Secret Heart

Chapter 15

It was lunch time. Gohan was walking towards the cafeteria with a big goofy grin on his face. Finally, he and Videl were friends. He couldn't be any happier. He entered the cafeteria, his goofy grin still glued on his face, and went to sit at his usual table where he had lunch everyday by himself. But one dark haired girl had other plans for him. The girl in question just entered the cafeteria, and quickly spotted him. She walked towards him, and reached him just as he was about to get his lunch out of its capsule.

"Can I join you?"

Gohan looked up at the girl, blinking. Then, a gentle smile appeared on his lips.

"Gladly."

Videl smiled back, and sat down in front of the demi Saiya-jin. This certain Saiya-jin took out his huge lunch from its capsule, while Videl got her own out.

"You can help yourself, if you want. My mother always cooks me too much," Gohan proposed.

Videl's face lit up, and her smile widened. Gohan chuckled softly.

When they arrived in the cafeteria, Erasa and Sharpner were surprised to find their friend having lunch with Gohan. As the surprise faded, Erasa smirked, while Sharper felt indignant.

"What the hell is she doing with this guy?!" He cried.

Erasa's smirk widened, "I guess she likes him."

"Ha! As if that could ever happen!" The blond boy said, crossing his arms.

"There is more of a chance for these two to get together than for you to go out with Videl." Erasa retorted.

"Pff!" He grunted. "In any case, there's no way I'm having lunch with this mountain boy. I'm going to my pals."

Erasa shrugged, then walked towards the table of the two brunettes, who, hopefully, will soon become a couple.

"Hiya love birds!"

At hearing that, Gohan chocked on his food and hit his chest several times to make it pass. His face was deep red.

"Erasa!! Stop joking like that!! It's not funny!" He exclaimed.

"But I'm not joking," she affirmed, sitting down beside Videl, who was just as red as Gohan. "I really think that you two would make a cute couple."

"Stop that, will you?" Videl asked. "Do it at least for Gohan's sake; the poor guy nearly choked."

"Alright, alright, I'll stop," Erasa said giving in.

Gohan sighed in relief. Erasa's insinuations were really more than he could handle. He still didn't know where he was with Videl exactly, and the young blonde wasn't doing anything to make things easier.

"So, if you two aren't together, why are you having lunch together?" Erasa asked.

"What, two friends can't have lunch together without ulterior motives?" Videl replied.

"Oooh, so you guys are finally friends? But I thought that you refused to be friends with someone who keeps secrets from you?" she asked Videl. "Unless… You finally discovered them?"

"Gohan doesn't have secrets," Videl lied. "I was imagining things."

"You mean that you harassed the poor guy for nothing?"

"She didn't harass me, don't exaggerate," Gohan intervened.

"If you say so…" She said. "By the way, did your 'math lessons' go well?"

The two dark haired teens blushed instantaneously, thinking about what had happened during Videl's flying lessons. Erasa raised her brows, wondering what could make them blush like that. Then she smirked.

"Could it be that something happened between you guys?" She asked, full of insinuation.

Gohan didn't say anything, knowing that he couldn't lie, and so he let Videl reply, which didn't take her too long.

"What are you imagining, again Erasa? Absolutely nothing happened between Gohan and me!"

"Then why are you two blushing like that?"

Videl opened her mouth to retort, but nothing came out. She didn't know how to respond to that.

The blonde's smirk widened. "So, tell me, what happened between you two?"

They didn't respond. They kept their heads down with deep, red blushes streaking across their cheeks.

"I bet you kissed," Erasa guessed.

Gohan stared at her, wide-eyed. "How did you guess??"

Videl slapped her forehead. "You're really an idiot!! You just confirmed what she said!!"

"So I was right," Erasa said. "And after that, you dare try to tell me that there's nothing between you two?"

"But there really is nothing between us!" Videl protested. "We made a mistake, okay? And it will never happen again!"

She's still thinking that it was a mistake… Gohan thought, his head lowered. I guess there will never be more than friendship between us… Well, I should be happy that she's finally considering me as her friend…

"And by the way, I thought that you wanted to go out with Gohan?" Videl asked. "Why are you trying again to get us together? You're not interested in him anymore?"

"Well… yes…" Erasa admitted. "But he will be so much better off with you!"

Videl sighed, tired of having to repeat herself constantly. There was nothing between Gohan and her; was it so hard to believe? Well, okay, they did kiss several times, but that meant absolutely nothing!

…Right?

Class had just ended. The two dark haired teens were on the roof, ready to go to Gohan's for Videl's flying lessons. The young man made his Great Saiyaman outfit appear on him, then he approached Videl and carried her in his arms. Like every time that he held her this close to him, his heart beat accelerated, and a light shade of pink colored his cheeks. The girl wrapped her arms around his neck, and he took off to the sky, flying toward the mountains.

