Author's Note: This fic is another repost from my old account. This is another fic involving Goku and Bulla with sensitive themes. If you're not comfortable reading fics about cheating, and if you feel offended when you read a fic where Goku cheats on Chichi with another woman, THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR YOU SO YOU BETTER REFRAIN FROM READING THIS TILL THE END. Don't say I didn't warn you.

To be clear, this story is told in Bulma's POV.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN DB AND ITS CHARACTERS.

"My husband is having an affair..."

I blinked twice as I looked at Chichi, her once calm expression slowly turning into a frantic one, her voice shaking a bit as she said the last few words.

"Are you sure?" I asked as I sipped on my tea, my eyes never leaving hers as I waited for her answer.

"I'm pretty sure.." she said before taking a sip from her own cup. "I'm pretty sure that Goku is having an affair. There were signs.. Evidences if you may say..."

"Like what?" I questioned once more.

Chichi placed the cup of tea she was holding on the table and held onto my hands. "Bulma, I saw red lipstick stains on his sash and on the collar of his gi, and his shirt smelled of a woman's perfume. And..." her voice faltered as tears started forming in her eyes. "And just yesterday, as I was washing his clothes, I... I saw a ring in his pocket. It was the male version of a couple ring. I know that because.. because I have seen that ring before when we went shopping together a few weeks ago. We went to the jewelry store and he asked about it. I was starting to think that he wanted one for us but he didn't buy the pair of rings that time. I paid little attention to it and eventually forgot about it.. until yesterday, when I saw the same ring, the male version of it in his pocket.." By this time, Chichi was already in tears. I offered her a tissue as I eyed her with sympathy.

"Are you sure that it's the same ring? And Chichi, maybe Goku wanted that ring so much so he bought it for himself. You know, maybe it can be bought even without its pair." I said, though I knew that it was far from possible. I have seen these couple rings that Chichi was referring to, and I knew that these couple rings are always sold in pairs.

"Bulma, it is the same ring!" She said as a few tears escaped her eyes. "I'm sure of it. When Goku asked about that in the jewelry store I had a good look at it. So I know that the ring I saw yesterday was the one from the jewelry store."

I sighed. "Do you have it with you now?"

Chichi nodded as she opened her purse. She fumbled through its contents before she brought out the ring for me to see.

"Here. Now tell me it's not a male version of a couple ring." She said as she handed the item to me.

I took the ring from her and studied it. True enough, it is indeed the male version of a couple ring. Chichi isn't mistaken. And I am also quite sure that I already saw this ring, or at least the female version of it, before. No, I haven't been to that jewelry store Chichi was talking about, but I knew it indeed has a pair. As I have said, I already saw the female version of it.

"Now tell me that I am wrong, that I am just imagining things.." Chichi said as new tears formed in her eyes. "I told you, Goku is cheating on me. I already suspected this but... but it still hurts when your suspicions have been and are being confirmed." Her words dissolved into a torrent of tears and I pitied her, so I rose from my seat to hug her and comfort her.

"Chichi..." I began. "Maybe it's best if you talk to Goku regarding this. You should at least ask him, or tell him that you are suspecting something."

"Ask him? What should I ask him?" Chichi asked as more tears flowed down her cheeks. "He would surely lie to me about it, so asking him is totally pointless."

"No.. you should ask him so that you will have the answers you're looking for." I said in reply. "You know, Chichi, there are only two types of answers that you might get for whatever question you would ask Goku. It's either positive or negative. And I know it hurts, but you have to be ready for whatever answer he might give.. Especially if.. you know..." Chichi's sobs grew louder as I said the last words.

"I know that, and that's what I'm afraid of." She said as more tears flowed down her cheeks. "I'm afraid that if I ask him, Goku might confirm my suspicions, and of course my next question will be about his feelings for that woman. It scares me to think that Goku might already have developed feelings for her, and I am worried that he might tell me that when I try to talk to him about it. I don't want it to happen, Bulma. I can't bear to hear Goku say those things to me. Just thinking about it already hurts me so much... because if Goku tells me that he indeed loves this woman, the next thing he might tell me is that he wants to leave me. He might ask me for his freedom. I can't give him his freedom, Bulma. I love him too much and I don't want to lose him." Chichi lamented.

"But would you rather live like that?" I asked. "Would you rather live in constant worry and fear while thinking that Goku is indeed having an affair and could leave you anytime? Chichi, you deserve answers. Whatever Goku's answer might be, you have to be ready for it, even if it hurts so much. Maybe, you can just stick to the hope that he will choose you in favor of that woman since you are his wife, and you have been married for more than forty years. You can just hope that maybe he will think about your family, your sons, and he will be selfless enough to consider them if ever he's having second thoughts and he is thinking of leaving you for that woman." I told her as I patted her back gently. I didn't know what else to say. True enough, if I myself experienced this, I do not know what I would do, or if I could confront Vegeta should he choose to cheat on me.

We talked some more before Chichi said goodbye. She told me she still had to go to Gohan's house since she promised Pan that she would be spending the night there. I watched her as she left in her car, pondering on everything she had said.

