The Rekindling
By Otaku No Phantom
Chapter Four: Father And Son
What I saw when I turned around was shocking. I realized that Vegeta was the one who had cried out, and now he was cradling my son's head against his chest, his chest hitching as he silently sobbed over Trunks' backside. "My son, my son, my son..." the Saiyan repeated himself, mumbling the same words over, and over, as if trying to convince himself it was real.
Trunks, on the other hand, was trying to comfort the strange man who had come into his house and starting bawling over him. "Mom, what is he saying? I can't understand him, my ears popped when he yelled." The lavender hair disappeared under Vegeta's head, and the father cried louder. "My son!"
"Mom?" Trunks was probably suffocating, and trying to keep himself from being squeezed to death.
"Trunks..." I slowly whispered. "Trunks, this is your father." A tear came to my eye. It was finally time for my little boy to meet his daddy. This was so...oh, God. To describe it would be like saying what love itself was, this was just...so wonderful, it was beyond comprehension.
My son's eyes widened as he listened to what I said. "He's my—what are you, no, what? Mom?" Trunks looked a little dizzy. Vegeta pulled away, and held his son by the shoulders. "You're my father?" Trunks looked, looked with his innocent, wide, unbelieving eyes, up at the man he had never known, almost all of his life. He had no memories of this man, but I'd told him that he was his father.
Vegeta nodded at Trunks, and Trunks broke into tears. "Why didn't you ever see me?" He cried. "Why didn't I know who you were? Where you were? Why did you go? How come"
"Trunks, I can't answer these questions right now. Your mother might not want you to even know."
There grew a silent understanding in Trunks' eyes. One could only guess what would be so terrible to hide from someone so close. There had been another woman. Some physical pain, a maybe. Abuse, Trunks contemplated.
The boy shook it off, and interlaced his fingers in his fathers, holding his hand as if he were a little boy. "C'mon, Dad, let's go out for a walk! Let's be together!"
I hadn't seen Trunks so excited since he was five years old, on his first day of school. And now my little boy was overjoyed to finally meet his daddy, and wanted to spend some time with him. I raised an eyebrow, wondering if the soft, new, almost...artificial Vegeta would respond, or if there would be another of the unexplained attacks.
The new Vegeta, obviously, allowed Vegeta to give a large grin. "Sure, son. Where ever you want to go."
I almost dropped my chin to the floor, but remembered that there had been other shocking events that day.
"Can we go see my friend? We can all go to the river, just over there, and throw rocks, skip them! And then we'll get ice cream, lots of ice cream, and come home, and have dinner, and we'll sit up all night and read comics together, and"
"Trunks, Trunks!" I stopped the excited teen. "Slow down, your father isn't superman, he can't do everything all at once. You'll do it all, okay? Just try not to do it all in one minute!" I laughed. I had to practically hold the boy down to keep him from bouncing off the walls, and losing his mind completely.
"Can we do it all, Dad?" There was a gleam in my boy's eyes, a gleam so bright, I felt my heart burst. I loved my little boy so much, and he was so happy, now...this was great. I felt myself flush, and there was a great smile on my own face.
"Will your mother come, too?" Vegeta asked, motioning at me.
"Mom? Well, I guess, if she really want"
"No," I cut Trunks off. "It should be just you and Dad. Besides, who would stay here to cook a big celebration feast?" I returned the glint of the eyes to my boys, my boys.
"Great! We'll be back at nine! That's an hour and a half, okay? Make sure to make lots of food for dad and me, okay? Bye mom!" Trunks and Vegeta were out the door in lightning speed, the boy dragging the man out the door, and showing him everything, as if he were a child new to the neighborhood.
Another short, but sweet chapter! My arm hurts... . I got my vaccination shots yesterday.
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