Bah. (That's all I have to say..)
It's Not Fair!
Chapter 3
"What a dumpy place. Are you really going to live here, Gohan?" Goten had inspected the tiny flat that his older brother, Gohan, was going to rent.
"What? What's wrong with this place?"
"You're going to die here.. Either by the roof caving in on you when you're sleeping, or.. Yeah, the roof will cave in on you. Definitely!"
"As long as it got a bed and a roof over my head, I'm fine with it." Gohan, always the optimistic one. He would always fine the bright side of things. That's just the way he was.
"Why did you move out from Capsule Corp.? They have plenty of spare rooms I'm sure."
"I didn't want to impose. Besides, Vegeta was thrilled of the idea of me getting my own place." Gohan mused.
"Then you'll be getting a job, right?" Goten looked out of the flat window.. It seems that's the only window there in the tiny apartment. 'Not even a great view.' Goten thought. He was staring at a wall of another apartment building.
"I'm way ahead of you. I already got a job."
"At CC? With Bulma?"
"Nope!"
Goten was confused. He knew that Gohan would have been a great help assisting Bulma. What other job could he have in mind?
"This will be great! I already got my work uniform. Wanna see it?"
"Cool! Let's see it." It's probably a business suit. Brown and green really suited him. Gohan's probably going to work at one of the top marketing companies (aside from CC of course.). Goten really admired his brother. He's smart, sophisticated..
Gohan returned, and was grinning like a loon. AND he was also wearing the most bizarre outfit ever! "G-Gohan! Are you are burger flipper?" he was stunned. He would have never thought that his older brother would have such a job... then again..
"What? Isn't it stylish?" Gohan was wearing a lousy brown tee with white strips going horizontally, with the same color brown pants.. And to top it off, he wore a brown/white striped hat with a name tag attached to the shirt on his left chest. He just looked plain weird. "It's not a great job, but at least I get to wear this cool outfit!" Then he started to admire himself in a mirror on a wall.
"Feh. Whatever.." Goten rolled his eyes and stuffed his hands in his jacket pockets. "So when are you getting furniture?"
"I don't know."
"You at least have a bed right?"
"I just have a sleeping bag."
"Um. What about food?"
"I get a 20 discount at the place I'm working at! Food won't be a problem."
Goten forced a smile. He really thought that his brother would do better...
Then Gohan started laughing. "Ha ha! Don't worry Goten. I'll be fine."
"If you're sure.."
"Of course! Now why don't you go home? You can come back to visit me tomorrow. But it'll have to be in the evening because I start work right after school. Okay?"
Goten groaned. He didn't want to go, he would rather stay with him than go home.. But he can't tell his mother that, it'll break her heart that her whole family left her. "Alright.. See ya!" he waved bye and closed the door after him.
Now that Goten is flying home, his thoughts came back immediately to a certain lavender-haired teen.. Goten frowned. He practically spent the entire day with his brother, and that sort of kept Trunks off his mind. Again that dull ache appeared. What is he going to do about it? Unless he get's the courage, he won't do squat! So now that he won't do anything about it.. Without realizing it, Goten slowly drifts into depression.
At school..
"Hey Goten." Trunks beamed at the smaller demi-saiyan.
"Hey.."
"Now what kind of greeting is that? You're suppose to say it like you mean it!"
"..."
Trunks figured that something was definitely wrong. Usually it was Goten who was the one yapping. But today he's different. Quiet for a change.. Trunks agreed he didn't like it. "Goten? Is something the matter? You sick?"
Goten was sitting on the floor in the hall with his back against the wall. He had pulled his legs up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. It was break, so they had about 15 minutes before they go back to class.. "I'm okay."
"Liar."
Goten looked up at Trunks. He nearly broke down.. Tears were about to spill but he made sure that he wouldn't cry in front of him. Why does it have to be this way?
Trunks knew that he upset Goten with his remark. "I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean for it to come out like that! I'm such a goof." Trunks kneeled down and placed his hand on his friend's shoulder. Little did he know that made Goten even more upset..
Goten tried to wriggle from Trunks. He didn't want to be touched by him.. He knew he would later crave more of his touch.
"What's wrong with you today? You're acting strange."
Goten shook his head. "I'm sorry.. It's just that things have been hard lately.."
"You mean that girl you have a crush has a boyfriend?"
Goten remained silent.
"Um. She rejected you?"
Okay. This was it... Goten buried his face in his arms and allowed the tears to run down his face.
"G-Goten!" Trunks looked around to make sure that none of the other students were watching. In their luck, hardly anyone was around. They probably were outside.. "I'm sorry!" he reached out forward to touch the boy, but decided not to and withdrew. "Please Goten. I didn't mean it that way." What did he say that could effect his friend so much? So he may as well sit and wait until his friend feels better. Trunks sat on his rear and tried to look away but his gaze would end up back at Goten. So he decided to give it another shot. "Goten.." he reached forward and lightly brushed the soft black hair. This time, Trunks was relieved that Goten didn't pull away this time. "Goten?"
The younger boy slowly looked up. His eyes were red and his cheeks were wet from the tears. He sort of leaned into Trunks' hand and sighed softly.
"Feeling better?"
Goten nodded. And without thinking, he looked into the blue eyes and reached up for Trunks' hand and held it firmly and with his other hand he placed it on the ground and he leaned forward..
"Goten..?"
The youngest son of Gokou closed his teary eyes and ever so softly he brushed his lips over the other boy's and enjoyed how ticklish it was. Both remained like that, momentarily transfixed. Then Goten felt the other boy shiver and finally zoned in on what he was doing. He pulled away from the nice feeling and stared at the dazed and confused Trunks. "Omigod! Omigod, omigod, omigod!" Goten released Trunks' hand and shakily stood up. With one final look he took off running down the hall and soon out the front doors.
"Goten, wait!" Trunks had jumped up and was about to run after him when a not well liked teacher stood in front of him.
"Where do you think you're going young man?"
"I have to go. My friend is needs me." Thank Kami that this teacher hadn't run onto the two kissing in the hall, or he might have to go through a lot of explaining.
"The bell is about to ring and I can't have any students skipping. Now off to class." she pointed in another direction.
Trunks clenched his fists and obeyed. Good thing that this teacher doesn't know who he is. So as soon as he rounded a corner, Trunks made for an open window and jumped out and quickly tried to sense where the panicky boy went.. No good. He lowered his power level, so this will be harder then it seems. So he started running and looked in every direction he went.
A/N: Omigod! It's been ages since I last updated on this fic. Well, I hope you ppl will enjoy this one and such
