Chapter Five

a/n: What's wrong with ff.net lately? There are suppose to be 11 reviews for this story but i can only read 9 of them and i've been checking for the past couple of days. I dunno :s ! I hoped you liked the last chapter, since i can't see any updated reviews, but i should just be grateful that ff.net is still free so am grateful! I have no idea what i'm going to add to this chapter yet since i've been spending a lot of my time working and uploading other things in my account.

Bulma is starting to reveal another side to her character to Vegeta, while our rpince, for the first time in his life sits back and listen and ignores his desires completely, wanting nothing more than the best for his love.

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One more day and Mr and Mrs Briefs would be returning from their weekend vacation and Vegeta was begining to feel rather restless. His mind was fixated on Bulma and his feelings were all muddled up, he felt completely lost. He stretched a few times tehn turned on the gravity simulation device up to 300 G's just for a warm up training session, he didn't feel like anything too harsh at the moment. He punched the air a few times and kicked at his invisible enemy repeatedly, not forcing himself to power up just yet, he was reserving his strength for a later time in the day. He felt an ache in his leg but chose to ignore it.

"Damn you woman!" He muttered under his breath, she was still on his mind and he couldn't concentrate properly on his training. She ws such an immense distraction taht he turned the gravity back to normala nd sat down on the floor, cross-legged and still, deep in thought.

"How is it you do this to me? What have i done to deserve this kind of crap from a bloody earth woman?" He scratched his head thoughtfully and then stretched out his legs and his back fell to the floor, his arms behind his head in support as he drumbled to himself. He heard Bulma knocking at the door of the gravity chamber but there was nithing yet that he had to say to her, because everything seemed so vague and senseless to him. He was stuck on this planet in this home with this woman, and he wanted no more of it. He felt distressed and not like himself, weak and burdened with desire.

"Vegeta! I know you're in there! Just answer the door!" Bulma called out, her fist still smacking against the door fiercly, her voice was distressed and interrupted by her sobbing, she was crying. Vegeta sighed, what now, he thought. He got up onto his feet and then walked to the door, not opening it yet, thinking about what to say to her, it was a very delicate situation but suddenly, the thought hit him. He knew what to do. He pressed the button beside the door then the door opened to reveal a saddendd Bulma sitting on the floor, clutching her legs close to her body as her tear streaked face looked up at Vegeta. He lost that idea he had before and found himself to be speechless.

"What's wrong now, woman?" Vegeta said gruffly as he sat down beside her, wanting to reach his arm around her to hold her protectively but he couldn't. He just looked at her intensely.

"It just hurts when you walk away. Don't shut me out, please?" Bulma sobbed, sniffing her runny nose and then wiping away the tears from her eyes, there was a pain inside of her heart and mind that she couldn't explain but every time the prince turned his back to her she felt as though she would break down and fall apart, utterly hopeless and in dispair. Vegeta said nothing, knowing that the earth woman had yet more to say, as per usual, she always had something more to say, always having to get the last word in on a conversation or an arguement.

"You know, i don't know what i'm doing here sometimes. I'm a scientist, an explorer, i've spent my whole life searching for those dragonballs with Goku. Here i am, years later doing the same thing. He's grown up, has a wife and a kid and here i am, still the same as i ever was only older and none the wiser..." Bulma leaned her head against Vegeta's strong shoulder and buried her face into his chest, " the only thing that has ever worked for me was Yamcha then he walked away, finding something better..."

"Following his dick to greener pastures i'd say!" Vegeta interrupted, knowing that it would bring Bulma's face to a smile if he made fun of that weakling human. Bulma nodded slightly and laughed quietly.

"But when he left me, Vegeta, it didn't hurt as much as seeing you a few minutes ago walking from me with nothing to say. I think i'm dramatising too much here..." Bulma moved her body away from Vegeta and she stood up, stretching her arms out, just to give her something to do.

"Probably, but who else are you suppose to talk to? I know i'm not human but i still have ears and, if you don't me saying, but i'm a bloody good listener!" Vegeta laughed and stood up beside her, pulling her body in close for a hug, " I don't intend to hurt you, i'm just like what everyone says, i'm not really a people-person". Bulma barely heard what he said as she found herself lost in his arms, if only for a blissful moment she longed once again for love and to be loved.

Minutes passed by and the two were locked in eachother's arms, motionless and silent, only their heavy breathing breaking the silence. Bulma rested her chin on his shoulder and Vegeta buried his face into her sweet smelling hair. He sighed in comfort, finding s state of peace in his life at last, he was no longer thinking about his training, or about beating Goku or the supposedly invading androids to come, or about fulfilling his desires with the woman in his arms, all he could think about was to stop those tears from falling down her face. She had done so much for him, she surely deserved to be ahppier.

"if you'd like, i could give that shopping thing a go with you again..." Vegeta offered. Bulma giggled and then broke from his embrace and kissed him on the cheek.

"That would be nice!" she grinned playfully, " but for now you should keep up your training for a few more hours, okay?" Vegeta nodded in a greement then watched as she closed the door before him, once again, gazing at her body made his head feel light and at peace, his desire for had returned but he kept himself under control, wondering if the reason for his heart racing and the blood pumping through his body at such a lightening pace, the growing beauty everytime he saw Bulma was because of the earthly notion, known as love. What was the reason for love, he wondered, then turned the gravity simulation device back onto full force at 500 G's and fought harder with renewed vigour and energy like never before.

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a/n: Yes, it was just a short chapter but that's all i could fit in for the time being. I'm working on so many other stories lately. You peoples keeping me busy as per usual. I hoped i captured the personality of the charcters okay, if not, let me know what i could improve on. Okay? Righty-o, i'm out for the day, gonna go get me some retail therapy and do some shopping! Woo Hoo!