Secret Heart

Chapter 9

"Where could it be?" Chichi wondered, throwing her clothes away from the closet all around her. Her clothes were scattered all around the room as she was looking for her swimsuit.

Videl was standing a bit away, watching Gohan's mother as she rummaged in her closet.

"Ah-ha!" Chichi said, triumphant. She drawn herself up and turned toward Videl, her violet swimsuit in her hands.

"Here, dear. I'm sure it will suit you really well." She said, holding out the swimsuit to the girl.

Videl took the suit, and noticed with a light grimace that it was a two pieces.

"Err… You wouldn't have a one piece suit?" She asked shyly.

"I'm sorry, Videl, but it's all I have. But I'm sure you will be very cute with it. Gohan will love it." Chichi said, winking at her.

Videl blushed despite herself. "Wh-Why do you say that?"

Chichi smiled. "For nothing. Come on, go change. Gohan and Goten should already be ready by now."

Videl nodded, a bit reluctant, and went to the guest room to change. Once done, she looked at herself in the mirror. The swimsuit suited her perfectly, but it was still a two pieces. Letting out a sigh, she put on her clothes over the swimsuit then got out of the room. She went to the living room, where the two brothers were waiting for her, already wearing their swimming trunks with a shirt. Chichi was here too.

"Videl's here!" Goten exclaimed, overexcited. "Can we go now? Can we go?"

Gohan chuckled at his little brother's enthusiasm. "Yes, Goten, we can go."

"Then let's go!" Goten said, taking his big bother's and Videl's hands, starting to walk toward the door, dragging them with him. "Bye Mommy!"

Goten dragged them outside before they had the time to say bye to Chichi. This one chuckled, and then went back to the kitchen. With two demi Saiya-jin as sons, she had to proceed early to cook lunch.

As soon as they arrived at the lake, Goten didn't waste any time, taking his shirt off and diving in the water.

"Come on, Gohan, Videl, come and join me! The water is great!" He called.

"We're coming!" Gohan replied.

He took his shirt off, letting it fall on the grass, then turned toward Videl. The girl swallowed hard in seeing him shirtless once more, her cheeks crimson.

"You're coming, Videl?" He asked.

"Err… Yes."

She started by removing her black shorts, then, slowly, took her white shirt off. Gohan felt his face burning him, his breath caught in his throat, as his eyes were unconsciously wandering over Videl's perfect body. Then, realizing what he was doing, he gathered all his willpower and looked away, his face on fire.

Videl didn't know if she should feel flattered or outraged. He was checking me out!

"Come on! What are you waiting for? Come in the water!" Goten called again.

"Y-Yes. W-We're coming." Gohan stammered, still as red.

He ran toward the lake and dived in the water. He stayed a long while underwater, refreshing his head. But the fact that he hadn't came up worried Videl, who walked toward the lake's edge.

"Gohan?"

"Don't worry." Goten reassured. "My brother can stay very long underwater. Come, you too!"

"Okay…"

She entered the water. Indeed, the water was really great. She dived her head underwater, soaking her hair, and then started to swim a bit. After a few minutes, she started to worry for Gohan again, who still hadn't came up.

"Is it normal for him to stay so long underwater?" She asked Goten.

"There's nothing to worry about, he had already stayed way longer than that underwater."

"If you say so…" She said, not seeming very convinced.

More minutes passed, and Gohan still wasn't coming up. Videl was seriously starting to get worried. It has been nearly ten minutes since he had dived. Goten tried as he could to reassure her, telling her that there was nothing to worry about, but she was still worried. She decided to go and fetch him. She took a deep breath and dived underwater, starting to swim in search of Gohan, sinking into the depth of the lake.

At last, after a few minutes of searching, she finally found him. She couldn't believe her eyes. He was here, swimming calmly, like nothing happened, while she was worrying for him!

Gohan felt Videl coming toward him and turned toward her, looking interrogatively at her. She approached him, took his hand – making him blush – and started to swim toward the surface. He then noticed that she was lacking air. She wouldn't make it to the surface. There was just one thing to do: give her his own air. So, he pulled her toward him, and smacked his mouth on hers, giving her his air.

Videl widened her eyes, her cheeks on fire. And then, she realized that he was giving her his air. He pulled away after a while, blushing, and, still holding Videl's hand, started to swim again toward the surface. They got their head out of the water, finally able to breath.

Having finally taken her breath, Videl smacked Gohan upside the head, glaring at him.

"Why did you do that for? I could very well make it all the way! I didn't need your air!" She said.

He rubbed his head where she had hit him. "You wouldn't have made it all the way, Videl, I did that for you."

"Yeah, right! In fact, you just took advantage of it to kiss me!!"

Gohan blushed furiously. "Not at all! You were lacking air; it was the only thing to do!"

"Yeah, right, I believe you! If you wanted to kiss me, you just had to do it, not finding stupid excuses to do it!"

Gohan's eyes widened, while Videl blushed suddenly, realizing what she had just said.

"Err… Not that I would have let you, eh." She added.

"What are you talking about?" Goten asked, swimming toward them.

"N-Nothing important." Gohan replied.

"Okay!" Goten said happily, swimming away from them.

Gohan sighed, his hand going through his wet hair. "Look, Videl, I'm sorry if I offended you, but I swear I didn't do that to kiss you. You were really lacking air, I was just worried for you."

Videl looked at him for a while. He seemed sincere. Finally, she sighed.

