looks like something bad has happened," said Bulma. "We need to get him back to his time Trunks."

"I know. You think you can fix his time machine?"

"It's going to take a month at the most."

Trunks walked up to the frantic Goten. "Goten, don't worry. My mom will fix it," he said as he watched Goten breathe a sigh of relief. "It's good to see you again. I always wondered what happened to you."

"How long will I be here for?"

"At least a month," said Trunks. "I can tell you worried. What's happening back in your time line?" He could tell Goten was scared. He thought about his own best friend and smiled as he hugged him tight. He could feel the older Goten tremble.

Bulma went right to work on the time machine as Trunks led him inside the house. Goten sat on the couch as Trunks sat beside him.

"Is there anything I can get you? Are you hungry?" asked Trunks as Goten smiled.

After they ate, they ended up back in the living room. The silence felt unnerving, so Goten spoke. "My world is being attacked by an army of saiyans. It was my first battle, and I was nervous. I fought through it, but I was hit, fell into the time machine, and here I am," he sighed. "I don't even know what happened to Trunks, Vegeta, or my world for that matter."

"I'm sorry," he said as he noticed a bite mark on his neck. "Hey, what's that?" Trunks asked as he moved aside Goten's collar.

"Oh," he blushed.

"You're bonded to Future Trunks. My father told me about the bond, but I didn't think—wait he's in the future, and you're here. You shouldn't be alive."

Goten's eyes widened. "That's right so why am I?"

"I don't know."

"Then my Trunks must be alive to," he smiled.

"You love him very much."

Goten could hear the loneliness in the younger Trunks' voice. "Why are you so lonely?"

Trunks laughed. "Always could see right through me but I don't want to talk about it."

"Because it hurts. You're in love with past Goten."

"I can't tell him. Just because you two managed to find your happy ending doesn't mean my Goten would feel the same way about me."

"I'm sorry. I hope someday you can tell him. Maybe—

"He's always optimistic to, but there's a big difference about you and him. His aura is more innocent, naive. Yours has been tainted with darkness, but you're hopeful."

"You're 17 years old, and you're all ready talking like an adult."

Trunks smiled. "I've been told that before. Well it's getting late. I'll show you to your room, and I'm sure you're going to need some clothes. I'll get that for you."

"Thanks Trunks I really appreciate it," he said as he followed Trunks upstairs. He couldn't help but hope this Trunks could have what he wanted. It was almost overwhelming to him how much this Trunks felt for past Goten. It was similar to how his Trunks felt every time he looked at him. 'I miss you Trunks.'

The warm water hit his body, and he sighed into the shower nozzle. It felt good to get clean, but he felt guilty about feeling this way when his own timeline was in danger. There was nothing he could do now but hope what he came back to was still standing.

He thought about his Trunks and as he looked down, he could see he was aroused. 'Oh come on not now!' he thought. He sighed. 'I can't do this here. It doesn't seem right, but I have to take care of it. I'll just be quiet.'

Trunks got Future Goten some clothes and walked into the room. Placing the clothes on the bed, he thought he heard a groan coming from the bathroom. Walking closer to the bathroom, he leaned his ear against the door. He could clearly here Goten moaning, and he blushed. He took a breath and felt curious as he opened the door carefully. He could clearly see the naked outline of Goten through the shower glass touching himself.

Leaving the bathroom Trunks made his way to his own room to take care of himself. Once he was done, he sat on his bed feeling completely stupid. 'I can't believe I just did that, and I can't believe how desperate I've become,' he thought as a knock came to his door.

"Hey mom, how's the time machine doing?"

"Well it's not as damaged as I thought. I should be done in two weeks," she said as she looked closer at her son. "Trunks, honey what's wrong?"

"M—mom I have to tell you something. I can't keep it to myself any longer."

"What is it?"

"I—I'm in love with the Goten in my timeline."

"So that's why you've been acting weird around Future Goten?"

"Yeah well he even encouraged me to tell Goten about my feelings."

"It's your choice Trunks. Only you can decide when you're ready and I'm here to support you," she smiled. "Besides I've always liked Goten."

"Thanks mom. It's nice to know. Anyways did you know the Future me is bonded to Future Goten?"

"Wow, that is wild. So anything is possible."

"As much as I want to be with Goten, I still need time. I'm not ready to tell him yet."

"You take the time you need son but don't take too much time. Things can change if you let time get away from you."

"I'm well aware of that mother. Lets just help Future Goten get back to his time, and I can get on with my life," he said as his mother got up, kissed him on the head, and left his bedroom. Sighing, he lied down on his bed. It was going to be a long night.