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PART 17 When the Cherry Blossoms Start to Bloom


Marron was at Tsuki Park, sitting on a bench by herself. The
trees all had pink buds on them. In a few days, it would be
time for cherry blossom viewing. Everybody decided to all
get together at Tsuki Park. Ever since the carnival, Tsuki
Park was her family's favorite park. Her family, the Sons, the
Briefs and all the other guys were coming. Cherry blossom viewing
was one of the best events. She remembered the viewing last
year. Not so many friends and family came. It was quite a busy
time of year. This time, everybody was free and could come.
They planned to stay there the whole day. From morning 'til
night.
Marron also had her own plans for cherry blossom viewing night.
That night was supposedly one of the best times for love and
romance. Marron had to get over Trunks on that night. If she
could do it on that particular night, maybe she could find some
closure. But if she couldn't find it in her heart to get over
her one true love, she just had to tell him. Sakura viewing
night was probably her last chance, her last drop of hope. It
was for all or nothing. Closure or confession. There was no
other choice. If she kept her mouth shut, she would have a
miserable life, grieving over Trunks. Asking all over again if
he loved her or not. She would never find the answer with a closed
mouth or a closed mind. She just had to do something.


"Marron!" Kurillin called from downstairs. "Are you ready
yet, dear?"
"Coming, Dad!" Marron replied. She straightened her clothes
and made sure her hair was right. Then she went downstairs.
"You look better than the last time that you wore one of
those." Kurillin told his daughter. Marron smiled. She was
wearing a pink kimono for the cherry blossom viewing. She had her hair
styled up in an old fashioned Japanese hairstyle. She had gotten
the kimono from the same store where she got her carnival
kimono. The people there knew some people who could do the
old fashioned Japanese hairstyles. They did an excellent job.
Even Juuhachigou wanted one so she did get one. She also wore
a kimono to go with it.
"I feel so left out." Kurillin said. "You two get such lovely
kimonos and I'm left with this old suit."
"Don't worry about it, Papa." Marron said. "You look good
anyways."
"Thank you, Marron." Kurillin replied. "Well, shall we go now?"
Kurillin and his family along with Master Roshi and Oolong
got into the car and drove to Tsuki Park. The park was full
of people but Goten and Gohan had saved them all a big spot.
It was practically perfect.
"How'd you get such a good place?" Marron asked Goten.
"Mom made us come last night and we camped here." Goten replied.
Marron giggled.
"I'm serious!" Goten said.
"I believe you. That was a very nice thing to do."
"Well, I don't exactly deserve all the credit. My mother made
us come here."
"It was a good thing, too. This place is really full of
people."
"Looks like practically everybody in town is here."
"Looks like it."
Then they saw the Briefs coming towards them. Bra rushed over
to Marron and Pan.
"Hey Marron! Pan!" Bra greeted.
"Hi!" Marron and Pan said at the same time.
"You look really good with that kimono on." Bra said to Marron.
"Arigato." Marron replied.
"Wish I had one." Pan said.
"There's a new shop at Satan City Mall that sells beautiful
kimonos." Marron said.
"Really?! Cool!" Bra said. Marron told the two teenage girls
about it and chatted for a while.

"Marron looks really nice." Trunks said to his best friend.
"Yeah." Goten replied. He looked at Trunks. It seemed like he
couldn't take his eyes off Marron.
"Um...Trunks?" Goten said, waving his hand in Trunks' face.
Trunks shook his head and faced Goten.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Are you starting to fall for Marron?" Goten asked.
"What?! N-no. No, no, no. I just thought she was pretty, that s'all."
"Oh reeeeeeeeeeally?"
"Yes!"
"How come your blushing then?"
"I-I...shut up!"
"You know you like her!"
"I do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Goten fell on the ground, laughing. He was laughing so hard that
tears were falling from his eyes. Trunks stared at him in
confusion.
"What in the heck is so funny?!" he yelled.
"You...*haha*...like...*hahahahaha*...Marron!" Goten managed to say.
"I just told you..."
"You said that...*HAHAHA*...you did to!"
"Wha...I..." Trunks paused. "I DID!"

