Chapter Fourteen

Vegeta's entourage, consisting of himself, Goku, Tarble and Turles, ate together in the Palace dining hall, Vegeta and Goku seated together on one side of the table, Turles and Tarble across from them. Vegeta noted how they mirrored each other, Tarble a younger looking version of himself, Goku a lighter skinned, younger version of Turles. The irony was not lost on him and he would've laughed had the situation not been as tense as it was.

Goku ate with his usual gusto, oblivious to the tension in the room as he tried to consume as his mouth would allow in one go. Tarble kept glancing at Goku, a small blush on his cheeks as he absentmindedly played with his food, taking small bites now and again, Vegeta fighting to hold back a growl.

Turles was subdued as usual, watching the proceedings with little interest, although Vegeta could sense he was acutely aware of what was going on and was mentally filing it away.

Vegeta ate quietly, trying to ignore the others and instead think about what happened earlier. He fought to keep the blush from his cheeks as he remembered the kiss he'd shared with Goku, the image of the tall idiot grinning down at him, shyly admitting his lust for the Prince.

An image of where it could have gone had they not been called away filled his mind and he almost bent his fork in agitation, quickly setting it down and picking up chunk of roast meat on the bone, biting into it as he tried to retrace exactly when his feelings had grown for his bodyguard.

He tried to remember the day he had first laid eyes on Goku, how he had felt that day and all the other subsequent days after. He remembered indignation at his attitude, the frustration at not being able to pummel his smug face into the ground. But he also remembered…admiration? Goku was the first person who had ever back chatted him, had ever treated him as an equal. He had never kiss assed Vegeta, always telling him exactly what he thought. He had never met someone so….honest.

He sighed and laid back in his chair, biting into the meat, despite it having lost all flavour some time ago. Being around Goku was so…easy. So comfortable. It suddenly dawned on him how lax they had become around each other, Goku rarely even referred to him as Prince Vegeta, or even Your Highness anymore. He realised they would have to step up their appearance if they were going to continue….whatever this was.

Ugh! A couple of stolen kisses and Vegeta was already acting as if they were planning midnight rendezvous! The urge to pull his hair and scream bloody murder was extremely tempting.

"Vegeta?"

Vegeta blinked and looked up, blushing in embarrassment when he noted that the whole table was looking at him. He looked over at Goku, who was raised an eyebrow at him. "Yes Kakarotto?"

"I said, you gonna finish that?" Goku asked, pointing to the roast meat bone still in Vegeta's grasp. Vegeta blinked at him then back at the bone before holding it out to Goku. "Take it"

Goku made a small happy noise and grabbed it from Vegeta's hold, practically swallowing the whole thing in two bites. Vegeta blinked as his bodyguard contently licked his fingers clean, a grin of satisfaction on his face and slammed his head on the table, covering his head with his hands.

Goku and the others blinked in surprise, Goku moving his chair back slightly so he lean over to Vegeta. "Vegeta? Hey you ok?" he said, rubbing Vegeta's back through his cape gently.

Vegeta made a small noise, like a whimper and a groan rolled into a chuckle. Goku looked at him worriedly and looked up at Tarble, who was staring wide eyed at his older brother. "Tarble, could you please give me a moment to speak with Vegeta?"

Tarble blinked, looking from Goku to Vegeta before nodding, standing up and beckoning to Turles, who followed him out of the room. As soon as the door had closed, Goku leaned in close to Vegeta, shaking him slightly. "Vegeta? What's going on?"

Goku tilted his head, his ear pointed at Vegeta, trying to listen for any sort of sound. He scrunched his face up in annoyance, hearing Vegeta whisper "idiot" and sat up, leaning back. "Vegeta! Talk to me! You totally freaked out Tarble and Turles! Tell me what's going on!"

Vegeta sighed and uncovered his face, leaning back in his chair, closing his eyes. "How can you be so calm Kakarotto?"

"Hmm?" Goku tilted his head, a clueless expression on his face as he folded his arms. "Calm about what?"

Vegeta spluttered, sitting up in his chair as he hissed at Goku. "About this! Us!"

Goku frowned. "Vegeta, it was one kiss. There isn't really an 'Us' yet…"

Vegeta slunk down, looking forlorn for a split second. "It was two kisses actually…but still! How are you so calm!? I've been racking my brain trying to figure out how to…!" He was stopped mid ramble by Goku pressing a finger to Vegeta's lips, a small smile on his face. Vegeta glared up at him.

"You're letting yourself get too worked up about it. I mean, if you keep thinking about it, then you work yourself up about it and then people can tell something's bothering you, y'know?" Goku said, a curious look on his face as he thought about it, Vegeta surprised at how intelligent he sounded.

"How the hell can you be so reasonable?" Vegeta muttered, folding his arms as Goku moved his finger away, already missing the contact.

"Well it's not as if we decided to take it any further right? I mean…do you? Want to?" Goku said, staring at Vegeta with those clear, questioning eyes. Vegeta shifted uncomfortably under his questioning look. "Well you said, to be continued, so I thought you…we…would…" he drifted off, looking away and the two became quiet, the room filling with silence.

Goku watched Vegeta for a moment before sighing, standing and pushing his chair back under the table. "Come on, let's go for a walk around the gardens…maybe the air and the quiet will do us both some good".

Vegeta nodded and stood, turning to walk from the room when Goku grabbed his arm, pulling him into an embrace. "Before you make your decision, can I add one thing?" he whispered, planting a searing kiss on Vegeta's lips, Vegeta's eyes opening in shock before lidding, kissing back momentarily before Goku pulled away, a smirk on his lips.

The pair stared at each other for a moment longer before Vegeta pulled back, punching Goku in the shoulder. "Bastard! That was unfair!" he hissed, turning with a flourish of his cape as he yanked open the door and left, Goku hesitating before following his charge.

Hi everyone! Thank you to all the follows and a big thank you for the wonderful reviews I've been getting! They really keep me pumped up to write more! ^_^

Sorry this one is so short, I took a couple of days off from writing as I had a busy few days, but should be back into it within the next couple of days.

Just a quick reply to one of my reviewers Axya: Just to clarify, when I say levels, I mean how descriptive do the readers want me to be, not how romantic the scene between GxV is. Obviously, I will try to alternate the romance and the um..."bunny humping" (hah!) scenes later on, but in this first big scene, I need to know whether you all want me to be " he gave him a kiss and lost himself to pleasure" [End scene] OR "he put this there and they did that and good grief he put what where?! [End scene] sort of descriptions.

If you'd like some examples, the following are links to an OC story I was writing involving my own characters and a friends. The story was filled with elements of both gay and hetero love scenes and were pretty dirty. Probably not a ten but I would definitely say possibly a 8 or 9. Give em a read and let me know if this sort of writing will be ok for you, otherwise I will work up an alternative.

To everyone else, please also feel free to give em a read and see what you think. These were done about 2 years ago, I haven't updated the fic since though.

Kinda, I Want To [Yaoi scene] - art/Kinda-I-Want-To-Chapter-23-5-295693967

Kinda, I Want To [Hentai scene] - art/KIWT-Bonus-Chapter-15-5-160292429

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