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Pant pant. Splash splash splash! Pant. Chichi breathed quickly as she ran through the shallow beach water, not in the slightest bit worried about the incoming tide. It wasn’t like she didn’t have two saiyans and a namekian to rescue her. She raced under the boardwalk and hid behind a pillar, looking up at the tall namekian that followed her.
“This…” Piccolo began, positioning himself beside her, as out of view as he could. He wasn’t out of view at all. This pillar wasn’t big enough to hide both of them. “This isn’t a very good spot.” He said, and moved his eyes to the start of the boardwalk, where a short outer wall blocked the view of what was underneath. “There.” He took hold of Chichi’s hand and the two of them ran to shelter, slightly afraid that they would be spotted by the two demi-saiyans that were looking for them. Chichi giggled as Piccolo dragged her along with him, so quickly she almost tripped and fell face first into the water. He pulled her up just in time, and they made their way over to the furthest point of the boardwalk, the shallow tide splashing around their feet.
They stood with their backs against the wall and Chichi looked at Piccolo, noticing his brows were creased in concentration.
“Can you…” She panted, moving her damp hair out of her eyes. “Can you sense them?”
“No…” Piccolo mumbled. “But then, they’d be hiding their energy. I’m hiding mine.”
He leaned back against the wall and exhaled, closing his eyes. “This game works so much better in the forest. There’s nowhere to hide here.” He heard a soft giggle come from beside him, and he felt a pair of warm, damp arms wrap around his bare waist, over the swim short that he’d reluctantly agreed to wear. They’d been in and out of the sea all day, with Gohan and Goten. They hadn’t been an official couple for long; this was their first family vacation… and it had been someone’s dumb idea to play hide and seek. Still… at least Piccolo got to hide. He smiled slightly and opened his eyes, to see Chichi staring back.
“How long do you think it’ll take them?” She said, with a small smirk upon her lips and a mischievous twinkling in her eyes.
“Not long at all.” Piccolo smirked back, and leaned down to kiss her, his hands finding their way onto her slim, unclothed waist. Chichi had decided to wear her bikini instead of a bathing suit; she’d lost weight recently and was keen to show off in front of all the other women her age. Piccolo thought it was kind of childish, but… he’d never complain about her wearing a bikini. She looked gorgeous in it.
His hands fondly massaged her back as he kissed her, and quickly enough they found their way onto her butt. He felt the heat of Chichi’s blush against his cheek, her grip on his back tightening slightly as he squeezed…
Splash!
“Found ya!”
“Aii!” Chichi shrieked, her face turning bright red as she yanked herself away from Piccolo to stare with wide eyes, embarrassed and startled, at the two demi-saiyans that were standing a few feet away. They’d blatantly seen that. Gohan looked awkward, and was refusing to make eye contact… while Goten stood there with a wide, excited grin on his face, like Chichi and Piccolo had just been caught out. Well… they had.
“You were smooching!” He beamed. “Ewwwww!”
“Alright, that’s enough!” Chichi barked, stepping away from Piccolo. “There, you found us! Now let’s go get some ice cream!”
“Yeah!” Goten exclaimed, and he immediately bolted off to pick out a dozen flavours.
“Goten! Come back here – Gohan, go after him!” Chichi ordered.
“Okay!” Gohan immediately obeyed, keen to get away from the situation.
Chichi folded her arms and huffed, closing her eyes as she tried to get over her embarrassment.
“Oh my God… That was horrible…” She groaned.
“Yeah…” Piccolo mumbled, his cheeks also darkened. He should have been paying more attention… They’d never seen him do that before! The boys had seen Chichi kiss Piccolo’s cheek here and there, and they’d seen the couple holding hands, but nothing like this. This was… new, to Chichi’s children. But… to be fair, they hadn’t seemed too freaked out by it – which was good… Still awkward as hell, though. Piccolo would rather not go through that again.
He looked down at Chichi and placed his hands on her tense shoulders, in an attempt to calm her down. “Don’t worry.” Piccolo soothed, picking up on her anxiety. “I’m sure they’ve forgotten about it by now.”
“Sigh. I know…” Chichi replied. She looked up at him, and offered a warm smile… with that same twinkling in her eyes. “How long do you think we have?”
“C’mere!”
“Aii!” Chichi shrieked in excitement and startled giggling as Piccolo scooped her up in his arms and kissed her, before flying off after the boys.