Emotions and Surprise!
Mai practically flew out of bed and to the bathroom that was connected to her room in Capsule Corp. With her head almost in the bowel and her hands in the long black mane that is her hair, praying that she had enough core muscles to not face plant in. A huge wave traveled from the stomach and into her mouth, then out into the bowel. Feeling another wave coming, she struggled to catch her breath before up chucking again.
Now Mai was really relying that all that running and fighting made her core solid since, what is worse than vomiting?
Face planting into a cold bowel that had chunks of your own vomit in it.
Three days in a row now, which she was waking up with either some bad nausea or vomiting until she emptied her whole system.
"Mai, it's almost time for breakfast, the gang will be back for a quick pit stop!" Bulma cheerily announced through the intercom in her room. "I got some French chefs for today!"
Managing into a sitting position on the cold tile floor, ripping some toilet paper apart, she wiped her mouth and caught a breather. Breakfast did not sound like a good plan right now, not even for a half a day, food sounded absolutely horrible. However, Mai didn't want anyone to know how she was. Not until she knew first and she wanted this to be kept private away from Bulma.
This version of Bulma seemed really nosy, not the one she is used to in her time.
Standing to splash cold water on her face, she changed into the clothes that Bulma provided again. This time it was a pair of black leggings paired with a long green button down shirt that went passed her butt. Similar to that of Trunks of sweater when he returned to the future. Comfy clothes should be able to help the day along.
At least breakfast was out on the balcony so the smells of breakfast wouldn't be as strong.
She also had a more sensitive nose since living in the past with Trunks and the others. With Black gone, the future saved (again), Bulma came up with the idea to collect the Super Dragonballs in this world to help restore his timeline. With the new radar and Goku's instant transmission, collecting them was still a time consuming task. A few weeks has passed since they arrived together to collect the planet sized Dragonballs.
However, Mai misses Trunks very much and also feels a bit angry with him. No calls, no signs, not even an evening stroll.
So, seeing her Trunks sitting at breakfast made her both happy and mad at the same time. He, of course was acting like nothing happened at all. Adjusting to different timelines in a parallel universe is a big thing and seeing that this timeline will never feel the wrath of losing almost the entire planet and most of humanity…it made her even angrier.
Trunks original trip to the past was to, in theory, help restore their universe as well, but no, they weren't even a part of this universe. They had to be somewhere else.
They had to encounter the Androids.
They had to rebuild cities.
Then once again lose everything to Black!
Going through war, destruction, constant moving around to save the little population that are scared and hoping that they can live another day. Living like that over and over again. Yet, how can she go on like this if the people she tried to protect are still living in that excuse of a home?
"Mai, are you alright?" Trunks puts one of his hands on hers, he frowns once he feels that she's been clenching her fist.
"Not really, I should go lie down for a while." She stands up, trying to relax her hands.
"You should try to eat a bit before going, you haven't touched your food." Trunks said eyeing her untouched plate of fruit.
Mai unintentionally put one hand on her stomach and the other over her mouth. "I can't handle food right now, excuse me."
She went back into the home, found one of the many bathrooms and began punching the wall. Mustering inside was that rage, no matter how many punches she threw, the energy replaced itself tenfold. After a few minutes she returned to her room where the strangest thing happened. No punches to throw, but plenty of tears fell when the door closed.
This whole situation did not seem far at all.
Mai cried about everything, Trunks, this timeline, Black, and not having that wonderful French breakfast that she can't eat!
What was wrong with her?
After some time had passed, Trunks, with a plate of food, came up from the gardens to check up on his friend. He knocked on her door and waited for it to open. "Mai, I brought you something to eat, it will help your stomach if it's still bugging you."
"Just leave it there and you can go." She said through the door. There is no way she was going to let him see her with puffy eyes and a runny nose. "Just go collect the Dragonballs so we can go home, an actual home!" More tears just kept coming.
