Jet'aime 7

Piccolo was nowhere to be found after the incident. Tights is feing guilty for what she did. They are all in the clubhouse eating their dinner. Tights excused herself to search for Piccolo. She found him on the same rock where she saw him the other day. Tights silently walk towards the namekian. Piccolo is aware of her presence but pretends not to care. He is still pissed off about what she did earlier. Drowning is not a joke. He almost lose her.

"Hey"

When Tights didnt receive any answer. She move closer and hug Piccolo from behind.

"Hey, I'm sorry. I know its a very bad joke. Don't be mad at me." she said sweetly.

"I will not do it again"

"Don't do it again." Piccolo finally said after minutes of silence. "Do you know how scared I am when I saw you under the water, eyes closed, not moving. Before I met you, I'm not scared of anything. I don't feel that feeling but when I saw you there, lying on the sand unconscious and knowing that I'm the one who did that to you, I'm trembling with fears Tights. I don't know if I can forgive myself if I will lose you."

Piccolo realized what he just said to Tights. Its closer to admiting his true feelings.

"I mean, what will...Bulma do?" he added. Another awkward silence passed for a minute. Tights is somehow suprised with his reaction. She didnt expect that especially with a man he just met weeks ago. She can remember the same scenario when she was almost hit by a car in France, James remained calm with the situation, he brought her to the hospital and left her for work. But this...its different.

"I promise." she said with a smile. "Dinner's ready, come on."

Piccolo and Tights walked together , have dinner together and sat together, looking at the stars while the others are sleeping soundly.

"Piccolo, do you have a girlfriend? I don't know if its your term. Is it girlfriend in your planet?" Tights asked to kill the silence between them.

"What is girlfriend?"

"Oh. You know, like Gohan and the girl he is dating. Someone you...love"

"Mate."

"What? Come again?"

"Mate. I don't have a girlfriend, I have a mate."

"Is that like a wife?"

"No, more than that."

"She's lucky eh. You choose her as your mate."

"No, I'm the one who's lucky. I didnt choose her actually, but the world chooses us to be together."

"That's romantic." she said. "Where is she now?"

"She's here." he said pointing to his heart. It's very uncharacteristic to Piccolo but he feels like being mushy tonight. He's still feeling guilty for what he did at the beach earlier.

"Oh. Did...she...die?"

When Piccolo didnt answer, Tights put her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, its okay. You don't have to answer that."

She's here, in his arms, head on his shoulder. He wanted to tell those words badly.

"She didnt die. She's alive, I can feel that. She's not a namekian, she's from earth. We met when I was still 16 years old. She's 15, she told me. I visited earth to gather some information and this girl, saw me on the forest. We became friends, very close friend. Her parents didnt know that she have an alien friend, my parents is not aware of that too. Earth became a second home to me. My parents thought that I'm just visiting earth to observe the earthlings, what they don't know is that I'm visiting this beautiful girl." Piccolo said, trying to remember the precious memories.

"What happened to her?"

"Eventually, after months of sneaking and meeting each other on the forest. We...we fell in love. She told me that I'm her first love. She's mine too. I can still remember our first kiss. Her lips...its so sweet and soft." Piccolo smiled and Tights smiled back at him.

"I hope I can say the same, my first kiss...its very funny. I was being bullied by my classmate and was forced to kiss the blackboard. Haha"

Piccolo laughed and continue his story telling.

"Did the two of you..you know...make love"

Piccolo blushed with her question.

"Ah.."

"Oh my god, so its a yes?" Tights said teasing the blushing man beside her. She thinks he's cute when blushing.

"No, because before we got to that point my parents found out about my relationship with this girl. It was our anniversary, or what she told me it is. I have suprise for her, a jade ring from my planet. It suits her. I told her how much I love her and she told me the same, we decided to reveal our relationship to her parents, she assured me that they will accept me, I hope I can say that to her as well. Before we reach their house, my parents blocked our way. She was very nice to them, she even greeted them a good evening."

"What did your parents do?" Tights asked, unable to contain her curiosity.

"They...they erased her memories."

"What?!" she almost shouted. "So..she can't remember even her parents? That's so cruel."

"No of course not. What they have erased is her memories with me. What she can only remember is the things that happened before she met me and the things after that. Skipping all the memories we have together."

"Oh no, I'm so sorry Piccolo. But you? They didnt erased your memories of her?"

"No, they decided to not erased my memories so I can suffer from being a dissapointment in our planet. Loving an earthling is a big dissapointment to them."

Tights dont know what to say. Its a very sad story.

"So...you havent love since?"

"I will never love anyone, I will only love her"

A shooting star was seen on the clear blue sky, Tights decided to make a wish.

"I wish Piccolo can see his true love again." Tights wished. She then kissed Piccolo's cheek and smiled at him, the smile that Piccolo misses so much.