What are you afraid of?
A DBZ one-shot to clear my writers block by Danski

A/N: This is a weird idea thats been cruising around in my brain for weeks,
It finally hit a pole, and i decided to write it down. Maybe It'll clear the
Writers Block. Lotsa love, and rainbow socks,Danski xxx


"OH...MY...GOD..." She spoke slowly, carefully, while clambering higher onto a chair and looking downwards at the ground, trembling. "g-gohan?" no answer. Taking a deep breath she opened
her mouth, and willed her voice to ask again; "gohan?" nothing. Videl wailed in her own self pity. Nobody could hear her, and nobody cared. Life just wasn't fair. Here she was, stuck on
a chair, and nobody was even around to.....


suddenly her thoughts were cut off by "Videl? Are you okay?"


Furrowing her eyebrows and wailing again, "Do I LOOK okay to you??"


"umm..."


"JUST GET RID OF IT!!!" she screamed, pointing down at the offensive creature, which was stationed underneath the chair, it's long legs twitching ever so often, and it's beady little eyes,
oh god those little freaky eyes..... Videl wailed again as Gohan doubled over in laughter.


"WHAT ARE YOU" Videl pointed at Gohan with one menacing finger. He stopped laughing for a moment "LAUGHING AT?!??" Gohan gulped. This didn't look good. He had no explanation for laughing
at the upset girl stuck on a chair, other than the fact he thought she looked cute, standing up there, hands clutched against her chest....WAIT 'I did not just think that, I did not just
think that...' he repeated over and over in his mind, unaware that he was being watched by the hostage on the chair.


"Gohan"


'I did not just think that, I did not just think that....'


"Gohan" this time, it was said with more force.


'I did not...'


"GOHAN??" practically screaming, Videl told herself the only way she was going to get off this godforsaken chair was to DEMAND that Gohan take the creepy creature outside.


Finally shaken out of his reverie, Gohan answered the shaking - he presumed with anger - how long had he been standing there like a goof anyway?- shaking girl with "what?"


"Please take the spider outside, Gohan." She begged him, clasping her hands together in angst.


"Okay!" he exclaimed brightly, crossing the room and stooping down to examine the creature. As he bent downwards, his fringe briefly brushed Videl's forehead as he continued downwards.
Blushing faintly, Videl put her hands over her eyes in case Gohan show her the hideous monster before disposing outside.


Coming nose to, well, head with the tiny spider, Gohan spoke up. "hey its only a little guy, he wont hurt you Videl!" putting one giant hand behind the spider and another in front of
it, he scooped his hands together to catch the tiny creature gently between his palms.


Standing up again, he crossed the room to dispose of the spider out of the window.


"Geez Gohan that was close.." Videl breathed a sigh of relief as she began to climb down off the chair.


"Hey, let me help you" Gohan still felt guilty for laughing at Videl, after all, she was terribly afraid of the spider and he had hindered, not helped her. Placing his hands around her tiny
waist, he helped her down, back onto safe, solid ground, luckily for Videl not noticing the heated blush spreading across her cheeks.

"There." releasing his hold, Videl stuttered her thanks, and decided to ask Gohan the question that had been running through her mind since the spider caused her to seek refuge on the chair,


"Gohan? Can I ask you something?"


"Yeah, of course!"


"What are you scared of?" she questioned slowly, making sure he understood the question.


Gohan stared puzzled for a moment, unable to answer her question. then, a spark of inspiration hit, and he cracked a goofy grin. Videl was taken aback by the sudden change in the mood and waited
for his answer.

Still grinning, he quipped, "My mother, when she's armed with the frying pan!!"

Videl growled. It was always a win-lose situation with Gohan. She asked a simple question, and wanted...no, expected...no, DEMANDED a serious answer. Once again furrowing her eyebrows and frowning,


"I was serious, Son Gohan!"


clamping her eyes tightly together and getting more and more angry with each passing second that he remained quiet.

Feeling his presence close to her, Videl opened her eyes to come almost nose to nose with Gohan. Stifling a gasp, and trying desperately to fight the oncoming blush, she stared determinedly back at him.


"Videl...." he started


Butterflies gradually growing in her stomach, her curiosity filling her with questions. Could he be about to tell her what she *hoped* he was about to tell her? And what would she say? Would their
relationship be any different? Pushing all her questions out of her mind, she managed to squeak out "Yes?"

Gohan took a deep breath, took Videl by the shoulders and brought his face close to her ear, making the terrified girl blush like the sunset and whispered into her ear...


"I was serious, too"