"Gee, I wonder what those two boys are laughing about." Marron said.
"I don't know but whatever it is, I don't care." Bra said.
"Why do YOU care about what they're laughing about?" Pan asked.
"I was just wondering." Marron replied.
"Oh reeeeeeeeeeeeally?" Pan asked.
"Yes!" Marron replied. Sweat drops were forming on her head.
"Why are you blushing?" Bra asked.
"I..." Marron started to say.
"Marron's thinking about Uncle Goten!" Pan interrupted.
"I was not thinking about Goten!" Marron said.
"You must be thinking about Trunks then!" Bra said.
"I..." Marron started to say again.
"Well, it MUST be one of them." Pan said. "You wouldn't be
blushing and sweating and all nervous like if you weren't thinking
about a boy."
"It's just that..."
"It would be really cool if Marron married Uncle Goten, don't
you think so, Bra?" Pan said.
"Or if she married 'Niichan." Bra said. "Then we'd be sister-in-laws
and that would just be so fun!"
"Um...guys?" Marron said.
"I've always wanted to have a sister!" Bra said.
"Or a really cool aunt!" Pan added.
Marron looked at the two younger girls. She knew she couldn't
stop them from talking about such an interesting subject. She
sat there and drank tea while Pan and Bra were busy talking about
how cool it would be if they were her relatives. Marron sighed
and went to the boys.
"Hey guys!" she said.
"Hello Marron!" Trunks replied. Goten took one look at Marron
and Trunks then he burst out laughing.
"You tricked me into saying that!!!" Trunks shouted at Goten.
"What did he trick you into saying?" Marron asked. Goten
finally calmed himself down and faced Marron.
"Marron," Goten said. "I have wonderful news for you."
"What is it, Goten-kun?" Marron asked. Trunks turned bright red
and was sweating a lot.
"Trunks..." Goten started. "likes you!"
Trunks looked like he could explode any second. Marron blinked
at Goten.
"Oh really?" she said. She faced Trunks. "I like you, too."
Trunks face went back its normal color. He stared at Marron
with a surprised look.
"You aren't freaked out?" Trunks asked.
"Of course not. Why would I?" Marron said. "I also like Goten,
Bra, Pan, Ubuu, my mom, my dad, Goku-san, Chichi-san, Gohan-san,
Videl-san, Bulma-san, Vegeta-sama, although I am a little bit
scared by him, Master Roshi, Oolong, although they are a little
perverted, Yamucha-san, Puar, Tenshinhan-san, Chaotzu, Uncle
Juunanagou, Satan-sama, although he is a little bit weird, oh,
I can just go on forever."
The two boys looked at her in an odd way. Goten crouched on
the ground and it was Trunks' turn to laugh.
"You guys are weird..." Marron sighed.


Marron was sitting on the picnic blanket. She couldn't really
say that she was by herself because she was surrounded by people.
She just didn't have any company. Then Trunks came and sat down
next to her.
"The sakura are very beautiful, aren't they?" he asked.
"They just get better every time I see them." Marron replied.
"I wonder how something as natural as cherry blossoms become
so beautiful and important."
"All those pink blossoms..."
"Beautiful blue eyes..."
Marron paused. She looked at Trunks who was already looking
at her. Trunks looked like he was thinking about something.
"What did you just say?!" she asked. Trunks looked at Marron
and blinked. Then it looked like he just realized what he had
said. He blushed and got sweaty. He looked away and seemed
nervous about something.
"Nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing at all!" he said quickly.
"Are you all right, Trunks?" Marron asked.
"Of course! Of course!"
"You seem nervous about something."
"Me? Me? Nervous about something? Heck no! Whatever gave you
that idea?"
"You're blushing and sweating a lot."
"I am? Oh really? It's just so hot here, don't you think?"
"No. It's springtime."
"Oh really? Maybe I should have worn something much lighter, huh?
Wool's not really the best choice of clothing, right?"
"You're right about that but...you're not wearing wool."
"Oh really? It does seem like cotton, doesn't it? Wool that
looks like cotton. What'll they think of next?"
"Are you positive that you're okay?"
"Positive? Of course I am! Never felt better!"
"Um...okay..."
Marron and Trunks were quiet for a moment. Marron looked at
Trunks who was still blushing and very sweaty. Trunks tried to
keep his face away from Marron but he found himself trying to
turn to see her.
"Trunks," Marron said. "I'm going to get something to drink, okay?"
"S-sure." Trunks replied.
"Would you like something?" Marron asked, standing up.
"No, thank you. No, thank you. Nothing for me."
Marron nodded and went towards the drinks. Trunks couldn't
help staring at Marron as she went to get a drink. It was pretty
weird. Maybe Goten was right. Maybe he was falling for Marron...


