Love is Pain
By: Freewater
Pairings: Gh-Tr
Rating: Pg 13, Shonen ai
Disclaimers: I do not own DBZ, never have never will yada, yada, yada. Please don't sue me!
Warnings: Male/Male relationship. Swearing
Archive: Sure, anything's good! Just ask me first k? ^_^
Feedback: Definitely! Please, yes!! I want to know if I did a good job or not writing this! Please review me!!
Notes: A bunch of these little stars **** Means a change in time or scenery. ''These things here indicate thoughts.
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'Why did I let him in? Why!?! Christ I'm a sucker for punishment!' Gohan thought angrily as he just glared death at his ex-little brother, who was currently sitting opposite of him at his table with a cup of tea in front of him which had long ago gone cold.
He was raised to be polite, so when Goten said that he had something important for him, he didn't really know that he was letting him in his apartment until it was too late. He grumbled to himself irritably while deciding that the damage had been done and that he might as well be a good host and get him something to drink. The sooner he got out of there the better. That was all that mattered.
Goten just quietly sat down at his table and when Gohan placed the cup of tea in front of him to drink, he just ignored it. Nothing else was said as Gohan took a seat and waited for Goten to start and tell him what this was all about. Neither had fully realised that a death match staring contest had begun, and they'd remained this way for almost twenty minutes so far.
Gohan clenched his fists under the table, he was getting sick of this. It was getting really old, really fast and he just wanted him gone. "What do you want, already?" He asked impatiently.
Goten's sneer remained in it's place as he wordlessly reached into his trench coat and pulled out a large orange envelope, and angrily tossed it in front of him on the table. It was labelled "For Son Gohan."
A look of slight confusion crossed his face at the sight of it, so Goten explained what it was. "That's yours. You have to read through what's in it carefully because it will help you out a great deal. A gift from Trunks." He said simply.
Gohan sneered at it. 'It will help me will it?' He thought angrily. 'Does that stupid little bastard think I can't take care of myself or something?' He pushed the envelope back at Goten. If it was from Trunks then he didn't want it, *or* want to see what was in it. "I don't want it, take it back." He said coldly.
Goten wasn't going to give up that easily though, as he pushed the documents back at him. "You're taking it." He demanded with no emotion in his voice, but in truth he was increasingly getting pissed off at his brother's behaviour.
Gohan just pushed it back at him. "I said I don't want it."
Goten didn't move this time as he started to argue with him. "I promised Trunks that you would see what was in here, and I'm not leaving until you do." He said determinedly. If his dying best friend wanted this then he would be sure he got his last wish. Seeing his heartless ex-boyfriend happy.
"I don't care what you promised him, I'm not taking it!" Gohan shouted stubbornly. The natural curiosity to see what it was, was there, but he fought it off. He wanted nothing more to do with the lavender haired demon lest he start to feel guilty and try to see him again.
Goten knew he wasn't going to back down, but he had every intention of making Gohan see what was in here. He got up out of the chair and put the orange package in his jacket before getting ready to leave.
Gohan didn't move from the spot he was in with his arms crossed and his scowl still in place, but his eyes went wide with pure shock and surprise when Goten walked up to him and said: "Fine then, it's your loss. I'll just take these legal documents that will help you get Pan back and leave."
He was just about to walk away and out the door when Gohan quickly grabbed his arm and stopped him, knocking over his chair as he stood up and demanded to know what was going on. "Wait a minute! What do you mean by legal documents?" He asked in shock. "Is what you have able to help me get Pan back?" He asked hopefully.
Goten merely nodded his head while pulling the envelope back out from his jacket and handing it to him. "Trunks asked me to give it to you. He's been working on this for a while."
Gohan held the package in his hands for a moment before tearing it open, throwing the orange paper away and quickly flipping through the pages of the large booklet inside with disbelief. It was all here! Everything that would prove how much he deserved to have Pan back. His legal history, her legal history, a few statements from Pan, and several pages dedicated to simply showing how many times Videl had lied in court with the proof to back it all up!
He looked up at Goten, his mouth hung open in shock. "Trunks asked you to give this to me?" He asked in disbelief. Why would he do something like that for him after all the pain he'd caused him? 'Oh I get it!' He suddenly thought. 'It must be some sort of apology.'
Goten nodded his head at his brother's question. "He's been working on that thing for months, just for you." He explained.
"As an apology?" He asked while still flipping through the book. Maybe he was wrong about Trunks.
A look of pure hatred crossed Gotens features when he heard that, and he just glared daggers at his brother for the nerve he had. Gohan was still looking at the booklet in his hands in awe, so he didn't really see it. "An apology? For what!?!" He demanded angrily. He was so furious right now that he was shaking. Trunks was going to ask his bastard brother to marry him the day Gohan threw him out, and he thought that he needed an apology for it?!? 'Fucking asshole!'
Gohan looked up at him with just as much hate in his eyes for being shouted at. The book in his hands proved that Trunks at *least* wasn't the monster he'd made him out to be, but that didn't excuse Goten at all. At least Trunks was making an effort to show how sorry he truly was.
"What do you think?!? He shouted back angrily. "For cheating on *me* with *you*!!" He roared disgustedly.
Goten's eyes went wide in a mixture of shock and hate as something inside of him just seemed to snap. If looks could kill then Gohan would've dropped dead with the glare he was getting.
"YOU STUPID SON-OF-A-BITCH!!!" Goten roared out in rage as he quickly grabbed his brother by the collar of his shirt and tackled him to the ground. The table was knocked over and the booklet went flying right out of his hands as Gohan easily fell to the floor from the attack.
Gohan, not expecting that at all, was easily thrown to the floor and felt the hard knuckles of Gotens fist crashing painfully into his face a few times before he managed to raise his own hands and quickly catch them in his firm grasp, stopping him. That still didn't stop Goten's rants. "IS THAT WHAT YOU THINKS BEEN GOING ON, YOU SICK FUCK?!?!" He screamed in his face. "I'M YOUR BROTHER!!! I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO YOU!!!"
