Zarbon listened as Frieza spoke to his father. Purely business. Frieza and Kold didn't seem that close, and didn't usually visit each other unless it was necessary. They helped each other out on the battlefield, though. Their relationship was clearly deep and complex, and most probably private. Zarbon didn't like to get involved, in case there was some sort of hatred between the two. He hated sticking his nose into Frieza's affairs where it wasn't wanted.
"But father..."
Zarbon leaned back against the couch as he started to only pick up a few words of the changelings' conversation. Actually, he was listening to almost every word of Frieza's. He loved the sound of Frieza's voice. Zarbon didn't know anyone that would agree with him, but he thought hearing Frieza speak was kinda soothing. Well... guess that's what you get from... Zarbon daren't even think it in front of Frieza. Strange. It was both the one thing he wanted to tell Frieza most. More than anything he wanted to just blurt it out. But... it was the one thing he didn't dare. Supposing he told Frieza... and Frieza rejected him? Fired him, never wanting to see him again. Zarbon couldn't live with that. He'd rather keep silent, and stay with Frieza than tell Frieza the truth and never see him again. Telling Frieza was a risk Zarbon wasn't willing to take. It killed him, but to just be in the same room as Frieza, it was worth it.

Frieza stood up, and looked at the settled down Zarbon. He smirked.
"Get up, lazy bones. Sorry to tell you it's time to go."
"Huh - oh, right." Zarbon turned red with embarrassment, and stood up quickly. He cleared his throat. "Yes sir."
Frieza looked at Kold.
"We can show ourselves out. Bye, father."
"Goodbye." Kold nodded. Frieza headed for the door. Zarbon followed.
"Where are we off to now, sir?" he asked as the walked down the corridor.
"Planet Zeo. Another business meeting, and then I want you to send the saiyans to purge a planet." Frieza explained.
"Which planet, sir?"
"I don't know yet. That's what I'll find out on Zeo."
"Oh. Right."
Frieza chuckled. Zarbon felt himself blush a little.
"Oh, by the way, we'll be on Zeo overnight so you'll have all day to explore." Frieza told him.
"Thank you, sir." Zarbon nodded.

~~~

Zarbon sat down. He was on a cliff edge. There were so many seas and beaches on this planet it was unbelievable. All you had to do was fly for five minutes and you'd find some more water.
It was dark now. The stars were shining bright. It this planet had a moon, the scenery would be perfect. A nice view of the calm sea that glowed and seemed to sparkle under the stars. The peaceful sound of the sea was soon interrupted by the growing sound of chattering voice that came closer each second.
Zarbon turned his head to see Vegeta with, surprise surprise, a girl. Five minutes. That's all it took. Then he'd go for the prettiest girl in sight. He was often successful, too. Well, I suppose he was attractive enough for a teenage girl. And none of them seemed to mind that he was a different race to them. In fact, most were impressed that he was a prince. He kinda used that as a chat up line - that was if they needed chatting up. Geez. Some of the tarts he wound up with...
"Zarbon?" Vegeta noticed the man.
"Yes?" Zarbon demanded.
"Nothing..." Vegeta said. "Shouldn't you be on the ship?"
"Shouldn't YOU?" Zarbon answered back. He looked at the girl, and back at Vegeta.
"This isn't a holiday, you know."
"Hey," Vegeta said innocently. "I'm just having a good night while I've got no moon to worry about."

Zarbon sighed, and lay down. Vegeta looked at him, and suddenly remembered something.
"Hey, I know what I was gonna say..." he turned his head to the girl. "Can you hold on a sec?"
"Guy talk?" the girl put her hand on her hip. She smiled. "Okay, but hurry back."
"Sure." Vegeta jogged over to Zarbon, and crouched beside him.
"I think I know what you were talking about before..." he said. Zarbon opened his eyes, and looked at Vegeta.
"You do?" he sounded surprised. Wow... maybe this girl wasn't just a one - night - stand. But what made her so special? Hmm... but on the other hand, someone could say that about Frieza...
"Yeah..." Vegeta nodded. "I was with Sindi before - "
"Her?" Zarbon nodded towards the girl. Vegeta nodded.
"Yeah... we were talking and stuff... and then I brought her here, and I realized what you meant."
"You did?" Zarbon shifted onto his side, and looked at Vegeta.
"So what should I do?" he asked.
"Don't worry," Vegeta assured him. "I've got some spares. You can borrow a couple if you like."
".... What?"
"Sorry, but a couple is all I can give you." Vegeta smirked. "Wow. I never thought I'd see YOU needing them, Zarbon."

"....." Zarbon stared at him in disbelief. He was silent for a few seconds, then he cleared his throat.
"Vegeta..." he began.
"Yeah?"
".... NOT THAT, YOU IDIOT!!!"
"Whoa!" Vegeta shot his hands out to stop himself falling over when he lost his balance in surprise at Zarbon's sudden outburst. He looked at Zarbon, and frowned in confusion.
"No?"
"NO!!" Zarbon yelled. "Vegeta, that's not what I mean!!"
"Huh?" Vegeta looked at him. "Then what -" his eyes widened. "Oh man... I get it now." he sat up, and looked at Zarbon. "You're having trouble "getting up" ?"
"NO!!" Zarbon roared. "Have can you be so stupid?! You - you just don't understand! Not at all!"
"Well come on, explain it to me!" Vegeta protested.
"I can't! I can't explain it to you..." Zarbon sighed, and shook his head. "Just forget about it, okay?" he stood up. ".... have a nice evening." with that, he walked away.

The girl watched him leave, and walked back over to Vegeta.
"What's his problem?" she asked.
"To be honest, I don't know." Vegeta replied, standing up. He wrapped his arms around her.
"But that's got nothing to do with us, right?" he smirked. Sindi blushed, and let him kiss her.
"Let's go down to the beach." Vegeta said.
"Sure. Why not..."

