Fourth, Touched Chi-Chi.

Aaah! Now this, she loves.

Being back in her own home. Being able to walk into whatever room she wants. Being able to inhale that fragrant smell of her special detergents. Being able to just be in her own home, specifically, above all else.

This is what she loves.

The tips of the fingers of her right hand, flowingly play against the wall, as her feet carry her up and down the corridor. Her eyes see the repairs done, and her mind takes in how precise they are to how their home had been before the accident, but it's her heart that appreciates and feels for everything. Her heart feels for the hard wall on her fingertips. It feels for the impeccable repairs. And it feels for being back home, at last.

Aaah! This, she truly loves.

She's finally back home, and it's precisely as it had been before. And yes, if anyone asks, this, she cherishes more than a meat and vegetable sale at the market – even considering how rare those sales are. And yes, she could repeat this cycle every day, if it meant feeling like this as a consequence. No, she wouldn't necessarily like to have her home destroyed like it had been, but this feeling of being back home, she could repeat once or twice, at most.

Her home…

Her beloved home…

Without a doubt, she really appreciated staying at Gohan's home, and she loved the unlimited time that she got to have with Pan while over at Gohan's, but in the end, Gohan's home is not her own, and she could never really feel complete living there. The unwritten restrictions alone, set that 'incomplete living' feeling in for her. Not only that, but that house of Gohan's is unbelievably humongous; what would she do with all that space, when Goku and Goten weren't there? And how would she clean it all in time to get her day going? No, she could never feel complete living there. And not just her, Goku and Goten wouldn't either.

Goku and Goten...

Bless them, she smiles at the thought, they never once did voice how restricted they felt at Gohan's home, but she knew from their restrained actions, that they felt less at home than they let on. At least now that they are home, for tonight, it matters to her that they each appreciate being back home in their own ways. She, in her own way of appreciating all the humdrum details of the replica repairs done, and Goten and Goku… Well…

Just for tonight, she's not interested enough to pay attention to what they are doing in the living room. Although her keen ears can hear them making chatter as she goes up and down the corridor, she's not particularly interested to really know what it is, that they are doing. Her current and most important interest, is admiring the repairs done on and inside their home, and so, she'll let her boys be whatever they wish tonight. She really couldn't be bothered by the two of them doing what it is they are doing, because in all honesty, she's just happy to be back home and be able to sleep in her own bed again.

In her state of appreciating everything right about being back home, she returns past the living room, to the kitchen, to tidy up a little bit before it's time for bed. The living room, she'll do later, because Goku and Goten in the living room after dinner, unsupervised, to be specific, always means picking up cushions here and there... Yes, she'll do that later, because she thinks that they deserve to make all the mess that they want, to make up for all the unspoken rules that they had to follow back at Gohan's home. In truth, even she is looking forward to tidying up after that, if only to prolong the time before she has to sleep, and instead admire her house a little more.

'Goten,' she hears Goku's voice say as she steps into her kitchen, 'do you want to sit on me while I do my sit-ups?'

'I wanna sleep,' Goten groans tiredly.

He must be ready to sleep, if he's refusing time with his father like that, she thinks while going around the kitchen with her back to them. Goten would never pass up the chance to be involved in whatever training or exercises his father is up to, so he must be ready for sleep more than anything at the moment.

'Aww, Goten, do you really, really want to sleep?'

'Uh-huh,' Goten answers through what sounds like a yawn. 'Dad, can I sleep with you and Mom like I did at Gohan's house?'

No, is the immediate answer in her head.

Goten's not asking her, he's not talking to her in fact, but in the end, she is the one who will make the decision of whether or not he will sleep in their room, so no. It may just be the first night after their sleeping arrangements at Gohan's, but Goten has to settle in sleeping alone again. At Gohan's, she allowed him to sleep with them, because with all the empty rooms in the house, she feared that she would feel far away from him. Here back home, the first night back specifically, no, absolutely not. Tonight, she wants privacy with Goku, she wants to sleep close to her husband, and have all types of intimate moments with him.

'You can sleep with us, if you sit on me while I do my sit-ups,' Goku says to their son.

Shaking her head a little bit at his leniency, she thinks that that sounds like a bargain presented to Goten. Well too bad for either of them, (if Goku believes in his bargain, and if Goten will cling onto it) because she will not have any of that. True, she loves her family, she loves her boys, but this first night, she loves the idea of completion (that 'back where I belong' feeling) more.

'But I wanna sleep now,' Goten returns.

That's him feeling forced to whine, so that his father can get the point, she notes. She doesn't doubt that Goku knows this about Goten, but she also doubts that he will accept. If he's bargaining for Goten to train with him, then he's not going to easily let it go.

'But I want you to sit on me while I exercise,' Goku says in his own version of a whine. 'It'll only be for a second.'

For a brief second, she's tempted to go over to them and put a stop to their back and forth herself, however, she remembers her promise to allow them their freedom just for tonight. And even if it wasn't for her promise, in her heart, she knows that she'd still let them be; big Goku and little Goku being well… Typical Goku.

'But Daaad….'

'Come on, Goten, it'll be fun. You always like to sit on me. You said it's fun.'

