Frieza paced back and forth tensely as he waited for Vegeta to come off the phone. What was taking him so long!
"Frieza!" Vegeta came racing into the room.
"Did you call him?" Frieza demanded.
"He's not there!" Vegeta gasped. "He's on his way here – with King Kold!"
"What!" Frieza's eyes widened. "Did he tell my father!"
"I don't know!" Vegeta answered. "Frieza what are we going to do!"
"Well first of all I'm going to kill you," Frieza replied. "And then I'm going to panic."
"Frieza, seriously!" Vegeta protested. "Will Kold really kill us?"
"Oh, I have no idea!" Frieza snapped. "Since my brother died I've been his only heir but…" he shook his head. "If he kills me he can still have another child, all he has to do is spend one night with a servant."
"… This is stupid!" Vegeta insisted. "How strong can he be? If you father and I all fight against him –"
"We won't stand a chance." Frieza glared at the prince. "My father is the most powerful being in the universe!"
"Maybe but what if we all went against him?"
"It wouldn't make a difference!" Frieza shouted. "We need to think of something…" he sat down. "Perhaps if we just keep quiet when he arrives and give into any of his demands he'll let us live with a beating…"
"What!" Vegeta choked. "No!" he approached the changeling prince. "Frieza, you can't keep doing this! Why do you always let him push you around!"
"Stay out of it, Vegeta." Frieza growled.
"Frieza –"
"Boys!"

The princes both exchanged terrified glances when they heard the sound of Kold's booming voice. They raised their heads, and watched as King Kold entered the room, followed by the saiyan King Vegeta.
"Father!" Frieza kneeled at his feet. "I –"
"Get up, child." Kold ordered in disgust. Frieza immediately obeyed.
"…" Vegeta stepped forward to stand beside Frieza, and he glared up at Kold. "What do you want?" as he said that in such a demanding manner he could feel Frieza's anger at him and knew that if the changeling prince had the right to move his head he'd be glaring at Vegeta right now.
"It's not what I want, Vegeta." Kold answered with a smirk. "It's what your father wants."
"What?"
"Hm hm…" Kold chuckled, and put his hand on King Vegeta's shoulder. The saiyan king hunched up a little, and a cold anger came across his face. "The saiyan king thinks you two should get divorced." Kold continued. He looked at the princes. "What do you think, boys?"
"… Yes father." Frieza said obediently.
"No!" Vegeta argued. The other three looked at him. Vegeta could feel Frieza's eyes burning holes into his skin, but as much as he hated the thought of Frieza being angry at him, he couldn't just stand there in silence. Vegeta glared at Kold. "I don't want a divorce, and I don't think Frieza does either!"
"What!" Frieza gasped. What was he saying! Did he… did he think Frieza was in love with him? "Because of that night…?" Frieza thought silently. No… it wasn't love. Please not love! "Is that so?" Kold asked. He turned to the saiyan king. "Well Vegeta the boys don't want a divorce."
"I don't care." King Vegeta snarled. "They're getting divorced!"
"No father!" Vegeta begged. "We can't! I don't want to!"
"And give me one good reason why." King Vegeta challenged.
"Because I love Frieza!" Vegeta blurted it out before he even had a chance to think about it.
"Vegeta…" Frieza mumbled, reddening.

King Vegeta stood there, his mouth hanging open in shock.
"You…" he choked. "You love him…?"
"Yes." Vegeta said boldly. He knew Frieza was afraid of what would happen now, and he knew he should be too. But for some reason he wasn't. Actually, he'd never felt so brave. It seemed that stopping this divorce was the only thing that mattered, and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't possibly fear for his life right now. Instead, he glared at Kold.
"Listen. I know what you've been doing to Frieza, I've seen the scars."
"Vegeta, don't!" Frieza cried out, terrified of what Kold would do if the saiyan carried on. But Kold just stood there, listening to Vegeta. Oh yes he was slowly becoming more and more angry, but not a speck of it showed up on his face.
Vegeta ignored Frieza's plea, and continued to face the mighty changeling king that had bullied both his son and King Vegeta himself – but of course Prince Vegeta had no idea about his father's injuries.
"I don't care what you try to do to me and I don't care how powerful you are. I won't allow you to hurt him anymore." He glared darkly at the changeling king. "I love Frieza. I've been in love with him for a very long time now and I am not going to step aside and let you treat him the way you do!"
"Vegeta…" Frieza tone was soft as he listening to the saiyan's words. They touched him enough to make him want to cry, and at the same time confused him. This was all new to him, being cared for, and he didn't know how to react.
"… That's interesting." Kold said to the saiyan prince. "And do you intend to kill me, Vegeta?"
"… If I must." Vegeta answered. "I'll do whatever it takes to protect Frieza."
"Well then." Kold smirked. "I suppose I'd better kill you first."