Bleh, I made it, yep I'm finally done with this story, it took me a lot to think of a good ending, I think my ending is gonna suck but meh I tried.
Disclaimer: NOT MINE. Just some ideas
Goku: You did your best! *smiles*
Vegeta: The end sucks. *frowns*
Me: Shut up! I tried so hard!
Chapter 10:
"Vegeta, tell me what's wrong." Kakarot cupped Vegeta's chin, it's been two weeks since Vegeta's been acting isolate.
"There's nothing wrong." He gently pushed Kakarot's hand away, he walked away towards Goten and sat with him, Gohan looked at his brother, Kakarot shrugged back.
"Dude, you alright?" Gohan asked once Goten and Vegeta went to bed, Gohan poured milk in his cereal bowl, Kakarot rubbed his face and pulled on his blond hair, he was frustrated.
"Do I look alright?"
"Just asking, man, you don't have to get all irritable." He grabbed his bowl and was ready to leave
"Gohan, wait, wait, dammit, I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too, that was a stupid question." He sat in front of his brother
"Argh…I'm worried."
"About Geta?"
"Yes, he's been…weird lately, I try to talk to him and he avoids me, I try to kiss him and he rejects me, I try to hug him and he pushes me away, I don't know what the hell is going on."
"Force talk."
"That's a bit immature, don't you think."
"Dude, do you want to know what's wrong with the kid or not?"
"Yes."
"Then you have to force him to say what the problem is, I bet it's something simple."
"I seriously don't understand what's going on with kids these days, one day he says that he loves me and that he would do whatever it takes to be with me, and the next he rejects me and everything is all the opposite, what the fuck?"
"Maybe you have bad breath."
"This is not a joke, Gohan!"
"Ok, ok, I'm sorry, maybe it is something serious…you think, I don't know, you think maybe someone might have opened their mouth and said shit to him?"
"…I'm not so sure that's the problem."
"You sure?"
"…No."
"Force talk, ok, I'm going to bed." He grabbed his cereal bowl and left his brother with his problems.
Force talk? What the hell was that? What was he supposed to do? Choke the problem out of Vegeta? How the hell did force talk work? Kakarot ran his hand through his hair, force talk? Force talk? He paced in the kitchen, Gohan why do you have to be so damn complicated in your explications?! Should I force him to talk even if he doesn't want to? Should I threat-? That would be immature, no, no.
Dammit, Vegeta, he tugged on his tight shirt and slowly pushed the door of his room, Vegeta was wearing black pajamas, and was sitting on the bed with his knees pressed to his chest with his arms around them, he pretended to look at the T.V the annoying news were on.
Kakarot glanced at Vegeta, he slumped on the bed belly down and stared at Vegeta, waiting for him to speak first, but the boy simply looked at his knees.
"Are you alright?" He asked as he scooted closer to the boy
"Yes, I'm fine."
Insolent boy, he sneered.
"Look at me when I talk to you."
"I swear nothing's wrong, Kakarot." He faked a smile and looked back at the T.V
Kakarot grabbed the remote and turned the T.V off, then he grabbed the top of Vegeta's head, he forced the boy to look at him, Vegeta avoided his green eyes, those eyes that he loved so much, he couldn't let Kakarot see his lies, I don't want to trouble him with me.
"You don't look so fine to me."
"I'm ok." He pushed Kakarot's hand away, smiled and wiggled under the covers and covered his face.
"Vegeta…"
"What?"
"If there's something wrong, tell me."
"I said there's nothing wrong…I'm going to sleep…good night." He said under the covers
"Vegeta!" He pulled the covers off roughly "don't you trust me?"
"I-it's not that." His voice broke, I do trust you.
He felt Kakarot's hand on his shoulder, the man turned him around, they were face to face, the man leaned down and kissed his lips, Vegeta stared at his handsome features; this man is everything he ever dreamed of, why couldn't the others understand that he loved him?
"I need you to tell me everything, everything that's bothering you, everything that's causing you problems, you have me worried."
"…" Vegeta stared into his eyes.
"Talk." He leaned down and took the boy in his arms "If you don't that will only worry me more, it hurts me to think that you don't trust me, I love you."
I can't, not because I don't want to but because I don't want to cause you problems with you cousin, I don't want you to fight with your cousin because of me. He hugged Kakarot tighter.
"Kakarot." He whispered.
"I want to know."
You're the most important for me, I can't tell you.
