Happy Birthday

'You are hiding something from me.' Said Trunks as he applied more pressure on Goten's already severally injured leg. Beyond screaming Goten whimpered, 'Now you are going to tell me what you are hiding or I swear by all of Kami's warriors I am going to rip your legs out of their sockets, understand?' Goten nodded weakly. Slowly Trunks got of his broken leg and sat down next to him on the sweat drench, blood covered gravity room floor. 'Well start talking.'

'Senzu bean…' said Goten weakly.

'Talk first.' Said Trunks.

'Trunks I am your best friend…'

'And I love you with my life and will give my life to save yours any day. But you have been keeping something big from me. I can just feel it. It must be something really big and really important and you have been keeping it from me for awhile. At least a year from what I can tell. Frankly I am sick of it. You either tell me, or I learn to live without having you around.' Said Trunks.

Goten closed his eyes in an attempt to shut off the pain. It was not working. At least now he knew his limits. He could not keep more than one secret from Trunks. Right now he had two secrets. One, he slept with Marron while she and Trunks were still dating. Two, he was going out with Bra. Goten sighed, he was going to have to tell Trunks about him and Bra one of these days. So, 'I have a new girlfriend.' Confessed Goten.

Trunks shoved the senzu bean down his throat. 'Really? And here I thought you were becoming queer or something. So tell me who is it?' asked Trunks eagerly, 'Someone I know? She must be very pretty for you to keep me from seeing her. What don't tell me you thought I was going to steal her from you?'

'Considering you did steal every girlfriend I ever had, would you blame me for thinking that?' he demanded. 'I mean even Paris you seduced away from me.'

Trunks laughed, 'Look if they came so easily to me than they didn't really love you. I was watching out for you.'

Goten rolled his eyes, 'Yeah whatever. But no if you were attracted to this girl or even considered seducing her I would think there was something really wrong with you, my friend.'

Trunks raised his eyebrows, 'Okay she isn't ugly or old because than by saying that you would be acknowledging that there is something seriously wrong with you. So it's someone you can go out with but if I went out with her it would be weird.' Trunks thought for a moment, 'I can only think of one girl like that. Bra, but you wouldn't… it is Bra.' He thundered as he saw Goten blush furiously. 'You son of a bitch!' screamed Trunks.

'Trunks come down!' said Goten as he began to power-up defensively, 'It's not like I am sleeping with her or anything.'

'You better not!' screamed Trunks, 'I mean she isn't even eighteen yet.'

'No but she will be in two days time.' Goten reminded him.

'O don't think of doing anything after that either.' Warned Trunks, 'I am likely to tear your balls off if you do.'

Goten rolled his eyes, 'O come on Trunks, wouldn't you rather have Bra with me than with some creep?' he asked.

'Honestly?' wondered Trunks. Goten nodded. 'Yes, yes I would.' Acknowledged Trunks as he sat down back on the ground. Goten sat down across from him. 'You know my father is going to kill you when he finds out.'

'I know.' Said Goten, 'But I would rather die now, in my youth, than live a long life without her.'

Trunks arched his eyebrows again, 'Man that sounded almost poetic. Now I know you are in love.' He said with a grin. 'So how long has this been going on?'

'Almost two years.' Said Goten blushing again.

'What!' scream Trunks.

'Trunks.' said Goten wearily.

Trunks calmed down, 'I am cool. I am cool.' He started laughing, 'So you couldn't find someone your age ha?'

Goten closed his eyes in consternation, 'You are going to make fun of me now aren't you?' he asked.

'O yeah.'

'And this will stop when?' asked Goten.

'If I ever fall in love with a girl as young as Bra than.' Answered Trunks.

Goten sat staring at Trunks for a moment. Than he said, 'Trunks have you ever considered Pan?' he asked.

'No and I never will, so you can just put that idea out of your head.' Said Trunks.

'She likes you.' Said Goten.

