Chi-Chi gently carded her fingers through her husband's hair, grimacing at his flinch when a particularly loud bang was heard from downstairs. All things considered, a migraine and some property damage wasn't too bad considering her former kidnappers had been throwing acid around. Well, she had some small burns, but it certainly wasn't the worst she'd ever had. Quite a few of the others did too, but Krillin had gotten some of those magic beans that had healed Goku back when he'd fought Piccolo.
Apparently though they did little for migraines, at least not when it was caused by Goku remembering being in four places at once. It did mean he was otherwise completely healthy. Still, she disliked that he couldn't move or even focus on anything. All he seemed capable of doing at the moment was lying face down in her lap.
She gently rubbed at the outside of his ear, something she'd started doing when she was about to speak, so that he could prepare himself for the sound. "Should I ask them to take a break for a bit?"
Goku whined and grabbed at her dress, holding on so tight his knuckles turned white. That was probably a no then. She rubbed in a circle at the base of his skull, trying to sooth the headache away. It didn't work, but his grip relaxed a bit on her dress.
Gohan was napping and cuddled up cutely at Goku's side, his other arm was wrapped protectively around him. Chi-Chi couldn't help but smile at the sight.
She honestly hadn't thought anything could scare her more than the sight of Goku laying on the ground with a hole in his chest, but seeing Gohan being taken from her and being unable to do anything about it was absolutely worse. Granted, seeing a shaky, twitchy Goku hand her their son before collapsing and remerging with three other Gokus wasn't that far down the list either.
A part of her was glad he'd managed to hold out until the enemies were defeated. The rest of her was just cursing at herself for making him effectively take on five opponents at once with no help other than himself. She hadn't managed to get out of that purple goop until the fight was over.
"Dad went to our house," she muttered softly, because she was pretty sure he was either too unconscious or in too much pain to know where her father had gone after he came back to check on her. "He's going to take care of some things, and maybe clean it up a little? I didn't quite understand that part." Goku might not be the neatest person, but he did know how to keep a house clean.
Goku grunted, "didn't like being home, 's kind of messy now."
"Mn? Why not?"
His grip tightened on her again, "you weren't there." There was some pain edging into his voice now, though whether it was emotional or from his headache, she couldn't tell.
They fell into silence once again, well relative silence considering the noise from downstairs. Sometimes, when there was a lot of noise, she'd try to cover his ears. Chi-Chi wasn't sure if it worked or not, but from the way he gently rubbed at her back she knew he appreciated it anyway.
Their little bubble of silence was broken when the sound of someone walking up the stairs reached her ears. Chi-Chi was surprised to see another one of Goku's friends, the large one with three eyes, enter. He gave her a small smile which she returned.
"Hey, Chi-Chi, right? I'm Tien."
"Tien, why would you come up with that technique?" Goku whined, though he didn't move at all from his spot on the floor and her lap.
The older man huffed out a laugh. "It's a great move, you just did it wrong." Goku grumbled unintelligibly into her lap in response. "I'm impressed you managed to do it as well as you did though."
"Has this happened to you?" She gestured to her prone husband.
"At the start yeah. Don't worry, he'll be fine in a couple hours."
Chi-Chi let out a sigh of relief. Master Roshi had figured that, but it was good to hear from someone with experience in the matter.
Tien stayed and talked for a little bit, mostly about the multi-form technique and a bit about Gohan; was it really so strange that Goku was a father now? Soon enough he left to go and assist in the repairs. He also must have said something to the others because the noise level dropped significantly after he went down.
The three of them stayed in the dark room, the only times Chi-Chi left was to change Gohan's diaper, to get him his bottles or for herself to go to the bathroom. Goku clearly didn't like it much, if the way he clung tightly to her every time she returned was any indication.
Eventually Goku managed to migrate into a sitting position, though he kept his face pressed against her, now it was buried in the crook of her neck rather than on her lap. She leaned her cheek against his head.
"I can't wait to go home."
"Mm. Can't wait for you to be home."
Chi-Chi closed her eyes and relaxed against her husband. Their son was curled up across both their laps. Despite what she'd said even if they weren't at their house yet, she'd never felt more at home than she did now; with her and her son completely safe and Goku by her side.
Neither noticed when they lapsed into sleep, both feeling more relaxed than they ever had in recent memory and content that their little family was now safe from harm.