Gohan scowled angrily and decided to have a little punching practice of his own. He quickly changed into a super saiyan and rolled over while pinning a stunned Goten down beneath him, before throwing a few good hard fists into his face. His head whipped from side to side painfully as Gohan continued his attack, and he didn't stop until he finally heard Goten's first cry of pain.
Satisfied with the sound, he stopped his assault and held him down so he couldn't do anymore damage. "DON'T LIE TO ME!!" He screamed in his brothers face in total rage. "I know about it all!! Everything! Trunks even confessed to it!" He screamed at him in rage.
Gotens eyes went wide with surprise that he'd just heard such a stupid thing. He and Trunks were never doing anything behind Gohan's back aside from working on his gifts, so why would he confess to such a thing? 'This is a mistake, it has to be!' He thought in disbelief.
"He couldn't have said that!" Goten shouted, trying to desperately make his brother listen to him before he got killed. "It's not true at all!"
Gohan's sneer deepened when he heard that. "He. Did." He said almost evilly while still glaring daggers at him.
Goten frantically shook his head. His heart was racing so fast with his shock mixed in with his earlier activities of unsuccessfully trying to beat some sense into his brother. Not to mention the slight fear in his system once he remembered how out matched he was against him. "Gohan, Trunks has never cheated on you, and especially not with me!"
"Then why did he say it!?!" The older demi demanded in anger. Things had gotten so confusing that Gohan found that his head was spinning with the sudden surge of it all. Goten had just told him what he'd wanted to hear so badly for the last three months. That his Koi had never been unfaithful to him and that it was all just one big mistake, but there was the piece of his mind that screamed that it was a lie, some kind of sick trick and that no matter how much he may want to, he *shouldn't* believe it.
"Are you telling me that in those *exact* words, Trunks said he cheated on you?" Goten asked still in shock. He knew that, that would get his brother to listen and he couldn't help but smirk once he saw the look of confusion cross his features. "It's true then." He said knowingly. "Trunks never said he cheated on you. *You* misunderstood!" He accused.
Gohan was in a complete state of shock. It was true, Trunks never did say that he cheated on him, but he did admit to hiding something, so what was he supposed to think? "Then what *was* he talking about?" He asked with suspicion still in his voice.
Goten thought for a moment whether or not he should answer the question. It was a surprise. Should he ruin it? Or did Gohan already destroy his chances with him to the point where it didn't matter anymore?
Gohan saw the hesitancy in his face and became enraged. If Trunks wasn't cheating on him then he needed to know what the hell was going on! "I'm not fucking around here, Goten! Tell me what's going on before I kick the shit out of you!!" He shouted in his face threateningly.
He gulped in fear at the threat, simply because he knew that at this point, brother or not, Gohan *would* carry it out. "H-he was going to ask you to marry him." He said while eyeing his brothers face nervously.
He then watched with a sort of strange awe how Gohans face just seemed to slowly drop from it's enraged form to a look complete and total shock as his mouth hung wide open. "H-he was?" He squeaked out, almost in fear of the answer he would get.
Goten slowly nodded his head while still watching Gohan with a slight look of fear in his eyes. He wished his brother would let him up to at *least* ease his mind of the fact that he would probably still beat him senseless.
Thankfully his silent wish was granted, as Gohan let him go and plopped himself down on the floor in his shocked state. Goten sat down next to him, but was still sure to keep some distance from him just in case he went nuts. This was strange for him too. He just found out something that could save his best friend's life and put his relationship back together all within the same day.
'It might not work though.' His subconscious told him sadly. 'It all depends on whether or not Gohan believes you, and even then Trunks has to forgive him for what he did.' Goten sighed, knowing that the annoying voice in the back of his head was right, but he vowed that he would believe him. 'I *will* make him see what he did!' He swore to himself determinedly.
Gohan still had his mouth hung open in disbelief, trying to get out the words to say, but all he could do was make stupid sounding stutters. 'Is it true? I was just mistaken this whole time? Trunks never cheated on me and *I* was the cold-hearted monster to suspect him and throw him out?'
He looked back at Goten who was sitting next to him, giving him this thoughtful little look, and there was something in that look that just spoke the truth. He was the exact copy of his father and therefore couldn't tell a lie even if he tried. "I-is it true?" He asked shakily. Goten slowly nodded his head yes.
Finally, when he managed to his mouth to work he started to speak. "B-but what about all those times he came home late after being with you?" He asked desperately, still trying to find the truth within all the confusion. Goten didn't get a chance to answer him as he just continued on with his questions. "A-and what about all the times he's lied to me or-or hid something from me? Or came home smelling like he's had other people on him?"
A look of understanding suddenly crossed Gotens face. It all just suddenly made so much sense. In their attempt to surprise him with gifts and and new trial for Pan, he and Trunks only succeeded in bringing up painful memories of Videl. Their secrecy caused him to become paranoid that he would become heartbroken again by people who supposedly loved him. One thing confused him though, Gohan said that he *knew* what they were up to and found out about it that morning, yet he was only just finding out about the proposal now. What made him all of a sudden believe that Trunks had cheated on him?
"Gohan, the only reason why Trunks was out so late all those times was because he was with me, working on those documents to help you with Pan." He said solemnly, hoping that he would believe what he was saying.
Gohan just looked at him with the biggest eyes he'd ever seen, as if he were finally seeing the truth, so he continued. "And secondly he had to lie to you, otherwise the surprise of asking you to marry him would've been ruined." He finished almost sadly.
"W-what about the smell? H-he came home smelling like several different people." He asked, practically shaking in fear with how well all the pieces of Gotens story were fitting together.
Goten sighed in half annoyance for being asked such things. "I bet you only picked up on that weird scent once, right?" He asked, immediately knowing where the scent came from.
Gohan thought about it for a moment, and was surprised to find that he could really only recall *one* incident when Trunks came home smelling like another person. In late January if he remembered correctly. It was hard to not pick up the scent since neither of them wore cologne. He could do nothing at this point aside from slowly nod his head stupidly at the question, once he realised that he was right.
Goten sighed again. It was just too weird having to explain this. After all this time it was nothing more than just a simple misunderstanding that had caused both people so much pain. At least things were finally getting cleared up. "One time, Trunks and I went out shopping early for our Valentines day things," He explained seriously. Gohan nodded while he listened intently. "There were several cologne bottles on a counter that let you sample what's inside, and as a joke I sprayed him with all of them."
