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I believe in miracles where you from
You sexy thing (you sexy thing-you)
I believe in miracles since you came along
You sexy thing.

Gohan couldn’t believe it. First, they’re too late to fight Freezer. That was bad enough. But then, they meet this guy.

This guy…. Gohan wasn’t sure what he felt about it, but he didn’t mind it. Heck, they didn’t have a chance against the gekko. But this guy… Gohan looked at the strange young man again, and felt unaccountably warm inside. There was something about him that Gohan just couldn’t put into words. Not yet, anyway.

He listened to the others complain, while his dad talked to the stranger. Gohan watched, enjoying the way the light reflected, gleaming, off the stranger’s hair as they spoke. He stole a glance at Mister Piccolo. He would have asked Mister Piccolo what he thought of the young man, but he seemed to be listening intently. Could he hear what they were saying, over there? Gohan thought so. He knew enough about Nameks in general now, and about Mister Piccolo in particular, to realize that acute hearing was one survival mechanism required on their original home world.

He looked back just as the stranger was leaving. Damn! He never even had the chance to say goodbye…..

Where did you come from baby?
How did you know I needed you?
How did you know I needed you so badly?
How did you know I’d give my heart gladly?
Yesterday I was one of the lonely people

Gohan thought more of the mysterious visitor from Earth’s future in the next three years. He hated the androids that had destroyed everything the young man had known and loved. He was a little older now, and understood a little more of his feelings.

He wished the stranger was there with them, sometimes, instead of fighting these future androids. He found himself missing the young man, sometimes crying himself to sleep at night, when he thought no one the wiser.

What a terrible, terribly lonely future, he thought.

Now you’re lying close to me makin’ love to me.

I believe in miracles where you from
You sexy thing (you sexy thing-you)
I believe in miracles since you came along
You sexy thing.

Gohan returned as quickly as he could after taking Bulma and Trunks — and Yajirobi — back to Capsule Corporation. Who would have thought Vejita and Bulma…? Still, he felt something, almost familiar, when he looked into the eyes of baby Trunks. Something about him… But then, he knew, that was only to be expected. Future Trunks had returned. Who would have thought that any kid of Vejita’s would grow up so… Big?

Where did you come from angel?
How did you know I’d be the one?
Did you know you’re ev’ry thing I prayed for ?
Did you know ev’ry night and day for ev’ry day ?
Givin’ love and satisfaction
Now you’re lying next to me givin’ it to me.

Gohan watched Android Sixteen’s head, crushed underfoot by Cell. “Let it go,” he’d said.

Gohan finally let it go. All the hatred, the loathing he felt for Cell. And, tucked inside it, buried in a quiet recess of his mind, he realized something else. The depth of his true feelings for Trunks.

He loved Trunks. There was no other word to describe it. He let the feeling wash over him. It was impossible, but he wanted to spend the rest of his life with the young man. No, he realized, that his mother wouldn’t be very happy about it. He was still a little young….

I believe in miracles where you from
You sexy thing (you sexy thing-you)
I believe in miracles since you came along
You sexy thing.

Kiss me you sexy thing.
Touch me baby you sexy thing.
I love the way you touch me
darling.
You sexy thing-you sexy thing-you sexy thing.
Yesterday I was one of the lonely people

“NO!”

The denial was torn from Gohan’s lips as Cell sent a blast right through Trunks’ chest. Trunks, his friends, his father — Cell would kill everyone. He had no right!

Now you’re lying close to me givin’ it to me.
I believe in miracles where you from
You sexy thing (you sexy thing-you)
I believe in miracles since you came along
You sexy thing.

Gohan waited until they had a moment alone, when everyone else was busy. He confessed his feelings to Trunks.

He was surprised that Trunks also felt the same way about him. But, Trunks confessed, he thought Gohan was too young now to understand. He had to leave, he had to return home. He had to stop the androids, and Cell, in his own time. And he wouldn’t come back.

Gohan understood, all right. And he made that perfectly clear. Especially when he snuck off, after dark, to see Trunks once more that night. He had to see him, alone, before he left for home…..

Touch me kiss me darling
I love the way you hold me baby
You sexy you sexy thing
I love the way you sexy baby
I love the way you kiss me darling . . .

And it was a farewell embrace that neither of them would soon forget.