Chapter Fourteen
Videl tugged nerviously on the strap to her gym bag. She looked at the open suitcase on her bed and looked around for anything else she might have overlooked. She wore an over sized brown jacket over her jeans and t-shirt. Around her neck was no longer the slave collar but the tamashii.
Clothes, food, money. She walked over to her dresser and picked up the round glittering ball Gohan had given her for her birthday last month. It was a miniature of the entire sayjin galaxy. The red planet revolved around two suns and glowed brightly. Videl smiled and carefully wrapped it in a skirt and placed it in her case. She closed the lid and clicked it shut.
Videl lifted it up and climbed down the ladder into Gohans bedroom. He wasn't there so she moved out into the living room. Gohan stood with his back to her next to the table. Videl smiled softly and took in the sight of him in his armor and tight training pants. After a moment she shuffled in making alot of noise with her suitcase and he turned around.
The image of her with all of her belongings all packed up was a blow to Gohan. He had dressed in his best armor in hopes of getting some training in after she left, but now he knew he couldn't. She was leaving.
"Well I'm all set." she said forcing a smile.
"Yeah. I see."
They both sort of shuffled their feet and stared around the room. Videl spotted a pair of her earrings on the table.
"My earrings!" she said walking around Gohan and picking them up. they were big gold hoops with green glass in them. "They were an impulse buy." she explained.
"I remember you wore them the night you made my mother faint." he said stupidly.
Videl laughed remembering. "Right."
The silence fell once more. She wanted to hug him and kiss him all over, but that was uncalled for. So she stood there.
"Look," Gohan said after a minute. "if you ever need help or a place to stay . . . . you're welcome here."
"Thanks, and if you ever swing by Norcom feel free to stop by." she said. She looked up into his big black eyes and saw he was as uncomfortable as she was. "This is rediculous!" She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him. Gohan hugged her close and smelled her hair one last time.
"I'm going to miss you, Gohan." she admitted. "You've done so much for me."
"Videl-"
"I mean it." Videl interupted. "Helping me win my freedom, then training me. Then paying for both me and Lous lift to Norcom. I'll admit I've been some trouble," She recalled the scars on her back. "but I do appreceate everything. I have no regrets." She looked right into his face as she said those last words. She reached up to hug him again, but he moved his face just enough so their lips met. Videl didn't even try to pull away. She treached up to run her hands along his jaw and to the back of his neck. Both lovers poured all their emotions into it. Their pain and frustration. Their anger and loss. And their love.
~Just tell me you love me!~
Gohan pulled away and breathed deeply. He ran his thumb over her bottom lip. If he told her, would she stay?
Videl felt his finger across her lip and she opened her eyes. Should she tell him how she feels?
~And I'll be with you.~
"I-I" Videl swallowed. "s-should go. I'll miss my flight to Norcross. Then I'd miss the ship to Norcom and . . . ."
Gohan nodded and stepped back. Videl picked up her suitcase and walked to the door.
~Always.~
She took one last look back, then walked out the door.
Videl tugged nerviously on the strap to her gym bag. She looked at the open suitcase on her bed and looked around for anything else she might have overlooked. She wore an over sized brown jacket over her jeans and t-shirt. Around her neck was no longer the slave collar but the tamashii.
Clothes, food, money. She walked over to her dresser and picked up the round glittering ball Gohan had given her for her birthday last month. It was a miniature of the entire sayjin galaxy. The red planet revolved around two suns and glowed brightly. Videl smiled and carefully wrapped it in a skirt and placed it in her case. She closed the lid and clicked it shut.
Videl lifted it up and climbed down the ladder into Gohans bedroom. He wasn't there so she moved out into the living room. Gohan stood with his back to her next to the table. Videl smiled softly and took in the sight of him in his armor and tight training pants. After a moment she shuffled in making alot of noise with her suitcase and he turned around.
The image of her with all of her belongings all packed up was a blow to Gohan. He had dressed in his best armor in hopes of getting some training in after she left, but now he knew he couldn't. She was leaving.
"Well I'm all set." she said forcing a smile.
"Yeah. I see."
They both sort of shuffled their feet and stared around the room. Videl spotted a pair of her earrings on the table.
"My earrings!" she said walking around Gohan and picking them up. they were big gold hoops with green glass in them. "They were an impulse buy." she explained.
"I remember you wore them the night you made my mother faint." he said stupidly.
Videl laughed remembering. "Right."
The silence fell once more. She wanted to hug him and kiss him all over, but that was uncalled for. So she stood there.
"Look," Gohan said after a minute. "if you ever need help or a place to stay . . . . you're welcome here."
"Thanks, and if you ever swing by Norcom feel free to stop by." she said. She looked up into his big black eyes and saw he was as uncomfortable as she was. "This is rediculous!" She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him. Gohan hugged her close and smelled her hair one last time.
"I'm going to miss you, Gohan." she admitted. "You've done so much for me."
"Videl-"
"I mean it." Videl interupted. "Helping me win my freedom, then training me. Then paying for both me and Lous lift to Norcom. I'll admit I've been some trouble," She recalled the scars on her back. "but I do appreceate everything. I have no regrets." She looked right into his face as she said those last words. She reached up to hug him again, but he moved his face just enough so their lips met. Videl didn't even try to pull away. She treached up to run her hands along his jaw and to the back of his neck. Both lovers poured all their emotions into it. Their pain and frustration. Their anger and loss. And their love.
~Just tell me you love me!~
Gohan pulled away and breathed deeply. He ran his thumb over her bottom lip. If he told her, would she stay?
Videl felt his finger across her lip and she opened her eyes. Should she tell him how she feels?
~And I'll be with you.~
"I-I" Videl swallowed. "s-should go. I'll miss my flight to Norcross. Then I'd miss the ship to Norcom and . . . ."
Gohan nodded and stepped back. Videl picked up her suitcase and walked to the door.
~Always.~
She took one last look back, then walked out the door.
