Bulma awoke in a cold sweat, trembling intensely, her hand outstretched, glowing with ki, her vision was hazy for a moment but when she saw where she was she put her hand down and let out a shaky breath. It had been almost a week since Yamcha's death, and she hadn't slept well since. She closed her eyes to think. Today was the day they went out to the people and made everything official. She and Vegeta would be together for the rest of forever, and after that afternoon no one would say otherwise. She opened her eyes and looked over at Vegeta only to jump when she saw he was awake and staring at her.
"Geez Vegeta, you should tell a girl when you wake up and stare at her," she put a hand over her heart and sighed lightly trying to catch her now shaky breath.
Vegeta frowned and leaned on his elbow, looking at her face, the bags under her eyes, how everything made her jump now. Ever since that moron was killed she hadn't been herself.
"Well how can you expect me not to be awake? You almost killed me with your energy earlier, I was up the second you started tossing from your nightmare," he had been getting more sleep than her because she kept their memories blocked from each other at night, but tonight she couldn't she couldn't focus long enough to, he'd seen everything she had seen.
"Sorry," he heard her say quietly, "I can't get them to go away, it could be hormonal I suppose, making me worry and be ridiculous about everything, but other than that I can't think why I would be having nightmares," she rubbed the side of her arm lightly, looking so unlike herself it made Vegeta angry. He was angry he couldn't help her, he was angry something could make her like this. He let out a sigh and sat up slightly, offering his embrace to her,
"Come here," he said and took her into his arms, he put a hand on her forehead and closed his eyes concentrating. Bulma felt a warm feeling on the top of her head and slowly closed her eyes.
"Mmm, Vegeta, what are you doing..?"
Vegeta placed a gentle kiss on her forehead; ever since he found out she was pregnant, and with it being twins, he'd been extra gentle and soft with her, at least when it was just the two of them. Unless she was mad at him then he would get mean, and it would end up in a passionate battle in something other than words. He was even more protective and possessive than ever before, but Bulma didn't seem to mind, or even notice what was up with him.
"Shh I'm making it so you can sleep, and that means I can get some sleep, we have four more hours until we need to get up to get ready for the ceremony today, so you'll need all the help you can get, just relax," he felt her snuggle into him even more and after a few moments she was out cold, he kept his hand where it was, he had been sending energy to her brain, telling it to sleep and not give her dreams, it was a useful trick he had mastered when he had seen his father kill his mother.
Vegeta sighed and just held Bulma in his arms as she slept peacefully, he reached down and put a hand on her stomach, he felt the two energies and it made him smile slightly as he closed his eyes. He just kept his hand there and sensed the energies until he himself fell asleep.
Five hours later, Bulma was awake and getting ready for their ceremony later in the day
"Vegeta, do we really have to go through all this…it seems like it's a lot, even for royalty…" she was pouting because she knew she wouldn't be able to have anything to drink while they were there, and that was how she could stand to deal with people.
"Woman stop your complaining! So what you can't drink tonight, just ignore everyone like I do! Besides, once it's over…" he was suddenly right in front of her, he backed her up to the wall and had his hand on either side of her head, staring down into her deep blue eyes. He smirked slightly when he saw her blush and felt her heartbeat increase.
"We can do whatever you want to do my princess," he said seductively and softly kissed her, ever so gently biting her lip, making her gasp in anticipation, but before she could reciprocate he had pulled away, she glared at him with a scowl.
"That was mean, don't be a jerk,"
"Get through the ceremony and celebration afterwards and you can get back at me, sound like a plan?" he smirked and chuckled like he knew that would never happen, her being able to get back at him.
Bulma's glare got even scarier as she backed him up and went into the other room to get ready
'We'll see who gets back at whom...' she mentally said as she set their communication barrier up once more, he wasn't sure what it was about that tone, but it turned him on, he groaned inwardly, now he didn't want to be at the ceremony at all.
'Great' he thought, that just meant they'd both get in trouble if they ditched the second they were in the clear. It was going to be a long day for both of them.
Bulma finished up the touches on her hair and smoothed her dress; it was a simple yet elegant gown. It was long and flowy and she knew that Vegeta would approve, it was stretchy in the front so it was comfy all around. She took a breath and just relaxed until she heard Vegeta pounding on her door,
"Woman! We're going to be late! Are you done getting ready yet? Let's go!" he wasn't a patient man, even with her. Especially with her, he wanted the ceremony to be over with so he could say they were together and no one could take her away.
Bulma rolled her eyes and got up, she went over and opened the door, she couldn't help her smirk when Vegeta's eyes looked her up and down, his mouth open like he was about to say something but it had gotten stuck in his throat the minute his eyes had sighted her.
"We were going to be late? Come on then Vegeta, staring isn't polite anyways," she snickered when he glared at her and she took his arm as they went down the stairs to the ball room.
"Hey Vegeta….how many people will be here?"
He smirked and opened the door to the room, her eyes almost popped out of her head; the entire freaking planet had shown up! They had used one of her father's inventions to make the room open up to the outside in the back and there were people as far as the eyes could see, and for a Saiyan that was far indeed.
