This is the ninth chapter. Just to let you know, the next chapter might be
the last one for this segment of the story. After the next one or next
couple of chapters (depends how this blows over) I am writing a sequel. I
separated them just in case I lost any viewers who didn't like my new made
up characters in the next part. Well I hope you continue reading! You guys
are great.
OKAY!: I know that I haven't included Bra or Goku. Bra is not going to be
in this (sorry for you Bra supporters.LOL! Bra! Supporter! Get it?...okay)
and Goku will be in this chapter and the next one too! He was on .vacation,
not dead or anything.
Disclaimer: *sings* Amber is the color of your energy.
Chapter Nine: Hiyama and a broken marriage
Background info on this chapter:
It has been almost five years since Hiyama was born. During that time Both Trunks and Seventeen have grown to love him and they have also noticed other strange similarities that they have seen somewhere else.But they can't figure out from where.
Seventeen and Goten aren't exactly friends but they can tolerate eachother. The one time they came close to becoming friends ended up disastrous when Goten tried to help Trunks clean the walls that Hiyama had drawn on and Goten slipped in a puddle, crashed right into Trunks and landed on top of him. It was perfect timing because Seventeen was coming from the living room with some pictures he wanted to show Goten but instead picked Goten up, flung him onto the wall and got into one huge fight. After that however, Goten apologized and Seventeen agreed that it was just one of those 'wrong place, wrong time' scenarios.
The older Hiyama gets the more confusion he causes. He is a little over three feet, he has murky green eyes in the same shape as Trunks's, a black spiky mess of hair, tan skin (like Trunks's), a fit body (having Vegeta as a grandfather is the cause of course) and.a grin that is too cute for words. And too familiar.
Vegeta loves his grandson very much but often goes hard on him. He rarely restrains himself from beating the living day lights out of him when they spar. Trunks gets into fights with his father most of the time because he thinks that one day Vegeta's going to kill Hiyama, he's only four for Kami's sake. Vegeta's defense is that he'll grow bored with him before that. Vegeta doesn't want to admit it but Hiyama is very talented at his young age. He fights with heart and skill, like a true saiyan. To Trunks's and Seventeen's knowledge, Hiyama is only one quarter saiyan. BUT to everyone else's knowledge, Hiyama is half saiyan (Trunks and Goten are half saiyan, half of that from each of them= 25% + 25%= 50%. Got that? Good.)
Bulma and ChiChi's plan is working. Goten is like a.third father to Hiyama. They go out almost every single Saturday to go have a fun day. Goten now works as a vet (A/N: Yes, a vet. Gotta problem with that?) so sometimes Trunks drops Hiyama off there to go see his Uncle Goten work with the animals.
Still not wanting to reveal to anyone how he got all of his money, Seventeen backs up his fortune as a high society lawyer for one of the world's largest and successful firms. He is talented as a lawyer and has not lost any of his cases.yet. Trunks is very proud of him but is often left alone when he goes on business trips.
Trunks has taken over Seventeen's spot in the circle he once had with Bulma and ChiChi. Trunks hates to admit it but he actually likes being the mother figure in the relationship, it brings him closer to Bulma and ChiChi. Trunks does not work, he's a full time mom.err.dad. He and Hiyama spend a lot of time at malls, grocery food stores, parks, and at ChiChi's or Bulma's. And being the coward he is, whenever Goten invites him to tag along with him and Hiyama for the day he always makes an excuse that he's too busy.
And so it continues.
~Briefs's House (Seventeen's, Trunks's and Hiyama's home. Capsule Corps. is Bulma's)~2:31pm
"Hiyama! Give that back to Daddy right now!" Seventeen yelled as he chased the toddler around the room.
Hiyama giggled and headed for the bathroom door. He got inside and locked it. Sounds of Seventeen banging the door were heard.
"What have you done now, mister?" Hiyama turned around to see his dad wrapped in a bath robe and combing his hair in the mirror.
"Daddy won't let me watch his movie. He's not sharwing." He pouted.
Trunks came closer to him and looked at the tape closely, ~Honeymoon-Night One~ was written on the label. Trunks grabbed the tape, "Hiyama, this isn't a children's movie Sweetie. Now wait here while I talk to Daddy."
Hiyama huffed and sat on the floor. Trunks opened the door to see Seventeen tapping his feet and scowling. Trunks handed the tape to him. "How did he get it anyway?" asked Trunks.
"Well, I was going through your closet to see if you borrowed my black shoes again and I stumbled across a box with a lot of old stuff in it. So I took it out and started going through it."he stopped himself because now Trunks was looking at him with an angry face.
"Why were you going through my stuff?!?" Trunks screamed.
"I was just curious! But anyway.I noticed some tapes. There were about six and they all said 'honeymoon' written on them." He smiled at Trunks who was now wrapping his arms around him. "And while I was doing a flashback and looking into space.he must have grabbed a tape. And before I knew it I was chasing him out of the living room when he tried to put it in the VCR."
