Bura almost flew home. When she had walked through the mounds of dog crap
and tripped over tree roots, she barely noticed them. Her heart had this
everlasting tingling feeling and Goten's angelic face illuminated in her
mind lovingly.
Silas and Titus moved up to her sides and ignored the fact that her face had this glazed, distracted look. They didn't speak when they took their places near and in Bura's room.
It was Titus' turn to be the inner guard, he slipped off his jacket, crossed his arms, stood his ground and turned around when Bura changed. All in the usual routine.
Bura placed her homework on her desk, flopped on her bed and had this lop sided grin on her face.
"What do you think of Goten, Titus?" She finally said, looking up at him and smiling.
Titus tensed up, his gray eyes hardened and he turned to her direction.
"I don't think much about him, Princess."
Bura picked up a cushion and threw it at him playfully. Titus, with extraordinary speed, grabbed it in midair and put it to his side.
"Aww, don't be so serious! Come on; tell me what you think of him. I want your opinion."
Titus lifted his chin for a while, and then put it back down. "I don't trust him."
Bura scowled.
"How come you and Silas are so suspicious about this guy? Do you think he's.." Her voice trailed off hopelessly.
Titus turned to her and looked at her sharply.
"We are not sure if he's the one. He may be one of the various messengers or we might just be jumping to conclusions."
Bura relaxed a bit.
"I hope you guys are just jumping to conclusions. I really do, I mean, Goten's new and stuff, he needs somebody."
Titus' eyes softened and nodded.
"We're just doing our job, Princess."
Bura pouted, then grinned.
"Anyway, I don't think it could be Goten. He's too cute and," she paused to think of a proper adjective to call this newfound love.
"Perfect." She finished smugly.
Titus closed his eyes briefly and felt this painful jabbing at his heart.
"No.." He begged silently. "Love me, Princess, love me."
Bura ignored the uncomfortable look on Titus' face and started on her homework in her bed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After dinner:
Bura burped loudly then doubled down in laughter in her privacy of her room.
Titus chuckled quietly and regained his composure. He knew she was definitely in love. She laughed at the smallest things and her visage had this, goofy, yet cute look. If only she was in love with me. He thought painfully.
The phone rang. Bura stopped laughing, but was still smiling. She ran over to it and picked it up.
"Hello?" She answered her voice unusually perky.
"Hi, may I speak to, um, Bura?" Came an unfamiliar voice.
"Speaking. And who am I talking to?"
"It's Goten."
Bura's heart skipped a beat and her grin became wider. Titus noticed it and guessed who it was.
She turned on her back in her bed and cradled the phone lovingly.
"Hey, Goten. What's up?"
"Oh, uh, not much. Well," his voice became unsteady. "I was wondering if you were busy or anything. And maybe you could go out with me sometime." Goten sighed silently, it was finally over. He said it.
Bura turned back on her stomach, winked at Titus knowingly and her palms became sweaty.
The guys at her school had always asked Bura out, it be either because of her looks, brains or even both. But ever since her first guards arrived, she never went on a date-----without them. So she basically gave up casual dating, then decided that she would only go on a date with somebody special, somebody like Goten.
"Sure. What were you thinking of doing?"
"Well, I was thinking...how does a walk in the park sound?"
Bura grinned wider. Goten was perfect. He loved nature just like her. All her past dates took her out to movies and expensive restaurants; things that were superficial and blind. But Goten, he was different.
"Alright! I'll either call you back or I'll talk to you at school, okay?"
Goten relaxed and smiled smoothly. It went well. "Perfect."
Bura hung up and hugged her pillow to her chest.
"It was Goten, wasn't it?" Titus asked.
Bura nodded eagerly. She was floating in heaven.
"You do know that we are going to go with you."
Bura's eyes snapped from their soft blue to a cold challenging marine.
"Oh, come on! I know Goten's the one, Titus! Please, just this once; don't come with me. PLEASE?" She pouted and begged.
Titus crossed his arms defiantly. He couldn't help noticing that it was his jealously that was also driving him to protect her. "No. I promise we won't interfere."
Bura stuck her tongue out at him, snuggled into her covers and told Titus to turn off her lights.
Titus stared at her softly snoring figure lovingly as the gold touch of the nightlight flared up his fierce gray eyes.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Bura met up with Goten the next day at five. She had tried out running her guards (unsuccessfully) and was angry at them most of the way to the park.
Silas noticed an uncomfortable look in Titus' eyes and was uneasy. He didn't say anything about it, though.
Most of the date consisted of Goten trying to kiss Bura but was stopped by Titus' glares and her guard's presence. They also went for a semi romantic stroll through the marked woods and Goten's mini lectures about plant life.
Bura was blissful. Everything from the bugs to the glowing sunset was like the perfect date. She was so in love now. But she couldn't help feeling the coldness from Titus' eyes on her back every time Goten touched her.
But her dream finally ended at 7 PM when Goten walked her home.
Bura stood at her mansion's door and smiled at him softly. Goten looked back at her eyes, then at the guards. He meant to kiss her, but her guards were making him uncomfortable to even get close to her.
