| Feeding the Flames part 6 By: Juuchan When Gohan woke, he simply lay there with his eyes closed, feeling perfectly relaxed and comfortable, with a strange contentment flowing through him. He was lying mostly on his side, and slowly became conscious of the body next to him, their limbs wrapped around each other. As he opened his eyes, the first things Gohan noticed were pale lavender hair that shifted slightly with his every exhalation, and the smooth, tanned skin of Trunks' neck and back. Trunks' head was nestled against his neck and shoulder, body pressed close against him and one wrapped around Gohan's ribcage. One of his own arms was wrapped around Trunks' torso, holding him in place, and the other was thrown across his hips. He noted a strange sensation on that hand, and as he glanced down he realized why; Trunks' tail was wrapped loosely around it, effectively pinning his hand in place. Gohan took a moment to study the tail, as he hadn't had any real opportunities earlier. It was a lovely silver color, slender, and much more reminiscent of a cat's tail than a monkey's. It was thinner than any of the Saiya-jin tails he remembered, and seemed longer as well. In his opinion it suited Trunks perfectly, a startlingly lovely, exotic addition. Nice as it felt to lay there, nature called, and the thought that he truly ought to shower before he took Trunks back down to Bulma. He carefully extricated himself one limb at a time, saving the tail-hugged arm for last, carefully twisting it and unwrapping Trunks' tail with his other hand. Gohan stood with a sigh of regret, and watched as Trunks curled up into the section of the futon he'd vacated. As he showered, Gohan's feelings began slowly shifting. He attributed it to the fact that the water was probably washing all of the scent that lingered on him off. He grew troubled, as he had been before. How would Trunks feel when he woke? Would he be able to deal with this? And how did -he- feel? Gohan shivered as he realized that this was almost certain to affect his relationship with Trunks. He could remember everything that had happened earlier, and it kept coming back to him. The sounds Trunks had made, how he'd tasted, how his skin felt, how amazingly -good- it had been to take him… He reached out and turned the water full onto cold, and stood under it until his thoughts calmed. it was inappropriate to dwell o those things. He certainly should NOT be interested in doing them to his student again! It had been necessary, but there was absolutely no reason to think he'd get the chance again.. not that he should - want- such a chance. He was definitely going to have to fine-tune his self control in the near future. Besides, he'd spent enough time stalling. Bulma probably wanted to monitor Trunks carefully, so he'd take him down to her. As he stepped back into his bedroom, there was a definite urge to just go over and curl up against Trunks again, but he quashed it firmly. He actually blushed as he noted the condition of the sheets, so pulled out a clean set, picked up Trunks carefully, and wrapped him in them, ignoring the twinges in his groin as he picked him up and the near-growl as he spotted the mark on his neck. Gohan pushed all such thoughts firmly into the back of his mind, and walked down to the lab. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bulma had long since finished reading the file by the time Gohan finally brought Trunks down, and was analyzing all the data she'd gotten from her earlier scans, checking it against Vejiita's information. She took a moment to simply process the image; Gohan was carrying Trunks in his arms, and while he was sleeping peacefully, he also didn't seem to be wearing anything beneath the sheet wrapped around him. Then she noticed the last detail of the picture: Trunks' tail had found it's way out of the sheet, and wrapped itself around the arm hooked beneath his legs. She broke out of her surprise as she realized Gohan was waiting for her to tell him what to do. "Put him on the pallet." He nodded, and she busied herself setting up the medical equipment she'd use to gather information about what Trunks' body was doing. When she turned back around, Gohan was carefully disentangling Trunks' tail from his limb, then moved toward the door. "Stick around. I found more information in the file that you need to know." Gohan looked nervous, in her opinion, but pulled a chair away from one of the computers and obediently sat down. She was going to have to make this very clear. "You -have- to stay here throughout Trunks' pregnancy. The good news is that it should only take somewhere between a month and a half to two months before the babies are born. You need to be here because you'll be providing Trunks with extra ki to support them. Even if it wasn't absolutely necessary, which it is because Trunks isn't strong enough to provide them with enough himself, the file states that it's very important for all sires to be present throughout the pregnancy. Besides providing him with ki, apparently the babies simply need their presence. So don't even THINK about going off somewhere to feel sorry for yourself or the like." He looked fairly indignant about the last part, but she cut him off. "Now, go eat and rest. Your job starts almost immediately after he wakes up again. He shouldn't exhaust himself right off the bat." As Gohan left, Bulma thought he looked even more nervous than when he'd entered. What she didn't know was that he was thinking about how hard it would be to keep his feelings, as well as his hands, to himself. |