Trunks sighed, "Well, okay. I' don't think that's anything to punish him for though, babe. He just wants to watch a movie." Seventeen nodded and went back to fixing his tie.
Trunks pecked him on the cheek and went back to the bathroom. When he went in he found Hiyama had attempted to turn on the hot tub and fill it with bubble bath. "Whatcha doin sailor?" he laughed.
"Making a berble bath." Trunks almost awed at how cute that sounded but instead turned off the water and lifted Hiyama up. "Why don't we go and make some cookies? You just took your bath an hour ago." He kissed him on the cheek as they headed for the kitchen.
"Is Daddy mad at me?" Hiyama whispered as they passed the living room where Seventeen was talking on the phone with a client it seemed.
"No, Daddy's not mad at all. How could he be mad? It wasn't your fault, Bebe. Go give him a hug and ask him what kind of cookies he wants." Hiyama nodded and was placed on the ground. Trunks opened the fridge and cabinets to get all of the cooking materials.
Hiyama approached the couch where his Daddy was sitting carefully. Seventeen saw movement in the corner of his eye and turned to see his son. "Hi Daddy. I'm sowry." he said softly.
"Hold on a sec," he said into the phone and then pulled it down to his chest as he signaled Hiyama to come closer. "You don't have to say sorry. You know Daddy loves you." He wrapped his free arm around Hiyama and kissed the top of his head.
"What kind of cookies do you wants?" Hiyama asked.
"Uhm.chocolate chip." Seventeen let go of Hiyama and began talking on the phone as Hiyama went back to tell Trunks what Seventeen wanted.
~Son House~3:27pm
"Mom! Have you seen my black suitcase?!? I just put it right here!" yelled Goten.
"I put it in your car already." responded ChiChi. Goten sighed and walked over to her.
"Mom, it's not like I'm moving across the country. I'm like.25 miles away! And it's only so I can be a little closer to my job." He smiled as he watched her straighten his collar. He gently grabbed her hands, "Mom, I'll be fine on my own. And I promise I'll visit you whenever I can. Love you Mom." He pulled his mother into a hug as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"I love you too Goten," she pulled away as she tried to smile and wipe away her tears, "You better get the rest of your stuff or else you'll be living in an apartment without anything to wear." She patted him on the shoulder and went back to folding Goten's clothes and placing them into a green bag.
Goten nodded and a picked up a box that he carried to his car. Outside, he placed the box into the trunk. This would have been his second trip today from his apartment back to here. He was about to go back in the house when he saw a paper-like object drop on the floor. He bent over to pick it up and he smiled widely when he noticed what it was. "Hiyama." He was holding the photo booth shoots they had taken at the mall together. Hiyama was dressed in an orange short sleeved shirt with navy blue overalls over it and he was dressed in a red hooded pullover and jeans. He caught himself in a flash back of that day.
*Flashback*
"Uncle Goten! Where are we goin?" Hiyama asked as he jumped up and down while holding Goten's hand.
"We're going to the find you some cleats in this mall. Your Dad told me that you're going to start soccer next year. Is that true?"
"Yup. Daddy said he'd teach me how to play so I'd be ready for when I weally have to play wit oder kids." Hiyama started to frown, "But I know he's too busy.and Dad doesn't know how to play."
Goten noticed his sadness and stopped walking to bend down face level with him. "Hey, what if I practice with you? I'm not the best but I know a thing or two about soccer."
Hiyama's face lit up and his eyes sparkled, "Thank you Uncle Ten-Ten!" he wrapped his arms around Goten's shoulders and Goten lifted him up as they began walking again.
"Hey! Why don't we go get our picture taken?" he said as he pointed to a curtained booth.
Hiyama leaped from his arms and yelled, "Beat ya there!"
"Hey! No fair!" Goten laughed as he followed Hiyama inside. Goten lifted Hiyama onto his lap as he inserted the money. "Pick a border." Hiyama looked at the screen for a couple of seconds before he chose the sports ball outlined border. "Good choice. Press that button and smile." Goten watched Hiyama press the button and when the screen started counting down when the picture was going to be taken Hiyama smiled. But as soon as it hit zero Hiyama hooked both sides of the insides of his cheeks with his finger and stuck out his tongue. Goten started laughing and didn't realize that he was not all the way back in the chair. Goten leaned backwards and hit his head. Now Hiyama started laughing but instead he fell face forward onto the screen. His cheek left a smear on the screen.
Once they were done taking pictures, they came out of the booth and grabbed their pictures. They laughed all the way to the sports good store.
*End Flashback*
Goten got up from where he found himself sitting and headed back into the house for the rest of his belongings. 'I love that little kid with all my heart.He's like a son to me.'
~Brief's~6:10pm
Trunks held his head in his hand as he sat at the counter (A/N: thinks of those bar stool counter top thingys.) and watched Hiyama eat the remaining cookie dough from their fifth batch of cookies. "Are you sure Daddy said that he wanted lots and lots of cookies?" Trunks asked his son who was licking his fingers and nodding. "Alright." He sighed and turned around and started to pile dishes into the dishwasher. He shook his head and grabbed the bowl Hiyama had just licked clean. "If you get a stomach ache don't come crying to me or Daddy."
