I was inspired to write this by reading Tora-no-Chi's story Scarlet. She's the one who got me to love the pairing Krillin x Vegeta. Credit goes to her for giving me this idea. Funny part is that she had a planned story called BAIO-RETTO: A Krillin and Vegeta Love Novel. I had this written out way before I found out it was a planned thing she was going to do. It's really weird. Man I wish she had written it. She hasn't been on this site since 2011 and I doubt she's coming back.

Vegeta didn't know how this relationship started or why it did on Planet Namek, but he didn't mind at all. They both hated each other at first, but the more time he spent on Namek with him, the more he found the man attractive and worthy of his attention. Yes he was more powerful than the bald little monk and his power level was a joke to someone that was as elite as he, but he still fell in love and wanted the man as his mate. It was weird. The odd part about it all was that it was Krillin, the man that he once considered a waste of energy to kill just to tick off his now rival Goku.

He remembered lustfully staring that the bald monk and wanting to fuck him into the ground and hear him cry out his name, and he in turn proclaiming that the man belonged to him and only him. The lustful stares almost had been caught by Gohan who was in the same room changing into his saiyan armor Vegeta had given them. The little brat had asked Vegeta how to place on the armor although the prince had thought he had been caught by the boy. He quickly answered and turned to the other pieces of armor, pretending to be busy although what he was doing was looking at Krillin.

After the two were ready, the two left, but not before Krillin proclaimed Vegeta an ally since Goku said he trusted Vegeta and so they would too. Vegeta was shocked at this and for the first time in his life, he felt bad that he wasn't worthy of trust. This was new. He told them whatever and left, although a part of him wanted to stay with Krillin and help.

Every moment he was away from them, he wondered how Krillin was doing, if he was thinking of him, if he missed him, and other silly thoughts. Imagine someone like Vegeta lovesick over a weak thing like Krillin, but yet it was true. Was he in love? He wasn't sure. Love wasn't something he was fully ever interested in or learned about. His parents loved him, although they barely showed it towards him or his brother, Tarble. As for romance, it never crossed his mind until now. He couldn't ask anyone about it as Nappa was dead.

He quickly decided to see what this feeling was by promising to work with Krillin and Kakarot's brat to find the dragon balls. Luckily they did end up meeting again. After the prince saved Krillin from being overpowered by a couple of Frieza's goons, he took the chance.

"That was close. Thanks for the help, Vegeta." the bald man said looking relieved. "They almost had me."

"Where's Kakarot's brat?" asked the prince looking for any sign of the demi-saiyan.

"Oh he's off looking for the namekian balls. Why?"

"I think you and I…and I guess Kakarot's brat should team up."

"Team up?" Krillin looked confused.

"Yes. We could get the balls a lot faster with the two..."

"Three." he corrected him.

"…3 of us working together. I'm a lot stronger and faster than you two, but the two of you know where the balls are with that thing of yours."

"How do you know…"

"I overheard you two talking. Now are you going to join forces or what?"

Krillin thought for a moment. If he refused, would he regret it? If he did, it did mean being able to fight enemies a lot faster and get things at a faster pace done. Besides he had just proclaimed the man as an ally after Goku said to trust him, so it couldn't hurt as long as he kept a good eye on him.

"Sure." however Krillin didn't know what he was getting into.

"YOU WHAT?!" Bulma yelled at the man looking more furious than when Chichi claimed Yamcha had also promised to marry her back at the tournament years ago before they all separated.

"Don't yell so loud. He can hear you!" Krillin said covering his ears and looking back at Vegeta who was looking around outside of the cave where they were hiding.

"I don't care! You just brought over the guy that killed our friends and would have killed us all if Goku hadn't shown up! DO YOU REALLY EXPECT ME TO BE CALM AND NOT YELL! He's freaking evil!"

"Well Goku trusts him and so do I."

"Goku may be a hero, but he's just too keen on the thought of giving people second chances even though its not a good idea! How do you know he isn't just gonna kill us and take the balls?"

"Because we need him!" said Krillin. "Look I know he's done some bad things…"

"Some? I wouldn't call what he did 'some', Krillin." Bulma scoffed. "He did a lot of bad things and I wouldn't be surprised if that 'some' turned into 'a bunch'. I don't want him around you or Gohan!"

"Bulma, there are other people here too for those dragon balls. People that are a heck of a lot stronger than me and Gohan and Vegeta can help us out by helping us take them on. He knows a lot more about them than we do so that'll help us out too."

"And what's he getting out of this?" she asked. Krillin paused for a moment. What was Vegeta getting out of this? He looked back over to the prince who was leaning against a tree and looking off into the distance. The former monk didn't know the prince too well so it was hard to say. For all he knew, Vegeta could take the balls from him once all of them were collected and run off. Could he really go off of Goku's word and just pray that he didn't betray them?

"Maybe he wants a wish?" He shrugged.

"A wish? Krillin, that's dumb. He's not getting a wish!" she said crossing her arms. "Give him a wish and he'll just use it to kill us all!"

"You don't know that!" he said turning back to face her.

"Oh and you don't?" she rolled her eyes. "Look, I know you and Goku are best friends and you trust each other. However Goku's too trusting and you can't just turn a blind eye just because he says to give him a chance. This guy's up to no good. He's going to…"

"I have much better things to do than taking your dragon balls." said Vegeta. Both jumped not having heard Vegeta walk up to them. "If I wanted them, I would have already taken them and your device already. Do you think I'm stupid?"

Bulma, too terrified to say a word, backed away while Krillin stayed where he was. The prince continued. "So are we heading out or what? I don't have all day and neither do you three."

"Right." Krillin nodded. "Bulma, I'm going now. I'll be back later to check in on you, alright?"

"Y-yeah. S-sure." She stammered, stilling looking at the prince fearfully.

Krillin nodded at Vegeta and the two headed off to the next site to retrieve the dragonball.