"Mai…what's wrong?" Trunks softened, this wasn't like her at all. During that rejection he could hear shaking in her voice. "Come on, let me in."
"No! Just go, leave me here like you always do!" Mai yelled. "Then when we actually have homes again, I can leave the city!"
"Mai," Trunks let himself in her room and was caught quite off guard to see her on the ground crying. "Mai, what's wrong? You've been off."
She tried to push him away, but he stayed close to her, nothing seemed to be working, he was too strong for her. It took a few moments before she just cried some more in his arms. He sat there quietly as Mai let it all out. During the episode, he stayed silent that was until he felt more pressure on his lap and less on his shoulders.
"Mai! Mai!" He couldn't wake her and ran her to the infirmary in Capsule Corp.
In the infirmary…
"It seems she has very serious dehydration and physical exhaustion. Some rest, proper nutrition and fluids should be enough." The doctor said. "But I'll be back with another test; something I want to check." With that he left the room and Trunks waited for her to wake up.
It felt like an eternity before she opened her eyes. Trunks held her hand when she came to. "Mai, how do you feel?"
For heaven's sake, why did he have to be here when she did not want to see him? When she wants him, he is gone, when he is here, she doesn't want him. Sounds like a bad romance novel that she used to read before Black came into the picture.
"Better, why are you still here?" She spat.
"You collapsed and been acting strange, just wanted to see how you are." He didn't understand the anger he was feeling from his companion. "The others can manage without me. Just one more to go and then we can go to actual home."
"And then what? Go our separate ways since there is no more danger to fight?" Mai began internally cursing herself as tears began to well up again.
Trunks was baffled, what was going on and why was she so upset? Now here she is, one of the toughest people he knew, is being brought to tears as soon as she wakes up.
"Mai, what's going on, why are you so upset?" He grabbed one of her hands trying to comfort her.
Right on cue. The doctor returned, but with a monitor and a little machine attached to it.
"I believe I can answer that question for you, sir, ma'am."
They both watched the doctor silently as he plugged in the equipment into the proper outlets. He then instructed Mai to lift her top to expose her stomach, which in turn, erupted in a tomato like color in her face. A shiver went down her spine as the jelly was placed on her stomach.
Trunks was slightly perplexed, but it seemed like the pieces in his head were slowly coming together with each second. His mother was not only a scientist to time machines, but she was his teacher for every single science subject on Earth.
One subject he was starting to remember was one of his first lessons…
Biology.
On the screen of black and white, the doctor pointed out what looked like a little odd shaped peanut. The doctor then turned on the audio and the young (somewhat of a) couple were taken aback.
The heart of the baby that Mai is pregnant with. Both of their faces turned to tomatoes when they realized how and when it happened. Everything made sense.
The emotional roller coaster
Nausea
Constant crying.
Mai is pregnant with a Saiyan baby.
With how quickly the doctor came in, he offered his congratulations, then left without another word.
"Well, we weren't exactly using protection when we did it." Mai attempted to break the ice as she cleaned her stomach of the jelly.
"Even if we tried, don't think we would have found any." He chuckled. "However, I'm sorry that I haven't been around."
"That's okay, besides at least," She placed his hand on her stomach. "After everything we've been through, our baby is still okay."
Trunks placed the other hand on the back of her neck and for the first time in weeks, kissed her. Happy times were coming back to them.
Their world would be restored, his mother brought back to life.
And this baby, this baby would be born in a world with peace and parents that fought to make it that way. He felt warmth rise up in him as Mai kissed him back, what was this feeling, it felt nostalgic, right, what was it.
The kiss broke and Mai buried her head in his chest when he took a seat on her bed. He knew what it was, much time has passed since he allowed his guard like this.
"I love you, Mai."
"I love you too, Trunks."
Another one shot fanfic of one of my fav couples! I thought it would be fun to do a little surprise and move it forward a bit after Black has been defeated. (In the show he has not been defeated yet!) Hope you enjoyed it! I may post another one shot with Trunks and Mai with their baby.