Reconciliation

3:10pm

Bra and Trunks exited off the bus, with Trunks in the lead. He could feel her stare burning holes into the back of his head. After they had entered the door and taken off their shoes Trunks attempted to break the silence.

"Bra I.."

"Don't Trunks. Just don't" Bra interrupted angrily, storming away from him and up the stairs to her room. She actually left marks in the ground from her heavy stepping, but didn't seem to notice or care.

"I guess she's just as angry as she was last night" Trunks thought recalling the previous night's confrontation after she'd come home. It had culminated in him calling her easy and a slut and her telling him to go fuck himself. As soon as the words had left his mouth he regretted it. His sister definitely wasn't easy, and she definitely wasn't a slut; she'd barely done anything more than kiss a guy. They'd been fighting a lot lately, but last night was a massive elevation. He sighed and slumped off towards his room. Bra was blaring her music loudly as Trunks walked past her door. Trunks stopped in front of her door for a moment, not sure if he should try to talk to her again. He decided against it for now and continued down the hall to his room. He idly threw his backpack towards a chair in the corner of his room. He threw it a little too hard and heard a snapping noise as one of the back supports in the chair splinter. He sighed and shook his head. He needed to fix things.

Trunks walked over to his desk and turned on his computer. Maybe killing some virtual aliens would cheer him up abit.

5:20pm

Trunks heard a knock on his door.

"Hang on a sec guys" he said into the headset he was wearing, then pausing his game. He stood up and took off the headset before walking to the door and opening it.

"Oh hey mom"

"Dinner's ready Trunks"

"Okay I'll be down in a minute." Trunks said before returning to his desk. He picked up his headset

"Alright guys I have to go, dinner." Several voices came in through the ear piece saying bye to Trunks as he logged off from the game. Trunks walked out of his room and saw Bra exit her room. She glared at him as he walked down the hall before she took off down the stairs. Trunks shook his head before following her down the stairs.

"She's not going to make this easy"

After descending the stairs Trunk took his usual seat at the dinner table, opposite his sister with his father's now vacant seat on his left and his mother on his right. For several minutes the only sound at the table was the scrapping of knives and forks and the chewing of food. Trunks found he had surprisingly little appetite and mostly just played with his food, occasionally taking a bite.

"What's wrong you two?" Bulma asked after several minutes. "You're usually a lot more talkative then this."

"Nothing." Bra and Trunks responded simultaneously. They briefly exchanged looks then turned away from each other.

"How was school Trunks?" His mother asked.

"Fine. Boring... you know the usual." Trunks replied.

"How come Goten didn't come over?"

"Why don't you ask her?" Trunks bitterly said, gesturing towards his sister.

If looks could kill Trunks would be on his death bed from the look Bra had just given him.

"May I be excused?" she said angrily, not waiting for an answer before she got up and left the table. She dropped her dishes into the sink with a clash then went back up the stairs to her room.

"What was that about??" Bulma asked Trunks. Her daughter rarely acted like that. "What did you do to her Trunks?"

"Nothing!"

"Doesn't look like nothing." Bulma said.

Trunks frowned. Bulma just kept looking at him, expecting him to say or admit he did something. "She's pinning this all on me. It's her fault... hers and Gotens"

"Fine I'll go talk to her if you'll stop looking at me like that!" Trunks yelled, sitting up from the table and knocking his chair to the ground as he did.

"What is wrong with them..." Bulma said after Trunks had headed up the stairs.

Trunks rapped on Bra's door loudly. He had to to make sure she heard him over top of her music.

"This is not going to go well"

After a few seconds he tried knocking again. Her music became much quieter.

"What??" She yelled. It was a little difficult to hear her, but Trunks could tell her tone was quite angry.

"Can I come in?"

"Go away Trunks"

"Bra please..."

He heard the scraping of a chair against the floor, and a moment later the door was opened.

"What do you want? To call me a slut again?"

"No, I..."

"What Trunks?"

"I just want to talk for a minute. It's important."

Bra sighed and rolled her eyes. "Fine."

Trunks followed her into her room and sat on the edge of her bed while she sat on the chair at her desk.

"So..." trunks began.

