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Capsule Corp "Cc"
Bulma sighed heavily pinching the bridge if her nose. It had already been an aggravating week with the Company. Now she had more drama to deal with after watching Goten dart out her front door. Bulma sighed again as Vegeta grunted. "Trunks. Come here, Son." Vegeta said trying to sound as calm as possible. Trunks cringed at the tone of his father's voice and slowly inched himself into the kitchen. Vegeta frowned seeing the pitiful look on Trunks' face. "How long have you had these thoughts about Kakarot's brat?" Vegeta asked trying his best not to sound angry. Trunks froze not knowing how to answer, and when Vegeta shifted his arms, Trunks quickly went into a protective position. Vegeta raised an eyebrow "I'm not going to hit you, Trunks." Vegeta said kneeling down in front of Trunks. "Now answer me. How long have had these feelings for Kakarot's Brat?" Vegeta asked as Trunks started to shed a few tears.
"I'm n-not sure." Trunks answered trying his best not to embarrass himself in front of Vegeta.
"Look, I'll be honest. I'm disappointed in you." Trunks paled. "I don't approve on whom you choice to like, but I saw it coming. Don't get me wrong, son. I'm not upset at you for liking another boy. It's the boy you chose that I disapprove of." Vegeta said sternly. Trunks blushed and looked away from Vegeta.
"How did you know?" Trunks asked, causing Vegeta to give Trunks a 'Do I look stupid to you?' look.
"Son, it was painfully obvious." Vegeta said flatly, standing back up.
"Was it really that obvious?" Trunks asked quizzically.
"Yes." Bulma answered while looking out the window for Goten. Trunks frowned looking at the open door before turning back toward Vegeta.
"So, are you mad?" Trunks asked sheepishly.
"I'm not happy, but if he's truly your other; then it's not my place to intervene." Vegeta said crossing his arms and flashing his patent smile. "Answer me this, by the look of Kakarot's brat flying out the door, he doesn't know, does he?" Vegeta asked curiously. Trunks sighed and rubbed the moisture from his eyes.
"He knows, he's just upset because I promised not to kiss him again and I did anyways." Trunks said, again, staring at the door. Bulma sighed heavily while looking out of the window.
"Okay you two, I have to go out and find Goten. Chi-Chi will take a fit if he ran away." Bulma said before walking out of the door to search for Goten.
Trunks&Vegeta
After watching Bulma leave the house, there was an uncomfortable silence. Vegeta sighed, watching Trunks nervously staring at the door. "So you really like the brat don't you?" Vegeta asked breaking the ice. Trunks scrunched his face in annoyance.
"He has a name, and yes I do. He doesn't like me back though." Trunks said blushing again. Vegeta smiled.
"Life can suck that way." Vegeta kneeled down and messed Trunks' hair up.
"Dad you've changed you know that?" Trunks said quietly giving Vegeta a small smile. Vegeta raised an eyebrow
"Oh, how so?" Vegeta asked. Trunks thought for a moment.
"Ever since the fight with Buu, you've become more like Goten's dad." Trunks answered with a nervous smile. Vegeta scoffed.
"Ha! Don't make me laugh." Vegeta said reaching over and grabbing and putting him in a headlock followed by a noogie.
"Dad, stop it! That hurts!" Trunks squeaked out as he tried to free himself from Vegeta's grip. After a moment or two Vegeta let Trunks go and laughed watching Trunks rub his head. Vegeta sighed.
"Now play with Kakarot's brat or something, I need to train." Vegeta said leaving Trunks in the kitchen.
Bulma&Goten
Bulma sighed for what seemed like the twelfth time this morning. "Goten!? Goten where you at kid?" Bulma yelled while roaming the Cc property looking for him. "This isn't looking good, Chi-Chi's going to take a fit if I can't find him." Bulma said to herself while looking back and forth for the runaway boy. After about an hour, Bulma was about to lose her mind when she was stopped by the sound of soft crying. Bulma let out a sigh of relief and traced the sound to a tree the boys often played in. "So there you are." Bulma found Goten sitting by the tree hugging his knees crying softly. Bulma smiled softly and sat down next to Goten. "Hey kid, you doing okay?" Bulma asked gently petting Goten's hair.
