“uhm.. i-i really.. didn’t want to show you up you know.. i just felt bad if.. i was better than you and you’d get sad…”

as the two of you were preparing for the tournament of power it seemed like you were leagues above her, she was weaker at a glance, so when the ToP happened, she completely swamped you, beating more opponents then you could imagine, breaking the super saiyan limit with ease to completely destroy all the competition, and even if she eventually got beaten, she still did much better than you ever could.

back on planet sadala, you began to ignore and be more rude to her, you were mad she could embarrass you, so you didn’t want to be her friend anymore. after some time eventually kale was clearly very unhappy without you around, so she decided to confront you. in your home she enters and finds you, blushing and timidly speaking.

“i-i’m sorry for coming unannounced, i just really want to talk with you! listen.. i know you hate me now because of the tournament, b-but i promise i didn’t mean to hurt you that way.. i just.. hid my power because you seemed so happy being strong, so i didn’t want to ruin how you felt.. i-i hope you can forgive me.. for what happened..”