Trunks tapped his fingers along his desk and for the first time in a long time he was caught up with his work. He had no messages to reply to, no meetings set up, and could easily leave for the day. But one thing nagged at him…Pan. It had been four weeks now that they hadn't spoken to one another. And he had seen her come into work every day with a smile on her face ready to face the day.

So, in that moment he decided he would finally see her. But not as his future wife, not as a woman, but instead a subordinate that was beneath his C.E.O. title, and he rose from his desk and took off to the labs. His workers bowed in the hallways as he walked through them and quiet murmurs and whispers began as it was uncommon for him to be roaming the company halls. He made it down to the labs and his brow furrowed when he saw that her name was no longer upon his mother's lab title. Odd.

And then he heard her name called, "Ms. Son? We have something to show you!" He turned his head. Surely the words had come from another lab and he walked quietly down the hall and towards the lab just across from his mother's. And sure enough through the glass window and through the open door he heard her. "Amazing, I've never seen the genetics take on an ability to heal themselves so rapidly," she said as she pulled a sample from a scientist's hands and placed it into a microscope. He felt his heart race as he could just barely see a slight swell underneath the empire waist dress she was wearing underneath her lab coat. She plopped into a seat and settled in to look over the sample more closely and he walked into the lab. The men and woman surrounding her paused and bowed politely and she called, "Suri, please bring me our initial samples so that I may compare them side by side."

"Eh…Ms. Son," Suri began. "We have a visitor." Pan's head rose and she arched a brow at him. "Ah, Mr. Briefs. What a lovely sight," she went back to the microscope, "Suri, if you please." Suri scrambled to get the samples and Pan continued, "Why would you be visiting our branch? Do you have any requests?"

He ignored her question and decided to test her. "I've notice you've put on a little weight," Trunks commented and she calmly looked up from her microscope and without missing a beat she agreed, "That is because I am pregnant Mr. Briefs." Gasps sounded throughout the lab and his eyes went wide. "Miss-Miss Son?! What are you talking about?!" Suri exclaimed as she fumbled with the sample. She rolled her head and sighed as she stood up and turned her back to Trunks. She announced, "Yes, everyone heard that correctly and that is the only thing you will know about my personal life. Now, get back to work." One murmured, "She's always so private." Another nodded and added, "I bet Mr. Briefs came to check on her. You know their families are very close."

"Yes, very professional, only thinks of work," another said and Pan sighed as she turned back around to her microscope and sat down to pick up the sample she had requested from Suri. "Get to work, I expect your weekly reports on my desk by 5 today." She eyed Trunks and rose from her seat once more as she turned away to go to her small, private office at the head of the room. She asked over her shoulder, he thought rather coldly, but she said, "Is there anything else you came here for Mr. Briefs besides to berate me about my weight?" He stood from his leaning stance against the table and firmly said, "No, nothing Ms. Son."

And she eased into her office and shut the door firmly shut. He watched her turn away and sit down at her personal microscope and get back to work jotting down notes and words. And he had no anger to feel, but he was completely caught off guard by her actions and her words. He went to leave and as he left he felt someone follow him out of the lab and into the hallway.

He faced his follower and the worker said, "She's in one of her moods again Mr. Briefs, please don't hold it against her." He looked back at a young man and his brow arched. "And you are?" The young man, with dark blue navy hair and green eyes smiled at Trunks and said, "I was a classmate of hers, Nori, I've known Pan for a little while now. She's just a little stressed. She gets this way when she's tired."

"I highly doubt it has to do with her being tired," Trunks admitted firmly, "as you know I have known her far longer than yourself." Nori merely pulled his thick rimmed glasses upon his head, glasses that were far more like Gohan's. Trunks realized why she kept this man close, she had probably helped him receive this job as well. Nori's smile broadened, and he explained, "You do know that being pregnant causes and increase in fatigue?" he pondered his head tilted to one side, Trunks thought, much like Gohan did when he knew something he wouldn't let on.

He said, "Pan isn't wearing a wedding band, and though I know she is rather practical, I also know she is unmarried. Maybe she needs a man to sweep in and take care of her?" Trunks fought his gulp back and before he could say something Nori turned away and Trunks said, "You knew before she announced didn't you?" Nori paused before reaching the doorway to the lab. He looked at Trunks and said, "Anyone can see that she is glowing, no matter how poorly she feels. But then again, she has always glowed hasn't she?" Trunks' eyes widened and Nori left him standing in the hallway stunned. He didn't like that guy, and didn't like his smile. That man knew something that Trunks didn't know and he needed to find out what it was.