"I won't! Can I go take a berble bath now Dad?" Hiyama said as he jumped down from his chair.
"Sure, go get the tub ready, I'll be there in a second." He watched Hiyama go into his bathroom and heard water pouring from the faucet. He sighed as he dried his hands. As he started to head for the bathroom, he walked past a living room side table and knocked over a small box. He bent down to pick it up and quickly placed it down on the table again. But then something sticking out of the box caught his attention. "Hmm." he opened the box and found a ripped piece of paper hiding inside the popery. The words on the paper didn't trigger anything in his mind.It read: Casey- (and her number.apparently.) Trunks tried very hard to try and remember any 'Casey's' but he drew a blank. He laughed at his confusion, 'I'm just being paranoid. He's not cheating on me. He loves me. It must be some client. Besides.after what we've been through he knows he's on a short leash.' He placed the slit of paper back in the box and walked to the bathroom.
Hiyama was playing with a space ship and an action figure in the tub making splashing noises. "What took you so long Dad?" he said as he continued to make noises while crashing the space ship into the other toy.
"Nothing Yama- chan." He said as he began to wash his son with a soft wash cloth.
Hiyama stopped playing with his toys and looked at his dad. He placed his small hand on Trunks's cheek. "Please tell me what's wong?" Trunks placed his hand on his son's.
"Nothing. I'm fine. Just got a little burn from the oven as I was closing it. Nothing to worry about. Thank you for caring though." He lied.
Hiyama was still unconvinced but decided he wouldn't ask anymore questions. He loved his Dad and didn't want to see him cry.Like he did that night. Hiyama remembered the night that he heard his dads yelling at eachother and the next thing he knew his Dad (Trunks) came out of the room crying. His parents fought often and he never knew why.
Hiyama didn't feel close to his Daddy and it wasn't because he was away a lot. It was because He never seemed to care for him as much as his Dad. His Dad always played with him and stayed home with him. He didn't have to explain himself to his Dad. But he got into a lot of trouble for things with his Daddy. He mostly does it for attention but winds up having his Dad defend him.
But sometimes he actually did feel sorry for the things he did. An example was last Christmas when his Daddy had to take him to the mall to sit on Santa's lap since his Dad had a cold. Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas. Now, Santa isn't a very specific guy so Hiyama's request didn't seem too bad in his mind. "Santa, could you make my Daddy more like Uncle Goten so we could be a betterer family?" Seventeen overheard this and nearly fainted but anger over took his sadness and he grabbed Hiyama off of the speechless Santa. The car ride was silent and Hiyama tried to figure out what he did wrong. That night his parents fought. He heard his uncle's name mentioned and a lot of the words he wasn't suppose to say in the conversation. He decided that night that he would keep his thoughts to himself.
He really liked and loved his Uncle Goten. He was like a real Daddy to him. Hiyama enjoyed going to see him at his job and sometimes his would get to be his uncle's assistant. Goten even had a little long white jacket which resembled his own for Hiyama. He made Hiyama feel special and wanted. But it made Hiyama sad whenever Dad wouldn't accept his uncle's many invitations to go to the movies or out for ice cream.
Hiyama sighed as he noticed he was done with his bath. He rose from the bubbly water to be picked up in his soft blue towel by his Dad. He rested his wet head on his shoulder as he was carried into his room to be dressed.
Once he was dressed he sat up in his bed as his Dad was about to grab a book. "Dad? Could you make up a story?" he asked quietly. His Dad nodded and came towards the bed to sit down.
"About what?"
"It doesn't madder."
"Okay.How about a love story?" Trunks knew that his son was pretty mature for his age and didn't stick his tongue out about love stories or romance shows. Hiyama actually watched soap operas and talk shows with him. Hiyama nodded. "Once upon a time, there was a girl who was very shy and didn't like to talk to anyone except her best friend. One day she realized that she was in love with her friend so she found the courage to tell him. At first she was scared but she knew she'd feel better once she told him .So one night she invited him to meet her by a beach. Once he got there she told him and to her surprise he felt the same way. From that day on they decided they would be together forever." Trunks stopped as he noticed that Hiyama had fallen asleep. He tucked him in, kissed his head and turned off the light but leaving the night light on.
'That story sounds kinda familiar.' he thought as he walked into his bathroom to take a bath. 'Oh well. *looks around* I wonder what time he's coming home tonight.' Trunks had been miserable for the past year and had thought it was because of his lack of time with Seventeen. The only joys were his son, mom, ChiChi and seeing how well Hiyama and Goten got along. He thought that Goten would block the child out of his life because he was Seventeen's. (A/N: Once again, Trunks doesn't know that Goten is his real father.) The year was almost over, it was mid October and in one and a half weeks it would be their son's birthday. Seventeen wasn't there for the last one.That sparked the link of fights that they had. And one of the fights was the worst of all because Hiyama was home at the time and they had just gotten back on buying Seventeen a birthday present.
