It's Not Fair!

Disclaimer: Dragonball Z does not belong to me, it belongs to none other then Akira Toriyama. I just borrowed some of his characters for my demented and twisted mind. Please don't sue me! All you'll get is a lock of hair... you have been warned -;; OOC may imply.

P.S This story contains some slight shonen-ai.

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Chapter Two:

The small room was dark when Goten entered his bedroom. He collapsed on his bed. What an exhausting night he had.. he was physically and mentally drained. He and Trunks sparred the remaining time they had left.. he then remembered that Trunks said he would call him in the morning...

Tears then began to roll down his cheeks.. 'Trunks.. why didn't I tell you?' An empty feeling began to hurt inside.. he knew what was missing..

"I'm hungry.." Goten wiped his tear-stained face and pushed himself off the bed and slowly scuffled over to the door.

The kitchen was empty. It was 9:46 PM.. Gohan was gone. He was probably on a date with Videl.. he would be home soon, or mom would overreact about the time and preach about his schooling and that Videl is getting in the way.

Goten opened the fridge door and looked around while still thinking about other things.

His older brother seems popular with girls. If only Goten was like him.. then he would be able to ask anyone on a date... even if he had that kind of courage, would he ask Trunks out?

Even if he did. What would Trunks think? Would he be disgusted? Angry?

Goten shook his head. He shouldn't be thinking about this anyway, his heart always wants what he can't have...

Then Goten pushed his feelings and Trunks aside.

10:15 PM.. Gohan is 15 minutes late..

Goten was sprawled on his bed on his stomach. A half eaten sandwich was on a plate on the end table.. he wasn't hungry after all.. it was just heartache.. No surprise.

He could hear his mother's footsteps on the floor, pacing. She was waiting for Gohan..

His mother is so strict.. he wonders how his father could stand that.. sure, Goku is probably the strongest being alive, but how can he live with someone so.. so...

If he and Trunks were living together, he would never be anything like his mother.. so uptight about being in bed in time, so worried about school marks..

Goten tightened his fist. There he goes again. Thinking about the one thing that is unreachable and a feeling that is inescapable. He smiled to himself. He had almost told Trunks about his feelings.. sure, he was about to jeopardize his cherished friendship for just a silly crush on his best friend, but is that what you're suppose to do? Take risks on developing relationships? Maybe even love?

Love.. is that what he feels for this lavender-haired saiyan?

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LOST TRACK OF TIME?!"

Goten nearly fell out of bed. The silence was broken by his mother's outburst, which caught him off guard. His thought's about Trunks came to a halt. Then Chichi continued yelling.

"IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT AND YOU'RE STILL NOT AT HOME!"

"I'm sorry, it won't happen again. Next time I'll remember to take my watch and--" Gohan tried to reason with his mom.

"No! There won't be a 'next time'! Not until you come home at a reasonable hour!"

The argument lasted for a while, and it was Gohan who was losing. Finally, Gohan went to his room without another word. Chichi was smug with herself, she had her arms crossed with a satisfied smile planted on her face..

He wondered how long Gohan is going to take this.. sooner or later his older brother is going to be fed up with all these rules and soon he'll move out. Leaving him alone with his mother..

Goten let out a small sigh. He reached over and switched off the lamp on his end table and crawled underneath his comforter and placed his head on the pillow and closed his eyes.. thinking of nothing but willing himself to fall asleep.. forgetting his woes and feelings about his blue-eyed, lavender-haired demi-saiyan crush... Trunks.

-BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!- the alarm clock rang an annoying sound in Goten's bedroom until finally a hand came from under the covers and searched for the clock and pushed the 'OFF' button.

Goten was about to fall asleep but then his mother opened the door, "WAKE UP! IT'S 7:30 AND YOU'RE STILL NOT READY YET?!" too bad Chichi didn't have an 'OFF' button.. or better yet, a 'MUTE' button...

"Okay, okay. I'm getting up." he pushed his blanket off him and he sat up. He stretched and covered his mouth as he yawned. He wasn't thrilled going to school at all; but he got ready and was at the table in ten minutes.

Chichi placed an empty plate in front of Goten. "I've cooked pancakes, eggs, sausages, and toast. And there's cut fruit there, so eat up. A healthy, learning boy needs his breakfast to do his best for school."

Gohan was sitting at the table also, but his face was behind a book. He didn't touch his breakfast.

Goten began to eat when Gohan finally spoke. "Goten, Trunks called this morning at 7:00. He said he'll meet you at school."

"Oh. Thanks."

Gohan made an attempt to leave the table..

"Where do you think you're going? You didn't eat breakfast yet." Chichi bore down at her son.

"I'm not hungry. And I'm leaving for school. I promised to meet Videl at her house so we can walk to school together--"

"What did I say last night? Didn't I tell you that I don't want to with that girl? She's nothing but a distraction from your schoolwork!"

Gohan stood up. "I don't care what you say. I'm meeting her."

"Gohan! Don't you talk back to your mother! I didn't raise you to be--"

Goten slammed his fist on the table. But not hard enough to actually break it. "Enough! I don't want you talking about how you raised me or intended to raise me. But I'm going to school now. See you later." Gohan turned and reached for his school bag.

Chichi had enough. "GOHAN! IF YOU'RE GOING TO THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY FOR SOME BIMBO, THEN DON'T THINK FOR 1 MINUTE ABOUT COMING HOME!"