As I walked back inside the house, I noticed that she left Goku's ring on the table. I sighed before I picked it up and I was contemplating on whether I should call Chichi to give it back because Goku might look for it, when I saw my daughter Bulla descending from the stairs. She was dressed a black and red lacy dress and on her feet were a pair of red high heeled pumps. I could smell the scent of her perfume as it filled the living room when she walked past me.

She looked at me and saw the ring in my hands. Her eyes widened. "Mom, how did you get that ring?" She asked.

"It doesn't matter how I got it." I answered before I walked towards her. "Bulla, Chichi knows that Goku is having an affair. You should…-"

"What? Stop seeing him and break it off with him?" She asked, cutting me off. "I can't do that, Mom. Not now, not today, not tomorrow... never." She said with defiance.

"Goku is a married man, and Chichi loves him..-" I tried to reason out.

"I love him too Mom." Bulla said in a louder voice, cutting me off. "Don't you get it? I love the man. I wouldn't agree to enter into this kind of relationship with him if I don't. I'm beautiful and rich, men desire me and I could have any man I want in just a flick of my finger, yet I chose to be with Goku, to be his mistress, because I love him."

"You know very well that it is not right to sleep with a married man." I said, my voice getting louder. "Goku has a wife. He has a family that needs him. And you.." I pointed a finger at my daughter, "are ruining it for them because of your selfishness and so called love for him."

Bulla frowned and shook her head. "I don't care!" She said, her voice getting louder as well but she mellowed down as she spoke her next words. "I told you, I love Goku. I need to be with him. I need to see him, to feel his arms around me, to hear him say how much he loves me, I need him. And I can't live without him Mom." Her voice faltered a bit as she said these last lines. "I can't live without Goku. I can't lose him, and I don't care if his wife knows that he's having an affair. I will not stop seeing him and I will not break it off with him just because Chichi knows. Call me selfish, a homewrecker, or whatever you want, but I won't do anything for Chichi's sake. I love her husband, and her husband loves me. I am happy with Goku, and he's happy with me. There's no reason for me to end things with him."

"Don't you get it?!" I asked, my tone changing as a surge of anger overcame me after hearing my daughter's words. "Goku is a married man! And you are being a homewrecker because of what you're doing! If Goku doesn't want to stop, then so be it, but you.." I said the word "you" with conviction as I again pointed a finger at her. "You should at least do something if Goku doesn't want to act upon it! My god, Bulla! You said it yourself that you are beautiful, rich and educated! You can have any man you want, but please! For Kami's sake, don't let yourself be a mistress to a man who's decades older than you! Stop saying that you love him and put an end to whatever affair you have with him right now! Know your worth and don't settle for a married man!" I ranted at her, my calm composure totally melting as my voice turned desperate while I spoke those words.

Bulla smiled bitterly as a lone tear fell down her fully made up eye. "It's too late.." she said as she placed a hand over her flat stomach and caressed it gently. "It's too late for that now. You see, I'm pregnant with Goku's child, and I have decided to keep this baby. I can't break it off with Goku now. We need him, just as much as Chichi and his sons do." She said as she wiped the tear that fell on her cheek.

To say that I was surprised with her revelation is not enough. Shock is actually the proper term to describe what I felt after hearing what Bulla just told me. My hands shook and the ring - Goku's ring, that I have been holding fell to the floor with a soft clank. Bulla bent to pick it up and she grasped it tightly in her fist. My eyes caught sight of the ring that she wore, the female version of Goku's ring.

When Chichi told me that Goku is cheating on her and is having an affair earlier, I knew she was right. And when she showed me the ring, I wasn't surprised at all, though I felt a little cold when she mentioned it.

A few days ago, I saw the female version of the ring in Bulla's finger when we all ate dinner together to celebrate my Mom's birthday. And I also know that she has been seeing Goku for quite some time now, however, I tried my best to play innocent when Chichi came crying and ranting to me earlier about her husband and her suspicions. Chichi is my friend, but Bulla is my daughter. How can I confirm her suspicions and tell her that Goku's mistress is in fact my daughter? That I once caught Bulla and Goku having hardcore sex in a secluded area in the garden and that Goku comes to visit Bulla every night in her room by doing instant transmission?

If I tell Chichi what I know, things might get worse, especially for Bulla. Chichi is a fighter, even at her age she is still fit and she's stronger than the average human woman.

But Bulla is a half Saiyan. A descendant of an extinct but powerful warrior race. She might not be as strong as Goku or Vegeta, but she definitely can hold out her own against an ordinary human. Even if Chichi is strong for her age, if things get rough and she clashes with Bulla, one of them is going to end up severely beaten or worse, dead.

And that someone is not Bulla.

Nope, it's definitely not my daughter who's going to end up severely injured or dead should the clash between her and Chichi happen. And I don't want that. Bulla had already ruined Chichi's life and her marriage by sleeping with Goku. It would be too much if she would also take Chichi's life and stain her hands with Chichi's blood, whether it's accidental or not.

Now that my daughter revealed to me about her pregnancy, I know that there is indeed a possibility for things to get rough in the succeeding days.

Until then, I will continue to pray and anticipate the day when Bulla finally comes to her senses and tells me that she broke it off with Goku because she realized that what they're doing is a grave mistake and that she realized that he must be with his family and his wife and she must not ruin whatever happiness they have.

Until then.

END