[Wool? What was I thinking?] Trunks said to himself in his mind.
He took a sip of his tea and thought about how stupid he acted.
It was weird. He didn't know what made him say those things.
Especially about the eyes... It just came out of his mouth. His
mind seemed to be somewhere else.
Trunks looked at Marron's direction. She was with Goten, Pan
and Bra. They were making her try some sake. It looked like
they themselves were drunk on sake. It was quite a funny sight.
Trunks chuckled to himself.
"Somebody help me!" Marron shouted.
"Itsh goodz!" Goten said.
"You'll like ish a lotz!" Pan said.
"C'mon, Marron!" Bra said.
"HELP!" Marron cried out.
Trunks smiled and stood up. He went towards the group.
"Okay, guys, you can stop now!" Trunks said.
"We jus' wanna get Marron...*hic*...ta try thish..." Goten said.
"Ish bery, bery goodsh!" Pan added.
Trunks looked at them as if they were crazy. He looked at
Marron. He held out his hand and she took it. Then he pulled
her up.
"Come on, we'll get away from these drunken weirdos." Trunks said.
Marron nodded and they ran somewhere safe.
"You saved my life!" Marron said.
"Don't mention it." Trunks replied.
"They're really obsessed on sake, aren't they?"
"Yep."
"It looks like everyone is..."
Trunks and Marron looked around. Everywhere, people were
drinking sake. Their faces were red from drunkness. Even
Vegeta was drinking some and getting drunk.
"I think it would be best if we stayed here for a while." Trunks
said.
"Good idea." Marron said.
(a few minutes later...)
"Y'know, everybody's having a drink. It wouldn't hurt if we had
some, would it?" Trunks said.
"Well, not really..." Marron said but she was cut off when a
little drunk boy fell in front of them.
"AHHH!!!" Marron screamed. She held onto Trunks' shirt.
"Guess not..." Trunks said. Marron looked really creeped out
seeing all those drunk zombies around them. Trunks stood up and
carried the boy who fainted to his drunk family.
"We're in a nation that's addicted to sake!" Marron said. She
held onto Trunks again when he came back. Trunks looked at
Marron. She was so close to him and it felt...pretty good.
Marron looked up and found Trunks' icy blue eyes locked with
her own. They were still for a while. Marron blinked and started
to blush. She pulled away from Trunks and turned away. Now, she
wanted to get away from Trunks. She spotted her mother, pouring
water over her father to revive him from drunkenness.
"I think I'll help my mom." Marron said as she stood up.
She ran towards her mother without saying a word to Trunks as
she left.


It took a while (3 hours) to bring back everybody to sanity.
They all had a lot of sake. The only ones who did not become
victims of this rice wine were Marron, Trunks and Juuhachigou.
Marron and Trunks avoided the drink and Juuhachigou could not
get drunk because she was an android. It was now time for the
food.

