First steps together

Three little knocks made her jump up and practically run towards her front door while she tried to comb her hair with her fingers. Her hair hadn't seen a real comb after she had woken up. She had been too lazy to use one. After all, it was Sunday, she had no training today and she didn't want to get out. The weather was cold and rainy.

Opening the door she was greeted by Goku with his usual happy smile. Funny, how normal it already had became, him coming over like that. He searched for her company on every occasion. She didn't mind it. In fact, she looked forward to each knock.

His arm brushed hers as he entered her apartment and she automatically looked up into his smiling face. Wasn't it amazing how destiny had fulfilled her teenage dreams? There actually stood the man of her dreams before her right in the middle of the hallway of her apartment.

Okay, he hadn't been the one for a long time but Chichi was talented when it meant ignoring her own faults. The past was the past, what did she care about the things she had said three years ago? Now all that mattered was the present.

"Earth to Chi?"

"Huh? What?"

He chuckled as he took his jacket off. "Are you waiting for someone else or why aren't you closing the door?"

"Oh I'm sorry!" She smacked it close and leaned her back on the cold surface. Biting her lip she just watched him looking at her in amusement before she went past him and into her little kitchen.

"I've just made some tea. Want some?" His chest touched her back lightly a few seconds later as he leaned over and observed the tea pot she held between her fingers.

"What kind of tea?"

"Uh...Jasmin?" she turned her head until she could see the lower half of his face. Could she be brave enough to just kiss him now?

"Alright! I will get one." With that he ruffled her already messy hair and went away again. What the heck? Chichi looked at his back confusedly. It wasn't the first time he would approach her like that and then just leave her a second later. Either he would ruffle her hair, pat her back, pinch her nose or just leave without doing anything!

As she watched the aromatic water fill her cups she wondered if she was doing anything wrong. The day of Bulma's breakfast already had been ten days ago. Ten days! Ever since then nothing really had happened again. Okay, they had been going on dates but only on those days where the both of them had trained together anyway. Kisses only happened on her forehead or on her nose occasionally. She wasn't a child, for god's sake!

Huffing she decided she needed to work on her sex-appeal if she wanted to get the attention from him she desired. HA! All of them were underestimating little virgin Chichi! She would get what she wanted from him!

Maybe...

When entering her living room with shaky legs, he already sat on her couch, looking into his mobile phone with eyes narrowed.

"Anything wrong?" she wanted to know as she put his tea in front of him, took her own cup between both hands and sat down on the floor, feet crossed.

He looked stressed out all of a sudden.

"Vegeta's thinking about quitting being my manager. He wants me to be someone who's looking for new talents now." Goku sighed as he rubbed his face with his palms. "I've never thought about being a manager. I'm more like – "

"A trainer for fun. Someone's who's running just because he can do it marvelously." She interrupted him before she blew the steam of her tea away.

"Ah, you just know me too well, Chi." He chuckled as he reached for his own cup but got it snatched away by her sneaky fingers.

"Huh? I thought this was mine – "

"It is yours..." she looked away with a red face, slightly pouting. "...if you're willing to win it."

"Win it?" he grinned cheekily while leaning his cheek on his fist. Now what was his Chichi thinking of now? "Do you want me to race you?"

"That would be too simple, dummy!" she stretched her tongue out playfully. "You would win against me in no time."

"Then what should I do?"

"Take it from me." She looked at him with big longing eyes as she just held the cup as far away from him as her arm was allowing her to. Lunch had told her about "the look". Make big eyes, look up, pout a little and you get everything you wish for.

There he had it! Who could win against her pleading eyes like that? Now he just had to read the signs and give her a real kiss, right? Right?

With one swift movement he suddenly grabbed the cup from her hands and sipped on his tea, ruffling her head playfully again.

"Nice try!" He laughed delightedly. "Maybe this would have been a challenge if you wouldn't be so tiny." He grinned before he received a hit with her little fist against his upper arm what made him only laugh the more.

For god's sake! For all those years she had thought he was a lust hungry barbarian and here he wouldn't even touch her when she wanted him to!

If she knew how much self control it had cost him ignoring her pleading eyes she probably would have thought otherwise.

Why had he promised Bulma not to rush anything again?

Ah, yes. Because he was afraid of her temper...

xXx

Lunch thought hard as she looked at her black haired friend.

"So he doesn't do anything? Ever?"

"To say he does nothing would be wrong..." Chichi pouted. "He touches me as often as he can but that's all it is." She hid her face behind her palms . "I feel pathetic. I'm not used having a boyfriend, but I know I enjoy him touching me. I may be a virgin, but I know what happens between male and female. I'm not ignorant and we've passed the stage of being teenagers long ago. I don't mind the things happening because I know they have to happen...someday." Now she looked at her blond friend.