'So does every other girl her and Bra's age. It's not going to happen.' Said Trunks, 'Come on let's go. I think the gravity is beginning to affect your brain. Feh, me and Pan, really. What kind of an imbecile would think that would last?' he demanded as he and Goten stepped out of the gravity room. 'I mean sure she has a very good body and she probably could take the my full power and she is pretty good looking and…'

'Who's pretty good looking?' interrupted Bra as she and Pan and walked up to the boys.

'Nothing.' Said Trunks as his eyes fell on Pan wearing a particularly tight pant and top.

'Fine.' Said Bra with a pout, 'See if we really want to know about your pick of the week.' She said. Pan elbowed her slightly. 'What… do you really want to find out what kind of fast… two bit…'

'Ah Bra… Trunks was talking about Pan.' Said Goten.

'You were?' asked Pan quenching the eagerness in her voice at the last minute. Remembering what Bra said about Trunks and eager girls.

'No! Yes… I mean… o never mind.' Said Trunks, 'I am hungry.' So saying he headed towards the capsule corp. main building.

Pan giggled as she fell into step next to him, 'And here I though only my uncle thought of food under duress.'

'Yeah, well he is having a bad influence on me.' Mumbled Trunks. Reaching the entrance Trunks cast a glance towards his best friend and sister. His eyes widen as he saw his sister give Goten the look and Goten return it. The look of intense affection, the look in which they poured out their heart and soul. The look of love. Trunks shook his head. There was no way to describe the look without sounding corny or cheapening it. But he knew than and there that Goten and his sister were soul mates. He knew than and there that nothing could ever keep them apart.

The party was loud, noisy and lots and lots of fun. But soon and Bra would argue too soon it all came to an end as exhaustion forced the break-up of the party. Tired Bra dragged herself to her bed and closed her eyes. Soon she was drifting into the land of dream… knocking on her window, 'Bra?' called a voice, 'Are you asleep?'

'I am trying to be.' She said as she dragged herself out of bed. Opening the window she gazed at Goten with her tired sleepy eyes, her hair tangled and not quite clean, her pyjamas all messy and in short looking nothing like her usual self. But to Goten she was still beautiful, 'What do you want?' she demanded.

Goten grinned, 'You.' Before Bra could do more than yelp Goten pulled her out of her room and blasted of into the night sky.

'Where are we going?' demanded Bra with a touch of anger colouring her voice.

'You will see.' Was all Goten said.

'This better be something spectacular.' She warned. Goten just smiled a wicked smile.

Soon they came upon as small island not far from the mainland but totally uninhabited. The island was bare of all vegetation save a large tree so old that its trunk was the width of a medium sized car. The tree took up half the island and the other half was taken up by a very dark cave. It was into this cave that Goten carried Bra. In the pitch black she could see nothing and was amazed with how much ease he navigated inside. It was clear he had spent sometime memorising everything that was inside the darkened cave. After what seemed like a eternity in the dark Goten sat her down on a surprisingly comfy cushion. 'Goten what are you doing?' she asked when suddenly Goten was standing away from her. In the dark with his Ki pushed down as low as it would go she could not tell how far away from her he really was.

'Don't worry my Princess, everything will be clear in a minute.' As he said this the cloud covering that hid the stars began to lift and the long ago wished back moon began to send rays of its golden light into the cave through a small opening in the ceiling of the room. Bra gasped as the faints rays of light was caught by the crystals and gems that lined the walls of the cave and get reflected and refracted and seem to multiply. Soon the whole cave was filled with light and colour and sparkles of gems. For the first time Bra realised she was sitting on what was essentially a throne curved out of the gems and crystals and made more comfortable by thick velvet cushions.

'Goten this is beautiful.' She said in an awe struck voice.

'I am glad you like it.' he said, 'And I hope you like this as well.' He said as he produced a beautiful sapphire pendent. Than he got down on his knees and asked, 'Bra Briefs Vegeta, my princess, my queen will you marry me?'

Bra gasped again and said with all her heart, mind and soul, 'Yes, yes, of course yes.' Jumping down from the throne she flung herself into his arms and began to kiss him all over. Goten put the pendent around her neck with clumsy hands as everything but the two of them began to fade out of existence for him. The world, the universe didn't exist for them till well into the next day…