Chapter 18

It's rest day again, it was 4 in the morning and the surrounding was colored light grey with green and bluish tint, mist still present hugging the grass and trees, creatures still in slumber and unbusy

Piccolo was getting ready to take flight when a small tug prevented him from blasting up, it was Gohan with his head down and rubbing his eye with his free hand then looked up at him with a sheepish grin and pink tint on his cheeks

"What?" The Namekian asked neutrally "Is something wrong?" he added

The boy didn't answer, instead shyly shoved a folded paper and quickly waddled back in the cave, Piccolo raised an eyebrow ridge as he watched the boy enter their base

The white cloaked alien made quick work in arriving at his other usual spot for training, solo, he settled sitting on a cliff with his legs crossed

"what could it be this time" Piccolo said lowly, face relaxed before gingerly unfolding the paper and reading it's content

He closed it back immediately taking 16 double takes in a split second before opening it again but this time more rushed and panicky, eyes scanning the surface in neck break speed

Back at base Gohan was wildly fidgeting, heart beating violently aggressively pushing up and outward his chest making his whole body tremble in recoil, his nerves was filled with valiant ants marching in course with his blood, he got up to alleviate the tension he was feeling but his hands couldn't stop shaking and his legs was wet noodles

A few weeks ago a thought had timely hit him, a thought that shook and froze him in place simultaneously

"After that battle you can finally go home and be a scholar "

Piccolo's voice back then was restrained, a fortitude dam not letting any ounce of emotion slither through, it ached Gohan's heart while reminiscing and it solicited him to further contemplate about what else that idea entailed

Go home?, leave Piccolo ? Spend time away from his darling brick?

The more he thought about it, the more sickening and unacceptable it became, he practiced and trained day in and day out in prime repetition in expanding the Scale of which his Ki can sense, only so that he was able to feel his mentor's energy whenever rest day came and he flew far away, Piccolo thought it was a good idea, it'll be good for his Ki usage and endurance so his friend helped him with it

So now he didn't need to go in frenzied panic since he was able to feel the comfortable blanket storm embracing him even if the Namekian wasn't nearby

But going home would be a different case, he would need to split his concentration in studying advance school subjects and honing in to his friends energy, It cannot be done, that would deplete his stamina like water in an upside down plastic bottle with no cap

Maybe several months ago it was conceivable for him to leave after the battle, return to his normal life, and put this entire journey behind

But everything has moved passed that and went way beyond, he was sympathetic and curious due to his upbringing and human side, he was riled with urges due to his suppress Saiyan side, the emotions and pulls tag teamed and merged into something obsessive and territorial

So no, leaving him and then just visit occasionally would be unreasonable, incomprehensible and repulsive

Hence his brain hatched a plan, a faultless plan for a 4 year old with limited understanding for more complex nuances, it was so perfect it will fix everything without him needing to make changes to his life goals

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He will marry Piccolo