Pan walked out of her home and pressed a hand to her just barely swollen belly, and her thoughts were engulfed by Trunks. Three weeks passed and they each had refused one another. Making her pregnant at just shy of fourteen weeks. She walked to her car and eased into it and drove into town. As she entered the Capsule Corporation it just reminded her of how lonely she had been the past few weeks. She felt her heart ache when she would see Trunks at work, either in the mornings as he arrived with employees busying themselves around him like worker bees while she arrived alone and trudged towards the labs. She had remained busy though.
Bulma had placed her on a new genetics program that allowed her to be in charge of other scientists trying to genetically modify plants and other life materials to grow within space. It was a project she was highly interested in due to her family having an alien bloodline and although she was lonely her work kept her thoughts focused on only work. She walked into the lab and everyone greeted her kindly.
It was boring work as she could not talk gossip or talk about her family or friends as she had with Bulma. She sighed into her office, being the project leader did have some perks though. She had people answering to her and now that she was at twelve weeks in her pregnancy fatigue had started to set in. She enjoyed it, working in this lab with a group of people reminded her of her college days when she did labs as a T.A. She eased her bag off of her shoulder and then a soft knock interrupted her thoughts. Her head turned and she felt her body stiffen as her guest was not someone her heart was prepared to see.
"Nori," she whispered. The tall, slender lean man smiled at her with a boy's smile. The same smile that had swept her heart away when they were in high school and the same smile that had whisked her in between the sheets while they were in college together. His green eyes sparkled at her and he said, "Son Pan." She felt her face crack into a smile as she eased down into her office chair and rest her head into the palm of her hand. "What are you doing on this side of the company?" she asked ruefully. He merely shrugged and eased further into her office, slipping the door shut so that they had some privacy. "Your higher up sent me to keep an eye on you," he said simply and her eyes went wide. Her lips parted to yell and he added, "She is concerned about your condition." Her eyes narrowed. She. So it wasn't Trunks, and she hadn't spoken out of turn just yet.
She arched a brow and crossed her arms. "And just what do you know about my condition?" she pondered and he said, "Enough to know you are glowing with happiness." Her eyes widened once more and Nori said, "This isn't about you or me. Or what happened between us," he reasoned. "Bulma is worried about you and will not cause a rumor to start by coming down here every day to check on you." She arched a brow and looked out the close window at the group of people busying themselves with their work. "True," she agreed, "I didn't know that she trusted you so well." He chuckled. "She doesn't, but she knew you could use a familiar face in the work force."
Leave it to Bulma to know exactly what Pan needed. She felt her mood shift and she sighed into a slight laugh. "Well, I suppose you will be working with us as a tech manager?" she asked and he confirmed, "Of course." And so she stood and said, "Well, then, it is time that we introduce you."