Lunch crossed her arms as she inclined her neck. "Someday? Oh Chi...Look at how lucky you are..."

"How so?"

"He loves you so much as to ignore his needs in order to not rush you into anything you wouldn't want to. He's twenty-seven, for god's sake. He longs for more than just a hot kiss. Maybe he can't stop once he has started."

Chichi got the hint immediately and her face heated up at the thought.

Lunch sighed as she patted her arm gently. "Maybe you just have to let him do what he wants and tell him to stop once it's enough for you. I guess he will obediently listen to your request."

"Before I can tell him to stop he first needs to start."

"Well" the blond flipped her hair back as she smiled warmly. "Maybe you should take the initiative then."

"Oh god..."

"You never know unless you try." Lunch winked at her before she took her stuff and excused herself. She was off for a date.

xXx

One month. Already one month had passed since their last intimate moment which meant nothing more than a simple kiss. Was getting comfortable with each other that complicated? She never would have guessed...Or maybe she wasn't just good at it?

But it had to end now! If he didn't want to come to her, then she had to go to him!

Chichi waited nervously for a few seconds before the door to Goku's apartment swung to the side and presented her his warm smile. Without another thought she presented him a tiny smile, breathed out a small "hi" before she went on her tiptoes and planted a soft kiss on his mouth, pressed her little body past his and went into the apartment without another word but with a glowing face and an accelerating heartbeat.

Good god! Had his lips always tasted that delicious?

"It's rather cold out today." She started a small-talk as she got rid of her jacket with shaky fingers and hung it on a free spot in his hall-stand. Goku would just look at her in a quite perplexed way before he regained his composure, closed the door and nodded with a small grin covering his face. "They say it's going to stay that cold for a while. It's autumn after all. Want something hot to drink?"

"Coffee would be great! Do you have one?" she followed him like a puppy and watched him handle everything in the kitchen. Did the kiss even work?! He looked so calm!

"I don't really know if I have any..." he searched his cabinets aimlessly and Chichi had to hold in a chuckle, her sudden anger forgotten. Bulma had once told her that he was like an elephant once he was in the kitchen. She had to admit, her blue haired friend was right. He just opened every drawer, rummaged through them and left them wide open.

"Let me help you." She suggested as she pushed him to the side and started searching the cabinets herself. In fact he had found the coffee twice without recognizing the package. "You know what this sign means?" she showed him the coffee powder. "It's a coffee bean. A coffee bean!" she laughed at his facial expression. "Go sit down, I will do the rest."

"But you always to the rest..." he hid his hands inside his pockets and leaned his back against the big fridge.

"Well, I know how to use the things in the kitchen." She mocked him as she stuck her tongue out at him. His sullen face was adorable so she couldn't help herself but lean over to him, placing a soft peck on his cheek before turning away from him and focusing on handling the coffee machine. It felt normal to her. Her instincts told her she was doing fine.

And Goku? Instead of being utterly surprised he kept silent and watched her handle everything brilliantly, like always.

The battle with his inner self was, naturally, totally unnoticed by her. He had trained himself the last years to never show it to anyone.

Ten minutes later she sat down on the table with a steaming cup between her delicate fingers, looking at Goku intensly. "You look tired. Is something bothering you? Is it about the thing Vegeta wanted you to do? Being a manager that is?"

Goku sighed deeply before he grabbed his own cup and brought it up to his mouth without drinking anything yet. They liked drinking hot stuff together when it was cold outside and cozy inside, didn't they? "He assigned me to be someone's trainer without asking me beforehand..."

That caught her by surprise. "So you already have someone you need to train?" Her brain worked a few more seconds before she hesitantly wanted to know what that meant for her.

"I've never been your official trainer. I was just a temporary substitute." He blew the steam from his cup before he sipped his coffee.

"Oh. So...we will not see each other as often anymore? Or train?" The sadness in her eyes was obvious and he grabbed her fingers gently as she sat her cup down again.

"Who said we weren't going to train together or see each other anymore because of this?"

"Well, it's normal for you to have less time. Your pupil should be the first to come, right?"

He chuckled before he pinched her nose with his fingers softly, making her look at him. "The first person on my list is sitting right in front of me. This new made pupil of mine will only be important for 6 hours per week, while you on the other hand will be important for the rest of my life."

"Do you think about the things you say or do you say them as they pop up in your head?" the black haired looked at him with blushing cheeks. Never had she expected him to tell her his feelings that freely and without a specific reason. It sounded like a proposal!

"They basically just pop up in my head." He winked at her.

