Winter break

Disclaimer: I don't own DragonBall Z or its characters.

A/N: Thanks so much to those who reviewed ^^ This chapter is a bit shorter than the previous ones.

Plan of the apartment Trunks, Goten, Jude and Akira will occupy and scene from the chapter are both in my profile ^^

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Chapter 3

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Goten walked back to his friends, passing on his way other classmates who were struggling with their equipment. He looked around to see if he could spot Lina. Red haired was chatting with Jenn and other two girls while walking with their bags. She turned her head and smiled at him. Goten smiled back and started jogging to his friends.

"All right! I have our keys!" He exclaimed as he neared the smoking pack. He's smoking again… He though bitterly, but decided to ignore it for time being.

Trunks smiled at him and took a long drag of the toxic smoke, while holding his cigarette between his thumb and index finger. Goten had to admit, he looked pretty cool like that; chilling, hand in the pocket, tall, lean. His handsome face and those perfect lips. Goddamnit! Stop it already, man! He scolded himself inwardly, but his thoughts had already caused damage; he was blushing furiously.

"Why so red, Goten?" Akira laughed.

"I.. It must have been a longer way to run than I though!" Raven head defended stupidly.

"Haha, you're out of shape!" Trunks joked while throwing his cigarette to the ground and stomping on it lightly. Goten pouted, but decided to ignore his remark; he was definitely not out of shape.

"Ok, guys, let's get going, I'm freezing." Jude said while picking up his bag and snowboard. He looked at his remaining bags and sighed. "I guess we won't make it on one go."

"Okay, I'll wait with our stuff and you guys go ahead." Akira said while pulling another cigarette out of the freshly opened pack.

Boys gathered all the bags they could carry and started walking towards the plain with spread out houses. They didn't stay at one hotel, it was more like a large, open space with small houses, in each there were four apartments.

"Do you know which house is ours?" Trunks asked, while shifting some bags on his shoulder.

"Hmm… We have number 22, it seems that this house is 17-20, so I guess the next one is ours." Goten replied, while straining his eyes to see a number on the house placed further away.

They strode to their house and walked up on the veranda.

"It seems we have the bottom one." Jude exclaimed while placing his bags on the wooden floor. Goten and Trunks followed his lead.

"Yep, which makes it so much easier with luggage, and no threat of falling out of the window while drunk." Trunks laughed as he walked closer to the glass windows and doors. "It looks pretty neat in there. Go on, Chibi, open it up." He hurried his raven head friend.

Goten came closer and took out the keys, he opened the doors and let himself in. Trunks grabbed some of the bags and walked in after raven head, Jude followed suit.

Soon they were done with bringing all the luggage along with Akira, who just slacked behind. They undressed from their outerwear and dropped it on the hanger next to the doors. They had all the bags placed in the dining room, which was also a kitchen, two other rooms were on their left, bathroom and toilet further away. Trunks looked around, while Akira slumped on the couch, Goten looked for something in his backpack and Jude just chilled on the chair by the dining room.

"So, it's time we pick rooms." Lavender haired youth said, while looking expectantly at his friends.

"Oh, it's quite obvious." Akira smiled devilishly. "Me and Jude in that room further in the back, you and Trunks here." He pointed to the room next to the dining room.

"I guess that's ok." Goten said while peeking into his new room. The room was pretty small, with two single beds close to each other, huge window on one side and a small wardrobe on the other.

Akira smirked, he knew he chose a better room, his and Jude's was bigger, with larger wardrobe, beds were further apart as well. Plus it was not as close to the dining room, which made sleeping easier, if people stayed up during the night being loud and annoying.

"Bah, it doesn't matter, we won't get too much sleep anyway!" Trunks grinned, while picking up his bag and backpack to throw in his new room. Goten followed him and asked as he entered their room. "Which bed do you wanna?"

"The one closer to the window." Lavender head replied and placed his back pack on the comforter; his traveling bag put next to the bed. " Ok." Goten nodded and walked to his bed, he placed his things on the floor and sat heavily on the soft mattress. He could hear Akira and Jude shuffling in the dining room and walking to their own room.

Trunks looked at his friend's back. Goten was slouching on his bed, with his hands in his backpack, slowly pulling out his things. He placed some books and gaming console on the bed beside him, kicked his backpack to the corner of the room and then moved to arrange said items on the nightstand. Trunks eyes kept on following Goten's movements. He wasn't sure why he kept on staring, but it seemed almost hypnotizing. Suddenly he was jerked back to reality by a hand placed on his shoulder. "Hey man!" Akira's voice made its way through to his brain. Trunks turned abruptly. He looked at his friend who was grinning at him mischievously.