Gohan stood there with his back to both Chichi and Goten. "Fine." a simple answer. Instead of walking out the door, Gohan walked to his bedroom and soon came out with two bags. He probably knew that he was leaving so he packed his clothes ahead of time. "See you Goten." then he walked out the door.

Goten was stunned. But he was probably not as stunned as his mother. She gaped at the door for several seconds before she finally ran to it and threw it open, "GOHAAAAN! COME BACK!" she collapsed by the door frame and watched Gohan disappeared. Then she covered her face with her hands and sobbed.

"Yeah? Alright. Talk to you later, bye." Goten placed the phone back onto the wall then he later opened his door to his bedroom. There, was Trunks.

"So? What did he say?"

"Meh. Said he'll stay there as long he can, until he finds a place of his own." he closed the door behind him and sighed.

Trunks sat down on the bed, "Yeah. Mom said he can stay as long as he like, we have plenty of spare rooms and lots of food. So it doesn't matter if we have to feed 20 people, you know?"

Goten nodded, then his back touched the door and he stayed like that. The fact is, his older brother is gone.. which makes this house a little bit more empty. But he'll visit, or Goten could always go to Capsule Corp. and visit both Gohan and Trunks. Which is good, right?

"Goten? Hey Goten." Trunks cocked his head, 'He's getting more far out than usual. Maybe I should do something to bring him back to Earth..' Then Trunks suddenly thought of a plan to bring the spaced-out demi-saiyan back to reality. But it's gonna take skill, determination, and a whole lot of luck for it to work successfully. Trunks quietly got off the bed then he bit his bottom lip, hopefully Goten won't notice.. then Trunks stood in front of the smaller saiyan.. still Goten looked far-off.. perhaps he'll scare his friend, better check first. "Goten?"

"......."

Okay. He was going to do it.. Slowly Trunks reached up and cupped Goten's face with his hands, then slowly he tilted Goten's face up so they were both facing each other..

Goten finally actualize that something was different. He retreated from his thoughts and realized that Trunks was holding his face.. his face reddened immediately then he reached up and tugged Trunks' hands down and stared confused at the other saiyan. "What the heck were you doing?"

"Have you seen the way you looked? You looked like a zombie! Staring off into space in your own world. What am I suppose to do? Wait? Hey. Why is your face red? Are you blushing?" Trunks tried to get a better look at Goten's face, but Goten turned around completely and walked towards the window.

"No! Of course not. I just-- it's really hot in here." then he opened the window by pushing it out, which swung open. The warm breeze flooded over Goten and he breathed it in and sighed out.

Then there was a moment of hesitated silence..

"Goten?"

"Yeah?"

"Sorry."

Goten wheeled around, "For what?"

Trunks sat back down on the bed and leaned back slightly with his hands supporting him from behind. "I dunno. Acting weird I guess."

Goten was confused. Why would Trunks act weird? Unless.. unless he knows that Goten likes him?! Goten gave out a nervous cough. He could feel himself getting red in the face so once again he turned around and faced the other way. "W-why would you act weird? Especially in front of me?"

Trunks shrugged. "Forget about it." things are getting a little odd.. Goten seems tense about something. "Hey."

"Hm?"

"You're the one acting weird."

Goten stiffened. 'Think of a good excuse!' "Nah.." 'Ha. Good one...'

Trunks was smiling inside.. It was quite obvious that Goten was blushing. But for whom? And for what reason? He had to figure out who had captured his young friend's heart. "Is it about your secret crush?" he added some sly tone in his voice to shake up his friend.

Goten lost his breath for a second then he whirled around and stared at Trunks. 'Does he know?! Does he know?!' he repeated that over and over in his head. Then finally he swallowed and gulped. He was shaking all over.. his heart pounding.. just like that night..

Trunks quickly straightened up. Had he said something to frighten his friend? "Goten. Are you okay?"

Goten opened his mouth, but no words came out. He just stood there, then his eyes wandered from Trunks to the floor. He has to ask.. He HAS to! Then after a moments silence.. "Trunks.."

"I'm listening."

Goten took in a deep breath and exhaled. "Do you know?"

Trunks didn't understand. "Do I know what?"

Was he acting stupid? Maybe messing with him? Goten gazed back up at Trunks and looked at him in the eyes. "About my.. the person who I.."

"Oh!" Trunks understood.. or at least he thought he did. "You mean that secret person who you like, right?"

Goten was stupefied. "Uh. Y-you mean you don't know who it is?"

Trunks smiled. "Of course not. You didn't tell me remember?"

The younger saiyan burst out with uneasy laughter, then tears began to gather in his eyes. "Oh Trunks. You really are clueless!"

Trunks scratched behind his head, 'What'd I say?'

A/N: Thanks to the reviews I've received, I was inspired to create a second chapter to this fic. And.. sorry it took forever! I had writers' block and I told you before that I don't write a lot, ne? I'm sorry.. It's not perfect, so don't mind the tiny imperfections in it. I'm not a Chichi fan.. so I made her loud and really annoying in this fic.. heh. Anyway, I really hope that you enjoyed this chapter Peace out! Plus, if any of the readers of this fic have any ideas for the next chapter (maybe), please with no hesitation feel free to review and write down anything that might help me make the third chapter :P Thank you!!