"H-he promised me." Goten said very softly looking over at Bulma. Bulma smiled reassuringly.
"I know, and I'm sorry. Trunks is going through a phase." Goten didn't react and just looked away from Bulma. "I guess you're just too cute for your own good." Bulma said trying to get a positive reaction.
"Why is Trunks doing this to me? I don't like him that way." Goten said softly, another tear running down his cheek.
"Goten, even though it doesn't seem like it, Trunks is doing his hardest to have you feel the same way for him as he does you. To be honest Goten, I think you like Trunks." Bulma said looking over at Goten who seemed to be crying harder.
"I don't like him that way, he's a boy." Goten said in a small sheepish voice.
"I'm sorry Goten, but Trunks seems to have made up his mind. He really cares about you, and probably wouldn't want anything more than to be with you." Bulma said softly giving Goten and comforting hug.
"I don't like him that way, he's my best friend." Goten said pushing himself away from Bulma and walking away. Bulma sighed; she wasn't in the mood for this today.
"Goten wait, go inside. We all need to talk." Goten wiped the tears from his eyes and walked toward the house.
Cc kitchen
Bulma sighed very heavily before taking a long drag of her cigarette. "Okay everyone, now that we're all here there's some issues that we need to address." Bulma looked around the table before taking her seat. "Okay is there anything anyone would like to say?"
Vegeta huffed. "Yes, why in the hell do you need me here?" Vegeta asked.
"You're here as a referee, I can't handle these two if they start fighting." Bulma said sternly.
"Fine" Vegeta hissed, not liking being dragged away from his training for something that doesn't concern him.
"Chibi I'm sorry I did that, I really didn't think you'd find out." Trunks said nervously, breaking the ice. Goten frowned at the nickname and looked angry.
"Trunks, you broke your promise to me. I can't believe you would do something like that. I don't know how to get it through your thick skull that I like you!"
The room went completely silent. "Well, well... isn't this interesting. It seems you do like my boy." Vegeta said crudely.
"W-w-wait I meant to say don't like. It was an accident." Goten squeaked.
"Goten, you just told Trunks you liked him." Bulma said with a smile on her face.
"I thought you smiled after I kissed you." Trunks interjected with a big smile on his face. Goten panicked.
"No you're wrong, that's not what I meant. Goten said as he backed away towards the door, blushing.
"Look everyone, he's blushing." Vegeta mocked as he was having way too much fun with the situation. Now all eyes were on Goten as they watched back away toward the door.
"I don't like him!" Goten yelled as he tried to run away, but was apprehended by Bulma.
"It's okay Goten, it's okay." Bulma sighed, worriedly holding the now pissed and crying Goten in her arms. "Thanks a lot you two, you could have been nicer about it!" Bulma snapped while trying to hold on to Goten.
"Let me go! Let me go! I want to go home!" Goten cried as he tried to get free if Bulma. Goten knew he could get free from Bulma by force but didn't want to hurt her, but he desperately wanted go home. "Please let me go, I just want to go home." Bulma gave Goten a worried look before letting him go and watching dart out of the door and take off through the sky.
"Chi-Chi never going to let me hear the end of this, I better call her before she calls me." Bulma said to herself looking at the direction Goten left in.
Son home
Goten bolted home as fast as he could, which got him home in a matter of minutes. Quickly touching down in front of his house, Goten slowly inched his way inside. ChiChi sat quietly in Goten's room thinking quietly to herself. After the call from Bulma, she wasn't sure what to do with Goten. She was brought out of her thought to the sound of the front door shutting. "Goten sweetie is that you?" Goten sniffled and walked into his room.
"Hi Mom." ChiChi frowned.
"Hey kiddo, Bulma called and told me what happened." ChiChi said and grabbed him for a big hug.
"I made a mistake." Goten sniffled.
