Last time:
"I love you Vegeta," she whispered, his lips pressed to her forehead, tears already soaking her face.
"Bye."
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"He actually turned you down?" Chi-Chi gasped, absent-mindedly gripping the pillow under her head a little tighter. Her and 18 had come to spend the night; they all agreed they needed time to catch up. Goku was at Vegeta's with Gohan, and Trunks was there as well, and Krillin too. Bulma felt bad for filling Mrs. Ouji's house with screaming babies, she had enough with Tsukiyama, but both Trunks and Gohan were very restless. "That's not like him. Well, with you anyway. He's turned tons of girls down."
"Not Arisa," Bulma huffed, under her breath. Just because she was considering taking him back didn't mean she wasn't bitter about what happened. She'd never forget that.
"He can't turn every girl down," 18 laughed, trying to lighten the mood. It obviously wasn't the right thing to say. "Why did he turn you down? Did he say?"
"Said he wanted things to be just right." She glanced up at 18, who was on the bed; Chi-Chi and Bulma chose to stay on the floor. "He didn't want us sleeping together on a whim."
"Well that's understandable."
"Is it?" she sneered, immediately regretting her words. Chi-Chi still didn't know about 18 and Vegeta having slept together; as far as she knew, herself, Vegeta, and 18 were the only ones that knew. "I just don't see how he can beg and beg and beg for so long, and then, when I finally give him what he wants-"
"He doesn't want sex, B," Chi-Chi sighed, letting her head fall the few inches to her pillow. "He wants you. He wants to be your boyfriend again. He wants a family."
"Yes, well, he's going to have to settle for what I give him right now. I mean it hasn't even been a year since graduation. I'm being nice about all this, if you think about it. I didn't have to put up with his shit. I could have gotten complete custody of Trunks and slapped him with a well-deserved restraining order."
"You wouldn't have done that though."
"But I could have. And the fact that I didn't proves how easy I've been to him. He deserves a swift kick between the legs."
"Kami," 18 sighed, seeming to be in her own little world; she was now lying on her back, starring at the ceiling.
"What?"
"I was just thinking; I never would have thought things would end up this way." She rolled back over and directed her attention at her friends. "Well, Goku and Chi-Chi were a given, but everything else? It's like someone tilted the universe or something." She glanced at her stunning engagement ring, beaming with pride. "Me and Krillin, B and 'Geta with a baby. What ever happened to those good old days in the tent?"
"Yeah, I miss that too. We all need to go camping once Bulma and Vegeta are back together again."
"Who says that'll happen?" Bulma demanded, quite angry at Chi-Chi's words. Just because she wanted to sleep with Vegeta didn't mean she was willing to accept him into a relationship again. He deserved to be used just for sex, the way he used so many other girls; but Bulma wasn't about to say that's what she was thinking, or that she hadn't been thinking that when she wanted Vegeta a few nights ago. Best just leave it at what she said and reply to what 18 just said. What did she say? "What was that?"
"I said, that it's a very likely possibility."
"Possible, not probable."
"So, what, you're just going to sleep with him and then kick him out of bed?"
She didn't answer.
"That's low B, even for Vegeta. He'd never do that to someone he cared about."
"Well, maybe that's because I don't care about him."
"That's a downright lie and you know it Bulma Briefs."
"I can use him just as I like, thank you. He's done more than enough to deserve it."
"I'm worried about him," 18 said out of the blue. "I think he's taking up his habit again, you know?"
Both Bulma and Chi-Chi gave heavy sighs. They knew exactly what she was talking about.
"I can't find anything in his room, but I saw a bandage on his arm last week. He said he'd fallen or some lie like that."
"He'll be fine," Bulma assured her, though it was more for herself, more of a hope than a certainty. "He has to be."
"B, can I use your phone? I want to call Goku and make sure Gohan went to bed alright. He's been stubborn about it lately."
"Sure Chi." She reached on her nightstand and tossed her the phone.
"Hello, Mrs. Ouji, this is Chi-Chi…Fine, and yourself?…May I please speak with Goku? I just want to check in…Hi honey…You too. Listen, did…He did? Well that's a relief…Good. Well, I better go…I love you too. Good night." She was elated when she handed Bulma back the phone. "Gohan went to bed just fine, didn't fuss a bit." But neither of her friends were listening to her.
