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Rain on a Sunny Day's Love
Chapter 8 – Road Trip – Ups and Downs all come around
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Came the joyous cry of the now 16 year old. The three teens had a unanimous vote – the theme park it was. And of course, as we are talking about two Demi-Saiya-jins and one half human-half android young girl, they went on the roller coaster first. This was their sixth time.
"This is boring."
Goten complained. Again, sixth time.
"Well, we'll go on more exciting rides later, ok?"
"Yeah, like the Merry-go-round, and the Ferris Wheel, and the…"
The girl whacked Trunks lightly and he grinned back at her.
"What's the matter? Afraid those'll be too much for ya?"
"Jerk."
"I'm hurt."
"Sure you are."
Before they managed to continue, Goten took their attention away from each other.
"we're stuck."
Both blinked.
"Huh?"
And with a sigh, they noticed they were stuck on the top of a loop. Upside down.
"Well, this stinks."
Marron pouted, crossing her arms.
"Oy! What's the problem?!"
Both Marron and Goten stared at their friend. Sometimes his self confidence was too much. But Marron had to admit it was kind of cute. She giggled, causing Goten to frown.
"It's stuck! We're out of power or something!"
"How long will it take?!"
"We don't know! We're working on it, sir!"
"That's too long for us. You coming, Goten?"
Trunks asked as he unbuckled himself. Cries from both other passengers and down below came as he plunged downwards, and in a burst of golden aura he came to a stop, looking up with a smirk.
"Show off."
Was Goten's only reply to his friend's unsaid tease as he too plunged down, stopping next to his friend.
The two flew to the last cart where three girls were seated. They stared at the boys.
"Wha, wha, what are you guys?!"
"Did Mr. Satan teach you that?!"
The two saiya-jins looked at each other, then, with a laugh, started pushing the carts.
"Steady… steady, steady…"
Two matching smirks.
"GO!"
And they flew at top speed, coaster with 'em. The operation ended successfully with the boy letting go and moving to the front, slowing the cart to a halt at the entry booth. Not wasting any time, they flew off, not wanting anymore attention.
"You guys'd do anything for attention."
"Will not!"
The three were seated nicely on top of a Ferris Wheel cart, their feet dangling over the small pod, scaring the couple underneath them.
"Did too. You could've just save the people."
"But it was just the start of the ride, Marron! Where's the fun in that?!"
"Boy's right, Marr-chan."
"Show offs."
"You know it, babe."
The three were happily helping themselves to their ice creams, just hanging around.
"The sky is so beautiful. So many stars… it's amazing…"
"You're even more."
Marron blushed as both her and Trunks stared at Goten. He just stared overhead.
"You can't compare Marron to the stars, dummy."
The prince said plainly.
"You won't be doing the girl any justice."
Blush deepened. But something stopped Marron from enjoying the attention. The feeling that the two were fighting over her.
"Oh, oh, look! What a cute teddy bear!"
She suddenly cried out, desperate to lighten the mood. It worked.
"I'll get it for you, Marron-chan!"
For the most part.
"Phe. Just you wait, Marr, I'll get you some real dolls."
Both boys flew to get the job done, leaving the girl to her ice cream. She heaved a sigh.
"Boys."
Twenty minutes later, Trunks and Goten were this close to putting the fair out of prizes when a bored Marron came looking for them.
"Here you… are…"
She froze, blinking like a machine gun.
"Heya, Marron! I got you more dolls!"
"Did not. We got about even."
Both boys had quite a lot of dolls in various colors and shapes.
"All of those… for me?"
"Yep!"
Came the cheerful reply.
"Wow, I love it!"
She picked up a pink fluffy bunny from Trunks's pile and hugged it tightly. Goten tried not to burn the stuffed animal.
"Look! Look!"
The girl jumped up, again, suddenly, and pointed behind them.
"A love canal! I wanna go!"
Marron began jumping up and down happily, almost falling several times.
"Mar, Marron-chan, would you like to…"
Goten began yet stopped when he saw that Trunks and Marron were already holding hands.
"Like to what, Goten?"
A slight blush crept to the Son boy's cheeks.
"Like to… Like me to take the dolls back to the hotel! Yeah, that's it! You don't want 'em to get ruined!"
"That's a great idea."
Trunks said softly, feeling something was off with his friend.
"We'll both go, so you just stay here, k, Marr? We'll be right back."
He ruffled her hair before taking to the air with as many dolls as he could.
"Thanks, Goten. I'll be waiting here."
The smile Marron flashed at him was so innocent, Goten felt like kissing her. But he couldn't… so he flew after his 'friend'.
"Damn, how're we gonna take all of these dolls back home?"
Trunks said as he looked at the massive pile of dolls in the suite, scratching the back of his head rather sheepishly.
"Fly them home?"
"An idea."
"Trunks?"
"Hm?"
"Why'd you lie to me?"
The prince looked at his best friend with confusion.
"Huh?"
"You lied to me."
Goten answered, not making eye contact and sounding grim.
"What're you talking about?"
"You know damn well what I'm talking about."
The two stared at each other for a while before Trunks shook his head, sighing.
"I was going to tell you…"
"When? When you were married?"
"How was I supposed to know?! For crying out loud, Goten, we just started the whole thing today in the morning!"
"I know. I saw you."
Trunks didn't know if to be shocked, hurt, or ashamed of himself.
"You followed us?"
"We all went out together, you know! But suddenly I was alone. How was I supposed to know you were busy?"
To that, the older boy had no reply.
"I guess… that was wrong of us…"
"You guess?!"
"But I _was_ going to tell you!"
"When?!"
Goten snapped. Trunks kept a cool front, though he was shaking.
"Well, guess we'll never know now, will we?"
Again they just stared at each other for a while before a sob broke the silence. Goten looked away quickly.
"Goten…"
"I… I love her, Trunks. I tried dating other girls, you know I did! But I always ended up comparing everyone to her. I just couldn't get over her!"
Trunks bit his lip, not knowing what to say for the life of him.
"But now… now it's been decided for me. I guess I should've seen it coming. I'm such an idiot."
"What, what do you mean?"
The Son boy chuckled bitterly.
"Come on, Trunks, don't give me that. This didn't start today, it's been going on since we were kids. I was always the goofball, the court jester. Marron was the princess, the one far beyond my reach. And you were prince charming, set to ride with her off towards the sunset. The perfect fairy tale."
"It's not perfect if someone doesn't have a happy ending."
The concern in his voice was enough to silence the room again.
"I wanted her happy ending to be with me, Trunks."
"I'd be lying if I said I want that too."
"Thank you."
Goten managed through a small sad smile. Trunks looked straight at him and kept his voice soft and quiet.
"What for?"
"Being honest."
"Am I forgiven, then?"
"…What for? Getting the girl?"
They both chuckled rather bitterly.
"I guess so…"
"Not yet."
Blue eyes widened with fear and shock.
"But as long as she's happy, I can overlook it."
Again, silence. Not because they were uncomfortable saying what needed to be said, but they needed time to let things sink in. Neither wanted to make matters worse, they were too precious for each other.
"Goten… What are you going to do now?"
"…Stay."
It was no lie Trunks was greatly relieved.
"It'd be rude to Marron if I took off now."
"Thank you."
"No need."
Goten shook it off dismissively.
"You'd have done the same thing."
And the two shared a smile, which's meaning was that they really could survive anything.
"Now come on, Marron's waiting."
"Yep. I'm still going on the love canal with her, though."
"What?! Goten!"
"Ha ha!"
"You tease!"
"Just try and stop me!"
"I just might!"
Anything. Even a girl.