"I know honey, I was told everything." ChiChi said while rubbing circles on his back trying to calm him down. "So do you like him or not?" ChiChi asked as Goten wiped the snot from his nose with his sleeve.
"No." Goten turned his head away from ChiChi.
"Look honey, we know Trunks likes you. Now before you say anything hear me out. I'm not saying you do, but if you do like Trunks and you're afraid of showing it because of my father, don't be. Just tell him how you feel." ChiChi said petting Goten and wiping away a tear with her thumb. Goten frowned.
"I know Mom, and he's my best friend." ChiChi sighed looking at the clock on Goten's wall.
"Look honey, I've got a few things to do. So why don't you play a game or do some studies okay?" ChiChi said rubbing the top of his head. "Goten, I'm not sure what to tell you, all I'm trying to say is that you follow your heart. Don't worry about what anyone thinks." ChiChi said in a loving voice before standing up and leaving the room.
Gohan sighed outside of Goten's room having listened in on the conversation. "You're something else Goten; eleven and already being crushed on." Gohan thought to himself as he watched ChiChi exit Goten's room. "So Trunks laid another one on you?" Gohan asked entering the room.
"Leave me alone." Goten said jumping in his bed and hiding under the covers.
"Aw, come on Goten, I'm just joking with you." Gohan rolled his eyes and sat on the bed.
"Go away!" Goten yelled from underneath the thick blanket.
"Come on Goten, get out from under there. I was just joking." Gohan said tugging at the blankets.
"No! Go away!" Goten squealed in a high pitched whine. Having enough of the little game Gohan quickly pulled back the blankets revealing Goten. "Gohan that's not fair." Goten whined before sitting up.
"Goten I heard about what's been happening and I don't think you should rush through this. Remember Goten you two are still friends above all this". Gohan said calmly.
"I know Gohan. But I don't like him, I really don't." Goten said softly staring at his blankets. Gohan sighed, he didn't like what Goten was going through. Frankly he thought Trunks made his move too early. Goten was too young for this shit.
"Okay Goten, it's okay. Look I know you're upset and I can see why. Since you've had a long morning why don't you take a quick nap and try and sort out the situation for now." Gohan laid Goten back down onto the bed and covered him up. Goten looked up at Gohan nervously.
"Gohan, can we hang out and play or something later?" Goten asked looking up at Gohan.
"Sure, why not?" Gohan stood up to leave the room. "Try to have a good nap, and I'll see you later." Gohan said before exiting the room.
Son kitchen
Back in the kitchen ChiChi was trying to enjoy a cup of coffee, thinking about how to handle Goten's situation. Seeing Gohan come around the corner, Chi-Chi let out a sigh.
"So did you find out anything?" ChiChi asked as she took a sip of her coffee. Gohan took a deep breath and exhaled
"Well to be blunt, Goten's confused and I don't think he knows how he feels about Trunks. Poor kid looked more confused than dad trying to use a computer." ChiChi shook her head as Gohan grabbed a seat at the table. "Little guy seemed so lost, I just thought it'd be best to have him take a nap. Sort out his problems, you know." Gohan said sounding both annoyed and upset.
"You think Goten will choose to be with Trunks?" ChiChi asked curious to know Gohan's take on the situation.
"Don't know, I can care less, either way he's still my little brother. It's his life not mine." Gohan said openly giving his opinion.
"Well I really don't mind it ether way myself, it's my father I'm worried about." ChiChi sighed and put her head in her hands in an attempt to stop an oncoming headache.
"Don't be. If Goten decides to run off with Trunks then do tell the big guy." Gohan said standing back up.
"Where are you going?" ChiChi asked as Gohan walked to the door.
"Nowhere really, I just wanted to see what Videl was up to." ChiChi sighed as Gohan walked through the door stopping shy of being out of sight.
"Fine, I guess that leaves me with the laundry." Chichi said as Gohan waved his goodbye and she wondered off to the back of the house.
Cc
Back at CC things were going surprisingly good. Loud and annoying, but still good. Trunks was darting around the house singing his new favourite song "He loves me, he loves me, he loves me!" Trunks sang in excitement, much to Vegeta's annoyance.