*Flash Back*
"Hey, let's go in and surprise Daddy!" Trunks whispered to the grinning toddler.
Trunks flung opened the door, "Surpri..." They were both cut short by a woman who was sitting on the bed putting on her shoes. "Sweetie, go to your room and close the door." Trunks said as he closed the door behind him.
"Who the hell are you?!? What are you doing in my house." He directed to the woman who was nervously trying to get past him. "No! You're not leaving until I get answers!!!"
Seventeen ran out of the bathroom topless. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Baby, she just came in for a second because her car broke down. And she needed to come inside to call someone to tow it for her to the nearest car shop." Seventeen said with out a stutter.
"Then why was she putting on her shoes?" Trunks asked through piercing eyes.
"I-I got them wet from the puddle my car slipped into when it broke and I took them off so I could clean them. And your husband was kind enough to let me take them off and clean them." Said the woman shakily.
Trunks moved out of the woman's way to the door and turned his back to Seventeen. He felt Seventeen's arms wrap around his waist and his lips on his neck. "See? You were getting all worked up for nothing." Seventeen turned Trunks around and lifted his chin with his hand. "Why? Did you think I would cheat on you? You know I love you too much."
"Yeah, yeah." He shoved him away, still a little shaken up. He walked over to the spot where he had dropped the present. He handed it to Seventeen. "Happy birthday." He sighed as he started to head for the kitchen
"Wait! Don't you want to see if I like it or not? Some gift giver you are." Seventeen laughed. He opened the present to find a large framed photograph of Hiyama in a tux and the engraving read, 'Daddy's Little Guy.' "Wow, I love it.Who's this one from?"
"That one is from your son. You know, the child who just saw a strange woman in your bedroom? I'd go and clarify that with him if I were you." Trunks snarled silently.
"What are you saying? Does he think that I had anything to do with her? Or did you tell him something that would make him think I did?" Seventeen said in an aggressive tone.
"I didn't say anything, but it doesn't mean that he didn't imply the same thing as me when I saw her." Trunks was spun around and shoved against the wall.
"Listen to me, if you so much as hint anything like that to our son again you'll wish you were never given the gift of speech." This was the first time Seventeen had ever threatened Trunks but he didn't back down.
"Excuse me? OUR son? Who lied and told you that? You're anything but a father to him. Today me and MY son devoted ourselves to trying to find a gift for you. And threatening me? That's gonna get you far. Now get the fuck off me!" he yelled.
Seventeen backed away once he remembered his son was home. "Watch your mouth." He smacked Trunks across the face with one quick movement. Trunks stared at his husband in horror as he grasped his cheek. He turned away from his husband.
Trunks continued to wash dishes as Seventeen took a seat by the counter, directly across from him. "And where's your gift?"
Trunks never looked up, "I asked Goten to pick it up and bring it here for me. Hiyama was too eager to come home and show you his present."
"Why didn't you ask someone else? I don't want him coming here."
"Well that's too bad because he's my friend and your son adores him so there's no way of getting rid of him." Trunks mocked.
"Oh really? You know, sometimes I think back and wonder if you would have married him instead of me. Would you've?"
Trunks didn't answer. Seventeen's expression was now shock, "Trunks! Answer me! Would you have married him instead of me?!?" He caught Trunks by the shoulders as he tried to walk away.
Trunks was a bit scared right now and looked Seventeen in the eyes wondering what he might do if he had told him the truth, 'This man would kill me. He loves me but if he found out that I still loved Goten.He'd try to hurt me or worse.Hiyama or Goten.' Trunks wrapped his arms around Seventeen, "No, I love you and only you." He lied but it convinced Seventeen because he was hugging him back.
"This is the way things should be." Seventeen pulled away, "Now no more of these thoughts that I'm cheating on you." He walked back into their bedroom.
Trunks slid against the wall and began to cry softly. 'God! What did I do? He would have never been that aggressive if he hadn't cheated on me! And his eyes just screamed 'If I ever see you with Goten I'll kill you!' I'm going to have to try and live this out.Hiyama!' He ran to Hiyama's room to find Hiyama sleeping with dried tears on his face. Trunks felt his heart crumble. "I'm so sorry Yama-chan." he whispered as he kissed his son's head.
*End Flash Back*
Trunks blocked out the images from that night and tried to enjoy the warmth of the water.
~Goten's place~ 10:58pm
Goten had finally had all of his things in his apartment set up. It was a large apartment with two bedrooms, an eat in kitchen, a living room, two full bathrooms and a balcony. His mom and ChiChi had helped him with the decorating.
Goten walked into his bedroom and slipped into bed and turned out the light. He tossed and turned trying to fall asleep but he couldn't. He was too caught up in what his mother had told him after she got a phone call that had obviously gotten her excited. She told him that someone was coming over to his house tomorrow as a surprise. 'I have to get some sleep, I work tomorrow.Hey! Maybe my little buddy will come to see me!' he smiled as he drifted off.
