yeah yeah...you know the drill...i don't own it
a/n--if you haven't figured it out by now ~--~ means they're thinking
After Marron left, Pan and Bra could only sit there. Bra was in shock while Pan was furious, happy, and confused all at once. If this whole ordeal had happened six months sooner, she probably would have been overjoyed, but it hadn't. It was happening now, at that very moment. She was sad for Marron, but she couldn't deny that she had feelings for Trunks. In fact, when Trunks and Marron had first begun their relationship, Pan was jealous. She had been in love with Trunks since she knew what love meant. Just as she finished her thoughts Trunks walked in.
"Pan, we need to talk." He said.
Pan felt very awkward. Was he going to ask her out so soon? She didn't want to think about it let alone talk to him about it. She just wanted to get away from him.
"What is there to talk about Trunks? You broke up with her like you said you were going to. I've done my part by giving you advice. Now, please leave me alone." She sounded hurt and angry. Mostly hurt.
Trunks could feel the hurt in her voice, it made him feel terrible that he had gotten her involved.
~She must feel like she betrayed her best friend. Why did I even get her involved in the first place?~ he thought to himself. Then he looked over at Bra. Bra looked ticked to say the least.
"Bra..." Trunks began to say before he was cut off by an extremely annoyed sister.
"Did you not hear her say to leave her alone? That goes for me too. Now, GET OUT!!"
Trunks got the picture and left immediately. He turned around to try and plead his case one more time only to have his angry sister slam the door in his face. The three adults went to bed without saying a word. Pan however couldn't sleep. She remembered going to bed at around 9:00, and when she looked over at the clock it read 2:35.
~I may as well get up and do something if I'm not going to be able to get any sleep. I need to get away from this house anyways. What am I thinking? It's not the house that I want to get away from. It's Trunks.~ Pan thought to herself. She looked over at Bra to make sure that she was still asleep, and quietly crept over to the window. She opened it just enough so that she could slip out, and closed it. Then she took off, unsure of exactly where she was going to go.
Trunks was restless. He couldn't sleep. He felt terrible about what had happened that night. He wondered what else could make her seem so uncomfortable around him. Then it dawned on him.
~Could it be because she knows. She has to know. Marron must have told her! Oh no! Or maybe I made it too obvious that it was her I was in love with. My GOSH!!!! I'm such an idiot! Now I know that she feels like she betrayed Marron.~ I have to talk to her, now. He looked over at his clock; 2:37. Just then he felt someone's ki fly away. It was Pan's. He had to talk to her. ~Well, at least I won't have to wake her up to talk to her.~ he thought to himself. So, he got up and flew out his window to go after her.
Pan felt a familiar ki behind her. ~Oh no! It's Trunks.~ she thought. She had left the house to get away from him. She picked up speed only to feel Trunks do the same. Suddenly she was stopped by a hand grabbing her ankle.
"What do you want!?" she snapped.
"Pan we need to talk."
"I have nothing to say to you Trunks. Marron hates me and it's all because of you!"
"Pan if you would just listen to me for a second..."
"Why should I?"
"Because I need to tell you something!" Pan remained silent so Trunks took that as the 'go ahead'. "Pan I've been wanting to tell you something for a long time, but I thought that you would think I was crazy and laugh at me or hate me or something."
"So what are you trying to say?" she immediately regretted asking that. She already knew what he was going to say.
"I'm trying to say that I... I'm... I'm in love with you, Pan." He was half expecting her to hit him, half expecting her to leap into his arms. Neither of which she did. She doesn't seem to be too surprised. I knew that she knew. he thought. They just hovered there for what seemed like an eternity. Trunks wished that she would say something, anything. He didn't care if she rejected him or not. He just wanted the silence to break up. Then she slowly lowered herself to the ground. Trunks followed. Pan had decided that she didn't want to be with him right then. The circumstances were all wrong. She was so frustrated with him right now. She was so confused and it was all his fault. As she lowered herself to the ground, her rage slowly began to build up inside of her. She couldn't hold it in any more. By the time she made it back down to the ground, Trunks was already there. As soon as her toes touched the ground, she charged at him. Trunks, who wasn't expecting the hard kick to his stomach from her, was knocked a good 100 feet away. He got up only to be kicked again. This time in his back. ~Wow! She's gotten a lot stronger since the last time we fought.~ Trunks thought to himself. This time when he got up, he was ready for her. She charged him head-on. He punched at her only to realize that he was punching at thin air. She had dematerialized above him. When he realized what was happening he powered up to wait for the impact that he knew was coming, but it never came. He looked up to see Pan, tears streaming down her face. She was floating about 20 feet off of the ground. Trunks just stood there staring at her with a remorseful look in his eyes. They stood there for about a minute in total silence. Then Pan spoke up.
