Part 13: Poor Mr. President
(2)
"So, where are we going?"
"I dunno. Where you want to go?"
Trunks sighed. "Okay, we've been doing that for at least five minutes!
Make up your mind, Goten! This
was your idea after all!"
"But you're my date. I want to make you happy. Where do you
want to go?"
"ARGH!"
Bra giggled at the two guys who sat in front. Trunks had been driving
for about ten minutes and he and
Goten still hadn't made up
their minds yet.
"I KNOW!" Goten exclaimed. "How about you and me and Bra go up the hill
and?"
"Don't be stupid, Goten."
"But Trunks, people always go up there to relieve tension. It's got
a great view and--"
"Like I said, don't be stupid."
Goten was quiet for a while. "Okay, FINE! Maybe we could just drive
around until we've circled the whole
world!" He rolled his eyes
and put both his hands behind his head. Bra began to feel a bit restless.
"Why don't we stop at any old restaurant and just eat?"
Goten turned and looked at her. "Nani?"
"Go-to-any-restaurant-andeat," she repeated.
"Ha! You're right! It's past dinnertime! That's what
I love about you, B-chan. Brains and beauty. Honey," he said
to Trunks, "can we stop at the new restaurant downtown and have dinner?"
"UGH! Don't call me that! It gives me goosebumps!"
Bra and Goten just laughed at him.
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"I want everything on the menu."
Everyone in the restaurant who heard that turned around and stared at Goten.
The waiter who took the order stood there, eyes wide. He gulped and
turned to Trunks. "And, uh, you, sir?" He looked at Trunks.
"Ditto."
Bra looked away in embarrassment.
The waiter looked near a faint. "And you miss?" he asked.
She looked up at him. "I'll just have normal western food, please, and
an orange juice." Then looked away.
"Whew," the waiter sighed. "At least one order I can do." He wrote it down
in the book. "Your dinner will
be served in a while…hopefully."
He walked away.
Goten stared at her. "Orange juice? Western food? B-chan, are
you on a diet?"
"Don't ask," Trunks told him. "She's an abnormal Saiyajin. The kind
of Saiyajin that doesn't eat much!"
"Hmm…I see." Goten nodded.
Bra gave her brother an evil look.
While they were waiting for the food, they talked, chitchatting about various
things. Business, work, friends, families, jerks, girls…
Wait. GIRLS?
"Haven't you gone out Trunks?" Goten asked.
Trunks sipped his coffee, trying to ignore Goten.
"Bra, has your brother gone out on a date lately?
"Nope." She smiled sweetly at him. "I always thought he was gay."
Goten burst out laughing.
Trunks choked on his coffee. "NANI? I AM NOT---"
"Shh. Trunks, look over there."
"Where?"
"There!"
"Where?"
"There! OVER THERE!" Goten pointed, subtlety, at a group of girls
were sitting close to them. They were
all giggle and pointing and
smiling and whispering while looking over.
Bra snorted. "That's how they act around Kaede."
"I think they're looking at YOU, Trunks," Goten said.
Trunks turned away. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever."
"No, really! Look!"
When Trunks looked at them, the girls started giggling loudly and staring
at him. Some waved. Trunks' face began to burn. He looked
back at the table. "Well…they looked kinda nice…pretty…"
"So GO OVER THERE and introduce yourself! And THERE YA GO!
A DATE!" Goten rolled his eyes.
Trunks began laughing. "Uh-huh, right. Forget that."
"Yeah, you might as well forget it, Goten-kun. MY niisan is never
going to do something like that."
"Thanks for your support," Trunks grumbled. "But she's right. I'm
not good around girls, unlike you."
"Because you never talk to them! SHEESH! No wonder your sister
thinks you're gay!"
"I AM NOT---"
"Look, Trunks, I'm going to demonstrate something for you." Goten took
Bra's hand and kissed it. "See,
that's called a 'kiss.'