Ha! This chappie is done. I was going to make this one two times as long but I decided to put the rest of the juicy stuff in chapter TEN! That means you will have to wait even longer. Bye for now! Review if it makes your day.
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Disclaimer: *sings* Amber is the color of your energy.
Chapter Nine: Hiyama and a broken marriage
Background info on this chapter:
It has been almost five years since Hiyama was born. During that time Both Trunks and Seventeen have grown to love him and they have also noticed other strange similarities that they have seen somewhere else.But they can't figure out from where.
Seventeen and Goten aren't exactly friends but they can tolerate eachother. The one time they came close to becoming friends ended up disastrous when Goten tried to help Trunks clean the walls that Hiyama had drawn on and Goten slipped in a puddle, crashed right into Trunks and landed on top of him. It was perfect timing because Seventeen was coming from the living room with some pictures he wanted to show Goten but instead picked Goten up, flung him onto the wall and got into one huge fight. After that however, Goten apologized and Seventeen agreed that it was just one of those 'wrong place, wrong time' scenarios.
The older Hiyama gets the more confusion he causes. He is a little over three feet, he has murky green eyes in the same shape as Trunks's, a black spiky mess of hair, tan skin (like Trunks's), a fit body (having Vegeta as a grandfather is the cause of course) and.a grin that is too cute for words. And too familiar.
Vegeta loves his grandson very much but often goes hard on him. He rarely restrains himself from beating the living day lights out of him when they spar. Trunks gets into fights with his father most of the time because he thinks that one day Vegeta's going to kill Hiyama, he's only four for Kami's sake. Vegeta's defense is that he'll grow bored with him before that. Vegeta doesn't want to admit it but Hiyama is very talented at his young age. He fights with heart and skill, like a true saiyan. To Trunks's and Seventeen's knowledge, Hiyama is only one quarter saiyan. BUT to everyone else's knowledge, Hiyama is half saiyan (Trunks and Goten are half saiyan, half of that from each of them= 25% + 25%= 50%. Got that? Good.)
Bulma and ChiChi's plan is working. Goten is like a.third father to Hiyama. They go out almost every single Saturday to go have a fun day. Goten now works as a vet (A/N: Yes, a vet. Gotta problem with that?) so sometimes Trunks drops Hiyama off there to go see his Uncle Goten work with the animals.
Still not wanting to reveal to anyone how he got all of his money, Seventeen backs up his fortune as a high society lawyer for one of the world's largest and successful firms. He is talented as a lawyer and has not lost any of his cases.yet. Trunks is very proud of him but is often left alone when he goes on business trips.
Trunks has taken over Seventeen's spot in the circle he once had with Bulma and ChiChi. Trunks hates to admit it but he actually likes being the mother figure in the relationship, it brings him closer to Bulma and ChiChi. Trunks does not work, he's a full time mom.err.dad. He and Hiyama spend a lot of time at malls, grocery food stores, parks, and at ChiChi's or Bulma's. And being the coward he is, whenever Goten invites him to tag along with him and Hiyama for the day he always makes an excuse that he's too busy.
And so it continues.
~Briefs's House (Seventeen's, Trunks's and Hiyama's home. Capsule Corps. is Bulma's)~2:31pm
"Hiyama! Give that back to Daddy right now!" Seventeen yelled as he chased the toddler around the room.
Hiyama giggled and headed for the bathroom door. He got inside and locked it. Sounds of Seventeen banging the door were heard.
"What have you done now, mister?" Hiyama turned around to see his dad wrapped in a bath robe and combing his hair in the mirror.
"Daddy won't let me watch his movie. He's not sharwing." He pouted.
Trunks came closer to him and looked at the tape closely, ~Honeymoon-Night One~ was written on the label. Trunks grabbed the tape, "Hiyama, this isn't a children's movie Sweetie. Now wait here while I talk to Daddy."
Hiyama huffed and sat on the floor. Trunks opened the door to see Seventeen tapping his feet and scowling. Trunks handed the tape to him. "How did he get it anyway?" asked Trunks.
"Well, I was going through your closet to see if you borrowed my black shoes again and I stumbled across a box with a lot of old stuff in it. So I took it out and started going through it."he stopped himself because now Trunks was looking at him with an angry face.
"Why were you going through my stuff?!?" Trunks screamed.
"I was just curious! But anyway.I noticed some tapes. There were about six and they all said 'honeymoon' written on them." He smiled at Trunks who was now wrapping his arms around him. "And while I was doing a flashback and looking into space.he must have grabbed a tape. And before I knew it I was chasing him out of the living room when he tried to put it in the VCR."
Trunks sighed, "Well, okay. I' don't think that's anything to punish him for though, babe. He just wants to watch a movie." Seventeen nodded and went back to fixing his tie.
Trunks pecked him on the cheek and went back to the bathroom. When he went in he found Hiyama had attempted to turn on the hot tub and fill it with bubble bath. "Whatcha doin sailor?" he laughed.
