A/N: Have you ever heard a song that just inspired the hell out of you? Well, that's what happened to me today and WHAM! New chapter! I couldn't even finish studying today because of it… I just had to write this chapter. The song is called "Collide" by Howie Day. Enjoy!

I squeezed my eyes shut as he rocked against me. The air in my room was heavy and the sweat glistening on my body mixed with his as out bodies collided again and again. Stars exploded behind my eyelids and I clung desperately to his thick neck.

Oh Piccolo…

I heard him cry out and my eyes opened, the lids hanging low and obscuring my vision. He was biting his lip, holding back.

"Piccolo." I was gunna tell him to relax, to just let go. This is wonderful, but it doesn't have to last forever… but his mouth closed over mine and the passion in that kiss blew me away. One of his clawed hands grasped the side of my face and his tongue slipped between my lips as he continued to pour himself into me.

When he pulled away and started kissing along my neck, I realized I'd forgotten what I was going to say…

The dawn is breaking,

A light shinning through,

You're barely waking,

And I'm tangled up in you,

Yeah

When I opened my eyes, the sun was hanging low in the sky. What time is it?

"Hey kid…" a deep voice rumbled to my left.

I looked up to see Piccolo lying on the floor next to me, his cape draped over the both of us.

"H-Hey Piccolo…" my cheeks burned red suddenly and I burrowed into the cape surrounding us.

"Nani?" I heard him mumble from the depths of his cape.

"We just… We just…"

"Yeah," he snorted.

I crept out from under the cape and looked at him quizzically. "Um… Did you enjoy it?" How is it that every time you ask that, it sounds so perverted?

A small smile crept over Piccolo's face, but he recovered quickly and grumbled a nearly incoherent, "Yeah."

He turned toward the window, gazing at the setting sun, and my eyes wandered over the sharp features of his profile. My body responded almost immediately, filling with a strange tingling sensation. Wow… That's interesting. Sure didn't take me long to bond to him.

"Did you?" I barely heard it. In fact, I'm not even sure if that's what he really said or not but I still responded.

"It was wonderful… I wouldn't mind doing it again some day…" The blush burned on my cheeks.

I'm open, you're closed,

Where I follow, you'll go,

I worry I won't see your face,

light up again

Piccolo's onyx eyes locked with mine for a moment and the fire that burned there reassured me that he felt the same. His head lowered and his body inched closer to mine. Clawed fingers racked through my hair and soft lips touched mine. Then the door to my bedroom burst open.

"Oh my God, you guys, I totally forgot to give you the… Holy shit!"

Piccolo pulled away, making a noise that sounded much like a wounded animal. I burrowed back under the cape, stealing as much away from Piccolo as I could. Hey, don't give me that look! I have more to hide than he does!

"Piccolo, you stupid jerk!" I heard the intruder's voice raise several octaves. I don't think I need to come out of hiding to know who's giving Piccolo a hard time.

"Wh-What the fuck?!" he stumbled over his own words. "You're the one who set all this shit up!"

"I didn't think you'd really DO IT!!"

"She wanted to!" I heard Piccolo cry in outrage and felt one of his nails jab me in the ribs through his cape.

I heard footsteps approach my sanctuary and they stopped right in front of me. "Tiffy, did you have sex with this stupid idiot?!"

My body shivered at her tone, "You know… saying 'stupid idiot' is pretty redundant… Doesn't 'idiot' imply 'stupid'?"

"TIFFY!!!"

"Aye!" I grabbed more cape from Piccolo. "Yes! I did! I wanted to! Wah!"

"That's it!" I heard her scream. "I have no choice! You two have five minutes to get dressed and meet me in the living room! So hurry up!"

The door slammed and I felt, rather than saw, Piccolo shudder.

"Hey…" I heard him whisper and his warm hand nudged me.

I slowly crawled out of hiding and looked into his eyes. Suddenly overwhelmed with emotion, I flung my arms around his neck. He hesitated for only a moment before putting his arms around my waist.

"Piccolo, I'm scared!" I shuddered, forcing the tears back.

"Scared? Of what?"

"Jay-chan!"

Piccolo almost fell over, but regained his composure before we both ate carpet.