Kakarot's breathing was heavy, Vegeta looked at the sleeping man he loved, no matter what happens I can't cause him problems, why does Raditz hate me? Is it because he thinks I'll hurt his cousin? Is it because I'm a man? I promise that I'll never hurt him…
Hurt? But…I…I'm hurting him already, I have him worried, I'm sorry, I feel that I'm transferring my depression aura to him, I'm sorry, but…
"What I'm trying to say is that I wouldn't like your feelings to be mediocre, you can cause Goku and yourself problems…" his words were so…
"You both are completely different, you come from a well stable family, Goku had to work his ass to get to where he is in society, you could ruin that hard work." Cold, he was so cold but I can understand that he's only trying to protect Kakarot…though at the end, I'm the only one getting hurt.
He's the worst; he hid his face with his knees.
Saturday in the afternoon, Kakarot came back from the supermarket, Gohan whined about the bags being too heavy and that it was unfair that he was carrying the majority, Kakarot ignored him completely, he smiled when he found Goten sleeping on the couch with the puppy in his arms, he must've played till he grew exhausted, he looked at the other couch and found Vegeta sleeping too, the other night, two weeks ago, he had begged Vegeta to tell him the problem, they solved nothing but he left it alone for a while, Vegeta had went to normal, a bit.
"I'm going out."
"With who, golden locks?" Kakarot asked as he ruffled Gohan's hair
"With the guys, dude, stop it." He pushed the big hand off his head
"Don't come home late."
"I won't, dude." He closed the door.
Kakarot looked at his son, first he grabbed the pup and moved him to the floor, he went for a blanket and placed it over his son, he unfolded the other blanket, as he looked down at Vegeta he covered him up too and rested his hand over his head, who was he kidding? Vegeta has been different from his usual self, I know that he's tired from school and I know that he's making an effort to get used to this atmosphere.
I love this person, he gently ruffled Vegeta's black hair, his usual self is to follow me around and saying that he loves me, lately it's like if he were sunken in his thoughts, it's like if he weren't here, it's like if he were like the air, my head hurts, I'm going to take a shower, Kakarot frowned and moved away from the sleeping boy.
What is he doing here? Vegeta asked himself as he saw Broly sitting in Kakarot's living room, with his sister?! What are they doing here?! Why did Kakarot let them in?! He kept himself hidden, what are they talking about? I should ask Kakarot later…he frowned; he would probably say 'we were talking things about adults.' Adults? I can be an adult, but how? He stopped filling his mind with questions when he heard his sister talk.
"We got a call from cousin Elizabeth." She said.
"And? Did she congratulate you because we aren't together?" Kakarot asked.
"Pretty much." Broly chuckled.
"You know how she is, Goku, but she began saying that I shouldn't cancel everything, you know all the things about the photographer, cake, dress, everything."
"Hm?" Kakarot scratched the back of his head "She hates me but she still wants the wedding to take place?"
"Yes, she said that everyone had bought us something, and this and that, she even said that I must get married."
"Well then you should, it would be a disgrace for her to return her gift." He chuckled.
"That's why we're here." Broly spoke.
"What?" Kakarot asked
What? Vegeta heard in amaze, are you here to take Kakarot away from me?! He just wanted to barge in the conversation and lock Kakarot and himself in a room.
"Yes, Goku, my father had already paid everyone, and since I didn't want to disappoint him in saying that I wanted to cancel everything, me and Broly decided to get married."
"Really?!" Kakarot asked.
Really?! Vegeta's eyes went wide as cereal bowls, Broly Gunn marrying Chichi? The man who tried to kiss me? Oh this is so hilarious! He held back his laugh and slowly tip toed towards Gohan's room to tell him the news, since he came to live in the Sons' house, Gohan and he became best friends, though he was still a pervert with him.
"Yes. We just changed the date." Broly smiled as he held tightly onto Chichi's hand.
"I'm impressed. Well congratulations!" He smiled.
"I would really want to see you there." Chichi smiled at Kakarot
"Of course."
"And…could you try to convince Vegeta, I want him to be there too."
"Don't worry, he'll be there." He crossed his arms; I'll force him if I have too.
"Thank you."
"Well, we have to go." Broly got up.
Kakarot opened the door for them and said goodbye, Broly and Chichi getting married? That was unexpected, though he should have known that something like that was going to happen, now, he had to solve his problems with his Vegeta.
"Don't you have anything to say?" Kakarot crossed his arms as he had Vegeta sitting in front of him, nobody was home, Gohan was out with his friends and Goten was with the new neighbor, he was playing with the little boy who lived three houses from them.
"…"
"You're not going to tell me?"
"It's just that…I…"
"You what?"