"Making a berble bath." Trunks almost awed at how cute that sounded but instead turned off the water and lifted Hiyama up. "Why don't we go and make some cookies? You just took your bath an hour ago." He kissed him on the cheek as they headed for the kitchen.
"Is Daddy mad at me?" Hiyama whispered as they passed the living room where Seventeen was talking on the phone with a client it seemed.
"No, Daddy's not mad at all. How could he be mad? It wasn't your fault, Bebe. Go give him a hug and ask him what kind of cookies he wants." Hiyama nodded and was placed on the ground. Trunks opened the fridge and cabinets to get all of the cooking materials.
Hiyama approached the couch where his Daddy was sitting carefully. Seventeen saw movement in the corner of his eye and turned to see his son. "Hi Daddy. I'm sowry." he said softly.
"Hold on a sec," he said into the phone and then pulled it down to his chest as he signaled Hiyama to come closer. "You don't have to say sorry. You know Daddy loves you." He wrapped his free arm around Hiyama and kissed the top of his head.
"What kind of cookies do you wants?" Hiyama asked.
"Uhm.chocolate chip." Seventeen let go of Hiyama and began talking on the phone as Hiyama went back to tell Trunks what Seventeen wanted.
~Son House~3:27pm
"Mom! Have you seen my black suitcase?!? I just put it right here!" yelled Goten.
"I put it in your car already." responded ChiChi. Goten sighed and walked over to her.
"Mom, it's not like I'm moving across the country. I'm like.25 miles away! And it's only so I can be a little closer to my job." He smiled as he watched her straighten his collar. He gently grabbed her hands, "Mom, I'll be fine on my own. And I promise I'll visit you whenever I can. Love you Mom." He pulled his mother into a hug as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"I love you too Goten," she pulled away as she tried to smile and wipe away her tears, "You better get the rest of your stuff or else you'll be living in an apartment without anything to wear." She patted him on the shoulder and went back to folding Goten's clothes and placing them into a green bag.
Goten nodded and a picked up a box that he carried to his car. Outside, he placed the box into the trunk. This would have been his second trip today from his apartment back to here. He was about to go back in the house when he saw a paper-like object drop on the floor. He bent over to pick it up and he smiled widely when he noticed what it was. "Hiyama." He was holding the photo booth shoots they had taken at the mall together. Hiyama was dressed in an orange short sleeved shirt with navy blue overalls over it and he was dressed in a red hooded pullover and jeans. He caught himself in a flash back of that day.
*Flashback*
"Uncle Goten! Where are we goin?" Hiyama asked as he jumped up and down while holding Goten's hand.
"We're going to the find you some cleats in this mall. Your Dad told me that you're going to start soccer next year. Is that true?"
"Yup. Daddy said he'd teach me how to play so I'd be ready for when I weally have to play wit oder kids." Hiyama started to frown, "But I know he's too busy.and Dad doesn't know how to play."
Goten noticed his sadness and stopped walking to bend down face level with him. "Hey, what if I practice with you? I'm not the best but I know a thing or two about soccer."
Hiyama's face lit up and his eyes sparkled, "Thank you Uncle Ten-Ten!" he wrapped his arms around Goten's shoulders and Goten lifted him up as they began walking again.
"Hey! Why don't we go get our picture taken?" he said as he pointed to a curtained booth.
Hiyama leaped from his arms and yelled, "Beat ya there!"
"Hey! No fair!" Goten laughed as he followed Hiyama inside. Goten lifted Hiyama onto his lap as he inserted the money. "Pick a border." Hiyama looked at the screen for a couple of seconds before he chose the sports ball outlined border. "Good choice. Press that button and smile." Goten watched Hiyama press the button and when the screen started counting down when the picture was going to be taken Hiyama smiled. But as soon as it hit zero Hiyama hooked both sides of the insides of his cheeks with his finger and stuck out his tongue. Goten started laughing and didn't realize that he was not all the way back in the chair. Goten leaned backwards and hit his head. Now Hiyama started laughing but instead he fell face forward onto the screen. His cheek left a smear on the screen.
Once they were done taking pictures, they came out of the booth and grabbed their pictures. They laughed all the way to the sports good store.
*End Flashback*
Goten got up from where he found himself sitting and headed back into the house for the rest of his belongings. 'I love that little kid with all my heart.He's like a son to me.'
~Brief's~6:10pm
Trunks held his head in his hand as he sat at the counter (A/N: thinks of those bar stool counter top thingys.) and watched Hiyama eat the remaining cookie dough from their fifth batch of cookies. "Are you sure Daddy said that he wanted lots and lots of cookies?" Trunks asked his son who was licking his fingers and nodding. "Alright." He sighed and turned around and started to pile dishes into the dishwasher. He shook his head and grabbed the bowl Hiyama had just licked clean. "If you get a stomach ache don't come crying to me or Daddy."
"I won't! Can I go take a berble bath now Dad?" Hiyama said as he jumped down from his chair.
