Painful Affections

Chapter3- Obligations

By- Me (AKA- SaiyanLover)

~BEEEP...BEEP...BEE~

Bulma rolled over and hit the alarm clock sleepily, hoping for a minute or two more to sleep. Reluctantly, she dragged herself out of bed. On her way to the bathroom, she passed her calendar hanging on the closet door.

May 12.

How could I have forgotten?? The androids! Bulma shook her head in amazement of her bad memory. All week she had been thinking about it, and decided that she would go to see the androids with the Z warriors.

She had also been thinking about what everyone would say when they found out that she had a son, and that Vegeta was his father. As she went about her usual morning routine, she tried to imagine what everyone would say when they found out.

Yamcha was the only one who knew. And his reaction had probably hurt the most. Although they had already broken up, Bulma knew he felt betrayed. She had told him before she had told her parents, since she figured he had a right to know.

He had been ready to kill Vegeta, so Bulma was extremely glad that he had left already. Eventually, Yamcha had calmed down, but Bulma could tell he still resented Vegeta. She sighed.

You can't please everybody. I hope Vegeta comes back today. He should see his son.



Vegeta landed the spaceship in the Capsule Corp. yard at a little after ten o'clock, when he knew Bulma would have already left to meet the others. He knew she would go, even though it was dangerous, and everyone would try to stop her.

That woman... He smiled.

Over the past eight months, he had come to learn exactly what the saying, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" meant. Whether he liked it or not, Bulma was his mate. Although he kept telling himself he didn't like who his mate was, it was getting harder to lie to himself.

While he had been in space, he would dream about her, After he woke up, he would wish he could have stayed asleep to be with her just a little longer.

He knew he felt something for Bulma, but he didn't know what it was or how he should deal with it. Neither did he know how to deal with having a child.

He was so afraid that the child would turn out just like Bulma. But he was even more afraid that it would turn out just like him.

He didn't know what he would say to her. It would more than likely be something to make her angry. He liked her that way.



When the two came face to face, they both kept their feelings well hidden. They bickered, they argued, but they didn't allow anyone to see how glad they were to see each other. And that was probably for the best.

When Vegeta saw that he had a son, he was secretly overjoyed. The name didn't thrill him, but before he got angry he reminded himself that he should have been there to help pick it out in the first place.

Bulma was glad that he had decided to come back, and she was actually quite impressed to learn that he had become a super saiyan.

Both parents were shocked to find out that the super saiyan from the future was their son, Trunks.

Vegeta was secretly embarrassed, because he realized that Kakarot and "the Namek" knew about his mate before he did.

However, the anger soon dissipated, and he learned that his son was strong, determined, and stubborn.

After spending a year with his son in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Vegeta realized that he had an obligation to his wife, and to both his sons, whether he liked it or not.

The night after Cell revealed his plans to host the Cell Games, Vegeta decided it was time to have a talk with his mate.



PLEASE forgive me. I have been neglecting all of my stories!! I have 3 short chapters for Painful Affections written, but I need to type and upload them.

I also hope to update Teenage Saiyans and Superheroes within the next week, and The Threads of Destiny and DBZ Bloopers soon after that.

Please review!! I apologize for the delay.

SaiyanLover.