Maybe if you would ask one of those girls out, you could try that someday."
Trunks gave him an evil, evil look. Bra looked like she was about
to faint.
Goten dropped her hand and ducked his head. "Uh-oh, don't look back, Trunks!"
he warned.
"W-what? Why?"
A girl from the group stood behind Trunks. "Ano…are you Trunks, the president
of Capsule Corp?"
Goten gasped loudly.
Everyone stared at him. "Er…gomen nasai."
Trunks looked back at the girl. "Y-yes, I am…why?"
The girl started giggling loudly and jumping up and down in excitement.
"Oh my gosh!" She touched her
heart. "Oh my gosh! Oh
my GOSH! OH MY GOSH!"
Bra, Goten, and especially Trunks stared at her in confusion. "MINASAN!"
The girl waved at her friends.
"It's HIM! It's really
HIM!"
"I'm WHAT?" Trunks asked.
"You're…YOU!"
Trunks felt more and more confused. The group of girls, about seven
of them, rushed over to him. They were all extremely excited and
started to ask Trunks tons of questions. Bra got extremely annoyed
with the whole business and left. Goten stayed and asked some of
questions of his own. The girls were all saying that they'd wanted
to meet Trunks for such a long time, talk to him, go out with him, have
a relationship with him…
Trunks began to feel VERY uneasy. "Um, excuse me, girls." He stood and
walked out the door, leaving Goten alone with the mob. He wasn't
paying attention and he bumped into someone, causing the person to nearly
fall.
"Gomen nasai." He stopped.
"MARRON-CHAN?"
The person looked up at him,
holding her shoulder in pain. "Trunks! It's you!" She stood up straight
and tidied her ponytails. "What a surprise!"
"Marron! What are you doing here? Where's Krillin-jisan?
Your mother?"
She smiled at him. "Trunks, I'm not a little girl anymore! I moved
here!"
"You WHAT?"
"I moved here!" Before she could continue, Goten and Bra stepped out came
out of the restaurant
"Marron-chan! What are you doing here?" Bra exclaimed.
"I was just about to answer that." She smiled. "I moved here. My
dad said I couldn't stay on that small island much longer. So he
and I decided I should move here and find myself a job! I was just
on my way home when I bumped into Trunks." She looked up at him.
Trunks just stared at her.
"GREAT! That's GREAT! This means I can see you whenever and
stay over, too! Right?" Bra asked.
"Yeah, sure!" Marron agreed. "So, I've gotta go…it's kinda late.
I'm going to eat dinner and go. 'Bye guys, and see you later!" She
waved at them with a smile and walked off
The three stood there. Not knowing what to say, Goten looked at Trunks,
who was still watching Marron.
Trunks blinked when Goten
elbowed him and winked. He smiled and nodded.
"Marron-chan! Marron-chan!" Trunks called, running towards her.
Marron stopped and looked at Trunks. Bra and Goten watched the two.
"What is my brother doing?" Bra
asked.
"Now you can see that he isn't gay," Goten replied softly.
Bra looked again. They were talking and laughing and Marron nodded
at something Trunks said.
Trunks ran back over to them. "Hey, guys, Marron and I…we're going to
have a drink at that other restaurant…wanna join us?"
"Oh no. NO, NO, NO, NO! You guys just go right ahead!"
"You're sure? Okay, would you mind getting--"
"Nope, nope, no problem. I'll get Bra home, you go and have fun."
Bra looked started. She and Goten alone?
"Great! Thanks, bud. Okay, Bra, tell Okasan I'll be late tonight!"
He kissed Bra's forehead and walked off. Marron waved goodbye again
and she and Trunks left, walking side by side. Trunks seemed to have
a special sort of spring to his step. Goten and Bra stood for a moment
in silence.
"Well, let's go, B-chan. I've got a craving for some ice cream, how
about you?"
Bra nodded and followed him. She didn't know she had the same kind
of spring her step her brother did.
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