"Will you tell that brat to shut up already, he's driving me insane!" Vegeta yelped with his hands over his ears. Bulma laughed to herself before doing as Vegeta requested.
"Trunks, you need to stop. We don't even know for sure if Goten really feels that way or not. ChiChi called and told me that she talked to Goten. He told her that what he said earlier was a mistake. Trunks all I'm trying to say is, well don't get your hopes up Hun. Everyone says stuff they don't mean." Bulma watched Trunks' huge smile turn into a frown.
"Thanks for the reality check Mom." Trunks said sarcastically slowly sitting on the floor.
"Let me guess, you knew it. But you didn't want to believe it?" Bulma asked while bending down to give him a hug.
"Why is it always too good to be true?" Trunks asked rhetorically. Bulma sighed but quickly smiled remembering something.
"Your birthdays coming up in a month, you should be happy not sad." Bulma said pulling something out of her pocket "Here kiddo, call it an early birthday present. It has a couple thousand Zeni on it. Why don't you use it to take have a fun time with Goten, try and get him to talk more with you." Trunks smiled up at Bulma before quickly hugging her and darting out the door yelling that he was going over Goten's. Bulma smiled before pulling out her cell. "I think I better call Chi-Chi and give her a heads up before Trunks gets there."
Flying into Satan City to do some shopping before going to see Goten, it has taken Trunks a good three hours to reach the Sons. Being in a rush Trunks landed roughly and skid to the front door. "Miss Chi-Chi, it's me Trunks. Can I come in?" Trunks kindly asked as he knocked on the door.
"Oh hi Trunks, Bulma called so I was expecting you." Chi-Chi opened the door and let him in. "So what took you so long?" Chi-Chi asked retaking her seat at the table.
"Umm... I wanted to apologize to Goten so I went to the store and bought him that toy he's been eyeing." Trunks lifted the bag he had for reference. Chi-Chi frowned.
"Well, Goten's taking a nap. He was kinda upset when he got home, so he had a talk with Gohan and now he's napping." Chi-Chi said watching Trunks frown.
"Okay I guess I can come back tomorrow." Trunks said as he half-heartedly let out a sigh turning to leave.
"Trunks, I never told you to leave. I wanted to talk to you, then you can wake up Goten, okay?" Chi-Chi gave Trunks the signal to take a seat which he did. "
What did you want to talk about?" Trunks asked curiously.
"You and Goten. Listen, Goten is, for better words, confused. This is all new to him and he doesn't know how to think or what to do about it." ChiChi gave Trunks a stern yet relaxed look.
"I know, it's just that I really like him. My Mom says it's too early for me to be acting like this but my dad disagrees. He says that it's my Saiyan hormones coming to the surface, and that I'm entering puberty faster than humans do." Trunks said while playing with his hands. Chi-Chi took a sip of her coffee and sighed.
"Then that means you're just acting naturally." Chi-Chi said to Trunks whom seemed to be daydreaming. 'Interesting' Chi-Chi thought to herself watching Trunks stare into the distance. "Listen Trunks, try not to push the poor guy too much. He's still just a kid. You were raised a little tougher then how I raised Goten, he's a bit more emotional then you. You were raised by Vegeta to hinder your emotions. I pampered Goten and I guess babied him a little too much. So just be careful okay." ChiChi said in that tone of voice only a mother can produce. Trunks smiled and nodded his head.
"I will, you don't have to worry about it." Trunks said, sliding out of his seat and walking over to Goten's room. ChiChi sighed heavily and took a long drink of her coffee "Kids these days..."
Goten's room
Trunks slowly entered Goten's room to find him sleeping soundly. 'Okay Trunks you can do this, resist temptation.' Trunks thought to himself as he walked over to Goten. "Goten, wake up. It's me, Trunks." Trunks slowly pushed on Goten's stomach to wake him.
"Trunks? Trunks! No go away!" Goten yelled as he fell out of his bed.
