Disclaimer-Dragonball Z is not mine
Note-Yes, I know last chapter was a cliffy, and yes, I'm an evil, evil person. Just keep in mind for this chapter that this is an angst, NOT a tragedy. Hint, hint.
Nobody Dies From a Broken Heart
Bulma blinked in rapid succession, trying to clear her view. All she could see were colors and shapes. Nothing had distinctive features.
"Bulma?" Someone was leaning over her. "Bulma, can you hear me?" It was Chichi.
"Chichi? Where…"
"In the hospital. They took you to get X-rays, and now you're in a private room. They didn't think you'd wake up so fast."
"I'm tough." Bulma said. Her vision had returned. She stretched out her back. There was a sharp, sudden pain in her chest that knocked the wind out of her. She flopped back down on the bed, panting.
"Yeah, that's gonna hurt," Chichi said. "You did get into a head-on collision."
"Thank you, Mistress Obvious," Bulma said sarcastically. "I just didn't think it would hurt so bad. "
"Especially after emotional pain, eh?" Chichi sat at the foot of the bed.
Nobody told me it could ever hurt so badI'm having to learn the hard way know that you're gone
It's hurting me more than any pain I've ever had
And I don't know how I can go on
She patted Bulma's foot. "Don't worry. You'll get over it soon enough. This and him. The Bulma I know will. It's hurts a lot right now, but..."
"But nobody dies from a broken heart, eh?" Bulma smiled weakly.
Nobody dies from a broken heartGive it time and your dreams will start again
I know love can tear you apart
But nobody dies from a broken heart
"Yeah." Chichi smiled. "Well, hopefully, your X-rays will prove that there is nothing wrong with you, and you'll be outta here. And then we both can give him a piece of our minds, eh?"
Bulma smiled. "Yeah."
"At the latest, it'll take a month, but it'll happen. Believe me, it'll happen!" Chichi seemed to be reassuring both of them. That made Bulma worry. What was she trying to hide?
Everyone tells me it's gonna take a little time Before you find your heartache slipping awayI know they mean well, and they're just trying to ease my mind
But it doesn't help to hear them say
Nobody dies from a broken heart
Give it time and your dreams will start again
I know love can tear you apart
But nobody dies from a broken heart
"Bulma…" Chichi said.
"What?"
"Do you…do you still have feelings for him?"
Bulma was quiet for awhile. "I...I don't know, Chichi. I know I miss him a lot."
Chichi sighed. "Yeah, I guess you would. But try not to hurt too much, OK? You're too good to waste away with a broken heart."
Bulma smiled weakly. "Chichi, can I be alone?"
"Sure." Chichi left.
Bulma stared up at the ceiling, her thoughts as blank as the white tiles above her. All of a sudden, tears welled up in her eyes and hot drops of anger and sorrow spilled down her cheeks.
"Oh, God," she whispered. "Oh, God."
There's nothing anybody's gonna say
That can talk me out of feeling this way
There's nothing anybody else can do
To take away my love for you
Goku and Chichi stood up from the brown, cushioned, Waiting Room chairs as the doctor who took Bulma's X-rays entered.
"Doctor, is she going to be okay?" Chichi asked.
He sighed. "I'm afraid not."
"What's wrong?" Goku asked.
"In the crash, her ribs were broken. One of them punctured her heart."
"Oh my God." Chichi's hand flew to her mouth.
"Can't you fix it?" Goku asked
"No. If we remove it, she'll lose more blood than she's losing now, and it'll hasten her death. All we can do is ease her out of life as quickly and painlessly as possible."
Chichi buried her face in her hands and cried. "I'll kill him. I'll kill him!"
"Who?" the doctor asked.
"Yamcha! He drove her to this!"
The doctor looked confused. "But how…?"
"Just go away," Chichi said. As the doctor left, she turned to Goku. "I'll kill him with my own two hands! He's the cause of all this!"
"Chichi, calm down," Goku said, grabbing her hands and holding her still. "Just calm down. It's not his fault. She made the decision to leave. He didn't force her."
"Goku, you're just too forgiving," she said. But dimly, a little bit of his logic began to seep into her mind.
Nobody dies of a broken heart
Give it time and your dreams will start again
I know love can tear you apart
But nobody dies from a broken heart
Nobody dies of a broken heart
Give it time and your dreams will start again
I know love can tear you apart
But nobody dies from a broken heart
Bulma stared at the wall. In font of her was her father, his face resigned, and her mother, sobbing into a handkerchief. They had broken the news to her that she was going to die.
For a long time, she lay unblinking, unmoving, just looking at the wall. Her face was blank.
Her head moved suddenly, making her parents jump.
"Vegeta."
"What about him?" Javier said.
- "I want Vegeta. I want to see him right now."
"Dear, I don't think he'll come…"
"Force him! Shut down the GR! I want to see Vegeta right now! I want to give him the satisfaction of telling him that he was right." She smiled. It was a frightening, crazy smile. "Bring him to me."
Javier was about to talk, but Bunny cut in. "Yes, of course, darling. I'll bring him."
"Thanks, Mom," Bulma said, with a gleam in her eyes. "Thank you."
There! Finished!
And don't think that this story will end any time soon!