"Why, Trunks? Why did you wait so long to tell me?" she said between sobs.
"I was afraid that I would ruin our friendship. I didn't think that you would return the feelings anyways. We are 14 years apart, and..." he didn't get the chance to finish. Pan was powering up again. She pulled her hands back. Trunks knew what was coming.
"KA... ME... HA... ME..." she started. Trunks powered up to super saiya-jin to prepare for the blast. All of a sudden, Trunks felt a surge of power coming from Pan. He looked up to see her figure shrouded in a golden aura. Her once ebony hair now blond. Her chocolate eyes had become an emerald green. She had just reached super saiya-jin.
"......HAAAAAAAA!!!" The blast hit Trunks head on. Pan fell to the ground. She was out cold. When he came to, he got up. A little worse for wear. When he remembered what had happened, he raced over to were Pan was laying. Trunks picked her up, and flew to the only place he could think of where they could talk. The one place that they can always vent their feelings to each other. Their place. The waterfall.
Pan woke up to find that she was at the waterfall.
~How did I get here? Why am I here?~ she asked herself. She looked over her shoulder to see a sleeping Trunks sprawled out on the ground. She couldn't help but smile. He looked so peaceful. So childlike.
~Wait! What am I thinking?! I'm supposed to be mad at him.~ She had no idea as to why he brought her there, but she decided that she was too tired to leave so she laid back down and went to sleep.
Trunks woke up and looked at his watch; 10:34.
"Oh my gosh!!! Mom and dad are gonna' be worried... well mom will be worried." Trunks said remembering who his father was. Trunks pulled out his cell phone and call his house. Bra picked up.
"Moshi, Moshi." she said.
"Bra? It's Trunks."
"Trunks!? Where on Earth are you?!" she yelled.
"I'm at mine and Pan's spot."
"What?! Is Pan there, too?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Because when I woke up she was gone. Duh... What is she doing there... with YOU?!"
"She snuck out last night so I followed her. We got into a fight. She went super saiya-jin, and passed out. So I brought her here hoping I could talk to her when she came to, but I fell asleep."
"What did you do to her?" Bra asked sounding a little bit suspicious of him.
"Nothing! I promise. I just laid her down, and let her sleep."
"Well, you better get her home before Gohan goes berserk."
"Gotcha'. Later Bra."
"Sayonara"
Trunks turned to look at a now awake Pan.
"Good morning, Pan." Trunks said hoping that she was in a better mood.
"Good morning, Trunks." she said sounding a little bit happier than she did last night. Not much happier, but Trunks was grateful for any change in her mood.
"Trunks..." she asked.
"Hai?" he said.
"I'm sorry... about last night. I really didn't have the right to blow up at you like that."
"Pan... it's okay. Really. I caught you off guard. I shouldn't have brought you into it the way I did."
"I have a few more questions for you, Trunks... How long?"
"I don't know. A few years." was his response.
"What do you mean 'years'? If you've loved me for that long, then why didn't you tell me then? Why were you with Marron at all?" Pan was confused. This whole conversation made almost no sense to her.
"I already told you that I didn't realize I was in love with you until this weekend..."
"What made you realize that you..." Pan's voice trailed off as she realized that Trunks had begun to inch closer to her as they were talking. ~What is he doing?~ she thought to herself. ~ I may not be mad at him anymore, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to be with him yet. I have to get out of here.~
"Trunks, I have to go."
"Why? Did I do something wrong?"
"No. I just need to get home, that's all."
"Oh okay. I'll go with you."
"No. I need some time alone. To sort things out."
"Okay. Then I'll see you later?"
"Sure. Whatever."
With that she left not really intending to go home. But still not sure where she was going.
Trunks arrived at home to be met by a very angry Gohan.