"Yeah! I'm starving!" a drooling Goten said as his eyes feasted
on the sight of the food.
"You just had 67 bottles of sake..." Trunks mumbled.
"That was hours ago!" Goten said. "And it was just rice wine!"
"Rice wine that turned you into a zombie..."
"I was not a zombie! A guy has to have a little fun once in
a while, is that not right?"
"You were drunk!"
"So what? I'm old enough to get drunk, aren't I?"
"Your mind isn't!"
"Don't insult me! My mind is just as old as me!"
"Then I guess you were born yesterday."
"Boys! Boys! Calm down!" Marron said, coming into the picture.
"He started it!" Goten said, pointing to Trunks.
"It's not polite to point." Marron scolded.
"Oh. Sorry." Goten said, pulling away his hand.
Marron put her hands on her hips and sighed as she shook her
head. She looked at Goten who was slowly reaching for a cookie
so Marron hit his hand.
"Ow! Whatcha do that for?!" Goten asked, rubbing his hand.
"You can't touch that until later!" Marron said.
"Why not?!"
"'Coz you have to wait until all the food is ready and everybody
has had their share."
"Why?!"
"It's the rule. That is why I am here to protect the food."
"You were?!"
"Yes."
"You traitor!"
"Whoever said that I was on your side?"
Goten growled at Marron then pouted. Marron giggled. She got a
cookie and popped it into her mouth.
"HEY!!!" Goten yelled.
"I'M the only one who's allowed to have some cookies." Marron
said. "And besides, I made them."
Goten pouted again then his eyes became teary. He crouched
down into a ball.
"You're so CRUEL!" cried Goten.
"Why, thank you!" Marron replied cheerily.
"BOO! HOO! HOO!"

"GET AWAY FROM THAT SAKE, YA HEAR???!!! YOU ALREADY HAD FIFTY
WHATEVER BOTTLES OF THAT STUFF A FEW HOURS AGO!!!"
"Yes, ma'am..." Gohan squeaked, running away from the food. Trunks
and Goten were watching Marron protect the food and she did a
very good job on it. She yelled at everybody who came 2 feet from
the food.
"Marron's gonna be one tough mom." Trunks said to Goten.
"You can say that again. I feel sorry for her kids."
"Imagine having a mom yelling at you all the time, telling you
what to do. She's even tougher than YOUR mom!"
"I'm not worried about that. I'm sad that those kids are gonna
starve to death!"
Trunks slapped his forehead and sighed.
"Well, all I have to say is that you're right about that." he
said. "But don't you even care about anything else except food?"
"Yeah. Fighting." Goten replied.
"How are you gonna expect Marron's kids to fight?"
"I dunno. You just asked me if I cared about anything else
except food and I said that I liked fighting."
"Well, if Marron wants smart kids, she'd better not marry you."
"So you're saying that if she married you instead, she'd
have smart kids?"
"Of course she'd have smart kids if she married me. She'd have
smart kids if she married anyone but you!"
"Her kids would still be smart if she married me!"
"No way."
"Yes way! Just you wait! If I ever get married to Marron, we
could have the smartest kids in the whole universe!"
"By the time that happens, you'll be the smartest person that
has ever lived!"
"Our whole family will be smart!"
"I was being sarcastic, you dope..."
"I am not a dope!"
"Oh really?"
"Really! If I'm such a dope, how come I was the first to get
a girlfriend when you were, oh I don't know...the richest
bachelor in the world?!"
"Nine and a half tenths of the world's female population were
and are still madly in love with me!"
"So what? I might be the one who marries Marron and have the
really brainy kids!"
"No way because I'M gonna marry Marron!"
"Oh really?"
"Really!"
"Then why didn't ya ask her before?"
"What are you..."
"You said before you left that you were gonna ask Marron to
marry you and here I am, not seeing any engagement ring on Marron."
"I did not say I was going to do that!"
"You don't remember?" Goten now seemed serious about the topic.
Trunks was now confused.
"Remember what?" Trunks asked.
"Don't you love Marron anymore?" Goten asked.
"What in the heck gave you that idea?!"
Goten didn't reply. He looked at Trunks and sadly shook his
head.


"Time to eat, everyone!" Chichi called out. Everybody began
to eat except Marron and Goten.
"Why aren't you eating, Goten?" Marron asked. Goten was staring
at her with terrified eyes. Marron shrugged and stood up. She
went to get some food and came back with two bowls with rice,
sushi, sashimi and shrimp tempura.
"Here you go." Marron said, putting down a bowl in front of
Goten. Goten still looked scared.
"I thought you wanted to eat." Marron said. "Why don't you have
some? It's very good."
"Y-y-y-you-you're not-not gonna kill m-m-me, a-a-are y-you?" Goten
stammered.
"No. Why do you say that?"
"B-b-because t-th-that b-b-b-b-bowl o-o-of f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-food
i-i-i-is j-j-just a-a-a-a f-few centime-centimeters a-a-away f-from
m-me..."
"You're allowed to eat, Goten."
"R-r-r-r-r-r-r-really?"
"Yes! Your patience has paid off."
"Oh good!"
Goten took the bowl and it was empty in 2 seconds.
"More please!" Goten said, holding out his bowl. Marron looked
at the empty bowl with a startled look but then she took it and
grinned.

