I would have updated sooner, but I have writer's block on the sequel, and I need to stall, sorry ::sweatdrop:: One more incredibly short chapter after this incredibly short chapter. Well, here goes...
I've tried so hard to tell myself
That you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
-Evanescence
"You forgot to turn the gravity on." Vegeta said, entering the chamber.
"I didn't forget." said Trunks's frozen voice. "I don't want it on."
"I heard you." continued Vegeta.
"If you're here for forgiveness, forget it. I'd rather be beaten than forgive you." As soon as Trunks spoke the words he was blown back by a punch to his lower jaw.
"Does it look like I'm down on my knees begging for your forgiveness? Wake up! I'm not asking and I don't expect it! I only want you to believe me." Trunks responded with a throw to Vegeta's abdomen.
"Don't you even know what true pain is?!" shouted Trunks, growing hot. His cheeks were red and his face steamed with a mixture of sweat and tears. "It's the knowledge that you've lost your father! I respected you, I was proud of you, I loved you, and I hated and despised you with my full heart!" Trunks stopped trying to fight his tears. "And even though that's true, I still have to know one thing," He swallowed, "Is it my fault? That you left?" Trunks watched Vegeta's eyebrows relax. His eyes were shimmering strangely. Trunks stiffened as the silence prevailed. The tension was too high, building and piling up, he had to get away. In a rash frantic Trunks shot into the air.
"Stop." ordered Vegeta quietly.
"NO!" shouted Trunks, "FORGET IT! IT WAS A STUPID QUESTION! I JUST WANT TO GET AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE!" Trunks halted abruptly as Vegeta materialized in front of him. Vegeta's left knuckle went right under Trunks's chin.
"You're not going anywhere at those speeds brat." Trunks let himself fall out of the air and slam against the floor. He saw Vegeta's white boots touch the ground next to him.
"I hate you for leaving." Trunks cursed, standing.
"You don't understand, do you? You would have died." Trunks swung about, landing his knuckles in Vegeta's chest.
"No, you don't understand!" He yelled, "I don't care if I would have died as long as you were here!" Trunks felt the need to tell Vegeta everything, to make him feel guilty and miserable. His voice shook uncontrollably.
"Y-you don't kn-know how much I screamed when you sacrificed yourself to save the Earth." Trunks attempted to swallow his tears, which seemed to have gathered in his throat instead of his eyes. "And even then it wasn't enough. When you left I slept in this r-room for days with your pillow and blanket trying to keep you with me. A-all my li-life I've been trying to keep you w-with me. I never could." Trunks looked away, suddenly aware his face was wet, and knowing it was forbidden. "And I never will. I hate you for everything you've done! I want to run away!" he bellowed, pushing off into the air. Vegeta caught him. Trunks went limp with shock as he received his second hug from his father.
"That's the difference between you and me." Vegeta whispered into his son's ear. "You hate me for everything I've done, but I love you for everything you've done. And no, it's not your fault at all, I hate that you thought that. I could never ask you to forgive me. What I am asking is that you recognize that I am not lying to you." Trunks struggled inside. He could not forgive this man, not yet. But he was not being asked to do that. He was only being asked to believe that Vegeta was telling the truth. Trunks knew he was. His father was not a liar, and this was his father.
"Father?" he said hoarsely. The word sounded weird on his tongue. "I believe you Father." He cried, returning the embrace. He could not forgive him yet, but maybe someday he could, and this was a good start.
::sniffs:: I honestly cried while I was writing this. I love the unstable Vegeta/Trunks...Father/Son relationship so much. I keep writing all these stories about Vegeta and Trunks trying to express how I feel about their relationship, but it never seems to be enough. I'll probably end up overdoing it ::sweatdrop:: I'll just have to make more stories to compensate for it. You'll read those stories, right?? Oh yeah, and I LOVE YOU CHIBI GOTEN CHAN!!!!!! YOU GAVE ME AN IDEA!! Though I still have to work out the plot...I am going to end up overdoing the Trunk/Vegeta thing...