Even the best fall down sometimes,

Even the wrong words seem to rhyme,

Out of the doubt that fills my mind,

I somehow find,

You and I,

Collide…

"Don't be scared of Jay-chan, she's full of hot air, that's all." His voice was soft with amusement.

"Did I do something wrong again? What if we weren't supposed to make love?"

"Hey. You didn't do anything wrong. We did what we wanted to do and it's none of her business anyway."

His stern voice soothed my guilt-plagued mind. He got up and started dressing and I watched him, thinking about the past few crazy days. I must have zoned out cuz I didn't even notice Piccolo when he kneeled down in front of me, with only his pants on. Yeah, not noticing shirtless Piccolo is kind of wrong, huh?

"Hey." His voice was just above a whisper. "I don't know where you're mind is wandering, but I just thought I'd say I'm not going anywhere."

I smiled softly, "I know. You told me that already."

"No, I mean, after what we just did… I'm not just gunna get up and go… You don't have to worry about me being one of those fucks who leaves once they get what they want." His eyes held mine for a moment before he got up and grabbed his shirt.

I was speechless. That was so… nice. I snuggled up in his cape, wrapped up in the best sense of security ever.

"Hey."

"Yeah?" I smiled at him.

"You wanna get dressed or what?"

My eyes flew open and a blush streaked across my face… again. "Oh yeah!"

I'm quiet you know,

You make a first impression,

I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind

Jay-chan threw a fist full of condoms at Piccolo, "Think, dummy! And you too, Tiffy!"

The Namek flew to his feet, his chi exploding around him. "Why don't you shut the fuck up?! This is NONE of your business!"

I noticed the rubbers closest to him beginning to shrivel and melt. Guess we won't be using those! I stifled a giggle.

"You think this is funny, Tiffy? You won't think it's funny when you have a little Piccolo brat running around here!"

"Dude!" I burst out into hysterics. "You forget, I'm on The Pill for my cramps of death!"

Jay-chan's face was blank for a moment.

"Piccolo won't get me pregnant."

The demon glared at me.

"What?" I shrugged. "It's true."

Jay-chan rested her head in her hands, "Well, that makes me feel better. I'd forgotten about that, but still! Use condoms as added protection!"

Piccolo sat back down, his arms folded indignantly across his chest. Jay-chan flicked another condom at him and he stared at it for a moment before tearing it open and staring at the little green cap that fell out onto his shirt.

"I don't even know how to use this shit!" he snarled.

"That's what the instructions are for," Jay-chan rolled her eyes. "Jeeze you guys! You certainly didn't waste any time… So how was it?"

Piccolo fell out of his seat and landed on his face. My eyes flew wide open, "Wh-what?!" I squeaked.

"You heard me," Jay-chan's eyelashes lowered dangerously.

The Namek was on his feet before I could even open my mouth to respond. "WHAT DID I JUST SAY ABOUT OUR BUSINESS NOT BEING ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS?!"

Jay-chan sat still, not even flinching, as Piccolo screamed in her face. The demon's hands clenched into fists as he tried desperately to maintain control over his emotions.

"I wasn't talking to you, Piccolo. So Tiffy?" Jay looked at me expectantly. What the heck?! Why do I have to answer?!

Lucky for me, the tall green man stepped between Jay and I. "She's not telling you shit…" His voice dripped with acid.

Jay-chan gave Piccolo a disaffected stare before mumbling, "Do you really think I'm scared of you?"

The Namek grunted in frustration.

My best friend's eyes narrowed suddenly, "What are you hiding, Piccolo? Afraid Tiffy will tell me she's had better?"

I swear I blinked just once and the demon lord had Jay-chan pinned against the opposite wall, but even THAT didn't stop her. "Is it true, Tiffy?"

I double blinked and burned red hot under the lethal glare Piccolo turned on me. "Actually, no… that's not true…"

The Namek's jaw dropped and he lost his grip on Jay, who fell to the ground and sauntered over with a victorious smile on her face. "So he was good, huh?"

"God dammit, don't talk about me like I'm not even here!" Piccolo snarled in frustration.

I smiled softly, remembering…

Even the best fall down sometimes,

Even the stars refuse to shine,

Out of the back you fall in time,

I somehow find,

You and I,

Collide…

"Yeah, he was," I giggled.