"Holy freaking….is the entire solar system here?! We never had this many people at our palace for anything!"
Vegeta rolled his eyes
"Woman you're about to be married to the most important Prince in the galaxy, not to mention the most powerful. It's a big deal, you should be honored," he smirked and led her into the vast room. He glared at any man who dared try and touch his mate, he could see in their eyes that they thought she was sexy and something if they got their hands on they'd have a lot of bragging to do, but she was his, not theirs and whoever looked at her wrong was glared at, if that didn't work he'd growl. It took time to get to the other side of the room, and say hello to everyone in the room at the same time.
"BULMA!"
At the sound of her name Bulma turned and was hug tackled by her best friend
"ChiChi! I didn't know you'd be here!" she was smiling surprised and happily.
"Of course! I didn't think that you'd ever end up here, with Prince Vegeta! This is so amazing!"
Bulma smiled and talked to her old friend for another moment before Vegeta tugged at her arm
"Woman, let's go! You can talk later! We have things to be doing, that don't involve this harpy,"
"Hey! Vegeta can you try to be civil! Please? Chichi's my best friend, not to mention Goku's wife, hey where is Goku?"
"Oh he and Gohan will catch up with us in a second," she smiled at her best friend, ChiChi then turned and glared at Vegeta
"Listen here Prince Vegeta, I don't care that you're in charge of the planet, if you hurt or treat Bulma badly, I will hunt you down and personally torture you until you die, are we clear? And if you call me a harpy again, I promise, you won't like the results,"
Vegeta's eye twitched lightly and he clenched his fists, Bulma saw this and put her hand over his
"Cool it you two…ChiChi don't worry about that, and Vegeta, stop being such a prick!" Vegeta turned and looked at her like she was insane
"She started this! Why are you defending her and picking on me?! Bah utter nonsense!"
"Yeah I know, I don't get them either," Goku showed up next to Vegeta with his little son next to him, who ran and hugged his mother.
"Hn," Vegeta looked over the little boy in front of him, so that was the demon seed of Kakarot's, he didn't seem very powerful, he glared at the back of the boy's head for a moment.
"We should get going, Vegeta," Bulma tugged on his sleeve and smiled at him slightly.
"Hn," he turned and waited a moment while she set a time to meet up with her friends later and then walked away with her after they had gone. Bulma walked with him all the way to their destination. The ceremony was to be done with only parents and siblings and one other person of their choosing in the room for them. Bulma had her parents in the room, and Vegeta said that he didn't need anyone so Bulma had asked Goku to step in and be there for him, so when Goku walked in the room and sat on Vegeta's side of the bench he glared slightly then turned to his mate with a knowing and irked look.
'I told you I didn't need anyone here, woman, why don't you ever listen to me?'
'Listen to me for once, maybe I'll return the favor, besides he's worked for you for years, you're almost as good of friends as him and I are, so just shut up and be grateful you have a caring mate who will do that for you,'
Vegeta couldn't help his small smirk that threatened to escape, she cared, and that was the first time anyone had said that to him in his lifetime. He signaled to the guard to close the door and they began the private part of the ritual.
It was short, and simple. Bulma was slightly nervous but when their names were called she stepped up at the right time and took Vegeta's hand when the time called for it, her hand was shaking slightly and she felt comfort in the fact that his was a little bit too, it meant she wasn't completely alone in her nervousness. They made vows, to never leave each other, to be by each other's sides whenever they needed to be. They promised with their blood, a small cut in one of their fingers, and they put them together. Bulma cringed slightly before they touched, but when Vegeta's finger touched her own she let out a sigh. There was something inside her that felt so content, happy, completely whole, the feelings that buzzed through her, their bond was now complete and forever, nothing could break it.
The Prince closed his eyes for a moment and let out a very content and happy sigh. He opened his eyes and smiled very lightly at his princess, she was all his and since the ritual hadn't caused either of them pain or anguish, it meant they had always been destined to be together. Fate had been kind to both of them, allowing them to find each other. Vegeta let his fingers intertwine with hers and he just held them there, placing his forehead on hers and closing his eyes once more.
'Lyoub miyo' he mentally told her, she opened her eyes in surprise, then her expression softened greatly and she gently pressed her lips to his as she told him back in a more modern language
'I love you too Vegeta, and I'm not going to leave you ever,'
He looked at her and she saw the peace and happy look in his eyes, he was content and happy with their relationship, it hadn't taken very long, because they were always meant to be together, this had always been meant to be and it made them closer than ever before. Those feelings of combined content and happiness had them both is very good moods for the ten minutes they weren't with people. The second they got into the big crowd, they were showered with congratulations, pushing past people trying to get through all of them, and still trying to be polite, which the Prince was struggling to do, since he was neither patient nor polite, so Bulma had to take over when he was at the end of his rope.
The night seemed like it would never end. Bulma's parents had given them a fabulous moving out gift, they had her lab from back home with all her equipment and projects inside brought to the palace and put next to the other one, with an escape route into her bedroom should she need it. It made her extremely happy.