"You bitch!" 18 screamed, jumping up; Bulma followed. "Krillin is NOT a goody-goody priss-boy! He's just not an arrogant asshole who only thinks about himself!"
"What do I care what Vegeta is? I HATE him!"
"What the hell is going on?" Chi-Chi snapped, rushing between the two who were about to break each other's necks. "I'm on the phone for two seconds and you two are ready to kill each other! What happened?"
"18 thought she could 'talk some damn sense into me' by explaining that I owed Vegeta and should go back to him."
"Well you do!" 18 hissed, flinging her fist at her, though Chi-Chi quickly grabbed it. "He's done nothing wrong, save that incident with Arisa, which wasn't even his fault entirely! And you just can't except the fact that he loves you and would die for you and that you mean more to him than anything in this world! You're so damn stubborn, Bulma! One of these days Vegeta won't be your pushing bag anymore and you'll be all alone! All washed up and used and hating yourself for not accepting what's right in front of your prissy little nose!" She was panting when she finally stopped yelling.
"Is that what you really think of me? Hmm, 18?" 18 only glared daggers back. She would pay for that. "Well, I'd like to say that I don't think so highly of you either, you two-faced whore!" 18's glare sudden sprang to a look of pure terror in one liquid motion. "What? Don't want me to let Chi know your dirty little secret?"
"Bulma, please, I-"
"What secret?" Chi-Chi demanded, turning to 18, who looked pleadingly at Bulma still.
"Oh, nothing big," Bulma said nonchalantly. "Just that 18 and Vegeta slept together!"
"What!"
"I'll kill you!"
"Ha!"
"What!!!"
"Yeah!" Bulma went on. "Her and Krill were having some problems, you remember, right Chi? And poor little depressed 18 went to seek comfort in Vegeta, and wound up in his bed! And she never told Krillin about it, and they weren't technically broken up! Filthy whore! You're just like Arisa! Screwing guys for the hell of it, not caring who you hurt!"
"Yeah, well, I'm not the only whore who jumps into guys' beds for pity!"
"I'll rip that mouth off you 18!" Bulma warned, reaching out for her; Chi-Chi held fast.
"Oh, so you didn't tell Chi what I walked in on after graduation?"
"What's she talking about, B?"
"Nothing. She's lying."
"Right," 18 laughed maliciously. "Remember back when Tomiko and Shuji decided to break-up and be friends? And it all was fine and they were friends, and still are." Chi-Chi nodded, not liking at all where this was going. "And you remember when Bulma got drunk at her graduation party a few weeks after graduation?"
"You slept with my brother!?" Chi-Chi gasped, lunging at Bulma and knocking her to the floor. She got in a few good punches before 18 realized Bulma wasn't fighting back, and pulled her off. "Let me go! I'll kill her! You bitch! You dirty little bitch!"
"I didn't even know what I did until the next morning!" Bulma snapped back, picking herself up and wiping the little trickle of blood that was seeping from the corner of her mouth. "And Shuji was drunk too! It's not our fault!"
"No, of course not! Not loose Bulma's fault! Never!"
"Fine! You want to talk sleeping with the wrong guys?"
"You've got nothing on me," Chi-Chi hissed. "I'm clean. Goku is the only man I've ever been with."
"Huh uh, Goku and Sorai."
"That's a lie!" But she was already crying, and sunk to the floor. "How do you know about that?"
"Let's just say Sorai, bless his little heart, can't keep anything from me. Five years ago, and mind you, you were only fourteen and Sorai was only thirteen, and just barely-well, the little lad, cute as a button, comes running up to me, happy as a calm about having lost his virginity before any one in his class. Now I said to him, 'But Sorai, you're too young for that.' And well, he said it was only that one time and that the girl he'd slept with didn't want to do it again; she was going to be with another boy very soon, when he found the courage to ask her out."
"You lost your virginity when you were fourteen!" 18 gasped, almost disgusted. And Sorai, he was only thirteen? Kami, how much she didn't know about her supposed friends. "I don't even know you two anymore!" She went to leave, but Chi-Chi grabbed her arm and yanked her to the floor.
