Black roses

A/n: I realize it's been a while lol. I also went back through and read over it and ran into some overly bad mistakes. Bulma says she hears the shower….even though she's deaf again. Let pretend that didn't happen. I have a lot of spelling errors I know lol. I was 15 when I started writing these stories and I wasn't good at English then. Please forgive me. (DeathDeaf) Also this story is very big on humor as you can tell with the overly weird Roshi thing. It's also serious, so just have a very open mind when reading this. When reading all my stories actually…

Hope you like this one. …..

Black roses:

Bulma tossed and turned on the couch that night. She couldn't stand how hopeless she felt without her hearing. She leaned in all different directions hoping the average gravity in the machine would help bring the hearing back. She was constantly jumping when she thought she saw something move.

The next month was basically peaceful. Vegeta kept to the gravity room and Bulma had programmed the robot to stay on a schedule with Vegeta's eating habits so neither her or her mother would have to cook for him. Chichi was still constantly calling her with some new outrageous plan to get her home. Bulma pulled the blanket higher around her. The fire had dulled down to some small crackles and Bulma didn't have the nerve to get up and turn on the heat.

Bulma had been thinking a lot about Vegeta lately. They hadn't talked much at all except for Vegeta asking her how far she was with the panel. She thought maybe he had given up considering when she was completely into her work she would never look up to see if Vegeta was even attempting to talk with her. She felt kind of bad but she missed the irritating conversations she would have with him. They actually used to lighten her day and even sometimes make her so mad she would bury herself in her room working on projects that became her favorite inventions.

A shadow on the wall caused by the fire flickering making her throw the blanket over her head. This is so stupid were in a ship in the middle of space. There's no ghosts out here. her mind shifted to the old horror film 'Aliens'. Her arms locked. "Great now I think there's a monster that's going to stick to my face and kill me."

Bulma cringed and slowly but surly fell into a very sickeningly light sleep that only lasted hours at a time. Early that morning Bulma woke up and decided to stay awake. She poured some coffee and looked out the window of the ship to see a huge beautiful red and blue planet that looked to be right up next to them. She sat happily for a few minutes thinking about how she was blessed to still have her sight.

Vegeta walked in and watched Bulma look out the window at the planet. He smiled when he saw her eyes glittering with the sparkled reflection of the water on the planet.

Bulma caught a movement with her peripheral vision and turned quickly to see what moved. She frowned when she saw nothing and leaned back and yawned.

Vegeta also frowned when he noticed how tired she was. She had turned around but completely missed him. He knew the lights were off, but he didn't think he blended in that much. The light from the planets and the star seem to light the room at the exact lighting he preferred. I must just be used to being in the dark. Thinking that made his mind dig into his past. He hated it.

Bulma looked again when she thought she saw something move again. This time she was sure. Walking up to the shadowed area with her hand outstretched she came in contact with Vegeta's warm shoulder. She had figured it was him but wanted to check to make sure. She really wanted to know he was up. She was never scared when he was awake.

Bulma, still holding his shoulder, let her head slide down next to her hand. She was so tired and he was just so warm. She felt Vegeta twitch under her forehead and hand. She looked up into his eyes and saw from a glare from the light of the planet where he was looking. They were focused on the small coffee table across the room. Bulma turned and saw another Black rose lying perfectly still on the table.

It was like a portrait. The light from the window was shining with perfection on the rose through the darkness of the room. The rose was so beautiful, but had a signature of some sort that scared her. She couldn't understand it. Bulma felt Vegeta's hand come up to rest on hers. He pulled it off his shoulder softly but the suddenness of it showed he defiantly didn't want to be touched by her. That old feeling of loneliness returned to her immediately even when he was right next to her.

Vegeta raced from the room and looked to be in a frantic search. He turned on all the lights in the space craft and started tearing through things. He ended up searching down to the gravity area then the bathroom in his sudden quest. He went into his room and pulled apart the closet and looked under the bed. Bulma followed him and kept a close eye on him. She was scared, worried about what exactly he was looking for. She guessed it was the thing that had put the rose there.

Vegeta paused for a moment and looked to be trying to sense any sort of ki level. He groaned in frustration and went back to the kitchen. He grabbed the rose and walked over to Bulma. He shoved his hand down her pocket completely unexpectedly. Bulma's eyes went wide. Vegeta pulled out a lighter and lit the beautiful flower on fire. Watching it go up into a flame Vegeta threw it into the sink. He watched it for a moment then turned the faucet on and dowsed the ball of flames.

Vegeta turned and looked at Bulma. He tried to think of something to say, but when nothing was said he got frustrated and tossed the lighter to her which Bulma subconsciously caught with one hand.

"Are you ok?" Bulma said not being able to judge how loud she was speaking.

Vegeta looked up at her and shook his head. A smile slowly crept on his face. "It appeared out of nowhere."

Bulma could tell the smile was out of aggravation. Now that she had her lighter out she pulled out her last cigarette she was holding incase of extreme stress. "Damn I was so close to quitting too." She murmured. She lit it up and held it close to her mouth. Her hand was shaking.

Vegeta walked over to her angrily and took the cigarette from her, throwing it in the faucet with the flower, the water still spilling out onto it. Vegeta stopped directly in front of her so she could see his lips. "I don't want the ship smelling up from that damn thing. Get a new habit." Vegeta clenched his fists and darted down to the gravity area.

