Merely moments after the two had left on their date, Goten pounced down into the sofa's softness. I took a seat beside my youngest and asked: "Oh Goten, what about Valese?" He looks up at me confusingly. I responded to his confusion with a sigh, "It doesn't take a blind man to see what's going on here." Okay sure, I might not be one of the sharpest tools in the box but I have my moments and this just happens to be one of those times.
Even before their internal monologue gave it away, I had my suspicions. Internally I am extremely grateful that they can't hear what I can in my relaxed state. They like each other and I'm not referring to 'just slightly'. God knows that if I could have helped, I would have, but this is clearly Goten's fight. His silent monologue as of recent weeks clearly informed me that he and Valese are indeed just friends, nothing more and nothing less.
"What would you have done if the situation was in reverse?" Goten asked as he fiddled with his fingers. "First and foremost, I would have never left your mother for another woman; I made a vow to marry her when I was but a young lad." I face palmed mentally at the remembrance, of how I originally thought that marriage was something that you could eat but how wrong I had been. "In all truthfulness Goten, I can't help you with this. It's a decision that you'll have to make on your own. Unfortunately you'll have to choose: Melody or Valese?" I continued.
Goten's sigh cuts like a knife through the atmosphere. "I don't know dad! I fear that if I follow my heart's desire and choose Melody that she likes Trunks more than she's giving credit. And I fear that being trapped in my own ignorance, I might lose them both," Goten responded with a heavy heart. I can tell that it's eating him up like a cancer. Stuck at a crossroads and unable to make a safe decision. In the end there are only two choices to be made: Left or right. Yet Goten's stuck on so many different levels that he really don't know which way to turn. I really wish that I could help but I can't; I'm a fighter after all, not a love guru.
In the days that followed my heart broke for Goten, seeing how she chose Trunks being under the impact that he's dating Valese which couldn't be further from the truth. I know how she truly feels about my youngest. There's no getting around the fact that they like each other more than they care to admit and because Goten couldn't stand the fact of their relationship he settled with Valese.
Since Trunks and the golden haired maiden started dating; we haven't seen much of her. You can just imagine how thrilled Chichi had been when she found out, seeing how I've informed her about their feelings for each other, she really hoped that they would choose wisely. After they made it official, Trunks wanted Melody to live closer to him, stating something in the line of not trusting Goten any further then meets the eye; and I can't really blame him.
Bulma immediately emptied out a room for her to use and promised to keep me posted about her well-being. The strangest thing however isn't the fact that Vegeta likes her company; it's the mere principle that she's turning him into a marshmallow which struck me as rather problematic.
Meanwhile, while the newly formed couples coos and is being all lovey-dovey, the Z-fighters and I were training harder then ever before. The seconds ticked by at a quick pace as the stench of evil potently lurks closer like the sands to an hourglass.