"Hiya Goten what's up?" Trunks asked looking down at his Chibi. Goten wrinkled his brow.
"What're you doing here Trunks, you didn't kiss me again did you?" Goten asked cruelly as he stood up.
"No, and I wanted to apologize for that. Chibi I'm really super sorry for breaking my promise and kissing you like that." Goten stood in front of Trunks and frowned.
"Trunks, you really betrayed me. You promised and then broke it. I don't even want to be friends with you anymore." Goten said with anger lacing his voice.
"Goten I know I messed up, I know it's not right to buy your friendship back but I went to the store and bought you that toy you've been wanting.." Trunks lifted his bag for added effect. Goten rolled his eyes "Oh wow! Richie Richardson went out and bought me a gift to make it all better." Goten looked at Trunks hatefully.
"So do you accept my apology?" Trunks asked nervously.
"No!" Goten said flatly. Trunks paled.
"Come on Chibi, that's mean." Trunks frowned.
"Stop calling me that!" Goten snapped causing Trunks to flinch. "What? You didn't think it was mean to break a promise like that?" Goten asked Trunks who seemed to flinch with every word.
"I said I was sorry!" Trunks yelled back. Goten sighed heavily and shook his head. "You're sorry.. Trunks, sorry doesn't work this time. I don't think we should be friends anymore." Goten said turning away from Trunks. Trunks frowned and weighed his options.
"Okay Goten, if that's what you want then fine. I'm sorry and I wish we could still be friends." Trunks said calmly before leaving the room.
Son kitchen
Chichi sighed worriedly. Hearing the butt of the conversation made Chi-Chi nervous. She never heard Goten sound like that before, that alone gave her something to worry about. Chi-Chi let out another sigh as Trunks walked through the kitchen and she had decided to stop him. "Trunks, I'm sorry about Goten he's..." Trunks cut her off.
"I know, don't worry. He'll turn around." Trunks said calmly, sending her a soft smile. Chi-Chi nodded her head in agreement.
"I'll see you later Trunks." ChiChi said calmly as Trunks left the house. ChiChi let out a breath of air she didn't know she was holding and looked in the direction of Goten's room. "Better go check on him" ChiChi said to herself as she walked to his room. "You okay honey?" ChiChi entered his room to find him curled into a ball on his bed.
"Go away." Goten said coldly.
"Come on, Goten. If you like the poor kid just tell him." Chi-Chi said sitting down next to him.
"I hate him." Goten said sternly "No you don't honey. If you did you wouldn't be crying over him." ChiChi said as she attempted to rub his back to soothe him, until he snapped at her.
"I'm not crying!" Goten snapped jumping up onto his bed. To Chi-Chi's surprise, there wasn't a single tear in his eyes.
"I told you I hate him." Goten said in a calmer voice. Chi-Chi sighed.
"How could you say that?" Chi-Chi asked getting a quick answer.
"He lied, he didn't keep his promise." Goten said dejectedly. Chi-Chi sighed after hearing movement outside of Goten's door.
"You can stop eavesdropping, Trunks." Chi-Chi said as the door slowly creaked open and Trunks entered. Goten gritted his teeth.
"What do you want Trunks?" Goten asked through clenched teeth. Chi-Chi flinched at the venom in his voice.
"I never left." was Trunks' simple answer.
"Well, go away." Goten scoffed.
"No I'm not leaving." Trunks said while adding authority to his voice.
"Go! Away!" Goten yelled causing poor Chi-Chi to cover her now sore ears.
"Come on Goten, why can't you admit that you like me?" Trunks asked calmly.
"I can't like you Trunks." Goten crossed his arms and turned his head away.
"Why not Goten? What's your reason?" Chi-Chi asked.
"He's a BOY!" Goten yelled furiously pointing at Trunks. Chi-Chi frowned and Trunks raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, what? That's your problem?" Trunks asked confused.
"I can't like you Trunks, you're a boy. It's wrong." Goten by now was shaking with frustration.
"Why is it wrong? You're a boy, and trust me I don't care. I like you Goten." Trunks said full heartedly.
