Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Flames in the Rain:Returned ❯ Feelings Tamed ( Chapter 7 )

A/N***This is a PWP, Yaoi (M/M relationship) with Mild Language. Italics are thoughs. Bold is what Bulma told Trunks. Sadly, but finally, this is the final chapter. I'd like to thank all my reviewers who have reviewed faithfully and honestly. I know I could probably draw this out to make it more, but I feel like I shouldn't. I guess that's a sign that my muse will ditch me if I try to draw it out. So maybe a sequel…maybe…

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of DBZ, but I do, however, own the plot. (If you can call it that.)

Reminder: This Sequel is dedicated to c0nFu3ed who asked me to bring Vegeta back into the story.

Flames in the Rain: Returned

Chapter 7

Feelings Tamed

It had been almost a year since that after noon Goten spent in Trunks' arms. He'd let him go because he loved him. And because I hurt him. It hurt Goten to remember all the pain he caused Trunks. It hurt him to remember how his last night of passion with Trunks had taken place…and what had happened afterward. It hurt to remember his life with Trunks. The life he'd taken for granted. It even hurt to think of Vegeta. The bastard. Yes, Goten still loved Trunks. I will forever love you, Trunks. He thought. I'm cursed to have unrequited love because I took you for granted. I'm cursed to die alone, because I can think of you and no one else. Although everyone thinks I've gotten you, I'm simply just tamed my feelings. Keeping them hidden from the world… Goten knew that secretly he held some hope that one day, somehow, he and Trunks would work it all out and once again be together again. "He doesn't love me anymore though."

Trunks sat on his bed looking at a picture of Goten before they were married. They'd divorced shortly after the day they spent at the river. I hate that I still love you…maybe I'll always love you… He sighed. At least one good thing had come from Goten's actions. My father treats my mother the right way now… Yes, his mother was happy, but how could she stay with someone that cheated on her. He sat there in the silence, her words playing through his head. "Sometimes, when you love someone, you have to forgive them for the mistakes you know they'll make. And when they do make the mistakes you knew they would make, you have to forget them." He'd asked her about what to do if you didn't know they'd make a mistake… "If you truly loved someone, and believe that they truly regretted their actions, then why try push yourself away…It will only bring you more pain." Sometimes his mother was such a romantic. She didn't know anything, but love. It didn't matter that the love she chose came with lies and cheating. It was love and she kept faith that he'd always go back to her. Which he did go back to her. Trunks shook his head. That was all irrelevant. He'd said himself he didn't do things like his mother. I won't change the person I am for someone I loved that hurt me. Deep down, Trunks knew that if there was someway to change the past, that he would gladly do it, and go back to Goten. I wish I could. Sometimes he believes that he could, but then reality would give him a swift kick in the ass and show him otherwise. I could have stayed with Goten that day. I could have stayed, but I was scared. I was scared to find out that he would hurt me again. I was scared to find out that he wouldn't hurt me again. That's what it was all about, right? If he would or wouldn't cheat on me again? He took a deep breath. Too much thinking really gave him a headache. I've tamed my feelings. No one knows that I still have strong feelings for him. He smiled. I'll just love him from afar. "It's not like he loves me anymore anyway."

Bulma sat with Chi Chi at their favorite café. "Do you think that Goten and Trunks are really over each other?" Bulma asked. Chi Chi thought for a moment. "I don't know." She sniffed. "What's wrong?" Bulma asked concerned. "If…if they do work it out…" she began to sob and Bulma handed her tissue after tissue. "If they do work it out?" she asked. Chi Chi blew her nose before wailing. "I WON'T HAVE GRANDBABIES!" Bulma blinked. She's hopeless. "Maybe," She said more to herself than to Chi Chi. "Their flame will be reunited." Chi Chi snorted. "Bulma, you're such a romantic. Not everything works out with a happy ending." Bulma smiled. "Just think, if they had a little push in the right direction, they could get back together," Chi Chi frowned. "And who knows, they might adopt a child." Chi Chi brightened at the thought. "So," she said tossing her tissues to the side. "Who would be doing the pushing?" Bulma only smiled.

*FIN*

A/N*** Yeah! I finally finished it! I'm so happy! I'm kind of sad for it to be over. I feel bad that both Goten and Trunks have given up hope on love. But you know, love works in mysterious ways, as do parents. Lol As you can see, I've left it at a good place to end the story, or to continue with a sequel…I just don't know. I want to remind everyone that this story was dedicated to c0nFu3ed, who during the first story asked me to bring Vegeta back into play. Now, R/R! I really would like some feed back!