~~~

"Unbelievable..." Zarbon mumbled angrily. How could Vegeta even think that?! Was "that" all saiyans cared about?! No. Maybe it was just Vegeta. He's been an idiot ever since he was a kid. Why Frieza wanted him in the first place, Zarbon didn't have a clue. Little brat. Zarbon sighed, and looked up at the ship. He went inside.

The ship was pretty quiet. That was normal. Most of the workers liked to get to sleep early. A lot of them just needed more sleep because of their strength or race, while others could stay up late but preferred not to because they had to be up early in the morning. But regardless, the ship was usually quiet from ten o' clock onwards.
Zarbon stopped in front of an open door. Just out of curiosity to see if anyone was in there, he looked inside. The living room. Well, that was the best name for it. There was a fireplace, a table and a couple of sofas. Only Zarbon, Frieza and his family of course, Dodoria, and the Ginyu Force were allowed in there. Zarbon saw Frieza. He was lying on the sofa, staring into space and sipping wine. The top half of his tail - just the top half - was slowly wagging from side to side. He did that quite a lot. It was when he was in a particular mood. But Zarbon was yet to find out what mood that was, because he only seemed to do it when he was staring into space, and Zarbon didn't know what he was thinking. He always figured Frieza wagged his tail slowly when he was in deep thought. Either way, it was so cute ~*~
Zarbon stepped into the room. Frieza didn't notice him. Too deep in thought to even feel his ki. Zarbon wondered whether he should make his presence known or not. Well... yeah, okay. If Frieza didn't want him there, he'd let him know.

Zarbon cleared his throat.

"Huh?" Frieza snapped out of his daydream, and turned his head to look towards the doorway.
"Oh, Zarbon." he said. "Have you just got back?"
"Yes sir." Zarbon replied.
"Where are the saiyans?"
"Vegeta's out, and I'm not sure about the others." Zarbon reported.
"Okay." Frieza didn't seem to really care what the saiyans were up to. Just an excuse to make conversation.
"Am I interrupting?" Zarbon asked. Both he and Frieza knew that this meant "Can I join you?"
"No. Sit down." Frieza replied. Zarbon nodded gratefully, and sat on the couch opposite him. Frieza put his empty glass down on the table, and picked up the bottle of wine that also sat on it.
"Drink?" he offered as he topped up his own glass.
"Er - Yes please." Zarbon's said, taken by surprise at Frieza's offer. Frieza poured some more wine into a clean, empty glass, and handed it to Zarbon.
"Thank you." Zarbon said, taking it.

"What's it like out? Are there any waves on all those seas?" Frieza asked with a little smirk.
"It's calm. Not a single wave." Zarbon told him.
"So... perfect for that saiyan to relax with his princess?" Frieza said.
"Huh?" Zarbon looked at him, and became a little worried. "You know?"
"You mean, I know that you've been letting him get away with meeting girls on every planet he visits?" Frieza replied, looking at him.
"It's not like that, sir!" Zarbon swore. "I haven't known that long. And if it had been interfering with his attainment at all I would've -"
"Zarbon, calm down. I knew too, right?" Frieza cut him off. He smirked. "Damn kid. His spirit may be broken but his hormones are raging. Reminds me of my brother." Frieza chuckled. "Maybe that's why I hate him."
"Coola had girlfriends?" Zarbon asked.
"No. Just one - night - stands." Frieza replied. Zarbon uttered a small "hmp" laugh.

Frieza leaned across to put his wine glass down on the table, and withdrew back to the couch. He lay, and closed his eyes in a relaxed manner. Zarbon looked at him. He looked so peaceful. Zarbon smiled, and relaxed his eyes to gaze at Frieza. As he did so, he wasn't afraid to just say it in his head. As he sat there gazing at Frieza, the voice inside him said so softly and so gently:
"I love you." Frieza didn't respond. Well, that was obvious. Zarbon closed his eyes. The voice still spoke.
"I love you, Frieza." Zarbon opened his eyes, and turned his head to look at the fireplace. A content expression on his face. As he stared into the flames and felt their warmth touching his eyes, he gave a relaxed sigh.
"Lord Frieza," he began.
"I love you." There was no reply.
"Lord Frieza?" Zarbon repeated.
"I love you." Zarbon turned his head to look at Frieza. He was asleep. Zarbon looked at him with a mixture of surprise and disappointment - then, he just smiled.
"Heh." he closed his eyes. Well, maybe it was best this way. After all, he didn't want to risk losing him.
Zarbon took a sip of his wine, and then leant forward to put the glass on the table. He stood up, and walked towards the doorway.
He looked over his shoulder to gaze at Frieza one more time; and then turning with a smile, he left the room.