We're Just Roommates
Part 6
By Presea



"Let's get out of here."

In one swift movement, he picked her up in his arms, and carried her out of the cage. He headed towards the exit, drawing the attention of all the people there, with guys whistling and hooting at him for leaving with such a gorgeous girl, but neither he nor Pan paid any attention to them. However, one person tried to stop them on the way out.

"TRUNKS!" Kia cried as she stopped in front of them. "How dare you ditch me like that! If you think I'm going to let you dump me, you've got another thing coming!"

Pan glared at her, and her cold, angry gaze startled Kia. When she noticed Trunks looking at her in a similar way, she knew something weird was going on. "What the hell...?" she said. *Their eyes are so evil looking, and they're acting like zombies! What's going on?* she thought.

"Get out of the way. NOW." Pan said in a tone that made Kia gulp in fear. All she could do was comply, and Trunks continued to carry Pan out of the club, with Kia standing there, confused. Then, she became very, very angry.

"No one steals a date from me. You're going to pay for this, Pan!"

~*~

"BRA-CHAN!"

She flew faster than she'd ever flown before when she felt Goten's ki following her. The tears had come, blurring her vision so that she couldn't really tell where she was going. She wanted to get away from him, but he wasn't going to let her get away so easily.

When she sped up even faster, Goten did the same. He rarely ever got mad, but he was beginning to lose his patience with her. It was now obvious to him that Bra wasn't just pissed off about him being too drunk to find his own room, or walking in on her while she was naked. It wasn't anger at all. It was hurt... pain. He'd done something else to hurt her, and he didn't know what. Not only that, but he had a confession of his own to make. For sure he would make Bra talk to him, and make her listen to him.

Determined, he sped up faster. Bra sensed him gaining on her, and tried to go faster, but Goten's strength surpassed hers and it wasn't long before he caught up to her and grabbed her from behind.

"Damn you!" she spat at him as she fought him with all her strength, kicking and struggling, although she knew she couldn't fight him. "Leave me alone!" He only held on to her tighter.

"Not this time, Bra-chan."

"If you don't let me go, my father will hear of this!" she threatened, trying to scare him off.

"At this point, I really couldn't care less, Bra-chan." He gathered her in his arms and flew to a secluded area, where they could talk privately without any distractions. He pulled out a capsule and threw it on the ground, and a small house appeared before them. He took her inside and sat her on the sofa of the small living room.

"You are going to talk to me, and you are going to tell me what's bothering you, Bra-chan," Goten said.

"Stupid baka. As if you didn't know."

"No, I don't! There's more to what you're feeling than you're letting on, and you know it! You're in pain, Bra-chan, and I can feel it. I know it's because of me, and I think I have every right to know what I've done to make you feel this way. Don't tell me it's because I was drunk, or because I walked in on you that day, because I know it's deeper than that, isn't it, Bra-chan?"

She hung her head down, refusing to look at him. She didn't answer him, she just sat there in silence. Bra wasn't about to make this easy for him. Frustrated, he knelt in front of her and lifted her chin with his fingers. She kept her eyes closed, and once again, the sight of fresh tears sliding down her cheeks startled him.

"Bra-chan. Look at me."

She only squeezed her eyelids shut even tighter, afraid to open them. She was afraid that if he looked into her eyes, he would read what was there, and he'd find out that she loved him, and then he would laugh at her like the silly little girl she was.

When she didn't comply, Goten did the only thing he could think of to get a reaction from her. Without thinking twice, he firmly pressed his lips to hers.

Bra stiffened and her eyes widened in shock. *Goten is... kissing me. Why is he...*

All too soon for Bra, he pulled away, and stared at her beautiful, shocked face in satisfaction.

"Now that I have your attention... could you please tell me what the hell is bothering you?"

~*~

The door to the beach house slammed shut. The next thing she knew, she was being held against the door and he was kissing her again, more intensely than before. She welcomed the invasion of his tongue, fiercely kissing him back, feeling him caress her body wherever he could reach.