"Let's go out, I've seen some pub on the way here." He stood next to Trunks looking at him expectantly. Trunks smirked at him. "Sure, man. Besides, I'm starving." At the mentioning of food Goten turned around to face his friends.

"Oh God, yeah, I'm so hungry!" He exclaimed and stood up, following Trunks and Akira out of the room.

"Jude!" Akira yelled.

"What?!" Came a muffled voice.

"The hell you're doing?!" Akira yelled again walking back to his room.

"I'm fucking taking a leak, you dumbass!" toilet doors opened revealing annoyed Jude. "You don't have to yell so much! Geez…" He walked back to the dining room, Akira shrugged and followed him.

Trunks was chuckling and Goten looked amused at the two boys arguing. "It's gonna be fun." He said sarcastically shaking his head. Lavender haired youth turned his head to face him and smirked down at him. "Relax, Chibi." He patted shorter boy's shoulder. Goten smiled at him his adorable smile and something in Trunks' stomach flipped. He managed to keep his expression unchanged, but he turned his head quickly to face Akira and Jude, he didn't want risking his friend seeing change in him. I think there is definitely something wrong with me. He thought as he watched Jude and Akira take their jackets and boots. He turned to his own outerwear.

"Oh shit, I forgot my cellphone." Goten exclaimed as he threw his jacket at Trunks. "Hold it for me." He rushed to their room.

Trunks caught his jacket just in time when it smashed on his face. Unconsciously he took a deep breath through nose. His senses were suddenly filled with Goten's smell, and he felt his knees buckle. He grabbed a chair and barely contained himself.

"You okay, man?" Jude asked, he was now fully dressed and ready to leave.

"Yeah, fine, fine. You guys ready?" Trunks shrugged, stuffing Goten's jacket under his arm. He could feel his cheeks heat up. He forced himself to stand still.

"Yep." Jude announced and Akira nodded, grinning. Goten came out of his room holding his empty backpack and stuffing his cellphone in the back pocket of his loose jeans. "Ok, I'm ready." He smiled at Trunks, taking his jacket from his taller friend.

All four boys went outside, Goten locked the doors behind them and gave one key to Jude. "You guys have one key, I have one for me and Trunks."

"Ok, let's move!" Akira grinned as he started to march up the hill road that lead to main street.

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The group of four teenage boys roamed around the small tourist town, stopping by some stores and looking through skiing and snowboarding gear, checking out girls passing by and basically looking around for stores with liquor and pubs with wifi connection. They ate some hotdogs and hamburgers bought in a small booth, as they strode down the road. The town was pretty small and it's main focus was on skiing and snowboarding, so there wasn't really any place the boys could call 'place to have fun'. There was only one pub and one decently supplied shop with booze. They decided to do some shopping, so they would have something to eat for breakfasts to come. Of course it meant stuffing their trolley not only with bread, eggs, bacon and cheese, but also beer and vodka among other types of drinks. Soon they were walking back to their apartment with their heavy backpacks stuffed with food and drinks.

"Oh man, it's so boring here!" Akira whined, his shoulders slacked as he slowly walked behind Trunks and Goten.

"Good thing I brought some games…" Jude frowned while looking around.

"Oh, right!" Trunks turned around facing Jude and Akira, never stopping. "You have some board games! We should play!"

"Trunks, turn around!" Goten grabbed his friend by his shoulders turning him around. "You'll trip over, man!" He sighed in exasperation letting him go, lavender haired just grinned at him. "You have got to chill out, Chibi!" Making smaller youth blush and look away.

Akira snorted at his friends and flipped his phone open. "It's 8pm. We have a lot of time to play!" He turned to Jude. "Wanna ask girls to come over?"

"You know they won't play with us." Jude furrowed his eyebrows at his friend, he sometimes could be such a ditz.

"Well… Yeaah…" Akira smiled sheepishly. "But you know, they don't have to play.. As long as they are with us!"

"We're gonna ask them to come over for drinking tomorrow." Trunks turned his head. "Today, let's have some guys quality time!"

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Boys returned to their new place and decided that they were too lazy to go to the pub. Jude brought "Talisman" board game and placed it on the table. He started unpacking the box while Akira and Trunks loaded their supplies to the fridge.

"It's pretty nice here." Goten commented while looking through cupboards and shelves in the kitchenette. "We basically have everything here."

"Yeah, and we should count all the plates and forks too" Trunks said while opening his beer. He pointed to some papers on the shelf next to the cabinet next to the table. Goten picked them up and started looking through them. "Yeah, it seems we should do it. And it says that we have to fill those papers and return them to the reception by noon tomorrow." Raven head furrowed his eyebrows and turned to Jude, who stopped allying the game and strode closer to Goten.

"I guess we should do it now then." Blonde haired said while taking papers from shorter boy.