That's not fair, she thinks, having a little thought to turn her back on her cleaning and look at the pair interacting. Goku is doing the same thing to Goten, that he does to her sometimes. When he seems to think that his bargaining won't work, he brings up a way to persuade her in the form of defaming accusation.

'It's fun,' Goten answers too eagerly as if to proudly stick by his word, 'but I wanna sleep.'

All right, she decides, that's it. Goten wants to sleep and that is that. She won't cut into their conversation just yet, but she will go to prepare his bedroom, and then only return to tell him to go to bed, in his own bed.

'Goten please,' Goku starts. 'We didn't do this at Gohan's remember?'

Before hearing what Goten has to give as a reply, she walks past them to his bedroom, to prepare it. It's a little sad for him that she's denying that chance of sleeping with him, but it simply can't happen. Another night, yes, he could sleep with them. Tonight, no, he will not sleep with them.

Inside Goten's room, she switches off the main light, so that the lamp at his little table, shines light that can be seen. She also pulls the curtains apart just enough to let in a little moonlight, if the moon decides that it wants to make an appearance somewhere during the night. After all that, she pulls down the covers, readying the bed for him, before leaving his room, to prepare her own her room for when sleep eventually catches her.

When she comes back to the living room, she finds Goku doing his sit-ups. Finally, she starts to faintly smile to herself, he's finally accepted that Goten wants to sleep and decided to do his sit-ups without him, only to think... But Goten's not across him like he'd been earlier.

Oh! She stops in her steps. There's Goten.

She didn't notice immediately, but now, she sees that Goku's legs are flat on the floor as he lifts his upper body up, to perform his sit-ups, and Goten... Goten is on his stomach, lying flat there. She's done her share fair of training in her life, to know that sit-ups, are harder to do when one's legs are either flat on the ground, or held up in the air. Bent knees with feet soles flat on the ground, is the best position for moderate sit-ups, which is not what he's doing right now.

He's putting more effort into his training tonight, she realises, and she can only trace that back to the fact that he wants to make this winding down exercise count. This is, after all the first time at night, that he's doing his winding down exercises, since they stayed over at Gohan's. But what she's immediately intrigued by, is why, considering that he's going the harder route tonight, he's choosing to do his sit-ups with Goten flat on his stomach, making it so that he has added weight, which makes it all the more harder for him to do the exercises.

'What are you doing, Honey?' she wants to know.

'Exercising a bit,' he answers, not stopping to face her.

Yes, she can see that. Duh, that's obvious. Her question, is really her wanting to know what he's doing with Goten pressing him down like that. She of all people, knows that sleeping children are the heaviest luxuries any person could carry. If anyone can keep the weight of a sleeping child in their arms and still go about their activities, they're more than admirable in her eyes.

Her poor Goku, she thinks, picks up her feet again to finish her walk to him. He must've wanted to do this with Goten so badly, only to be dealt with Goten falling asleep on him, and being left in a difficult position like this. Her poor Goku.

'You can put Goten to bed, you know. Let me do it for you,' she holds out her arms to take their son from him. 'It'll be easier to finish your exercise that way.'

Only then, does he stop doing his exercise. Instead of looking at her, or even using his hand to take Goten off himself, he first looks at Goten. A frown shows on his face as he looks down at their sleeping son, and when he lifts his head to look at her, she thinks that he's going to tell her to take Goten off him, but he only shakes his head.

'I want him like this,' he says calmly, before returning his eyes to their sleeping son on him.

'Are you sure?' she presses only out of concern for him and his comfort.

'I want him like this,' he repeats just as calmly before, the only addition being the fact that he shakes his head again.

To anyone else, his head shaking may have seemed like a contradiction of the words that he is saying, but knowing him the way that she does, she just understands that his action, is to confirm to her, that he wouldn't have it any other way. That's just that, and...

Suddenly, her eyes grow bigger at the sight unfolding before her. As Goku brings his body up and down, aiding his elevation with one hand behind his hand, while the other is firmly holding sleeping Goten down on him, she feels like her being is starting to melt, to dissolve, rather.

This, to her, is too precious, that she reaches for her heart to keep in place, so that she can hold onto her dear life for much longer. The way that her heart is quivering, she can't trust it to keep alive for much longer.

She knows that Goku likes that special time with Goten when he's doing his nightly routine, but this is different. This is more than bonding. This, to her, is Goku having rocked Goten to sleep. It's Goku keeping Goten close to him, and not loosing him from his hold, even in his sleep, just so they can have their special time.

He doesn't need to express to her, that he wants to see this exercise to the end, the way he started it. And she definitely doesn't need him to tell her that being in Gohan's house, stripped and robbed him of his normal home routine … Him and Goten... There's no need for the words to be said, that didn't come out of his mouth, because his previous insistence of Goten being with him while he exercised, clearly has a deeper meaning to her now.

'Oh, Goku...' she slightly chokes out.

With teary eyes, she stares at her husband and son, a hand firmly pressed over her heart to keep it from bursting, she simply can't... She can't. She just can't with the jolting currents inside, within her...

Fifth, Sexual Goku.