Part three!
Not love?
Goku woke the next morning at six o'clock. He got up and stretched, remembering his deal with Vegeta.
"Right. Day two." He opened the door- and collided with someone. They both fell to the floor. "Watch where you're bloody going!" he snapped.
"What?!" Goku looked up to see Vegeta. He had been coming out of the room opposite.
"Sorry. Just…being Saiyan." Vegeta suddenly smirked.
"Good then." He got up and rubbed his back. "God, you've got a really hard body." Goku's head shot up. Vegeta's eyes grew wide and he covered his mouth with his hands.
"Er…I get the feeling that came out wrong?" Goku asked. Vegeta nodded, going bright red. "Well…uh…I'll be off then." Goku quickly walked off in the direction of the kitchens.
'God, you've got a really hard body.' Goku blushed. That definitely came out wrong. He tried to forget it as he came to the kitchens. Along the back wall were hundreds of fridges and freezers. He took the contents out of two of them, deciding to have a small breakfast. He ate fast and hurried out.
Vegeta was going the other way. He was berating himself. How could he have said that?! How did it come out so wrong? He headed to the gravity room before realising he needed Bulma's permission to use it now that he was acting human. He scowled and went the other way.
On the way to the lab- where he knew Bulma would be, he felt Goku's ki spike. Curious, Vegeta headed in that direction instead.
He found Goku in a heated row with Chi Chi. Why Chi Chi was here Vegeta didn't know. Anyway, Goku continued shouting at her, and Chi Chi retaliated. They got so loud, Vegeta could hear them from where he was ten metres away.
"You come home and stop this nonsense!"
"Why should I? You don't accept who I am! You want me to be a weak little human!"
"You've never acted like this! Why now… Did Vegeta have something to do with this?!"
"Leave Vegeta out of this!"
"That's it isn't it? Vegeta's done something to you so you act Saiyan!"
"No! He would never…"
"What did that bastard do to you!?" Vegeta's anger soared- but, surprisingly, not as much as Goku's. Goku's ki flared up higher than ever before. He flashed into super Saiyan.
"You leave Vegeta alone!" Vegeta was shocked. Goku created a ki ball. He fired it at a nearby tree. "You leave me alone and don't go near Vegeta!" Chi Chi made a high pitched squealing noise and ran off. Vegeta was shocked beyond words. He ran towards Goku as the taller Saiyan began destroying more trees.
"Kakarott, what are you doing?" Goku turned to him, snarling.
"Committing acts of mindless violence!" he yelled. "Isn't that what Saiyans do?!" Vegeta grabbed his arms.
"Stop it!" Goku stared at him. After a while he powered down and heaved a sigh.
"What Vegeta?" Vegeta let go of him.
"I heard what you said. From the 'come home and stop the nonsense' bit. And, well…thanks…for defending me." Goku was still scowling.
"Don't get any ideas. I was only doing that because I figured Saiyans would defend the royal bloodline." Vegeta stared, shocked at him. Goku pushed past him. He headed to the house, but turned. "And…just so you know, you just cost me my marriage."
Vegeta watched Goku's retreating back and felt strangely disappointed. He had felt for sure Goku had been defending him, and for some reason, that would have been great. Vegeta frowned. Why would Goku defending him mean so much to him? He shook his head. It didn't matter anyway. Goku had just been acting.
For the rest of the day Vegeta decided to stalk Goku. He forgot all about training and decided to see if Goku was still acting Saiyan.
Goku was walking down a hall in capsule corp., Vegeta following with his ki suppressed. Goku seemed to be going in no particular direction, just wandering. Suddenly all the phones in capsule corp. went off and both Goku and Vegeta jumped six feet in the air. It was quickly answered.
"Who the bloody hell would make it so that they all went off at once?! You'd think a place like this would have different numbers for different places!" Goku continued ranting to himself as Vegeta followed, smiling. Goku was funny when he was angry.
"Hey Kakarott!" the speakers went off and Goku stopped. "There's a call for you on line one. It's Gohan." It was Bulma's voice. Goku headed for a nearby telephone and pressed for line one.
"Hello?"
"Hi dad. Uh…so…what's wrong?"
"N,nothing."
"Why are you acting so…"
"Saiyan? Because I am." Vegeta could hear both sides of the conversation clearly. He could also tell Goku was breaking down.
"But, you live on Earth…you've never behaved like this!"
"…"
"Mom says she's divorcing you."
"Yeah…" wow, that was new, Vegeta thought. I guess I really did cost him his marriage.
"Please, just come home and stop this!"
"I can't son, I can't explain, it's just something I've got to do."
"Why?"
"…Ok I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone else."
"Ok."
"It's…a deal with Vegeta. I said I'd be more Saiyan of he'd be more human."
"…You're throwing your whole life away because of a stupid deal?"
"I'd have to be his slave forever if I stopped! ……That's not the only reason though…I…I just want to prove to Vegeta that I can be Saiyan. He's nice to me now, and that's something I've always wanted. I can't help it…I guess this sounds stupid…" Vegeta was speechless- Goku wanted to impress him?
"…Do you love Vegeta?" the Saiyan prince jolted.
"What? No!"
"It's just that…what with all the time you spend with him…"
"We spar!"
"And you two are the only pure blooded Saiyans left…"
"So?"
"And you do talk about him a lot at home…"
"I was bored!"
"And you want to impress him."
"…" Vegeta by now had started hyperventilating. Too. Much…information…need…to…go! But he couldn't. He had to see if Goku did love him.
"Dad? Are you still there?"
"Yeah. And…I guess you're right about me. But I don't think its love! Heh, no way! Maybe just some silly little crush. Don't worry, it'll pass." Vegeta's heart sank, though he wasn't sure why.
"Will you come home then?"
"I can't. Not for a week. You guys should stay away from me. I have to act Saiyan around people, and I don't want you guys to get hurt." He put down the phone and sighed. "I can't take much more of this…" and he walked off.
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