Gohans face just about dropped to the floor. "T-that's what that was?" He stuttered out in disbelief.
Goten nodded his head again, and even gave a soft chuckle when he remembered the incident at the shop. "We made such a huge mess that the owner kicked us out." He said with a half smile.
Gohan would have smiled too, but there was still one more thing that just irked at his brain. "What about the pictures?" He asked with a somewhat lesser degree of doubt in his voice. If he could tell him so much about all of this then there should be a reasonable explanation for the two of them being in that neighbourhood.
Goten just gave him a confused look. "What pictures?" He asked curiously.
Gohan got up from where he sat and went to one of the drawers that came out of the kitchen counter. Goten watched with interest as he opened one of them up and pulled out several photos before coming to sit back down next to him. "These pictures." He said while dropping them onto his lap.
Goten picked them up and just started to flip through them. He was so shocked when he saw the photos in his hands, of him and Trunks coming out of that jewellery where he helped his friend pick out an engagement ring for his brother.
He looked through the rest of them and saw where he and Trunks hugged each other happily with the idea that they would soon be not only best friends, but brothers by marriage. They were both so sure that he would say yes. The idea that Gohan would throw him out for it had never crossed their minds.
The next picture was of Trunks kissing him on the cheek in thanks for helping him pick out the ring, and the next photo showed the two of them walking away with his arm around Trunks' shoulder.
At first Goten was angered when he saw them, thinking that Gohan was having them followed by some kind of private investigator, but then he remembered that he and Trunks ran into Videl that day. And she was holding a camera when they saw her.
He was seeing nothing but red at this point in his rage. That bitch had the nerve to walk up to them and ask how they were doing and what they were doing in that type of neighbourhood. Trunks was immediately pissed off at her presence, and told her that he was going to the jewellery store to pick out a ring so he could ask Gohan to marry him, in a rude tone. Basically his way of saying that she had her chance and blew it.
She just smirked at them and in a sarcastic tone wished him luck with it. She then pulled out a camera for the both of them to see and asked if she could take a picture of them when they got the ring, commenting that *they* looked like they should be getting married. The dumb bitch. They just ignored her as best as they could while walking off. He then noticed how much her remarks seemed to bother his friend, so he threw his arm over Trunks' shoulder for friendly support. Not knowing that Videl had started snapping shots of them.
Goten looked back at his brother, who was still waiting for an explanation. He then thought about all this for a moment. There was no way she could've known about the damage that something like this would cause. She probably sent in the pictures thinking that they would merely cause Gohan to doubt Trunks' loyalty to him. He almost laughed at that last part. Little did she know that they had already done that part for her, and Gohan dumped him completely.
"Well?" Gohan asked impatiently when he received no answer.
Goten just looked at him again, only this time it wasn't a look of shock or hate on his face, but more of a look that said you're-*so*-fucking-stupid! "I really should punch your lights out for this." He said while motioning to the pictures in his hand.
Gohan blinked. "What?!? Why!?!" He asked, startled that he could find a reason to be angry at him over something like this.
Goten sighed. "Did you really think that just because Trunks and I were walking around that part of town together, that we were having an affair behind your back?" He asked patiently.
Gohan stuttered for a moment, trying to take in what his younger brother had just said. It was trued, there were no real reasons to have suspicions like that simply because of something so simple. "B-but you and Trunks use to date each other!" He spit out frantically, as if he were trying to explain something he did wrong. Goten's eyes widened in the shock of what he just heard. "A-and--"
"Stop right there!" He shouted, cutting him off in the midst of his rambles. "First of all, Trunks and I dated when we were sixteen!! That was over six years ago! And even then it didn't last a full month!!" He screamed in utter rage, knowing perfectly well that Gohan knew these facts yet chose to add them to his reasons of why Trunks just *had* to be cheating on him anyway.
The only reason why the two of them ever got together was because they told each other that they were gay before they went to anyone else about it. It was such a relief for the both of them that they decided to be each other's first boyfriend. They never really did anything aside from simple kissing and holding hands. After a few weeks it just became clear that they were more compatible as friends than as a couple. So they broke up on good terms and continued being friends.
Gohan was speechless, simply because he knew that he was right. He remained that way, with Goten giving him an evil look until he finally found his voice. "T-then why were you two--"
"In that kind of neighbourhood?" He cut him off again. Gohan could only nod his head.
Once again, Goten sighed tiredly. "Gohan you can be so stupid when you set your mind to it." He said while running a hand through his unruly black hair. "The only reason why we were there at all was because I suggested going to that particular jewellery store. They had some nice looking things in there and I thought Trunks might want to take a look."
"Y-you didn't go into any of those other stores?" He asked uncertainly.
"Of course not you total geek!" Goten shouted in anger. "I was helping him pick out an engagement ring for you! If he wanted to go into a store that sold sex toys I would've stayed outside!" He said in shocked disbelief. "Just because we're best friends doesn't mean I want to know how he plans on fucking my brother!" Gohan couldn't help but blush a little, not only for his choice of language, but also because of how much sense he was making.
"Fucking stupid Videl." Goten mumbled angrily to himself.
Gohan shot his head up at him in shock. "What do you mean by that?" He asked in shocked curiosity, for Videl being brought up in something that really has nothing to do with her.
"She was the one who sent you those pictures." Goten said without any hesitation. "We ran into her while we were walking, and she even showed us the camera she had, but we didn't know that she was following us." He explained with pure venom dripping from his voice.
Gohan just listened intently, finding it hard to believe that Videl could do something like this to him. After everything she put him through, leaving him, insulting him and taking away his daughter, she just had to ruin the one thing he had going for him that was good.
'Oh my God! This is all my fault!' He thought miserably while putting his head down in his hands in complete shame. 'It was always me! Me! *I* was the lowlife! *I* was the one who was untrustworthy! Not Trunks.' He thought with a few tears coming into his eyes at the thought of what he did. Not to mention how he must've looked in the eyes of his love when he made him pack up his things as he sobbed and then push him out the door the day he planned on proposing. 'He wanted to spend the rest of his life with me and I told him I never wanted to see him ever again! I'm so stupid!'
