I don't own DBZ/GT. Never will. So why do I even have to bother with a disclaimer??


Almost Unreal, chapter two (part two)
by: Ashley


It was late in the afternoon when Marron drove up to her godmother's house. She exited the car tiredly. Gohan had called her about every fifteen minutes until she ripped the phone cord from the socket. That didn't seem to stop him to find some other ways of communication. He had emailed her at least more than a dozen times. After she had deleted them she went to her room to sleep. 'I'll get him back somehow. He must be feeling those same messed up feelings that I have,' she thought bitterly at her ex-best friend. Marron put aside her bitter thoughts and focused on greeting her godmother. Carefully she rang the doorbell.

"Coming!" A bubbily woman's voice called out. Maron set her kitten down on the floor to answer the door. A surprised look came across her features when she saw her 'daughter'. "Marron! You came! I thought you would have left me again!" Maron pulled the younger woman in with little effort.

"I told you I was. So did you read the letter?"

"I can't believe it. Cute, sweet Gohan just kissed you? What's the problem? It wasn't bad, was it? Did he have bad breath of something?"

"No! It's nothing like that." She said defensively.

"Then what's the problem?"

"The kiss itself wasn't bad, but the kiss is bad. And the problem is that we ar... we were suppose to be close friends, he's married, and he didn't give me a reason why. That's the problem," Marron said tiredly as she explained her case to the older woman.

Maron was quiet for a while not sure how to respond to words. The young blonde looked back to see the older blue-haired woman lost in thought. She frowned slightly. She didn't want to upset her over her silly problem. "I'm sorry I was loud, but I am just confused about what to do."

"Don't worry about being confused. I bet he's feeling the same way you are."

Marron gave her godmother a skeptic look before looking away. "You mean he feels like he's about to throw up when you think about him and the thought of him makes you have that nervous feeling?"

Maron was quiet. She probably wasn't the smartest person around, but it didn't take a genius to figure out that her Marron had fallen hard for Son Gohan without even knowing it herself. She tried to sound her normal, cheerful self, but a knowing voice found it's way out of her throat. "I'm almost sure."

The two chatted for a while before Marron told her it was time for her to go to work. It was a lie. She already told her supervisors that she was going to take the job offer in Satan City last week. Now she was unsure if she had done the right thing or not.

"You promise to come by more? I hardly ever see you now!"

Marron nodded her head 'yes' to the older lady. "I will. I promise," she said while getting into her car. She waved bye to her once more as she pulled out and drove away.



Gohan paced in front of her door. He had gotten off early today due to some school problems and he had been waiting for her since then. 'I thought she got off of work at two, it's almost four now,' he thought a little worried for his friend. His worry faded when a petite blonde woman made her way up the stairs. He fought with the idea of rushing past her and forget about what he wanted to tell her or just stay put and wait for her to scream or ignore him. He chose the latter, and decided it would be best. 'Don't worry. This is Marron, she might have a temper, but she can be reasonable.'

Marron made her usual corner from the stairs to her apartment. She digged around in her purse for her keys to the door. That visit to Maron had been a nice get-together, but that was all it was. She just said she thought Gohan was feeling the same way she was. 'Bullshit. If Gohan was feeling the same way, he would be a wreck. If I ever saw him...' Marron dropped her keys but she was too lost in her thoughts to notice. When someone handed them back to her she said thank-you not really paying attention.

"You should be careful. What if it wasn't me who had picked up your keys?"

She turned in the direction of the voice and glared. "What are you doing here?! When will you get it through your mind, that I don't want to talk to you right now! Let me straighten out my own mess before you put some more unwanted crap on me!"

Gohan smiled inwardly that he was at least half-right in his prediction. He loved it when she got angry. She reminded him a bit of his mother, plus she looked cute anyhow. He laughed nervously and held a hand behind his head. "I'm sorry Marron-chan, but I had to see you. I just couldn't stop thinking about you." He prayed that she understood the meaning of his words. Videl even sensed there was something 'not right' about him yesterday. He shrugged it off saying it was the students. He had been using that excuse a lot lately and he wondered if she suspected anything.

Marron sighed. She wasn't in the mood to see him, but she decided to anyway. Maybe this could be a good thing, but she highly doubted it. "Whatever Gohan, come in."

