Author Notes: Just thought of this. Since I haven't been writing much fanfic b/c of both NaNoWriMo (my original novel writing month lol) and my latest AMV work, well, I decided to do a challenge to myself for the week of Thanksgiving. (Yeah, I'm American, and it's a holiday week). Anywho. Gonna celebrate it with some Son Family ficlets / drabbles all week. Lemme repeat that. These will be short, short fics, but one a day. For the week.

Enjoy~

Pairing: Goku x Chi-Chi

Other Characters: Goten

Words: 815

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Thanksgiving Week Special Challenge – Day 1 : Morning

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Chi-Chi opened her eyes slowly to the light of the morning sunrise and the sound of her husband snoring in bed beside her. She smiled softly as she turned over on her side, resting an elbow on the pillow so she could lift her head and watch him sleep. He was back. After seven years of being alone, of his side of the bed being cold and empty, now he was here again and still sleeping with his carefree sprawled position, the covers barely covering him.

With a short, quiet giggle, she leaned over to kiss his forehead, smiling at the way his eyes scrunched up in his sleep at the touch. When his dark eyes opened, she laughed again because of the confused, bleary look in his half-awake gaze. "Good morning, Goku."

"Hm," he hummed, blinking a few times before his gaze focused on her and he smiled back. "'Morning, Chi!"

His hand flashed into movement before she could think, and she found her lips inches from his own – that is, until their bedroom door slammed open unexpectedly and a small figure darted into the bed without warning. "Daddy's awake!"

Chi-Chi pulled back as her husband was unceremoniously tackled by their youngest son, giggling softly at the surprised yelp from Goku. She was used to Goten's boisterous attitude in the morning. Goku was not. But that didn't stop him from laughing as soon as he caught up to the fact that their boy was now hugging him and clinging tightly even in bed. It didn't stop him from wrapping his arms around the boy in response, either.

"Hey, squirt," Goku said. "Were you waiting for me or something?"

Goten nodded, still clinging as Goku sat up in bed, his face buried in his father's shirt. "You promised."

"Huh?" Goku blinked, tilting his head. "I promised what?"

Pulling back, Goten pouted up at his father, looking indignant at the idea of Goku forgetting such an important thing. "You said you'd take me fishing. Like you used to do with Gohan."

Silence rocked between them for a moment, and Chi-Chi sighed as she rolled off the bed on her side. Goten pouted further as he sat in his father's lap and waited for Goku to confirm the promise. Whereas Goku was blinking up at the ceiling like he was trying to find the memory of saying something about fishing. It must have been something he said off-handedly. Chi-Chi certainly couldn't remember the little detail.

Well, best to save her husband from accidentally disappointing their youngest son. "Goten, you know it's only your father's first day back. He's probably still tired from all that fighting yesterday, and -"

"Oh, no, it's all right, Chi-Chi," Goku said, interrupting her, but sending her a quick grateful glance as if he knew exactly what she was doing, before he turned attention to the frowning boy in his arms. "Goten, let's go ahead and have breakfast first. We'll have plenty of time for fishing after we eat, okay?"

The smile lit up Goten's face and the glomp he gave his father made Chi-Chi's heart melt as she watched on. "Yay! All right! I'll go get ready then."

Hopping out of his father's arms, Goten ran around the bed to exit the bedroom. As the pitter-patter of his feet echoed through the house, Goku turned a grin to Chi-Chi. Making his children happy always put a grin on his face, and on hers, too, when she had the privilege of watching their interactions. She was glad that Goten could accept him so quickly and easily, and she had to wonder if Goku had worried about such a thing or not. There was something in his gaze she couldn't quite read…

Before either of them could comment, though, Goten suddenly popped back into the room, his energy rushing around him to indicate he'd flown through the house again. She'd have to have another talk with him about that – "Hey, Dad, you know what?"

Tilting his head, Goku blinked, barely phased by the sudden appearance this time. "What, Goten?"

A wide grin split her youngest's face. "You're just as awesome as Gohan said you were."

The boy didn't stick around for a response, flying off in a rush down the hallway. She still had half a mind to shout at him for breaking the rules, but a glance to her husband made the words die in her throat. Goku was staring up at her with the same wide grin on his face, the covers and sheets bundled around his crossed legs. The strange something she'd seen in his gaze before was gone and in its place was the same gleeful expression mirroring Goten's.

Her heart warmed at the sight and she fell back on the bed to have that morning kiss they missed earlier because of their son's sudden interruption. "Welcome back, Goku."