Goten noticed the effect he was having on him, and the obvious fact that he believed what he was telling him, so he put his hand on his back for comfort. "It's not your fault, Gohan," He said reassuringly. "it was Videl, she did this to y--"
"That doesn't matter!" He cried out through his tears of self hatred for how he hurt his love. "I should've trusted him better than that!" Gohan was flat out sobbing now. There were so many things that scared him at this point. How cruel he'd become over a simple suspicion, how Videl was still trying to ruin his life, and despite Trunks' continued generosity with helping him with his daughter, how he would most likely never take him back for what he did.
"H-he'll never take me back, w-will he?" He shakily asked his brother, who was still trying to make him feel better with the presence of his hand on his back.
Goten truly didn't know how to answer his question without bringing on more feelings of guilt, and his hesitation in answering the question wasn't helping anything either.
Gohan gave a small and sad laugh when he didn't answer. "I guess that means no." He said miserably before starting to sob again. 'I hate myself for this! If it wasn't for me, we would be together right now!' He thought in utter shame.
"Gohan..." He started, not knowing how to tell him this. "H-he might take you back." He said still trying to find the right words. How do you tell your brother that the person he loves more than anything else in the whole world is dying without making him feel guilt over it?
"Hn. Ya right. Why would he do that after what I did to him?" He asked while his tears still flowed.
Goten could barely look at him while he wept over this. He felt like crying at this point too. "Y-you have to at least try." He said in a broken voice.
"What's the point?" Gohan asked miserably, with his head still down. "He's so much better off without me. He should be with someone who won't hurt him like I did." He whispered. Of course he wanted to run over to Capsule Corp and beg for forgiveness, but what were the odds that he would take him back after what he did?
"No, Gohan! You can't give up like that!" Goten shouted desperately. They *needed* to get back together!
"Why shouldn't I?" He asked glumly, barely noticing his outburst.
Goten moved a little closer to him. " Gohan...He tried to kill himself last week." He said quietly. That got his attention pretty quick as he shot his head back up to look him in the eye.
"A-are you serious?" He asked fearfully.
He nodded his head slowly, with a few traces of tears in his own eyes with the thought of how his best friend was suffering. "And he tried the week before that too. And the week before that, and the week before that. I had to move into Capsule Corp just to help Vegeta watch him and make sure he doesn't try anything like that again, but he always finds a way." He said, almost choking back sobs of his own with how horrible it all was.
Gohan just stared at him in pure horror. Trunks was suicidal? Because of him? It certainly explained the rumours about the two of them staying together perfectly. "H-he was trying to kill himself?" Was all he choke out through his disbelief.
Goten nodded his head. "He still is trying too." He explained sadly. "I was the first to find him, cutting at his wrists. He promised that he would never do it again if I didn't tell, so I didn't. I should have though." He said with regret in his voice.
Gohan felt like he was about to puke. His mind was only processing one thing as Goten spoke, and that was how much all this was his was all his fault.
"He just kept on trying. One time when I found him, he was just crying, saying how disgusting he was and how he needed to get rid of it, because maybe you would take him back." He said, knowing that it was because Gohan had told him he was disgusting, was the reason why he thought it was true.
Gohan knew that too, and he felt like dying with the thought of what his Koi was going through. All because of him. "Why didn't anyone make sure that he didn't get a hold of any razors or knives?" He asked in disbelief.
"Don't you think we've tried that already!?!" Goten snapped defensively. Gohan just winced. "We made sure, *everyday*, that he couldn't use anything to cut himself with. We even put duck tape over his windows so he couldn't break them and use the glass." He said sourly.
"T-then he's fine now, right?" Gohan asked, a sinking feeling that he wasn't.
Goten shook his head. "He just started to use his own Ki to do it. Bulma-san had to stick him in Ki cuffs just to stop him, but now he's found a way to die, and none of us can stop him." He said with a few tears coming to his eyes.
Gohan gasped in total fear. How could Trunks find a way to kill himself if he was in Ki cuffs? How could things have gotten so bad that he would need them at all?!?! "H-how?" He asked as his tears continued to flow.
Goten had to dry his face from the tears that were still there. "He...he can still control the Ki that's still in his body, a-and he's using it kill him from the inside."
"Oh my God!" Gohan cried out while burying his face into his hands again. Not only was his Koi killing himself because of what he did, but he was doing it slowly. In the way he would suffer the most.
"T-this is all my fault!" He cried out through his tears of self hatred. "M-my aisuru is killing himself because of me!!"
"Gohan, you have to go over there and try to get him to stop! You're the only one who can!" Goten said desperately while quickly getting up and pulling him up with him.
"B-but he won't take me back." He said hopelessly.
"Yes he will! He still loves you! You just have to go over there and make him see that you still love him!" He cried out while starting to shove him in the direction of the door. "Why do you think he went to all the trouble of finishing those documents on Pan if he didn't love you!?!" He shouted determinedly while throwing Gohans jacket at him for him to take.
"Do you really think he'll take me back?" He asked while putting his jacket on.
"He'd better! Gohan, do you realise how little time you have left to do this!?! He's got a few days left at the very most with the way he's going at it!"
Gohan gasped in fearful shock when he heard that. 'He's right! I've got to get over there and stop him!' He thought while quickly grabbing his keys and heading back for the door. Goten then threw open the door he dented earlier and ran through it as fast as he could, while making sure Gohan followed him.
"We should fly there! It'll be faster!" He called to his brother who was still running behind him.
Gohan didn't really hear him as he frantically ran. All he was doing was thinking about how he just had to get to Trunks and make things right between them before it was too late. 'All this time, he was doing all those wonderful things for me and I actually thought he was *cheating*! Kami I'm stupid! I'm so sorry Trunks! Please don't go, I'll never hurt you like that ever again!' He prayed, desperately. 'I'll marry you if you just live!'
To Be Continued....................
So what do you all think so far? You all now know for sure what thie gift was and what's been going on with all the suspicious activities, and now Trunks could die!! (Gasps!) God I'm so cruel!
Review me please! I'm having trouble thinking of an ending and I'd like to hear some suggestions.
