The two sat there quietly in the dark, unsure of where to begin, unsure of
where to end. Finally, unable to take the accusing silence anymore, Bulma
started, ""Goku, I'm sorry it's just."
"Just what?"came the pouting voice.
She recoiled and looked down at her chipped and dirty nails, "It's just I got scared. I've never felt this way so strongly before. And for it to be someone like you........"
His eyes lowered angrily, "What? Is that shocking you could fall in love with someone like me?"
She gasped, he really was angry, but she had to keep trying, she had to make him understand.........
"No just that well.....We're talking about you here, Goku." He rolled his eyes as she continued, "And you had just lost Chi-Chi and Gohan, you weren't ready for......."
That was it, he couldn't let her continue, "No....Bulma.....No.....Don't you dare throw this on me like it's my problem and that you're the one trying to make me see the light. It's your problem and do you want to know why? You still see me as that little boy in the woods who was too naïve to know what a girl was," He turned sharply to her, "You can't protect me from things like that Bulma, I'm a grown man now."
She bit back tears in her eyes, "I know that."
"But you can't accept it, it has nothing at all to do with Chi-Chi and Gohan or even Yamcha, you're using them as an excuse because you're scared of letting me grow up." He continued.
"I.....I....." she struggled.
"You always talk down to me like I'm a child. Bulma, I know what I feel," he took face and cupped it in his hand, "I love you and you took that love and trivialized it into some childish game. You tell me who's the one who hasn't grown up. Your right, I did lose my family and you lost yours and you have no right to decide what's right and what's wrong for me."
He was right. As tears spilled down her face she struggled for words, "I never meant to hurt you Goku, I was confused."
"Look," he said gently, wiping the tears from her eyes, "I understand that, we should have talked about this way before we went and slept together, but you have to choose which Goku you want, the one before you or the one you've created in your mind because I've lost too much to play this game with you."
She closed her eyes in thought; she didn't want to let him go, but........
"Goku, I'm not right for you......" she grabbed his hands as she saw him move away, "No please listen, why do you think I let you go all those years ago? Goku, I swear, I've been in love with you since I could remember but....I'm bad for you, that's why I let you marry Chi-Chi, she was younger, she was stronger she was pure."
"Bulma how can you compare her to you? Why are you obsessing over something so silly? I love you." Goku laughed.
Looking into his onyx she responded shakily, "But Goku, I can't even ride nimbus and like you said, when I tried to go with you on your second Dragon Ball hunt, I'd slow you down."
He looked at her shocked, "And then you showed me this great invention that allowed you to go on nimbus by shrinking yourself, Bulma you never once slowed me down." He smiled and kissed her cheek, "If anything you've kept me on my toes."
She smiled bitterly at him, "Really?"
"Yeah." he said nudging her shoulder.
She giggled and turned to him, kneeling over him, "Son Goku, I love you and I find you extremely sexy."
He let out a loud laugh and blushed. He kissed her gently, "Well that's a start."
She laughed, "I'm such a sap for happy endings."
"Not an ending a beginning." He answered decisively.
Their lips met again and then once again. Goku wrapped his arms around and they were about to kiss again when she stopped him, "Ewww......Goku you stink....you need a bath."
He grinned playfully, "Will you wash my back for me, since I don't have a tail anymore?"
She laughed. "Oh c'mon Bulma-chan, you wash my back and I'll wash yours." He fooled around pulling her closer.
"Alright, alright, anything to get that stench off of you."she relented, "And you should feel lucky mister, I'm probably the prettiest girl you've met."
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Author's Notes: And that's that.all that's left is the epilogue which I have done I'm just waiting for the reviews on this chapter *hint hint *
Thanks to Bulma, Ana, Nekoni, GokusHoney, Baby_Kakarot, lil'o'Jessica and RisinIndeed for your kind reviews ^_^
"Just what?"came the pouting voice.
She recoiled and looked down at her chipped and dirty nails, "It's just I got scared. I've never felt this way so strongly before. And for it to be someone like you........"
His eyes lowered angrily, "What? Is that shocking you could fall in love with someone like me?"
She gasped, he really was angry, but she had to keep trying, she had to make him understand.........
"No just that well.....We're talking about you here, Goku." He rolled his eyes as she continued, "And you had just lost Chi-Chi and Gohan, you weren't ready for......."
That was it, he couldn't let her continue, "No....Bulma.....No.....Don't you dare throw this on me like it's my problem and that you're the one trying to make me see the light. It's your problem and do you want to know why? You still see me as that little boy in the woods who was too naïve to know what a girl was," He turned sharply to her, "You can't protect me from things like that Bulma, I'm a grown man now."
She bit back tears in her eyes, "I know that."
"But you can't accept it, it has nothing at all to do with Chi-Chi and Gohan or even Yamcha, you're using them as an excuse because you're scared of letting me grow up." He continued.
"I.....I....." she struggled.
"You always talk down to me like I'm a child. Bulma, I know what I feel," he took face and cupped it in his hand, "I love you and you took that love and trivialized it into some childish game. You tell me who's the one who hasn't grown up. Your right, I did lose my family and you lost yours and you have no right to decide what's right and what's wrong for me."
He was right. As tears spilled down her face she struggled for words, "I never meant to hurt you Goku, I was confused."
"Look," he said gently, wiping the tears from her eyes, "I understand that, we should have talked about this way before we went and slept together, but you have to choose which Goku you want, the one before you or the one you've created in your mind because I've lost too much to play this game with you."
She closed her eyes in thought; she didn't want to let him go, but........
"Goku, I'm not right for you......" she grabbed his hands as she saw him move away, "No please listen, why do you think I let you go all those years ago? Goku, I swear, I've been in love with you since I could remember but....I'm bad for you, that's why I let you marry Chi-Chi, she was younger, she was stronger she was pure."
"Bulma how can you compare her to you? Why are you obsessing over something so silly? I love you." Goku laughed.
Looking into his onyx she responded shakily, "But Goku, I can't even ride nimbus and like you said, when I tried to go with you on your second Dragon Ball hunt, I'd slow you down."
He looked at her shocked, "And then you showed me this great invention that allowed you to go on nimbus by shrinking yourself, Bulma you never once slowed me down." He smiled and kissed her cheek, "If anything you've kept me on my toes."
She smiled bitterly at him, "Really?"
"Yeah." he said nudging her shoulder.
She giggled and turned to him, kneeling over him, "Son Goku, I love you and I find you extremely sexy."
He let out a loud laugh and blushed. He kissed her gently, "Well that's a start."
She laughed, "I'm such a sap for happy endings."
"Not an ending a beginning." He answered decisively.
Their lips met again and then once again. Goku wrapped his arms around and they were about to kiss again when she stopped him, "Ewww......Goku you stink....you need a bath."
He grinned playfully, "Will you wash my back for me, since I don't have a tail anymore?"
She laughed. "Oh c'mon Bulma-chan, you wash my back and I'll wash yours." He fooled around pulling her closer.
"Alright, alright, anything to get that stench off of you."she relented, "And you should feel lucky mister, I'm probably the prettiest girl you've met."
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Author's Notes: And that's that.all that's left is the epilogue which I have done I'm just waiting for the reviews on this chapter *hint hint *
Thanks to Bulma, Ana, Nekoni, GokusHoney, Baby_Kakarot, lil'o'Jessica and RisinIndeed for your kind reviews ^_^