"Where's my daughter?! If you've done anything to her, so help me..." Trunks paled at the sound of Gohan's voice.
"Gohan she's fine. I promise. She went home as soon as she came to." Trunks noticed the look Gohan was giving him. It was the "don't-you-lie-to-me-boy" look.
"Trunks," Videl said, "How long ago did she leave for home?"
"About 40 minutes ago. Why?"
"Because she never came home. That's why!" Gohan yelled.
"What do you mean she never came home? She told me herself that that was where she was going." Trunks was confused. Why would she lie to me about going home? he wondered. It was very unlike Pan to lie to anyone. Especially him.
"I'm going to go find her." he said.
"Oh no you're not, Trunks," said a determined Gohan. "You are not to go anywhere near my little girl!"
"FYI daddy. I'm not your 'little girl' anymore."
Everyone turned around to see Pan standing in the doorway.
"What's that supposed to mean?... Trunks!" said a very suspicious Gohan. "Did you touch her?! If you did, I am going to rip your head off!"
"Daddy! You know me better than that. Nothing happened between me and Trunks, okay? I'm just saying that I am 24 years old now, and can make my own decisions. I don't need you to be so protective of me."
"But Pan-chan, I..." Gohan never had the chance to finish. Pan had left. Trunks quickly followed her, but Gohan wasn't about to let Trunks near her.
"Trunks get back here!" Gohan shouted at Trunks.
"Gohan!" Videl yelled after her husband. "Leave them alone. They have some stuff to talk about."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Juhachigou called me last night. Apparently, Trunks broke up with Marron last night."
"So?" said Gohan a little confused as to what this had to do with his daughter.
"He broke up with her because he is in love with Pan."
"What!? That boy doesn't know what love is. If he and Pan got together, he would only end up 'falling in love' with someone else. Then he'll leave her just like he left Marron."
"My son would never do that!" interrupted Bulma. She had been quietly listening to the conversations that had been going, but when Gohan had questioned her son's honor she couldn't stay out of it. "He may have broken a lot of hearts, but he has never... would never use anyone. I've raised him better than that."
"Let's go home Gohan," said Videl. "I'll fix you some lunch."
Trunks was chasing after Pan. "Man she's fast" he said to himself.
"Trunks, please stop following me." Said Pan. She really didn't want to be around him. She didn't know why she went back to his house. "I said stop following me!" She was getting irritated with him now. Why wouldn't he leave her alone.
"I'm not going to stop following you until you tell me how you feel about me." Trunks said. He really wanted to know. After all, he bore his heart out to her. The least she could do was tell him how she felt. Suddenly, she stopped.
"What?" she asked him as though she hadn't heard. But she had and he knew it.
"You heard me. Do you love me?"
She didn't know how to respond. She did love him, but she wasn't ready to tell him. Was she?
"I don't know how I feel right now, Trunks. This is all happening so fast."
"Do you love me?"
"I don't know!" she was officially annoyed.
"Yes you do."
"Good Lord, Trunks! What do you want from me?!"
"I want to know how you feel. And don't tell me you don't know because I know you do."
"Fine! I love you! Are you happy? I've been in love with you for the last ten years of my life!"
"Why can't we be together then?"
"Because. If Marron found out..." Trunks cut her off.
"Why should what Marron thinks matter? I love you. You love me. Right?" Pan just nodded. "Then let's be together. I don't know about you, but every second that I spend without you kills me. It has gotten to the point that I not only love you, but I need you, too. And I know that you need me too." Pan was in tears. She couldn't believe that this was happening. He loved her. She had been waiting to hear him say those words to her since they were touring space looking for the black star dragonballs. So why wasn't she throwing herself into his arms? He was right. She did need him. She decided to throw caution to the wind. She loved him and she would be with him, no matter what. One way or another.
She leaped into his arms, and looked into his eyes.
"I love you, Trunks. I'm so sorry that I've been so cold towards you." She laid her head on his chest, and cried softly. He just lifted her head and wiped her tears away with his finger.