"You breath one word-"
"I'll breath all the words I'd like. Some people-" She glared at Bulma. "-don't know the meaning of secrecy, so neither do I anymore."
"Secrecy from who, 18? Me? One of your best friends? Why couldn't I know, huh? Why only Bulma? Why is it always Bulma that knows everything!"
Bulma snorted in outrage.
"Because she overheard a conversation! I didn't tell her! I wasn't going to tell anyone! Least of all her!"
"What's that supposed to mean, 'least of all me'!"
"You can't keep secrets worth a damn! You just blurted both mine and Chi's deepest secrets!"
"And my secret isn't out there, hmm, 18? You both don't know about me and Shuji? No, I guess that was all my imagination!"
"Fine!" 18 growled. "No one tells a word of what we know, got it!"
Bulma crossed her arms and looked away.
Chi-Chi stood and walked to the other side of the room
"I said, GOT IT!"
"Yeah," Bulma huffed.
"We got it," Chi-Chi snapped. "Can I go now? I think I'll stay somewhere a little more honest." She stormed out before either girl could say a word.
"You best not open your mouth Miss Gossip, cause I have dirt on you too. I know more than you think."
"So righteous?" Bulma caught 18's eyes and for a split second she almost gave into the urge to hug her and apologize and beg to be forgiven; but in her stubbornness she refused to budge; 18 slipped by her and slammed the door.
Bulma sunk to the floor, crying into her folded arms. Kami, she didn't want to go to class tomorrow.
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"You turned her down? What the hell is wrong with you?" Goku snapped. "She was finally-"
"No, she was throwing herself at me. All she wanted was sex. And she's the only one that that doesn't matter with, so stop acting like you don't understand!" Vegeta retorted, slouching onto his bed.
"Hey!" Krillin butted in. "Would you two keep it down? You just got your sons to fall asleep. I don't want to listen to them crying all night because their fathers can't keep it down."
Goku gave him an apologetic look; Vegeta looked away.
"Look," Goku said. "All I'm saying is that if she's willing to make love to you, then she's probably considering taking you back. Maybe not in the near future, but eventually. I don't pretend to know."
"That's clear," Vegeta huffed.
"Goku!" Mrs. Ouji called softly, knocking on the door. "Your wife's on the phone!"
"Thank you." He grabbed the receiver in Vegeta's room. "Hey Chi…I miss you…Yes, he fell asleep just fine. No fuss…Trunks too…Oh, alright. I love you…'Night."
"She always do that?" Krillin asked, grabbing the bowl of popcorn Mrs. Ouji had brought them awhile ago.
"Yeah," Vegeta grunted. "Like twenty times. I'm surprised she's not over here right now, making sure he's not sleeping too hard, or something."
"Stop it Vegeta. You worry about Trunks too. Don't deny it."
"She's beyond worry. Stupid baka."
Goku ignored him and decided to continue pressing the Bulma matter.
"What will finally make you two a couple again?"
Vegeta rolled his eyes, but said, "When she wants to be one, that's when."
"And sex?"
"That's what couples do."
"So you won't sleep with her until you're a couple?"
"You catch on fast."
"Just checking…Can I ask you one more thing?"
"Me telling you no will do no good."
"Ok. What did it feel like when she wanted you?"
Vegeta made one of those noises, not quite a growl, but nothing like a huff, and turned towards the window. What the hell was going on over there? The curtains were pulled shut in Bulma's bedroom, but the light was on and-no, his eyes were deceiving him. He thought he just saw one of the silhouettes lunged at another of the silhouettes.
"What the hell?" Krillin had seen it too.
"What?"
"It looks like something's going on over at Bulma's." He stood and walked to the window, as if it would help him to know what was going on behind the curtains.
"Like what?" Goku was now beside him, straining to see. Damn the curtains! Even Vegeta joined them, his brow furrowed. He didn't like the look of things. "What the-What's going on? Are they-"
"Looks like it. We better get over there and stop them."
"No, you two are staying here," Vegeta said, holding out his arm to stop Krillin. "They're not children. They can handle themselves." He smirked. "Maybe they're having a pillow fight in their lingerie."
