Chapter Six: Snow Bunnies
It was a beautiful day in the mountains. The sky was cloudless. A slight breeze blew through the barren trees, knocking off the last leaves off as it blew flurries of snow into the jet stream. Along with the slight sound of the wind, laughter could be heard in the distance.
"Hey Bubby! Check out what I made!" The half pint ball of energy yelled, pointing at his recently finished snowman. "That's awesome, Goten! One question, though. Where's his hat?" His older brother asked him curiously. "Oh! He's not getting a hat! He's gonna be a Super Saiyan!"
"How are you planning to do that?" Gohan asked, fearing the worst. "With this!" Goten yelled, pointing at some yellow snow on the ground. "Cool, huh?" He said cheerfully, rather proud of what he had made. Gohan just stared at it with a mixture of horror and laughter on his face. "…….Yeah…… Totally cool! Let's not show mom this snowman, though!"
After shaking off the sight of his brother's "creation", Gohan decided to lie down in the freshly fallen snow. "Ahh… I haven't done this in forever…" He thought to himself, closing his eyes and feeling the light snow falling on his face. He really hadn't taken the time to enjoy the snow since Goten had turned five. Ever since then, Goten had started getting into the art of snowball fighting, so Gohan was never safe to just lie down. With him building his snowsaiyan, He'd finally get his chance to relax.
Or would he?
Gohan was about to drift off to sleep before he felt a pair of mittens lightly cover his eyes. "Guess who, sugarplum!" The source of the mittens said cheerfully as she laid down on the snow, her face right over Gohan's. "Heh, I don't know! I need a hint!" He replied slyly. Taking the hint, Videl kissed him. "Now can ya guess?" She asked him, grinning a little. "How about that beautiful girl that stalks me?"
"Stalks YOU? You're more like the dorky guy who stalks ME!" She replied sarcastically, but lovingly, deciding to lie beside Gohan instead of over him. "You were the one who always stalked me around Satan City, if I can remember correctly!" Gohan replied, grinning in his apparent victory. "Heh, lets just say we stalked each other and call it even!" She proposed, flicking Gohan on the ear in the process, to which he could only smile, nod, and rub his now swollen ear. (Hey, ears are sensitive in the winter!)
"So, whatcha doin' laying here? All this snow, shouldn't you be building a snowman?" She asked, placing her head on his chest. "Nah, Goten's in charge of that." He replied, pointing over to Goten's snowman, which now featured spiky locks of gold on its top. "Gohan… Is that what I think it is?" She asked, disgusted by the sight. All Gohan could do was smile and nod. "Well, I hope he washes those gloves!" Videl said with her signature laugh.
"So, what brings you here, Vi?" Gohan asked, gently cradling her head as she held him tightly. "What? Is my presence a burden on you?" She asked, reminiscing of the time she asked him that while standing in the exact same spot during her flight training. "Oh! Gosh no! It's just that it's not like you to show up unannounced, hun!" Gohan hastily replied, sweating bullets again. "Well, I wanted to surprise you. Besides, I've never seen this much snow before, and I figured it'd be a romantic setting." She said, kissing Gohan again to emphasize her point. "Well, if you want to see the snow, let's go for a walk!" Gohan offered. The two helped each other up, and headed for the forest…
"Wow! Its so dreamy!" Videl exclaimed, looking over the newly formed winter sanctuary in the forest on the Son family property. "I never see anything like this in the city!" She said, nuzzling her boyfriend's arm as she clung to it seemingly for dear life. "Heh, yeah, that's what makes living here in the countryside so great." He continued as he kept walking, not noticing what was missing… "Its these little things like these that make me—Wha? Vi? Where'd ya go?" He said frantically. As he turned around…
THWACK!
"Haha! Bullseye!" Yelled Videl as she celebrated, doing her best Chun-Li impersonation. "Ow! ViVi, what was that for?" Gohan whined, wiping the large amounts of snow from his face. "Yike! Its down my shirt!" He then yelled as he ran around, much to the amusement of Videl, who was prepping another snowball.
THWACK!
BOOM!
"Yes! Another direct hit!" She cheered, until she noticed Gohan laid out on the ground. Oh my gosh! Gohan! Are you ok?" She yelled, running over to his seemingly unconscious body. "I'm so sorry, honey! I didn't mean to hurt you, I swear! Please wak—"
SQUISH!
"Haha! Its true when they say payback is best served cold!" Gohan cheered, smiling sheepishly as Videl wiped the snow off. He kept smiling until he noticed her death glare through the tiny packs of snow on her face. "Yikes!" He gulped, knowing what she was capable of when angered. "HOW DARE YOU PLAY WITH MY EMOTIONS LIKE THAT! TAKE THIS!" She screamed, taking huge scoops of snow, and burying Gohan's face with them. "Hows that feel!?" She again yelled, this time with a bigger hint of playfulness in her voice. "Fine, you wanna play like that? Fine by me!" Gohan yelled as he rolled Videl on her back, and kissed her hard. He stopped for a second, to allow her to breathe since he knew he took her by surprise. "Heh, fine, I'll play your game!" She replied, pulling his face down to hers, and kissing him harder than ever before. They laid there in the snow for about an hour, hands, legs, and lips entwined, as the snow gently fell on them from the trees above, until they fell asleep in eachother's embrace.
Later on, as night began to fall, Gohan woke up, and took notice of Videl asleep again. "Wow… Shes so cute when she's asleep… Like a little angel…" He thought to himself as he gently brushed her raven hair, which she had been growing out again, out of her face. That's when he began to stare at the ring finger on her left hand. He had thought about it ever since the night she spent at his house, and the thoughts never did leave after that. He wanted her to be his, and his alone. His attention turned back to her face, which was finally showing some signs of life after a long slumber.
"Hey Gohan… You sleep good?" She asked groggily, smile on her face. "Yep. Sure did." He replied, holding her close. "You?"
"Of course! Having you by my side made me put all my fears aside!" She replied, sitting up, smile on her face. "That, and there was the fact that you were warm and comfy." She added, grinning at her boyfriend. "So, whatcha thinkin' about, Sonshine?" She asked, noticing the rather contemplative look on his face.
"Oh… Nothing…" He replied slowly, not knowing what to do. He knew what he wanted to do, but he didn't know what to say. Heck, he didn't even have a ring.
"Oh! Come on! Tell me!" She pleaded refusing to take no for an answer.
"Well…"
End of Part Six
