Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot which is lightly based on You've Got Mail.
AN: HOLY CRAP ITS FINALLY HERE!! OMG OMG ! EVEN I CANT BELIEVE IT!! CAN YOU?!?!?!?!? I started this chap on the other computer and it was totally different to this!! THIS IS SOOOO MUCH BETTER!!! OMG!!!!!!! Well you'll probably want to read it now...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!!
p.s. ~~~ = Dream Sequence/Flashback
You've Got Mail
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Pan tried to struggle free but he was too strong. The more she struggled the more he brought his body closer to hers and the more she became dizzy with his scent. She was finding it hard to concentrate. He gently led her to the bed and threw her on it. He pinned her down and grinned.
"NOW hear me out…"
"Why should I?" Pan asked stubbornly.
"Because...you're just assuming, you need to know the real story." Trunks replied, not really caring if she didn't accept his reason.
"Fine, but don't expect me to just fall into your arms when it's over."
"You know, when you get that feeling, the feeling when your stomach gets butterflys and you don't quite know exactly what to say? You know that feeling? Well I feel that way about you. I feel that way now...and I know you feel it too," At this point, Pan again began struggling.
I don't want to hear the rest...I can't hear the rest. If I hear anymore I'll die...in his arms...from his touch...Trunks why do you torture me so...
"Let go! I don't want to hear this!" Pan thrashed wildly.
"Pan, you need to face the facts! You know what's happening here!" Trunks began to struggle.
"Yes! I know! I've known since forever Trunks and it hurts Trunks...it hurts..." Pan relaxed as she let one shining tear fall from her eye.
As she felt the tear fall, she knew that tear, that one tear showed that she was finally giving up. Finally facing the facts. She was in love with Trunks. She knew she would've had to face it sooner or later, rather later than sooner but of course, Dende didn't like that idea. She'd finally lost the battle that she knew she couldn't win.
"I love you and have loved you for a long time. That's why I didn't tell you about Marron, because I loved you too much to hurt you. I wanted to tell you when the time was right…" Trunks paused, noticing her stray tear.
He gently brought his hand to Pan's face and held her cheek. He looked intently into her eyes as he wiped her tear with his thumb.
"Don't cry, it hurts me more than it hurts you..." Trunks continued to look into her eyes whilst she remained silent.
"Marron called off the engangement when she realised that I was in love with you. I only realised when you left…please don't go again. Don't leave me. I love you."
"That's not what I remember you feeling about me 6 months ago." Pan said bitterly.
"Six months ago was all a lie. A lie to myself, a lie to Marron and unfortunately, a lie to you. As soon as I'd said it, I felt as if I'd killed a butterfly. Please Pan...understand...I was stupid and afraid and stupid and-"
Trunks' sentence was cut short by the soft lips of Pan pressed against his. When they parted Trunks looked at her surprised, the surprised O of his mouth curving into a cheeky smile after realisation.
"I thought you weren't going to fall into my arms?" He cocked an eyebrow at Pan.
"I didn't, I only kissed you. But...but now that I've accepted this and...everything and now that I understand...please understand that I have to go back." She looked at him pleadingly.
He leaned forward again for another kiss, but Pan stopped him.
"If I kiss you again, I don't think I'd have the courage to leave this room, let alone this country. Please Trunks, I need my independance. I need to think, I need so much time for myself. Believe me, it's not your fault that I need to go, it's just...it's just me."
Trunks looked at her sadly, he knew he had her, yet he knew he didn't. Unfortunately, he fully understood her need for independance, which made it so much harder for him to try and make her stay. She was right, it would be unfair to her to make her stay. Putting his selfishness aside, he slowly got up off Pan.
"See you at the party. I love you. Bye." He said quietly before jumping out the window.
"I love you too..." Pan whispered to the wind as she watched him fly away.
~~~
Pan's eyes flickered open to the blue of the regeneration tank. She slowly moved her head to see Sean asleep in a chair. Beeeeeep. The sound of the regeneration tank slightly surprised her. The machine had finally registered that she'd awoken and began to drain out the blue liquid that surrounded her naked body.
Sean stirred at the loud beep, but remained asleep and Trunks was still no where to be seen as Pan stepped out of the tank. She squeezed all the water out of her hair and quietly dried herself. She pulled on her clothes and carefully placed the locket around her neck. Grabbing the rest of her things she walked towards the front door. She needed to be alone, for a long while. As she reached for the doorknob a familiar voice spoke.
"You're not seriously going to run away?" Vegeta grunted, obviously disagreeing with her decision.
