Find me 2 “Bye dad! Take care and I’ll come back soon to spar with you again, I promise!” “Sure Gohan! You can come over any time you want! But do give me a call so I can store enough food!” He grinned, his son had certainly inherited his appetite. “I will dad! Bye!” “Say hi to Pan and Videl for me and your mom when you see her!” “I will! But it may take a while, mom’s gone on vacation for a month”. “Nani?” “Yeah, with that new boyfriend Alan or something”. ~that rich bastard...~ “Ah yeah. Still, say hi when she comes back”. “I will! Can I go now? I’ll be late for work” Gohan shouted as he was already in the car, engine running. Goku grinned. “Sure son”. “Bye!”. Goku waved until his sons car disappeared behind the horizon and then walked back inside his house. Inside Goten and Trunks were tossing cornflakes at each other, giggling like little schoolgirls. “Jeez guys.. How old are you now? When I see your razors around the house I’d say you’d be to old for childish games Goten..” “Sorry dad, we were just having fun”. “Hn.. Oh well never mind”. Grabbing a bowl himself he watched as the two teens pushed and teased before they finally got up, swinging their bags around their shoulders. “Hey, we’re off to school, see you later!” “Yeah sure, don’t do anything stupid okay?” Goten and Trunks both giggled again, probably with evil plans in mind already. Running through the door, Trunks popped his head back around the corner and smiled at Goku. “Ne Goku, thanks for yesterday! It was a lot of fun. Are you busy next Friday?” “Eh? Friday? Um... no, why?” “Well next Friday is our last day of school before summer begins so I’m having a little party at home for my friends. Would you like to come?” “Maybe, but... don’t you think I’m a little too old?”. “Whatever you say. Dad doesn’t think so though, he’s going”. “Off course he is, he lives there”. Trunks grinned. “Still. Come on. You haven’t seen each other for a such a long time, it’ll be great for you talk again! And if that doesn’t work you can always come by and get drunk, and there will be lots of pretty girls!” “I’ll think about it. Now go or you’ll be late”. “I would really like it if you came okay? Bye!”. “Hn...” A party. Now really. Did he look like a guy that went to a party to get drunk and hit on some girl he didn‘t know? He grinned. As if... But it had been a while since he’d seen Vegeta. The prince had been too busy with other things all the time. Eventually they had given up their weekly spars and before long their monthly spars stopped too. He wondered how much the prince had changed during that time. Yeah, it would be nice to talk to him again. Or even just to see him again. Goku always felt at ease with the grumpy prince, he had come to see the other Saiyan as a good friend. They were the only two Saiyans left in the universe, somehow that made him feel comfortable... to be with his own kind. Even though he didn’t know anything about his race... but Vegeta could always tell him about it. But only if he pushed to get the answers, because the prince always seemed a bit reluctant to talk about it. Goku could understand. Things had happened to him that still caused emotional pain. Talking about the cause of the would only make things worse. But all things considered... it would be nice to see him again. To hear that dark silky voice and to see those deep black eyes. Goku blushed. ~Was I really thinking that just now?~. He shook his head. Come on! He couldn’t possibly be thinking about Vegeta in that way. He forced himself to stop thinking about the older Saiyan. Deciding that he would just to talk to the other man, calmed him down a bit. Yeah, he’d go, for fun, for old friends and simply to feel a little more alive again. Two days later, Trunks and Goten didn’t show up after school. Strange... they had decided together that Trunks would come along with him and Goten on a short trip before they themselves would be going off to some place where they would be old enough to do whatever they wanted. He tried calling Goten’s cell-phone, but all he got was a very cheesy voice-mail filled with weird music in the background, saying that he was busy with the party and that ‘y’all’ were invited to come. Hanging up, Goku suddenly felt a tiny knot forming in his stomach. He had forgotten all about the party, and suddenly felt nervous. He hardly ever felt nervous, knowing that with his strength everything would be alright. But now this party, a simple stupid party made the hair on his arms and neck stand on end. Walking upstairs to get ready for the event, he wondered what he’d wear. He grinned. He felt like a silly schoolgirl wondering what to wear on her first date. He turned the shower to luke-warmth; cold enough to keep him down to earth, but warm enough to be comfortable. But when he got out of the bathroom and stood in front of his closet... he felt even worse. “What to wear what to wear”. He couldn’t believe he was acting like this. Shaking his head, to get rid of the annoying feeling, he fumbled around his closet... pulling out a random shirt and pants. Without looking at what he had chosen, he decided that whatever it was, he would wear it to stop him from acting like a teenager. After all, he was well into his 40’s now but... He looked in the mirror. He wore tight fitting suede pants and a loose half-see-through white shirt. He looked like a young man. He stared at himself in the mirror, feeling slightly weird in the clothes. Why did he have to pick this outfit? He sniffed, oh well, he wanted to have fun didn’t he? If he looked like this it would be easy to pick up a nice girl to talk to, or hordes of girls. Agreeing on his choice of clothes, he kneeled and pulled out a pair of simple but elegant leather boots. Chi-chi had bought him these for special occasions where he had to look neat and presentable. And for the finishing touch, he sneaked into Goten’s room and sniffed the various bottles that stood on a cupboard. He picked one that smelled rather fresh, like pine mixed with patchouli. Finally content, he decided just to have fun tonight and put two fingers to his forehead. Lowering his ki to a normal humans level, he transmissioned to a deserted room in the Capsule Corporation. Popping his head around the corner to see if anyone was there, he could already hear the deafening sound of music coming from below. Seeing that nobody was around, he started walking down the hall to the large stairs that he knew would lead to main room where the party was being held. Back To part 3 To part 1 |