Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Little Warriors All Grown up ❯ Bulma ( Chapter 22 )

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"So I got one of the workers to buy some more ingredients for you," Trunks spoke the following day. Goten beamed a smile as Trunks guided him to the fridge and pantry that was newly stocked with food.

"You like me cooking for you don't you?"

"Well, you're the only one out of the two of us that knows how... so..." Trunks retorted.

"Does that mean I'm the girl in the relationship?" Goten wondered out loud as he took a few potatoes from a basket.

"Well, you are in the kitc-"

"Don't... Just don't go there Trunks," Goten threw a few potatoes at his older friend's face.

"Hey, you're getting dirt everywhere," Trunks laughed.

"Give me a hand will you? I'll show you how to make some fries," Goten asked. He felt like cooking some potato fries for lunch. "Do you like them oven-baked or deep fried?" he quickly added.

"Deep fried sounds good," Trunks nodded as he washed off the potatoes for Goten.

Not long they were sitting on the couch, munching on their crispy fries as they watched day-time TV.

"So what should we do?" Goten broke the silence.

"Nothing at all,"

"Seriously?" Goten raised an eyebrow.

"Well I was thinking of going over to Gohan's on Sunday... Mainly so we can eat Chi-Chi's amazing roast," Trunks spoke out his plans.

"That sounds good. So then what do we do today and tomorrow?"

"Well, how about you speak to my mum tomorrow? Saturday is normally her day off. Well, she tries not to do any work... so perhaps it will be good since she won't be so moody,"

"Kay sounds good," Goten agreed, placing his bowl down. He rest down on the couch, placing his head onto Trunks' lap. Trunks stiffened as he felt the weight of Goten on his crotch. –Don't think it, don't think it! - Heencouraged himself inwardly as he finished off his fries.

"Geez Trunks get a hold of yourself," Goten joked as he felt Trunks' growing boner poke the back of his head.

"I could say the same for you about yesterday,"

"Yeah but I really wasn't expecting you to do that..."

"The sunscreen or the pool?" Trunks chuckled.

"The sunscreen, but the pool was a different story," Goten explained.

Goten shifted onto his back, looking up to stare at Trunks' face.

"At least there's nothing to hide," Trunks replied, running his hand through Goten's un-gelled hair.

"You know yesterday when we wanted to kiss in the pool; I had an ounce of fear about what if the girls saw us..." Goten drifted, still eyeing his older friend. "Last night when I was bed I kept thinking about what if that's how you feel all the time. That weird adrenaline rush pulsing through the veins but yet at the same time worry fills your mind about what they're going to think,"

"You're partly right. I don't so much get adrenaline from it; I mainly just shy away and get nervous. But Goten, that's just me. I worry about what people think and see me as. I need to think about the business,"

"But I thought we agreed it didn't matter? Why would it affect Capsule Corp? The things Bulma had done in the past never did, so why would be any different because of you? Wasn't last time a good example of what Bulma can do for us?" Goten spoke confidently. Public be damned! He was going to get Trunks no matter what.

"Yeah, I know, I'm just a little surprised you brought it up,"

"Trunks, I'm here for you, you know that. As things are going as they are, it seems all we need is a bit of spur of the moment adrenaline,"

"So you're saying... We need to take the chance and just go out and hold hands?"

"Exactly, being the next heir to Capsule Corp doesn't change things. It shouldn't really."

Trunks pondered for a moment. –Perhaps Goten is right. Maybe we should just risk it and go out... Hand-holding and all.-

"And we'll figure something out to tell Vegeta and my mum,"

"My dad will be the harder one," Trunks quickly added.

"Yeah... I'm not so confident in that one... Seriously, your dad still scares me."

Trunks laughed at Goten's reply. He had to admit that he could understand his younger friend's fear.

Goten smiled as he allowed Trunks' laughter to fill his ears. He sighed, sitting back up, grabbing Trunks into an awkward side-ways hug. Trunks returned the hug, taking in Goten's scent.

"Hmm, you smell good," Trunks muttered without realising.

"I could say the same for you,"

"Really now?" Trunks lifted an eyebrow as he smirked. Goten chuckled as he climbed onto his older friend's lap. Once a knee was placed either side of his hips, Goten dug his face into Trunks' shoulder, drawing in a breath so his nose was filled with Trunks' distinct smell. Trunks shuddered as he felt Goten's hot breath on his bare neck.