"Sure, go get the tub ready, I'll be there in a second." He watched Hiyama go into his bathroom and heard water pouring from the faucet. He sighed as he dried his hands. As he started to head for the bathroom, he walked past a living room side table and knocked over a small box. He bent down to pick it up and quickly placed it down on the table again. But then something sticking out of the box caught his attention. "Hmm." he opened the box and found a ripped piece of paper hiding inside the popery. The words on the paper didn't trigger anything in his mind.It read: Casey- (and her number.apparently.) Trunks tried very hard to try and remember any 'Casey's' but he drew a blank. He laughed at his confusion, 'I'm just being paranoid. He's not cheating on me. He loves me. It must be some client. Besides.after what we've been through he knows he's on a short leash.' He placed the slit of paper back in the box and walked to the bathroom.
Hiyama was playing with a space ship and an action figure in the tub making splashing noises. "What took you so long Dad?" he said as he continued to make noises while crashing the space ship into the other toy.
"Nothing Yama- chan." He said as he began to wash his son with a soft wash cloth.
Hiyama stopped playing with his toys and looked at his dad. He placed his small hand on Trunks's cheek. "Please tell me what's wong?" Trunks placed his hand on his son's.
"Nothing. I'm fine. Just got a little burn from the oven as I was closing it. Nothing to worry about. Thank you for caring though." He lied.
Hiyama was still unconvinced but decided he wouldn't ask anymore questions. He loved his Dad and didn't want to see him cry.Like he did that night. Hiyama remembered the night that he heard his dads yelling at eachother and the next thing he knew his Dad (Trunks) came out of the room crying. His parents fought often and he never knew why.
Hiyama didn't feel close to his Daddy and it wasn't because he was away a lot. It was because He never seemed to care for him as much as his Dad. His Dad always played with him and stayed home with him. He didn't have to explain himself to his Dad. But he got into a lot of trouble for things with his Daddy. He mostly does it for attention but winds up having his Dad defend him.
But sometimes he actually did feel sorry for the things he did. An example was last Christmas when his Daddy had to take him to the mall to sit on Santa's lap since his Dad had a cold. Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas. Now, Santa isn't a very specific guy so Hiyama's request didn't seem too bad in his mind. "Santa, could you make my Daddy more like Uncle Goten so we could be a betterer family?" Seventeen overheard this and nearly fainted but anger over took his sadness and he grabbed Hiyama off of the speechless Santa. The car ride was silent and Hiyama tried to figure out what he did wrong. That night his parents fought. He heard his uncle's name mentioned and a lot of the words he wasn't suppose to say in the conversation. He decided that night that he would keep his thoughts to himself.
He really liked and loved his Uncle Goten. He was like a real Daddy to him. Hiyama enjoyed going to see him at his job and sometimes his would get to be his uncle's assistant. Goten even had a little long white jacket which resembled his own for Hiyama. He made Hiyama feel special and wanted. But it made Hiyama sad whenever Dad wouldn't accept his uncle's many invitations to go to the movies or out for ice cream.
Hiyama sighed as he noticed he was done with his bath. He rose from the bubbly water to be picked up in his soft blue towel by his Dad. He rested his wet head on his shoulder as he was carried into his room to be dressed.
Once he was dressed he sat up in his bed as his Dad was about to grab a book. "Dad? Could you make up a story?" he asked quietly. His Dad nodded and came towards the bed to sit down.
"About what?"
"It doesn't madder."
"Okay.How about a love story?" Trunks knew that his son was pretty mature for his age and didn't stick his tongue out about love stories or romance shows. Hiyama actually watched soap operas and talk shows with him. Hiyama nodded. "Once upon a time, there was a girl who was very shy and didn't like to talk to anyone except her best friend. One day she realized that she was in love with her friend so she found the courage to tell him. At first she was scared but she knew she'd feel better once she told him .So one night she invited him to meet her by a beach. Once he got there she told him and to her surprise he felt the same way. From that day on they decided they would be together forever." Trunks stopped as he noticed that Hiyama had fallen asleep. He tucked him in, kissed his head and turned off the light but leaving the night light on.
'That story sounds kinda familiar.' he thought as he walked into his bathroom to take a bath. 'Oh well. *looks around* I wonder what time he's coming home tonight.' Trunks had been miserable for the past year and had thought it was because of his lack of time with Seventeen. The only joys were his son, mom, ChiChi and seeing how well Hiyama and Goten got along. He thought that Goten would block the child out of his life because he was Seventeen's. (A/N: Once again, Trunks doesn't know that Goten is his real father.) The year was almost over, it was mid October and in one and a half weeks it would be their son's birthday. Seventeen wasn't there for the last one.That sparked the link of fights that they had. And one of the fights was the worst of all because Hiyama was home at the time and they had just gotten back on buying Seventeen a birthday present.
*Flash Back*
"Hey, let's go in and surprise Daddy!" Trunks whispered to the grinning toddler.