"Shut up Vegeta," Goku hissed, completely unlike himself. "They don't do that shit."
"Too bad."
They continued to watch the silhouette-play next door, for about five minutes, until Goku couldn't stand it anymore, pushed Vegeta aside, and ran out of the room. Before Vegeta had a chance, Krillin slipped away too; he stayed put, he knew what he was talking about; they could handle themselves.
He turned back to the window; the silhouettes were all gone. What?
His eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of something; someone, running across the lawn. He squinted his eyes. It was Chi-Chi! And she was running towards his house in her pajamas. Seconds later 18's blonde hair caught his eyes. Goku and Krillin met up with them soon after, wrapping their arms around their shoulders and escorting them into the house. Were they crying?
Within a few minutes he heard their voices. Chi-Chi and 18 crying, very unlike 18 to cry in such a public place, and Goku and Krillin giving them comforting words, and desperately trying to remind them that Trunks and Gohan were sleeping. When they finally came into his room, he wasn't surprised to find that 18's shirt was torn at the bottom and both her and Chi-Chi's hair was horribly mussed.
"Does Bulma look just as bad?" Vegeta asked none too concerned-sounding.
"Yeah," Chi-Chi replied, giving a little smile. "I fixed her up real nice."
"Yeah, me too," 18 added.
"Shut up 18."
"Screw you Chi!"
In the nursery Tsukiyama, Trunks, and Gohan started to cry.
Vegeta rolled his eyes and took his place back on his bed. It was going to be a long night.
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---Chapter 21! Hey, I know there was no Vegeta/Bulma action, but I needed to put something in with just the guys and just the girls, cause I've kinda left them out too much lately, especially Krillin, poor guy. Too bad they ended up fighting, but hey, they'll make up, I promise! And next time you get your Bulma/Vegeta-ness, and another play. Woo! Oh, and about the girls seeming like major sluts; they really aren't. All those things were just huge mistakes, mostly grief or alcohol induced. Don't hate them, or me, for it, k? I love you all! :D
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Next time: The play, the turmoil…the love?
"I love you Vegeta," she whispered, his lips pressed to her forehead, tears already soaking her face.
"Bye."
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"He actually turned you down?" Chi-Chi gasped, absent-mindedly gripping the pillow under her head a little tighter. Her and 18 had come to spend the night; they all agreed they needed time to catch up. Goku was at Vegeta's with Gohan, and Trunks was there as well, and Krillin too. Bulma felt bad for filling Mrs. Ouji's house with screaming babies, she had enough with Tsukiyama, but both Trunks and Gohan were very restless. "That's not like him. Well, with you anyway. He's turned tons of girls down."
"Not Arisa," Bulma huffed, under her breath. Just because she was considering taking him back didn't mean she wasn't bitter about what happened. She'd never forget that.
"He can't turn every girl down," 18 laughed, trying to lighten the mood. It obviously wasn't the right thing to say. "Why did he turn you down? Did he say?"
"Said he wanted things to be just right." She glanced up at 18, who was on the bed; Chi-Chi and Bulma chose to stay on the floor. "He didn't want us sleeping together on a whim."
"Well that's understandable."
"Is it?" she sneered, immediately regretting her words. Chi-Chi still didn't know about 18 and Vegeta having slept together; as far as she knew, herself, Vegeta, and 18 were the only ones that knew. "I just don't see how he can beg and beg and beg for so long, and then, when I finally give him what he wants-"
"He doesn't want sex, B," Chi-Chi sighed, letting her head fall the few inches to her pillow. "He wants you. He wants to be your boyfriend again. He wants a family."
"Yes, well, he's going to have to settle for what I give him right now. I mean it hasn't even been a year since graduation. I'm being nice about all this, if you think about it. I didn't have to put up with his shit. I could have gotten complete custody of Trunks and slapped him with a well-deserved restraining order."
"You wouldn't have done that though."
"But I could have. And the fact that I didn't proves how easy I've been to him. He deserves a swift kick between the legs."
"Kami," 18 sighed, seeming to be in her own little world; she was now lying on her back, starring at the ceiling.
"What?"
