Chapter 81: Dad I have a problem!

The moment we sat down for lunch I sense that Gohan was flying at full speed home. Is something wrong? He didn't answer. I told Chichi was almost home, and she set another plate down. She said she was wasn't expecting him till dinner. So, something must be up. The moment he walked through the doors he went straight to his room. I put my plate down, and went to go check on him. I knocked on his door, and he told me to go away. I don't like this. I came in anyway, and he was face flat on his bed. "What's the matter, Gohan?"

"I don't want to talk about it right now."

"Gohan." He raised his face, and looked at me. His face was all red, and looked embarrassed about something. I walked over to him. "Gohan, tell me what's wrong." He laid back down, and mumbled into his pillow. "Gohan, speak up."

He sat up, and he quickly pulled his pillow over his lap. His face was becoming redder by the second. He wasn't look up at me, and he was silent for a good while. He then looked to the door, and he went from red to pale. I looked towards the door, and there stood Chichi and Goten. I told them I got this and closed the door. I then pulled Gohan's desk chair and sat down. "I'm not leaving till you tell me what's the problem. So, take all the time you need to tell me what's wrong."

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Today we were going bowling. Sounds interesting. Seeing everyone go before me gave me an idea what I was supposed to do. When it was my turn, I held the ball a little too hard, and it cracked a bit. After a few rounds I was starting to get it. I was having a ton of fun. We only stood an hour, and then we were off to a different location. We were passing a book store, and I couldn't resist wanting to see inside. "Once a nerd boy, always a nerd boy." We all laughed, as I took a look around. A book on quantum physics caught my eye, but the price tag was way more than I could afford.

I got sad, and was about to put it back, until Videl took it out of my hands. I was going to question her, till I saw her run to the cash register. She can't be serious. I tried to stop her, but it was too late. She brought the book, and handed to me. I was just speechless. How could I ever thank her? I was overjoyed and grateful. How could I say thank you? I basically was shutting down. And when I came back to reality my lips were wet. Videl was even holding her lips. Did I just… did I just… kiss her? I felt my face burning.

I covered my mouth in shock. That was our first kissed, and I completely blacked out. I was between angry at myself, and embarrassed at the whole situation. I don't know what to do. What do I say? What am I supposed to do? My mind was racing, and I felt I was going to pass out. What stopped me was Videl held out the book to me, and was looking away. With shaking hands, I took the book, and said thank you.

We left the book store, I placed the book in my bag, and we continued walked. As we walked, I couldn't look at Videl, without my face burning up. I can't believe I actually blacked out and kissed her. As I tried to focus on walking, Sharpner comes out of nowhere and hits my shoulder. "Didn't know you had it in your, nerd boy." He was in a joking mood, but it just made me feel even more embarrassed.

"Hey, Videl. It's that your first kiss? How was it?" That's when panic shot through me and I wanted to run. When I looked down to Videl, her face was super red. I must admit I wanted to know if she at least like the kiss. Even if, I wasn't fully aware of my actions. She didn't respond, and it was making me nervous. Erasa kept insisting that she say something, but Videl just ended up punching my arm. What was that for? That kiss doesn't count. I knew your blacked out. I want a real kiss. That actually made me happy. I couldn't stop a smile from forming on my face.

We ended going to a park. Me and Videl was sitting down, and looking at through the new book. Our heads were almost touching, as we flipped through the pages. Being this close her scent was almost overpowering my senses. When I turned my face, to look at her, she did as well. I felt my face burn, and her face became red. It somehow became harder to breathe, and my mouth felt dry. I don't who moved, but our lips was mere centimeters apart. Feeling her breath was nice, but I wanted more. The moment I felt my lips touching something soft, my whole body went to shock.

When we parted, I opened my eyes, that I didn't realize I closed. When I did, she looked so dreamy. That's when I felt a strange tightness, and it the whole moment. I felt extremely embarrassed by my body reaction, especially when I remembered where we were. At that I panicked and flew off at full speed. When I got home, all I wanted to do was escape to my room. I tried avoiding everyone. The moment I got my room, I closed my door and let myself drop on my bed. Not the best decision, since it made that hurt. But right now, I don't care. I just embarrassed myself. Not once, but twice.

As I tried to forget about the embarrassment, all I could think about was Videl's lips. Just my luck, dad is here. I just want to be left alone right now. Maybe I should take this chance to talk to him. As I sat up, I noticed Goten and mom at the door. There's no way I'm going to tell dad with them listening. I already embarrassed myself enough today, and this is awkward enough. Thankfully dad got them to leave, and he closed the door. "I'm not leaving till you tell me what's the problem. So, take all the time you need to tell me what's wrong." How am I going to start this conversation? Maybe do a comparison?

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"What was your teenage years like?" Why was that the first thing he ask? How am I supposed to answer? Well let's see what I can do.

