I realized that the time skip was too much; so I've decided to rewrite this chapter. I also decided to rewrite how Lily & Haruto meet.
I will however post the original chapter separately & you can be the judge of which one you like more.
Three Months Later:
It had now been a full year since Lily had come to live with Trunks and all that and the last three months have gone smoothly.
Trunks and Lily were at the park when she seen a boy with shoulder length greenish-blue hair and yellow eyes about the age of seven or eight; he really had Lily's attention.
"Daddy! Daddy!" Lily exclaimed excitedly.
"What is it Lily?" Trunks asked confused.
"That boy!" Lily said pointing at the boy.
"What about him?" Trunks asked and then he seen it; he looked like a much younger version of Haruto.
"Haruto?" Trunks asked getting the boy's attention.
"Are you part of the Briefs family?" Haruto asked looking at the two.
"Yes…but how do you know this?" Trunks asked as Lily swayed back and forth excitedly.
"I had a dream about you and your family…mainly a girl named Lily." Haruto said seriously.
"Yes, that's us; I am Trunks and this is Lily." Trunks said calmly.
"I'm Haruto and I'm seven and a half." Haruto said calmly.
"I am Lily and I am four." Lily said happily.
Just then both children fell over as their breaths were taken away and their eyes sparkled.
'Even as young as they are, they're connecting now. They must really meant to be together.
"So, where are your parents?" Trunks asked curious.
"My dad is a Saiyan and he killed my mother who was half Nekodian and half human…after raping her to get me. I am half Saiyan and Nekodian." Haruto said seriously, shocking Trunks and confusing Lily.
"So…where are you living?" Trunks asked concerned.
"Here and there; I just got to earth from space." Haruto said calmly.
"Do you want a place to stay?" Trunks asked calmly.
"What do you mean? I am a stranger to you." Haruto said calmly.
"You are no stranger; you are Lily's mate. You two just connected; so you are family. So come on; we're heading home." Trunks said seriously.
"O-ok…" Haruto said shocked as he walked next to Lily.
"Haru, let's be friends!" Lily said happily.
"Ok…but my name is Haruto." Haruto said calmly.
"Yay; my friend Haru!" Lily said happily.
"I suppose…you're just going to call me Haru…" Haruto grumbled.
"That she is…" Trunks said with a smile.
"We're home!" Trunks called as they walked into the house.
"Welcome home. Oh, who is this?" Bulma asked when she seen Haruto.
"What's going on?" Vegeta asked coming out of the training room.
"Mom, dad, this is Haruto…Lily's mate; they've connected. Haruto, these are my parents, Bulma and Vegeta. Oh, and I've invited Haruto to come live with us. He has no family and we have two extra rooms." Trunks explained calmly.
"O.K…" Bulma and Vegeta said shocked.
"Welcome to the family!" Bulma said happily.
"Who's this kid?" Bulla asked as she and Goten walked in through the front door.
"Bulla, Goten, this is Lily's mate, Haruto. Yes, they've connected. Haruto, this is my younger sister Bulla and her boyfriend/mate Goten. And he's going to be living with us. If anyone has a problem with that I can start searching for my own home." Trunks said introducing everyone…again.
"No! I mean…you can't move out yet… Haruto living here is just fine. I know you have to move out eventually, but not now." Bulma said right away.
"Why does he get to live here and not Goten?" Bulla asked demanding an answer.
"Lily, why don't you take Haruto to your room for awhile and play?" Trunks said looking at Lily.
"Otay! Come on Haru; you can meet Pachi and my kitties!" Lily exclaimed happily taking Haruto by the hand and taking him to her room.
"I invited him to live here because he has no one. He is half Saiyan and half Nekodian like Lily…a little different seeing as he has a cat's tail…but you get that point. His dad is a Saiyan and his mother was half Saiyan and half human; his father raped his mother to get him and then killed her later on. He must've been older because he remembers it all. He said he just arrived on earth from space a little while ago and has nowhere to stay. He's just seven and a half; he can't be living on the streets alone…let alone at all." Trunks said seriously.
"Oh my…if you would've said that right away I would've just said of course he can stay. That poor boy. I guess he and Lily have some things in common." Bulma said sadly.
"Yeah…they both have a shitty parent." Vegeta said simply.
"You're ok with all this? Why can't Goten move in?" Bulla asked complaining even more.
"Because…Goten has a family who loves him; and now so will Haruto." Bulma said as she started thinking of preparing his room. Plus, she just loved shopping.
"Oh Haruto…" Bulma called walking down to Lily's room.
"Haruto? What in the world?" Bulma asked walking into Lily's room.
"Shh…Haru's sleeping." Lily said shhhing Bulma with her finger up to her mouth.