"You're unbelievable." She evaded his gaze in embarrassment before she chuckled lightly. "This poor person will be stuck with you; I hope he knows what's happening to him."

"The only person who should think about the things happening to her is you." He announced with mirth in his eyes and earned her choking on her coffee. His carefree laughter filled the whole living room.

"What was that for?" she questioned him with tears in her eyes as her last coughing died down. Having coffee come up your nose isn't funny at all! "Don't shock me like that!"

"You had it coming!" he smiled at her as he patted her back soothingly. He had come to her aid as soon as she had started to catch her breath. "That was punishment for coming in like that, kissing me and behaving like it is nothing special."

"What?!" her eyes couldn't have been bigger. Nothing special? "Are we talking about me? What about you, huh? Do you even realize how much courage that cost me? I'm not used to such things!" She answered angrily. "By the way, it was you who stood there as if nothing special happened! You didn't even respond! It's your fault I had to do it like that anyway! You wouldn't do anything, so Lunch told me to be the one taking the initiative!"

"You shouldn't force yourself to do things you don't want to do." He sighed as he grabbed her arm and gently brought her to her feet. "I know you're not used to such things, that's why I'm trying not to rush you into anything. We have enough time."

"It has been one month since we last kissed...and I'm not a kid. Believe it or not, but I like having people dear to me close." She pouted, unable to look him in the eye. "So I didn't force myself. I wanted to do it. I know what happens between...lovers. "

His thumb caressed her cheek and made her look at him. His mouth was only inches away from hers. "You do?" he wanted to know with an intense expression covering his face which made her gulp.

"Y-yes."

"Like what?" the caress of his finger was giving her goose pumps, but she didn't mind the alien feeling of it. It was quite enjoyable.

"W-well!" she cleared her throat. "First of all, you want to touch the other person constantly." As if on cue his other hand sneaked its way around her torso holding her firm against his wide chest.

"Like that?"

"A-and t-then you won't stop looking at each other." His gaze became, if possible, even more intense. "Y-you kiss."

He closed the gap between the both of them, laying his lips gently on hers for a few seconds before leaving her again. Her fingers grabbed the fabric of his sleeves.

"A lot." She added with a red head only to earn a low laugh form him before Goku slowly and softly kissed her forehead, her nose, her cheeks, the corner of her mouth...

"You're teasing me." She stated with a grim yet cute look.

"You said kiss a lot, didn't you." He smiled against her neck before he planted a soft kiss right under her left ear what made her shudder in excitement. "What's next?"

"You ruined the mood, I won't tell you." She announced yet her beet red face said otherwise. She was definitely electrified by his actions. And he was torturing himself. If she knew what he fantasized about at night she wouldn't even have started this conversation...

"Alright, then we stop here." He released her slowly, feeling his own beating heart pumping hard against his ribcage. Every cell in his body wanted to continue. This was getting harder each time the both of them were alone...he knew it was getting dangerous for her.

"You're coffee's cold now, I guess."

She felt hot all over, her lower parts pulsated uncomfortably and he behaved like a god damn priest! What did it matter if the coffee got cold?

xXx

Who would have thought he had such a body control when it mattered? Goku sighed as he lay down on his sofa after Chichi had left again. Three years he had stroked his little friend constantly while thinking of one particular woman and now after finally having her in his arms he still had the control to stop his inner beast!

He was amazed by himself.

And it amazed him even more how bold Chichi actually was. He was proud of being the first one to be able to see this side of her.

He was blessed by the gods.

But on the other hand he was cursed as she was like a wicked little witch, pushing him to the edge. Sooner or later he probably would surprise her with his passion and scare her away, right?

An uncomfortable throbbing made his current state clear again.

Just a few more minutes and he would have embarrassed himself in front of her by ejaculating into his pants! It was pure coincidence her mobile phone disturbed the strange atmosphere between the both them.

It was as if Bulma suddenly had a sixth sense and knew she had to save him.

Or her.

It didn't matter who.

The sudden ringing of his own phone got him out of his trance and he lazily picked it up.

"Undress." A female voice told him and he almost fell from his couch.

"Say what?"

"The next step lovers do after kissing a lot is to undress." The female, which unmistakable had to be Chichi explained further, her voice clearly shaking. "And you feel the body of each other as they are. Skin on skin."

"Uh..."he was at a loss of words. Where the hell did she have the courage to just start that topic from anew?

"That's what's going to happen. I know that and I don't mind experiencing it with you! Just get that into your stubborn brain, idiot!" with that she cut their connection just at the right time.

Goku, still perplexed and with a overheated body sighed as he looked down at himself.

Now she had done it.

He laughed tiredly as he couldn't believe what just had happened.

Forget the gods. He was definitely cursed.

And his pants needed to be changed.