"Alright, I believe you. But don't do it again!" She said.

"But Videl, if you're lacking air, I'm not going to let you drown…"

"I could very well make it! And anyway, how could you give me your air while you were underwater for more than ten minutes? How come you still had air to give me?"

"Well, I come here to swim since I'm very little, so I acquired a good stamina."

"But still, ten minutes… Only professionals can hold that long…"

"Well, I am the Great Saiyaman, ain't I?" He said with a big grin.

Videl couldn't help but laugh. Gohan's grin widened. How he loved to see her laughing. She was even more beautiful. He could spend hours staring at her laughing and never get tired of it.

Videl blushed in seeing how Gohan looked at her, and looked away.

"I'm in love with her."

She blushed even more. Why can't I stop thinking about it?

"So, err.. Wanna race?" She proposed. "The first to reach the lake's edge wins, alright?" They were in the middle of the lake, at this moment.

Gohan shrugged. "Alright."

"Good." She said. "Ready? GO!!"

They started to swim, Gohan letting Videl have the advantage. She noticed it, and stopped abruptly, frowning. He also stopped, looking interrogatively at her.

"Why are you stopping?" He asked.

"You were letting me win!" She said, angered. "I already told you that I can't stand it when someone's letting me win just because I'm a girl!"

Gohan lowered his head. "I'm sorry."

"It's really impossible to have fun with you! Argh! You're so irritating!"

Gohan looked at her swim toward the lake's edge then get out of the water, furious. He sighed, then lied on the water on his back, staring at the cloudless sky.

I really am an idiot. He thought. I should have known that she would notice that I was letting her win and that she wouldn't like that… She must hate me even more, now…

He sensed his little brother swim toward him and straightened up.

"Why is Videl angry?" Goten asked.

He sighed again. "I acted like an idiot again."

"Why don't you just tell her that you love her?" Goten asked innocently.

Gohan looked at Videl, who was lying on the grass, her elbows supporting her, making sure that she was far enough so she couldn't hear them.

"I already told you why." He replied. "She would hate me even more if she knew."

"I don't think she hates you."

Gohan smiled. "That's nice, Goten."

"But I really think so!"

Gohan ruffled his little brother's hair affectionately, and this one grinned at him.

"Thanks, Squirt."

Videl looked at the two brother's exchange, wondering what they were talking about. Then, she shrugged, and lied completely on the grass, closing her eyes, deciding to tan a bit.

After a while, she sensed that someone was shading her, and then heard Gohan's voice tell her:

"If you stay too long in the sun, you're going to burn. We should have brought solar crème."

She opened an eye. "What do you want?"

He heaved a deep sigh, sitting down next to her. "I'm sorry to have wanted to let you win. I should have known that you wouldn't like it. So I thought… that we could do a rematch. I promise I won't lose on purpose, this time."

She seemed to think for a while, and then she smiled, standing up. "Alright! But I'll beat you even if you don't lose on purpose!"

Gohan grinned, standing up in his turn. "I highly doubt it."

"You'll see!" She said. They walked till they were at the lake's edge. "This time, we'll swim to the other end of the lake. The first to get there wins."

"Okay." He said. "Ready? GO!!"

They dived at the same time, and started to swim. This time, Gohan had the advantage, but Videl was going to give up without a fight, and succeed in returning to his level. Regrettably for her, Gohan sped up, and this time she didn't succeed in catching him. He won the race, but Videl wasn't far behind.

"I want my revenge!!" Videl declared, taking her breath.

"Take your breath, first." Gohan said, laughing.

She glared at him, but ended laughing too. They calmed down after a while, but they didn't seem to be able to stop smiling.

Goten swam toward them. "I wanna race with you too!"

They spent all the morning having fun in the water, with races, water fights, or some other games. Videl couldn't remember having so much fun. She was really having a great time.

Videl was exhausted. After lunch, they had returned to the lake, having fun in the water all day. But although she had a great time, she was now completely spent.

She took her shower then went to bed in the guest room. She immediately fell asleep, and dreamed…

Gohan couldn't sleep. Every time he closed his eye, she saw Videl in that violet swimsuit, marrying her Goddess body's curves perfectly.

He turned to the side. I'm such a pervert. He thought. I'm worst than Master Roshi.

He then rolled on his back, now staring at the ceiling, and let out a deep sigh. He decided to get up and go fetch something to eat. He wouldn't be able to sleep anyway.

Without noise, he got out of his room, and walked toward the kitchen. In his way, he passed the guest room where Videl was sleeping. He stopped when he heard some kind of moans coming from the room, and frowned. He listened more carefully.

"Oh… yes…" He heard her moan.

He frowned even more. It was Videl who was moaning like that? He opened the door slightly, and saw that she was sleeping. So she was dreaming? But what kind of dream could make her moan like this?

"Hmm… Yes… It's good…"

He blushed suddenly, finally understanding what exactly Videl was dreaming about. He couldn't help but feel jealous. She was surely dreaming about another boy. Just imagining it, he couldn't stand it.

He was about to go on his way, when he heard her moan again.

"Hmm… Gohan… Don't stop…"

His eyes widened, as his face took fire. She was dreaming… of him? Doing… He blushed even more.

"Gohan…!"

His face was ready to explode, and he decided that he had heard enough. He nearly ran toward the kitchen, and didn't hear what Videl said then, in her sleep…

"Gohan… I love you…"

To Be Continued…