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If you haven't yet, be sure to check out my new story Coming Clean. It's just budding, but I have high hopes for it. It has romance, angst, hurt, comfort, humor, and much more. Basically, it's a series of flashbacks between Goku and Vegeta reflecting on their lives with their respective wives. There's even a little GohanxVidel in there. :P

Getting back to this story, though, I hope this chapter isn't too much on the melodramatic scale, but I'm sure it will end up being so toward the end. Either way, I hope you enjoy, and be ready for the next update to come very soon. ^^

A Desire Is Not A Wish

Chapter 14 - The Antonym of Conclusions

Goku stepped forward, a lump rising in his throat. He had never seen Vegeta like this. There was fire in the prince's eyes, but that was nothing Goku hadn't seen before. It was the sorrow behind the blaze that scared him so much.

"Vegeta!" he screamed out against the wind and the distance. The prince raised his eyes slightly and his piercing gaze almost caused Goku to step back in his tracks. There was no anger there. Frustration perhaps, but no anger.

"Kakarot," Vegeta said. A simple statement of acknowledgement his fellow saiyan's presence.

When Goku realized he wasn't going to get much more than this from him, he tried to keep his attention fixed on him, rather than the dragon. He wasn't sure what he intended to do, but he was quite sure it wouldn't be anything good.

"Vegeta, what are you doing?" he asked desperately. He wanted to come closer to the prince, to try to understand the situation better, but at this point he was too afraid of what Vegeta might do if he approached him.

"I'm taking care of a problem," he replied evenly. He didn't seem to want to divulge anything to him without a fight. Whatever he was up to, Vegeta was determined to go through with it, but he didn't seem to want Goku around.

"I don't understand. What do you mean?"

"I mean just what I say, Kakarot. I'm taking care of something I should have taken care of a long time ago," he gave a sure impression that he did not want Goku to be involved.

"What kind of problem, Vegeta? Please, let me help you!" he shouted this as he finally dared to step a little closer.

"Nothing that concerns you, Kakarot! Just leave me to my business. I'll be through soon, and you can bother me with your incessant questioning later," he snapped. It was obvious that he didn't want Goku any closer, and that only made him more nervous. What could he possibly be up to that he wouldn't want others to stop him from doing?

"Vegeta, listen. I know that some...weird...things have been going on between us lately, and I don't want you to think that those things affect the way that things are for us."

Vegeta raised an eyebrow at the lower-class's poor choice of wording. "What could you possibly mean by that? You're not making any sense, Kakarot."

"Ugh..." Goku let out a frustrated grunt. Why couldn't he just tell Vegeta how he felt? Was he afraid of what he might say? How he might act? A combination of the two? "I just...I don't want things to be weird. I want thing to go back to the way they were, before-"

"Before anything happened between us," Vegeta finished for him. "I know. I know all that you want is to be with your family. And I belong with mine. And if I hadn't told my woman that things were over, then perhaps I would have the same chance you do. That's why I have decided to make this wish. I'm going to wish that I hadn't made the...mistakes...that I did with you. And that I wouldn't feel the way that I do, like some sort of uncontrollable adolescent."

Goku was speechless. Did he really think that what they had done, what they were was a...mistake? "I wasn't going to say that, Vegeta. I was going to say that I wished we could go back to the way we were before I lied to you."

Vegeta's features softened into surprise and confusion. "What?"

Goku sighed. "Vegeta...I'm sorry. I lied to you, and I never should have."

The prince didn't say anything. All he did was fold his arms and give him a look that said "explain yourself." So Goku continued. "When you came to find me, and I told you that I wanted to go home, it wasn't really because I wanted to see my wife. There's nothing there for me anymore. I do miss my family, but being with Chi Chi is not who I am. I just heard your conversation with Bulma and I-"

"You heard that?" Vegeta interrupted quickly. "What did you hear? And why did you leave if it wasn't to go see that woman? You're not making any sense, Kakarot."

"I heard part of it. I heard you telling Bulma how special she was to you and I didn't want to ruin your family like I did mine. So I left. And I lied to you about it. I shouldn't have, but I thought it would be best for both of us."

At this point, the Shenron decided he had had enough chatter out of the both of them. "Enough. Make your wish."

Both saiyans turned to look up at the mighty dragon. They had almost been so lost in their own world that they had forgotten about him. Goku glanced over at Vegeta uneasily. "Listen, I know I haven't done much right when it comes to you and me. But the last thing I want is for you to wish away everything. Please, Vegeta. Don't do this."

The prince shot a look upwards, and then back at Goku. And Goku heard the last three words he had wanted to hear.

"Shenron, I wish..."

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