"Right, you do it, Jude!" Akira grinned and leaned on the kitchen counter while opening his beer can; their shopping safely put in the fridge.

"Bah, it's always me…" Jude sighed. He was the most mature of the boys and he knew that the others would just wave their hands and ignore, well, maybe except Goten.

"I'm gonna help you out." Goten offered. "Let's start with kitchen supplies." He sat down at the table, carefully moving the game, so they had more space.

Akira snorted and moved to get his cigarettes from his backpack, which was hanging by the doors. "Wanna smoke Trunks?"

Trunks didn't hear at first, his eyes were glued to Goten's figure sitting at the table. His bangs were falling over his eyes, and raven head tried to move them to the side, so they wouldn't disturb his counting. Of course his unruly hair would just fall back and he'd annoyingly try to blow them away. Trunks cracked a small smile. Goten was a silly one.

"Trunks?" Finally Akira's voice made its way to Lavender haired youth's mind.

"Hm, yeah?" Trunks blinked at his friend tearing his eyes away from Goten, who just kept on counting spoons, while Jude wrote the numbers down.

"Going for a smoke?"

"Ahh, yeah, sure." Trunks smirked and walked past the table.

They both took their jackets and put the boots on, and exited on the veranda. Trunks closed the doors, so they would not let any of the cold air inside.

They put their jackets on and Akira held a pack to Trunks and lavender boy took a cigarette out. Akira started his first and gave taller youth a lighter. Trunks cupped his fingers over the cig and started the lighter, he puffed once and removed his hands.

He took a long drag and exhaled the smoke. He didn't smoke often or regularly, but for some reason he had to put his mind at ease. He scratched his temple with a thumb of a hand holding a cig. His head slowly turned to look at the two boys now moving around the kitchen. He took another drag.

Goten bent over to look for something in a lower cupboard. His tshirt went up, showing his jeans hanging low on his hips. A pair of red boxer sticking out like a sore thumb. His small and firm ass in the air.

Trunks choked on his smoke. He started coughing violently.

"You ok, man?" Akira asked. He had been standing with his back to the house enjoying the view of snow covered forest and mountains, but he had turned as he heard his friend coughing.

"Y-yeah." Came a strangled reply; a hand covering lavender haired youth's mouth. Soon enough Trunks managed to control his breathing and he threw the cig on the ground, stamping on it. "I think I need a drink." His voice still a bit hoarse. "I'm gonna go inside."

"Ah, yeah, sure." Akira said while turning back to look at the view again.

Trunks entered the warmth of their apartment. He closed the doors quickly and took his jacket and boots off. Goten and Jude were no longer in the main room. He could hear their muffled voices coming from the bathroom. They continued to count items and check their new house.

Trunks walked to the counter of their kitchenette and took his bottle of beer. He started chugging it's content down, until he could no longer breath. He tear the bottle away and took a large gulp of air. Oh, God, I don't know why it's happening to me… He thought while slowing his breath down and looking at the bottle in his hand. His eyebrows furrowed, he was angry with himself. His body's and mind's reaction to his best friend disgusted him. He was a lady's man, not a queer. He snarled and chugged the rest of the beer down. He angrily put the bottle on the counter and opened the small fridge to pull another bottle.

At the same time, Goten and Jude came into the room. Raven head's eyes unconsciously went to Trunks' sticking out butt as he bent over to pull another bottle of beer from the fridge. He couldn't understand why, but he blushed and turned his gaze to look outside the windows. Akira was just entering their main room and undressing from his outer wear. Jude came up to Trunks in time to see him closing the fridge.

"Can you get me a beer?" Jude asked as Trunks was straightening.

"Ah, yeah, sure! Can or bottle?"

"Either is fine." Jude walked to the table to look at his game, slowly he began rearranging it again. Goten placed filled out papers on the cabinet next to the table.

"Here you go!" Trunks said as he put a bottle of beer on the table. He was trying to act all cheerful so neither of his friends would suspect something is wrong, but he was starting to feel very worried with himself.

"Soooo… Let's play!" Akira said as he sat down at the table, across from Jude. "Ah, Trunks, gimme my beer!" He exclaimed and straightened his hand to reach for the can Trunks was giving him.

"Want some music?" Trunks asked, as he leaned on the counter gulping his beer. He looked at Goten and before anyone could answer, he asked: "Goten, beer?"

"Ah, yeah, sure, and music too." Goten grinned at Trunks, his hands holding some character cards.

Trunks dived in the fridge again, while Goten stubbornly kept his eyes to his cards. He was concentrating on picking a perfect character, when suddenly a bottle was placed before his nose. He jumped, but quickly regained his composure. He nodded to Trunks and returned to his cards. Lavender haired placed his bottle near the last empty chair and went to his and Goten's room. He searched through his traveling bag and came back to the dining room holding his Capsule Corp. tablet and a set of loudspeakers. He placed everything on the cabinet next to the table and turned it on. Soon enough some rock music could be heard.

