Chapter 4 - Up On The Ferris Wheel
"I am really looking forward to this, guys." Bulma said, taking her credit card back from the attendant at the funfair admission gate. "Unlimited access to all the rides with all snacks included in the cost. Granted it was a very large cost, but hey, I'm loaded!"
"What exactly is the purpose of this place?" Vegeta asked, looking up at the rides in front of him.
"To have fun, lack-brain." Bulma replied, rolling her eyes. "Not everything has to have some big important purpose. Sometimes it's good to just enjoy yourself."
"Hmph." Was Vegeta's only reply.
The Z Warriors piled through the turnstiles by the admission gates, and within a few seconds were standing just inside the gates of the funfair, wondering where to go first.
"THERE!" Bulma cried, pointing to the game stands. "We can win some teddies!"
The Z Warriors rushed up to the nearest game stall and looked at what you had to do. It seemed you had to throw three balls at a tower of tin cans, and if you knocked down three towers, you won an enormous, cuddly, orange and yellow striped snake.
"Vegeta!" Bulma said suddenly. "Will you win me a snake?"
"What?" Vegeta demanded, staring at her as though she were crazy. "You want me to play some pathetic game for you?"
"Please?" Bulma pleaded quietly, looking at Vegeta with wide eyes.
Vegeta looked into Bulma's pleading wide blue eyes and felt his heart melt. 'I don't believe this is happening to me.' he thought to himself. 'I think I might actually care about the stupid woman!'
"Fine!" He said, shaking his head to try and rid himself of all thoughts of his feelings for Bulma. "Kami, woman, you'll be the death of me one of these days."
Vegeta held up his pass to the stall attendant, and was handed three plastic balls. Smirking, the Saiyan Prince stepped back on one leg, one of the balls held in his right hand. Stepping forwards, he threw the ball at the tower of cans - the cans went flying.
Vegeta repeated this two more times, while Bulma cheered him on in the background. As the final tower of cans crashed down, the stall attendant handed Vegeta his prize - one huge red and orange cuddly snake. Vegeta narrowed his eyes and glared at the offending item.
"Woman!" he snapped, still glaring at the snake. "Take this monstrosity off me RIGHT NOW!"
"Well, I'm sorry, Vegeta." Bulma said, standing with her hands on her hips. "But I can't. It's too big. You'll have to carry it for me." Smiling slightly, she stepped up to Vegeta and placed the snake around his neck. It was so big Vegeta's head looked like a tiny egg in a huge bird's nest.
"Hey Vegeta!" Goku said, laughing and pointing at Vegeta. "I love the new look! It suits you!"
"Shut up, Kakarot!" Vegeta snapped, glaring at his fellow Saiyan. He turned to Bulma. "Just for tonight." Bulma smiled happily and hugged Vegeta, ignoring the fact that Vegeta's entire body seemed to have gone rigid.
*
"Hey, guys!" Bulma shouted, stopping and turning to face her friends. "Lets' go on the Ferris wheel!" She ran ecstatically up to the large wheel, and the Z Warriors quickly followed her.
"I don't think I'll go on it." Goku said, looking up at the wheel. "I feel a bit sick. I'm gonna take a break." Bulma looked round at all the other Z Warriors, but they all shook their heads and went to stand with Goku.
"Sorry, Bulma." Tien said. "It's really not my scene."
"Vegeta!" Bulma said suddenly, turning to her Saiyan roommate. "You'll go on it with me, won't you?"
"I will not!" Vegeta replied, staring at her. "I am the Saiyan-no-Ouji! I will not go on some pathetic human ride!"
"Oh, come on, Vegeta." Bulma said. "You've got a giant toy snake wrapped round your neck. Compared to that, one ride on a Ferris wheel's nothing!"
Vegeta growled angrily, but allowed himself to be led towards the ride by Bulma. He was still growling when Bulma showed the attendant their passes and led him into one of the cages.
Bulma gave an excite squeal as the wheel began to move. Smiling contentedly, she cuddled up to Vegeta, or rather she cuddled up to the snake around his neck!
"Are you happy now, woman?" Vegeta asked, looking down at the peaceful human woman.
"My name's Bulma, you big dope." Bulma muttered quietly, not moving her head.
"I heard that." Vegeta said, smirking.
"You know, maybe you should try not being able to hear, just for one day." Bulma suggested, sitting up.
"Then people'd probably say all the things they want to say but normally can't because your Saiyan hearing catches it."
"How about this." Vegeta said, lifting the soft snake and pressing it over his ears. "Is that what you want?"
Bulma looked at Vegeta for a moment, before she started to laugh hysterically. Vegeta watched her for a minute, stunned before he also succumbed to the fits of hysterics.
Bulma leaned forward, nearly crying with laughter. Suddenly, the laughter died down, as she and Vegeta found themselves nearly nose to nose, a gap of barely an inch separating their faces.
They stared at each other for a moment, neither one daring to breathe, the tension between them at a maximum.
