Older Chapter 14: The face of love, a dragon ball z fanfic

Chapter 13: The face of love

Rain clashed down upon the head of a gloomy looking girl, she was happy with the rain, it camouflaged her tears. Not that she cared much at the moment what people would think of her, there weren't many people out now anyway. It was dark, it was night and it was raining. 'Only those with a broken heart are out now,' she thought bitterly. In her mind she saw an image of Goten and Bra, dancing together happily, she felt a stab of jealousy in her heart. 'Why can't it be like that with Trunks and I?' She looked up and saw the hotel, somehow she walked right back here, there was nothing left to do then go back to her room.

She stepped into the elevator, she was soaking wet but she couldn't feel anything physically, the pain in her heart reigned over everything. The doors of the elevator opened and she stepped into the hallway, she walked slowly, every step was heavy, like there was lead in her pumps. She took the key out of her purse and unlocked the door, opened it and walked into the safety zone… She turned on the radio while she took off her clothes, dried herself with a towel and put a large T-shirt and panties on. She stopped all her movements when she heard the next song that started playing, her heart started to beat louder, it recognized the feelings in the song, before Pan even realized it she was singing along, softly, with tears in her eyes.

"You see me as the girl next door
Like you, and all so many, many more
Just a fish that swims in your direction
And could bring a lot of affection…"

She stood up from her bed, her hands clenched to fists, she was trembling when she continued:

"But I can't play the game of love with you
I know it will only hurt me
I feel tears in my eyes
'Cause we have to say goodbye
And looking in the face of love
I'll never touch it, it would be self deceit
To think that you would stay with me…"

The tears kept flowing, she didn't bother to wipe them away.

"You think you mean the same to me
But I'm afraid and too shy to let you see
To me you're really someone special
I found the needle in the hay stead
I feel love is back…"

She took a deep breath when the music stopped for a small second.

She walked to the window, opened it, a wet breeze cooled her face off.

"Blisters on my soul
Are they my path or are they my goal
'Cause every time I feel love
Fate rudely breaks it up
Will it ever stop?"

She sank to the ground…

"But I can't play the game of love with you
I know it will only hurt me
I feel tears in my eyes
Cause we have to say goodbye
And looking in the face of love
I'll never touch it, it would be self deceit
To think that you would never leave…"

She rested her head on her knees and sobbed…

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Goten and Bra didn't notice anything that happened between Trunks and Pan, they didn't saw Pan leave neither did they later saw Trunks leaving. They were enchanted by each other, the magic of the night held them captive, but they didn't mind at all.

A new song started, the words described the way they were feeling. Goten loved this song, he knew it from his head and he started to sing it to Bra, while still dancing with her.

"When I met you, you were so unique
Had a little thing I'd love to keep
Every movement carried so much mystique
I knew right then I'd carry on, to you I knew my heart belonged
You know you, you give me something
Something that nobody else can give
And my heart, has started thumpin'
You're the one I truly know I dig!"

Bra giggled, Goten winked at her, pulling her in for a short kiss before he continued singing.

"Like the sunbeams from a perfect summer's day
Heaven only seems a step away
When I'm with you, I just celebrate
I'm hoping my message gets through
There's never been someone like you.
I had nobody, on you I would lean
Cos you got these little things that
I know I've never seen…"

"You, you give me something
Something that nobody else has got
And this love, that I've been wanting
Oh baby's turning out too be to fast to stop…"

He grabbed her and pulled her closely, his lips brushing softly along hers, she closed her eyes, enjoying the warmth of his body and the feelings he awoke inside her.

"You, you give me something
Something that nobody else can give
See my heart has started thumpin'
You're the one I truly know I dig…"

The music continued, but the couple had stopped dancing, they were caught in a complicated embrace, there were hands and feet everywhere, so to speak, the kiss they shared was intimate, passionate… Full of love.

Bra looked at Goten, she smiled, 'I've never felt this happy,' she thought while continuing to look into the face of love. The face of love looked back, with a large smirk. Life was great…

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Life was hell. Trunks had looked into the face of love, he had done so before but he never realized what it was. He had mistaken it with the face of friendship. He knew better know, but it was too late; the face of love had spit into his eyes, had stabbed through his heart with a piercing glare. He sighed deeply while the raindrops tickled his face and arms.

He didn't want to be rude and leave his friends like that, but it was too painful to watch them being so close and happy; his own pain was too fresh. Suddenly he made up his mind, he flew up, high into the sky, higher and higher until the air was almost too thin to breathe. There he screamed his lungs out. Nobody would hear him, nobody would see him, nobody except maybe for Dende, but even the Earth Guardian couldn't help him now, no one could. The only one that could heal the wounds in his heart was the one that caused them… Pan Son…He floated in the air, his hair was dancing around his grim face, different thoughts plagued his mind. His hand went to his pocket, he took out the note with the poem that Pan had written on it, he read it once again, wondering if it was real or not. He decided that he had to know, once and for all. If she really had written it and had meant every word of it, then there was still hope. However, if she had made it as a joke, to mess with him… then all would be lost. He hoped for the first thing to be true. He put the note back into his pocket and flew back to the earth, back to Satan City.

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"I wonder how the kids are doing," Gohan was sitting at the kitchen table, watching his mother and his wife preparing dinner. His father was sitting opposite of him, hungry as ever.

"They're probably having the time of their life," Goku rubbed his empty belly, "they were really looking forward to it, weren't they?"

"Yeah they were," Gohan smiled when he saw the happy faces of Pan and Bra in his mind.

"They grow so quickly, don't they?" Videl sounded a bit sad.

"Yes they do," Gohan added, "gosh, Pan was so tiny when she was born… I can't believe how much she has grown."

"Same thing with you and Goten," Goku grinned, "and your mother was so afraid every time I took you with me for battle or training, Gohan."

Gohan laughed, "yeah I remember that, she rather wanted me to stay home and study."

"I was only thinking of your future," Chi Chi defended herself.

"Of course you were," Gohan grinned, "but my future at that time was fighting, that was all I was thinking about."

"That's my boy," Goku laughed loudly.

"Speaking of boys," Chi Chi turned around, "I haven't seen Goten for days. Does anyone know where that boy is hanging out?"

"I'm quite sure he's with Trunks…" Gohan scratched the back of his head, "they're best buddies, they're so close all the time it wouldn't surprise me if they would fuse into one being." He laughed loudly.

"You mean Gotenks…?" Goku raised one eyebrow.

"Oh, right!" They all laughed, until Chi Chi broke the fun.

"Enough of that chit chatting, out of my kitchen now. You're holding us up!" She grabbed a pan and threw it at the two men who were quickly running out of the kitchen.

"Sheesh," Goku started, when they were safely in the living room, "I bet Bra and Pan are having a great time, at least they won't be attacked by flying pans…"

Gohan chuckled, "believe me, they're having the time of their live. Doing all the things that little girls love to do!"

"They're so lucky to be so young still, not knowing all the horrible things this life has to offer."

"Wow, dad, that's sounds gloomy, which is weird coming from you."

"Ah, son, I'm getting old and sentimental…"

They both laughed loudly, staring at the beautiful black velvet sky and the many silver stars that decorated it.