By: Freewater
Pairings: Gh-Tr
Rating: Pg 13, Shonen ai
Disclaimers: I do not own DBZ, never have never will yada, yada, yada. Please don't sue me!
Warnings: Male/Male relationship. Swearing
Archive: Sure, anything's good! Just ask me first k? ^_^
Feedback: Definitely! Please, yes!! I want to know if I did a good job or not writing this! Please review me!!
Notes: A bunch of these little stars **** Means a change in time or scenery. ''These things here indicate thoughts.
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'Why did I let him in? Why!?! Christ I'm a sucker for punishment!' Gohan thought angrily as he just glared death at his ex-little brother, who was currently sitting opposite of him at his table with a cup of tea in front of him which had long ago gone cold.
He was raised to be polite, so when Goten said that he had something important for him, he didn't really know that he was letting him in his apartment until it was too late. He grumbled to himself irritably while deciding that the damage had been done and that he might as well be a good host and get him something to drink. The sooner he got out of there the better. That was all that mattered.
Goten just quietly sat down at his table and when Gohan placed the cup of tea in front of him to drink, he just ignored it. Nothing else was said as Gohan took a seat and waited for Goten to start and tell him what this was all about. Neither had fully realised that a death match staring contest had begun, and they'd remained this way for almost twenty minutes so far.
Gohan clenched his fists under the table, he was getting sick of this. It was getting really old, really fast and he just wanted him gone. "What do you want, already?" He asked impatiently.
Goten's sneer remained in it's place as he wordlessly reached into his trench coat and pulled out a large orange envelope, and angrily tossed it in front of him on the table. It was labelled "For Son Gohan."
A look of slight confusion crossed his face at the sight of it, so Goten explained what it was. "That's yours. You have to read through what's in it carefully because it will help you out a great deal. A gift from Trunks." He said simply.
Gohan sneered at it. 'It will help me will it?' He thought angrily. 'Does that stupid little bastard think I can't take care of myself or something?' He pushed the envelope back at Goten. If it was from Trunks then he didn't want it, *or* want to see what was in it. "I don't want it, take it back." He said coldly.
Goten wasn't going to give up that easily though, as he pushed the documents back at him. "You're taking it." He demanded with no emotion in his voice, but in truth he was increasingly getting pissed off at his brother's behaviour.
Gohan just pushed it back at him. "I said I don't want it."
Goten didn't move this time as he started to argue with him. "I promised Trunks that you would see what was in here, and I'm not leaving until you do." He said determinedly. If his dying best friend wanted this then he would be sure he got his last wish. Seeing his heartless ex-boyfriend happy.
"I don't care what you promised him, I'm not taking it!" Gohan shouted stubbornly. The natural curiosity to see what it was, was there, but he fought it off. He wanted nothing more to do with the lavender haired demon lest he start to feel guilty and try to see him again.
Goten knew he wasn't going to back down, but he had every intention of making Gohan see what was in here. He got up out of the chair and put the orange package in his jacket before getting ready to leave.
Gohan didn't move from the spot he was in with his arms crossed and his scowl still in place, but his eyes went wide with pure shock and surprise when Goten walked up to him and said: "Fine then, it's your loss. I'll just take these legal documents that will help you get Pan back and leave."
He was just about to walk away and out the door when Gohan quickly grabbed his arm and stopped him, knocking over his chair as he stood up and demanded to know what was going on. "Wait a minute! What do you mean by legal documents?" He asked in shock. "Is what you have able to help me get Pan back?" He asked hopefully.
Goten merely nodded his head while pulling the envelope back out from his jacket and handing it to him. "Trunks asked me to give it to you. He's been working on this for a while."
Gohan held the package in his hands for a moment before tearing it open, throwing the orange paper away and quickly flipping through the pages of the large booklet inside with disbelief. It was all here! Everything that would prove how much he deserved to have Pan back. His legal history, her legal history, a few statements from Pan, and several pages dedicated to simply showing how many times Videl had lied in court with the proof to back it all up!
He looked up at Goten, his mouth hung open in shock. "Trunks asked you to give this to me?" He asked in disbelief. Why would he do something like that for him after all the pain he'd caused him? 'Oh I get it!' He suddenly thought. 'It must be some sort of apology.'
Goten nodded his head at his brother's question. "He's been working on that thing for months, just for you." He explained.
"As an apology?" He asked while still flipping through the book. Maybe he was wrong about Trunks.
A look of pure hatred crossed Gotens features when he heard that, and he just glared daggers at his brother for the nerve he had. Gohan was still looking at the booklet in his hands in awe, so he didn't really see it. "An apology? For what!?!" He demanded angrily. He was so furious right now that he was shaking. Trunks was going to ask his bastard brother to marry him the day Gohan threw him out, and he thought that he needed an apology for it?!? 'Fucking asshole!'
Gohan looked up at him with just as much hate in his eyes for being shouted at. The book in his hands proved that Trunks at *least* wasn't the monster he'd made him out to be, but that didn't excuse Goten at all. At least Trunks was making an effort to show how sorry he truly was.
"What do you think?!? He shouted back angrily. "For cheating on *me* with *you*!!" He roared disgustedly.
Goten's eyes went wide in a mixture of shock and hate as something inside of him just seemed to snap. If looks could kill then Gohan would've dropped dead with the glare he was getting.
"YOU STUPID SON-OF-A-BITCH!!!" Goten roared out in rage as he quickly grabbed his brother by the collar of his shirt and tackled him to the ground. The table was knocked over and the booklet went flying right out of his hands as Gohan easily fell to the floor from the attack.
Gohan, not expecting that at all, was easily thrown to the floor and felt the hard knuckles of Gotens fist crashing painfully into his face a few times before he managed to raise his own hands and quickly catch them in his firm grasp, stopping him. That still didn't stop Goten's rants. "IS THAT WHAT YOU THINKS BEEN GOING ON, YOU SICK FUCK?!?!" He screamed in his face. "I'M YOUR BROTHER!!! I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO YOU!!!"
