Disclaimer: I am far too lazy to come up with quite a complex series such as Dragon ball Z. I don't own it, nor do I wish I owned it, because that sounds like a lot of work…

Summary: 31 drabbles about Goten and Trunks' first summer as a couple.

Word count: 947

Rated M for language, sexual scenes, etc.

Our First Summer

Drabble #19- Grocery Shopping (Revised)

Goten sighed blissfully as he crossed into the air-conditioned grocery store. It was such a relief to get out of the heat. According to the news, it was one of the worst heat waves that they had had in over half a century, and Goten hated every second of it. Not only was it a scorching temperature, but the air was also dry and nearly almost suffocating. Walking outside felt like walking around an oven and it was only the freaking morning! Goten didn't even want to imagine how hot it would be by the afternoon. He hoped that Trunks was somewhere safe inside and away from this heat. Goten had no doubt that the temperature had the potential to be dangerous.

Goten inwardly sighed in distress. He hadn't seen Trunks in almost four days, and it was rather strange. He had spent basically all of his time in the company of Trunks lately, and it was odd being away from each other. Trunks had been busy though, with sparring with his father, and 'business training' (even though Goten didn't know why he needed it just yet) with his mother. The teens had made sure to text and call each other whenever they could, but it still wasn't the same.

With Trunks on his mind, he reached his hand into his front pocket, and pulled out his cellphone. He tapped on Trunks' name, and chose the 'text message' option.

Good morning babe :D ! Did u sleep well?

Moments later, he felt this phone vibrate in his hand.

Stop calling me that you dick. Why r u up so early?

It was actually early for Goten (9:26am to be exact), and his mother had already dragged him to the local grocery store. He would've objected, but it had been a while since he had spent time with his mother, and he wasn't too macho to admit he missed her a bit.

(Also it was beyond blistering hot in his room and if he stayed in there a moment longer he might actually die.)

Im at the grocery store with my mom :P r u busy today? U should come ova my house. My mom is going to visit my Grandpa for the day ;)

"Goten," his mother addressed. "Go and get the carts for me, okay?"

"Sure, Mom," he nodded, before heading towards the front of the store. Once he was there, he grabbed two empty carts (they would definitely need more later), and pulled them behind him. He walked towards the side of the store where all of the health products were. His mother always stopped there first to pick up first-aid and basic medicines, so that she wouldn't forget them later. It was necessary to have such supplies, because while not every injury her three Son boys and granddaughter got during a spar was serious enough for a senzu bean, it still had to be treated nonetheless.

"Goten!" he heard a familiar voice call. He turned around with a smile.

"Hey, Junna! I haven't seen you since school let out!"

The orange-haired girl all but skipped up to him, her dark eyes twinkling as she smiled. The two wrapped their arms around each other, Goten playfully swinging their bodies back and forth.

"Hey, Son, I've missed you," she said as they released each other. "Where is, Trunks?" she peeked around him, as if expecting him to materialize right there.

Goten chuckled. "Why would Trunks come with me to the grocery store?"

She gave a giggle of her own. "Oh, I don't know. It's just weird, you know? I'm so used to seeing you two together."

"Ha, yeah me too."

After a bit of a pause, the girl smiled and said, "You must be really proud of him, though."

Goten cocked his head. "Proud of what?"

She rolled her eyes playfully. "You know what I'm talking about! How Trunks got accepted into a really good business school!"

Goten's eyes widened. "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about how Trunks is going to college! I just heard it this morning! I was really surprised, since he said he was waiting a year, but I don't really blame him for changing his mind."

Goten's chest felt very tight. "Who told you that?"

"Cayon did." She frowned at Goten's confusion. "He was telling us about how Trunks told him he was going to college overseas. You mean you didn't know?"

Goten frowned and looked away. Distantly he knew that this was a really embarrassing situation, but that was nothing close to what he was feeling. "No, I didn't."

The girl blinked, before fidgeting awkwardly. "Oh... I'm, uh, I'm sor—"

"I got to go," Goten said quickly, "my mother is probably wondering what is taking me so long. Thanks for telling me. We need to hang out sometime, okay?"

"Oh, uh, yeah, of course! I'll see you around, Goten!" she said cheerfully, but clearly thankful he had given her a way out of the conversation. Goten nodded absently and turned away, treaded off towards the direction of his mother.

He felt a buzz against his leg. Stopping his motion, he reached into his pocket, and pulled out his cellphone. The buzz had been indicating that someone had tagged him in a photo on one of the latest social media sites. Aside from that, he saw that he had received a text from Trunks almost seven minutes ago. Clicking the unopened message, he frowned a bit, but figured this would be the perfect opportunity to get to the bottom of whatever the hell was going on.

Quit thinking with ur dick. I'll b over this afternoon

End