"Well this is it."
Kate fumbled through her bag for her keys as they stood silently in the apartment's hallway.
Kate unlocked the door nervously.
"Hey, so I haven't been home in a while and I'm not sure how clean everything is so sorry if it's messy."
Piccolo remained straight faced.
The first thing he saw was a living room full of pictures. He smiled at a picture of Gohan when he was a baby.
"He's such a cute kid, eh?" she laughed.
He replied with a nod.
"I'm just going to grab some stuff from my room, you're more than welcome to come in."
He followed her silently, the awkwardness making him regret his decision of volunteering to escort her.
With a smile Kate led him down a short hallway to the second room on the right.
Piccolo was surprised- he'd imagined Kate would have a larger, more extravagant room. All it had was a bed, a dresser, a desk, a closet, and several boxes.
She lay spread out on her bed face up, and let out a sigh.
"I missed my bed."
She looked over at Piccolo.
"Seriously. There's something about my bed." She patted the spot beside her. "Try it."
Piccolo blushed. He couldn't think of an excuse not to. He was tired from training.
Whatever.
He tried to lay down on the bed but his cape was wide enough to reach from the left to the right side.
He took his cape off, and gently placed it on the floor.
Piccolo laid on the bed and closed his eyes.
"It's so comfy right?!"
Kate got no reply. She held in a laugh when she noticed that Piccolo was asleep.
She blushed. The great warrior all tuckered out...in her bed.
Oh my gosh. He's in my bed.
Suddenly Kate's eyes began to feel heavy...
She had gotten up really early, and yesterday was a long day.
Maybe if I just close my eyes for a few seconds...
Kate woke up, and looked at her phone- she had fallen asleep for 4 hours!
She held in a scream as she saw Piccolo still sleeping a few inches from her. Having forgotten that it was real.
Suddenly a bit of guilt sunk in. He was exhausted- and it was all her fault.
She had to make it up to him somehow.
Piccolo shot up abruptly.
"What the?"
Oh. Right.
He stretched and looked out the window- the sun had already began to set.
Can't believe I was out for that long.
He got up and put his cape back on.
Going down the hallway- he saw Kate in the kitchen.
He entered with caution.
"Hey you're finally awake!" Kate dried her hands on a rag.
"Yeah. Sorry."
She laughed. "Don't be sorry at all! Hey, what are you doing later?"
Piccolo blushed- unfamiliar with someone asking him that. At the same time, he didn't want Kate to think he didn't have anything to do...
"I might see Gohan."
Damn I blew it!
She smiled. "Might? Well if you're not...I was wondering if I could take you out for dinner?"
He blushed even harder.
"Uh what..."
"I owe you a lot. Gohan says you're not into material things...or even eating- but there's this really good restaurant not too far from here- I think you'll like it."
Piccolo turned away from her.
"I'm not sure I need to see-"
"Hello Chichi? It's Kate. Is Gohan there?"
What is she doing?!
"Hey kiddo! Do you mind if I steal piccolo tonight?"
Gohan! If you can hear me don't-
"Great! Thank you so much. I'll see you tomorrow-I promise! I'll bring you and your mum something back from here. Yeah sure!"
She handed the phone over to Piccolo.
"Hi Mr. Piccolo! I heard you but you didn't finish what you were saying. Where are you going? Are you at her house? What's her house like?"
Piccolo hung up the phone.
Kate laughed.
"I guess you're stuck with me tonight."
Piccolo huffed and turned away.
Gohan. You'd better be ready, 'cause next time I see you-
Kate tapped him on the shoulder.
He turned and saw her holding a pile of clothes.
"What's this?"
Kate lifted his right arm up with one of her hands and placed the clothes in his.
"If I'm going to dress up, you'd might as well dress up too."
Piccolo looked at the clothes- confused.
These were supposed to be gifts to Goku, but Chi-Chi said they were a bit too stylish for him.
She pushed him back into her room.
"Okay I'm gonna get ready. You have 15 minutes!"
She smiled before closing the door.
What have I gotten myself into...
Piccolo walked out of the room awkwardly. Kate had given him a pair of black pants which felt abnormally tight on his calves.
Thankfully, the sweater she gave him wasn't too bad. He put the cap on and turned it backwards. It seemed Kate had him wearing all black.
Kate was in the washroom putting on makeup.
Piccolo stared at her leaning over the sink. Somewhat mesmerized. He never really had the time to notice how curvaceous the bottom half of her body was.
"Piccolo?"
Kate moved her head to see him.
He blushed and pretended he was looking at something else.
She came out and looked Piccolo over.
Wow.
"You look...really good."
He didn't move. Unsure of how to reply.
"Wait one more thing!"
She reached around a few of the drawers in the washroom and pulled out a thick gold chain. She tip toed and put it around Piccolo's neck.
He flinched a bit.
"Perfect. Okay now we can go."
Kate turned off the lights while leading him down the stairs.