"I was just thinking; I never would have thought things would end up this way." She rolled back over and directed her attention at her friends. "Well, Goku and Chi-Chi were a given, but everything else? It's like someone tilted the universe or something." She glanced at her stunning engagement ring, beaming with pride. "Me and Krillin, B and 'Geta with a baby. What ever happened to those good old days in the tent?"
"Yeah, I miss that too. We all need to go camping once Bulma and Vegeta are back together again."
"Who says that'll happen?" Bulma demanded, quite angry at Chi-Chi's words. Just because she wanted to sleep with Vegeta didn't mean she was willing to accept him into a relationship again. He deserved to be used just for sex, the way he used so many other girls; but Bulma wasn't about to say that's what she was thinking, or that she hadn't been thinking that when she wanted Vegeta a few nights ago. Best just leave it at what she said and reply to what 18 just said. What did she say? "What was that?"
"I said, that it's a very likely possibility."
"Possible, not probable."
"So, what, you're just going to sleep with him and then kick him out of bed?"
She didn't answer.
"That's low B, even for Vegeta. He'd never do that to someone he cared about."
"Well, maybe that's because I don't care about him."
"That's a downright lie and you know it Bulma Briefs."
"I can use him just as I like, thank you. He's done more than enough to deserve it."
"I'm worried about him," 18 said out of the blue. "I think he's taking up his habit again, you know?"
Both Bulma and Chi-Chi gave heavy sighs. They knew exactly what she was talking about.
"I can't find anything in his room, but I saw a bandage on his arm last week. He said he'd fallen or some lie like that."
"He'll be fine," Bulma assured her, though it was more for herself, more of a hope than a certainty. "He has to be."
"B, can I use your phone? I want to call Goku and make sure Gohan went to bed alright. He's been stubborn about it lately."
"Sure Chi." She reached on her nightstand and tossed her the phone.
"Hello, Mrs. Ouji, this is Chi-Chi…Fine, and yourself?…May I please speak with Goku? I just want to check in…Hi honey…You too. Listen, did…He did? Well that's a relief…Good. Well, I better go…I love you too. Good night." She was elated when she handed Bulma back the phone. "Gohan went to bed just fine, didn't fuss a bit." But neither of her friends were listening to her.
"You bitch!" 18 screamed, jumping up; Bulma followed. "Krillin is NOT a goody-goody priss-boy! He's just not an arrogant asshole who only thinks about himself!"
"What do I care what Vegeta is? I HATE him!"
"What the hell is going on?" Chi-Chi snapped, rushing between the two who were about to break each other's necks. "I'm on the phone for two seconds and you two are ready to kill each other! What happened?"
"18 thought she could 'talk some damn sense into me' by explaining that I owed Vegeta and should go back to him."
"Well you do!" 18 hissed, flinging her fist at her, though Chi-Chi quickly grabbed it. "He's done nothing wrong, save that incident with Arisa, which wasn't even his fault entirely! And you just can't except the fact that he loves you and would die for you and that you mean more to him than anything in this world! You're so damn stubborn, Bulma! One of these days Vegeta won't be your pushing bag anymore and you'll be all alone! All washed up and used and hating yourself for not accepting what's right in front of your prissy little nose!" She was panting when she finally stopped yelling.
"Is that what you really think of me? Hmm, 18?" 18 only glared daggers back. She would pay for that. "Well, I'd like to say that I don't think so highly of you either, you two-faced whore!" 18's glare sudden sprang to a look of pure terror in one liquid motion. "What? Don't want me to let Chi know your dirty little secret?"
"Bulma, please, I-"
"What secret?" Chi-Chi demanded, turning to 18, who looked pleadingly at Bulma still.
"Oh, nothing big," Bulma said nonchalantly. "Just that 18 and Vegeta slept together!"
"What!"
"I'll kill you!"
"Ha!"
"What!!!"
"Yeah!" Bulma went on. "Her and Krill were having some problems, you remember, right Chi? And poor little depressed 18 went to seek comfort in Vegeta, and wound up in his bed! And she never told Krillin about it, and they weren't technically broken up! Filthy whore! You're just like Arisa! Screwing guys for the hell of it, not caring who you hurt!"
