Soliloquy in the Dark
Chapter Seven
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Again,
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Vegeta growled in
frustration. He was so tired that his head throbbed and his jaw ached from
yawning, but he still couldn't sleep. He turned onto his front and pillowed his
head in his arms, pulling a knee up to keep warm. He still couldn't sleep. He
was going to give it up and go inside when he heard a voice in his head. He
knew that voice! It brought back faded memories and long-forgotten emotions. A
sense of security- something that was seriously lacking in his life at the
moment- comfort and warmth. He briefly wondered how it was that he knew what
comfort felt like. He remembered glimpses of images, faded like old pictures.
Cloth. A bed. Hair that was raven black in colour. A pair of eyes, soft and
shimmering slightly. A tail. He heard a long forgotten tune echo in is head and
the touch of a hand, ghostly in its lightness, on his cheek. He felt the
sensation of being carried, cradled. Safe. At peace. He slept.
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Bulma had become worried after she couldn't find Vegeta in the gravity room. She wandered the upper floor of Capsule Corps. Without finding anything. So she was relieved, although subconsciously, when she discovered the short Prince sleeping under a tree in the garden. He was curled up tightly and seemed peaceful. As she approached across the cut grass, he shifted slightly and sighed softly before relaxing again. Bulma got closer. He was definitely asleep. His face was, for once, free from his constant scowl or smirk, making him seem younger. He was also smaller than she had at first thought, without the aura he seemed to project around himself continually.
Bulma's brow furrowed in thought as
she tried to figure out why he was out here and not inside or in the gravity
room, where he normally slept. She soon gave up trying to puzzle it out and
decided to wake him up, reaching out and gripping his shoulder. She felt
something upon contact; something cold and insubstantial suddenly flit away.
She heard a snatch of tune that she vaguely remembered from a time once before.
A hand snapped up and caught her arm
just above her elbow, pulling her down, the other hand moving towards her
throat. She went absolutely still, feeling the pressure increase slightly on
her neck. It would be fatal for her if it got any greater. She watched warily
as Vegeta- opened his eyes!!! She felt weak. He wasn't even awake and he could
have killed her!
Vegeta appeared to realise what was
going on and quickly let go of her, sitting up and yawning. Bulma stumbled and
then stood as he pushed her away from him slightly. Her fear quickly solidified
into anger. It was hard to be scared of someone sitting on the floor yawning so
widely that the top of his head almost came off.
"Keep your hands to yourself,
bakayaro." She yelled at him.
He looked slightly confused for a second,
before the usual mask slipped on and he snapped back, "I could say the same
thing."
Bulma put her hands on her hips and
glared down at him. "What? What are you talking about? You're the one with your
hands around someone else's neck."
Vegeta apparently didn't appreciate
her height advantage over him because he stood up. It didn't do him much good,
as he was still shorter than she was but it was better than before.
"I was in the gravity room before… and
now I'm here. I didn't et up and walk so you must have…"
He got no further than this when Bulma
decided to cut in.
"ME! TOUCH YOU! Not even in your dreams." She yelled.
Vegeta slapped his hands over his ears and closed his eyes in pain. The next time he opened them, she had stalked off, like an annoyed lioness.
'Baka onna.' He mumbled to
himself before standing up. He swayed slight on his feet and glared at them
irritably. He was still tired and he wasn't going to help himself out here. He
decided to go indoors and sleep on the couch, conveniently forgetting to ponder
the mystery of how he had ended up under the tree in the first place.
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