Piccolos POV

Gathering his things Piccolo adjusted his cape and head wrap back into place and left the building. The clerk at the front desk had given him a look of disgrace but he ignored it.

Stepping out into the evening air he let the light bask his a face in attempts to relax. He once again slung the groceries over his back and took off towards the outskirts of town.

The city faded and the area became a row of small houses. He landed on the dirt road leading up to one house in particular.

"PICCOLO" a high pitched voice called his name followed by laughter. Before he could react Goku teleported in front of him and wrapped him up in a hug nearly knocking the Namekian over.

"Is this really necessary?" Piccolo mumbled through Gokus clothing. He didn't get a response. Instead he heard bags crinkling.

"I see" Piccolo rolled his eyes walking forward with the Sayian clung to him like a monkey. He opened the door of house he stopped at and entered.

"Goku, honestly where are your manners!" Chichi scolded her husband.

"Look Chichi! Piccolo brought food!" Goku hopped down and smiled brightly. Piccolo couldn't help but smile.

"Piccolo?" Gohan walked out of the back room with Videl by his side.

"Hello Gohan, Videl" he replied politely.

"Great to see you!" Gohan smiled. "Uh but where's Y/N? Have you finished training already?"

Piccolo shifted uncomfortably "oh uh,.. not exactly." He scratched the back of his head. "I uh sent her to go train with Vegetta."

"YOU WHAT!?" Videl yelled loudly before clasping her hands to her mouth. They had just put Pan down for a nap.

"Geeze Videl. It's not that big of a deal" Gohan looked at her confused by the outburst. "Yeah Vegetta can be a bit... rough.. but he's not that terrible at training"

"That's not the point!" She half yelled half whispered.

Everyone now stared at her confused besides Chichi. Videl had told her everything when they returned home. "Ah boys. Ignorance at its finest." She rolled her eyes. "I pray Goten will be a little more open to realizing love than any of you were"

"Love!?" All there of the guys yelled at once. Piccolo was taken back.

"Chichi you're not making any sense." Goku said puzzled. She simply walked over to him and kissed him on the forehead.

"Why don't you boys take this outside before you wake up Pan and I'm stuck taking care of her." Chichi smiled. She took the bags from Piccolos hands. "I'll fetch dinner, seeing as you might be hungry afterwards."

Piccolos stomach growled.

"Good Idea" Gohan hurries everyone out feeling the tiredness of parent hood creep up on him.

"So Piccolo, what exactly happened? Why did you send y/n to train with Vegetta?" Goku asked curiously munching on a rice ball.

Piccolo relayed to them everything that had happened since running into Vegetta at the grocery store.

After he was finished Videl stood cross arm glaring at Piccolo. "I can't believe how naive you could be" she stared angrily.

"What.. what do you mean?" He responded calmly.

"Even I could tell when we visited you! Y/n is totally in love with you!" She threw her head to the side sure of herself. She noticed Chichi in the window giving her a thumbs up.

"WHAT!?" Piccolo boomed. "What, what are you talking about!" He shook.

"Yeah Videl.. what're you talking about?" Gohan questioned his wife.

"It's obvious really. That's why she got so mad when you sent her away! You didn't even give her a chance to explain what she wanted to talk about!" Videl said.

"Impossible" Piccolo shook his head.

"No!, I even talked to her about it when we came to visit. If you don't recall we had a private conversation" she huffed.

"Talked about what?" Gohan broke in.

"She told me about her feelings for you."

Piccolos ears turned red and he fell silentl for a moment. He cleared his throat. "Excuse me" he turned to walk away without revealing any emotion.

"Where you going Piccolo?" Goku called to him.

"I need to find Y/n"

"Wait.. hold on!" Gohan also called after him. "So does this mean your in love with her too?"

"STOP CALLING IT LOVE! ITS NOT LOVE!! I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS IS!" Piccolo fumed, his entire face burned crimson. "I just.. I just need to fix this is all" he grumbled.

"That's totally love" Videl squealed.

Piccolo took off quickly not wanting to hear any more of the nonsense. He took off towards Vegettas house.

Vegettas house was in view now. Piccolo stopped short staring down at it. His heart was beating rapidly. He left so abruptly he didn't give himself proper time to think about what he was going to say.

He grumbled as he flew up to the front door, hesitating before he knocked. The door opened and Bulma greeted him with a smile, welcoming him into the house.

"Good to see you again Piccolo! I was just getting dinner ready, you're welcome to join us" Bulma smiled. "Y/n arrived not too long ago. Honestly though I don't know what you were thinking letting Vegetta train her. You know how he gets." She put her hands to her hips crossly.

Piccolos stomach growled even louder now. He raised his hand to protest Bulmas last statement when he heard a yell.

"Kyaaaaaaaaa" the shout came from outside.

Piccolo recognized the voice and bolted passed Bulma to the door. He stared in shock as Vegetta towered over you with a disappointed expression.

"A true warrior can dodge even the simplest of attacks! Honestly has that Namekian taught you nothing!?" Vegetta spat at you.

"Don't talk about him!" You dragged yourself off the dirt ground and swung a fist forward at Vegetta. You caught him off guard and your hand grazed the side of his cheek.

"Tch, you can do better than that!" Vegetta wasn't impressed although he stumbled backwards from the shock.

You swung again out of anger. This time Vegettas hand claps around your wrist and he grinned. His other hand raised upwards as a small spark of light began to form into a ball in his palm.

"Vegetta, Wait!" You cried, covering your face with your free arm, shielding your eyes from the energy blast. You braced yourself for the attack.

"That's enough!" A stern voice called

You knew that voice. You under covered your eyes to see Piccolo. His hand grasped Vegettas wrist causing the energy blast to vanish. The Sayian prince looked up at him with a growl.

"Let her go" he commanded.

Vegetta hesitated but ultimately did as Piccolo said. He released you from his grip and pulled his own wrist from Piccolos hand. Agitated he crossed his arms and closed his eyes. "Hmph. Well if it isn't Piccolo. I'm surprised you had the nerve to show your face here."

Piccolo didn't respond.

Even more annoyed Vegetta opened his eyes and scowled at him. "Well!?... are you just going to stand there? What do you want?" Vegetta half yelled. But Piccolos eyes were focused on you.

You turned away awkwardly, still feeling a pain in your heart.

Vegetta swung his head between the two of you confused. "Will someone explain to me what's going on here?, if you've nothing to say, we have a lot of training left ahead of us."

"That won't be necessary" Piccolo turned to him.

"What is that suppose to mean" Vegetta stood up straight challenging him.

Piccolo bent down so his face was close to Vegettas. He stared the Sayain down with a snarl. "It means, you're done."

Vegetta glared back at him for what seemed like a few minutes before finally backing down. "Whatever" He backed away and stomped off towards the house.

Piccolo stood up straight and turned your direction again. "Y/n" he called. "We need to continue our talk"