I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, pure dumpster fire stuff here that I had fun with XD. Remember go and check out this Fanfiction's audiobook on Youtube! On Black-Line Production, it has a red A logo with a black background. So far only a trailer and the first chapter are up. Still looking for more voice actors.
Gohan and Karen had been sitting in awkward silence for the past minute. Gohan felt like he couldn't breathe, he needed to say something but he didn't know what, plus he had to keep his heart rate in check because he knew she could hear it.
He glanced around the restaurant, it was nice, the ceiling was white and it had small chandeliers, they sat by the glass window and had a view of the beach, there was quite a lot of space between each table, the walls were face brick, it had a really nice and calm feeling to it.
He turned his attention to Karen who was also scanning the restaurant.
"So, what do you do for fun?" Asked Gohan awkwardly, he had no idea what to say, he and Karen never actually spoke without something drastic happening.
Karen could feel the awkward atmosphere and it was suffocating her. She turned to look to him. "Uhhh, I read…and I don't know? Train? What else can a person of my…occupation do?" Asked Karen, she could tell they were both tense and she had a feeling he knew that as well.
'Wow…this is so nerve-wrecking' Thought Gohan, he was starting to regret this, this awkward 'dinner' could actually make his chances with her worse.
He sat silently before his mind wondered to what Barry told him. 'Just be you…' Barry's words echoed in his mind.
He relaxed and let his mind breathe, his entire being relaxed as he thought of his circumstance.
Gohan sat quietly for a few seconds before chuckling. Karen gave him a somewhat confused look before she asked. "What's with the laugh?" Gohan just smiled.
"Well, six months ago I never thought I would be on a date with you" Said Gohan as her cheeks turned red.
"A date?" Asked Karen, Gohan's moment of happiness quickly turned into nervousness.
"As far as I know we are here to and I quote 'Grab a bite to eat'" Said Karen, her cheeks slightly red.
Gohan gave a nervous laugh. "Did I say date? Wow I didn't notice…" Said Gohan as he mentally berated himself.
Karen watched Gohan have a mini panic-attack and couldn't help chuckling. "I do see where you are coming from though, neither did I" Said Karen as Gohan sighed internally, happy he could avoid the topic.
"Yeah I hated your guts" Said Karen as Gohan sweat dropped.
"Gee thanks" Said Gohan sarcastically as she chuckled again.
"I'm playing Gohan" Said Karen as a waiter stopped at their table.
"Good evening! I will be your waitress! My name is Mandy! If you need anything you can signal to me and I will come! I stand right over there!" Said Mandy as she pointed to a corner in restaurant and handed them their menu's. "Here are your menu's!" Mandy finished.
"Thank you" Said Karen as she smiled to the girl and took the menu, Gohan took his as well and thanked the waitress who smiled at him before walking off.
"She seems nice" Said Gohan, Karen nodded.
"So now that you dragged me here, what do you want to talk about?" Asked Karen, Gohan looked to her.
"Well let's be clear you brought us here" Said Gohan.
"Yeah well I couldn't trust you with the location" Said Karen as Gohan raised an eyebrow.
"And why is that?" Asked Gohan as she shrugged.
"Because you have about two working brain cells" Said Karen as he scoffed.
"Two more than you do" Said Gohan with a smirk as he leaned forward.
"Oh I see you are a wise guy" said Karen as she smirked and leaned forward.
"What happened? I thought I had two brain cells" Said Gohan as he retorted.
Karen raised her left eyebrow as she smirked. "Well you said it not me" Said Karen as Gohan chuckled.
"I see what you did there" Said Gohan as he realized they were leaning forward and their faces were at least 30 centimeters apart.
He leaned back as he spoke. "You know I feel like we just have to insult one another, to get comfortable around each other" Said Gohan as she nodded.
"Yeah the awkward silence was killing me" Said Karen as Gohan nodded.