"I…don't want to cause you problems."
"You are."
"Huh?" Vegeta was shocked, I am? But I've been trying not to do it, how could I…?
"You've been hiding something from me."
"No, I'm not… I just."
"You're lying to me." He dragged his chair closer to his young lover.
"I…don't you have to pick up Goten?"
"I'm talking to you now, I need you to tell me the truth."
"…" he felt a knot in his throat.
"You say that you don't want to cause me problems, but you haven't notice that you cause me problems by not telling me what is your problem, you hurt me because you push me away, you think that you'll cause me problems just by the fact that you love me. I love you, ok? That's all that matters, I worry about you, when I leave you I want to get back to you as quick as possible, I get jealous when you talk to Gohan, because I think that you trust him more than me."
I'm confused, I never thought that things would be this complicated, I've been causing you problems without noticing, I'm sorry, I never meant to do it, if I tell you I know that you will have problems with Raditz but if I don't tell you then…either way, I trouble you. Do I have any choice? I want to keep you forever Kakarot. Vegeta sighed and tried to swallow the knot in his throat.
"…Fine, I'll tell you…I don't want you to keep worrying about me."
Kakarot patted his head "stop trying to solve everything by yourself, ok? If you don't want me to worry then tell me everything."
"Remember that small party you had?"
"Hm." He nodded
"Well, I met your cousin Raditz, and he told me that I was a troubling existence in your life, I know that he's protecting you because you were hurt in the past…Trunks told me about Jasmine and about your foster parents, that's why I investigated about your true parents, a few days ago I met with him again, by causality, when I was going to my piano lesson, and he said that he wouldn't like my feelings to be mediocre, I know that you worked hard to get to where you are, but I can help you by looking for a job and helping you with Goten's medication, I can also ask my father for an apartment and I can come and visit you, I'll make an effort." Vegeta looked down at his lap
"…" Kakarot was holding his chin in his palm and looking at him with lazy green eyes
"…"
"Are you retarded?"
"Huh?" He looked up at him
"That's absurd."
"Absurd!?" Now he was angry, how could all that be absurd?
"Everything will be alright." Kakarot rested his hand on Vegeta's head
"But, Kakarot-"
"Everything will be alright." He repeated
Everything will be alright, I trust you Kakarot, he smiled a little, I feel much calmer now, I wonder if I did the right thing to tell him all that about Raditz.
Vegeta blushed as Kakarot watched him dress, he looked at him and blushed even more when Kakarot smiled at him, pervert, he gave a nervous laugh in return.
"Why am I doing this?"
"Because." The man answered
"Because, why?"
"Because you need to look your best for your sister's wedding."
"I can't believe you're considering on going."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, she cheated on you-"
"Don't worry about it."
How am I not supposed to worry, idiot, he button up the shirt up to his neck and raised an eyebrow, he looked at his shirt, what the hell? There was still on buttonhole but no more buttons, he flinched when Kakarot wrapped his arms around his stomach.
"Kakarot."
"Idiot, you buttoned wrong." He pointed to the missed buttonhole
"Ah." He blushed
"Let me help you."
Vegeta felt the heat rise to his face when Kakarot turned him face to face with him, then the man kneeled in front of him and began to unbutton his shirt, in front of everyone! Deep inside him a little voice was screaming 'take me!' while the other punched it to silence, but a sly smile crept to his lips and the little voice was set free, he ran his fingers through blond hair, the man looked up at him, Vegeta smiled even wider, you're inducing me without noticing, love.
"Why you stop, love?" He purred
Kakarot's green eyes were glued onto the lustful face, I can't understand what the hell is going on with kids these days, how could undoing a shirt make a teenager…horny? It must be their hormones. He looked around, making sure nobody was looking at them, seeing that everyone was minding their own business he looked back at his young boyfriend, the boy smiled, his fingers gracefully ran themselves through his hair. Oh well, he shrugged and leaned forward, he kissed Vegeta's belly, he heard Vegeta moan low when he traced his tongue over his smooth skin. Kakarot smiled when Vegeta giggled and pulled himself away, he found a ticklish stop, his navel.
"You think someone saw us?" Vegeta button up his shirt
"No." He pressed his body against Vegeta " but I need 'Vegeta' urgently."
"Pervert." He smiled
"Hm. You were the one provoking me." He kissed a smooth neck.
"I can't believe they kicked us out." Vegeta crossed his arms
"It's your fault." Kakarot was walking calmly behind him
"My fault!? You were the one kissing and running your nasty hands all over me!"
