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PART 2 The Meaning of Being Lonely
"Trunks-kun, is something the matter?" Pan asked. Trunks
looked like he was miles away.
"Uh...oh, Pan! Hi! No, no, nothing's wrong!" Trunks said.
"You look like you were in some other planet." Pan said.
"Heh." Trunks chuckled. "I'm just...uh...thinking of you."
"I'm right here." Pan said.
"In a...bathing suit." Trunks added. Pan blushed.
"Oh, Trunks! You sure know how to flatter a girl." Pan said.
"Uh...yeah!" Trunks replied.
"What's with you tonight?"
"Nothing!" Trunks replied.
"Are you bored?"
"No! Heck no!"
"Are you late for something?"
"No! I cleared up all my plans for you."
"Are you...in love with someone else?"
Trunks stared at Pan.
"Of course not!!!" he said.
"Then why are you acting so strangely?" Pan asked.
"I told you already!"
"You're thinking of me in a bathing suit? Yeah right!"
"See? Even you say it's true!"
"I meant that sarcastically."
"Well, since when have I seen you in a bikini?"
"Let me think...last summer?!"
"I missed you in it!"
"Whatever!"
Trunks looked out at the window again. At the stars. Then
a thought suddenly came into his mind. He shook his head to
clear out the thoughts. [What IS wrong with me?]
Goten opened the door and saw Marron.
"Konbanwa, Marron-chan." he said. Marron didn't reply. Instead,
she kissed him on the lips. Goten pushed Marron away.
"Oi! I think you got the wrong person!" Goten said. Marron
stepped back and bowed.
"Gomen nasai, Goten-kun but I...I just had to do it." Marron said
softly.
"What do you mean?" asked Goten.
"I can't stand being so in love with Trunks! I have to...
settle down."
"Settle down?"
"I just want to kiss him and talk to him and love him but I can't.
I just can't."
"What do you need me for?"
"Goten, will you...love me?"
"I..."
"Just one night..."
"I..."
"Onegai!"
"But Marron-chan, I can't."
"I just need one night! At least to just tell someone how much I
feel about Trunks..."
"Well, I...come in."
"Arigato, Goten-kun."
Marron stepped inside.
"I hope I'm not bothering you, Goten-kun." Marron said.
"Not at all!" Goten said.
"Goten-kun?"
"What is it?"
"Do you feel uncomfortable that I'm in love with Trunks and
he's dating your niece?"
"You're good for each other, Marron-chan. But it's really
Trunks' life and he...chooses to be with Pan."
Marron was stunned. She never actually heard anyone else say
that Trunks loved Pan. No one ever made her realize. She stood
still for a moment then she regained her stability.
"I knew it!" she said as tears filled her eyes. "He'll never
love me! I'll be an old maid because no one will love me!"
She turned around and started to run away but then Goten grabbed
her hand.
"I love you, Marron!" Goten said absentmindedly.
"Wh-what did you say?" Marron asked as she turned to face Goten.
"I love you..." Goten whispered, letting go of her hand.
"You're just saying that, Goten-kun!" Marron said.
"No! I mean it!"
"But why? How?"
"It's your fault, y'know. If you hadn't kissed me so good then
I probably wouldn't be this way."
"How much do you..."
"I don't know! I just...do."
"I-I can't. I'm sorry, Goten-kun."
"But we're good for each other! I mean, I'm not that smart but
you are! You can help me! We're only 4 years apart! And Trunks loves
Pan."
"I...gotta go..."
Marron turned away and ran.
"Marron..."
(Marron) I might as well kill myself. But there's so much to live
for but...more to die for. I hate love! People say that love is the
greatest thing ever made but why should it hurt so much?
(Goten) I do love her. A lot, I guess. I don't really know how much
but I know I love her. But I know she'll never feel that way
about me. She loves Trunks too much to give me a chance. I gotta
help her but I don't know how. If I try to make Trunks fall in
love with her then Pan-chan will have her heart broken. I don't
know how Marron can fall in love with someone else when she's so
much in love with Trunks. The only way to help her is to help her
get over him.
"I'm so glad we could all sleep over together!" Bra exclaimed.
"Isn't it great that Marron-chan could come!"
"Yeah!" Pan replied.
"Girls! Time to sleep!" Bulma called out from outside.
"Just a minute, okaasan!" Bra called back. Well, girls *yawn*
I'll see ya in the morning. G'night!"
Bra went to sleep. Marron looked up at the ceiling for while
and then at Pan who didn't seem to be sleeping yet.
"...Pan-chan? Are you still awake?" she asked.
"Yep." Pan replied.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot."
"Have you ever...um...kissed...Trunks?"
