Bulma stayed locked in her room until the early hours of the morning. Her parents were away on a buisiness tour for two weeks.
It was almost four in the morning before she finally exited her room. She had been crying for hours. Her face was a mess. She made her way to the bath room. She turned on the tap and a had a long, relaxing bath. She washed her face and wiped off all the mascara smudges. She washed her hair and towelled it dry. While walking back to her room to put her pyjamas on, she glanced in Vegeta's room. He wasn't there. Bulma carried on to her room. She looked through her pyjamas and in the end decided on a red nightie. She slipped her blue dressing gown on over the top and made her way downstairs.
She could see the lights of the GR were on as she made her way into the kitchen. She filled the kettle with water and boiled it. She poured herself a strong cup of coffee. She rested her head in her hands and tried to get to grips with what had happened that day.
She was so deep in thought she didn't even notice when Vegeta walked in. She only realised he was there when he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Woman? Are you ok?"
Bulma looked up.
"Vegeta?"
Vegeta sat down next to her at the kitchen table.
"Woman why are you up so late?"
"I was just…thinking."
"What about?"
"About the phone call I got today."
"Yes I know, that's painfully obvious. I'm not stupid! What was the bloody phone call about!"
"It…was about Yamcha."
Vegeta sighed.
"He's…in hospital. He's got some kind of heart disease. The doctor doesn't think he'll make it."
Vegeta stared at Bulma as tears started to fall down her cheeks. He stood up beside her, Bulma rested her head on the table and cried harder.
"I think I had better get you to bed."
Vegeta picked her up in his arms and flew her to her bedroom. He laid her down on her bed and pulled the covers up to her chin. Bulma slowly stopped crying. Vegeta carried on standing over her. Bulma ran a hand under her eyes to wipe away her tears. Seeing that she had stopped crying Vegeta turned to leave. Bulma sat up in her bed.
"Vegeta, wait. I just want to thank you for helping me out for once. It makes a nice change."
Vegeta grunted and walked out.