[He’s not going to go spilling tales like that. Food and genes are what make someone big or small. But if his eating them gets Goten to, well that’s just bonus for them both. For Goten’s sake, he won’t be offering him those stranger vegetables that most no one remembers.

Unfortunately the topic’s going to stick to the uncomfortable parts and he glances out the window again. It’s a problem and he doesn’t like it. But… well… what else can he do about it? He can try to fight it, but each time it’s not gone well and Rin and he end up doing something else.]

I’ve tried. My body locks up. [As for that running jump into the pool, well… His legs falter by the time he gets close enough and Rin doesn’t have the heart to shove him in either. But there’s been some progress on it at least. Especially after he helped Rin recover from the blight via that pool. Sorry Goten, but that’s a private story for now. The rest is true though.]

I want to find out if I’m able to push past this before I offer to go swimming with someone. [It’s embarrassing enough for Rin to see him hyperventilating and wide-eyed in the water having some stupid panic attack. As much as he likes Goten, he doesn’t want the smaller shinki to see him making such a pathetic image of himself.]

But when I do, we’ll have that race. Promise.