Gohan scowled angrily and decided to have a little punching practice of his own. He quickly changed into a super saiyan and rolled over while pinning a stunned Goten down beneath him, before throwing a few good hard fists into his face. His head whipped from side to side painfully as Gohan continued his attack, and he didn't stop until he finally heard Goten's first cry of pain.
Satisfied with the sound, he stopped his assault and held him down so he couldn't do anymore damage. "DON'T LIE TO ME!!" He screamed in his brothers face in total rage. "I know about it all!! Everything! Trunks even confessed to it!" He screamed at him in rage.
Gotens eyes went wide with surprise that he'd just heard such a stupid thing. He and Trunks were never doing anything behind Gohan's back aside from working on his gifts, so why would he confess to such a thing? 'This is a mistake, it has to be!' He thought in disbelief.
"He couldn't have said that!" Goten shouted, trying to desperately make his brother listen to him before he got killed. "It's not true at all!"
Gohan's sneer deepened when he heard that. "He. Did." He said almost evilly while still glaring daggers at him.
Goten frantically shook his head. His heart was racing so fast with his shock mixed in with his earlier activities of unsuccessfully trying to beat some sense into his brother. Not to mention the slight fear in his system once he remembered how out matched he was against him. "Gohan, Trunks has never cheated on you, and especially not with me!"
"Then why did he say it!?!" The older demi demanded in anger. Things had gotten so confusing that Gohan found that his head was spinning with the sudden surge of it all. Goten had just told him what he'd wanted to hear so badly for the last three months. That his Koi had never been unfaithful to him and that it was all just one big mistake, but there was the piece of his mind that screamed that it was a lie, some kind of sick trick and that no matter how much he may want to, he *shouldn't* believe it.
"Are you telling me that in those *exact* words, Trunks said he cheated on you?" Goten asked still in shock. He knew that, that would get his brother to listen and he couldn't help but smirk once he saw the look of confusion cross his features. "It's true then." He said knowingly. "Trunks never said he cheated on you. *You* misunderstood!" He accused.
Gohan was in a complete state of shock. It was true, Trunks never did say that he cheated on him, but he did admit to hiding something, so what was he supposed to think? "Then what *was* he talking about?" He asked with suspicion still in his voice.
Goten thought for a moment whether or not he should answer the question. It was a surprise. Should he ruin it? Or did Gohan already destroy his chances with him to the point where it didn't matter anymore?
Gohan saw the hesitancy in his face and became enraged. If Trunks wasn't cheating on him then he needed to know what the hell was going on! "I'm not fucking around here, Goten! Tell me what's going on before I kick the shit out of you!!" He shouted in his face threateningly.
He gulped in fear at the threat, simply because he knew that at this point, brother or not, Gohan *would* carry it out. "H-he was going to ask you to marry him." He said while eyeing his brothers face nervously.
He then watched with a sort of strange awe how Gohans face just seemed to slowly drop from it's enraged form to a look complete and total shock as his mouth hung wide open. "H-he was?" He squeaked out, almost in fear of the answer he would get.
Goten slowly nodded his head while still watching Gohan with a slight look of fear in his eyes. He wished his brother would let him up to at *least* ease his mind of the fact that he would probably still beat him senseless.
Thankfully his silent wish was granted, as Gohan let him go and plopped himself down on the floor in his shocked state. Goten sat down next to him, but was still sure to keep some distance from him just in case he went nuts. This was strange for him too. He just found out something that could save his best friend's life and put his relationship back together all within the same day.
'It might not work though.' His subconscious told him sadly. 'It all depends on whether or not Gohan believes you, and even then Trunks has to forgive him for what he did.' Goten sighed, knowing that the annoying voice in the back of his head was right, but he vowed that he would believe him. 'I *will* make him see what he did!' He swore to himself determinedly.
Gohan still had his mouth hung open in disbelief, trying to get out the words to say, but all he could do was make stupid sounding stutters. 'Is it true? I was just mistaken this whole time? Trunks never cheated on me and *I* was the cold-hearted monster to suspect him and throw him out?'
He looked back at Goten who was sitting next to him, giving him this thoughtful little look, and there was something in that look that just spoke the truth. He was the exact copy of his father and therefore couldn't tell a lie even if he tried. "I-is it true?" He asked shakily. Goten slowly nodded his head yes.
Finally, when he managed to his mouth to work he started to speak. "B-but what about all those times he came home late after being with you?" He asked desperately, still trying to find the truth within all the confusion. Goten didn't get a chance to answer him as he just continued on with his questions. "A-and what about all the times he's lied to me or-or hid something from me? Or came home smelling like he's had other people on him?"
A look of understanding suddenly crossed Gotens face. It all just suddenly made so much sense. In their attempt to surprise him with gifts and and new trial for Pan, he and Trunks only succeeded in bringing up painful memories of Videl. Their secrecy caused him to become paranoid that he would become heartbroken again by people who supposedly loved him. One thing confused him though, Gohan said that he *knew* what they were up to and found out about it that morning, yet he was only just finding out about the proposal now. What made him all of a sudden believe that Trunks had cheated on him?
"Gohan, the only reason why Trunks was out so late all those times was because he was with me, working on those documents to help you with Pan." He said solemnly, hoping that he would believe what he was saying.
Gohan just looked at him with the biggest eyes he'd ever seen, as if he were finally seeing the truth, so he continued. "And secondly he had to lie to you, otherwise the surprise of asking you to marry him would've been ruined." He finished almost sadly.
"W-what about the smell? H-he came home smelling like several different people." He asked, practically shaking in fear with how well all the pieces of Gotens story were fitting together.
Goten sighed in half annoyance for being asked such things. "I bet you only picked up on that weird scent once, right?" He asked, immediately knowing where the scent came from.
Gohan thought about it for a moment, and was surprised to find that he could really only recall *one* incident when Trunks came home smelling like another person. In late January if he remembered correctly. It was hard to not pick up the scent since neither of them wore cologne. He could do nothing at this point aside from slowly nod his head stupidly at the question, once he realised that he was right.
Goten sighed again. It was just too weird having to explain this. After all this time it was nothing more than just a simple misunderstanding that had caused both people so much pain. At least things were finally getting cleared up. "One time, Trunks and I went out shopping early for our Valentines day things," He explained seriously. Gohan nodded while he listened intently. "There were several cologne bottles on a counter that let you sample what's inside, and as a joke I sprayed him with all of them."
