The next morning, at Gohan's apartment....
"Gohan, time to get up." Goten stretched. He rolled over and got off the bed to see Gohan still asleep on the sofa. Goten smiled and walked over. "Hey bro, wake up already."
"Hu, Goten?" Gohan yawned.
"Hey close your mouth, I wanted the news not the weather."
"Oh, just put it on Fox then."
"Shut up." Goten laughed. Gohan smirked as he got up. The phone rang.
"Hello?" Gohan answered it.
"Uh, hello, is this Gohan?" The voice was recognizable from the start.
"Hurcule?"
"Yea, uh, is Videl there?"
"What, Videl?" Gohan was shocked. "Uh, no, why?"
"Oh, my poor sweet baby! She's been missing for days."
"What! Oh no, you're kidding." Gohan's voice made Goten jump and grow tense.
"I thought she'd go see you in LA, she's really upset with me setting her up with my friends son."
"Wait, so, it was your fault?" Gohan's throat went dry as cotton balls.
"What? Well, I just want to tell her that I'm sorry and I've broken it off. She's yours again kid."
"You mean...." Gohan was choking on his words, Videl was telling the truth, she did love him!
"Please, if you hear anything Gohan, call me and let me know."
"Don't worry sir, I will." Gohan hung up the phone. Goten stared at his brother.
"Well?" He asked after a while. Gohan didn't answer. "Hello, Gohan, are you in there?" Goten stood up, and Gohan sat down, still wearing the dazed expression. Goten walked over and stared in his brothers foggy eyes. "Man he's zoned. Well, I guess that's what LA does to ya."
"Goten." Gohan's voice barely escaped his mouth.
"Hu?"
"Videl, have you seen Videl?" Gohan snapped back to reality, he looked up at his brother.
"No, I haven't, why?" Goten asked. Gohan stood up and began to walk quickly. Goten followed him. "Wait Gohan, what's going on?"
"Videl is gone, don't you see she does love me, she ran away." Gohan turned around.
"Hu, wha....?" Goten was really confused now.
"Look I have no time to explain, I have to go. Just stay here and if anybody calls for me, take a message ok? Ok." He left. Gohan ran down the stairs of the apartment, talking to himself. "She did love me, just like I loved her! Oh I was so stupid to think she wouldn't, how could I have been so blind!" He got into his car and began to try and control his breathing. "Ok Gohan, don't panic. Calm down and think, you have to find Videl." He cleared his mind and turned on the car and drove off.
Gohan looked everywhere and anywhere he thought he might find her, but came up empty each time. Day in and day out, night after night. He searched as best he could and whenever he could. When he wasn't searching he was at the studio. Finally one morning, Gohan couldn't even get out of bed. Goten came over to him, it had been a little under one week.
"Gohan, are you ok?" Goten got no answer. "You've been working yourself strait for days, you haven't eaten or anything, hell, you just slept for the first time last night. You're gonna worry yourself sick!"
"Goten, you wouldn't understand." Gohan's words choked his throat. He looked a mess, he had a stubbly beard around his mouth and was starting to get dark circles under his eyes. Finally he sat up, but Goten held him back.
"No, you're gonna pass out or something, just take it easy."
"No, I can't." Gohan stood up like a zombie robot. "I have to find Videl!" He went out the door again.
"Wait Gohan, Gohan!" But he was already gone. Goten stood in the room, not knowing what to do. Suddenly he was snapped out of his thoughts at a knock on the door. He opened it.
"Goten!"
"Mom, dad?"
"Goten, I'm surprised to see you here." Goku smiled as Chi-Chi hugged their son.
"Where's Gohan, at work?" Chi-Chi asked.
"Guys, I need to tell you something. It might sound complicated but just let me explain." Goten told his parents about Gohan and Videl.
Meanwhile, Gohan was still searching the city for Videl.
"I just have to find you." He said to himself as he turned on the radio. A small smile formed on his face, he knew the song by the first chords of the song. He sang along with it:
I hear... a voice say "Don't be so blind" It's telling me all these things. That you would probably hide Am I... your one and only desire. Am I the reason you breathe Or a, I the reason you cry.
Always, always, always, always, always, always, always, I just can't live without you!
I love you, I hate you, I can't get around you. I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you. I just can't take any more, This life of solitude. I guess that I'm out the door, And now I'm done with you.
I feel like you don't want me around I guess I'll pack all my things. I guess I'll see you around Its all... been bottled up until now. As I walk out your door All I hear is the sound.
Always, always, always, always, always, always, always, I just can't live without you!
I love you, I hate you, I can't get around you. I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you. I just can't take any more, This life of solitude. I guess that I'm out the door, And now I'm done with you.
I love you, I hate you, I can't live without you. I left my head around your heart Why would you tear my world apart. Always, always, always, always.
"Videl, I love you, I can't live without you." Gohan said the lines of the song to himself as the radio station went to commercial. "I left my head around you heart, why would you tear my world apart?" He continued to drive around the city, searching for his love. "Always, always, always, always.."
