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Love's Pain

A Confession

Trunks walked up to Pan, grabbed her by the shoulders and kissed her hard on the mouth, before pushing her away from him. Pan stumbled backwards into the desk, from the force that Trunks used when he pushed her away. Turning around so that he wouldn't have to face her yet, Trunks ran his hands through his hair in frustration, while he tried to figure out what to say to Pan. When he finally turned around, Trunks was expecting to see anger or hurt on Pan's face but instead he was met with confusion and a hint of rage that only saiyans could produce.

"Trunks, I don't know what in the hell is wrong with you, but as of this minute I officially don't care. I am not some toy for you to play with when ever you feel like it. So please tell me what that scene at the club was about and what that kiss was all about." Pan whispered as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"I don't know" Trunks said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"You don't know." "Pan" "You don't know why you just punched one of your best friends in the face?" "Pan" "kidnapped another" "Pan" "and made an ass out of yourself to everyone else?"

"PAN!"

"WHAT!"

"Shut up! If you would just shut your damned mouth for a moment then maybe I could think of a way to explain things to you. Okay, shut up and let me do the talking for once."

The only response Trunks got from his outburst was a hostile glare from Pan as she walked over to his bed to sit down and listen to his explanation. "Thank you. Okay so first off, I'm sorry I punched Uub. I don't know what came over me, I just saw him rubbing up against you and touching you and something inside snapped. The next thing I know Uub is on the ground and you are yelling at me for hitting him." Pan snorted as she listened to his explanation for hitting Uub. "Look I don't care if you believe me or not but that is what happened. Secondly, I didn't kidnap you. Don't give me that look! I needed to talk to you privately and I didn't think a crowded club was the best place to do it at."

"Then why didn't you ask me to just come talk with you?"

"Oh. Like you would have come with me if I asked you to, especially after I just decked Uub in the jaw."

"Well no, but you didn't have to throw me over your shoulder like that."

"Alright then how was I suppose to get you out of there? In case you didn't realize it your Uncle, my best friend was there, and he tends to get a little over protective when he thinks someone might hurt you, and I really didn't want to have to deal with Goten and you so that I could talk."

"Whatever, it doesn't matter now. We are in private so talk. Tell me what is so damn important that you had to drag me away from everybody else. It can't possibly be to important because last time I checked we said all we had to say to each other a couple of months ago. Unless you have thought of something else that might be hurtful. Is that it? Did you want to rip my heart out a little bit more and maybe it is more fun to do it where no one but you gets to see my pain?"

"Pan, I love you."

"Excuse me?"

"I said I love you!"

"NO! Why are you doing this? Was it not enough last time when you said everything was a mistake? Dammit Trunks, how can you do this to me? I thought we were friends." Pan cried as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Trunks walked over to her and wrapped her up in a bear hug as she beat against his chest. "Shh Pan, please quit crying. I'm so sorry. I never wanted ti hurt you. I didn't mean it when I said it was all a mistake. The only mistake was letting you walk away. I truly love you and everyday I have died a little knowing that I ruined what we started to have together. Just give me a few more minutes to explain everything and then you will hopefully understand why I did what I did."

"I don't know if I can, Trunks. First you give me hope that I had found the love of my life, then you rip my heart out, only to later confess that you love me months afterwards when I'm finally getting my life back on track. You can't keep doing this to me. I...I need...I need to leave." Pan said with anguish in her voice as she pulled out of Trunk's embrace and started walking to the door.

"Pan wait! Please don't go! I know I've screwed up and that I have hurt you but I need you. Please just let me explain everything to you. You have to understand what was happening to me." Trunks said. Pan could hear the tears in his voice but she refused to give into him. She needed to get away from Trunks and decide if she was willing to put her heart out there again, before she would listen to the explanation he so desperately wanted to give her."

"I'm sorry Trunks but I can't do this right now." Pan whispered before she ran out of his room and out of Capsule Corps.

(Trunk's Room)

Trunks just stood there and watched as Pan ran away from his room and away from him for a second time. 'Now what am I going to do? I finally decide to listen to my heart and not live in fear of that nightmare; I tell her I love her and try to explain everything and what does she do? Pan runs away.' Trunks thought right before his cell phone started ringing. "Hello?"

"Trunks, where the hell are you and what have you done to Pan?" Goten yelled into the phone.

Trunks had to pull the phone away from his ear so he wouldn't go deaf from Goten's rantings, "Goten, I'm at Capsule Corps and the only thing I have done to Pan is tell her that I love her, right before she decided to run away from me."

"Oh. Look man I'm sorry. Maybe you should give her sometime to think before you try to talk to her again."

"I would, but I have to explain a few things to her. I messed everything up and I need to fix it before I lose her forever."

"I don't know what to say. Just try her in the morning, that should give her enough time to calm down and start using the rational part of her brain that she received from Gohan."

"Thanks Goten. Look I'm going to let you go, tonight has been exhausting. Please tell Uub I'm sorry I hit him, I didn't mean to. I just got so mad when I saw him with Pan, and I didn't think about what I was doing, I just reacted to my jealousy."

"I will. Night man. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"Yeah, alright. Bye Goten." Trunks said as he hung up the phone and got ready for bed. ' I will make this up to you, Pan. I love you, now I just need to make you listen to me.' he thought determinedly as Trunks fell asleep.

Pan had decided to walk around the city before she got a cab to take her home. She had hoped the cool night air would clear her mind of all the turmoil that it was in, but she couldn't get Trunk's declaration of love out of her mind. 'What am I going to do? I love him but I don't know if I can handle the pain again if he decides that he doesn't want me. I know that it was chicken of me to run out and not let him explain but I couldn't take another minute of looking into his deep blue eyes and seeing the same pain i was feeling. I just need to go home, sleep it off, and call Bra in the morning for help.' Pan thought as she paid the cab driver and walked into her apartment. She dropped her keys on the end table by the door and noticed the light on her answering machine was blinking. "I wonder who would call at this time of night." Pan said as she pushed the play button.

"Pan this is Mommy. Honey, I'm sorry but...







What does Videl have to say to Pan? Is it going to be good news or bad? Will Trunks ever get to explain about Brolli to Pan or will she avoid him to save herself the possible heart break. Find out in the next chapter of "Love's Pain."

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