Rift in Time – Chapter 2

A/N: The rating may start to go up very soon.

How could he… why would he? Trunks lay back on his bed, thoughts racing through his head, none worth thinking about, anymore. Trunks sighed and closed his eyes. A knock sounded at the door and a voice came, "Boy, open this door at once!" Trunks shot up and darted to the door, opening it to find Vegeta standing there. "Nani?" Trunks asked. Vegeta grunted and said, "The woman wants to speak with you, so go see what she wants!" Trunks furrowed a brow and said, "You mean mom?" Vegeta crossed his arms and walked away. Trunks rolled his eyes and followed Vegeta downstairs. Bulma tapped her foot, waiting at the bottom of the staircase. Trunks froze and began to take a step back but was halted the second he reversed direction. "Oh no you don't…" Bulma stated, tapping her foot. "Trunks you get down here right now, we need to talk." Trunks faltered, but jumped to the bottom and followed her to the living room. Vegeta was in the kitchen, finding uses for the many gadgets that were about the place. "These things are useless… why do we have them?" Vegeta questioned. He threw the toaster in the trash along with some multi-purpose blend and cook appliances. "Useless, all of this," Vegeta grunted and then walked out of the kitchen and up to his room.

Trunks inched towards Bulma, who was patting the spot right next to her, motioning for him to come and sit. "Sit, or would you rather talk to your father?" Bulma asked. Trunks clenched his teeth as his eyes widened. He walked towards her and sat down slowly next to her. She smiled and put an arm around him. "There now, isn't that better?" She asked. Trunks gulped. Bulma turned her attention to the television for awhile. Trunks grew impatient and blurted out, "Mother why am I here?!" Bulma turned her attention to Trunks and pulled him to her. She began to ruffle his purple hair, before stating, "I wanted to spend some time with my son, is that bad?" Trunks fell off the couch. Bulma gave him a confused look. Trunks rubbed his head and asked, "Why didn't you just say so in the first place?" Bulma smiled and replied, "Because darling, you never listen when I 'say so in the first place'." Trunks sighed and sat down next to his mother.

"Daddy pick me up!!" Bra yelled. Vegeta lifted Bra onto his shoulders and walked down the stairs and into the room where Trunks and Bulma were sitting, enjoying a television show. "Daddy lets go see Trunks!" Bra chirped. Vegeta grunted and said, "There'll be none of that, you can do that on your own time." Bra sniffed and said, "Pwease daddy?" Vegeta cringed but said, "Fine." He walked over to Trunks with Bra still on his shoulders and knelt down. "Hi!" Bra chirped. Trunks smiled and reached out to her, lifting her off Vegeta's shoulders and placing her on his lap. Bra stood up and gave Trunks a kiss and giggled. "My big brother!" Bra yelled, while hugging Trunks, still standing on his lap. Vegeta rolled his eyes and walked out of the room. Trunks laughed and handed Bra to Bulma. "My baby girl is the cutest girl in the whole world, aren't you," Bulma said. Bra giggled and said, "My mommy is the best!"

The phone rang suddenly. "Kuso… who would call at this hour?" Trunks cursed, but sat up and walked over to the phone. He picked up the receiver and hit the talk button. "Hello and thank you for calling Capsule Corporation, this is Trunks Briefs, how may I direct your call?" He recited. Bulma laughed and walked over to him. Bra clung to her leg for the ride. Bulma placed her hands on Trunks shoulders and dug her fingers in, rubbing the tight muscle into a less stressful state. Bra let go of Bulma's leg and ran out of the room, in search of Vegeta. Trunks froze when he heard who was calling. "T…Trunks hey, it's me, Goten. What's up?" Trunks covered the receiver with his hand and ran upstairs with it. Bulma furrowed a brow and sat back down on the couch to enjoy a late night movie. He ran inside his room and shut the door, locking it behind him. "Goten… what do you-"

Goten interrupted, "Trunks, I'm sorry about earlier. I was just … upset." Trunks blinked and replied, "How could being upset make you say that?" Goten turned away from the receiver and sniffed, before turning back and saying, "Trunks… please, I was confused. It's been a long week. Girlfriend dumped 'me', before I dumped her, got fired from my job, and was promoted to head of household duties for the rest of the summer…" Trunks gulped and replied, "Oh…" There was a silence on the line. Goten asked, "Wanna go see a movie tomorrow night?" Trunks thought, and replied, "Sure but tell me something first." Goten asked, "Nani?" Trunks replied, "Answer this honestly…" Goten stated, "Ofcourse."

Trunks asked, "Have you … ever 'really' had an attraction towards me?"

A/N: *evil laugh* I love cliffies…