"Yeah, well, I'm not the only whore who jumps into guys' beds for pity!"
"I'll rip that mouth off you 18!" Bulma warned, reaching out for her; Chi-Chi held fast.
"Oh, so you didn't tell Chi what I walked in on after graduation?"
"What's she talking about, B?"
"Nothing. She's lying."
"Right," 18 laughed maliciously. "Remember back when Tomiko and Shuji decided to break-up and be friends? And it all was fine and they were friends, and still are." Chi-Chi nodded, not liking at all where this was going. "And you remember when Bulma got drunk at her graduation party a few weeks after graduation?"
"You slept with my brother!?" Chi-Chi gasped, lunging at Bulma and knocking her to the floor. She got in a few good punches before 18 realized Bulma wasn't fighting back, and pulled her off. "Let me go! I'll kill her! You bitch! You dirty little bitch!"
"I didn't even know what I did until the next morning!" Bulma snapped back, picking herself up and wiping the little trickle of blood that was seeping from the corner of her mouth. "And Shuji was drunk too! It's not our fault!"
"No, of course not! Not loose Bulma's fault! Never!"
"Fine! You want to talk sleeping with the wrong guys?"
"You've got nothing on me," Chi-Chi hissed. "I'm clean. Goku is the only man I've ever been with."
"Huh uh, Goku and Sorai."
"That's a lie!" But she was already crying, and sunk to the floor. "How do you know about that?"
"Let's just say Sorai, bless his little heart, can't keep anything from me. Five years ago, and mind you, you were only fourteen and Sorai was only thirteen, and just barely-well, the little lad, cute as a button, comes running up to me, happy as a calm about having lost his virginity before any one in his class. Now I said to him, 'But Sorai, you're too young for that.' And well, he said it was only that one time and that the girl he'd slept with didn't want to do it again; she was going to be with another boy very soon, when he found the courage to ask her out."
"You lost your virginity when you were fourteen!" 18 gasped, almost disgusted. And Sorai, he was only thirteen? Kami, how much she didn't know about her supposed friends. "I don't even know you two anymore!" She went to leave, but Chi-Chi grabbed her arm and yanked her to the floor.
"You breath one word-"
"I'll breath all the words I'd like. Some people-" She glared at Bulma. "-don't know the meaning of secrecy, so neither do I anymore."
"Secrecy from who, 18? Me? One of your best friends? Why couldn't I know, huh? Why only Bulma? Why is it always Bulma that knows everything!"
Bulma snorted in outrage.
"Because she overheard a conversation! I didn't tell her! I wasn't going to tell anyone! Least of all her!"
"What's that supposed to mean, 'least of all me'!"
"You can't keep secrets worth a damn! You just blurted both mine and Chi's deepest secrets!"
"And my secret isn't out there, hmm, 18? You both don't know about me and Shuji? No, I guess that was all my imagination!"
"Fine!" 18 growled. "No one tells a word of what we know, got it!"
Bulma crossed her arms and looked away.
Chi-Chi stood and walked to the other side of the room
"I said, GOT IT!"
"Yeah," Bulma huffed.
"We got it," Chi-Chi snapped. "Can I go now? I think I'll stay somewhere a little more honest." She stormed out before either girl could say a word.
"You best not open your mouth Miss Gossip, cause I have dirt on you too. I know more than you think."
"So righteous?" Bulma caught 18's eyes and for a split second she almost gave into the urge to hug her and apologize and beg to be forgiven; but in her stubbornness she refused to budge; 18 slipped by her and slammed the door.
Bulma sunk to the floor, crying into her folded arms. Kami, she didn't want to go to class tomorrow.
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"You turned her down? What the hell is wrong with you?" Goku snapped. "She was finally-"
"No, she was throwing herself at me. All she wanted was sex. And she's the only one that that doesn't matter with, so stop acting like you don't understand!" Vegeta retorted, slouching onto his bed.
"Hey!" Krillin butted in. "Would you two keep it down? You just got your sons to fall asleep. I don't want to listen to them crying all night because their fathers can't keep it down."
Goku gave him an apologetic look; Vegeta looked away.