Gohans face just about dropped to the floor. "T-that's what that was?" He stuttered out in disbelief.
Goten nodded his head again, and even gave a soft chuckle when he remembered the incident at the shop. "We made such a huge mess that the owner kicked us out." He said with a half smile.
Gohan would have smiled too, but there was still one more thing that just irked at his brain. "What about the pictures?" He asked with a somewhat lesser degree of doubt in his voice. If he could tell him so much about all of this then there should be a reasonable explanation for the two of them being in that neighbourhood.
Goten just gave him a confused look. "What pictures?" He asked curiously.
Gohan got up from where he sat and went to one of the drawers that came out of the kitchen counter. Goten watched with interest as he opened one of them up and pulled out several photos before coming to sit back down next to him. "These pictures." He said while dropping them onto his lap.
Goten picked them up and just started to flip through them. He was so shocked when he saw the photos in his hands, of him and Trunks coming out of that jewellery where he helped his friend pick out an engagement ring for his brother.
He looked through the rest of them and saw where he and Trunks hugged each other happily with the idea that they would soon be not only best friends, but brothers by marriage. They were both so sure that he would say yes. The idea that Gohan would throw him out for it had never crossed their minds.
The next picture was of Trunks kissing him on the cheek in thanks for helping him pick out the ring, and the next photo showed the two of them walking away with his arm around Trunks' shoulder.
At first Goten was angered when he saw them, thinking that Gohan was having them followed by some kind of private investigator, but then he remembered that he and Trunks ran into Videl that day. And she was holding a camera when they saw her.
He was seeing nothing but red at this point in his rage. That bitch had the nerve to walk up to them and ask how they were doing and what they were doing in that type of neighbourhood. Trunks was immediately pissed off at her presence, and told her that he was going to the jewellery store to pick out a ring so he could ask Gohan to marry him, in a rude tone. Basically his way of saying that she had her chance and blew it.
She just smirked at them and in a sarcastic tone wished him luck with it. She then pulled out a camera for the both of them to see and asked if she could take a picture of them when they got the ring, commenting that *they* looked like they should be getting married. The dumb bitch. They just ignored her as best as they could while walking off. He then noticed how much her remarks seemed to bother his friend, so he threw his arm over Trunks' shoulder for friendly support. Not knowing that Videl had started snapping shots of them.
Goten looked back at his brother, who was still waiting for an explanation. He then thought about all this for a moment. There was no way she could've known about the damage that something like this would cause. She probably sent in the pictures thinking that they would merely cause Gohan to doubt Trunks' loyalty to him. He almost laughed at that last part. Little did she know that they had already done that part for her, and Gohan dumped him completely.
"Well?" Gohan asked impatiently when he received no answer.
Goten just looked at him again, only this time it wasn't a look of shock or hate on his face, but more of a look that said you're-*so*-fucking-stupid! "I really should punch your lights out for this." He said while motioning to the pictures in his hand.
Gohan blinked. "What?!? Why!?!" He asked, startled that he could find a reason to be angry at him over something like this.
Goten sighed. "Did you really think that just because Trunks and I were walking around that part of town together, that we were having an affair behind your back?" He asked patiently.
Gohan stuttered for a moment, trying to take in what his younger brother had just said. It was trued, there were no real reasons to have suspicions like that simply because of something so simple. "B-but you and Trunks use to date each other!" He spit out frantically, as if he were trying to explain something he did wrong. Goten's eyes widened in the shock of what he just heard. "A-and--"
"Stop right there!" He shouted, cutting him off in the midst of his rambles. "First of all, Trunks and I dated when we were sixteen!! That was over six years ago! And even then it didn't last a full month!!" He screamed in utter rage, knowing perfectly well that Gohan knew these facts yet chose to add them to his reasons of why Trunks just *had* to be cheating on him anyway.
The only reason why the two of them ever got together was because they told each other that they were gay before they went to anyone else about it. It was such a relief for the both of them that they decided to be each other's first boyfriend. They never really did anything aside from simple kissing and holding hands. After a few weeks it just became clear that they were more compatible as friends than as a couple. So they broke up on good terms and continued being friends.
Gohan was speechless, simply because he knew that he was right. He remained that way, with Goten giving him an evil look until he finally found his voice. "T-then why were you two--"
"In that kind of neighbourhood?" He cut him off again. Gohan could only nod his head.
Once again, Goten sighed tiredly. "Gohan you can be so stupid when you set your mind to it." He said while running a hand through his unruly black hair. "The only reason why we were there at all was because I suggested going to that particular jewellery store. They had some nice looking things in there and I thought Trunks might want to take a look."
"Y-you didn't go into any of those other stores?" He asked uncertainly.
"Of course not you total geek!" Goten shouted in anger. "I was helping him pick out an engagement ring for you! If he wanted to go into a store that sold sex toys I would've stayed outside!" He said in shocked disbelief. "Just because we're best friends doesn't mean I want to know how he plans on fucking my brother!" Gohan couldn't help but blush a little, not only for his choice of language, but also because of how much sense he was making.
"Fucking stupid Videl." Goten mumbled angrily to himself.
Gohan shot his head up at him in shock. "What do you mean by that?" He asked in shocked curiosity, for Videl being brought up in something that really has nothing to do with her.
"She was the one who sent you those pictures." Goten said without any hesitation. "We ran into her while we were walking, and she even showed us the camera she had, but we didn't know that she was following us." He explained with pure venom dripping from his voice.
Gohan just listened intently, finding it hard to believe that Videl could do something like this to him. After everything she put him through, leaving him, insulting him and taking away his daughter, she just had to ruin the one thing he had going for him that was good.
'Oh my God! This is all my fault!' He thought miserably while putting his head down in his hands in complete shame. 'It was always me! Me! *I* was the lowlife! *I* was the one who was untrustworthy! Not Trunks.' He thought with a few tears coming into his eyes at the thought of what he did. Not to mention how he must've looked in the eyes of his love when he made him pack up his things as he sobbed and then push him out the door the day he planned on proposing. 'He wanted to spend the rest of his life with me and I told him I never wanted to see him ever again! I'm so stupid!'
