Second one!
I'm meditating.
Personally I find it kind of boring, but I figured since Piccolo liked it I might try it.
Since I never try anything for Piccolo.
Well, actually...
...that's not true. Like when I was four and I had to survive on my own. I had to try that, right?
No, somehow I don't think that counts. I was sort of coerced into that. But it wasn't that bad...
I guess the primary difference was that we were not dating then.
Besides, he tries things for me all the time now that we are dating. He doesn't try to act so tough around me. And he says nice things.
That's a lot for him.
And he does other stuff sometimes too. I mean he doesn't cook or wash my socks like my mom says a true wife would do for me.
Could you imagine him doing that?
Great.
Now I'm laughing because I'm imagining Piccolo-san wearing a girly apron.
But no.
Let's be serious for a second.
I'm meditating because I'm trying something new for him.
Like he's done for me.
So I need to concentrate.
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Gah! How does he do it? Sitting here, listening to this...waterfall all day?
Which I don't really get because he complains about how sensitive his ears are around my whistling and then...
...well, I guess it's low enough tone for him. But it's constant.
What was I thinking about before?
Oh yeah.
My mom. Marriage.
She says that I should try it.
Honestly I don't think Piccolo and I are allowed to get married but-
Oh right!
She probably didn't mean that anyway.
Man, do I feel embarrassed.
Well, at least she begrudgingly lets me date him now.
I mean, I am 22 after all.
...And I'm supposed to be meditating!
Gah! I forgot!
Right...
Okay...
Clear your mind and...
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We can't have kids, that's for sure. And he's yet to even move into my apartment.
Wait, why hasn't he moved in with me?
I know he's got his personal space issues but-
I thought I was special.
No, stupid Gohan of course you are! He's just Piccolo-san. You can't change that.
Just like you can't change your love for him because of your mom.
...
...my dad could care less about the relationship, really. In the beginning he displayed shock and asked a lot of questions. Similar to his reaction when he found out Android 18 could have babies...
...so I guess it's the same thing to him.
Either way he doesn't mind.
Goten doesn't mind.
Trunks doesn't.
Hell, I don't know if Vegeta knows. I wonder if Bulma has even told him...
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...
...meditating.
I'm meditating...
I'm medd-iiiii—tttt—aaat-ttinnngggggggggg...
"Gohan!"
...and now I'm out of the sky, ricocheting off a tree aaannnnndddd...
...on the ground.
"Ow! Ooof, Piccolo!"
I stare accusingly up at him even though I'm not all that serious.
He's smirking at me from the sky still, his cape fluttering as he lands. He shoots me a cocky grin.
"You are special. And if it concerns you so much I'll move into that apartment."