One Step Closer
"Your promised him a week ago!" Bulma shouted at him for forgetting yet another important detail. He allowed her to rant, unwilling to admit he had no knowledge of the event. In this way he was exempt from showing weakness. "It's not fair to treat him like this."
Fatherhood had not come easily to him. Social interactions was not a keen subject to the brunet, and responsibility was another foreign idea that he found abrasive. He was fond of the boy, certainly, but he was also secretly terrified that he would be to Trunks what Freiza, or his own father, had been to him. Vegeta's head hurt at just the thought, so he filled the scathing silence with a few choice words, "I'll take him today."
"That's not the point!" the woman complained while lighting a cigarette, "The point is that if you can't keep your word that hurts him. If you keep doing this he isn't going to trust you."
For some reason he had wanted to reply, Maybe he shouldn't. But he only said it in his head.
The pain in his skull escalated.
Something about his expression must've been atypical because her tone changed from aggressive to concerned, "Are you okay?"
"Of course I am," he snapped and rose from his seat, "Where's Trunks?"
"In his room," Bulma answered, her voice more neutral. She was contemplating; he recognized the air she exuded. He departed her presence so she could have some peace.
He detoured to the bathroom. Quietly he retched, appeasing whatever had distressed his body.
He washed his hands, then his face. Oddly, he felt like he didn't trust his reflection. It was a discomforting sensation he attempted to wipe away as he dried his wet skin.
"What are you so afraid of?" he whispered to himself.
If only he'd been there and the thing was just not likely to see that he had been watching the time that wasn't going anywhere andifonlyslowdowndidn'texistifonlyhewouldn'tgiveinnottothe..restraint...of...the buzzing...that...heady...sensation...
He caught himself before a fell, startled.
Vegeta made his escape by taking his son to the amusement park.