Dinner was set on the table. Soon everyone in the house had gathered to eat their food. Bulma glanced up only to see the tense environment between Trunks, Bra and Pan's side. Bra was between both of them. Bulma decided it would be best if she just broke the silence.
" So...Pan. I was thinking maybe tomorrow we should invite your grandparents here. We'll have a small get together with everyone here and everything. I intend to invite Krillin and 18 too, you can see Marron. Then Chiaotzu and Tien, and Yamcha..."
" That would be absolutely great! I can't wait to see everyone!!"
" Yeah...you'll get to see Goten too..." added Bra cheerfully. Pan nodded, smiling full of complete happiness. Trunks glanced at her as if she was something he wanted to posses. Her happiness could almost make him jealous.
" Well, I guess everyone's all right now?" she asked.
" Yes. Everyone's doing good so far. Did you know Trunks is the new vice president of Capsule Corporation..?" asked Bulma grinning. Pan looked at Trunks a bit serious.
" Really? No....he didn't tell me anything..." she stated sarcastically. Trunks looked at her a bit sharply.
" Well, apparently that's becoming something everyone around here's getting used to, don't you think? Mute conversations? " he shot back even more sarcastic than herself. Pan sighed hard. Bra started talking between them, trying to evade yet another argument.
" Well...he is!! Great isn't it?"
" Yes. Bra. I think it's fantastic he took the chance to be a Vice President, considering that it was a one time offer..." she shot back a bit steady. Trunks narrowed his eyes at her then resumed her eating. Bra and Bulma both stared at the two of them. Vegeta acted as if anything had happened. He was way too busy stuffing the great amount of foods into his mouth.
Soon, Pan was the first one to finish, since she didn't eat much of the food in her plate. Excusing herself, she walked away from the table heading upstairs. Trunks sighed hard, then excused himself and followed. Bra and Bulma held their silence.
" What's wrong with Trunks?" he asked in his deep tone. Bulma's eyes widened.
" Vegeta are you ok?" she asked. Vegeta looked at her sharply." Well...its not everyday we get to see you worrying that much to even ask what's wrong..." she added. Vegeta frowned even more. Bra sighed hard.
" Well mom. Looks like thing aren't going right..." she stated in between them, trying to break the discussion that was about to engage.
Pan walked through the empty hallways and into her room. She sat down on the chair beside the window and stared at the deep night. The city's lights could be seen from afar in a glowing shade of white lights that could be over seen from the rest of the different colors. She felt tears coming into her eyes, but as brave as she always was, she didn't even let them form completely. Hearing the door open up behind her, she glanced back, only to see Trunks getting inside the room, shutting the door behind him.
" You should knock first before you decide to invade other people's privacy.." she stated a bit angry. Trunks frowned at her, sighing hard. She turned her head back to the beautiful panorama, completely giving her back to Trunks.
" If I'd known that you'd be like this then I might as well should have left.." he stated back. She responded absolutely nothing. He sat on the edge of her bed, beside the chair, then turned the chair to him, so she could face him.
" What the hell do you think you're doing Trunks?" she asked him now completely angered.
" We're going to talk...now!" he demanded a bit loud. Pan stood up from the seat and walked away from him.
" Don't you dare even think that I will do as you say....you do not own me, and you will never!! If you think you can insult me, make me feel miserable and despise me in front of your family so then you can come here and tell me everything's going to be ok, you're wrong!!" she stated angrily. There was a pause. " What, you think I got to Rome and I was all happy and all amused with the idea that I was three thousand miles away from my parents, and from you?!"
" That is what it looks like!!"
" No, Trunks! It was not like that!!. I spent eight months trying to forget that I was all alone, and most of all that I had left you without telling you how sorry I was. I never meant to do it. It was not a plan that said that I was to leave without you, and that I was to hurt you. But naturally, it did. I was hurt too. You didn't go through this pain all by yourself, even when I was away...we went through the same thing, Trunks. And I hate the fact that you're being totally cold about this, as if you were the only one that suffered this." she stated, now tears really forming in her eyes. She forced them back effortlessly, for a tear rolled down her cheek. She dried it off quickly, not wanting Trunks to see her like she was. He always knew how strong she was....but he never met her sensitive side....her weak side. Trunks did nothing but stand there, looking at her deep enough into her soul. There was nothing much he could say, he knew she was right all the way. Pan walked near him, leaving between them a comfortable space.
" What is it that you want me to say, Trunks?" she sighed hard. Trunks looked at her a bit cold.
" You know what? There is no difference in saying how much I love you. The pain keeps stinging deeper and stronger. And the only thing I want to do is hurt you back, no matter how much I will for it not to happen..." with that he stood up, leaving Pan behind him. Reaching the door knob, he took one last glance at her. Pan looked at him, her eyes narrowed.
" You are not the Trunks I met and fell in love with....how is that increasing the stupid pain inside your heart..." she stated coldly. Trunks narrowed his eyes at her.
" How am I supposed to know? There were never words that you meant to be truth..." he stated back in a death tone. Pan turned her back on him, waiting to hear the door shut. When she heard it, she flopped down on the chair, and stood there watching the panorama. A tear rolled down her cheek again, but she dried it off quickly. Never will she give out herself to cry for some 'jerk' that meant for his words to hurt her.
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It was cold, cold, cold. I know. But still I hope you liked it. I know it's a bit angst, but I can't just help myself. I love stories this cold, beside...we all know Pan is strong..she can handle it!!...^_^ Please Review...please, please, please!!!!!!!!!!!