"Of course!"
"How does it feel like?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Just wondering. I never kissed a guy before."
"You haven't?!"
"I have but it didn't really mean anything. Since you and Trunks
love each other so much, I wondered how it felt to kiss someone
you really love."
"Well...I really don't know how to explain. It's different all
the time. Sometimes it's planned and sometimes it just happens.
It tastes like a different flavor everytime but the feeling is still
the same.
"So that's how his kisses were..."
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing! Nothing!"
"*yawn* Well, I'm sleepy. Oyasumi nasai."
Pan then went to sleep.
"Oyasumi nasai, Pan-chan."
Marron looked up at the ceiling again. She felt so wide awake.
She stood up and goes outside to look at the stars.
[I wonder how Trunks' kisses really are like.] she wondered
with a sigh.
[No! Stop thinking about it! But it seems so...NO!!! I can't
think about it! But I just want to taste a little...it won't
hurt, would it?]
She looked at the door to the hallway. Trunks' room was just
a couple of doors away. Marron hesitated but then proceeded to
Trunks' room. She smiled at the sleeping Trunks. He was in an
odd position in his bed. A leg dropped to the ground, his arms
were spread across his pillow and he was tied up in his sheets.
He was also snoring. Marron giggled a little and put Trunks in the
proper position. She unwrapped him from his sheets and tucked
him in. Trunks looked more comfortable and stopped snoring. He
looked much better. Marron kneeled down by his bedside and just
watched him as if she were his guardian angel.
"Trunks-kun..." she whispered softly. "I wish I had told you
sooner. Before you fell in love with Pan. Why didn't I take my
chance? I make bad decisions, that's why. I wanted to be the one
telling stories, describing how your kisses were like, not the one
listening to them. At least...I'll know..."
Marron bit her lip and paused. Then she kissed Trunks softly
on the lips.
[It's true! Everything she said was true! Even more...
undescribable...] Marron thought after she broke off the kiss.
Then Trunks' eyes started to open. Marron felt like having a
heart attack.
[Oh Kami-sama! He's waking up!]
"Hngh?" Trunks said as he awoke. His eyes went wide open when
he saw Marron in his room.
"Marron-chan?! What are you doing here?!" he asked.
"Eh...Trunks-kun?! Hey! Why am I in your room?! Heh. I must
be sleepwalking! Hehe..." Marron said.
"..."
"Well, gomen nasai, Trunks-kun! I'd better start sleeping
in a tight sleeping bag, ne? Hehe. Bye!"
Marron jumped to her feet and ran out of the room.
[OH MY GOSH! How embarrassing!] she thought. Then she calmed
down and touched her lips.
"At least I know..." she whispered to herself.
(Marron) I don't think I'll be so sad about Trunks anymore. I know
how his lips taste like and that's enough to help me move on. I
think that's exactly what I needed to realize that Trunks could
never be mine. It was wonderful to feel his lips on mine even
when it meant nothing to him. I felt the warmth of Pan's good night
kiss and I know she gave everything she had into that kiss.
I'm ready to move on.
Marron picked up the phone.
"Moshi moshi!" she greeted.
"Marron-chan, may I speak with you?" the voice on the other line
said.
"Oh Trunks-kun! Sure, go ahead!" Marron said.
"I can't talk now. I want to talk in person."
"Um...okay. Where do we meet?"
"How about Tsuki park?"
Marron paused. [Tsuki park?!]
"Marron? Are you there?" Trunks asked.
"Oh sorry! Sure, I'll be there. What time?"
"Thirty minutes from now?"
"I'll be there!"
"Arigato gozaimasu! Ja ne!"
"'Kay. Bye!"
Marron hung up. She paused for a while and then snapped out of
her trance. She went upstairs and got dressed.
(Marron) Tsuki park?! Does he even remember what happened between
us there?! It was our first and only date. I wasn't in love with
him back then. Maybe I was. I just didn't realize. I was so
obsessed with Clark Gable. I just saw the movie "Gone With the
Wind" and I fell in love with him right away. It was love at first
sight. What was I thinking? He's definitely WAY older than me
and long dead. If I wasn't so damned obsessed with him, Trunks
and I would have had that relationship I've dreamed of. But I
was too young too realize that. I only agreed to go on the date
with Trunks because he was my friend and the restaurant we were
going to was near a store with a "Gone With the Wind" tape.
We went to Tsuki park after dinner and Trunks told me he loved
me. It was my fault Trunks and I will never be together. I was
too busy thinking about that stupid Clark Gable. I broke Trunks'
heart there. I knew I was supposed to move on but...I think I'm
still in love with Trunks.