"Yes I am." Pan said confidently and stubbornly.
"You are disgracing the Saiyajin race by running away from your fears!" He scolded.
"Listen here Vegeta! I'm sick of your Saiyajin shit! I'm proud to be a Saiyajin! Okay? But what I really want is the truth, not some Saiyajin bullshit mumbo-jumbo!" Pan shouted, but not too loud, she didn't want everyone to stop her from running away.
It was bad enough Vegeta was trying to, she didn't need everyone else on her back. She braced herself for Vegeta's harsh comments, but what he said was not what she was prepared for.
"So you want the truth do you? The truth is, you're in bonded with Trunks and you don't want to admit it. The truth is, you're going to have to tell that brat in there that you just used him to try and get over Trunks. The truth is you are running away from your obligations and I do not agree with that!"
"So I'm a coward. It doesn't matter to me." Pan said cockily.
"Well if it truly didn't matter to you, we wouldn't be having this foolish argument."
With that last statement Vegeta walked away.
What nerve he has to try and run my life! But...he's...right. Damn Vegeta, damn my godammned pride, damn everything and everyone.
***
"What the HELL do you mean?!" Trunks screamed.
"I mean...well...she's gone!" Sean replied, swallowing nervously.
"Well, where did she go?!" Trunks asked, too angry to realise how stupid the question was.
"How on earth am I suppose to know?!"
Okay Trunks calm down, it's not his fault...well actually it is but...ugh
"Okay, okay. I can't believe I'm saying this but, we have to work together to find her." Trunks sighed.
"Excuse me? Me? Work with you? You steal my girlfriend, shoot some weird light thingy at me and hurt her instead, and somehow get me here in this dump and you want me to work with you? You've got to be kidding!" Sean exclaimed.
"Don't ask me how we're going to find her together, but I think that's what she wants us to be. Friends."
"Well that's never going to happen!" Sean laughed.
"Please, can we just find her? Aren't you worried? At all?"
Sean immediately stopped laughing.
"Alright. Fine, you win. But don't expect us to be friends after we've found her." Sean hung his head in defeat.
"I don't."
***
Pan rubbed her arms as she trudged through the forest. Was it her or did it seem to be getting colder and colder? She felt numb and restless as she continued to step over large roots and small streams. She didn't really know what she was doing or where she was going, she just needed to be alone. All she knew was that she was in a forest near CC.
"The truth is that you are running away from your obligations...
Vegeta's shameful words repeated in her mind like a broken record. He was right. She knew he was right, yet here she was running away. She felt ashamed and guilty and she guessed that was what Vegeta wanted.
"Well it worked Vegeta! It worked!" She screamed to the sky.
She heard the echo of her voice in the treetops. How she hated everything. She just wanted to lay down and die.
"The truth is that you are running away from your obligations...
She was going to go insane. It was bad enough Vegeta had even said that to her, now here it was haunting her. She knew it would haunt her until she finally faced her obligations. Maybe even after she'd face it, maybe then, it would still haunt her. Suddenly, she heard voices coming from somewhere behind her.
"How do you Pan is here?" Seans voice travelled among the trees.
"Because...look I just know okay? Besides stop complaining, If it weren't for you we wouldn't be doing this and Pan wouldn't have run away!" Trunks shouted.
Pan suddenly realised she hadn't done anything about her ki, so he must've sensed her. She surpressed it quickly as she climbed up the nearest tree. Finding a comfy spot, she noticed them a few metres away.
"The truth is that you are runing away from your obligations...
She shook her head wildly. She did not want to feel guilty. She really did need this time, no matter how selfish it sounded!
"The truth is that you are running away from your obligations...
She pulled her hair as if it would help rid the haunting words of Vegeta's. She desperately tried to convince herself that everything she was doing was right and that she wasn't running, she was merely buying time and lots of it.
"The truth is that you are running away from your obligations...
Who was she kidding? She was lying to herself and the longer it took for her to climb back down that tree, the more pain she knew she would be inflicting. She sighed in defeat as she looked down at Trunks and Sean just below her. She dismounted from her comfortable postion and began to climb down.
I won't run away anymore.
AN: OH MY GOD!! BE HAPPY!! I hope this aint a cliffy...ehe...well anyways, HOPEFULLY SINCE ITS THE HOLIDAYS, I can, no, I HAVE TO get the next chapter up soon! IM SO HAPPY I FINALLY GOT THIS OUT!! AHHH!!!!!! PLEASE REVIEW! YOU CAN SHOUT AT ME ALL YOU WANT ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK! YOU CAN!!
Meiyume