"You don't have to be sorry. You didn't do anything wrong." With that he leaned down and kissed her. Gently at first, then more passionately. When they broke for air, they gazed into each others eyes. At that moment, Pan knew she had found the man she was going to spend the rest of her life with.
a/n--if you haven't figured it out by now ~--~ means they're thinking
After Marron left, Pan and Bra could only sit there. Bra was in shock while Pan was furious, happy, and confused all at once. If this whole ordeal had happened six months sooner, she probably would have been overjoyed, but it hadn't. It was happening now, at that very moment. She was sad for Marron, but she couldn't deny that she had feelings for Trunks. In fact, when Trunks and Marron had first begun their relationship, Pan was jealous. She had been in love with Trunks since she knew what love meant. Just as she finished her thoughts Trunks walked in.
"Pan, we need to talk." He said.
Pan felt very awkward. Was he going to ask her out so soon? She didn't want to think about it let alone talk to him about it. She just wanted to get away from him.
"What is there to talk about Trunks? You broke up with her like you said you were going to. I've done my part by giving you advice. Now, please leave me alone." She sounded hurt and angry. Mostly hurt.
Trunks could feel the hurt in her voice, it made him feel terrible that he had gotten her involved.
~She must feel like she betrayed her best friend. Why did I even get her involved in the first place?~ he thought to himself. Then he looked over at Bra. Bra looked ticked to say the least.
"Bra..." Trunks began to say before he was cut off by an extremely annoyed sister.
"Did you not hear her say to leave her alone? That goes for me too. Now, GET OUT!!"
Trunks got the picture and left immediately. He turned around to try and plead his case one more time only to have his angry sister slam the door in his face. The three adults went to bed without saying a word. Pan however couldn't sleep. She remembered going to bed at around 9:00, and when she looked over at the clock it read 2:35.
~I may as well get up and do something if I'm not going to be able to get any sleep. I need to get away from this house anyways. What am I thinking? It's not the house that I want to get away from. It's Trunks.~ Pan thought to herself. She looked over at Bra to make sure that she was still asleep, and quietly crept over to the window. She opened it just enough so that she could slip out, and closed it. Then she took off, unsure of exactly where she was going to go.
Trunks was restless. He couldn't sleep. He felt terrible about what had happened that night. He wondered what else could make her seem so uncomfortable around him. Then it dawned on him.
~Could it be because she knows. She has to know. Marron must have told her! Oh no! Or maybe I made it too obvious that it was her I was in love with. My GOSH!!!! I'm such an idiot! Now I know that she feels like she betrayed Marron.~ I have to talk to her, now. He looked over at his clock; 2:37. Just then he felt someone's ki fly away. It was Pan's. He had to talk to her. ~Well, at least I won't have to wake her up to talk to her.~ he thought to himself. So, he got up and flew out his window to go after her.
Pan felt a familiar ki behind her. ~Oh no! It's Trunks.~ she thought. She had left the house to get away from him. She picked up speed only to feel Trunks do the same. Suddenly she was stopped by a hand grabbing her ankle.
"What do you want!?" she snapped.
"Pan we need to talk."
"I have nothing to say to you Trunks. Marron hates me and it's all because of you!"
"Pan if you would just listen to me for a second..."
"Why should I?"
"Because I need to tell you something!" Pan remained silent so Trunks took that as the 'go ahead'. "Pan I've been wanting to tell you something for a long time, but I thought that you would think I was crazy and laugh at me or hate me or something."
"So what are you trying to say?" she immediately regretted asking that. She already knew what he was going to say.
"I'm trying to say that I... I'm... I'm in love with you, Pan." He was half expecting her to hit him, half expecting her to leap into his arms. Neither of which she did. She doesn't seem to be too surprised. I knew that she knew. he thought. They just hovered there for what seemed like an eternity. Trunks wished that she would say something, anything. He didn't care if she rejected him or not. He just wanted the silence to break up. Then she slowly lowered herself to the ground. Trunks followed. Pan had decided that she didn't want to be with him right then. The circumstances were all wrong. She was so frustrated with him right now. She was so confused and it was all his fault. As she lowered herself to the ground, her rage slowly began to build up inside of her. She couldn't hold it in any more. By the time she made it back down to the ground, Trunks was already there. As soon as her toes touched the ground, she charged at him. Trunks, who wasn't expecting the hard kick to his stomach from her, was knocked a good 100 feet away. He got up only to be kicked again. This time in his back. ~Wow! She's gotten a lot stronger since the last time we fought.~ Trunks thought to himself. This time when he got up, he was ready for her. She charged him head-on. He punched at her only to realize that he was punching at thin air. She had dematerialized above him. When he realized what was happening he powered up to wait for the impact that he knew was coming, but it never came. He looked up to see Pan, tears streaming down her face. She was floating about 20 feet off of the ground. Trunks just stood there staring at her with a remorseful look in his eyes. They stood there for about a minute in total silence. Then Pan spoke up.