"I know you loved it." Kakarot smiled
Vegeta looked at him with an angry face, they had kicked them out of the store for…well the girl had said 'Sir, please refrain from committing lewd acts in this establishment." Then the girl said to Kakarot once they were out 'Dammit, Goku, quit flirting in my job, it's irritating!', Vegeta asked Kakarot who she was and he said 'a girl'…oh really? I thought she was a fucking alien! He crossed his arms.
"Don't think I forgot about that girl."
"What about her?"
"Who was she!?"
"A girl."
"You already said that, who was she!?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"I want to know."
"Believe me if I tell you, you'll get jealous, for no reason, and you'll start to ask me questions about her."
"I won't!"
"Fine, her name is Launch, she is a very close friend, I met her in a bar, she used to work as a bartender, once we went out for a drink and we ended up sleeping together, since then we became close."
"…" he couldn't believe his ears
"She's just a friend."
"Did you have sex with her?"
"I thought you said you wouldn't ask anything."
"I'm not! I just want to know if you had sex with her." Vegeta frowned
"No. Just by the term of 'sleeping together' doesn't always have to mean 'sex', we were drunk and I stayed at her house that night, we just slept."
"O-oh."
"That's why I didn't want to tell you, you always make little scenarios of me with someone else."
"Sorry."
Kakarot smiled, he rested his hand on top of Vegeta's head, the boy looked up at him, the man leaned down and kissed his lips.
Vegeta laughed as he hopped off Jeice's brother's van, he waved bye to his best friend as he dried his hair and wiggled his shirt back on, on the way to the door, Vegeta jumped back when Gohan and his friends nearly bumped together.
"Wow." Trunks wolf whistled
"Stop it, dude, you back so soon Geta?"
"I was out four hours."
"Ah, yeah, heh, well um…you wanna go with us?"
"Yeah, come with us, angel face." Seventeen smiled slyly at him
"You'll have a good time with us." Trunks smiled
"A-ah, no, sorry, I have to take a shower and do other things."
"Bummer, oh well, I'll see you later, angel face."
"Next time you will come with us, right, pigeon?" Trunks asked
Idiot, don't call me that, he smiled.
"Yes, I will."
"Great!" Seventeen and Trunks began walking away with Tien and Krilin behind them
Gohan smiled shyly at Vegeta, he ruffled the boy's hair and began to walk after his friends, Vegeta shook his head and was about to enter the house when Gohan called him, he looked over his shoulder at him.
"Yes?"
"Raditz is in there."
Raditz? He grew pale, why would Raditz be here? Was is because of his fault? Or maybe he was just here to visit, what should I do? Maybe Kakarot wanted to talk to him about me? Shit, what should I do now? Maybe I can play stupid and act like I didn't see him, maybe I can pretend to play with Goten-no, Goten is with his friend, dammit, Gohan I should've said yes. He took a deep breath, he grabbed the doorknob and slowly pushed the door open, he slowly closed it and tip toed, hoping not to bump into Raditz, he tip toed close to the kitchen and stopped, frozen in his steps, Raditz and Kakarot were in the kitchen! Now what do I do? Vegeta tugged on his wet hair, he looked at the kitchen entranceway and looked at the stairs close to it, there was only one way to get to his and Kakarot's room and it was passing by the kitchen's entrance. Vegeta began to plan of a way to get up there, but he stopped when he heard Raditz and Kakarot speak.
"Cut the crap Raditz, why did you come here?"
"Is it bad for me to want to visit my cousin?"
"I know that's not all you came for, so why don't we just begin with the subject."
"Fine, if that's what you wish, I came here to talk to you about that brat."
"That brat has a name, in my presence you must say his name not 'brat', carve that in your mind."
I knew I was the subject, dammit. Vegeta held his breath.
"Alright, I want to talk to you about Vegeta, I won't take much of your time, I'll leave after our conversation."
"I want you to stop interfering between me and Vegeta."
"Listen, I'm puzzled by the fact that you think you love an existence that is troubling you."
Existence that is troubling you…
Vegeta clinched his fists, he wanted to punch the shit out of Raditz.
"I don't think I love him, I do love him."
