| Feeding the Flames part 16 By: Juuchan Every morning, it was becoming harder and harder for Gohan to get out of bed. This was not because of the ki drain to the children, which remained relatively constant, but arose rather from a reluctance to leave his comfortable position, wrapped around Trunks. >From the beginning of the whole Heat ordeal he'd been trying to isolate and close off the parts of himself that felt things he deemed 'inappropriate' toward his student. For a time it had seemed to work, but they were slowly inching their way to the forefront of Gohan's mind again. The feelings had begun strengthening dramatically after he began sharing a bed with Trunks, so he credited it to proximity. The problem was that he had no way to distance himself from these feelings, as he had before. He'd need some time alone, half a day at the very least, and he simply didn't have the time. If helping Trunks were his only task Gohan might have managed it, but he'd begun work on their new house and it was too important to postpone, especially for personal reasons he should have -some- way to deal with! These feelings were absolutely inexcusable, but Gohan couldn't seem to do anything about them. The urge to lounge in bed cuddled up against Trunks was bad enough, but he was also becoming hard-pressed to keep his hands to himself the rest of the time as well. He kept managing to restrain himself at the very last moment to stop from stroking Trunks' hair, taking his hand, or touching that -fascinating- tail.. and all sorts of casual touches. While Gohan had come from a rather physically affectionate family, Trunks had not, and furthermore Gohan had never behaved around him in that manner before, so it was bound to startle him at the very least. He was going to have to find a better way to control himself, become oblivious to the myriad temptations he faced throughout the day, or Trunks was certain to notice soon. Gohan had no idea where that would lead him, but he was certain it wouldn't be pretty. |