After a few minutes of flying in silence, Gohan decided to speak. A question was going through his mind since lunch, but he hadn't dared to ask it, dreading the answer, and not wanting to risk their very new friendship. But he had to know.

"Videl?"

The girl turned her gaze toward him, "Yes?"

"You… You really think that…" He paused, taking a deep breath, to give himself some courage, while she looked interrogatively at him. "You really think that kissing me was a mistake?"

She widened her eyes, having not expected this at all, while her cheeks flared up. Then, she looked away, her cheeks still bright red, and replied in a tiny voice:

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because… It's simpler for us to be just friends. Romantic relationships are way too complicated, and I don't have time for that."

"I see…" Videl could hear disappointment in his voice, and felt her heart clench.

He wanted to be with her.

"A party? What a great idea!" Chichi exclaimed over the phone. "It has been so long since we all got together!"

"It's precisely for that reason that I decided to throw this party." Bulma said, on the other side of the line. "It will last all week-end. Will you be able to come?"

"Of course! Oh, but Videl is supposed to spend the night here this week-end…" The raven haired woman remembered.

"Videl? Who is Videl?"

"Oh, I didn't talk to you about her? She's the future mother of my future grandchildren," she replied happily.

Bulma raised a brow, "Gohan has a girlfriend?"

"Not yet, but it shouldn't be long before he does. It's so obvious that they love each other! They even nearly kissed, for that matter."

"Really? And how is this girl?" Bulma asked.

"Oh, she is absolutely perfect!" Chichi said, her eyes sparkling. "She's beautiful, smart, polite… and she has a temper, which is important when you are a Saiya-jin's wife."

"Why don't you bring her to the party?" The scientist proposed. "I'm dying to meet her."

"Oh, what a great idea!"

Chichi then heard the front door close, followed by Gohan's voice shouting, "Mom, we're here!"

"Ah, here's Gohan who arrived with Videl," she said. "I have to go. See you this week-end."

"Okay. See you this week-end, then," her friend replied.

"Bye."

Chichi hung up the phone, then exited the kitchen. She entered the living room, where her eldest son was, with, she hoped, her future daughter-in-law. She welcomed them with a warm smile.

"Hello you two," she greeted. "Did you have a good day at school?"

"It was alright," Gohan replied.

"Before you go for your flying lessons, I have something to tell you," Chichi said.

"We're listening, Mom," her son said. Videl nodded.

"Bulma invited us to a party that will last the whole week-end, and of course, you are welcome to join us, Videl."

"I'm also invited?" asked Videl, surprised.

"Um, Mom, can I talk to you for a moment?" Gohan then addressed Videl. "We'll be right back." He took his mother to the kitchen and asked her: "Are you sure it's a good idea to invite Videl as well? I mean, did you think of Piccolo, or even, Vegeta? How do I explain to her that I know a big green man and another man who can't stop claiming that he's a Prince of an alien race everywhere he goes?"

"Well, you tell her the truth," Chichi said simply.

"I… I'm not ready to tell her that yet."

"You will have to tell her some day, you know."

"I know, and I will tell her. Just… Not now."

His mother sighed. "As you wish."

"So, what do we do about the party?" He then asked.

"Don't worry, I'm sure everything will go fine. For all we know, Piccolo won't even come – he almost never comes, after all – and Vegeta will stay in his Gravity Room. Really, there is nothing to worry about."

All of sudden, they heard a shriek coming from the living room, and it was definitely Videl's voice. Worried, panicked even, Gohan hurriedly exited the kitchen and entered the living room, Chichi on his heels. He found Videl, standing on the small table, while Goten was on all fours on the floor, looking for something.

"Mrs. Spider, where are you?" The little boy was calling.

"Goten! Don't tell me you brought a spider in the house!" Chichi scolded.

"But she was so cute!" Goten complained.

"Cute?" Videl repeated, still standing on the table. "It's the ugliest and most disgusting thing I've ever seen!"

Gohan blinked, and then he chuckled. Videl abruptly turned her head toward him, her eyes narrowed.

"May I know why you're laughing?"

He kept on chuckling. "Videl, you wouldn't happen to be… afraid of spiders, by any chance?"

Videl blushed deep red. "Not at all! I think they're really ugly, that's all!"

"Mrs. Spider isn't ugly!" Goten defended.

"I don't care! Hurry up, find it, and throw it out!" Videl ordered. She heard Gohan chuckle once more, making her blush again. "I'm NOT afraid of spiders!!"

To Be Continued…