"I mostly was training a lot. But something tells me you're not asking about that. Is there something you want to know?" He nods, and ask me about this thing called puberty. "Uh? I never heard that word before. What does it mean?" He tells me when our bodies go through changes. Changes from child to adult. Oh! He means that! Oh boy. Is it me or did the room getting hotter? "Well, before I met your mother again, I did notice I was going through things I didn't understand. Are you asking about that?" He nods, and his face is super red. This really isn't going to be easy.

I told him how after months training with Mr. Popo, I started smelling this weird scent. After that weird things started happening. Like how whenever I got extremely angry, or frustrated, I just thought of the weird scent and it calm me down. Or how sometimes I thought I was going crazy whenever I heard giggles whenever I dreamt of the scent. Even how Mr. Popo had to make me train my mind to forget the scent. "Wait! Why?"

"Something about focusing my mind better." He had a confused face. "It felt forever to forget that scent. Now the weird part about it all. When it came to the day before the tournament, I caught a whiff of that scent and I thought I was going crazy." I then told him how I met his mother again. And confirm what the guys said, and even added how I views everything. "It was really the first time I was ever interested in a girl. It was the first time I actually gave notice to a girl. You can easily say I wasn't the brightest growing up. I practically raised myself." He looked shock.

"So, wait. How old were you when this all started?"

"I think I was 15, almost 16."

"What happened after the tournament?" Oh boy. This is going to be tricky.

"I almost killed a guy for looking at your mom." Now he looked shock. "Yeah. Since I was done fighting for a while, and was going to marry soon, I was trying to figure out myself. I always didn't put much thought into anything that wasn't fighting. But something about your mom changed that, and I didn't understand why. You can easily say your mom drove me crazy, and confused me to no end. I didn't even know what love meant. All I knew was fighting. Pretty much, a good amount of what I know now is thanks to your mom." We both smiled. "Did that help?" He nod his head. "What brought all this up?"

"Me and Videl were in a book store. I saw a book I wanted, but couldn't afford. I was going to put it back, but she took it and bought it for me." He held out the book, and he had a very big smile. "I felt overwhelm at how happy I was. And was overthinking how I'll ever repay her. I blacked out, and when I came to, I had kissed her." Oh. I waited to see if there was more, and there was. "She said it didn't count as a first kiss, because she knew I blacked out. Then we were at a park, looking through the book together. We ended up kissing. It made me react and I felt embarrassed, when I remembered where we were. So, in a panic I rushed home." React? React. Re… OH!

I couldn't help snicker behind my hand. "My little Gohan really has grown. Don't give me that face. Just don't let it make you go crazy."

"How?" Damn it! "How did you not go crazy?"

"Your mother unknowingly calm me down. Also, she kneed me in the chest." I started laughing at that memory. "The next day she gave me the talk." We both started laughing. "Feeling better now?" He nodded. "Good, because she's downstairs." He turned red. "You either come out your room on your own, or I'll drag you. Pick." He got up so fast, he was waiting by the door. I ruffled his hair before we left his room.

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After talking with dad, I started feel better. Not exactly what I had in mind, but it made me feel better. When I found out Videl was downstairs, I was between happy and nervous. When dad ruffles my hair, I calm down a bit. Time to brace myself. Might get yelled at for leaving like that, but it'll be ok. When we got downstairs, I was met with a punch to the face. "Ow. Sorry." I was then pulled by my collar, that left me inches from her face.

"Don't do that again." She then let me go. That's when I remembered we were in front of my parents and kid brother. I started to feel embarrassed, and then felt I was being pushed. When I finally realize we were outside, panic started to sink in. "Oh no you don't! Don't black out again!" She then pulled me along. We soon ended up at the field I gave her flying lessons. "Why do you panic a lot?" She looked concerned.

"Do you really want to know?" She nods. "I really don't know. Since I was a kid, I was always timid and easily frighten. Then all of sudden my unknown uncle beats my dad, kidnaps me. Then my dad dies and I'm kidnapped again. Then force to live on my own, in the middle of nowhere, for 6 months. Then got beat as a form of training for another 6 months." I don't know when but I had started pacing back and forth, and Videl was sitting down. "I went to another planet. Saw a lot of death, almost died. Let's see what else? Oh, some guy from the future tells me my dad is going to die, AGAIN."

"Wait! Again? I got your dad came back now. But how many times your died?"

"Two. First one I was 3, the second was during the cell games." Oh. "Yeah." I was so focus on pacing I failed to realize that Videl had got up. It's when I felt arms around me that I stopped pacing. I hugged her back. "Did I almost mention that I have over protective parents."

"You sheltered, traumatize boy. You want ice cream?" Yeah. "I'm buying, so you could get as much as you want."

"I can't do that."

"If you don't, you'll make me sad." But I won't be able to repay you. "You're my boyfriend, that's good enough. Besides." I looked down at her. "You're stuck with me, so deal with it." We started to laugh. After that we enjoyed the rest of the day at an ice shop. We even shared a few Sundays and shakes. It was super fun, especially seeing her smile. I wonder how I could do that, without her spending money on me. I'm going to everything I can to make her happy. That's when a thought hit me. Is that how dad is with mom?