"You can say that again, I was telling myself to keep my heart rate in check because I knew you would be able to hear" Said Gohan as she chuckled.
"Yeah well, I was trying to remain calm, I didn't know if you could sense my energy and tell what was going through my mind" Said Karen as Gohan smiled.
"You were fine" Said Gohan as she nodded.
"Well, it is kind of pointless now, seeing as we both just admitted that we were really trying to not make our nerves apparent" Said Karen as Gohan nodded.
"Okay how about this" Started Gohan. "You keep your super senses away from me and I will keep my ki sensing away from you" Said Gohan as she nodded.
"Alright fair" Said Karen as Gohan nodded.
"I could teach you sometime?" Offered Gohan as she looked confused before it dawned on her.
"Ki sensing?" Asked Karen, Gohan just nodded before responding.
"Yeah, you will get a massive strength boost as well" Said Gohan as her eyes widened slightly.
"Your strength could double, triple or even quadruple" Said Gohan.
"And you tell me this now!?" Said Karen as Gohan chuckled.
"Well let's be honest here Karen, would you have even contemplated it before?" Asked Gohan as she froze before she shook her head.
"I thought so" Said Gohan as she sighed.
"Wait, why are we talking about work?" Asked Karen as Gohan shrugged.
"No idea" Said Gohan, however he knew the answer. 'It's probably because we don't know each other outside of the League' Thought Gohan, although he wasn't about to point that out.
"Anyways we should order" Said Gohan as he took a look at the menu, Karen took hers and started looking for something to eat.
After a few minutes of flipping through the menu in silence Gohan put the menu down.
"It took you that long? Don't tell me you are about to order the whole menu" Said Karen as Gohan chuckled.
"Karen, I do have manners" Said Gohan.
"Just checking, I can't trust you" Said Karen as Gohan gave her a playful laugh.
"Oh come on Karen, you are so mean" Said Gohan as she shrugged.
"Please, you want me to be nice?" Asked Karen, she had a challenging look on her face.
"Couldn't hurt to try" Said Gohan as she raised a skeptical eyebrow.
"Alright" Said Karen as Gohan eyed her slightly confused, she smiled at him.
"What?" Asked Gohan, trying to figure out what she was going to do.
"You heard me, I will be…nice" Said Karen, she pretended to struggle as she let out the last word.
"So Gohan how was your day?" Asked Karen, her tone was different, it was lighter and kinder than what he was used to, for a moment Gohan couldn't believe what he just heard.
"Karen…please, stop that…stop that forever, you being nice is not working" Said Gohan as she flustered.
"Hey I can be nice!" Argued Karen as Gohan laughed. The truth was the shift in her tone was alluring and if she spoke to him like that again his heart would race.
"Keep deluding yourself" Said Gohan as he looked to the waitress and signaled for her to come over.
"Take that back you jerk!" Said Karen as the waitress arrived and sweat dropped at the comment.
"Have you chosen?" Asked Mandy, Gohan nodded and ignored Karen.
"Yes, I will a big daddy burger and a soda" Said Gohan as Karen looked to the waitress and smiled.
"I will have some tea" Said Karen as Gohan looked to her surprised.
"You realize what and I quote 'Grab a bite to eat' means right?" Asked Gohan as she spoke.
"Yes, I know big daddy" Said Karen as Gohan turned red in the face at the comment.
The waitress chuckled at the comment.
The waitress took their orders and left and Gohan and Karen continued talking, soon their food arrived.
"Hey this burger is actually really good" Said Gohan when he took a bite from it.
She looked at it before looking back to him.
"No thanks" Said Karen as Gohan chuckled.
"Your tea can't be that good" Said Gohan as she shrugged.
"Still better than your burger" Said Karen as Gohan just shrugged.
"You are missing out" Said Gohan as he started to present the burger like a professional, using his hands as he presented it.
