"Have you had breakfast yet, Bra?  If you haven't, I could make something for you." Marron stepped into the 
kitchen, wondering what she could make for her guest.  She opened a cabinet and took out two glasses. "Do you 
want any orange juice or something?" 
        "Er…" Bra trembled a little. "Um, sure…just orange juice, thanks." She looked away and tried to forget the information she had just learned.  She wouldn't want to get caught invading someone else's privacy, and especially not her own best friend's. 
        Marron came over with the two glasses and sat down. "Here you go." She gave one to Bra. "Er, um…arigato…" Bra said politely, even though she knew she'd done a horrible thing.  She gulped the orange juice and the sweetness made her eyes water.  Whoa, she thought.  She looked at Marron, who was still holding her cup and staring blankly into space. "Marron-chan, are you okay?" Bra asked softly. 
        Marron snapped back from whatever world she was daydreaming in and smiled. "Hai, I'm okay." She sipped her juice and set it down. "I'm gonna go brush my hair." 
        Bra stared at Marron as she left and returned in less than a minute with a hairbrush.  She sat back down and began brushing her long, golden hair smoothly.  Bra watched closely.  What was up with Marron today?  Just a minute ago, she was giggling and being her normal cheerful self.  Then she was all serious and nothing at all like her normal self.  Bra sensed that Marron was bothered by something…something that she didn't seem to be sharing. 
        "Here, let me," Bra offered.  She took the brush from Marron and ordered her to sit on the floor.  She ran the brush through Marron's hair. 
        "Bra-chan, doshite?" Marron looked at her friend in wonder. 
        Bra just smiled sweetly. 
        The two girls sat in silence, Marron relaxing against the sofa and Bra kneeling behind her, brushing. 
        "You're hair is so beautiful!" Bra exclaimed. 
        Marron just giggled and said nothing.  She wrapped her arms around her knees and leaned her head against 
them.  A light sigh escaped her lips.  Bra blinked. 
        "Okay, Marron, are you sure you're okay?  Do you want me to leave or something?" 
        "Oh, no, Bra, it's not you…" 
        "Well, what is it then?" 
        "Gomen nasai…I've just been thinking so hard lately…I didn't mean to be rude, Bra, I'm really sorry." 
        Bra looked at her friend sadly.  She knew what was bothering Marron, but hopefully Marron didn't know 
that Bra knew. "Marron-chan, we've been like sisters ever since I was born.  If something's bothering you, 
I want to help you.  I really do." 
        Marron smiled to herself. "Thanks Bra, I'm touched." She sat up straight and lightened up. "I'm okay now, really.  Don't worry." 
        Bra was trying to say something else when Marron suddenly asked a very unexpected question. 
        "So, where did you and Goten go last night?" 
        "What about you?" Bra replied quickly. "With Trunks." 
         "Now, come on.  I asked first." 
         Bra didn't say anything.  Then she realized that this could be the perfect time and place to confess everything she was feeling. "Marron-chan…" She stopped brushing. 
        "Yes?" 
        "Have you ever been…like…you know…" 
        "Like…?" Marron turned and faced Bra. She was quite surprised when she saw Bra was blushing furiously. 
        "Like…" Bra took a deep breath and steadied herself. "Like you had a major crush on someone and you can't 
help it and you want to tell him the truth and you just can't and…" Her voice got softer and softer as she spoke. 
        "Bra…" 
        Bra suddenly got louder. "And then when you didn't, you felt like a total idiot and you're regretting it 
and you know you'll regret it your whole life?  Have you felt like that?  Have you…?  HAVE YOU?" Bra raised 
her head and looked straight at Marron, who was startled by Bra's sudden mood swing.  She was shaking 
and uncurbed.  She knew she was acting stupid, but she couldn't care.   She had finally let out her feelings. 
 She had finally confessed them.  But now she realized exactly what she had just done and began stammering. "I…I…" 
        "Bra-chan, what are you saying?" Marron asked. 
        Bra gathered all her will to force it out.  She squeezed her eyes shut and bit her lower lip.  She had to get it out, she had to say it NOW, or she would never have the courage again.  She had to tell someone what was going on inside her.  Someone who could advise her, tell her what she should do next. 
        Marron was startled by the tears flowing down her friend's cheek. 
        "I love him…" Bra finally whispered. 
        "Na-nani?  Wh-who?" 
        Bra covered her face with both hands, hiding her red face. "I love him!" she repeated. "I love him I love 
him I LOVE HIM!" Again and again, over and over. 
        Marron was totally confused, but she still put an arm around Bra. "Who, Bra?  Who?" She held Bra tight.  Bra 
slowly looked up and wiped away her tears. 
        "Him…Go-Goten-kun!" she sobbed and more tears took the place of those she had just wiped away.  She 
covered her face again. "Oh, Marron-chan, I wish, I WISH I could explain it, but I just can't!  It happened so fast…I just realized it last night…I'm so confused a-and…" Bra could feel Marron's hands reach out to hold hers firmly. 
        "Bra-chan, look at…LOOK at me," Marron ordered gently. "There is NOTHING to be afraid of," Marron 
told her, smiling. "It's not easy to hide our deepest feelings, I know, but…" Marron took a deep breath. "I was in a situation like this before…it was a long time ago.  A guy I knew and we, well…I had the exact same feelings that you're having right now for Goten." 
        "So," Bra sniffed, "so what did you do?" 
        "I just kept it to myself until now.   I thought it was the right thing to do…but if it was the right thing, why do I feel so terrible about it?  It's awful…" She sighed. "You're so much braver than I am, and I'm proud of that." She smiled now. "I was totally surprised when you told me…am I the first to know?" 
        Bra nodded. 
        "Well, I can surely see why you would fall for Goten-kun.  He's nice and adorably cute…" Marron giggled. "Just one piece of advice from me, Bra-chan." She got suddenly serious. "If you love someone, Bra…if you really love them…tell them." 
        Bra didn't say anything, thinking about Marron's words.  Wait.  Marron was encouraging her?  She wasn't jealous or…And Bra suddenly remembered Marron's own secret crush, and it wasn't Goten she wanted. "So why don't you tell the guy you like…?" 
        Marron stared at her for a while. "If I only was brave enough." She tucked some hair behind her ears. "Oh, I better go tie my hair back." She stood up to leave. 
        "Marron-chan." Bra's voice stopped her. 
        "Yes?" 
        Bra walked over to her friend and hugged her tightly. "Thank you," she sobbed. "Thank you…" 
        Marron responds with an even tighter hug, her body language telling the younger girl that everything will be okay.  She was still a little stunned that this teenager was having those sort of feelings for such an older guy, but it didn't really matter.  All that Marron is wondering about is, what are Trunks and Vegeta going to say when they find out?"  And then, most of all, what will Goten himself do when he finds out that his best friend's little sister is having 
these kind of feelings? 
        But still, she smiled to herself. 
        She understood Bra.  It was so easy to fall in love, but so hard to explain.  Putting words to an emotion such as love was impossible.  But once it happens… 
        After all, there is only one great happiness in life: to love and to be loved.