"So you said you wanted to talk Trunks, so talk."

Trunks coughed a little, clearing his throat.

"Look Bra, I'm sorry about what I said last night. Seriously, that was totally uncalled for."

She didn't say anything but just kept staring at him sternly.

"I don't like the way things have become between us lately. I miss the little sister who I used to piggy-back around through the woods, or go jetting around the planet looking for some adventure and excitement with. I know we're older now, but that's no reason why we shouldn't still get along..."

Trunks look up into his sisters face, he was blushing a little from what he'd just said. There was a faint smile pulling at the edges of her mouth.

"I miss that too Trunks. I'm sorry for how far we've drifted apart." She really was. She missed the friendship they used to have, but she'd always thought it hadn't really bothered him. The two sat in silence for a moment.

"So about Goten.." they both said simultaneously. After a brief chuckle Trunks nodded to Bra to go ahead.

"I know he's your best friend Trunks, I'm sorry about all the sneaking around and everything. But I like him, I really do a lot."

Trunks sighed. "I know. I suspected something was going on.. it was. just a shock to actually see that something going on."

 Bra laughed a little "yeah I'm sure it was. Look ifme and Goten dating means you two can't be friends anymore I'll..."

"No Bra I don't want that. I just need some time to adjust to this you know? If you have to be with a guy, I'm glad its Goten. Just promise me one thing."

"What is it?"

"Keep the affection to a minimum around me okay?" Trunks said cracking a smile.

Bra giggled. "Okay Trunks." "Okay one down, now just dad left when he gets back" "So I guess now you and Goten just need to kiss and make up." She added sticking out her tongue.

"Yeah yeah." Trunks said rolling his eyes, but grinning. "I guess I should go over and apologize."

"Yes you should." Bra agreed.

6:01pm

Trunks touched down just outside the Son household, his landing leaving a small mark in the ground and stirring up some dust. He brushed his hair out of his face with his hands as he walked towards the front door. The flight had given him some time to think about what he was going to say. He knocked hard on the door once.

"Just a second" a girl's voice rang out. A moment later ChiChi was standing in the door frame.

"Oh hi Trunks."

"Hey Mrs. Son.. could I speak to Goten?"

"Sure just a moment..." there was a brief pause before pause before she screamed "GOTEN!!"

Trunks nearly fell over out of shock from the sheer volume of her voice.

"Coming mom!" a moment later Goten had appeared near the doorway.

"What's Trunks doing here??" Goten thought, a look of shock on his face. "Um.. hey Trunks." He said slowly.

"Hey Goten"

ChiChi looked at the two boys. She could clearly tell something weird was going on but decided not to get involved this time.

"Thank Kami" Goten thought as he watched his mother move back into the bowels of the house. He stepped out throw the door so both he and Trunks were outside the house.

"Look Trunks if you want to fight can we at least go somewhere else?" Goten asked. There was a hint of fear in his face.

"No no Goten, that's not why I came here."

"Oh... then you came here to tell me to stay away from your sister right?"

"No"

"Then you came here to..."

"Shut up for a second" Trunks interrupted. Goten was silent. "I've thought about it abit and I've talked to my sister. She legitimately seem to like you."

"I like her a lot too."

"I know. Goten, can you date her and still have us be friends?"

"Yeah of course Trunks.. the real question is can you handle being friends if we're together?"

Trunks was silent for a moment. "Yeah, I think I can."

Goten's face relaxed a little.

"But I swear Goten, if you hurt her.."

"If I hurt her, I'll kick my own ass don't worry Trunks."

Trunks took a few steps towards Goten. "I guess that just leaves one thing."

"What?"

"Payback." Trunks said before he hit Goten hard with a right hook. Goten staggered backwards for a moment; he wiped his mouth across his right hand, a small amount of blood smearing onto it. Goten wasn't mad or surprised at all by what Trunks had just done. He'd betrayed Trunks and Trunks needed to let out his anger about that before they could be friends again.

"Nice shot." Goten said as he turned back to face Trunks, a smirk on his face. "So are we okay Trunks?"

"Yeah" Trunks said smirking back at Goten. "We're good. Now let's go find some fun."