Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dende's Love ❯ Kodak Moment ( Chapter 6 )

Dende's Love

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Chapter Seven: Kodak Moment

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Gohan landed on the now quiet lookout, Piccolo not far behind. He looked around, and then headed to Dende's room.

He saw that his green friend's bed had been slept in, but he wasn't there. His brow furrowed, and he wandered to the guest room where he'd stayed many times before.

He silently opened the door, and spotted Dende and Linden, spooned together on her bed. He grinned, and shook his head.

He crept over behind Dende, and started tickling his antennae. Dende shook his head, trying to stay in sleep.

"Oh Deeeeendeeeee. Come on, wakey wakey!" he whispered into his friend's pointed ear.

Dende stiffened, waking up at the sound of Gohan's voice, his face already going through a few shades of purple.

He quietly unlinked himself from Linden, praying she'd stay asleep. When he rose without complication, he glared half-heartedly at Gohan, who was grinning like the Cheshire cat.

Dende walked out of the room, making not a sound. As Gohan followed, Dende thought about the feelings going through him.

"So," Gohan started, interrupting his thoughts, "what went on in there?"

Dende blushed at the pointed question, but answered truthfully. "We started out in seperate rooms, but she had a nightmare in the middle of the night. One bad enough to make her cry again. So, I went in there. She made me promise not to leave until she fell asleep, so I held her, and we both ended up falling asleep," he finished, feeling less embarrassed with each word.

Gohan nodded, smiling more sincerely. "You're a good person Dende. Piccolo is outside. Want to go see him?"

Dende nodded congenially, "Sure, why not."

Piccolo was standing at the edge of the lookout, looking so much like Kami at that moment that Gohan shook his head.

He turned, and nodded at Dende. "I heard that you have a situation. Where's this Linden person?"

"She's sleeping. She had a rough night," Gohan said, sliding his eyes slyly to Dende, who blushed until his whole face was purple.

Piccolo chuckled. "Well, let's wake her up then."

"I'm already up," came the smooth alto voice from behind them.

Piccolo turned towards her, and nodded with appreciation. Dende saw this, and felt a pang of, he would assume, jealousy.

'Why the heck am I feeling jealous?' he thought to himself, and blushed even harder when Linden looked at him curiously, but with a smile on her face.

She walked up to him, stood on her tip-toes, and kissed him on the cheek, sliding her arm around his waist in the process.

Dende put his hand to her back, and kissed the top of her head. Gohan, by this time, was grinning wildly. Dende rolled his eyes, and looked down into Linden's tender gaze.

All of a sudden, a flash came from Gohan's direction, and when Linden and Dende looked up at him, they saw a disposable camera in his hand.

"Finally! I got a picture of Dende and his new girlfriend. Nix that, his FIRST girlfriend. Go me, go me!" Gohan exhalted.

Dende and Linden broke out in laughter, and Piccolo just shook his head, a tiny smile on his face.

*Well, as long as I get a copy of that, I'll forgive you," Linden commented to Gohan, a grin lighting up her face.

Piccolo cleared his throat. "I think it's time," he said in his gravelly voice, "to start training."

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Okay, sorry that it's kinda short, but I just had to add that in. Please let me know what you think of the little sappy chapter. And next, the training begins!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!