Always There

By Lilith-Shii

Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ.

A/N: My one-shot fanfic on how Yamcha and Bulma broke up. No cheating, no abuse, just a simple and truthful break up.

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Yamcha stood with Bulma in the living room while she held the pillow close to her. She only found herself to have a small frown.

"Yamcha…?"

"Yeah, Bulma?" He asked, and looked at her with the simplest affection in his eyes. Bulma always loved it, and will miss it for the while. But she knew she had to do this, since it was for the sake of their relationship and future.

"I want to tell you something."

Yamcha waited, brushing his hair away from in front of his face and cocked his head to the side.

"Sure, you can tell me anything."

"I'm…." She froze for that moment, and breathed in. For the moment of holding her breath in, she exhaled, "I'm in love with Vegeta."

Yamcha froze for the moment, but he didn't throw any profanity or stormed out of the room.

"Please Yamcha, before you say anything, hear me out: I felt this way since he stayed here. Hopefully it doesn't change anything. This is a break up but I hope-"

"That we can be friends?"

Bulma lifted her head, and stared at Yamcha who had a smile of sincerity. He walked over to her, and wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight.

"Bulma, I understand. It does kind of hurt a little, but this is your decision. I only want what's best for you…" He looked down at her, and she looked up at him. "I'll be there for you. Always."

"Always?"

"Yeah."

"Oh Yamcha…You're the greatest, really."

"Thanks." He mumbled, and closed his eyes. He did feel hurt, but he tried to hold it in since he knew that if he showed it, he would only make Bulma feel bad and blame herself for the way he felt. But, he supported Bulma. She is beautiful, smart, and a bold woman. And she needed someone to keep up with her, and it had to be the Prince. He still had a bitter grudge against him, but he would never hold anything against Bulma.

He felt good at this same time thought. Not only it was the opportunity to know each other as friends, he was making her happy. She is his everything, and the one that brought him out of his shell, therefore he at times was thankful for her coming across the desert the day she did. He will always love with her, and she will always love him but for this time, it was time to let go. And explore they relationship deeper than just romance.

When they are together, they never really say much to each other but their pasts, and maybe since it wasn't as much pressure on either of them, they can let out each other's personal secrets and beyond!

He will support Bulma in her choice, and will protect her if Vegeta failed to do so. They parted, Bulma returning to her work in her lap and Yamcha to continue is training before the androids came.

He stood outside for the moment on the step of Capsule Corp., and looked up at the sky. "Always, Bulma."