He smiled and walked into her place. When she seemed to relax a little he asked a question that had been bugging him since he had came here. "Marron, where were you? I thought you got off of work at two?"

She nodded. "I do. I wanted to tell you this last time you were here, but you were being such a pain, I decided not to tell you."

He racked his brain to figure out what she was saying. "What? Oh... you took that job didn't you? Why didn't you tell me then? A lot of things would have been avoided! When did you take it?"

"Probably about two weeks ago. I start the week after next. Anyway, what do you want?"

Gohan smiled grimly at her. He noticed the older she had gotten, the more Juuhachi-gou's influence shown in her. He was quiet for a moment before finally deciding to tell her. "Well... you know." Or at least half-telling her.

"No I don't. Just tell me." She shifted to look at him better. "Well? Are you going to tell me or not? Even though this is a facinating conversation, I do have to make arrangements for when I do move. And I also ha--"

Before Marron knew what was happening, she felt his mouth cover hers. The shock faded away when she felt herself leaning into the kiss. 'This is wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong... but this feels right.' Marron reluctantly pulled away when her guilt grew heavier. 'Why does he keep doing this to me? What have I ever done to him?'

Both stood there breathing deeply and thinking about the flood of mixed emotions overtaking the two of them. It was awhile before either of them spoke.

"What are we going to do?" Gohan asked huskily as he looked over at her with needy eyes.

Marron looked at him wanting to surrender in his arms but her pride got the best of her. "I don't know what you're going to do, but I plan to forget this ever happened," she said while turning away.

"Dammit Marron! How can you forget something like that? I know you felt something. You must have!"

"What's the difference if I did or didn't?! You're married and whatever it is between us, never will happen! It's better if we just pretend it never happened."

Gohan backed away. 'She's finally done it. She put some effort in it and now she's impossible.' He shook his head and prepared to leave. "Marron I can't pretend I don't feel anything for you. I don't know about you, but I've always felt this way." He paced back and forth in front of the door thinking about what he was going to say to her. "Marron-chan, I know this might seem weird, but I've always had this feeling for you. I've had it ever since I first met you. That's why I'm always protecting you in the little ways that I can. I know this makes no sense, but I'm still trying to figure it out for myself." Gohan paused to look at the expression on her face. 'She understands, but why does she seem so confused?' "Marron I--"

"I know what you mean Gohan. You don't have to explain or complicate things more than neccessary." She advanced towards him still looking unsure about her actions. "But this... you and I... it would never work out. Whatever feelings we have for each other have to be overlooked. You're married. I know you love Videl too much to hurt her over me. It would be better if--"

"If what Marron? Yeah, I know I love Videl. You didn't have to remind me. You think having feelings for two people who mean the world to you is a feeling I go through everyday?"

At that she glared at him once again. "See, this is why I didn't want to see you. I'm already confused on the way I feel about you and now you just complicated things more. Yes, I do know what you're going through. That's why I'm trying to stay away from you. Do you understand now?"

Gohan looked like a wild man. His black eyes glinted with a strange emotion as his lips set into a grim smile. He shook his head not wanting to understand what she just had said. After a tense silence from him he stepped closer to the younger woman. With every step that strange emotion became more evident. When he was right in front of her, he took her hand in his and gave her an almost smile. "What if I don't want you to stay away from me?"

Marron frowned. He was doing it again, but this time she couldn't turn away. She looked down at their entwined hands and sighed. She wasn't going to give in to him. He wasn't thinking straight. Another sigh escaped her lips. Since that day he had kissed her, she began to sigh more and it wasn't a habit she intended on keeping. "Then you'll stay away from me." She said softly. Marron up from their hands back to his face. 'This is not a good thing. I cannot be falling for him. He's married... but I think I love him,' she thought sadly. She released his hand and backed away slightly. "Gohan..."




Finally, I'm done with chapter two. And I finished it before my birthday!! (It's tomorrow, by the way July 6 =)!!!) Thanks to all of you who like this so far. I have a feeling this is going to be long and angsty and a torn Gohan. The next part will have more G/V than G/M because I love both couples and I need to work both in. Well, I'm going to take a slight break from this (sorry Ivory-chan) to finish up "Five Steps" or finish up my Trunks/Pan/Juunana fic. Thanks again to all of you and please tell me whatcha think. Bye