I revised the time this took place to make it more plausible. I also changed some details I've learned about since this story was first posted.

Disclaimer: I own nothing—literally!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, this is an AU fic set after the tournament in which Goku fought ChiChi.

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Goku walked around after the latest World Martial Arts Tournament. The prize, a million dollars, was in his pocket, but he didn't care. He was going to talk to Bulma. For a few years, he hadn't been able to look at her without feeling his stomach clench up. It had taken him a few weeks to figure out what it was, but he hadn't found the nerve to tell her when he had. After the tournament, however, he had decided to tell her, so he'd asked her to meet him on the south side of the stadium. Privately.

When he got there, Bulma was waiting for him.

"What did you want to talk to me about, Goku?" she asked when she saw him.

"Well…I wanted to ask you something. See, there's this woman I think I'm in love with, but I'm not really sure about it. I can't look at her without my stomach clenching up, and I can't stop thinking about her. I wanted to get your opinion on the subject."

"Well, it looks like you had the right idea. Those sound like the classic symptoms for being in love." Here she paused for a minute. "What's she like? I don't want her name right now unless you want to tell me, but I do want to know what she's like."

"Well, she's smart, beautiful, short-tempered, good natured, strong, though she doesn't look it, she can hold a grudge for years, then drop it the moment you apologize, and she can invent things that you would wonder how you did without."

"What types of things has she invented, Goku?" Bulma asked.

"Well, she's come up with capsules-saw my first capsule house with her-, dragon radar, that type of thing." Goku was now looking at Bulma, whose mouth was wide open.

"You mean me, don't you?" she said when she had recovered somewhat.

"No, I mean the chicken in the freezer at home. Of course I mean you. You were the one who showed me the world-what it was like, what it could do to you, and how to get back at it. Without you, I'd still be wandering around the woods without even knowing there was anything outside the valley my house was in. Plus, you're a great person. I couldn't think of life without you." Goku responded.

They both sat there looking at each other. Goku was starting to get nervous when Bulma let out a cry.

"What? I didn't think love was bad." Goku said, covering her mouth. Bulma just pulled his hand away from her face, said, "I love you, too," and then caught him up in a kiss…

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For those of you who like lemons, fill in the rest yourself. I'm done with this story.