End of torment, beginning of another
'Okay, today I will be nice to Bra.' Vowed Goten as he headed towards Trunks room. 'Of course, the best way of keeping my vow is to avoid her entirely.' He said with a wicked smile. 'But I am sure I'll come out stronger for it anyway.' With these thoughts revolving around in his head he reached Trunks room. He was about to knock on the door when he froze in his tracks. From the other side of the door came the sound of soft muffled moans. A quick Ki check confirmed his suspicion. 'Marron and Trunks at it again.' He muttered to himself, 'Doesn't she have anything better to do than spend intimate time with her boyfriend?' he demanded in irritation as he walked away. As what he was thinking hit home he burst out laughing, 'I can't believe I am jealous of Marron because of she is spending time with Trunks.' he laughed again. 'I seriously need a life.' He said as he shook his head.
Consumed with his thoughts he did not realise where his treacherous legs were leading him till he found himself in front of Bra's room. He stared at the door in blank astonishment. How did he get there? The surface of the door shone enough to reflect an imperfect image of himself. Goten glared at it himself in increasing annoyance. Just as he resolved to turn back the sound of sweet cheerful laughter reached his ears. Without thinking Goten gently pushed the door open and stepped inside and hid in the shadows. He watched in a goofy but lovely grin on his face as Bra hugged a large brown teddy and watched a particularly funny sit-com on TV as she lay on her bed on her stomach. He did not make a noise as he watched the girl in front of him. She was a girl, there was no doubt about that. She body had just stopped evolving. She had just crossed the threshold of eighteen. But she was more of a woman than many of the women he had dated. He tiled his head to the side and wondered at the feelings he had for her. When did this happen? He did not know but he liked it. He liked how he felt about her. His only fear was that she might not return them. But than he wasn't exactly giving her a chance to express her emotions exactly. Maybe he should…
Consumed in his thoughts he got careless and stepped a little into the light. Bra who had been feeling strange for awhile suddenly saw him clear from the corner of her eyes. Darting up she glared at Goten, 'What are you doing here?' she demanded, 'Haven't you ever heard of anything called privacy?'
Goten was startled out of his reflective mood and by habit slipped into the teasing mode, 'What? Little Bra ashamed that I caught her playing with dolls?' he drooled with little concern.
'It's a teddy.' Bra corrected him, 'There is nothing wrong with having a bedtime teddy.' She declared, 'I happen to know you have one too.' Goten coloured at this reference to BBB, which stood for Blue Bra Bear. 'At least mine doesn't wear a silly red bow on its head.' Goten coloured again and cursed Trunks for telling his sister about the teddy. At least Trunks didn't tell her what BBB stood for.
'Well at least I don't still hug mine.' Sneered Goten. It was true. For years BBB has just sat in one corner and gathered dust. Well not dust actually for Goten took very good care of Bra's namesake and kept the blue bare exceedingly clean. But he could imagine hugging it now. Except when he was whimpering in front of his picture of Bra…
'Well, good for you.' Said Bra, 'Now if you will excuse me I have TV to watch.' So saying she turned her back to Goten. Goten smirked a rather evil smirk and tiptoed near to Bra and pulled the bear out of her hand. 'Hey!' screamed Bra.
Goten looked the bear over and said thoughtfully, 'It's cute but it's a little too fat.' Before he realised what he was doing and certainly before Bra even comprehended his worlds Goten stuck his hand inside the teddy and pulled out a some stuffing.
Bra let out a cry laced with surprise and pain and pulled the teddy out of Goten's hand and hugged it tightly as if it was the most precious thing in the universe. 'Damn you Goten!' She cried out, 'Why do you hurt me so much?' she demanded with tears in her eyes, 'All that you ever do is hurt me.' The words hit Goten's heart like daggers, 'You have no idea how much you hurt me every time you flirt with another woman and hug and kiss your girlfriends in front of me. Do you know how much pain comes into my heart every time you come here smelling of… of someone else and I know you have been having sex.' She whimpered, 'And now… now you have destroyed the only thing you ever gave that my brother didn't help you pick out.' She cried as she dropped the ruined teddy on the bed and started to weep uncontrollably
Goten's eyes when wide as he heard her speak. His eyes tracked to the ruins of the teddy and recognising dawned on him. Of course it was that teddy. The teddy he had given her on her tenth birthday. Bulma had dragged her entirely family to holiday in the USA and would return the day before Bra's birthday. There was no time to wait for Trunks to go shopping with him so Goten had gone alone and had bought the teddy. He was so terrified that Bra wouldn't like it that he didn't give it to her till every the Sons where the only guests left. He had been overjoyed with the present. More so that it had not been her brother who actually picked it. Suddenly he felt sick and sorry. He wanted to make it up to her, he wanted to stop his little angel from shedding any more tears, 'I am sorry Bra.' He whispered, as he tried to pull her into his arms. She resisted but he persisted so she let herself lean against him, 'I am sorry.' He said again. 'Please forgive me. Please let me make it up to you.'
'I don't see how you could.' She said as she turned her tear drench face to him.
'Let me try.' Whispered Goten as he lightly kissed her cheeks, 'Let me…' he kissed her slowly, ardently on her lips, '…tell you I love you.' He whispered, 'I love you Bra.'
Bra's eyes widened, 'You do.' Goten answered with a kiss. When they finally broke, fresh tears broke out of Bra but, 'I love you too.' She cried and kissed him again, 'I love you so much.'
Goten smiled, 'Let me show you how much I love.' He whispered as he gently laid her down on the bed.
More moans and groans. Vegeta shook his head, 'I thought the baka woman turned Trunks' room sound proof.' He mumbled as he headed towards his own room to take a shower. To do that he had to pass Bra's room and to his horror he realised the sound he heard were not coming from Trunks room, which was in the opposite direction, but from Bra's. Without thinking he ran to her room and flung the door open. The sight he saw sent his blood boiling. That insolent brat of Kakarott's held his precious little princess tightly in his arms… naked. Vegeta went super Saiyain level II almost instantly, 'How dare you?' he screamed.
'Daddy.' Whimpered Bra as he quickly wrapped some sheets around her, 'Daddy, calm down.'
'Calm down!' screamed Vegeta, 'That… that third class loser was… mating with you.'
'I love her, Vegeta.' Said Goten calmly, 'I think it was you who once told me and Trunks that if you really love someone than you shouldn't hesitate to make them your mate.'
'Of course not.' Said Vegeta, 'As long as they are not my daughter.' He said as he pulled Bra behind him, 'Get out of here brat before I forget that I…' he forced it out, '… owe your father enough to spare your life. But' he added, 'if you ever show your face near my daughter, I will kill you slowly.'
'Daddy, not.' Bra protested. Vegeta paid no heed to her cries or that of Goten's telling him that he would die if he could not see Bra, especially now and dragged her out of the room and than out of the house and locked her in the gravity room. Turning the gravity so high that Bra was pushed flat on the ground. She would eventually master strength enough to turn the gravity off but it would bye him time to think, not to mention make sure Goten was nowhere near Capsule Corp. when she finally came out. Bra's torment at the hands of uncertainty of her love being returned might have ended. But Goten's had just began.