"Look," Goku said. "All I'm saying is that if she's willing to make love to you, then she's probably considering taking you back. Maybe not in the near future, but eventually. I don't pretend to know."
"That's clear," Vegeta huffed.
"Goku!" Mrs. Ouji called softly, knocking on the door. "Your wife's on the phone!"
"Thank you." He grabbed the receiver in Vegeta's room. "Hey Chi…I miss you…Yes, he fell asleep just fine. No fuss…Trunks too…Oh, alright. I love you…'Night."
"She always do that?" Krillin asked, grabbing the bowl of popcorn Mrs. Ouji had brought them awhile ago.
"Yeah," Vegeta grunted. "Like twenty times. I'm surprised she's not over here right now, making sure he's not sleeping too hard, or something."
"Stop it Vegeta. You worry about Trunks too. Don't deny it."
"She's beyond worry. Stupid baka."
Goku ignored him and decided to continue pressing the Bulma matter.
"What will finally make you two a couple again?"
Vegeta rolled his eyes, but said, "When she wants to be one, that's when."
"And sex?"
"That's what couples do."
"So you won't sleep with her until you're a couple?"
"You catch on fast."
"Just checking…Can I ask you one more thing?"
"Me telling you no will do no good."
"Ok. What did it feel like when she wanted you?"
Vegeta made one of those noises, not quite a growl, but nothing like a huff, and turned towards the window. What the hell was going on over there? The curtains were pulled shut in Bulma's bedroom, but the light was on and-no, his eyes were deceiving him. He thought he just saw one of the silhouettes lunged at another of the silhouettes.
"What the hell?" Krillin had seen it too.
"What?"
"It looks like something's going on over at Bulma's." He stood and walked to the window, as if it would help him to know what was going on behind the curtains.
"Like what?" Goku was now beside him, straining to see. Damn the curtains! Even Vegeta joined them, his brow furrowed. He didn't like the look of things. "What the-What's going on? Are they-"
"Looks like it. We better get over there and stop them."
"No, you two are staying here," Vegeta said, holding out his arm to stop Krillin. "They're not children. They can handle themselves." He smirked. "Maybe they're having a pillow fight in their lingerie."
"Shut up Vegeta," Goku hissed, completely unlike himself. "They don't do that shit."
"Too bad."
They continued to watch the silhouette-play next door, for about five minutes, until Goku couldn't stand it anymore, pushed Vegeta aside, and ran out of the room. Before Vegeta had a chance, Krillin slipped away too; he stayed put, he knew what he was talking about; they could handle themselves.
He turned back to the window; the silhouettes were all gone. What?
His eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of something; someone, running across the lawn. He squinted his eyes. It was Chi-Chi! And she was running towards his house in her pajamas. Seconds later 18's blonde hair caught his eyes. Goku and Krillin met up with them soon after, wrapping their arms around their shoulders and escorting them into the house. Were they crying?
Within a few minutes he heard their voices. Chi-Chi and 18 crying, very unlike 18 to cry in such a public place, and Goku and Krillin giving them comforting words, and desperately trying to remind them that Trunks and Gohan were sleeping. When they finally came into his room, he wasn't surprised to find that 18's shirt was torn at the bottom and both her and Chi-Chi's hair was horribly mussed.
"Does Bulma look just as bad?" Vegeta asked none too concerned-sounding.
"Yeah," Chi-Chi replied, giving a little smile. "I fixed her up real nice."
"Yeah, me too," 18 added.
"Shut up 18."
"Screw you Chi!"
In the nursery Tsukiyama, Trunks, and Gohan started to cry.
Vegeta rolled his eyes and took his place back on his bed. It was going to be a long night.
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---Chapter 21! Hey, I know there was no Vegeta/Bulma action, but I needed to put something in with just the guys and just the girls, cause I've kinda left them out too much lately, especially Krillin, poor guy. Too bad they ended up fighting, but hey, they'll make up, I promise! And next time you get your Bulma/Vegeta-ness, and another play. Woo! Oh, and about the girls seeming like major sluts; they really aren't. All those things were just huge mistakes, mostly grief or alcohol induced. Don't hate them, or me, for it, k? I love you all! :D
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