"Thanks for the time, Goten." Bura said.
She noticed that he wasn't making the first move, so she leaned over, (despite the coldness from her bodyguards) and hugged him briefly.
Goten blushed furiously and let his arms hang uselessly at their sides. Bura smiled again, blew him a kiss and walked into the house with her guards behind her.
Titus waited for Bura and Silas to go in first before turning on Goten. He flipped his blond hair to the side and looked Goten straight in the eye.
The two didn't speak. Goten shifted slightly on his feet but wouldn't be the first to look away.
But something in her guard's eye pierced through him. As if he was looking into Goten's soul.
"Well, um, bye." Goten mumbled unsteadily and walked away quickly.
Titus ignored him and went into the house, satisfied.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Bura ran up her room and called both of her guards into her room for a quick meeting.
When they entered, she picked two pillows, threw them at the same time and hit Silas and Titus on their chests. Silas and Titus traded awkward glances.
Bura flopped onto her bed, covered her face with a teddy bear and whined. "I can't believe you guys! You were giving me such a hard time with Goten, today!!" She looked up at their expressionless faces and continued.
"Why with him? Huh? Why? I wish I wasn't a princess! I don't wanna! I don't wanna!" Her voice turned into a childish squeal. It was obvious that she had been spoiled for far too long.
Silas was the first to break her lament. "Princess, we didn't do anything different than from your other dates!"
Titus nodded dumbly.
Bura stuck out her tongue. Hit her pillows and smothered herself under her covers.
"Don't talk to me tonight, Silas." She mumbled angrily.
Silas nodded.
"You're dismissed, Titus." She finished as she shifted her blanket.
Titus closed the door behind him and sighed. This wasn't right. Goten wasn't exactly suspicious, so maybe it was his jealously. Titus tried to forget those feelings he had for Bura. But it was too hard. This was wrong. He decided sharply. She's in love with someone else and I..shouldn't interfere. Besides, he reasoned, what would a princess want anything to do with me?
Vegeta suddenly appeared down from the hall and Titus lifted his chin quickly and stood still.
He walked past Titus and glanced at him. He then stopped suddenly, his back towards Titus.
"You do know about the undercover assassin, do you not? Well, now you do." He turned to Titus, his face dead serious.
"I hear that he is close. Let her die, and your blood will be on your head." He smirked; it was an unusual gesture done by a man who might lose his entire family.
Titus nodded, frozen in his spot.
Vegeta turned around again, continued down the hall until he walked down the stairs and out of Titus' sight.
"Damn." Titus cursed under his breath.
Silas and Titus moved up to her sides and ignored the fact that her face had this glazed, distracted look. They didn't speak when they took their places near and in Bura's room.
It was Titus' turn to be the inner guard, he slipped off his jacket, crossed his arms, stood his ground and turned around when Bura changed. All in the usual routine.
Bura placed her homework on her desk, flopped on her bed and had this lop sided grin on her face.
"What do you think of Goten, Titus?" She finally said, looking up at him and smiling.
Titus tensed up, his gray eyes hardened and he turned to her direction.
"I don't think much about him, Princess."
Bura picked up a cushion and threw it at him playfully. Titus, with extraordinary speed, grabbed it in midair and put it to his side.
"Aww, don't be so serious! Come on; tell me what you think of him. I want your opinion."
Titus lifted his chin for a while, and then put it back down. "I don't trust him."
Bura scowled.
"How come you and Silas are so suspicious about this guy? Do you think he's.." Her voice trailed off hopelessly.
Titus turned to her and looked at her sharply.
"We are not sure if he's the one. He may be one of the various messengers or we might just be jumping to conclusions."
Bura relaxed a bit.
"I hope you guys are just jumping to conclusions. I really do, I mean, Goten's new and stuff, he needs somebody."
Titus' eyes softened and nodded.
"We're just doing our job, Princess."
Bura pouted, then grinned.
"Anyway, I don't think it could be Goten. He's too cute and," she paused to think of a proper adjective to call this newfound love.
"Perfect." She finished smugly.
Titus closed his eyes briefly and felt this painful jabbing at his heart.
"No.." He begged silently. "Love me, Princess, love me."
Bura ignored the uncomfortable look on Titus' face and started on her homework in her bed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After dinner:
Bura burped loudly then doubled down in laughter in her privacy of her room.
Titus chuckled quietly and regained his composure. He knew she was definitely in love. She laughed at the smallest things and her visage had this, goofy, yet cute look. If only she was in love with me. He thought painfully.
The phone rang. Bura stopped laughing, but was still smiling. She ran over to it and picked it up.
"Hello?" She answered her voice unusually perky.
"Hi, may I speak to, um, Bura?" Came an unfamiliar voice.
"Speaking. And who am I talking to?"
"It's Goten."
Bura's heart skipped a beat and her grin became wider. Titus noticed it and guessed who it was.
She turned on her back in her bed and cradled the phone lovingly.