"Why, Trunks? Why did you wait so long to tell me?" she said between sobs.
"I was afraid that I would ruin our friendship. I didn't think that you would return the feelings anyways. We are 14 years apart, and..." he didn't get the chance to finish. Pan was powering up again. She pulled her hands back. Trunks knew what was coming.
"KA... ME... HA... ME..." she started. Trunks powered up to super saiya-jin to prepare for the blast. All of a sudden, Trunks felt a surge of power coming from Pan. He looked up to see her figure shrouded in a golden aura. Her once ebony hair now blond. Her chocolate eyes had become an emerald green. She had just reached super saiya-jin.
"......HAAAAAAAA!!!" The blast hit Trunks head on. Pan fell to the ground. She was out cold. When he came to, he got up. A little worse for wear. When he remembered what had happened, he raced over to were Pan was laying. Trunks picked her up, and flew to the only place he could think of where they could talk. The one place that they can always vent their feelings to each other. Their place. The waterfall.
Pan woke up to find that she was at the waterfall.
~How did I get here? Why am I here?~ she asked herself. She looked over her shoulder to see a sleeping Trunks sprawled out on the ground. She couldn't help but smile. He looked so peaceful. So childlike.
~Wait! What am I thinking?! I'm supposed to be mad at him.~ She had no idea as to why he brought her there, but she decided that she was too tired to leave so she laid back down and went to sleep.
Trunks woke up and looked at his watch; 10:34.
"Oh my gosh!!! Mom and dad are gonna' be worried... well mom will be worried." Trunks said remembering who his father was. Trunks pulled out his cell phone and call his house. Bra picked up.
"Moshi, Moshi." she said.
"Bra? It's Trunks."
"Trunks!? Where on Earth are you?!" she yelled.
"I'm at mine and Pan's spot."
"What?! Is Pan there, too?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Because when I woke up she was gone. Duh... What is she doing there... with YOU?!"
"She snuck out last night so I followed her. We got into a fight. She went super saiya-jin, and passed out. So I brought her here hoping I could talk to her when she came to, but I fell asleep."
"What did you do to her?" Bra asked sounding a little bit suspicious of him.
"Nothing! I promise. I just laid her down, and let her sleep."
"Well, you better get her home before Gohan goes berserk."
"Gotcha'. Later Bra."
"Sayonara"
Trunks turned to look at a now awake Pan.
"Good morning, Pan." Trunks said hoping that she was in a better mood.
"Good morning, Trunks." she said sounding a little bit happier than she did last night. Not much happier, but Trunks was grateful for any change in her mood.
"Trunks..." she asked.
"Hai?" he said.
"I'm sorry... about last night. I really didn't have the right to blow up at you like that."
"Pan... it's okay. Really. I caught you off guard. I shouldn't have brought you into it the way I did."
"I have a few more questions for you, Trunks... How long?"
"I don't know. A few years." was his response.
"What do you mean 'years'? If you've loved me for that long, then why didn't you tell me then? Why were you with Marron at all?" Pan was confused. This whole conversation made almost no sense to her.
"I already told you that I didn't realize I was in love with you until this weekend..."
"What made you realize that you..." Pan's voice trailed off as she realized that Trunks had begun to inch closer to her as they were talking. ~What is he doing?~ she thought to herself. ~ I may not be mad at him anymore, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to be with him yet. I have to get out of here.~
"Trunks, I have to go."
"Why? Did I do something wrong?"
"No. I just need to get home, that's all."
"Oh okay. I'll go with you."
"No. I need some time alone. To sort things out."
"Okay. Then I'll see you later?"
"Sure. Whatever."
With that she left not really intending to go home. But still not sure where she was going.
Trunks arrived at home to be met by a very angry Gohan.
