How dose your date with her go?
You fuck up.
She cuddles up closer to you. "So, why do you want to be an inventer so badly?" You sigh. "It's the 1 thing I'm good at. Everything else I've tried, I've struggled at. Yet when I look at wires and circuits, something in my brain just clicks. Not only that, everyone used to praise me for it. They'd call me a genius. So I worked hard, turning my natural talent into true expertise.
Or so I thought. Yes I got into a good university, but everyone else there was so much better at inventing then I was. I wasn't special anymore. I destroyed my social life. Dedicated every waking moment to closing the gap. To being special again. Yet when the 4 years where up, I was average. Couldn't even get into the top 10 highest marks of the graduating class.
Then when I got into the real world, no company was interested in my invetions. I felt hope though. When I was rejected by Capsol Corp, the CEO herself didn't see my intentions. Her father did and brushed them off. She just trusted his judgment. So I became a janitor to Capsol Corp to get close to Bulma. To show her her father was wrong and to trust her own judgment instead of his. But no matter what I couldn't wow her. So I worked hard on making a new invention centered on something she cared about. The dragon balls. Yet my invention failed. The only reason it worked was because Towa fuled it with her magic. I'm not special. I'm nothing but a screw up."
Oceanus hugs you. As she dose, you realize you where crying. She's a stranger. If you cried in front of a normal girl, she'd think you where a bitch and walk away. Oceanus doesn't actually love you. She's just pre programmed to love you because of your stupid wish. You push her away and run into the forest. Your not even a man. Men don't cry, they are supposed to get angry. But you're not angry. You're just miserable. The sounds of you weaping of agony attracts the a preditor. A giant furless green wolf with 8 spider like legs. It happily lungesses at such helpless prey. Oceanus blasts it with a Ki blast before it can hurt you and flys infront of you.
"Are you stupid? What would I do if you got yourself killed!?" You look away from her. "Like you'd care if I died." She gets angrier. "Of course I'd care. I love you!" You let it all out. "No you don't! The only reason you give 2 shits about me is because you're being forced to by that wish! No body loves me! No body even likes me! I'm just a disappointment that couldn't live up to anyone's expectations of me. I'M NOT EVEN A MAN! I'm going to die alone."
She hugs you again, now also crying. "I hate myself too." You're shocked hearing her say that. You hug her back. The 2 of you crying in each others arms. After a few minutes you both calm down. Oceanus breaks the hug. "You shouldn't be comparing yourself to other's or what others expect from you. You should only be comparing yourself to your past self. And I bet you're way smarter now then you where 5 years ago.
The societal definition of masculinity is stupid. The suicide rate for men is so high because there are so many unrealistic expectations put on men. Also yeah, I am in love with you because of the wish, but I consider myself lucky. I get to be with a man who wants to love and be loved. Imagine if instead I was a regular girl. I'd have to wonder if the guy I'm dating is just tricking me for sex, or trying to baby trap me, or is a serial killer. Instead I get to have superpowers and I get to be with someone I know isn't planing any of those things. I'll never be able to thank you enough for that."
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