"Hey, not now, we have to go training soon," Trunks mumbled.

"I know, I know," Goten excused as he place a hand either side on Trunks' face.

"Just one kiss, okay?" he asked quietly, trying to pull his bed innocent face. Trunks reluctantly agreed, drawing his head closer to Goten until their lips touched.

"You win, how could I ever say no to you when you look at me like that?" Trunks growled against Goten's lips.

Goten chuckle was muffled when Trunks depended their kiss into a passionate one.

-Z-

"Bulma, are you busy?" Goten asked the following day after his training and a quick shower.

As planned, he was going to speak to Bulma today about his per say *coming out of the closet.* Trunks had kindly agreed to stay in the Gravity Room to keep Vegeta busy. That was the last thing Goten wanted, Vegeta knowing as well.

"Nope, come right in," Bulma smiled as she closed the lid of her laptop. Bulma was currently in her make-shift office that was on the same floor as Goten and Trunks' apartment. She thought it was time to add a nice office for both Trunks and her for when they were home. Although, Bulma wasn't doing any work, rather she was just fluffing about on the internet looking for things to buy for the upcoming winter.

"Thanks," Goten nodded as he walked over to one of the couches that were placed near a huge window out looking onto the city. Bulma joined him, but rather stood as she looked out.

"So I guess you're here to talk huh?" Bulma fiddled with a pen. She had to admit she wasn't quite ready. What was she going to say to Goten? Was her support enough to guide him?

"Yeah..." Goten drifted as he blushed furiously. Having to speak up close suddenly made his confidence run in fear.

"Don't worry Goten, I'm a little nervous too," Bulma chuckled as she took a seat across from the young man.

"So why don't we start from the beginning?" She broke the silence. Goten nodded.

"Where do I begin though?"

"Well... How did you come about knowing you were gay?" She asked nervously. She was thankful her voice didn't crack.

"I think gay is a loosely based term. I think I'm more bi than full on gay," Goten cleared up. Bulma nodded in response. "But I think it was sometime in high school. Just one day... out of nowhere I awoke from a dream I thought I'd never have," he blushed even more.

"At first I thought it was just my Saiyan hormones acting up, but as time went on I realised it wasn't. There was this one guy that just kept popping up in my mind. Whatever I did he just wouldn't leave my mind. I couldn't ask him out, before you ask me... I was scared and I was worried that if I told him he might shun away from me since it's been so long,"

"What do you been by, been so long?"

"Earlier on, like at the start of high school days he told me he was gay. I at the time was too naive to understand... But to make matters worse, I thought it was some other guy he liked and not me. But the more I thought about it, the more annoyed me. I was mad at myself for quite some time never stopping him that day and asked more about it. I remember him being mad," He breathed.

"So I carried on as usual when I knew I couldn't tell him. I went on dates with girls. But like you said earlier, yes they were mainly cover-ups. Don't get me wrong, I truly did try to like one of them and I did find them attractive... But the further I went with them, the more often the guy's face came back to haunt me,"

There was silence. Bulma allowed Goten some peace before he continued.

"There's this one girl I ended up being quite serious with. You might have remember her. Abbey was her name. I brought her over sometime before,"

"Oh yes, I remember her,"

"Yeah, she... Was really nice and all... but things never happened. Later on she got annoyed at me that I wasn't doing anything more than kissing," he blushed furiously, "so she ended up calling me frigid, dumped me, and started to spread rumours through school,"

"Gosh, what a bitch," Bulma snorted.

"Maybe, maybe not, I guess I don't blame her. Luckily she doesn't know I thought of him while I was with her... I probably deserved it now that I think about it. But that didn't stop me. At first I was mad about the rumours that happened. I cried so much not knowing how I was going to pull through it... I've always been such a naive and happy kid. For something to finally affect me was really a downpour on my life. I guess that's one of the things that made me somewhat quieter and mature... So in the end did the only thing I knew I could do, and that was to ignore it. I ignored it and carried on to my final year of school. I had some more dates, which mainly failed, but I formed a plan in my head,"

"Which was?" Bulma asked.

"That I was going to go to the same college as him the following year and try to work something out,"

"And so you did... But now you're graduated..." Bulma finished off.

