Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty, keep me in your memory,

Leave out all the rest…


I never wanted to see you in so much pain Bulma.

I'll be honest… at first, I wanted you to suffer. Just a little. I was angry! I couldn't understand how you could just walk away from us like you did. And to go to him… after everything he did, what he put us all through. And I just know he isn't done yet.

You say he's changed, he's different. Well, let me tell you something Bulma. Men like him don't change. He's seen too much, done too much, to ever really change.

Just to think of him touching you like I used to… it makes me sick. Not because I still think of you as mine, but because I know you can do better then him. You deserve better.

Better then me too, I suppose.

I just thought I should tell you that, so you know this isn't about me and you. I still care about you Bulma, too much to just sit back and watched how you try to smile when I know you're falling apart on the inside. I hate the way the heartbreak is written across you face, every time you look at the sky at night, trying to spot a light that doesn't belong up there. He might come back, I don't doubt it. He still has things to take care of.

And that's what I'm worried about. I… I don't want him anywhere near you Bulma. Something about the thought of you two… as a 'couple'. It makes my skin crawl because I know how dangerous he is.

I know you can take care of yourself, you proved it time and time again since the day I met you. I even saw you put Vegeta in his place on a number of occasions. I should have known something was going on then, the way he just let you talk down to him. Had it been anyone else, he would have vaporised them in an instant.

But, it was you. I can't believe I missed the way he would look at you. I did see it once, the hunger. But I mistook it for something else. It wasn't until you told me you were pregnant did I realise that look hadn't been bloodlust, or a desire for revenge, to lash out at you. He wanted you.

I wish I hadn't been so self-involved. Things would be different, maybe it would be my kid I watch you feed and cradle. But I got so rapped up in my own life, I know I wasn't the best boyfriend in the world. I was never quite what you wanted. I tried everything. I tried being kind, sweet and thoughtful. I tried being cold, hard and dangerous. But I never got it quite right.

I think, if I had been myself, like I am now, you might have been happier with me. But I guess we'll never know. Because I see the way you look at your son, and I hear the love in your voice when you say his name. And it breaks my heart to see you like that. With him.

Without me.

I wish I could go back, but I know I just need to accept this as part of your life now.

But whatever happens Bulma, you don't have to do it alone, OK?


Next Chapter: Vegeta

And a huge thanks to my reviewers, especially anenihan, who convinced me to add a little more to this not quite finished story... :D

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