"Trunks I'm sorry but we're both boys. It's wrong." Goten said softly trying to calm himself down.
"Thanks a lot Goten that makes me feel so special." Trunks said jokingly.
"I can't like you Trunks. We're both boys." Goten said breathing heavily. Chi-Chi motherly senses started tingling.
"Come off it Goten, you know you like me." Trunks said happily.
"Shut up." Goten said quietly. Trunks raised an eyebrow not hearing Goten. The air in the room dropped a few degrees before Goten exploded.
"I said shut the fuck up you stupid, delusional faggot!" The room froze. Chi-Chi was stunned, in all her years raising Goten she had never heard Goten curse let alone bluntly insult somebody.
"G-Goten that was uncalled for." Chi-Chi retorted confused.
"No, Mom. I'm tired of this. I'm tired of you Trunks. So just go away and leave me alone okay. I-I just can't handle you anymore, it's too much for me to take." Goten by now was shaking vigorously, tears running down his face (A.N frustrated tears not sad.)
"I'm eleven Trunks, eleven years old. I'm done with you, so just leave. Please just leave me alone." Trunks was stunned; Goten was begging him to leave.
"No Goten, I'm not going anywhere. You're just confused." Goten continued to shake grinding his teeth squeezing his hands tight enough to cause his nails to dig into his hands. Chi-Chi was getting alarmingly worried that Goten was going to have a mental breakdown
"Trunks, maybe you should go..." Trunks ignored her.
"Goten I like you, I don't care that you're a boy. The gender you have shouldn't matter as long as you love that person. You need to get it through that thick skull of yours that it shouldn't matter!" Goten's shaking suddenly stopped
"Damn it Trunks, I said get out!" Goten yelled as he punched Trunks, sending him crashing through the window and into a tree.
"Goten!" Chi-Chi yelled.
"Shut up! I hate you! So just go home!" Goten yelled furiously at the confused Trunks, who was dusting the debris off.
"Why'd you hit me?" Trunks asked looking dumbly at Goten.
"Goten, breath. You need to calm down." Chi-Chi said with concern but was again ignored. Goten continued to shake, teeth grinding, fists clenched to the point of his hands bleeding.
"JUST GO HOME ALREADY!" Goten screamed as he went Super Saiyan.
"Goten! Wait!" Chi-Chi yelled.
"Trunks, damn it! If you don't leave me alone I'll kill you" Trunks took a few steps backwards, frightened of Goten.
"What's wrong with you?" Trunks asked sadly.
"You! You're what's wrong with me you stupid faggot, why can't you just go to hell with the rest of your kind and leave me alone!" Trunks sighed rubbing his sore cheek.
"No Goten! I'm not leaving!" Sparks flew around Goten.
"Damn it Trunks, go home now!" Goten yelled while powering up, which sent Chi-Chi flying through the wall. Trunks was stunned, Goten was a Super Saiyan 2, standing in his now trashed up room.
"Goten, let's just talk about this please." Trunks begged at the sight of Goten forming an energy ball in each of his hands.
"Trunks, I said I hate you. Go home now; don't make me have to kill you." Goten said with an emotionless voice. That's all it took, once Trunks heard Goten threaten his life. He knew that something more than just hurt feelings was going on.
Cc
'Curse you Kakarot, I'm Vegeta, the Prince of all Saiyans.' Vegeta thought to himself while he was enjoying his training. That was until he felt something wrong.
"What the hell is that? It's Goten's energy, there's no doubt about it. But there's something off, it feels different... It feels tainted." Vegeta thought as he looked toward the direction of the disturbance. "Blast it, I may not know what's going on, but Trunks might be in danger.." Vegeta said out loud before blasting off.
Satan City
While trying to enjoy his lunch with Videl, Gohan couldn't help but notice Goten's fluctuating energy. Gohan sighed soon coming to the same conclusion as Vegeta, having to end his lunch early. "Sorry Videl. Something's come up, I've got to go." Gohan said before he flew off toward home to see what was going on.
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