For What it's Worth

SJKillJoy;; Thank you so much for your review~
I'm glad that you realize that it has a lot to do with Goten being frustrated with the fight he had with Gohan, which also shows how frustrated Gohan is with the changes happening with him right now.
You guessed the pairing right. :3 Though, the reason for the divorce isn't exactly that and the pairing really isn't going to form very much for a while. XP
I have plans for my little Son boys and Trunks.Mwhaha

AN: Well, I got it. At least I am updating right? XD I'm not really happy with this one, but I am damn happy with what I have written for a few chapters later, I guess that makes up for the lack of whatever this is lacking... I hope you will be okay with this one until the next chapter comes out though. ;3

Chapter Five: Consideration

It had only been a couple of hours since that ridicules argument that the younger demi had with his brother. Now he was trying to just get as far away as he could to let his own mind cool off. Goten knew that it would be best just to stay the night away then to let his anger get worse since he obviously had to once again share a room with his older brother. That was definitely not his idea of comforting at that time.

He landed down in front of the large house and knocked before taking a step back to wait for the door to be answered.

"Goten? What are you doing here?"

He grinned sheepishly as he came face to face with his best friend and waved, "um… you don't mind do you?"

"No, I don't mind at all. It was just unexpected," Trunks smiled back at him and moved out of the way to let him inside.

"You look rough," Goten laughed as he stepped inside and turned back to Trunks as the lavender haired demi shut the door behind him. It was clear that he had just woken up from a nap – besides the sleepy voice, he also had some major bed head going on and Goten reached up and messed it up more as he teased him.

"Hey, I just woke up…" Trunks swatted at Goten's hand and moved away from him to avoid any more of the torture.

"It's only eight, why were you already in bed?"

"It was just a nap Goten… my brain just hurt too much to even consider being awake any longer. I probably wouldn't have even gotten up if it weren't for dinner being almost done."

The sound of dinner made Goten grin as he thought about it. He had completely avoided going back to his house all together and just called his mother to let her know that he was going to be at Capsule Corp. for the night. That all meant that there was no dinner for him, "you don't mind that I'm here really? I mean… I know its such short notice, but I really needed to get away from home."

"No, it's okay Goten. You know it is. I'm pretty positive mom won't mind either. She always makes plenty of food and she always likes you here. Did you eat yet?"

The dark haired half breed shook his head for a response, "I haven't been home in a few hours."

Trunks frowned, but didn't meddle into what could have possibly happened while they were in the door way. He figured it was somewhere along the lines of his mother refusing to make food or something because she was mad, at least that was the only thing that he could have figured Goten even skipping out dinner at home would be. He was completely unaware of anything else that could happen.

"Well come on, I was on my way to the kitchen to see if mom was anywhere near done yet… I'm starving."

Goten followed Trunks to the kitchen and smiled when Bulma turned to look at them. Despite how many times he had always been there and how she was always welcoming, he still felt odd when he just showed up out of nowhere – though it could have been just the strange approach because of Vegeta living there as well. The thought of that had him looking around to make sure he didn't have a reason to feel extra awkward.

"It's okay if Goten stays the night, right?" Trunks asked with an innocent face, usually pulling any kind of trick on his mother to make him seem like the best son ever worked. He truly was spoiled when it came to her.

"Of course it is," she winked at him, which in return caused him to blush. She really wasn't suggesting anything, right? He rolled his eyes once she turned away to the food and hoped that Goten hadn't noticed any of that. "It's almost ready, why don't you two just go ahead and sit down?"

They both headed for the table and found a spot to sit down. As soon as they did Goten sighed and laid his head down on the table, "ugh, I'm so tired…"

"So, what exactly happened?" Trunks asked as he eyed his friend, whom was obviously worn out from whatever had taken place.

The dark haired demi sat back up and frowned as he looked over to his best friend, "I… got into an argument with Gohan and he's staying with us for a while apparently and I just couldn't stand being around him."

"Was it that bad Goten? You guys never fight!"