Goten noticed the effect he was having on him, and the obvious fact that he believed what he was telling him, so he put his hand on his back for comfort. "It's not your fault, Gohan," He said reassuringly. "it was Videl, she did this to y--"
"That doesn't matter!" He cried out through his tears of self hatred for how he hurt his love. "I should've trusted him better than that!" Gohan was flat out sobbing now. There were so many things that scared him at this point. How cruel he'd become over a simple suspicion, how Videl was still trying to ruin his life, and despite Trunks' continued generosity with helping him with his daughter, how he would most likely never take him back for what he did.
"H-he'll never take me back, w-will he?" He shakily asked his brother, who was still trying to make him feel better with the presence of his hand on his back.
Goten truly didn't know how to answer his question without bringing on more feelings of guilt, and his hesitation in answering the question wasn't helping anything either.
Gohan gave a small and sad laugh when he didn't answer. "I guess that means no." He said miserably before starting to sob again. 'I hate myself for this! If it wasn't for me, we would be together right now!' He thought in utter shame.
"Gohan..." He started, not knowing how to tell him this. "H-he might take you back." He said still trying to find the right words. How do you tell your brother that the person he loves more than anything else in the whole world is dying without making him feel guilt over it?
"Hn. Ya right. Why would he do that after what I did to him?" He asked while his tears still flowed.
Goten could barely look at him while he wept over this. He felt like crying at this point too. "Y-you have to at least try." He said in a broken voice.
"What's the point?" Gohan asked miserably, with his head still down. "He's so much better off without me. He should be with someone who won't hurt him like I did." He whispered. Of course he wanted to run over to Capsule Corp and beg for forgiveness, but what were the odds that he would take him back after what he did?
"No, Gohan! You can't give up like that!" Goten shouted desperately. They *needed* to get back together!
"Why shouldn't I?" He asked glumly, barely noticing his outburst.
Goten moved a little closer to him. " Gohan...He tried to kill himself last week." He said quietly. That got his attention pretty quick as he shot his head back up to look him in the eye.
"A-are you serious?" He asked fearfully.
He nodded his head slowly, with a few traces of tears in his own eyes with the thought of how his best friend was suffering. "And he tried the week before that too. And the week before that, and the week before that. I had to move into Capsule Corp just to help Vegeta watch him and make sure he doesn't try anything like that again, but he always finds a way." He said, almost choking back sobs of his own with how horrible it all was.
Gohan just stared at him in pure horror. Trunks was suicidal? Because of him? It certainly explained the rumours about the two of them staying together perfectly. "H-he was trying to kill himself?" Was all he choke out through his disbelief.
Goten nodded his head. "He still is trying too." He explained sadly. "I was the first to find him, cutting at his wrists. He promised that he would never do it again if I didn't tell, so I didn't. I should have though." He said with regret in his voice.
Gohan felt like he was about to puke. His mind was only processing one thing as Goten spoke, and that was how much all this was his was all his fault.
"He just kept on trying. One time when I found him, he was just crying, saying how disgusting he was and how he needed to get rid of it, because maybe you would take him back." He said, knowing that it was because Gohan had told him he was disgusting, was the reason why he thought it was true.
Gohan knew that too, and he felt like dying with the thought of what his Koi was going through. All because of him. "Why didn't anyone make sure that he didn't get a hold of any razors or knives?" He asked in disbelief.
"Don't you think we've tried that already!?!" Goten snapped defensively. Gohan just winced. "We made sure, *everyday*, that he couldn't use anything to cut himself with. We even put duck tape over his windows so he couldn't break them and use the glass." He said sourly.
"T-then he's fine now, right?" Gohan asked, a sinking feeling that he wasn't.
Goten shook his head. "He just started to use his own Ki to do it. Bulma-san had to stick him in Ki cuffs just to stop him, but now he's found a way to die, and none of us can stop him." He said with a few tears coming to his eyes.
Gohan gasped in total fear. How could Trunks find a way to kill himself if he was in Ki cuffs? How could things have gotten so bad that he would need them at all?!?! "H-how?" He asked as his tears continued to flow.
Goten had to dry his face from the tears that were still there. "He...he can still control the Ki that's still in his body, a-and he's using it kill him from the inside."
"Oh my God!" Gohan cried out while burying his face into his hands again. Not only was his Koi killing himself because of what he did, but he was doing it slowly. In the way he would suffer the most.
"T-this is all my fault!" He cried out through his tears of self hatred. "M-my aisuru is killing himself because of me!!"
"Gohan, you have to go over there and try to get him to stop! You're the only one who can!" Goten said desperately while quickly getting up and pulling him up with him.
"B-but he won't take me back." He said hopelessly.
"Yes he will! He still loves you! You just have to go over there and make him see that you still love him!" He cried out while starting to shove him in the direction of the door. "Why do you think he went to all the trouble of finishing those documents on Pan if he didn't love you!?!" He shouted determinedly while throwing Gohans jacket at him for him to take.
"Do you really think he'll take me back?" He asked while putting his jacket on.
"He'd better! Gohan, do you realise how little time you have left to do this!?! He's got a few days left at the very most with the way he's going at it!"
Gohan gasped in fearful shock when he heard that. 'He's right! I've got to get over there and stop him!' He thought while quickly grabbing his keys and heading back for the door. Goten then threw open the door he dented earlier and ran through it as fast as he could, while making sure Gohan followed him.
"We should fly there! It'll be faster!" He called to his brother who was still running behind him.
Gohan didn't really hear him as he frantically ran. All he was doing was thinking about how he just had to get to Trunks and make things right between them before it was too late. 'All this time, he was doing all those wonderful things for me and I actually thought he was *cheating*! Kami I'm stupid! I'm so sorry Trunks! Please don't go, I'll never hurt you like that ever again!' He prayed, desperately. 'I'll marry you if you just live!'
To Be Continued....................
So what do you all think so far? You all now know for sure what thie gift was and what's been going on with all the suspicious activities, and now Trunks could die!! (Gasps!) God I'm so cruel!
Review me please! I'm having trouble thinking of an ending and I'd like to hear some suggestions.