Wee! Hiya. this chap's not so short, and I don't feel like writing a big author opener or anything so here it is! XD sorry again for that mean and ugly cliff hanger.

Disclaimer: Goku: "But I want to wave the flag of victory!" ~WSWTYTL by princess panchii...go read it! and I don't own DBZ by the way.



Pan stood there, awestruck as she watched the phone ring. "Oh my Kami, Oh my Kami..." she whispered. "I can't pick it up...I just can't...Oh..You stupid phone! Quit it!" She seethed, beginning to pace back and forth in front of her phone. Suddenly, phone ceased ring. She blinked once and stared at it. 'Maybe he decided I wasn't home...' she hoped to herself and smiled. 'Yes! That's it! That buys me more time!-'

Suddenly, there was a knock on Pan's bedroom door. She froze and stared at it. 'Oh no...'

"Pan-chan," she heard her mother say. "You have a telephone call. I think it's Trunks." Pan swore to herself silently and made a mental note to get her own telephone line in the future. "Alright Mom." Pan gently picked up the phone and brought it to her ear. "M-moshi moshi..." her voice just above a whisper.



"Uh...Pan?" asked Trunks. " That you?" There was a brief pause before she replied shakily. "Uh...Yeah. Hey Trunks." She smacked herself on the forehead. 'Man, I sound like suck a baka...'

"Um...What's up?" he asked. Again, she began to twirl the phone cord between her fingers. "Oh, nothing much. I just got up..."

"Oh...I-I hope I didn't wake you up or anything..." he trailed off. "Oh no! You didn't wake me...I've been up for a while," she said. Her palms where beginning to sweat a bit. "So..."

"So..." he repeated. "Uh...well...Listen, Pan. I need to talk to...Do you think we could meet somewhere?" He sounded nervous. "Uh...s-sure. Where do you want to meet?" she scrambled for a pen and some paper. "I was thinking maybe Kabuki at 12:00? M-maybe we could grab lunch or something..."(A-N: It's a restaurant that I absolutely love! the best Japanese food in America ~.^) "L-like a date!?" Pan sputtered then smacker her forehead again, wishing dearly that she hadn't said it. "Uh..." Trunks said nervously. "Um...I-I guess so...Uh..Hehe...See you there, Pan."

~POV CHANGE! MWAHAHAHAHA-*cough*~

Trunks hung up the phone quickly and banged his head on the wall once. "Stupid stupid stupid!" he said to himself. "Why the hell was I acting like such an idiot?" His shoulders slumped and he sighed, then walked over to the couch. With a groan, he flopped down on his back and shut his eyes. After a moment, he smiled. 'At least I got to talk to her...' (A/N: yeeee! *girlish giggle*)

~ANOTHER POV CHANGE!! HEHEHE!~

Pan gently set the phone back in its cradle and dragged herself down the hallway and out to the kitchen where her mom was cooking breakfast. With a loud sigh, she sat down heavily on one of the bar type stools that surrounded the kitchen counter. Her mother spoke to her without turning around. "Hello, Pan-chan." Pan laid her head down on the counter top miserably and replied in a muffled voice. "Hullo, Mom." Her mother turned around with a pan full of bacon and tipped it over, shoveling some onto a plate, which already had nine or ten pancakes on it. "What's the matter?" she asked. Pan groaned in response. "Oh, I see..." said Videl, setting the plate on the counter top. "Trunks?" Pan nodded and snagged a piece of crispy bacon from the plate, then shoved it in her mouth. "What is it this time?"

"Well," Pan began, but was soon cut off by her father, who made his way into the room, still in his navy flannel pajamas. He yawned and stretched, then pecked each of the girls on the cheek. "'Morning ladies," he said drowsily. "Morning daddy." said Pan sweetly. Gohan smiled and sat down at the table.

So what's on the agenda today?" He asked. Videl pulled a small, pocket- sized calendar out of her apron and flipped through a few pages before finding the one she was looking for.

"Well, you have that open house at the university today, and then at 5:00 you've got the professor's banquet and the seminar on psychology, then you have to take that vest to the dry cleaners, and sometime today you have to fix the mailbox because someone ran over it last night." Gohan listened and nodded while he ate his pancakes. "And what do you girls have to do today?" Videl ran through her list of things to do while pan prodded a stray pancake with her fork.

"And what about you, Pan?" he asked. Pan looked up and blinked once. "Hm? Oh, I've got lunch with-" She trailed off and returned her attention to breakfast. Videl gave Gohan one of those all-knowing 'Don't ask' looks and they remained silent through breakfast. When Pan was finished, she stood up and scuffled off to her room. The small alarm clock on her bedside table read '10:30'. "Hmm...One-and-a-half hours 'till doomsday," she said, walking over to her closet. She decided to wear her usual orange bandana along with form-fitting black jeans and a red quarter-sleeved shirt, not wanting to look too dressed up. (A/N: Ok, we're going to assume she took a shower earlier) She wore her favorite little two-star dragonball earrings (eeen! I want some of those! XD) and a semi-dressy pair of shoes.