"Shh," Goten threw him a look asking him to be quiet. The last thing he wanted was for anyone to hear them. There were many reasons why, like Bulma telling his parents exactly why he didn't want to be home that night. "He's getting a divorce and I don't know… Then he told me I wouldn't understand because I sleaze around with everyone. As if he knew that I actually care for… someone…" the last word came out as low as his voice would go before being silent, but Trunks still caught it.

"Like… the person you try to kiss and admit all your dirty secrets to?" It came out in a hushed tone, but he was still grinning at Goten as he teased him.

"You know I'm not sleazy… right Trunks?" It was the only thing he could say. The last thing he wanted was Trunks thinking that he wasn't worth his time if he was even considering anything at all, "oh, and by the way, you were the one who tried to kiss me…" he whispered before looking away from Trunks and to the kitchen to check for listening ears.

"Aw, my little innocent Goten, sleazy?" He reached over to the paler demi's cheek and pinched it as he cooed the words teasingly, "no way."

Goten slapped Trunks's hand away and blushed, "stop it…"

Trunks sighed as he shook his head, "I don't think you are sleazy. There's nothing sleazy about you. Though…" he smiled as he leaned in close to Goten again, "I think we should finish what we started."

"Wha-" Goten was cut off when he looked up to have his lips being pressed and Trunks pulling his head closer. The lavender haired demi obviously chickened out way to soon and pulled away though, blushing at his own actions to leave Goten staring at him puzzled.

"You… just kissed me."

"I want you to know that it's okay to feel the way you do… I might feel the same way. Out of all the people I've ever meet though, you are the only one I actually enjoy being with and I want you to consider that. We've known each other long enough that we should already know our feelings for one another, don't you think? I want you… to consider me over your girlfriend," Trunks bit down on his lip. It was a spur of the moment thing, though it was something he had considered over before he had fallen asleep for his nap. It was braving it to even go that far with getting that kiss, but he knew that Goten wasn't going to choose wrong.

He didn't really expect Goten to answer him right then, though if he was going to get an answer there obviously was going to be a wait since his little sister came bouncing into the dining room with a wide smile, obviously happy about dinner or perhaps even Vegeta promising to buy her something else. This kid was absolutely spoiled.

"Goten!" She grinned as she jumped up and hugged him around his neck.

Goten laughed as he rubbed her on the head and tried to pry her off of him without hurting her. He knew if he even did something that would just slightly hurt that she would go crying to Vegeta and he would end up getting hurt for it. It wouldn't have been the first time for sure, "hey there Bra, you are chocking me…"

The little girl pouted and pulled away, "I'm sorry Goten, I didn't mean to hurt you."

"It's okay," he grinned at her and looked away quickly before she had the idea of clinging to him again. She enjoyed either being attached and annoying or mean and annoying to both of them every time he had come over.

It was quiet though once Vegeta walked in and grimaced at Trunks, "what the hell have you been doing?"

"What…?" He swallowed a hard lump in his throat wondering if there was something that had given away the kiss he had gotten from Goten.

"Leave him alone Vegeta, he just had a rough nap…" Bulma argued rolling her eyes at him as she sat down plates of food.

Instantly Goten's eyes lit up at the site of food, definitely something he had missed out on for the day and was glad to see. He took a moment though before he started eating, to look over at Trunks and nod, "Well talk about it later, okay."

Trunks smiled back as he realized that Goten was going to acknowledge the conversation before the others walked in and nodded back. It was lot better to hear Goten say those words with the smile, it made dinner go by a lot easier than it would have been if he was worried about what Goten would have thought about him.

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AN: Well, well, well... things are starting to form for our two demi saiyans, now aren't they? Finally, right? Though I wasn't really wanting to rush the romance and all to fast, but I think that it's about time I have my plot happening so I guess I need to have this relationship be a little more sooner than I anticipated, but besides, if you knew someone your entire life - it's not going to take you forever to realize you have feelings of some kind for them are you?