A Sweet Touch
Disclaimer – Do I
always have to do this? Well, don't own
it, wish I did own it, and I'm broke so don't sue. Get it? Got it? Good.
A/N – I know that this
story is getting a little screwed up right now, but I think it'll get
better. I've got 50 billion tests
coming up, so I kinda gotta study a lot. I've only got a little bit of time on the computer now. Enjoy! Oh, and I think the chapters will be getting a little longer now. Hopefully…
Chapter 4 – Healing
"Uhh, come on, come on, come
on! Can't I go any faster than
this?" Gohan took another look down at
Videl. Her face was filled with pain,
and as far as Gohan could tell, fear. ~I hope that Bulma can help her, I really do~ Gohan followed to the direction of Capsule
Corp. Vegeta and Trunks had stopped
training now, but that didn't matter sonce Gohan was already out of the woods
and flying over the main roads. At the
moment, he didn't care if everyone found out about his power. All he was concerned about was Videl's
safety.
~Finally~ Gohan landed at the step of CC and knocked on the door. Nothing. Gohan flung the door open, nearly taking it off of it's hinges, and
yelled "Bulma? I really need you to
come down here." Bulma came down the
stairs wrapped in a white towel, wet blue hair dripping on the floor. "This better be…ohhh" Bulma stopped when she saw the huge gash on
Videl's arm. "Get her to my lab," Bulma
said, rushing to the hallway leading to the lab. Gohan followed as quickly as possible. ~Please be alright~
* * * *
"Yes Chichi, unh huh, yeah, unh huh,
yup, sure, okay, bye!" Bulma hung up
the receiver. "Well, your mother's all
filled in," Bulma said to Gohan. "But I
have some bad news." "What?" Gohan was worried at how much worse this day
could get. "Mr. Satan is at your house
and he thinks that you kidnapped Videl. And he's coming over here." "Oh
great…" Gohan winced at the thought of any more trouble. Explaining to his mother was hard
enough. Gohan's eyes rested upon the
sleeping figure laying peacefully on the bed before him. Bulma followed his gaze and said "Don't
worry, Gohan. She's tough." He just nodded his head in agreement.
About an hour after that, Gohan
heard a bellowing voice coming from the entrance of the building. ~Mr. Satan~ Gohan got up, preparing to face
his parents and Mr. Satan at the same time. ~This should be fun~ "Okay, buddy. Where's Videl and what did you do to her?" "One, she's sleeping and if you raise your voice any higher
you're going to wake her. Two, I didn't
do anything to her that would have hurt her in any way and three, I'm staying
by this bedside until she wakes up and is feeling better. Got it?" Gohan's face was as stern as it has ever been. At that moment, you could have sworn that Gohan was Vegeta's son
rather than Goku's. Mr. Satan folded
his arms across his chest, much like Videl did earlier that afternoon. "Well, boy. You see to it that you don't let anything happen to her." Gohan flashed Mr. Satan the Son smile and
Mr. Satan left the room. Now, all Gohan
had to do was face his parents.
Chichi came in the door and raced
towards Gohan as fast as she could. "Gohan! Where have you
been?" This was said in a sympathetic
voice. "Don't you ever run away like
that again, Mr." Now, Chichi was back
to her old, mean self again. "You hear
me?" She added another verse to
emphasize the point she made. Gohan
just partially blocked her out until she stopped talking, only mumbling an
occasional 'yes mom' or 'no mom'.
Goku and Goten came in next, Goku
not really bothering Gohan and Goten running over to hug Gohan's leg, which was
all he could reach up to at this point. "Gohan, I missed you." Gohan
looked down at his little brother. "Don't
run away again, Gohan. You'll make me
really sad." Goten looked up into Gohan's
eyes and smiled. Gohan sat back down
into his seat, preparing for a long time of sitting.
* * * *
Afew hours had passed since Chichi,
Goku, Goten and Mr. Satan came to CC. Mr. Satan had left for home, commenting on his way out how he would
never spend a night in his whole life with the likes of them. Goku, Chichi, Goten and everyone else had
left for bed, staying at Bulma's. Gohan
though, as promised, stayed by Videl. The chair that he had been sitting on was at the other end of the
room. He picked it up, making sure not
to create much noise to wake Videl, and brought it to her bedside. Gohan lifted Videl's good arm and placed her
hand in his. ~Eriza and Sharpner are
going to wonder where we are tomorrow. I don't care if mom doesn't let me, I'm going to stay home from school
to watch over Videl~ He watched her
sleep peacefully. With the injections
that Bulma had given her, Videl didn't feel any more pain. It was just a matter of time until she woke
up, and then they would see if there are any serious internal injuries.
Since Videl's eyes were closed,
Gohan wasn't drawn in by them. But eyes
closed or not, he still was mesmerized by the mere sight of her. He took his thumb on the hand hers was in
and rubbed her hand, trying to make her feel better. ~It's all my fault. I
should have been looking out for her better. I'll never forgive myself for this. I was so stupid!~ Gohan turned
his head towards his watch on his wrist. It read 4:05am. Gohan had never
been up this late before. He slowly
drifted into sleep sitting in his chair with his head on Videl's bed. His soft, black hair was slightly touching
her arm. Gohan slept the rest of the
night in that position, holding Videl's hand. And he found it very comfortable.