Chapter 5
Several months passed. Pan and Bra finished their final exams, and finished high school. Both had done extremely well, getting almost the same in every subject; Pan just beating Bra in 3 subjects, and Bra just beating Pan in 3. Trunks and Pan were still very much together. No one had found out about them yet, (although there had been a few close calls- being able to sense ki and all) but that was all the fun, sneaking around.
When Trunks, Goten, Bra and Pan were together at Capsule Corp. (with Trunks and Goten training, and Bra and Pan 'doing homework'), there was no longer any sexual tension between Trunks and Pan, they felt safe in each other's presence, knowing what the other person felt. But the tension between Bra and Goten could have suffocated them all, had it gotten any stronger. Pan and Trunks recognised it, for they must have bee the same several months before.
Pan took Bra aside, "Hey Bra-chan! Do you like my uncle Goten?" Bra was taken aback by Pan's bluntness, but she still went bright red. "Come on, you like him, don't you!"
"Hey!…Keep it down." Bra whispered. "He might hear you!"
"I knew it! How cute!" Pan squealed in excitement. Already, she was formulating a plan to get them together. She would have to talk to Trunks about it.
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On the other side of Capsule Corp., Trunks was asking the same thing to Goten.
"Come on! You like her! ADMIT IT!" Trunks was trying to get him to confess.
"Hey!…Keep it down…Bra might hear you…" Goten lowered his gaze.
"YES!…wait…what am I saying. You like my sister! Ewwwww! Oh well. Trunks strikes again! Ever on the lookout for sexual tension between couples! Arranger of dates for the young and hopeless…"
"Shut up you idiot!" Goten was getting really pissed off, and as Trunks could see, very embarrassed.
"You confessed, you know."
"So…" Goten looked up at Trunks. He had a sort of strange look on his face, like he was formulating something, which he was. Trunks was having the same sort of idea as Pan. He would have to talk to her about it.
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'RING!' 'RING!' 'RING"
"Hello, Bulma here! You've reached the Briefs family. We're not here right now, but if you're lucky, you might get a message though to one of us, that it, if Vegeta doesn't blow up the answering machine again 'because it was talking'. Anyway, please leave your message after the beep."
"BEEP!"
"Hello, Mr. T Briefs? (Pan in her 'Mr. Nap' voice). It's Mr. Nap here. I would like to arrange a meeting with you to discuss some important business matters. Meet in our usual café at 5pm. Don't be late. Look forward to seeing you then, Bye."
Pan hung up the phone. It was 2pm, and she was calling from her mobile. She was at a university orientation day with Bra, and she had managed to lose Bra long enough to make the call. Getting Bra and Goten together was now top priority, those two together just seemed right. Hopefully, Trunks would get 'his' message.
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Trunks got back from training at about 4:30.
"Hmmm, we have a message. Let's see who called…(I hope it's Pan!)…" He played the message and smiled. It was Pan, who had told him- in their secret code- to meet him at the rock pools at…5pm! "Oh my dende! I have to have a shower, and fix my hair, and get dressed…and…I'd better get going!" He ran up the stairs and into the bathroom.
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Pan was waiting for Trunks, who still hadn't showed up, and it was 5:01pm.
"Where the hell is he?" She said to herself. "Hmmmm, not fair. He's late…but it's only one minute…sigh"
"Hey!" Pan spun around, and came face to face with Trunks.
"Trunks!" She threw her arms around his neck and they kissed for a while. "You're late."
"Only by 2 minutes." Trunks sat down on their rock, and Pan sat on his lap. "So, what did you want to talk about?"
"I've got an idea."
"Goten and Bra?"
"YES! We have to set them up!" Pan cried. "Did you feel the tension?"
"Yeah, what do you want to do about it?"
"Well, I was thinking, we each take our friend out to dinner at a restaurant or something, the same one, without them knowing, and meet up unexpectedly."
