then she beamed at me, I had never seen her so relieved. "TRUNKS !!" she cried and fell on my neck. Now the others noticed me too and even my father looked terribly relieved, although I had never seen him express any feelings in any way.

Mom even cried and I felt even worse when I saw what I had done to them.Still, I resisted my mother's embrace and looked down at the floor. "Goten, you found him. Thank you very much," she said. "Trunks where have you been all this time? We've been looking for you everywhere." Goku said, but I was silent. “We should see that we get home.” My father interfered and I was grateful to him because I didn't want to hear any more questions. Rather, I had to think about how to tell the two of them.

Mom and Dad went to the plane and I quickly picked up my things. Goten also said: “Remember what we have discussed.” “You say that so easily.” I had lost my courage, but I couldn't leave it at that state either.

I couldn't utter a word on the return flight, even though my mother asked me a lot of questions. "Let him finally, he has to rest." My father hissed after a while.



At home I tried to shake off Bra, who was also overjoyed to see me.But finally I managed to get into my room and just have my peace.

But in the evening Dad came into my room. Without saying a word, he sat down next to me and looked at me, but I couldn't look into his eyes. "Trunks, what was going on? Where have you been all this time?" he asked now too. I didn't answer, I just didn't dare. "I ... was really worried." I widened my eyes in amazement. I never would have believed that he would say that. "What should have happened to me? I can take care of myself." It sounded incredible even to my own ears. "What's the point if you lie to me? Tell the truth, please" What? Dad asked me something? I could not believe it. "You know, I'm not stupid. Your aura has changed, I can feel something like that very precisely. I don't even want to know what you took, but you should admit your mistakes." I swallowed. Damn it, I should have known that he couldn't be fooled."Trunks, damn it! You left for no reason. I don't even care about the other thing. I didn't even tell Bulma that. But why did you get into it?" You don't tell me. It's so ridiculous ... it was such a small thing, but once I got into the matter ... it was too late. "Again I felt the tears in my eyes. I've never had the feeling of crying as often as lately. Little by little I told him everything and my father reacted with an understanding that I would never have expected from him. If I had known, I probably wouldn't be so involved in this at all. Dad asked me to give him the pills and without blinking an eye he burned them with an AI ball.

I knew that it would be difficult for the first 2 days, but I had a strong will that I had to use with all my might.



What happened in the next two days I only know from stories, because it was like I was in a trance or something like that. Bra said in her typically friendly way: "You totally freaked out. I was almost afraid of you" Of course that had to explain everything to my mother and I was surprised that she hadn't got angry either. Maybe a little disappointed, but I can't say for sure.

The fact of the matter was, I seemed to have really lost control of myself and stormed through the CC like a berserk until I collapsed. At least that's how my father put it. But I couldn't remember anything ...



It was all a week ago and now I'm really good again. I'm "clean" as some would put it. It had gone surprisingly quickly, which I explained with the fact that firstly I only had to deal with this crap for a week and secondly it is all psychological, and I had enough practice in will control and perseverance.

Worst of all was talking to Scarlet. We spoke out, however, and she swore to me that she had only kissed Goten once, but was not in love with him. I believed her, but still took a break from the relationship.

And for me it's all a thing of the past now. At least that's what I thought ...

Because a damper, which at the same time showed me what I might have gotten into, was a newspaper article.

I was just coming into the kitchen to have a quick breakfast before school when my eyes fell on a small post that most would probably have overlooked or they would have dismissed it with the sentence: "Something like that happens all the time."

That's only why I became aware of it when my eyes fell on the photo.

Shocked, I tore the newspaper from my mother's hand. "Trunks, what's that supposed to mean?" she asked startled but I didn't react but read the article.



16 year old found dead



Last night, 16-year-old Takashi Matameru was found near the famous "Eraser" nightclub. The cause of death was probably an "overdose"



I didn't need to read any further. "Toshi" I whispered startled and both Mom, Bra and Dad looked at me in amazement. "Don't you say you knew him?" Bra asked skeptically. "Fleeting ..." I still couldn't take my eyes off the photo, but then I just shook my head and handed the newspaper back to my mother. "That damn idiot ... I have to go." I grabbed my backpack and left the house.

Now I was really relieved that I had absolutely nothing to do with guys like that anymore. But I still have this week as an experience and a warning, and as short as it sounded, it felt like an eternity to me at the time….



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Well, as I said, it is not for everyone. Bye.

Greetz Diana