PART 2 The Meaning of Being Lonely
"Trunks-kun, is something the matter?" Pan asked. Trunks
looked like he was miles away.
"Uh...oh, Pan! Hi! No, no, nothing's wrong!" Trunks said.
"You look like you were in some other planet." Pan said.
"Heh." Trunks chuckled. "I'm just...uh...thinking of you."
"I'm right here." Pan said.
"In a...bathing suit." Trunks added. Pan blushed.
"Oh, Trunks! You sure know how to flatter a girl." Pan said.
"Uh...yeah!" Trunks replied.
"What's with you tonight?"
"Nothing!" Trunks replied.
"Are you bored?"
"No! Heck no!"
"Are you late for something?"
"No! I cleared up all my plans for you."
"Are you...in love with someone else?"
Trunks stared at Pan.
"Of course not!!!" he said.
"Then why are you acting so strangely?" Pan asked.
"I told you already!"
"You're thinking of me in a bathing suit? Yeah right!"
"See? Even you say it's true!"
"I meant that sarcastically."
"Well, since when have I seen you in a bikini?"
"Let me think...last summer?!"
"I missed you in it!"
"Whatever!"
Trunks looked out at the window again. At the stars. Then
a thought suddenly came into his mind. He shook his head to
clear out the thoughts. [What IS wrong with me?]
Goten opened the door and saw Marron.
"Konbanwa, Marron-chan." he said. Marron didn't reply. Instead,
she kissed him on the lips. Goten pushed Marron away.
"Oi! I think you got the wrong person!" Goten said. Marron
stepped back and bowed.
"Gomen nasai, Goten-kun but I...I just had to do it." Marron said
softly.
"What do you mean?" asked Goten.
"I can't stand being so in love with Trunks! I have to...
settle down."
"Settle down?"
"I just want to kiss him and talk to him and love him but I can't.
I just can't."
"What do you need me for?"
"Goten, will you...love me?"
"I..."
"Just one night..."
"I..."
"Onegai!"
"But Marron-chan, I can't."
"I just need one night! At least to just tell someone how much I
feel about Trunks..."
"Well, I...come in."
"Arigato, Goten-kun."
Marron stepped inside.
"I hope I'm not bothering you, Goten-kun." Marron said.
"Not at all!" Goten said.
"Goten-kun?"
"What is it?"
"Do you feel uncomfortable that I'm in love with Trunks and
he's dating your niece?"
"You're good for each other, Marron-chan. But it's really
Trunks' life and he...chooses to be with Pan."
Marron was stunned. She never actually heard anyone else say
that Trunks loved Pan. No one ever made her realize. She stood
still for a moment then she regained her stability.
"I knew it!" she said as tears filled her eyes. "He'll never
love me! I'll be an old maid because no one will love me!"
She turned around and started to run away but then Goten grabbed
her hand.
"I love you, Marron!" Goten said absentmindedly.
"Wh-what did you say?" Marron asked as she turned to face Goten.
"I love you..." Goten whispered, letting go of her hand.
"You're just saying that, Goten-kun!" Marron said.
"No! I mean it!"
"But why? How?"
"It's your fault, y'know. If you hadn't kissed me so good then
I probably wouldn't be this way."
"How much do you..."
"I don't know! I just...do."
"I-I can't. I'm sorry, Goten-kun."
"But we're good for each other! I mean, I'm not that smart but
you are! You can help me! We're only 4 years apart! And Trunks loves
Pan."
"I...gotta go..."
Marron turned away and ran.
"Marron..."
(Marron) I might as well kill myself. But there's so much to live
for but...more to die for. I hate love! People say that love is the
greatest thing ever made but why should it hurt so much?
(Goten) I do love her. A lot, I guess. I don't really know how much
but I know I love her. But I know she'll never feel that way
about me. She loves Trunks too much to give me a chance. I gotta
help her but I don't know how. If I try to make Trunks fall in
love with her then Pan-chan will have her heart broken. I don't
know how Marron can fall in love with someone else when she's so
much in love with Trunks. The only way to help her is to help her
get over him.
"I'm so glad we could all sleep over together!" Bra exclaimed.
"Isn't it great that Marron-chan could come!"
"Yeah!" Pan replied.
"Girls! Time to sleep!" Bulma called out from outside.
"Just a minute, okaasan!" Bra called back. Well, girls *yawn*
I'll see ya in the morning. G'night!"
Bra went to sleep. Marron looked up at the ceiling for while
and then at Pan who didn't seem to be sleeping yet.
"...Pan-chan? Are you still awake?" she asked.
"Yep." Pan replied.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot."
"Have you ever...um...kissed...Trunks?"