"Eons ago the gods couldn't find good food until they stumbled upon earth, the moment they entered the atmosphere they could feel their godly senses tingle, the overwhelming food of earth was so alluring that their heightened godly food senses could smell the divine meal from the other side of the planet and so they-" Gohan didn't get to finish.
"Are you seriously about to create a fake legend of a burger just so I can try it?" Asked Karen as Gohan nodded like a kid.
She held back a laugh at the sight as she snickered. "Alright fine let me have a bite" Said Karen as Gohan handed her the plate thinking she was going to cut a piece out but she just took the burger and bit on the opposite end.
Gohan's eyes widened as he realized she just took a bite out of his burger. "Uhmm you just took a bite out of my burger" Said Gohan as she realized what she did.
She quickly played it off. "How old are you? Five?" Said Karen as she put the burger down and gave it back to him.
"You got all the jokes don't you?" Asked Gohan as she had a smug look on her face.
"I have you don't I?" Asked Karen as Gohan responded.
"Hey! I am not a joke!" Said Gohan until what she had said dawned on them both.
"…uhm…you realize what you just sai-" Gohan didn't finish.
"Yes! Yes I do…" Said Karen with red cheeks.
Gohan chuckled at her dismay. Karen was getting sick of being cooped up in the restaurant.
"Let's go and do something else!" Said Karen as Gohan looked at her surprised.
"Like?" Asked Gohan, she shrugged.
"I don't know, come on you are the wild one" Said Karen as Gohan shrugged, he hadn't really done much on earth that he could consider fun until a though dawned on him.
"You want to go to a club?" Asked Gohan, Karen who was taking a sip of her tea nearly choked.
"A club?" Asked Karen incredulously.
She was truly bewildered at the thought, she hadn't gone to one in a while and her last time wasn't fun either.
"Did someone say club?" Asked a passerby.
Karen and Gohan looked up to see the girl from earlier with her friends. "Yes…" Said Gohan as she grinned.
"We are going to leave for one in like five minutes if you two want to join?" Asked Mila, Gohan looked to Karen, they made eye contact for a few seconds.
"I am not sure…" Said Karen as Gohan grabbed her attention.
"Come on Karen, you might have more fun than you think you will" Said Gohan as she contemplated it.
"Alright fine!" Said Karen as Gohan grinned and she smiled at him.
"Alright lovebirds let's go!" Said Mila as they both turned red.
"Lovebirds?" Said Karen as Gohan gave off a nervous chuckle.
"No, we are just friends" Said Gohan as they both nodded.
Mila gave them a skeptical before nodding. "Alright then 'just friends' we are going to a club called Absolute, right down the road, let's go" Said Mila as they both just chuckled awkwardly.
They met up with the other three of Mila's friends.
"Alright, you are Liza" Said Karen as she pointed to the girl. "You are Adam, and Aaron" Said Karen as they nodded.
"Well she remembers" Said Adam. "But then again who would forget a face like mine" Said Adam with a grin.
Karen chuckled. 'He is so full of himself' Thought Karen. 'He is good looking though' Thought Karen as she followed them.
Gohan and Karen returned to their table to leave the money for their short meal. "You do realize we can't even get drunk right?" Said Karen as Gohan shrugged.
"Just relax and have fun, you are allowed to have fun every once in a while" Said Gohan as she sighed before smirking.
"Don't have too much fun" Said Karen as Gohan blushed.
"Please there is only one girl for me!" As she looked to him curious, he felt his nerves rise. "And uhh she isn't here right now" Said Gohan as he tried to correct his mistake.
Karen eyed him as she contained a blush, she knew she was that girl.
"Alright then mister, let's go" Said Karen, Gohan breathed a sigh of relief in his head when she dropped the subject.
When they were about to leave Gohan discreetly whipped out his phone before sending Barry a message.
{Hey man! It's Gohan, sorry to bother you, but I really need your help! Could you do me a favor and get me that drink that lets me get drunk! Karen and I decided to go to a club with some people we met, so I thought why not, we are in Miami! We are going to a club called Absolute if I am not mistaken} Said Gohan as he sent the message, he knew he would be a regular human during that time but he didn't care.