"Hey, Goten. What's up?"
"Oh, uh, not much. Well," his voice became unsteady. "I was wondering if you were busy or anything. And maybe you could go out with me sometime." Goten sighed silently, it was finally over. He said it.
Bura turned back on her stomach, winked at Titus knowingly and her palms became sweaty.
The guys at her school had always asked Bura out, it be either because of her looks, brains or even both. But ever since her first guards arrived, she never went on a date-----without them. So she basically gave up casual dating, then decided that she would only go on a date with somebody special, somebody like Goten.
"Sure. What were you thinking of doing?"
"Well, I was thinking...how does a walk in the park sound?"
Bura grinned wider. Goten was perfect. He loved nature just like her. All her past dates took her out to movies and expensive restaurants; things that were superficial and blind. But Goten, he was different.
"Alright! I'll either call you back or I'll talk to you at school, okay?"
Goten relaxed and smiled smoothly. It went well. "Perfect."
Bura hung up and hugged her pillow to her chest.
"It was Goten, wasn't it?" Titus asked.
Bura nodded eagerly. She was floating in heaven.
"You do know that we are going to go with you."
Bura's eyes snapped from their soft blue to a cold challenging marine.
"Oh, come on! I know Goten's the one, Titus! Please, just this once; don't come with me. PLEASE?" She pouted and begged.
Titus crossed his arms defiantly. He couldn't help noticing that it was his jealously that was also driving him to protect her. "No. I promise we won't interfere."
Bura stuck her tongue out at him, snuggled into her covers and told Titus to turn off her lights.
Titus stared at her softly snoring figure lovingly as the gold touch of the nightlight flared up his fierce gray eyes.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Bura met up with Goten the next day at five. She had tried out running her guards (unsuccessfully) and was angry at them most of the way to the park.
Silas noticed an uncomfortable look in Titus' eyes and was uneasy. He didn't say anything about it, though.
Most of the date consisted of Goten trying to kiss Bura but was stopped by Titus' glares and her guard's presence. They also went for a semi romantic stroll through the marked woods and Goten's mini lectures about plant life.
Bura was blissful. Everything from the bugs to the glowing sunset was like the perfect date. She was so in love now. But she couldn't help feeling the coldness from Titus' eyes on her back every time Goten touched her.
But her dream finally ended at 7 PM when Goten walked her home.
Bura stood at her mansion's door and smiled at him softly. Goten looked back at her eyes, then at the guards. He meant to kiss her, but her guards were making him uncomfortable to even get close to her.
"Thanks for the time, Goten." Bura said.
She noticed that he wasn't making the first move, so she leaned over, (despite the coldness from her bodyguards) and hugged him briefly.
Goten blushed furiously and let his arms hang uselessly at their sides. Bura smiled again, blew him a kiss and walked into the house with her guards behind her.
Titus waited for Bura and Silas to go in first before turning on Goten. He flipped his blond hair to the side and looked Goten straight in the eye.
The two didn't speak. Goten shifted slightly on his feet but wouldn't be the first to look away.
But something in her guard's eye pierced through him. As if he was looking into Goten's soul.
"Well, um, bye." Goten mumbled unsteadily and walked away quickly.
Titus ignored him and went into the house, satisfied.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Bura ran up her room and called both of her guards into her room for a quick meeting.
When they entered, she picked two pillows, threw them at the same time and hit Silas and Titus on their chests. Silas and Titus traded awkward glances.
Bura flopped onto her bed, covered her face with a teddy bear and whined. "I can't believe you guys! You were giving me such a hard time with Goten, today!!" She looked up at their expressionless faces and continued.
"Why with him? Huh? Why? I wish I wasn't a princess! I don't wanna! I don't wanna!" Her voice turned into a childish squeal. It was obvious that she had been spoiled for far too long.
Silas was the first to break her lament. "Princess, we didn't do anything different than from your other dates!"
Titus nodded dumbly.
Bura stuck out her tongue. Hit her pillows and smothered herself under her covers.
"Don't talk to me tonight, Silas." She mumbled angrily.
Silas nodded.
"You're dismissed, Titus." She finished as she shifted her blanket.
Titus closed the door behind him and sighed. This wasn't right. Goten wasn't exactly suspicious, so maybe it was his jealously. Titus tried to forget those feelings he had for Bura. But it was too hard. This was wrong. He decided sharply. She's in love with someone else and I..shouldn't interfere. Besides, he reasoned, what would a princess want anything to do with me?
Vegeta suddenly appeared down from the hall and Titus lifted his chin quickly and stood still.
He walked past Titus and glanced at him. He then stopped suddenly, his back towards Titus.
"You do know about the undercover assassin, do you not? Well, now you do." He turned to Titus, his face dead serious.
"I hear that he is close. Let her die, and your blood will be on your head." He smirked; it was an unusual gesture done by a man who might lose his entire family.
Titus nodded, frozen in his spot.
Vegeta turned around again, continued down the hall until he walked down the stairs and out of Titus' sight.
"Damn." Titus cursed under his breath.