She snatched up the keys to her car and with a heavy sigh, headed to the front door. On the way, she spotted the small ticket stub from the concert she and Trunks had gone to. She felt the uncomfortable lump return to her throat and quickly headed out the door.

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She entered the quiet, oriental atmosphere of Kabuki and looked around. Her palms where sweating immensely and she could almost feel herself shaking. The waiting room was lit dimly by several glowing temple lamps and a soft Japanese ballad was playing in the background. There where quite a few people hanging around waiting on tables, making her even more nervous. She gazed around the room and spotted the lavender-haired man leaning against the edge of the bar. Her heart froze.

'Oh my Kami, there he is...' she thought. She attempted to walk towards him, but her legs refused to move. Hard as she tried, she was petrified. 'Oh no...What will I say?' She winced and gazed at him. 'What will he say?' Trunks was watching the news on a silent, high perched Television, not aware of her presence. Pan forced herself to take one step, and then another. 'Almost there...' she thought.

She had almost reached him when he shifted his gaze to her. She froze again. 'Just the same...' she thought to herself in awe. 'Exactly the same...' His silky lavender hair fell into his bright blue eyes, which where hard, but not cold. Never cold. His skin was a bit more pale than it had been when she had seen it last and he seemed tired. Way to tired to be the Trunks she knew.

His mouth was opened slightly as he locked eyes with her. There was an uncomfortable pause before he walked toward his old friend. "Pan-chan-" he said quietly, then winced, wishing he had left out the 'chan'. She gulped and stepped up to him. "H-hello, Trunks."

The corners of his lips turned up slightly and he spoke softly. "Been a while. How are you?" Pan nodded. "I'm alright." she said, looking down at her feet briefly, then back at him. Her hands where trembling and she tried to stop it. "And you?" Trunks shifted his weight to his other foot. "Oh, I'm fine." She smiled nervously and nodded. He looked away. There was another uncomfortable pause before he spoke again. "So, uh...Lunch sound good to you?" he asked. Pan nodded. "Sounds great."

~~~~~~~~~~~~WAP00000SH!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~



The two of them had lunch at the restaurant (It's so cool! they cook the food right in front of you and then they make this Onion volcano and they juggle bowls of shrimp tails, and!-well, never mind ._.; On with the story....) and then decided to take a walk around the nearby lake.(work with me here! .*)

They walked in silence for a short time, not sure what to say to each other. Pan grew restless. Something inside of her actually wanted him to say something about that night. 'Why is he just ignoring that?' she asked herself. 'Did...He not enjoy it?' She then blushed and scolded herself. 'Of course he didn't...and neither did I...right?' she blushed a bit more and shoved her hands into her coat pockets. Trunks looked over to her. "Pan?" he asked. "Your face is red...Are you ok?" She nodded. "Uh, yeah. I'm fine." He looked at her for another second, then looked out to the lake. "It's beautiful out here...."

"It is..." She agreed. Th two of them walked onto the narrow bank of the lake at the very edge of the water. After a moment, she looked up at him. He, in turn, was watching her. She blushed and smiled nervously. He returned the smile, then watched a flock of geese fly across the sky. "Pan...I need to talk to you..." She blushed again. "Wh-What?" 'Oh Kami. Here it comes.'

"A-about...that night...in Trigun City..." He shifted around nervously and Pan could almost see a blush tinge his cheeks. "I..." he laughed and put a hand to his head. Pan gave herself a silent sigh. 'Now's when he's going to say, 'I think we should just forget about that night. You're my best friend, Pan-chan. I don't want to lose you to something like that,' she we're going to hug and go home and everything well be ok.' She shifted around. 'Everything will be all right, won't it? Of course, Trunks. Kami, you stupid...what am I thinking? I want this to happen! What's wrong with me?' She shifted again and her palms where wet with sweat. 'I just want to be with Trunks again, but...'

Trunks began to speak again, this time in a husky voice. "Pan-chan...that night...I was thinking." He grabbed her hand. Pan's eyes widened and she gasped. 'What in the...'

"I was thinking that...well..." His eyes looked sincere and Pan could feel herself trembling.

"I-I was thinking...That I wouldn't mind doing that again sometime..."



DUN DUN DUNNNNN!!!!! AAAAAAGH! I am the queen of cliffhangers! XD teehee! I'm so sorry to have to do that again ^^;; but you know how it is. =P I'm just so evil and stuff. I swear to Kami, as soon as I think up something for then to do next, I'll write it ^_^ Sorry for all the Authors notes popping up here and there, but I love to do that. Someone inspire me, please! My IM thingies are Lonely Kodama and Oracle Kaiya (Roleplaying name that I use like...every four years. o_o) I need thoughts from you guys! and don't forget to review me! ^.~ Sankyuu! arigato!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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