Jay-chan squealed and grabbed my wrist. She yanked me off of the couch and drew me toward my bedroom, "We can talk in private in here. Don't know about you, but I don't like being scrutinized by a Namek with a slug up his ass when I'm talking."

With that last comment, Jay dashed into my room and locked it right before Piccolo slammed into it. "YOU'RE GUNNA PAY IN BLOOD FOR THAT REMARK, YOU LITTLE BRAT!"

My best friend chuckled, "Hah! Sure, if you can get to me, Pickle-Ho!"

"I'LL BLAST THIS FUCKING DOOR DOWN!"

"No!" I screamed. "I'll make this up to you, Piccolo, I promise!" I tried really hard not to giggle, but this was just too silly, even for me.

"Yeah," Jay-chan snorted, "She'll 'make it up' to you so you should start kissing ass now!"

I heard Piccolo mumbled something and walk away.

Jay breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, that's better… So… let's chat…"

Don't stop here,

I've lost my place,

I'm close behind

The sun had set and it was well into the evening. Jay-chan had left about an hour ago… When we finally came out of my room… Piccolo was no where to be found…

I sat on the couch, my head in my hands… Dammit… He must have been really offended with my talking to Jay… But I tell Jay-chan everything… and it's not like I was bashing him! All I was doing was complimenting him… and bragging… as Jay readily pointed out…

My cheeks grew warm as I thought about just how wonderful it had been making love with Piccolo. But… where is he now? Where has he gone to?

KNOCK KNOCK

I was stirred from my thoughts by a gentle rapping at my door. Please let it be Piccolo… I prayed as I padded over to the door.

My fingers undid the bolt and latch automatically and, when I opened the door, I found myself staring at a pair of moccasined feet. I raised my head swiftly and found deep onyx eyes staring into mine. "Piccolo…"

He was quiet for a moment and then shifted his weight awkwardly.

"Um… Where were you?" I ventured. The silence between us was beyond weird and uncomfortable.

"I had to get out of there… I didn't wanna hear you and Jay jabbering about me…"

I smiled sadly, "We didn't say anything bad about you…"

He looked directly into my eyes and I looked to the floor, suddenly shy.

"In fact," I added nervously, "we talked about what a good person you are… and… how happy I am to be with you… especially like that…"

Piccolo didn't say anything as he approached me. Strong arms gathered me up and we crossed the threshold as one. He kicked the door closed and marched us over to my bedroom. I pressed my cheek to his and closed my eyes for a moment, taking in the warmth of his skin, feeling his jaw muscles clench and tense.

He lowered me onto my bed and sat beside me. Reaching into his shirt, he drew a box out and kept it concealed in his massive hand. "I figured I'd make myself useful while I was out… so… just in case… I'll let you hang onto these."

Piccolo handed me a box of condoms.

Even the best fall down sometimes,

Even the wrong words seem to rhyme,

Out of the doubt that fills my mind,

I somehow find,

You and I,

Collide…

My eyes widened considerably. "Wha? You? How did you get these? Why did you get these? I thought you were mad at me!" I was stupefied.

Piccolo wasn't looking at me. His eyes had that far away look to them. "I'm not mad at you, kid. You'd know for sure if I was." His eyes met mine for a brief moment and a sly smile graced his face. "And don't even ask how I got those… It's a long story."

I was dying to know what havoc Piccolo had wreaked on whoever had sold him the condoms, but the words died on my lips as I turned his face to mine. Leaning forward, I pressed a hand to his chest and touched my lips to his in a gentle kiss. The Namek's powerful hands grasped my shoulders and pulled me down on top of him as he eased back onto the mattress. I melted into his embrace.

A clawed hand delved into the thickness of my hair and I was overwhelmed by the sensations his touch sent through my entire being. I pulled away in shock.

"Piccolo?"

"Hm?"

"Thank you."

He blinked. Confused. "For what?"

"Everything…"

You finally find,

You and I,

Collide…

You finally find,

You and I,

Collide…

A/N: Sooo… that's the end! I might write some short follow-ups, I'm especially intrigued by the idea of writing a short on Piccolo and his hunt for those mysterious condoms… but we'll see. Hope you enjoyed it! I know I sure did! Hee hee! Please review.