-----Chapter Eight

"What?" Vegeta asked, his eyes nearly popping out. "What makes you think I'd know anything about that nonsense!"

Gohan looked crestfallen. He didn't know who else to ask. Krillin didn't seem the type to be serious about the topic and there was no way he'd talk to his mother about it. He could just hear what she'd say if he asked.

"Oh what smart grandchildren I'll have," he shuddered. He looked up at Vegeta pleadingly.

"Please, I only asked you because you're always so sure about stuff and you're married," Gohan pleaded.

"So is baldy!" Vegeta snapped.

"Boys! I'm going out! Bye now!" Bulma called and the shutting of the door followed her voice.

Vegeta looked around. It came as a surprise to Gohan when Vegeta came to sit beside him. He crossed his arms across his chest, taking one last sweep of the room.

"It's that earthling you're always hanging around with. The stubborn one," Vegeta scoffed.

Damn it, does everyone know? Gohan hung his head.

"Love is complicated brat, but not that you didn't know that already."

No kidding.

"How do you know when you're in love," Gohan asked. He wished he hadn't because part of him didn't want to know.

Vegeta thought for a moment. "You want the mushy version or the R version?"

"What's the mushy version?"

"A load of fluffy crap."

Gohan thought for a moment, smiling. "Give me the mushy version."

"Damn it! Fine!" Vegeta sighed. He took a deep breath. "I can't believe I'm doing this…."

"You're in love… When everything she does, no matter how much you may disagree, or hate it, is beautiful. When you can look at her, looking like a cow with huge ankles and no make-up but still want her… Your heart beats hard and you're always out of breath every time she looks at you."

Gohan looked at Vegeta and saw that the smirk had gone but was now replaced with a genuine smile.

"No matter how dark it is sometimes, she'll always make it seem bright and all the pain you feel is taken away just by one look. A single touch from her and time is standing still… You feel indescribable emotions that can't be explained. Satisfied?"

Gohan sighed. He felt that way about Videl but he just couldn't seem to accept it. He was caught off guard when Vegeta patted him awkwardly on the back.

"Don't be such a fraidy cat," Vegeta went back to smirking.

Gohan shook his head. "She doesn't know the real me. She doesn't know I'm a super saiyan, she doesn't know I beat hell. She—"

"Doesn't know you love her."

Gohan blushed.

"Everyone needs to take a risk sometime, Gohan."

"I guess you're right, thanks Vegeta."

"Now get out of here so I can train and you dare tell anyone brat!"

Smiling, Gohan went on his way back to school. It was over but he just had to go get something. Turning super saiyan, he entered the room. He found her locker and began to turn the knob.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Videl demanded as she sprinted over.

"Shoot!" Gohan muttered. "Stay back!" she didn't. She tried to punch him instead. With his free hand, he blocked it. She didn't give up. Unable to concentrate on opening her locker, Gohan gently pushed her away, causing her to go flying at least ten feet away. "Damn it."

Frustrated, he ripped open her locker door and found them. Putting on a glove, he grabbed them. Not looking back to check if Videl was okay, Gohan took off.

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"Trunks, are you sure this is going to work? What if we keep sending her letters and Gohan still won't care?" Goten asked.

"Well then we had fun," Trunks replied placing the letter in the mailbox.

Goten smiled. "Yeah! It was—"

"Trunks! Goten!"

The two children's eyes widened. Gohan! They flew off but it was too late. He caught up with them anyway.

"What were you two doing there," he asked. "You weren't playing any tricks on Mr. Satan were you?"

"No, we were delivering a letter," Goten replied.

"For someone," Trunks added quickly.

Gohan halted. "Who?"

The other two also stopped. Goten shrugged. "He just said to deliver it for him."

"What did he look like?" Gohan asked. He was finally going to find out who the cheesy love letter writer was.

"We couldn't see. He had sunglasses on and a hood. He goes to your school though. We saw him wearing a badge, just like that one," Trunks pointed out.

"Gotta go," said the super saiyan before going back to the direction of Videl's house.

Exchanging a high five, Trunks and Goten separated to go home. Their plan was working just perfectly.

Gohan reached the Satan House in no time. He threw open the mailbox expecting to find a letter but it was too late. The mailbox was empty.

Author's Note: Okay, I bet so many of you are like totally disappointed with Vegeta's uhm... "Help" thing. Lol I know it's totally out of character of Vegeta but you since he's always portrayed as the man's man type of guy I figured a nice change would be okay! Ha of course I could be wrong... Anyway, I apologize for the horrible chapter and thank you for reading anyways. Don't forget to review! It will be very much appreciated!