Side-Episode 24: Insight Between Friends

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Goten:It was the next night, I had barely slept since yesterday. How could I? All I could think about was how much I hurt Bra AND even Marron. If Trunks knew how Bra felt about me and knew I did this, I'd be long dead by now. I still held and carried the picture of us two nights ago along with the note she gave me. It's never left my sight, nor my body. If it wasn't in my hands then it was in my pocket. I read it over and over so many times I've memorized every word of it. The worst part of it was that I haven't even talked or seen Bra since I left her house. Normally I'd call her and we'd talk for a while before I picked her up and hung out.

The house was quiet enough for me to hear knocking on the door. My mother had gone off into the city with Aunt Bulma and I still haven't left my room since yesterday. My mom came in occasionally to send some food over, that was it. I got up and went to answer it.

"Hi, sorry I'm late. We were real busy today." Marron had come by right after work after practially begging her this morning that I needed to talk to her rather than Bra right now.

"It's ok, I'm glad you even showed up after yesterday."

I let her in as we walked toward my room "I'm not apologizing for slapping and yelling at you Goten. I meant every word I said yesterday."

"I know." We entered my room as I closed the door behind her and we took a seat at the scene of the crime facing each other.

"So when are you going to talk to her?"

"I've already called her a couple times today and she hasn't picked up. I came by her house today too, but the girl at the front told me she wasn't home."

"Can't expect to forgive and forget that easy right?" Rather than a harsh serious tone, she said it in a more forgiving tone.

"So tomorrow, at your party, I know she'll be there. She has to be. That's when I'll talk to her."

"And if she doesn't show up?"

"Then I'm just going to have to find her myself and never stop till I do."

"Do you even know how to explain your actions Goten?"

"No, I don't really care because I can't change what she saw. All I care about is being able to find her and talk to her about how she's feeling and find a way to deal with it so I can still talk to her."

"If she didn't see it, what would've happened?"

"I don't know."

"Let's say you didn't find the note and Bra and I never found out, then what?"

"I'd still tell her. Knowing well she'd hate me, I'd rather let her know the truth than tell her later, because then she'd hate me for not even telling her right away."

"How? How'd this happen? I thought you really liked Bra."

"I do. But when Paris showed up and showed me something special that we shared, it brought back old feelings."

"So you still have feelings for her?"

"Do you still have feelings for Geeno?"

Marron said nothing, she knew I was right, deep down she still had love in her heart for Geeno.

"I'm sorry to bring him up in my defense but in the time you had to get over him and the time i had to get over her and have Bra in my life at the same time. It was hard for me to resist."

"Goten it's pathetic. You still could've stopped this from happening."

"I tried. I told her it can't. I told her to stop, but she kept insisting, tempting me in all of the weak spots."

"It still works both ways. If she tempted you, you didn't have to take it. You could've gotten up and left."

"It's hard. I couldn't, I was too tempted to resist."

"So you're saying if I do this you'll be tempted to have sex with me." Quickly she began and took her shirt off revealing the purple bra that conformed on her breasts. Then she pulled the ties from her pigtails letting her soft hair relax. My eyes stood in shock, I looked at the upper torso of her vanilla silk body. I swallowed hard. This couldn't have been that big of a deal, I've seen her body in a bathing suit before. I closed my eyes and turned my head away.

"Please Marron don't do this."

"What I'm right here Goten, I've known you longer than Paris. Why don't you look at me? Am I so tempting that even though you have these feeling for Bra you can't help but jump up on me and do me?" Her voice, full of force and anger.

"Marron." My head still turned, WHY was she doing this to me. She knows very well I was IN LOVE with Paris. I have feelings for Bra, we know that. But why is she pushing me this is different, you're my best friend.

"Come on Goten. Your weakness is standing right before you. The blinds are shut this time, no one's looking. You could do me and no one would see." She straddled herself, just her in her bra and jeans, sat on me with her legs around my waist and wrapped arms around me neck. In her hands, she took my face and forced it to look at her.

"Come on. You had me straddled on you like this yesterday morning. You said you'd ride me, bring it on Goten. Show me how big of a man you are."

I looked in her eyes as she spoke those words. Such hurt, so much pain. I caused this. She's forcing me to do such a thing again! Then she placed her cheek on mine and licked my ear and with a tiny tempting whisper she said,

"Fuck me, Goten."

My heart pounded as it did before, quickly. My breath, in a panic. I could only take so much anger from her, such hatred, such force to do her! I had told her my weaknesses once before, and there it was full and cupped well. I clenched my teeth together and slapped my hands on her thighs. I got on my knees and waddled a bit before loosening my grip so we'd fall on the bed with her head on the pillow as she stayed hanging on from my neck. I planted my hands on the sides of her and looked at her with anger. She looked at me now with fear in her eyes.