"Don't make it too loud, or we won't hear what we're saying." Jude requested before Trunks could hit volume up. Lavender haired sighed and sat at the table across Goten, who had his character already picked up.

"Trunks, choose a character." Goten pointed to the stack of character cards. Trunks fished for random character card. Raven head just shook his head while smiling.

They were all ready to play.

Hours passed, and in the end they haven't managed to finish the game. No one lost, no one won, but it was common for the game like Talisman, to take a lot of time to unwind. It was almost 3am and everyone was getting tired.

"I think we should stop for now. I'm beat." Goten said while rubbing his eyes. He was slowly falling asleep. The amount of beer they had drunk didn't help to stay awake either.

"Yep." Akira yawned and slowly stood up. Jude massaged his neck and also stood up. "Bathroom, first." He said as he made his way to his bedroom. Akira groaned and followed him.

Trunks was leaning on the chair, his head tilted back and his eyes closed. Goten looked at his friend. It looks like he fell asleep…

Raven head stood up slowly and came closer to his friend. He looked at his parted lips and almost relaxed features. His hand slowly made its way to touch Trunks' face, but suddenly he halted. I can't be doing this… Instead he placed it on lavender head's shoulder and shook it.

"Trunks, wake up!"

Blue eyes shot open and focused on figure standing next to him. "Uhm.. I'm not sleeping." Came the answer and Trunks leaned over the table; Goten's hand fell of his shoulder. Trunks supported his weight on his elbows and looked at raven head's palm. Goten had lean, long fingers, you could think he was a pianist, his light cream colored skin, making whole hand look almost angelic. Trunks shook his head and stood up. He passed Goten and walked to his bedroom without a word. The shorter boy looked at his retreating back. He seems to be angry again… He sighed and walked in to their bedroom just in time to see Trunks removing his tshirt. He blushed and looked away, marching to his bed and sitting on it with his back to lavender head. He sat there for a moment, blushing terribly and feeling hot. How am I supposed to undress here and keep a straight face? He was pondering, while playing with his fingers. He decided to wait until Trunks was under the covers, and then to undress.

He didn't know that Trunks kept watching him while undressing. His eyes burning in Goten's back. Lavender haired could feel anger building inside him. His unreasonable thoughts and feelings towards his best friend started to cloud his mind and he didn't like it. I'll have to try and put distance between us… But how to do it, so he won't notice something is wrong? Trunks furrowed his eyebrows and started unbuttoning his pants. He jumped under the covers. He was pissed and he didn't care if he showered or not. He just wanted to go to sleep. He turned his back to Goten and plugged in earphones. Some heavy music might help me out…

Goten could hear Trunks lying down and so he stood up, pulling his shirt off. He was too tired to wash, so he decided to just go to sleep and take a shower in the morning. He placed his trousers and a tshirt on a nearby chair. He took off his socks and slowly went under the sheets. He turned his head to look at lavender haired friend, but he was turned with his back to him. "Good night." Goten said and waited for a reply, but it never came. I suppose he's listening to some music. He sighed and lied down. He looked at the ceiling and his mind wandered off. He started thinking about how his best friend is affecting him. He never thought of himself as… gay. He liked girls. So maybe he was bi? Then again, no one has ever awakened his feelings the way Trunks did. Whenever his friend would do anything considered mildly sexual he'd get all hot and bothered. Hell, it didn't even have to be sexual, as long as it concerned himself.

He turned his head to look at lavender head's back. His eyes wondered to those wide shoulders and instantly Goten heated up. His thoughts began wondering even further and it scared him. If he had a possibility, he'd jump Trunks' bones this instant. He could feel himself getting harder at the mere thought of what could happen if he was less shy.

This is insane… There is no way Trunks could feel the same way about me… He had so many girls… Goten tried rationalizing, and it seemed like it wasn't a good idea. The mere thought of Trunks with someone else pissed him off. Goddamn it! Goten closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. I have to chill out, I can't continue working like that! It's never going to work! And suddenly a feeling of despair embraced him. Anger evaporated and was replaced with sadness, such a sadness he has never felt before. It's never going to work… His mind told him and he believed. He closed his eyes and silent tears ran down his cheeks and into his hair. He sniffed silently and turned on his side with his back to Trunks. He was determined to fall asleep as soon as possible. He fought his thoughts and tried to think of something happy, but they would not let him go. He cried himself to sleep silently.

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A/N: I'm sorry to leave you hanging like that! I'll try to update as soon as possible!