They'd spent pretty much the entire rest of the day planning and going over things along with some light training. Somehow during all this they decided to wait a day before fighting, something Goku was actually kind of grateful for. He still didn't want to leave Chi-Chi's side right now and he was kind of tired from the lack of sleep he'd gotten the night before. He didn't want to be at anything less than his best when dealing with the people who'd tried to take his wife away.
The rest of the day went by quickly after that. Bulma had taken him aside and apologized for not listening to him about Chi-Chi. Goku hadn't been sure how to deal with that. It still hurt that his oldest friend wouldn't listen to him and the darker part of his instincts still insisted it'd been on purpose to get his wife out of the way. He ended up forgiving her anyway, because she seemed upset about it.
The rest of the time he spent with his wife and son. A part of him wanted to hide them away upstairs and relax with just the three of them together, but Chi-Chi apparently got over her avoiding people thing, or she forced herself to get over it, and seemed content with hanging out at the beach and letting people coo over their son. As much as he'd rather it be just him, her and Gohan, it did make it easier to give Chi-Chi more food more often. Every time he brought her more, she'd just roll her eyes and either eat it or set it aside until she felt ready to eat it.
Despite having to share Chi-Chi and Gohan with the rest of his friends, Goku still had a fun day. His night was a little soured, though, by the fact that it wouldn't be just the three of them in the upstairs room. They'd have to share it with Bulma, Yamcha and Puar. It wasn't actually that bad, but he wanted a little time with just Chi-Chi while Gohan was asleep. Well, maybe if they were extra quiet?
With that thought in mind, Goku snuggled a little closer to his wife and pulled her a bit closer to himself. He buried his face in her hair again and one of his hands reached down to rest on her thigh. It wasn't that he wanted to have sex with her right now; though he wouldn't object to it, that need wasn't nearly as strong as it was before, now that they smelled more like each other. But he wanted to be as close to her as possible, he wanted to feel as much of her as he could. He also wanted to talk with her. Not that they hadn't been talking all day, but Goku couldn't get enough of hearing her voice.
His movements were enough to wake her up. A part of Goku felt a little guilty about that, despite how little they did today, Chi-Chi still looked really tired by the time she and Gohan had gotten settled in for bed.
"Mn? Goku? What's wrong?" Her voice was slightly slurred with sleep, but Goku wasn't too bothered by that, he had just woken her up after all.
"Nothing," his voice was low enough so that none of the others in the room could hear; he didn't want them waking up. But Chi-Chi could hear him just fine, considering his mouth was right next to her ear. "I just wanted to be closer to you. You left too soon after our shower." It'd been hours ago, but that still bothered him a little bit.
Cuddling after sex was the best part about having sex, in his opinion. There hadn't really been many opportunities to cuddle with her afterwards either, he'd been right in thinking that her father would hover and keep him from having alone time with her. Not that he could blame the Ox King, but still.
She huffed in response, her words were clearer now that she was awake. Though she kept herself just as quiet as he did, his sharper hearing easily picked up her voice. "Gohan was crying, I had to get to him. And you're lucky I stayed for as long as I did."
"Hm, did you really think, between my friends and your dad that he'd be in any danger?"
"No, it's just… Gohan comes first. Before anyone or anything else. Even before you."
Goku inhaled sharply at that. A part of him wondered if he should feel disappointed he was no longer her top priority, but hearing her say that, hearing her put their son at the top of the list, it made him so happy he couldn't even start to find words for it. He didn't even know why hearing her say that made him so happy; it was Chi-Chi, of course she'd give everything for their child, even if it was his own place in her heart, she never loved anyone or anything by halves.
"Goku," her voice was soft, hesitant, there was a bit of an apology in it as well, but absolutely no regret for what she'd just said.
"That's- you- I- I'm glad. To hear you say that. You're a good mom."
She gave a small chuckle and reached back to ruffle his hair. "Thanks," whatever she was going to say next was interrupted by a yawn.
He nuzzled under her ear. "You should go back to sleep. Sorry for waking you."
"Mn, it's fine," but she settled back down for sleep regardless. "You'll be a great dad too."