"FINE! Marron you want me to, I'll do it."

"Goten?" Now she's shocked because I'm doing as she asked? Slowly she took her arms from my neck and clamped them together by under her chest.

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"You want me, don't you?"

I quickly took my shirt off. I bent down closer to her face, my hand traced up her body and to her bra. I could feel the fear rising in her.

"No, Goten..."

My nose traced from her collar bone and up her neck. I closed my eyes as my nose ran up her jaw bone, I gripped her breast in my hand and heard her squeal as I continued tracing upward with my nose. I felt her breathing in a panic, finally I stopped when my nose touched hers. I opened my eyes looking straight at her. I took my hand off her and looked at her with anger as her eyes were still and wonder.

"How dare you test me."

I gave a little bit of space between our faces.

"Did you honestly think I'd make the same mistake twice."

"Goten."

"Stop this Marron." I got off her and sat on the bed handing her her shirt as I put mine back on.

"I made a mistake, I was in love with Paris. We've been over for only 2 weeks. You told me yourself Geeno had come by and wanted to take you to that level, but you didn't want to. You had enough time to accept your relationship with him now. I've been trying to get over Paris. Bra's helping me, I've told you that before. What happened with Paris yesterday was a mistake! You would've done the same thing if Geeno came 2 weeks after you two broke up and you knew nothing of Trunks feelings because you wouldn't have told him at that time that you and Geeno had broken up."

She smirked knowing I was right as she took a breath and breathed it out.

"Ok, I'm sorry."

"What's the big deal anyway? Why'd you force me to have sex with you?"

"Testing to see if your feelings for Bra were real by seeing if you weren't just tempted because you saw some boobs. Which I might add are bigger than Paris'."

"Yes they are! Soft too."

"Yeah, what's with the grabbing if you knew you weren't going to do anything to me."

"Nothing, just to test you and see what'd you do. Make you believe I'd actually fuck you like that."

"Ah."She looked at me disgusted and slapped my face.

"Hey! Enough slapping I got that yesterday."

"You grabbed me. That deserves a slap."

"You let me grab you before."

"That was maybe 3 months ago, besides YOU SAID THEY WERE FAKE!"

"In that bathing suit it did! They were touching and perfectly round. I figured you had them altered while you were in college."

"Pure breed Goten. All pure."

"Yup, 100%."

"...So... How do you feel about Bra now?"

"...Hurt. Pain. Just pissed off at myself for doing that. I like her a lot. She's changed a lot in my eyes. She's no longer this teenage girl who used to get on my nerves whenever her and Pan were together talking about boys. Now she's a young woman, capable of wearing her heart on her sleeve and getting hurt by me."

"She had to grow up sometime Goten."

"I know...but I don't know what I'm supposed to do now."

"Just talk to her. Find some way to talk to her and fix things between you two. You have to understand this from her point of view Goten."

"I have, but it's so hard to find a way to let her know I'm sorry."

"She's going through a lot right now. This is the first time she's ever been in love so she doesn't know how to handle situations like this. She doesn't know how she's going or even if she's going to forgive you."

"Marron, you talked to her. Can't you at least tell me a little bit of how she's feeling or if there's anything I can do to help her see that I'm sorry?"

"I can't tell you much because it's her business and you should find out yourself, but I can say this... she's extremely hurt by it. She fell hard for you for the first time and doesn't know how to deal with it. All she does is cry and frustrated. The only thing she wants you to do is make it go away."

"But I can't just make something that she saw go away."

"I know. Goten, when you love someone feelings don't disappear in one incident correct?"

"Yes. What're you saying?"

"Bra's still in love with you. But right now she just hates you."

"...and?"

"What I'm saying is just like any fight you had with Paris you hated her but still loved her right?"

"This is different Marron."

"I know but my point is she WANTS to be with you still. You just have to prove it to her that you're sorry and you want to be with her no matter what it takes. I mean you do don't you?"

"Of course! I'll do anything for her forgiveness!"

"So show her Goten, show her you care."

"But what if it doesn't work."

"Goten, it's up to you. Whatever you do though, no matter what, even when the road gets hard never give up. Trust me, she hasn't fully given up on you either. She WANTS you to do something to ease her pain, sure I'm there to help along the way but she really wants YOU to take care of it."

"And you're sure about this."

"Yes."

"Ok. I'll figure something out then. Thanks."

"Sure..."