"Where do ya wanna go?"
"I was thinking that restaurant that our family always goes to, that Goku's a lifetime patron of."
"Yeah, but you girls won't eat as much as me and Goten will."
"Well, how bout you pay for Goten, and I'll pay for Bra, it'll be our treat to them. The only thing is that they won't know that the other person is there." Pan's mind was racing much faster than Trunks'.
"Ok, you ring Bra, and I'll ring Goten. How bout tomorrow night?"
"Great. The sooner the better. That's fine with me." Pan paused. "Do we have to go now?"
"Nah, we'll stay here for a while."
"That's good." Pan said as she leant against him. Trunks wrapped his arms around her in a tight embrace and pulled her even closer towards him.
"Is it going to be formal, casual, or both?" Pan asked.
"Something nice, but practical. Not something you'd wear to the formal." Trunks decided on. "After all, I haven't seen you in anything nice for a while…if we went out, it was only in our normal clothes to avoid people getting suspicious."
"Yeah, even the day that we first went to the shops, we just wore normal stuff." Pan happily smiled, remembering their first date.
"That night was so much fun. We talked for so long…" Trunks' eyes locked with Pan's and they kissed again. He still didn't let go.
Quite a while passed and they watched the sun start to go down.
"I love sunsets," Pan said. "And I love sunrises even more." She turned to Trunks. "Trunks, I have to go now. Dad will chuck a spaz if I'm home after dark." She started to untangle herself.
"Oh! That's not fair." Trunks protested.
"Do you want to fly home together then?"
"Nah, people will get suspicious."
"Ok then, one last kiss" They kissed for a moment. "I'd better get going."
"I'll ring Goten and your ring Bra." Trunks said. "And I'll see you tomorrow night, hopefully." He let her go and she blasted off.
Ah, what a girl. He thought. He waited 5 minutes before blasting off back to his place. If he was lucky, he'd be in time for dinner. He always liked food. But then again, he always liked being with Pan, and thinking about her. He couldn't wait until he saw her next.
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'RING! RING!'
"I'VE GOT IT!!!!" yelled Bra, as she raced to the telephone. "Hello!"
"Hey Bra-chan!"
"Hi Pan-chan! What's up?"
"I was thinking, you wanna go out somewhere tomorrow? We haven't done anything for ages!"
"Great, yeah, we've been too busy, we had out tests, then you were always busy, so that's great! Where do ya want to go?"
"How bout dinner or something, my treat."
"I LOVE that idea!…Wait a sec, this means we need new clothes! I LOVE shopping!" Bra was getting excited.
"I suppose I need some nice going-out clothes. I really don't have that many nice-ish clothes."
"So that's settled! We're going shopping!"
"Meet you outside your place at about 10ish, ok?"
"Great! What will I wear?"
"BRA-CHAN! We are only going shopping, it doesn't matter."
"Ok then, cya tomorrow."
"Cya then, Bye!" Pan hung up the phone. Her part of the deal was complete.
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'RING! RING!'
"Hello!" Goten answered the phone.
"Hey buddy!"
"Trunks! Nice to hear from you. I'm glad you could spare some time in your life for little old me!"
"Sorry, haven't had much time, what with work and other things…say, I was wondering, do ya want to go to dinner tomorrow, at that all you can eat restaurant?"
"I'll always say yes to food, are you paying?"
"GOTEN! How dare you ask me a question like that! It's very rude…but yes, I'll be paying." Goten started to laugh.
"You're funny. What should I wear?"
"Nice casual. It is a restaurant still."
"Yeah, can't forget that!" Goten's stomach started to rumble.
"Is that your stomach?"
"Yep."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. So I'll meet you at your place about 5pm then."
"Sure, I'm there…I'm here? I'm already here!"
"Sigh. Anyway, cya Goten."
"Bye Trunks." Trunks hung up the phone. Hopefully Pan had rung Bra and everything was organised.