"Hey Vegeta!" Goku said. "Do you think I could ask you a question?"
"No." Vegeta retorted.
"How do you feel about Trunks' wedding?" Goku asked anyway.
"I don't care!" Vegeta said.
"You have to care at least one bit." Kurillin said.
"Well, I don't!" Vegeta replied.
"I would care about Goten's wedding." Goku said.
"I'm not like you!"
"I thought Trunks really loved that Nusumi girl..." Kurillin said.
"Just shut up!"
"I would care about my kids' weddings." Yamucha said.
"I don't want anything that has to do with that boy's wedding! It's
his business!"
"You think that he loves someone else?" Tenshinhan asked.
"Maybe." Goku said. "That Trunks is a very strange guy."
"I don't know why this is the subject in your conversation. But
I choose to stay out of it because it is a subject that those
women should talk about and not men of honor!" Vegeta said. The
rest of the guys looked at him.
"I guess Vegeta IS pretty much right about that." Kurillin said.
"Did you guys see the baseball game the other night?" Yamucha asked.

"I tell you, ever since the subject of Trunks getting married
came up, I've always been wondering when he's ever going to settle
down with a nice girl." Bulma said to the women with her who were
Juuhachigou, Chichi and Videl.
"I wonder whatever possessed him to do that." Bulma said. "Although
I must say, I've always wanted something like that to happen to me."
"I wonder when my Pan will ever be serious with that boy." Videl
said. "It seems as though they're always together but they only
flirt. They make such a good couple, too."
"Goten's always flirting." Chichi said. "It's a shame that
he broke up with Paris. They were so good together. But sometimes
I think that he has something for your girl, Juuhachigou. It
seems that they're together a lot."
The other women waited for Juuhachigou's comment. She just
smiled.
"Well, Juu?" Bulma asked. "What do you think about Marron and
Goten?"
"A very good couple, if I must so myself." replied Juuhachigou.
"Kurillin and Goku are really close friends, aren't they?" asked
Bulma. "Have your families ever thought of an arranged marriage?"
"Oh no, Bulma! I think my Goten should be able to marry the
girl he wants." Chichi said.
"The same goes for Marron." said Juuhachigou.
"Goten and Marron ARE very close friends, ne?" said Videl. "Maybe
they won't mind that much."
"Well, I've always thought that it was time for Marron to get
married." said Juuhachigou.
"Those two ARE pretty close." Chichi added. The group of
women thought about how it would be like if Goten and Marron DID
get married. Then Marron came.
"Here is your tea!" she said, placing a cup of warm green tea
in front of each lady. Then she set down the tray she was carrying
and sat down in the circle with her own cup of tea in her hands.
"Marron-chan!" Bulma exclaimed. "We were just talking about you."
"You were? What about?" Marron asked.
"Isn't it about time that you got married?" asked Videl. Marron
blushed at the question.
"But Videl-san, I-I'm just 24 years old!" Marron replied.
"It IS about time you got married." Juuhachigou said.
"Mama, I..."
"What do you think of Goten?" asked Chichi.
"G-G-Goten-kun?! You guys must be kidding."
"It would be a great benefit to the family if you could just try."
Juuhachigou told her daughter.
"We-we're just friends!" Marron said.
"Oh come on!" Bulma said. "You must like Goten just a little."
"Well, he IS cute but..."
"I wonder how your children would look like." Videl said.
"Ch-ch-children?!"
"They'll be absolutely adorable!" Chichi said.
"Can we please change the subject?" Marron pleaded. She was
starting to sweat and wanted to find an excuse, ANY excuse to get
her out of that mess she was in. But the older women continued
talking about Marron and Goten. Even Pan and Bra heard and they
decided to join the conversation. Now, six women were talking
about it. She looked at the men's group and it looked like they
were talking about a subject just as entertaining.
Marron was curious to know about what the guys were talking
about. Even Vegeta seemed interested. The six ladies were
so engrossed in their subject that they didn't notice Marron
run away.
When Marron reached the men's group, she knelt down and no
one saw that she was there.
"How about Kenji Kobayashi?" Yamucha asked. The guys shook
their heads.
"He really stinks." commented Kurillin.
[Oh good!] Marron thought. [They're talking about baseball.]
Even though the subject was not in Marron's best interests,
she would rather hear about baseball than about the idea of her
and Goten getting married.
"How about Goten?" Goku asked. Marron's head perked up.
"Goten would be perfect for Marron!" Kurillin exclaimed. Marron
groaned and looked for somewhere else to stay. She found a
secluded spot in the shadows and sat against a tree. She enjoyed
her moment of peace until she heard footsteps running towards her
direction and then a panting sound. The panting stopped and
then the footsteps came closer to her location. She looked at
her left and waited for that someone come. The she saw that
someone's shoes which stopped inches from her. She squeezed her
eyes shut.
"Marron?" Goten's voice asked from above her. Marron opened
her eyes and looked up. It was Goten.
"It's only you..." Marron sighed with relief.
"What are you doing here? Are you avoiding 'them'?"
"So you heard them talking about us?"
"Yeah. Can I sit here?"
"Sure."
Goten sat down next to Marron and leaned on the tree.
"Imagine you and me...getting married!" Goten said with a laugh.
"It's awful when they play matchmaker."
"You think they'll calm down?"
"Not in this century."
"Aww man! We'll have to stay here forever!"
"Eventually, you'll be able to live with the torture."
"When pigs fly."
"Watch it! You might see Oolong in the skies any day now."
They both laughed. Then they stopped and leaned against the tree
as they watched the pink cherry blossoms fall onto the ground.
"Do you think it's a possibility?" Goten asked in a voice so
soft that it was as if he hardly said anything at all. Marron
was surprised at the question he had just asked. But Goten said
it so absent-mindedly that she didn't know if he intended for
her to hear it and answer or he was just wondering out loud.
"Do you?" asked Marron. Goten didn't answer yet. He was looking
at the falling sakura.
"I hope so." he whispered. Marron looked at him, watching
the sakura. She smiled to herself.
"Probably." she whispered back.