Trunks flung opened the door, "Surpri..." They were both cut short by a woman who was sitting on the bed putting on her shoes. "Sweetie, go to your room and close the door." Trunks said as he closed the door behind him.
"Who the hell are you?!? What are you doing in my house." He directed to the woman who was nervously trying to get past him. "No! You're not leaving until I get answers!!!"
Seventeen ran out of the bathroom topless. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Baby, she just came in for a second because her car broke down. And she needed to come inside to call someone to tow it for her to the nearest car shop." Seventeen said with out a stutter.
"Then why was she putting on her shoes?" Trunks asked through piercing eyes.
"I-I got them wet from the puddle my car slipped into when it broke and I took them off so I could clean them. And your husband was kind enough to let me take them off and clean them." Said the woman shakily.
Trunks moved out of the woman's way to the door and turned his back to Seventeen. He felt Seventeen's arms wrap around his waist and his lips on his neck. "See? You were getting all worked up for nothing." Seventeen turned Trunks around and lifted his chin with his hand. "Why? Did you think I would cheat on you? You know I love you too much."
"Yeah, yeah." He shoved him away, still a little shaken up. He walked over to the spot where he had dropped the present. He handed it to Seventeen. "Happy birthday." He sighed as he started to head for the kitchen
"Wait! Don't you want to see if I like it or not? Some gift giver you are." Seventeen laughed. He opened the present to find a large framed photograph of Hiyama in a tux and the engraving read, 'Daddy's Little Guy.' "Wow, I love it.Who's this one from?"
"That one is from your son. You know, the child who just saw a strange woman in your bedroom? I'd go and clarify that with him if I were you." Trunks snarled silently.
"What are you saying? Does he think that I had anything to do with her? Or did you tell him something that would make him think I did?" Seventeen said in an aggressive tone.
"I didn't say anything, but it doesn't mean that he didn't imply the same thing as me when I saw her." Trunks was spun around and shoved against the wall.
"Listen to me, if you so much as hint anything like that to our son again you'll wish you were never given the gift of speech." This was the first time Seventeen had ever threatened Trunks but he didn't back down.
"Excuse me? OUR son? Who lied and told you that? You're anything but a father to him. Today me and MY son devoted ourselves to trying to find a gift for you. And threatening me? That's gonna get you far. Now get the fuck off me!" he yelled.
Seventeen backed away once he remembered his son was home. "Watch your mouth." He smacked Trunks across the face with one quick movement. Trunks stared at his husband in horror as he grasped his cheek. He turned away from his husband.
Trunks continued to wash dishes as Seventeen took a seat by the counter, directly across from him. "And where's your gift?"
Trunks never looked up, "I asked Goten to pick it up and bring it here for me. Hiyama was too eager to come home and show you his present."
"Why didn't you ask someone else? I don't want him coming here."
"Well that's too bad because he's my friend and your son adores him so there's no way of getting rid of him." Trunks mocked.
"Oh really? You know, sometimes I think back and wonder if you would have married him instead of me. Would you've?"
Trunks didn't answer. Seventeen's expression was now shock, "Trunks! Answer me! Would you have married him instead of me?!?" He caught Trunks by the shoulders as he tried to walk away.
Trunks was a bit scared right now and looked Seventeen in the eyes wondering what he might do if he had told him the truth, 'This man would kill me. He loves me but if he found out that I still loved Goten.He'd try to hurt me or worse.Hiyama or Goten.' Trunks wrapped his arms around Seventeen, "No, I love you and only you." He lied but it convinced Seventeen because he was hugging him back.
"This is the way things should be." Seventeen pulled away, "Now no more of these thoughts that I'm cheating on you." He walked back into their bedroom.
Trunks slid against the wall and began to cry softly. 'God! What did I do? He would have never been that aggressive if he hadn't cheated on me! And his eyes just screamed 'If I ever see you with Goten I'll kill you!' I'm going to have to try and live this out.Hiyama!' He ran to Hiyama's room to find Hiyama sleeping with dried tears on his face. Trunks felt his heart crumble. "I'm so sorry Yama-chan." he whispered as he kissed his son's head.
*End Flash Back*
Trunks blocked out the images from that night and tried to enjoy the warmth of the water.
~Goten's place~ 10:58pm
Goten had finally had all of his things in his apartment set up. It was a large apartment with two bedrooms, an eat in kitchen, a living room, two full bathrooms and a balcony. His mom and ChiChi had helped him with the decorating.
Goten walked into his bedroom and slipped into bed and turned out the light. He tossed and turned trying to fall asleep but he couldn't. He was too caught up in what his mother had told him after she got a phone call that had obviously gotten her excited. She told him that someone was coming over to his house tomorrow as a surprise. 'I have to get some sleep, I work tomorrow.Hey! Maybe my little buddy will come to see me!' he smiled as he drifted off.
Ha! This chappie is done. I was going to make this one two times as long but I decided to put the rest of the juicy stuff in chapter TEN! That means you will have to wait even longer. Bye for now! Review if it makes your day.
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