3. Swim Day

The day when Trunks and Pan finally reunited was now a few months ago. And now that they had seen each other again, they were inseparable, with Pan visiting at his office window every day after school. After all they had been through together, it was impossible to ignore the draw they had for one another. They were best friends who could forget about everything else around them and be themselves. They continued to chat at the office, have dinner with his family and train on a regular basis. For both of them it was perfect happiness.

One late summer day, Bra had decided she wanted to go swimming in their private pool. Pan continued to visit Trunks even in the summer because she had summer school. When Trunks passed on Bra's invitation to Pan, she happily agreed. They flew to the Brief home where Bra was waiting.

"Hey, Pan!" Bra exclaimed, waving as Pan and Trunks landed.

"Hi, Bra!" Pan said as they hugged.

"Finally! I got some new bathing suits! You should try one on!"

"Ok! See you at the pool, Trunks!" Pan waved to him as the girls disappeared again.

Trunks quickly got changed and slowly entered the pool. He knew to expect to see Pan in a bathing suit, so he was trying to keep his cool. Nothing to worry about, we're just swimming, he thought to himself. But nothing could have prepared him for what he saw. As Pan and Bra came out of the dressing room, he was blown away yet again. Seeing his sister in a bathing suit was of course nothing, but seeing Pan more scantily clad than he had ever seen her before was something else. Her bikini was red of course, and the bottom was tiny and only held up by strings. Her hair was down and her skin was glistening with tanning oil. Trunks had to really try to suppress his mini heart attack happening at the moment.

"Trunks, you didn't wait for us to get in? Come on, we're going on the slide!" Bra said, a little annoyed at having to put up with her brother's slowness.

"R-right, coming!" Trunks managed, before pulling himself together and out of the pool to follow them.

The Brief family pool was huge, and was really more of a small water park with tall tube slides, fountains, hot tubs, wave pools and lazy rivers, all covered under a dome to protect it from the weather. After riding almost everything, the 3 decided to relax in a hot tub.

Pan relaxed and smiled. "Wow, what an awesome place."

Bra smiled in return. "I know right? Hey Trunks. The servants have the day off today, make yourself useful and go get us some snacks.

Trunks frowned. "Alright, your highness, geez.." And with that, he left.

Bra slid closer to Pan. "Finally he's gone. Now we can get to business."

Pan made a confused face. "What business?"

"You and Trunks, of course! Come on, tell me, are you two going out yet?"

"Bra! I keep telling you over and over again, no!"

"Oh please, I know you like him, just admit it! He likes you too you know."

That made Pan pause. Of course she had feeling for Trunks, but she never imagined an adult would actually be interested in her. She assumed he was so nice to her only because he was best friends with her uncle. She looked away. "Fine, I admit it.. I do have feelings for him."

Bra squeeled and clapped. "Oh, goody! So! When were you planning on confessing to him?"

"I'm not confessing! Bra, Trunks is 13 years older than I am. Plus he's a family friend. It would never work!"

"Oh boo. Just do it in secret and wait until you're 18 to come out with it. Nobody will care. Your family loves Trunks and you two are so good together! I mean, you spend every day with him anyway, it's not like everyone hasn't already made assumptions."

"Everyone..?" Pan didn't think about this either, but it's clear now how people would be suspicious. "Does that mean.. I can't see Trunks anymore?" She was frowning, on the verge of tears.

"No, no! Just the opposite! It's fine if you two get together, nobody will get mad at you." Bra tried to soothe her, but it wasn't working.

"I'm sorry, I have to go!" Pan ran out of the pool and flew away, crying.

Trunks soon returned with their food, not seeing Pan leave. "Hey, where did Pan go?"

"Um, sorry, she said something important came up, and she had to leave.." Bra tried covering it up.

"Oh no, is something wrong with her family?" Trunks was very concerned.

"No, no, it's nothing like that. I'm sure she'll be back tomorrow like usual," Bra waved her hands dismissively and chuckling nervously.

"Hmm.. Alright then.."

Once they had left the pool and ate dinner, Bra excused herself early to her room. She tried calling Pan over and over again without an answer. She really hoped she didn't screw up her brother and her friend's relationship, but she finally decided that Pan wouldn't just abandon Trunks like that, so she didn't tell him anything about it.