Bulma's shoulders slumped. What a wonderful day this was going to be. After turning the water off Bulma sat at the table where the flower appeared and tried to work on the panel, but usually just ended up staring at the spot where the flower supposedly 'just appeared'. She tried to come up with an explanation. Nothing came. Bulma wished desperately that she could listen to her radio or some Cd's, but all she had was silence, the huge feeling of isolation. The exact feeling she had made her worse fear since childhood and all she could do was think which was exactly the last thing she wanted to do right now.

A song reverberated in her mind that she had known for a while that made her feel happy. The song was 'Sound life' from the Anime 'Trigun'. It was such a peaceful song. She wished she could actually hear it. It seemed that was all Bulma could do lately was wish. It was the most depressing thing that had happened to her in a long time. She cried.

The bright blinking light on Bulma's watch slowly snapped her awake from her position in her folded arms at the table. She pushed the button on her watch and stayed melancholy as her mother appeared where the face of her watch once sat.

Her mother was thrown back by the site of her for a moment. "Oh, Bulma look at you. You're so depressed. Isn't that boy Vegeta being nice to you?"

Bulma rubbed her burning eyes. "Yes mom. I'm just still getting used to the idea to being deaf. It will take a while."

"I understand." Her mother paused for a moment. "You do know what day it is right?" When Bulma didn't respond her mother proceeded. "It's your Birthday hunny and I have a present for you. Go to the transporter."

Bulma blinked hard with her burning eyes. The long needed sleep was hard to give up. She stood and walked over to where the microwave size box was located in the wall. It had been a long time since she actually got excited about her birthday. Bulma sighed before sliding up the little metal door. She pulled out a beautifully colored box with a bright red ribbon on it. Bulma was surprised this didn't melt on the way up.

She brought the box over to the table and started to open it. She looked down at her mothers face once before removing the lid. She still held the same happy smile she always did. It made Bulma feel so much better. Looking in the box she stood shocked. A purple, silk, spaghetti strapped almost see trough sleepwear skirt. Along with it were some tubes full of KY jelly and some condoms.

"MOTHER!" Bulma yelled and fell into a fit of giggles. "Yamcha will kill me if he knows you sent this to me up here alone with Vegeta!"

"Oh, who cares about that old flame? You've been with him for years! You need to experience the world out there! With each birthday you're just getting older and you need some fun!" Bulma's mother defended her gift with her hands on her hips. "Plus you're stuck with a man with a body like that and you have time to do something about it. Get moving!"

Bulma was shocked to say the least. She fidgeted uncomfortably under her mother's serious gaze. She pulled out one of the condoms and looked at it laughing. Suddenly she spotted the robot behind her finishing up preparing Vegeta's Lunch. It must have started when she was sleeping and she hadn't noticed it when talking to her mom. Pushing the button on her watch to turn the video screen off she hung up on her mom and looked at the time to realize it was almost the exact minute Vegeta always came up to eat. She looked down the stair way and saw the light from the doorway appear then disappear. Vegeta was on his way up.

"Oh God" Bulma thought and looked all around the room for a place to put the box. She put the lid on and threw it under the sink. She grabbed the dish soap out from under the sink when she saw Vegeta's feet standing behind her. She took her time standing up hoping he hadn't seen the box and wouldn't go in and get it.

"I was just getting the soap to wash the dishes." She thought up quickly then congratulated herself as she realized she might have saved herself. She turned to look at Vegeta. He had an eyebrow raised.

"We have a dishwasher." Vegeta said curiously, but with a serious tone. He kept the serious look even while watching Bulma stumble for words.

She quickly thought up another thing to say. "But you need to add the soap." Just as she was about to go over and do just that she watched as the robot added the rest of the cooking dishes in and turned the dishwasher on.

Bulma turned back to Vegeta to see him holding up one of the condoms in-between two fingers. Bulma froze. "Oh God I left it on the table." Then Bulma realized she had said that out loud. She covered her mouth with her hand.

Vegeta still had the serious look on his face and was looking her directly in the eyes. Then he couldn't take it anymore. His smirk grew slowly at first then came out full force. He let out a little laugh that he had been holding in. "Do you want to clean the dishes with this also?"

Bulma tried to grab it out of his hand, but Vegeta snapped it away quickly. "Ill just hold onto this." He still had his smirk. "You never knew when ill need to clean some plates." He turned his back to her and sat down at the table.

Bulma shifted uncomfortably and blushed uncontrollably. She didn't know what to do or say. She froze up again. "My mother…"

"Sit and eat." Vegeta said blatantly shoving spoonfuls of food into his mouth. "Or would you rather keep thinking about what you could do with ?" He said the word condom with such a look her legs almost gave out.

"That's the weirdest seduction I've even been through in my life." Again she realized she had said that out loud. "Oh no……" Bulma whispered. She looked over at Vegeta who was almost about to put some food in his mouth but had frozen.

Vegeta's eyes were wide. "I seduce you Bulma?"

Bulma wanted to scream. She narrowed her eyes and about ran over and kicked Vegeta.

Vegeta smiled then went back to eating as if nothing happened.

Bulma waited till she got her nerve back and went over to the table. She didn't want to be alone no matter how embarrassed she was.

"If you really wanted I could show you how to be seduced properly."

Bulma looked up in shock then going against everything she thought she should have said. "You're on!"

A/n: YAY new chapter. I let you all guess if you think there's a lemon in the next chapter or not. The chapters are starting to get more dramatic then funny and there are more descriptions then dialogue since Bulma's deaf. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

Iceis