Silence lingered in the air as Goten allowed her to absorb the back story.

"So do you have any feelings or attraction to other guys?"

"Surprisingly no, only him," Goten answered truthfully. Although that was half a lie, there was the odd male that look pretty hot, but that was only the odd person.

"So you only have feelings for him and no other guy?"

"I guess so,"

"Did you ever end up telling him your feelings?" Bulma asked. Goten gulped, looking down to his hands. This was now becoming complicated.

"Yeah, I did end up telling him. It may have sounded like a sad story but really, it's not longer sad. I promise Bulma. I'm happy that I ended up confessing to him and that we're trying to make it work,"

"So then I take it those feelings before was really for you and not some other person?"

"Yeah they were,"

"Well, I guess you never did say that you needed help... but I was just a little shock as to how quickly it came out," Bulma explained.

"It was sort of a spur of the moment type of thing. But I do need your help Bulma," he stared into her eyes.

"What do you need help with exactly?"

"We're struggling to come out with it; like telling our friends and family. He seems to be pretty err... um... How do I word it? Like he's not as confident about showing others that he's in a relationship with me? Actually, I'm not too sure if we're in a full relationship as of yet since I don't know how relationships really work... And travelling has sorta kept me busy... but eh..."

"Sounds to me that he's ashamed to be with you," Bulma interrupted Goten's mumbling.

"What, no, he's not ashamed..."

"Well why else would he hide the fact you two are together?"

"I think he might struggle with confidence issues..." Goten explained.

Bulma nodded, thinking for a bit. She didn't want to turn with confrontation into an argument.

"So does Trunks know?" She asked quietly.

"That I'm bi?" Goten cleared his throat.

"Yeah, is he okay with it?"

"Yeah, he's been quite accepting of the whole situation. I guess..." Goten drifted. -That was half a lie really.-

"Wow gosh... Trunks have been a really good friend to you hasn't he? I really ought to give him more credit," Bulma thought out loud. Goten just nodded awkwardly.

"Has he met your boyfriend?"

"Yeah..." He sighed inwardly...- Okay, another half a lie... But technically he does know himself?-

"Do you think I could meet him? Perhaps I could talk to him about his confidence issues. I really know how to nail them down!" She beamed.

"No... Uhmm... I think maybe we should just leave it between you and me for now Bulma," Goten frantically replied.

"Well alright," she pouted. She was curious to know how Goten's boyfriend could possibly look like. She tried picturing him and quite frankly, she couldn't find any suited face or body to match the things Goten talked about.

There was a long pause as they sat wondering about each other's thoughts.

"I'm- I'm struggling with it though... About everything. Or at least, I think I am. I thought we could really make it work. I had confidence in our friendship as it grew stronger as the year went on and finally when we confessed I had hope our relationship was going to work fine. But suddenly when I moved away, here to Capsule Corp, things just went a little differently than planned. I just feel like... I don't know how to say it. Like the other night made me realised how much things had suddenly changed. I was now away from mum and Gohan... I was busy doing other things when all I really wanted was to go out and have fun with him and my life. I'm happy about the job you offered me Bulma, but it's been taking a toll on me. I think I'm just home sick. I miss mum, Gohan and dad so much. I think its building up on all the tension that's going between my boyfriend and I..." Goten drifted.

Bulma didn't reply but rather gazed out of the window. Her thoughts travelled everywhere as she tried to link everything up. She knew it was understandable for Goten to feel home sick. Moving out and becoming so busy was sure going to hit hard sometime. It required great maturity to move out successfully and happy. Although she's never seen Goten sad around Capsule Corp, but she knew it would take him eventually miss his family. Goten loved his mother very much, she knew that. Perhaps she was going to change Goten's schedule to fewer deliveries. Perhaps he needed some more time to settle in.

"Thanks for the chat Bulma... It actually feels good knowing someone else knows what's going on,"

"Anytime Goten. Seriously, just come back anytime if you need to rant or something,"

"Yeah, I'll come talk to you some other time to talk motives as to how to spill the beans to mum," Goten snorted.

