Gohan and Videl: A sweet surprise
Chapter 14: Food cravings and more...
Last time...
Bulma nodded.
"That sounds good. We really could make it a weekly talking round. Supposedly Vegeta will once again slander that we are a bunch of chattering hens, but I have my way of dealing with him. And apropos Chi-Chi... has she given you a frying pan yet?" she asked with a smirk.
Videl looked puzzled.
"No, Bulma. I was too busy lately to talk to her. Why?" she asked.
Bulma's eyes only gleamed maliciously.
"You should talk to her as soon as possible. Ask her about frying pans and Saiyans, and see what happens..." the blue-haired woman said mysteriously.
Videl nodded, and the two women spent some more time chattering while the Saiyans trained.
All in all, it had been the perfect day until now. Videl would see to it that the night would be as perfect...
Now the continuation...
Videl and Gohan awoke after a good nights sleep. And this sleep had been really necessary, for after Videl had surprised Gohan with her romantic present (herself) the trainings-tired demi-Saiyan had been as fit as a fiddle.
His eyes had gleamed and they had spent a most romantic night together...
Luckily their room in the Satan mansion was located far away from Videl's father's rooms, or the older man might have had to evacuate himself in face of so much action under his roof...
For this day Videl had planned to visit her mother-in-law, for in face of all the happenings during the last time she nearly had not been able to talk to her.
Sure, she had enough to do with Goku and Goten, but Videl figured that the elder Son woman would be delighted at the prospect of a good chat...
Now she only had to get Gohan a good occupation, but that was easier than to steal a baby's' lollipop. Just tell a Saiyan that he had the day off for training and he would be the happiest person around...
After some time of cuddling and nestling the young couple got up, dressed and went to get them a decent breakfast, what in Gohan's case meant to raid the fridge, of course.
But now that Hercule knew just how much the average Saiyan (and especially Super Saiyans) ate, he had given orders to his employees to have a satisfying (for Gohan) amount of food in the house.
The amount of money it cost was ignored by Hercule, for he got a) more than enough money through his advertising contracts, his appearances in TV-shows or related activities and b) he owed it Gohan and Videl, for if Gohan had not saved the world from Cell they all would now be happily (more or less) singing with the angels...
Hercule had once said: 'Eat and drink as much as you want, Gohan, I want the husband of my daughter at his prime!', and Gohan had, polite as he always is, thanked Hercule and resumed inhaling the food before him.
And exactly that was he doing now, as soon as they had sat down at the table after they (or rather Gohan) had collected every trace of food in range.
Although Videl knew that Gohan ate much more than the average human she still inwardly marvelled just how much more a Saiyan ate. Sure, she knew that her appetite would increase largely (Bulma had warned her), but she was knew that she would never ever eat the way Gohan did. This was not eating, it was more like inhaling...
But the good think when eating with a Saiyan was, that they were very fast at polishing their dishes, regardless the amount of food.
At first Videl had had her difficulties of getting used to the circumstance that Gohan ate so much more than her and was still finished earlier than her, for in her household and even at school she had been used to being the fastest eater around. That had been until Gohan had entered Orange Star and her life, that is...
Suddenly Videl felt a strange urge, a feeling she had never experienced before. She hungered for something, no, she was craving for something...
"Gohan," she said, and her husband looked up from his plate, "would you hand me the cucumbers?" she asked.
Gohan stopped from eating and nodded, than reached for the glass filled with cucumbers. He handed it to her, but she was not finished yet.
"And now please the glass of strawberry jam..." she said, licking her lips.
That caught the demi-Saiyan by the surprise, and he stopped stuffing his face. He nodded, but in a dumbfounded way.
Inwardly he was asking himself What the hell... , but did as Videl had asked him. With a forced smile he gave the glass to her, and watched his wife.
Videl opened both glasses, took out a cucumber, and dipped it into the strawberry jam! Gohan made a face as if suddenly a seven ton elephant had stepped upon his foot, and simply could not believe his eyes!
He had heard of strange food cravings, but this... this was so... strange! Cucumbers and strawberry jam simply didn't go with each other!
Uh oh, Videl is in her second week, and already so strange food cravings occur... I should ask Bulma if this is normal! Yeah, that I will do! Gohan thought.
His wife looked up at him.
"You don't have to ask Bulma, sweetheart, this is perfectly normal. She said it began in her case in the first week." Videl said, and seeing the surprised expression in Gohans' face she continued. "Yes, Gohan, I heard your thoughts." she continued smiling.
That caught Gohan really by surprise. The implications... okay, she had been able to hear his thoughts before, and maybe it was because of their bond.
But if her abilities were increased trough the pregnancy he would have to be careful. Really careful.
She had warned him of the mood-swings that could occur any day now, and if his wife could not only grill his butt (pardon me) for what he said, but for what he thought... that would be suboptimal, to be modest.
Gohan nodded to himself. Yeah, he had to shield his thoughts better.
He knew he was a strong telepath, and with some practise he could erect shields that would hide his thoughts and ensure his survival throughout the pregnancy. Then he would only worry about what he said, but honestly, that was more than enough in face of a pregnant woman...