"Trunks," she moaned against his mouth in pleasure. The sound of her voice groaning out his name made him go mad. Once again he picked her up in his arms, and flew up to the second floor of the house, not wanting to waste time climbing the stairs. Within moments they were both on his bed, their kisses growing hotter, their need for each other becoming stronger.

"Pan-chan... I want you... need you... so much," he murmured agaist her lips, working to untie the strings of her halter top.

"Trunks... please. Never, ever leave me..."

Tossing her shirt to the floor, he kissed her lips again. "I won't. Not ever."

~*~

Bra could only stare at Goten in disbelief. *He kissed me... why did he do that? Damn you Goten, are you only getting my hopes up again, only to crush them later?* she wondered.

"Bra-chan. Please," he pleaded. "I need your forgiveness. I've been in agony over this, Bra-chan, and I can't, I won't go on like this any longer. I'm sorry I took that girl into your room that night... and I'm sorry I... walked in on you like that. But... could you please tell me what else I've done, so I can apologize for that too?"

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" she yelled as the tears came forth, her tear-stained face shocking him. "You'll never understand!"

"You're right! I don't understand, because you WON'T tell me!" he said, gripping her shoulders and making her look at him. "Don't think that you are the only victim here, Bra Briefs! How do you think it's been for me, knowing that you hate me, when you are all I can think about? Do you have any idea what that's been like for me, Bra-chan? Do you?!"

"What... what do you mean?" she asked. *Did he just say... all he can think about... is me?*

He wiped her tears away with his thumbs, and cupped her face in his hands. "Bra-chan. Listen to me. Ever since that day... when I saw you... I haven't been able to get you out of my mind. Not just because I knew you were upset with me. But because I... I..."

"Goten... I..."

To her disbelief, he was kissing her again. Not knowing what else to do, she accepted him, the love she felt for him taking over any coherent thought. His hands slid around her waist, pulling her closer, coaxing her lips to part as he tasted her with his tongue. She kissed him back, her inexperience causing her to go slowly. She felt disappointed when his mouth left hers to trail downwards, kissing the soft flesh of her neck, nipping at the skin gently.

"Bra-chan. This is what I feel for you. I want you more than anything. Please, I NEED your forgiveness. I couldn't bear it if you went another day hating me."

"Goten, I... I don't hate you." *Far from it. I love you, Goten. But I can't tell you...*

"What can I do... what can I do to prove myself, Bra-chan?"

"Goten... kiss me again."

Gladly, he complied, and they kissed again, long and passionately, until they were both laying on the couch, holding each other as their lips teased and caressed.

She knew what she wanted. But was it too much to ask? When they stopped kissing, Goten looked down at her, now knowing what she had been keeping from him for so long.

"Bra-chan... do you love me?" he asked.

Tears came to her again. He'd figured her out. She couldn't deny it anymore. "Oh, yes. I do love you, Son Goten. Deeply. More than a girl could ever love a man."

He didn't know if he should be happy or shocked. But he knew he should feel happy... because he felt the same way.

He leaned down to embrace her, burying his face in her neck. "Is this what everything has really been about, Bra-chan?"

Closing her eyes, she nodded.

"Oh, Bra-chan... gomen. I didn't know. I mean, I had no idea."

"I didn't want you to know. Because I figured... I'm really just a little girl, right? How could someone like you love someone like me..."

He silenced her with another kiss to her lips. "My sweet Bra-chan. I can see why you'd think I wouldn't understand. But... I do. And I want to be with you, Bra-chan. I swear, I'll make up for all the pain I've made you feel. Will you let me do that, Bra-chan?"

She nodded. "Yes."

"What do you need me to do, my sweet? How can I make this up to you?"

She wrapped her arms around him, pulling him closer. "Make love to me, Goten."

END PART 6.


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