"Gohan, time to get up." Goten stretched. He rolled over and got off the bed to see Gohan still asleep on the sofa. Goten smiled and walked over. "Hey bro, wake up already."
"Hu, Goten?" Gohan yawned.
"Hey close your mouth, I wanted the news not the weather."
"Oh, just put it on Fox then."
"Shut up." Goten laughed. Gohan smirked as he got up. The phone rang.
"Hello?" Gohan answered it.
"Uh, hello, is this Gohan?" The voice was recognizable from the start.
"Hurcule?"
"Yea, uh, is Videl there?"
"What, Videl?" Gohan was shocked. "Uh, no, why?"
"Oh, my poor sweet baby! She's been missing for days."
"What! Oh no, you're kidding." Gohan's voice made Goten jump and grow tense.
"I thought she'd go see you in LA, she's really upset with me setting her up with my friends son."
"Wait, so, it was your fault?" Gohan's throat went dry as cotton balls.
"What? Well, I just want to tell her that I'm sorry and I've broken it off. She's yours again kid."
"You mean...." Gohan was choking on his words, Videl was telling the truth, she did love him!
"Please, if you hear anything Gohan, call me and let me know."
"Don't worry sir, I will." Gohan hung up the phone. Goten stared at his brother.
"Well?" He asked after a while. Gohan didn't answer. "Hello, Gohan, are you in there?" Goten stood up, and Gohan sat down, still wearing the dazed expression. Goten walked over and stared in his brothers foggy eyes. "Man he's zoned. Well, I guess that's what LA does to ya."
"Goten." Gohan's voice barely escaped his mouth.
"Hu?"
"Videl, have you seen Videl?" Gohan snapped back to reality, he looked up at his brother.
"No, I haven't, why?" Goten asked. Gohan stood up and began to walk quickly. Goten followed him. "Wait Gohan, what's going on?"
"Videl is gone, don't you see she does love me, she ran away." Gohan turned around.
"Hu, wha....?" Goten was really confused now.
"Look I have no time to explain, I have to go. Just stay here and if anybody calls for me, take a message ok? Ok." He left. Gohan ran down the stairs of the apartment, talking to himself. "She did love me, just like I loved her! Oh I was so stupid to think she wouldn't, how could I have been so blind!" He got into his car and began to try and control his breathing. "Ok Gohan, don't panic. Calm down and think, you have to find Videl." He cleared his mind and turned on the car and drove off.
Gohan looked everywhere and anywhere he thought he might find her, but came up empty each time. Day in and day out, night after night. He searched as best he could and whenever he could. When he wasn't searching he was at the studio. Finally one morning, Gohan couldn't even get out of bed. Goten came over to him, it had been a little under one week.
"Gohan, are you ok?" Goten got no answer. "You've been working yourself strait for days, you haven't eaten or anything, hell, you just slept for the first time last night. You're gonna worry yourself sick!"
"Goten, you wouldn't understand." Gohan's words choked his throat. He looked a mess, he had a stubbly beard around his mouth and was starting to get dark circles under his eyes. Finally he sat up, but Goten held him back.
"No, you're gonna pass out or something, just take it easy."
"No, I can't." Gohan stood up like a zombie robot. "I have to find Videl!" He went out the door again.
"Wait Gohan, Gohan!" But he was already gone. Goten stood in the room, not knowing what to do. Suddenly he was snapped out of his thoughts at a knock on the door. He opened it.
"Goten!"
"Mom, dad?"
"Goten, I'm surprised to see you here." Goku smiled as Chi-Chi hugged their son.
"Where's Gohan, at work?" Chi-Chi asked.
"Guys, I need to tell you something. It might sound complicated but just let me explain." Goten told his parents about Gohan and Videl.
Meanwhile, Gohan was still searching the city for Videl.
"I just have to find you." He said to himself as he turned on the radio. A small smile formed on his face, he knew the song by the first chords of the song. He sang along with it:
I hear... a voice say "Don't be so blind" It's telling me all these things. That you would probably hide Am I... your one and only desire. Am I the reason you breathe Or a, I the reason you cry.
Always, always, always, always, always, always, always, I just can't live without you!
I love you, I hate you, I can't get around you. I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you. I just can't take any more, This life of solitude. I guess that I'm out the door, And now I'm done with you.
I feel like you don't want me around I guess I'll pack all my things. I guess I'll see you around Its all... been bottled up until now. As I walk out your door All I hear is the sound.
Always, always, always, always, always, always, always, I just can't live without you!
I love you, I hate you, I can't get around you. I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you. I just can't take any more, This life of solitude. I guess that I'm out the door, And now I'm done with you.
I love you, I hate you, I can't live without you. I left my head around your heart Why would you tear my world apart. Always, always, always, always.
"Videl, I love you, I can't live without you." Gohan said the lines of the song to himself as the radio station went to commercial. "I left my head around you heart, why would you tear my world apart?" He continued to drive around the city, searching for his love. "Always, always, always, always.."