"Of course!"
"How does it feel like?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Just wondering. I never kissed a guy before."
"You haven't?!"
"I have but it didn't really mean anything. Since you and Trunks
love each other so much, I wondered how it felt to kiss someone
you really love."
"Well...I really don't know how to explain. It's different all
the time. Sometimes it's planned and sometimes it just happens.
It tastes like a different flavor everytime but the feeling is still
the same.
"So that's how his kisses were..."
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing! Nothing!"
"*yawn* Well, I'm sleepy. Oyasumi nasai."
Pan then went to sleep.
"Oyasumi nasai, Pan-chan."
Marron looked up at the ceiling again. She felt so wide awake.
She stood up and goes outside to look at the stars.
[I wonder how Trunks' kisses really are like.] she wondered
with a sigh.
[No! Stop thinking about it! But it seems so...NO!!! I can't
think about it! But I just want to taste a little...it won't
hurt, would it?]
She looked at the door to the hallway. Trunks' room was just
a couple of doors away. Marron hesitated but then proceeded to
Trunks' room. She smiled at the sleeping Trunks. He was in an
odd position in his bed. A leg dropped to the ground, his arms
were spread across his pillow and he was tied up in his sheets.
He was also snoring. Marron giggled a little and put Trunks in the
proper position. She unwrapped him from his sheets and tucked
him in. Trunks looked more comfortable and stopped snoring. He
looked much better. Marron kneeled down by his bedside and just
watched him as if she were his guardian angel.
"Trunks-kun..." she whispered softly. "I wish I had told you
sooner. Before you fell in love with Pan. Why didn't I take my
chance? I make bad decisions, that's why. I wanted to be the one
telling stories, describing how your kisses were like, not the one
listening to them. At least...I'll know..."
Marron bit her lip and paused. Then she kissed Trunks softly
on the lips.
[It's true! Everything she said was true! Even more...
undescribable...] Marron thought after she broke off the kiss.
Then Trunks' eyes started to open. Marron felt like having a
heart attack.
[Oh Kami-sama! He's waking up!]
"Hngh?" Trunks said as he awoke. His eyes went wide open when
he saw Marron in his room.
"Marron-chan?! What are you doing here?!" he asked.
"Eh...Trunks-kun?! Hey! Why am I in your room?! Heh. I must
be sleepwalking! Hehe..." Marron said.
"..."
"Well, gomen nasai, Trunks-kun! I'd better start sleeping
in a tight sleeping bag, ne? Hehe. Bye!"
Marron jumped to her feet and ran out of the room.
[OH MY GOSH! How embarrassing!] she thought. Then she calmed
down and touched her lips.
"At least I know..." she whispered to herself.
(Marron) I don't think I'll be so sad about Trunks anymore. I know
how his lips taste like and that's enough to help me move on. I
think that's exactly what I needed to realize that Trunks could
never be mine. It was wonderful to feel his lips on mine even
when it meant nothing to him. I felt the warmth of Pan's good night
kiss and I know she gave everything she had into that kiss.
I'm ready to move on.
Marron picked up the phone.
"Moshi moshi!" she greeted.
"Marron-chan, may I speak with you?" the voice on the other line
said.
"Oh Trunks-kun! Sure, go ahead!" Marron said.
"I can't talk now. I want to talk in person."
"Um...okay. Where do we meet?"
"How about Tsuki park?"
Marron paused. [Tsuki park?!]
"Marron? Are you there?" Trunks asked.
"Oh sorry! Sure, I'll be there. What time?"
"Thirty minutes from now?"
"I'll be there!"
"Arigato gozaimasu! Ja ne!"
"'Kay. Bye!"
Marron hung up. She paused for a while and then snapped out of
her trance. She went upstairs and got dressed.
(Marron) Tsuki park?! Does he even remember what happened between
us there?! It was our first and only date. I wasn't in love with
him back then. Maybe I was. I just didn't realize. I was so
obsessed with Clark Gable. I just saw the movie "Gone With the
Wind" and I fell in love with him right away. It was love at first
sight. What was I thinking? He's definitely WAY older than me
and long dead. If I wasn't so damned obsessed with him, Trunks
and I would have had that relationship I've dreamed of. But I
was too young too realize that. I only agreed to go on the date
with Trunks because he was my friend and the restaurant we were
going to was near a store with a "Gone With the Wind" tape.
We went to Tsuki park after dinner and Trunks told me he loved
me. It was my fault Trunks and I will never be together. I was
too busy thinking about that stupid Clark Gable. I broke Trunks'
heart there. I knew I was supposed to move on but...I think I'm
still in love with Trunks.
