Disclaimer- I don't own DBZ or its characters, Akira Toriyama does.
We're all friends. Nothing ever really changed from an outsider's perspective. Of course I have always tried maintaining my feelings in check when needed.
Bulma was arguably my first real girlfriend. When I first met her, yes I was nervous due to my anxiety around the ladies, but I liked her. I liked that she had no tolerance for shenanigans, I liked her mind.
When we finally decided to become an "item" things somehow slowly went spiraling down. She had a raging jealousy bug in her mind that wouldn't allow me to interact with members of the opposite sex. But of course, we were teenagers so that explains it. Hormones are not fun.
We managed to move past it… but then… Things just got so crazy when news of Vegeta and Nappa went around. We all had to train, thus I couldn't really shower Bulma with the affection she so often demanded.
Me being dead for a while was just the final nail on the coffin of our relationship. Yes she was excited to see me when I returned from the world of the dead but… I think she made herself feel that way. As if she thought that it was what she was supposed to do.
When she spoke of her dream about Vegeta, I really didn't put much thought into it, I guess you could say I was in denial of our crumbling relationship. I didn't realize that it was a sign that she was bored of me.
When you live in a world full of aliens, time travel, and unimaginable power, it becomes very easy to overlook the humans. Goku was taken so that left Vegeta. Not that Bulma is a whore, she's just drawn to something that reminds her of herself.
I was extremely angry that she had so nonchalantly invited the man who had absolutely no problem murdering everyone she cared for into her home. We were all kind of ticked off, but we got over it when news of the androids came.
Our break up was really no one's fault. It just wasn't meant to be. She was the one who broke it off. Even after all we've been through, I still wanted us to work it out… but her mind was set.
I had no clue if she and Vegeta had gotten together before our break up. I'd like to think not. Bulma may be stubborn, arrogant, and full of herself, but she would never hurt someone like that.
When news of her pregnancy came to me, I went to go and congratulate her, but she was… not exactly in the mood to celebrate.
I knew Vegeta was staying at her house, but couldn't sense him anywhere near. I put two and two together and confronted Bulma about carrying a murderer's child.
She nodded her head slowly. I was disgusted. I didn't understand why she had chosen to be with him rather than me. It was ludicrous. I never understood how she could have been so stupid.
The years went by and I got over it. I let the scars heal and I could slowly return to my group of friends. It was never awkward. It was these types of things that could usually break a group up but not us. I always thought it was because we had bigger problems to deal with than who's dating who. To this day, Bulma's never looked back. But me… I always wondered what it would have been like if we stayed together.
I now realize that she simply did what I couldn't do. We weren't happy. She knew it, and now I know it. There were no hard feelings…
We're all friends, after all.