Videl looked at her husband with a devilish grin.
"You're right, my love, if you want to survive you better hide your thoughts better than that. That was as sure as eggs is eggs. And now hand me the mayonnaise." she said.
Gohan gulped and did as ordered. This would be a lot more difficult than he had thought. Maybe he should ask his old mentor Piccolo for some assistance...
And again Videl did something that was nearly stomach-churning for Gohan. She had buttered her bread, and now smeared it with strawberry jam. But now she was smearing mayonnaise on top of it! Urgh!
Gohan could take a lot, but in face of this revolting sight he had to look away. Her poor palate!
Videl however enjoyed his discomfort. Normally it was a rather revolting sight to see her favourite Saiyan stuffing his face, and now he had to suffer because of her eating habits. Well, poetic justice...
"Is anything wrong, Gohan?" she asked in a sweet tone, perfectly knowing that there was.
Her husband looked at her with a forced smile.
"Wrong? Absolutely not, Videl." he said, and Videl thought that it sounded somewhat... afflicted. Good! Now he knew how she often felt when he was eating... the way he ate.
Stop! she suddenly thought, What is up with me? I like my husband's discomfort? Hmm... must be the mood-swings... obviously they are starting! Should I warn him? Nah, he will find out soon enough...
"Good, then." she said and continued to eat, glad that he seemed not to have heard her thoughts. In reality Gohan had heard her thoughts, and he was steadying himself for he knew what would be hard times.
He remembered the time his mother had been pregnant with Goten with horror.
With no husband around he had been the one who had been on the receiving end of his mothers' mood swings, and although he knew that she did not mean it those times had been hard.
Mostly because of this time Gohan, one of the strongest fighters in the universe, dreaded his mothers' frying pan of doom.
During his mothers' pregnancy his head had been its favourite targeting area, and Kami knows what that thing was made of, it had hurt like hell.
On one occasion he had turned Super Saiyan just in time, and even in this form it had still hurt like hell. He had not been knocked unconscious, but a large bump was still a large bump.
Until this day Gohan had not found out what this frying pan was made of or where she had gotten it from, but some mysteries better remained unsolved.
The demi-Saiyan was only glad that his wife did not possess such a fearful weapon, and he prayed to Kami that she never would... (A/N: Poor Gohan, when will he ever learn not to tempt fate and a certain bored, green God?)
Up at the lookout
Suddenly a certain green god, known as Kami of the planet Earth, smiled evilly. He knew exactly what he would do, and the expression that had entered his face made poor Mr. Popo run for cover.
Yeah, that was good. Finally it was time for torturing his favourite demi-Saiyan once again...
After all, he had given Gohan a quite and peaceful, no wonderful honeymoon. He had not even watched the area in which those two had spent their honeymoon. But now the time had come to use his Kami-powers and play fate once again...
The leash on the Saiyans had to be maintained, or else they would get stupid ideas. Thus he used his powers, and suddenly a certain object, furnished with a note, appeared in the kitchen of a certain black-haired woman, which a certain Saiyan Prince had not only once called 'harpy'...
Dende only laughed wickedly. This note could not be traced to him, and Earth was safe once again. But a certain demi-Saiyan surely was not...
to be continued...
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REVIEWERS RESPONSES:
Saiyan-of-the-Seas: Here you go...
Cappucine: Glad that you like it, and thank you very much for the compliment! You really made my day! :)
inuyashasdragonballs: Thanks! Yup, I will make Hercule suffer, but the coward will soon see that he takes cover. Poor Gohan is not that fortunate, however...
Megs21: No prob. So you're
living in Florida now? That's way cool! Or should I say rather hot
there? Just joking...
Cool that you liked it!
Kitty86: Oh boy, I forgot to explain. 'Apropos' means the same as 'As regards', or 'in matter of'. Next time I will clarify terms more clearly...
Mr.Staypuft: Yup, read it, and it's good! Cool that you liked mine, though, and thanks for the recommendation!
Tootsy: I try to, but in the next few months I'm afraid I
won't be able to update as often anymore. One can find me from now on in the
library, revising tons of stuff, basically 'buried under books'...
Glad that you liked the chappie, and thanks for the compliment!
Candy the Duck: Dunno, but I thought it would fit. And someone suggested in one of the reviews that Videl should get her own frying pan. Et vóila...
Marshmellow13Dragon: I thought
so too, heh...
How do I manage to update that quickly, you ask? Well, until now I could write
in the train, but that possibility is taken away for I'll have to use this time
to revise stuff. Once the tournament is finished I guess I'll have to switch
updating this story in one week and the other in the next week, practically in
interchange. But when that is due to happen I'm gonna announce it...
Cool that you liked it!
animeprincess1452: Oh yeah, the poor guy will have a lot to endure (yeaih, demi-Saiyan torture!)...
PanBraSaiyin: I guessed that. But I am...
And Gohan has to watch out, oh yeah, for there is a lot coming...
== Next time: Videl will get something really surprising from Chi-Chi... can you guess what? Stay tuned! ==