When she woke the following morning to her surprise he was still there. She buried her face into his neck and wished the world would stop for just a few more minutes. This was perfect even if it made no sense to her.

He didn't know what to think. These feelings were foreign, confusing, and unfitting for a warrior like himself. He was caught in her embrace and struggled with the decision to leave her.

She noticed he was awake and sat up first. "I've got to get to work," she said. She found her clothes from the previous night and discarded them in a basket. She threw on her grease monkey garb and hastily tied back her hair. "that gravity machine won't upgrade itself!" She looked at him and hesitated. Another kiss was probably too much. "I'll see you later," she said and left.

He smiled. He was feeling pretty proud of himself at that moment.

~~~~~

She did research on her laptop as she tuned his training room. The absolute highest the machine could go was 450 times Earth's gravity. A thousand was just an exaggeration, right? She poured over the figures. He deserved the best she had to offer, especially after their previous encounter. She shivered when she remembered the sensations. She giggled.

"What's so amusing?"

She gasped. "Don't sneak up on people like that! You scared me!"

"You need to learn to feel others presence. I can feel you across the house."

"I would need a good teacher." She looked at him.

"There's always your friend Kakarot."

"Yeah, sure." She looked at her laptop. "I have bad news. I can't get the machine over 450 without it collapsing on itself."

"That's not good enough."

"It'll have to be. You want to keep your training room, don't you?"

He rolled his eyes. "Fine, I will take it if it's the best you can do."

"You're too kind." She closed her laptop and restored power to the machine. "It's all finished." She looked at him.

He immediately met her gaze. She blushed. She was into him and it stroked his ego. As he walked to her she backed up until she was against the control panel. He placed his hand on the wall next to her head.

"V-Vegeta!"

"Saying my name only makes me want it more." He moved his hands down to her backside and pulled her to him. "You have a nice ass."

"I could say the same about you."

He covered her mouth with kisses as he began rocking her body against his. She moaned and grabbed a handful of his hair. "We shouldn't do this here."

He playfully bit her neck. "I thought you liked taking risks."

A metallic pounding made them stop. It was the hatch to the training room. "I see her in the window," said a small voice.

"Puar!" He released her from her position. She straightened her top and hair and went to open the hatch. He leaned over the console, waiting for his body to relax.

"Hey, Bulma. What are you doing in here?" Yamcha asked.

"Just some repairs." She looked at Vegeta before closing the hatch. He glared daggers at Yamcha as the doors closed. "What do you want?"

"I want a second chance?" He produced a bouquet of flowers from behind his back.

She shook her head. "No, not this time. It's over between us. I've moved on, you should too."

"How many times to I have to apologize?"

"You don't mean any of it. You're a creature of habit and you'll just do it all over again. I'm done."

"Yamcha, she's serious," Puar said quietly.

"How do you know?"

"She was kissing Vegeta in there."

"Puar!"

"What?! After all he's done to us?!"

"You mean like how he didn't try to kill us on Namek?"

"How am I supposed to know? I was dead at the time. He killed me!"

"And we brought you back!"

"What the hell is your problem? He could kill you anytime he wants!"

"He's been here two years and hasn't yet! Go yell at Goku about it. He's the one who knew Vegeta can be trusted. Just get out of here and leave me alone!"

"When you realize this is a mistake, don't come crawling to me asking for me to take you back."

"I don't want you!" She screamed as he flew off. She stomped into the house in a huff, cursing the former bandit. She immediately took to a shower.

"Stupid jerk. I don't need him. I made him. He shoulda just left us stranded that first time. I went out of my way to Namek and he repays me by jumping onto another woman."

"He's so honorable."

She screamed and almost slipped. "Get out of here!"

He pulled open the shower door. "You really don't mean that."

"I think I hate men right now." She looked up and down his nude body. "Get that hot body in here." She immediately embraced him. "He's such an idiot. He gave up on me first and is mad I won't be his fall back girl again! I don't need him. I have y-" She looked away. She felt like her love was one sided.

He lifted her face and saw tears in her eyes. He gently brushed them away with his thumb before kissing her.

She enjoyed the soft embrace and had to stop herself from ruining the moment.

He pulled away when he felt her jaw tighten. "Are you not enjoying this?"

"I am, a little too much." She hugged him close to her. "I love you."

He heard the whisper clearly. It was getting to be too much. He considered returning her feelings. The last thing he needed was a distraction. The Androids were coming and his goal was not yet achieved. However, she was right there in his arms, beautiful, not only by Earth standards, but his as well. He kissed the top of her head. "You need rest."

She reached behind him and turned off the shower. "Come with me, please."

"My room or yours?"

"Mine."

He nodded and left her there to finish drying off.