"You were hurt in the past, Goku, you closed yourself to everyone including your brother, it's weird for me to see you taking this situation carelessly, you could risk your career and you could get in trouble with the law for being with a kid who is ten years your junior, you could be the boy's father, by the fact that Vegeta is still very young, he could one day get bored and leave…like I said to him before I'll say it to you now, Vegeta is a troubling existence to me"
What? Vegeta's eyes grew wide
"…" Kakarot simply crossed his arms and grit his teeth
"Teenagers aren't comfortable with one thing, they quickly get bored and go off looking for something more interesting, you can understand that more perfectly, you have Gohan and you teach about a hundred teenagers, I can't understand why you still decided to be with a teenager…I'm not saying Vegeta is a bad kid, but you two were raised in different surroundings, that makes you two opposites, maybe you won't have problems now but in the future he'll get bored of an old man and you will get bored with a kid, you both will become a load. He rejected Gohan in the past, could you reject him? He's a very troubling existence."
Raditz you said Kakarot wanted to be happy, he is! Vegeta clinched his fists harder, I would never do anything to Kakarot, I would never hurt him!
"Rejecting Vegeta's existence is rejecting mine too, I can't live without him, is that all you have to say?" Kakarot asked
"You want me to say it simpler?"
"…"
"It's not convenient for you to stay with that kid."
"Shut up!"
Both men looked at the entranceway, Vegeta was shaking with rage and had his fists clinched to his sides as tears poured down his face like cascades, he heard enough of the nonsense that came out of Raditz' mouth, in the past he let Raditz say those awful things to him but not now, he was going to prove the man wrong.
"Vegeta? When did you get here?" Kakarot asked, shocked from the sudden outburst
"Since you two began to speak." He whispered
"It's rude to listen to adults' conversation, it's even more shocking coming from a person with high social status."
"Raditz, you said enough, leave."
"Don't…don't just open your mouth to spit out shit!"
Both males stared at Vegeta, Kakarot had an amazed face while Raditz had a smug one.
"Nasty language."
"Maybe me and Kakarot are opposites, but, I'll make an effort. My feelings aren't mediocre!"
"Is that so? When and how do you plan on making an effort?"
"Raditz, I know that you are only trying to protect me, but this is no longer your business, everything will be alright." He got up and stood by Vegeta's side
"Hm?"
"I'm grateful for all the things you did for me in the past and I will always remember your kindness even though I'm not your blood, have you noticed something different in me?"
"I don't understand."
"When Jasmine died, I no longer wanted to live, I kept on with my life for Gohan and Goten, but I felt that I was missing my soul, life felt like an obligation, I thought life would forever be cruel and cold."
"Hn." Raditz crossed his arms
"Raditz, he is the reason I wake up in the mornings, he is the reason I smile again, that wall I built between me and reality was destroyed because of him, I love him, thanks to him I was able to let go of the past, he made me open my eyes, he helped me move on and forget, he made me feel what it's like to love again, if in the future he decides to leave, I won't hate him, instead, I'll be thankful, because for him I can see the world from a different angle."
Raditz went silent for a while, then he chuckled and got on his feet, he looked into his cousin's green eyes, Vegeta felt some ease in the air, he looked up at both men, there were calm expressions on their faces.
"I never thought of that." Raditz took a deep breath "Goku, I will always worry about you, I promised to your parents that I would always take care of you, don't forget that the path you chose is a complicated trajectory, someday the day of separation will come, but I believe in your love for him and his love for you, I just wanted to make sure."
"Thanks." Kakarot smiled
"Vegeta." Raditz looked down at the shocked boy
"Y-yes."
"Let's go have something to drink one of these days, I would really like to get to know you." He smiled and moved towards the door and opened it wide
"A-ah, yes, yes, of course!" Vegeta and Kakarot followed Raditz to his car, the man slumped inside and turned the engine on, then he popped his head out the window.
"Bye, kid." He waved goodbye and drove away
"Huh?" he waved stupidly "Does that mean he finally accepted me?"
"Yes." He began to walk down the street, Vegeta stared at Kakarot's back, where the hell is he going?
"Ah, Kakarot?"
Kakarot looked over his shoulder and smiled "you coming, love?"
Vegeta smiled widely and ran to catch up to him, Kakarot snaked his hands around the boy's waist and leaned down to press his lips against Vegeta's, the boy wrapped his arms around the man's neck and deepen the kiss, he smiled against the man's lips, Vegeta pulled away and looked into beautiful green eyes, Kakarot nuzzled his face and pressed his lips against his again, Vegeta hugged the man.
Everything will be alright now, I can feel it.
(*Author gets on knees* please please listen to this piece of art! Since the link is shitty it's called Junjou Romantica OST Junjou Romantica Strings ver. Pleeeease :3)
THE END.
Wowie wow wow, holy shit, I think it was a great ending, though Vegeta thinks it suck but Goku says it's alright, so yeah, my inspiration was based on Junjou Romantica, thanks for reading!