"Where's my daughter?! If you've done anything to her, so help me..." Trunks paled at the sound of Gohan's voice.
"Gohan she's fine. I promise. She went home as soon as she came to." Trunks noticed the look Gohan was giving him. It was the "don't-you-lie-to-me-boy" look.
"Trunks," Videl said, "How long ago did she leave for home?"
"About 40 minutes ago. Why?"
"Because she never came home. That's why!" Gohan yelled.
"What do you mean she never came home? She told me herself that that was where she was going." Trunks was confused. Why would she lie to me about going home? he wondered. It was very unlike Pan to lie to anyone. Especially him.
"I'm going to go find her." he said.
"Oh no you're not, Trunks," said a determined Gohan. "You are not to go anywhere near my little girl!"
"FYI daddy. I'm not your 'little girl' anymore."
Everyone turned around to see Pan standing in the doorway.
"What's that supposed to mean?... Trunks!" said a very suspicious Gohan. "Did you touch her?! If you did, I am going to rip your head off!"
"Daddy! You know me better than that. Nothing happened between me and Trunks, okay? I'm just saying that I am 24 years old now, and can make my own decisions. I don't need you to be so protective of me."
"But Pan-chan, I..." Gohan never had the chance to finish. Pan had left. Trunks quickly followed her, but Gohan wasn't about to let Trunks near her.
"Trunks get back here!" Gohan shouted at Trunks.
"Gohan!" Videl yelled after her husband. "Leave them alone. They have some stuff to talk about."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Juhachigou called me last night. Apparently, Trunks broke up with Marron last night."
"So?" said Gohan a little confused as to what this had to do with his daughter.
"He broke up with her because he is in love with Pan."
"What!? That boy doesn't know what love is. If he and Pan got together, he would only end up 'falling in love' with someone else. Then he'll leave her just like he left Marron."
"My son would never do that!" interrupted Bulma. She had been quietly listening to the conversations that had been going, but when Gohan had questioned her son's honor she couldn't stay out of it. "He may have broken a lot of hearts, but he has never... would never use anyone. I've raised him better than that."
"Let's go home Gohan," said Videl. "I'll fix you some lunch."
Trunks was chasing after Pan. "Man she's fast" he said to himself.
"Trunks, please stop following me." Said Pan. She really didn't want to be around him. She didn't know why she went back to his house. "I said stop following me!" She was getting irritated with him now. Why wouldn't he leave her alone.
"I'm not going to stop following you until you tell me how you feel about me." Trunks said. He really wanted to know. After all, he bore his heart out to her. The least she could do was tell him how she felt. Suddenly, she stopped.
"What?" she asked him as though she hadn't heard. But she had and he knew it.
"You heard me. Do you love me?"
She didn't know how to respond. She did love him, but she wasn't ready to tell him. Was she?
"I don't know how I feel right now, Trunks. This is all happening so fast."
"Do you love me?"
"I don't know!" she was officially annoyed.
"Yes you do."
"Good Lord, Trunks! What do you want from me?!"
"I want to know how you feel. And don't tell me you don't know because I know you do."
"Fine! I love you! Are you happy? I've been in love with you for the last ten years of my life!"
"Why can't we be together then?"
"Because. If Marron found out..." Trunks cut her off.
"Why should what Marron thinks matter? I love you. You love me. Right?" Pan just nodded. "Then let's be together. I don't know about you, but every second that I spend without you kills me. It has gotten to the point that I not only love you, but I need you, too. And I know that you need me too." Pan was in tears. She couldn't believe that this was happening. He loved her. She had been waiting to hear him say those words to her since they were touring space looking for the black star dragonballs. So why wasn't she throwing herself into his arms? He was right. She did need him. She decided to throw caution to the wind. She loved him and she would be with him, no matter what. One way or another.
She leaped into his arms, and looked into his eyes.
"I love you, Trunks. I'm so sorry that I've been so cold towards you." She laid her head on his chest, and cried softly. He just lifted her head and wiped her tears away with his finger.
"You don't have to be sorry. You didn't do anything wrong." With that he leaned down and kissed her. Gently at first, then more passionately. When they broke for air, they gazed into each others eyes. At that moment, Pan knew she had found the man she was going to spend the rest of her life with.