"He must've been so exhausted." Bulma said looking at Haruto while he slept on Lily's giant stuffed animal on the floor.
"Yeah…" Lily said covering him up with a blanket.
"Come on Lily; let's let him sleep for awhile." Bulma said picking Lily up and carried her out to the living room.
"What's going on? Where's Haruto?" Trunks asked when Bulma brought Lily out.
"Haru's sleeping." Lily said with a big smile.
"Yeah, he fell asleep on her giant teddy bear on her floor. He must've been so exhausted; but he looks so peaceful." Bulma said smiling.
"I know that look… What have you got planned?" Trunks and Vegeta asked looking at Bulma.
"Nothing… Lily, what do you think Haruto would like? What do you think his favorite colors are?" Bulma asked Lily who looked like she was thinking really hard.
"I don't know…but Green or blue." Lily said with a smile.
Haruto ended up waking up two hours later at about two thirty.
"Good affernoon Haru!" Lily said happily.
"So it wasn't all a dream…" Haruto said looking around.
"Nope; not this time." Trunks said calmly.
"Oh you're awake; I'm so glad." Bulma said happily.
"Word of advice kid… Run." Vegeta said half seriously.
"Oh haha; you're so funny!" Bulma said smacking Vegeta over the head with a rolled up newspaper.
"God damnit woman; I was just kidding!" Vegeta exclaimed holding his head.
"Anyways…how would you like to go shopping for stuff for you new room? You know…a bed, dresser, desk, books, toys, ECT?" Bulma asked looking at Haruto.
"Oh umm…I guess…" Haruto started, but was interrupted by Bulma.
"Great! Let's go! Come on guys; we're gonna need your strength!" Bulma exclaimed happily as she grabbed Haruto and Lily and took them to the van.
Trunks and Vegeta just exchanged looks before sighing and going to the van.
On the way to the stores they stopped and picked up a small moving truck.
"Ok, here we are!" Bulma said happily.
"Welcome back! I recognize you guys from last year. Did she change her mind and want a pink princess bed?" The elderly lady from last year asked hopeful.
"Nope; we're here for him this time." Bulma said happily.
"Yuck…pink." Lily said like she said last year.
"Huhhh…everything's set up the same…you know where to find everything. Call if you need any help." The lady said as they all went to the back to find Haruto a bed.
"Do you see anything you like?" Trunks asked looking around.
"Yes; I like that one." Haruto said pointing to a bed with a headboard designed with planets and a green and blue patterned blanket. It was also a firm mattress; very different from Lily's soft mattress.
He also picked out a dark blue dresser with stars all over it with a matching dresser.
Next was the toy store where he only picked out a few different stuffed animals and model planes; he didn't seem too interested in toys. He did however, seem to really like books and puzzles; he got a lot of those.
And finally to Bulma's favorite part…clothes shopping.
"Hehehe…now it's your turn…" Lily said with a somewhat evil laugh while rubbing her hands together.
In the end Haruto went home with several pairs of shorts, shirts, pants, pajamas, a pair of tennis shoes, a pair of flip-flops and a pair of swim trunks.
Bulma also made Lily try on some new outfits she thought were so adorable.
"That's what you get for laughing at Haruto…" Trunks sighed as they walked out of the store with everything.
"I know…I sorry Haru…" Lily said softly, embarrassed by her actions.
"It's ok…I get why you did it." Haruto said calmly.
"Will Haruto be able to meet my friends?" Lily asked as they went home.
"Some time, yes." Trunks said calmly.
"Soon?" Lily asked.
"Maybe this weekend when your friends come over; it's our week to have them over." Trunks said calmly.
"Yay! You're going to love them! Ooh! Maybe Sapphire will bring her big brother! He was missing for a long time and now he's back!" Lily said happily.
"Yeah…" Haruto said quietly.
"Hmm." Lily giggled a little with a smile.
The rest of the way was silent as Lily and Haruto fell asleep in the car.
"We're home!" Bulma said waking up the children.
"Daddy?" Lily asked rubbing her eyes.
"What is it princess?" Trunks asked getting some of Haruto's things.
"Can Haru spend the night in my room tonight?" Lily asked softly.
"Sure…if he wants to." Trunks sighed.
"What's going on?" Bulla asked as they came in tonight.
"Haru and I are having a sleepover!" Lily cried excitedly as she started laughing and dragging Haruto to her room.
"What the hell? Why does she get to have a boy sleep in her room?" Bulla asked pissed off; Goten left hours ago because they didn't trust they weren't going to do anything sexual.
"Because she's only four and he's only seven. Sex is the furthest thing from their minds…especially Lily's." Vegeta said seriously.
"And we'll leave her door open." Trunks said calmly.
"Haruto, do you want your room to be painted a certain color?" Bulma asked looking at Haruto as she passed Lily's room.