[Finally! They stopped talking about me and Goten.] Marron
thought happily. She and Goten came out of hiding just a few
minutes ago when Trunks found them and informed them of the good
news. The three were sitting down, quietly sipping tea.
"So what did you two do back there?" asked Trunks to Goten. Goten's
face flushed.
"Nothing!" he said. Trunks looked at him suspiciously, one eyebrow
raised.
"Nothing?" Trunks asked.
"Nothing!" Goten replied. Trunks looked dissatisfied with the
answer but then resumed to his former position and began sipping
tea again. His eyes were still kept on Goten. Then, after 5 sips
of the green tea, his eyes moved over to Marron. Marron was peacefully
enjoying her tea but then felt Trunks' eyes on her. She took a
sip of her drink, put it down on her lap and glared at Trunks.
"What?" she asked. Trunks faced forward and continued drinking
the beverage in his hands but his eyes couldn't help moving to
Marron. Marron was still glaring at him and he started to sweat.
"So...what did you do while you were gone?" Trunks finally spat out.
"We watched cherry blossoms." Marron retorted.
"And?"
"We sat. And we sat. And we sat."
"And?"
"You came."
"Oh. Okay..." Trunks continued drinking but was still dissatisfied
with the answer. Marron was still glaring at him and Trunks was
getting quite uncomfortable. Trunks turned to face her but then
Marron turned away and began sipping again. Trunks did the same
thing. Goten noticed this.
"This doesn't feel right." he said. Marron and Trunks just
shrugged. Goten watched Marron.
"Are you mad about something, Marron-chan?" he asked.
"No. I'm fine. But it is a bit uncomfortable when a certain
someone believes that you did a certain something when you
certainly did not." Marron said. Goten looked at Trunks.
"Oh, all right. I'll stop!" Trunks said to Marron. Marron nodded
with satisfaction. Goten looked at the two of them.
"I'm gonna get some more tea, okay?" Goten said as he stood up and
then left. The two others resumed to sipping their tea and
Trunks' cup was empty after a while. He looked at Marron. She
seemed troubleless, quietly drinking her warm green tea but she
was troubled and quite annoyed.
"Is anything the matter?" asked Trunks in a concerned tone of voice.
"Yes." Marron said before she took a sip.
"What is it then?"
"I'm just..." She put down her empty tea cup and looked at Trunks
with seriousness and concern. "I'm worried that the thing about
me and Goten isn't a game. What if they do have an arranged marriage
for me and Goten?"
"I...I honestly don't know. If it's not Goten you want to marry
then who is it?"
"It's...um...some guy..."
"Who? You can tell me. Maybe if I know him, I can hook you two
up. Do I know him?"
"Well...yes...kinda..."
"Who is it?"
"Well...um..." Marron placed her tea cup on the tray and stood
up. She walked to the less crowded area where there were not many
lights. Trunks watched her and followed her. He stayed about three
paces away from her. She stopped at the very secluded area of the
park and turned to him. There was a small pond that stopped her.
She was just a few centimeters from touching the water.
"It's...time that I...told you...the truth..." she said quietly.
"What truth?" Trunks asked. Marron clasped her hands together
to keep them from shaking. She bowed her head.
"I-I..."
"You what?"
"I...have this...feeling for...you... I-I really think that I've
kept this long enough. Too long... I have sort of a-a "crush" on
you...but..."
"Y-yes?"
"It's much stronger than that... I-I l-l..."
"TRUNKS! MARRON!" Goten called out. Marron lifted her head as
Trunks turned his. Marron wanted to do something so badly. She
hesitated for a while. Goten's footsteps came closer and closer.
"Where are you guys?!" Goten said. Marron squeezed her hands
so tightly that it hurt and then she went over to Trunks and
kissed him passionately. It only lasted a couple of seconds but
it was filled with so much emotion. Just as Trunks was going to
kiss Marron back, Marron pulled away and ran to Goten's direction.
Goten came found Trunks. Marron was behind Goten. She couldn't
let Trunks see her. The spot they were in was not exactly the
brightest but it wasn't the darkest either. It was dim and Marron
wanted to do as much as she could to hide her blushing face from
Trunks.
"So what did you do there?" asked Goten suspiciously.
"N-nothing." Trunks said, biting his lip. His lips were very
warm. "Nothing. Nothing at all."