"Vegeta, it's been almost ten hours…can we be done?" she asked him as the party and reception continued to drag on, she was pregnant and was getting more and more tired every day, she could if she tried and wanted to, but she would be very irritable and almost killed three people who asked her if she needed help the last time she stayed up too late.
"Just a little longer, most of the elders have left, once the last one is gone, you and I can split," Vegeta rubbed his temple and shook his head, he scowled when he sensed who was coming over
"Princess, Princess!" it was Kakarot's son
"Hello there Gohan, it's nice to see you again, where're your mother and father?" she smiled and bended down to be eye level with the young boy
"My dad wanted me to find you and ask you something…" the boy looked nervous
"What's that?"
"Uh…well…umm…"
"Gohan! You found her!" the boy looked relieved to hear his mother's voice, he smiled up at her and nodded.
"Yes mother, I did, I was just about to…"
"Bulma! Why didn't you tell me that you were pregnant!"
Bulma blushed intensely and shook her head
"SHH! ChiChi! That wasn't supposed to be public knowledge yet!"
She rolled her eyes and waved it off
"Oh stop, it's not the end of the world, I just wanted to tell you I am too!" she smiled happily at her best friend. Bulma couldn't help but hug her and giggle slightly
"Guess that means that our kids will be best friends huh, we had that planned perfectly, how far along are you?"
"I just found out yesterday, so just barely, I wasn't going to tell you but I thought since Goku told me you were, I needed to tell you I was too!" ChiChi was beaming with excitement.
"How on Vegeta-sai did he know that? I'm going to harm him…" Bulma's eye twitched slightly in irritation and Vegeta chuckled a deep throaty chuckle at that. It always turned him on when she was angry, it always meant more fun and passion for him. He wrapped an arm around her waist, and hid it under her dress, slowly moving his fingers up to find her skin. He felt her shiver while he did that, he smirked. He was tuning out the conversation she was having with her harpy friend, and just enjoying her reactions to him touching her discreetly like this in public, he wanted to see what she'd do. He traced a circle on her side and trailed his hand over to her stomach, the entire time the dress covering up what he was doing. He was a master at sneakiness, he was good at being discreet, and it was one of the things Bulma loved about him.
He took his time, tracing a line down her stomach right above where her skirt met her shirt and dipped his hand underneath it, making her gulp and gasp quietly at what he was doing. She could have, and probably would have stopped him if they weren't in public, but she couldn't in that moment, it would have embarrassed her too much to stop him then and there. She was blushing intensely and trying to focus on anything but the feeling of his hand slowly getting lower and lower and lower. Vegeta couldn't help but keep his innocent face on when she turned and glared at him with half lidded- lust filled eyes. She had just sent ChiChi and Gohan away after inviting them to stay with them for a few weeks before they were both due to be together. Which of course was accepted, but that was over and Bulma needed to make her Prince see that she wasn't in the mood to be teased that night,
"You should stop, don't start something you don't intend to finish very, very soon,"
Vegeta smirked at her comment and looked into her eyes, his hand slowly tracing back up her skin
"Who said anything about not finishing what I started?"
Bulma glared at him a moment more before smirking and taking his hand out of her dress and holding it tightly so he couldn't get out of her grasp, he raised an eyebrow and she winked before yawning and then looking around, the last elder there was Oni, she looked at her father who was talking to him and waited for just the right moment, then she ran for it, straight inside, Vegeta close at her heals, she had timed it perfectly, the second they were out of sight she jumped up and wrapped her legs around his waist, her arms around his neck and she pressed herself as much to him as she could, licking up his neck, he couldn't hold back a small groan of pleasure and that groan made him growl in frustration, he made a huge effort to not make sounds when they got sexual, so he could hear her, and whenever she made him make a sound he would always make her scream his name louder than before.
Bulma smiled against his skin as she continued her assault on his neck
"Mmm let's make this even more official than before shall we?" she asked him slightly out of breath herself. Vegeta felt like what he needed more than anything in that moment was her, and if he was denied even another few minutes then he would have to harm people. He flew them back to their room and shut the door behind them, locking it in one fluid motion. Their bond had gotten even stronger during the ceremony, it felt like every minute with her, he couldn't get enough, he would always need her there, he would always be hers, and she would always be his.
The feeling was even more undeniable for Bulma, after waiting all day for this, after what he had pulled that morning, she was ready and wanting, full of passion and desire. It was her turn to take control and show him how much she cared and loved him. How much she needed him. These feelings took over as they made love over and over. Never satisfied, never enough, until they couldn't go on anymore, and they collapsed in sleep, clinging to one another, legs entangled, arms wrapped around each other, blissfully asleep, dreaming about their family they would have soon. It was all good thoughts at the moment, they were too far gone to get that uneasy feeling that something wasn't going to go right in the next year or two. Right now their thoughts were calm and content. And they'd stay that way until something happened to them.
They were forever together, official, whole at last.
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Had a sick day from school, thought i'd put it to good use :) hope you enjoyed it.
