Marron's eyes brimmed with tears, and she took a step closer. "Why weren't we together?" she asked.
Goten sighed, and took a step closer to Marron.
"Because.. Because.. Because I'm gay Marron," he sighed. Marron's eyes widened. A dark figure slowly crept up to Marron, from behind.
"And I am his lover," it said. Marron spun around to see the face of her life bringer. Her own..
"Daddy?" Krillin nodded his head. Marron slumped to the ground, and wept. Just then..
TRUNKS BURST THROUGH THE DOOR, GRABBED MARRON, MADE MAD PASSIONATE LOVE TO HER, AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!! (with Kira of course)
No, this isn't what happens. This is LL's sick and twisted mind altering the ending of my ficcies! This is what REALLY happens…
"I honestly don't know," I said. "Because I love you so much, and it's so hard to see you right now, right here in front of me, and know that you aren't with me."
A tear slipped down Marron's cheek. "Goten, I don't think it would be a good thing for us to get back together. There's still so much pain, and I couldn't do that to Kira. I mean, we just sprung the fact that she has a father on her, and I don't know if it would be such a good idea to mess up her life further."
I shook my head and took another step closer, until we were only inches apart. "You know that I love Kira like I can't explain. But you have to remember, I know what she's going through. I didn't know my father until I was seven years old. And when he came back to my mother, I was so ecstatic. I saw how happy my mother was, and that made me happy. Like Kira, I had seen my mother so sad for so long, and it was great to see her smile again. Why can't Kira have that?" I asked, reaching out to wipe a tear from her face.
"I hurt you, Goten. And you hurt me. No matter what happens, or what we do, we'll always be reminded of that pain. I don't know if I could live always knowing that we had to do this twice. If it didn't work out the first time, it's just not going to work out at all," she said through her tears.
No. This wasn't how it was supposed to go. She was supposed to agree with me, and then we were supposed to go to dinner and continue our lives together. Not knowing what else to do, I got down on my knees and took her hands. "Don't do this to me, Marron. You and I have something I've never had before, with anyone else. And if you tell me that we can't be together, I don't know what I'll do. Leaving you was the stupidest thing I've ever done in my entire life, and I've regretted it since I did it. But I don't want to feel that way again. I don't want to regret each day that I'm not with you. Damn it, Marron, please. Don't say that we can't be together. Don't say that." I kissed each of her hands.
Marron got down on her knees in front of me and smiled sadly. "Goten, things are so different now then they were before. Wouldn't you always live in fear that I would hurt you again? Wouldn't you always worry that something could happen with Trunks again? And what if something did happen? What would we tell Kira? I couldn't do that to her. I just couldn't," she sniffed.
I wanted to scream. I wanted to yell. I wanted to cry. "What did happen with you and Trunks? Were you in love with him? Was it some sort of heat of the moment type thing where you realized you wanted nothing but him?" I asked, as calm as my shaky voice could handle.
"No. I didn't love him. It was more of a safety net type thing. I figured if I had someone, he could protect me from all the pain. We never did anything passed a kiss; we never even slept in the same apartment. He always went home at night. He would tell me he loved me, but I would never say anything. That's why I had to break up with him. It was wrong to keep him going like that. It wasn't fair," she murmured in a distant voice. She placed her hand on my head and smoothed my hair. "I just… I don't want to hurt you again. Because that might kill me."
I blinked tears away. "Life doesn't feel right without you, Marron. And I can't live a life that doesn't have you in it."
She kissed me softly on the cheek. "And I can't imagine hurting you again. That's why I can't be with you anymore. Not after what happened. Please try to understand that."
I wrapped my arms around her and held her close. "I can't have that. This isn't fair. I love you too much for this to happen. I don't care what happens in ten years, or twenty years, or even tomorrow. All I know is that for today, for right now, I want to be with you more than I've ever wanted to be with someone. And I don't care how much you hurt me. Because starting right now, you and I are going to be together. No matter what you, or anyone else for that matter, has to say." I smirked, despite the tears threatening to fall down my face. "What do I have to do, go to America again? I might be able to get my apartment back in California, you know."
Marron looked up at me with tears in her eyes. "Kira would hate that. She adores you so much."
"And what about you? Do you adore me?" I asked, perfectly aware that that question overstepped certain silent boundaries we'd set for this conversation.
She sighed. "You know how much I love you, 'Ten. Look, I just want to stay like we are. Just friends, taking care of Kira, and having the occasional anniversary dinner," she said softly.
I mentally slapped myself. "Dinner. Oh gods, Marron, I'm so sorry. I completely forgot about it. Are you mad?"
"No, not at all. Here, let me put on some coffee. I think there's some frozen pizzas in the freezer. I can heat them up real quick if you want," she offered, standing up and smoothing out her skirt.
I followed her. "Sure. That sounds great. You want some help?" I asked. I wasn't going to give up on Marron that easily. Krillin and Juuhachigou had Kira all night, which meant that I had all night to convince Marron that we were meant to be together. "And you didn't get a chance to open your card."
"Oh! That's right! Let me go get yours. It's in the bedroom. Could you start on that coffee for me, babe?" she asked hurriedly, bustling around the apartment, looking so cute and adorable.
I smiled to myself and nodded. "No problem." I messed around with the coffee pot and got some brewing before Marron came back out, an envelope in her hand and a smile on her face.
"I know it really doesn't make up for what I did, but I thought maybe, well, here," she stammered, handing me the envelope with a shrug.
"And I guess this kind of justifies what I did, in it's own little way," I muttered, scratching the back of my head and giving her mine. With an internal smile, I opened the card slowly and slumped down in a chair to read it.
Seventh time's a charm, eh? I have six more cards for you in a box under my bed, but I never had the guts to mail them to you. I guess I thought I had to let you go if I wanted to continue living my life. Cheating on you killed me, Goten. I really wish that things could have worked out differently between us. But I like the way things have been going. I'm glad that if we can't be married again, at least we're friends. All my love, Marron.
I looked up at her and smiled nostalgically. "Marron, I don't know what to say."
With a tear in her eye, she set down my card. "Just say that you'll agree with my decision to not be together."
What was I supposed to do? This was killing me, but I couldn't force her into something that she didn't want just because it would make me happy. "Yeah," I said with a heavy sigh, "I'll agree."