With Barry and Iris…
They were currently in the kitchen of their apartment, they ran out of popcorn. "So what do you think of the movie so far babe?" Asked Barry as she smiled before shrugging.
"It's okay" Said Iris as Barry jaw hit the floor.
"Okay!? It is a beauty! Avengers Infinity War is a work of art! And you still have to watch Endgame!" Said Barry as Iris laughed as he got worked up.
"You know you are so adorable when you get worked up" Said Iris as Barry pouted.
"Are you making fun of me?" Asked Barry to which she grinned.
"Maybe" Said Iris as Barry grinned.
"So you do like the movie" Said Barry as she chuckled.
"Yes I do, it's nice" Said Iris as Barry raised a eyebrow.
"Good, or, you see us? Might not have worked out" Said Barry acting like he wasn't sure, as she raised an eyebrow.
"You want to repeat that?" Asked Iris as Barry was suddenly very sure.
"Nope, not at all! You are the only woman for me!" Said Barry as she smirked.
"I thought so" Said Iris as she leaned closer to kiss him but Barry's phone screen lit up and a message notification sound played.
They both turned to the screen of the phone and Barry recognized it as Gohan.
"Gohan?" Questioned Barry as Iris looked at the phone.
"The god? That one?" Asked Iris as Barry nodded.
"You said he was going to come visit didn't you?" Said Iris.
"Yeah but things got hectic so we never had a chance to figure out when" Said Barry as Iris nodded.
"He wants the pill that will slow down his metabolism" Said Barry as he read the message and gained a grin because he got a massive idea.
Iris raised an eyebrow. "I will be right back babe" Said Barry as he pecked her on the lips. "Be back in a flash!" Said Barry as he vanished.
Iris sighed before chuckling. "He should be back in about three minutes"
When Barry arrived in Miami and found Gohan he discreetly called the Saiyan over and gave him two vials.
"Thanks Barry! I didn't mean to disturb you" Said Gohan as Barry waved him off.
"No problem, I got you the pill and I got the one that Kryptonian's use, well the one Bats had made for Superman, it has the same effect on all Kryptonians, and I have the counter pill, just in case something happens, at least Karen will be able to return to her normal self" Said Barry as he handed him three pills.
Gohan looked at Barry before nodding. "I had no idea Kryptonians have these as well" Said Gohan as he took the pills.
"Well how do you expect Superman to have fun with his human friends?" Said Barry as Gohan nodded.
"Fair enough" Said Gohan as Barry gave him a thumbs up.
"Just, I don't have to tell you how important it is to not lose that pill or the consequences will be horrible. Have fun man!" Said Barry as he vanished.
Karen was currently in the club, the lights were shining and the club was pumping, Gohan told her he had gone to get something but she didn't know what, she was busy talking to Mila, Liza, Adam and Aaron, and they had already had their first shot, when Gohan got back.
"I am back!" Said Gohan.
Well guys I decided to cut the chapter short and give you guys an update, sorry for the delay, but lemme know if you guys would rather wait or get a chapter, I am honestly not sure which you would prefer, but I would like to pump out chapters consistently but guys, I need a life XD, I have things that I do as well plus I have a Youtube channel now, but like always feedback is much appreciated and just so you guys know , chapter 1 is already up on Youtube, go and watch and subscribe and give it a like and hit the bell! Damn I feel like I should be saying all of this my youtube videos XD but whatever, I hope you enjoyed the half chapter, I think its one of my shortest chapters among my recent chapters.
Let me know what you think of Gohan and Karen's banter, I tried to make it as natural as possible but do you guys have any idea how it feels to make a conversation between two people who are both socially awkward plus on a date, its like trying to make two people slowly warm up with one another, honestly it was a dumpster fire that I had lots of fun with XD.