Goku didn't answer her, she was already asleep again but he also didn't think he could make a noise beyond the lump of emotion that suddenly appeared in his throat. She thought he'd be a great dad! He'd only helped to take care of Gohan for a day and she already thought he'd be a great dad!
Part of him was really glad she was asleep again, and facing away from him as well, his face was so red he was surprised she couldn't feel the heat from it. However, doubt came just as fast as the happiness did, but it lingered for far longer. Chi-Chi was willing, without hesitation, to put Gohan before him. Goku was not nearly confident enough to say he could do the same with regards to Chi-Chi.
If it were to come down to Gohan and himself? Like with Chi-Chi, there was no question about who he'd put first. Even between himself and Chi-Chi, there was only one answer. But to choose between his son and his wife?
His head said to pick Gohan. He was so small and helpless, if anything bad happened there was no way he'd survive. It's what Chi-Chi would want him to pick as well.
But his heart couldn't tolerate that. If this past year had taught him anything it was that he didn't like it when Chi-Chi wasn't with him, that he didn't want to live in a world where Chi-Chi wasn't there for him. Besides- and this was a horrible thought but one he couldn't help but think- he and Chi-Chi could always have more kids, but there was only one Chi-Chi.
If he couldn't say with complete confidence he'd put Gohan over Chi-Chi, did that make him a bad dad? He didn't think he could stand being a bad dad! Gohan didn't deserve a bad dad! And it'd mean Chi-Chi made a terrible choice when marrying and starting a family with him and thinking about that just about broke his heart.
Goku pushed those thoughts away as best he could. If he chose her over their son, Chi-Chi would never forgive him, even if Gohan was wished back with the Dragon Balls. He didn't think he would forgive himself either, to be honest. However, even with that certainty in mind, he still wasn't sure if he would save their son over his wife. Maybe in a year or so he could say for certain that wouldn't be the case, but for now? At best he could say he didn't know which one he'd choose.
Maybe he wouldn't have to though. Reluctantly he untangled himself from his wife and sat up to think and meditate; if he stayed lying down, he'd just fall asleep. The only way, for now, he could think of why he'd have to choose between Chi-Chi and Gohan would be in the off chance they'd be separated. Considering Gohan couldn't even crawl he couldn't imagine that happening anytime soon, but maybe in the future…
His mind went to one of his friends, Tien Shinhan was one of the strongest fighters Goku had had to fight. So far he'd only been surpassed by both King Piccolo and Piccolo Jr. Goku however had never understood why, during the semifinals of the last tournament, he'd diminished himself by dividing his power up into four bodies. Why attack from four sides when you could give a stronger blow from one?
Right now though, when he was thinking about having to save two people at once should they be in danger? Being in more than one place at the same time sounded like a really good idea. He wouldn't be able to practice it yet- it was too late at night right now and they were going to start the plan early tomorrow- but he doubted he'd need to do that move so soon.
Still, while the idea was fresh in his head, Goku couldn't help but sink deeper into his meditation. He brought up any and all memories he could of Tien using that technique. What he did to activate it, how his ki had felt, even what he'd smelt like when using it, though that part wasn't nearly as helpful as the others.
Goku wasn't sure how long he meditated for, but eventually he started yawning way too much to keep concentrating on his memories of the multi-form technique, not that there had been very many, having only seen it once before. He needed to rest up for the plan tomorrow and Goku doubted he'd get any further just thinking about it anyway. Regardless, he was confident he had the general idea down now. All he had to do was practice.
He smiled to himself as he once more buried his face into his wife's hair and tangled his limbs around hers. It was at times like this he wished he still had his tail, if only for one more limb to wrap around his wife.
It was strange and a little frustrating learning a technique just based off of his memories like that. But it was also kind of challenging and even a little bit fun. A part of him was a little sad he had to wait a bit before trying it out to see if he was right. But for the most part he was fine with it, especially if it meant he didn't have to worry about Chi-Chi and Gohan's safety while doing it.
Besides, after tomorrow he didn't doubt there'd be plenty of time for him to figure out Tien's technique and probably more uses for it than just for fighting. He fell asleep, dreaming of his pretty wife trapped between two of himself.