"Oh Kami. That's going to be tough!" She groaned knowing all too well that Chi-Chi was not going to be very accepting. Goten smiled, standing up with Bulma. She smiled back as she opened her arms to him for a motherly hug. He sighed in relief as his arms wrapped around her tiny frame. Memories flooded back of the night in South City. The feeling of homesickness sunk back in as he felt his stomach do a few turns. He tried holding back the tears that was building up. His voice cracked as Bulma rubbed his back gently. The movements were so similar of his mother's that he couldn't hold back the feeling any longer. Bulma's grip tightened as she felt Goten's shoulders shake.

"Hey it's okay Goten. Just let it out, you'll be okay," she encouraged as she pressed her head into his shoulder.

-Z-

Trunks tossed and turned in bed that night. He couldn't get to sleep. He turned onto his left side to look at the alarm clock. It read half past two in the morning. He groaned inwardly. –This sucks!- He added. Trunks couldn't get to sleep as he kept thinking about what he was going to say to Gohan and Videl.

Just after Goten had left to speak to Bulma, Trunks tried to keep his father's attention and train. Vegeta didn't complain as he realised his son's eagerness to train. After finishing his training, thinking he had allowed Goten enough time, he went for a quick shower and made a phone call to Chi-Chi and Gohan. He had organised that he and Goten was going to have dinner with the Sons, but before that, he'll be speaking privately with Gohan and maybe Videl too. Gohan didn't ask what was wrong as he knew all would be revealed when Trunks came over.

Goten came back not too long after that. They prepared dinner and Goten had spoken about everything Bulma said. Trunks didn't say much other than, "at least she's accepting it. We're making great progress."

Goten didn't expect much else from Trunks as they both already knew what to do next.

Trunks stared up at his ceiling feeling nervous. His mind didn't want to rest as he thought up possible conversations with the married couple. –How am I going to do this?- He mainly questioned himself. –What if they're going to be totally against it?- He shook off the feeling, sighing once more telling himself that this time he will try to sleep.

There was a quiet knock on the door as he closed his eyes. He felt Goten's ki behind it.

"Goten?" Trunks called rather than asked. Goten entered the dark room, walking to the edge of the bed.

"Do you mind if I sleep here tonight?" Goten nearly whispered. Even though he got most out of his system when Bulma had hugged him, he still wanted to be in presence of someone. After the talk with Bulma he had felt so relieved and spent the whole evening as his usual happy-go-lucky self. But tonight he couldn't sleep either as he kept contemplating in his mind whether he should ask Trunks if they could sleep together in the same bed.

Trunks just smiled and lifted the thin sheet for Goten to join. Goten lazily got in, turning to his left to stare at Trunks' dark figure.

"Can't sleep either huh?" Goten softly asked.

"Yeah, just way too nervous for tomorrow,"

"Don't be. Nothing has ever stopped you in the past Trunks. Why should it now?"

Trunks' lips formed into a smile as he knew Goten was right. In the past he didn't ever have any limits. That being said, sure he was a naughty kid but he was brave and strong like his father trained him to be. –What ever happened?- He asked himself. –Was dad right? Did this peace make us 'soft'? - He kept questioning himself.

"Well goodnight Trunks," Goten yawned as he closed his eyes. Trunks watched his younger friend slowly start drifting into sleep. He felt a tinge of jealously. Why couldn't he feel as light and happy as Goten seemed to be now? Why couldn't he take this in his stride like his younger friend could? Was it because he was a genius? Was it because his mind always worked to find logic answers rather than let things fall through? He sighed as he watched his friend smile, his breathing starting to become muffled. Trunks bit his bottom lip.

"Goten?"

There was a long pause until Goten finally murmured a reply.

"Can you turn around?"

Goten groaned, his heavy eyes opening.

"Why?" his deep voice asked.

"Just do it," Trunks ordered. Goten reluctantly obeyed, turning over to his right.

"Happy?" He nearly spat. Trunks chuckled as he shuffled closed to Goten's warm body.

"Very," Trunks whispered into his ear. Goten's body shivered as he felt the breath touch his skin. Trunks took this to his advantage as he snaked his arms around his young friend's hips, gently running his fingers along Goten's stomach and up his chest. He stopped his movements and gave Goten a tight hug and kiss on the neck before resting his hands in place.

"Hmm, I like that," Goten mumbled half-asleep. Trunks chuckled as he spooned his friend.

"Me too," He finally spoke.

Sleep soon came over to the both of them from exhaustion. And for the first time in a while, both of the young men fell asleep with smiles on their faces.

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