When the cherry blossoms start to bloom
Meet me here in my lonely room
We'll find our passion filled fantasy
And this time you will stay with me

All the misery we knew before
Stays away when you are at my door
My heart will sing at ev'ry tender touch
And, oh, you'll want me twice as much

A new dimension of love
A bold adventure waiting for you
The true dimension of love
A soaring flight, a dazzling view

We're gonna take it all the way
We'll make the dreams so totally real
See greater wonders by the day
Then tell the stars what glorious rapture we feel

Soon, with the star of Spring
We will know our hearts are changing
Leave the hurt behind
I'll be true and kind
Be the best thing you'll ever find

We don't ever have to cry or fight
Something tells me we can make it right
Enough of wandering far and wide
I just can't forget you though I've tried

This is destiny so why pretend
Close your eyes kiss me once again
I'll always be the only one you need
So go where your deepest longing leads

A new dimension of love
A bold adventure waiting for you
The true dimension of love
A soaring flight, a dazzling view

We're gonna take it all the way
We'll make the dream so totally real
See greater wonders by the day
Then tell the stars what glorious rapture we feel

Soon, in the April breeze
We will bring alive the mem'ries
Yes I'm sure we will
Bring back every thrill
Make them all lovelier still

When the cherry blossoms start to bloom
Meet me here in my lonely room
We'll find our passion filled fantasy
And this time you will stay with me

All the misery we knew before
Stays away when you're at my door
My heart will sing at ev'ry tender touch
And you will want me twice as much

We don't ever have to cry or fight
Something tell me we can make it right
Enough of wandering far and wide
I can't forget you though I've tried

This is destiny so why pretend
Close your eyes kiss me once again
I'll always be the only one you need
So go where your deepest longing leads