Lily's room was painted blue and purple.
"Dark blue with stars and planets?" Haruto asked calmly.
"I can do that." Bulma said with a smile; she liked a challenge.
She would empty the room tonight, and then paint it tomorrow and the place everything in there as soon as the paint dried. Until then he would be rooming with Lily.
"How do you feel about steaks?" Bulma asked looking at Haruto.
"I like mine a little pink in the middle." Haruto answered right away; he knew exactly what steak was…and he loved it.
"So…I know this is a huge adjustment; but how are you doing?" Bulma asked Haruto.
"I'm ok…a little nervous I guess." Haruto said honestly.
"Well, if you need anything; don't be afraid to ask." Bulma said with a smile.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
Someone was frantically knocking on the door.
It was Yamcha; he just walked right in.
"What are you doing here?" Vegeta asked pissed off.
"Does Trunks have another child?" Yamcha asked looking at Haruto.
"No; this is Haruto…" Bulma started.
"Kids, go play in Lily's room…now." Trunks said seriously; he felt like this was going to go badly.
Lily and Haruto went to her room and shut the door…
"So you just took in some random kid?" Yamcha asked sounding pissed off.
"What's it to you?" Vegeta asked standing up.
"How can you take in some random kid?" Yamcha asked pissed off.
"He's not a random kid; he's Lily's proper mate. And he has no other family." Trunks said calmly.
"So you're just taking on a charity case then?" Yamcha asked annoyed.
"No, we're taking in Lily's mate because that's what's best. I think he's going to be really good for Lily. If you haven't noticed; they're the same." Trunks said calmly.
"Who the hell cares?! If he's her mate, don't you tink they're going to start having sex?" Yamcha asked pissing off Trunks.
"One: they're four and seven; there's no way they're thinking about sex. Two: even if they were at that age, I trust them both." Trunks said seriously.
"How can you say that? Well…I suppose you can; you are a teen parent after all. You are prone to making mistakes." Yamcha said pissing off Vegeta and Bulma while Trunks stood there in shock. How the hell could he say something like that?
"That's it! Get out of our house right now!" Bulma yelled shocking Yamcha; he was sure he was going to win her heart tonight.
It was then that he realized that she had a strange mark on her neck.
"What did he do to you?" Yamcha asked looking at her neck.
"What are you talking about?" Bulma asked looking at Yamcha.
"Your neck; he did something to your neck!" Yamcha yelled looking at Vegeta.
"Of course he did; he marked me!" Bulma yelled frustrated.
"He what? You just let him mark you like that? How could you do that to me?" Yamcha asked pissed off.
"Oh my Kami! How many fucking times do we have to go over this?! I love Vegeta and my family! I don't love you anymore! End of story! Move on already! Yes he marked me! Yes I let him! I let him because I love him!" Bulma yelled causing Yamcha to run out of the house in furry; he broke a lamp and a family picture before actually leaving though.
"Well…that was fun…" Bulla sighed as she sat at the table.
"I better go check up on the kids…" Trunks sighed as he got up and went to Lily's room.
When he got there he looked all over; he couldn't find them.
It wasn't until he heard Lily crying that he found them in the closet.
Lily was a mess and Haruto was trying his best to comfort her; she had her head buried in his shoulder and was just crying while he rubbed her back.
"Lily, Haruto?" Trunks asked getting their attentions.
"Daddy!" Lily cried, pulling away from Haruto and throwing herself at Trunks.
Haruto understood; he was her father…
"Would you two like to finish eating?" Trunks asked after a few minutes.
"Yes…" Lily sniffled.
"Yes." Haruto said calmly before they went to the kitchen.
"What's going on?" Trunks asked when they got out there.
"I called Goku, Chi-Chi and Goten over tonight. I feel safer with them here with Yamcha the way that he is right now." Bulma said seriously.
"I can protect this family just fine." Vegeta said seriously as the kids ate.
"I know you can; I just don't want you killing Yamcha…no matter how much of an ass he is." Bulma said calmly.
"Are you sure it's ok for me to be here?" Haruto asked speaking up.
"You're just fine dear. Don't you ever worry about that. you were invited to live here and live here you shall." Bulma said seriously.
"Ok…" Haruto said not wanting to argue with this woman.
"Good. Now just eat your food and we'll get you ready for bed. And Bulla, if you keep your door open all night, Goten can spend the night with you. But, you must keep that door open all night." Bulma said seriously.
"OK! Thank you; you're the best parents ever!" Bulma exclaimed as she finished her food and then ran to her room to get ready.
"Mmmhmm…we'll see how long that one lasts…" Vegeta said sarcastically.
"I wuv you grampa and gramma and daddy!" Lily said happily.
"We love you too. And Haruto as well." Bulma said happily as she hugged Lily…