They didn't know who started it, but before they knew it, they were leaning closer to each other, and their lips met in a gentle, loving kiss. After a moment, Vegeta pulled away and stared at Bulma, his eyes wide. Throwing caution to the wind, he leaned in again, and the couple kissed for the remaining fifteen minutes of the ride.
"I am really looking forward to this, guys." Bulma said, taking her credit card back from the attendant at the funfair admission gate. "Unlimited access to all the rides with all snacks included in the cost. Granted it was a very large cost, but hey, I'm loaded!"
"What exactly is the purpose of this place?" Vegeta asked, looking up at the rides in front of him.
"To have fun, lack-brain." Bulma replied, rolling her eyes. "Not everything has to have some big important purpose. Sometimes it's good to just enjoy yourself."
"Hmph." Was Vegeta's only reply.
The Z Warriors piled through the turnstiles by the admission gates, and within a few seconds were standing just inside the gates of the funfair, wondering where to go first.
"THERE!" Bulma cried, pointing to the game stands. "We can win some teddies!"
The Z Warriors rushed up to the nearest game stall and looked at what you had to do. It seemed you had to throw three balls at a tower of tin cans, and if you knocked down three towers, you won an enormous, cuddly, orange and yellow striped snake.
"Vegeta!" Bulma said suddenly. "Will you win me a snake?"
"What?" Vegeta demanded, staring at her as though she were crazy. "You want me to play some pathetic game for you?"
"Please?" Bulma pleaded quietly, looking at Vegeta with wide eyes.
Vegeta looked into Bulma's pleading wide blue eyes and felt his heart melt. 'I don't believe this is happening to me.' he thought to himself. 'I think I might actually care about the stupid woman!'
"Fine!" He said, shaking his head to try and rid himself of all thoughts of his feelings for Bulma. "Kami, woman, you'll be the death of me one of these days."
Vegeta held up his pass to the stall attendant, and was handed three plastic balls. Smirking, the Saiyan Prince stepped back on one leg, one of the balls held in his right hand. Stepping forwards, he threw the ball at the tower of cans - the cans went flying.
Vegeta repeated this two more times, while Bulma cheered him on in the background. As the final tower of cans crashed down, the stall attendant handed Vegeta his prize - one huge red and orange cuddly snake. Vegeta narrowed his eyes and glared at the offending item.
"Woman!" he snapped, still glaring at the snake. "Take this monstrosity off me RIGHT NOW!"
"Well, I'm sorry, Vegeta." Bulma said, standing with her hands on her hips. "But I can't. It's too big. You'll have to carry it for me." Smiling slightly, she stepped up to Vegeta and placed the snake around his neck. It was so big Vegeta's head looked like a tiny egg in a huge bird's nest.
"Hey Vegeta!" Goku said, laughing and pointing at Vegeta. "I love the new look! It suits you!"
"Shut up, Kakarot!" Vegeta snapped, glaring at his fellow Saiyan. He turned to Bulma. "Just for tonight." Bulma smiled happily and hugged Vegeta, ignoring the fact that Vegeta's entire body seemed to have gone rigid.
*
"Hey, guys!" Bulma shouted, stopping and turning to face her friends. "Lets' go on the Ferris wheel!" She ran ecstatically up to the large wheel, and the Z Warriors quickly followed her.
"I don't think I'll go on it." Goku said, looking up at the wheel. "I feel a bit sick. I'm gonna take a break." Bulma looked round at all the other Z Warriors, but they all shook their heads and went to stand with Goku.
"Sorry, Bulma." Tien said. "It's really not my scene."
"Vegeta!" Bulma said suddenly, turning to her Saiyan roommate. "You'll go on it with me, won't you?"
"I will not!" Vegeta replied, staring at her. "I am the Saiyan-no-Ouji! I will not go on some pathetic human ride!"
"Oh, come on, Vegeta." Bulma said. "You've got a giant toy snake wrapped round your neck. Compared to that, one ride on a Ferris wheel's nothing!"
Vegeta growled angrily, but allowed himself to be led towards the ride by Bulma. He was still growling when Bulma showed the attendant their passes and led him into one of the cages.
Bulma gave an excite squeal as the wheel began to move. Smiling contentedly, she cuddled up to Vegeta, or rather she cuddled up to the snake around his neck!
"Are you happy now, woman?" Vegeta asked, looking down at the peaceful human woman.
"My name's Bulma, you big dope." Bulma muttered quietly, not moving her head.
"I heard that." Vegeta said, smirking.
"You know, maybe you should try not being able to hear, just for one day." Bulma suggested, sitting up.
"Then people'd probably say all the things they want to say but normally can't because your Saiyan hearing catches it."
"How about this." Vegeta said, lifting the soft snake and pressing it over his ears. "Is that what you want?"
Bulma looked at Vegeta for a moment, before she started to laugh hysterically. Vegeta watched her for a minute, stunned before he also succumbed to the fits of hysterics.
Bulma leaned forward, nearly crying with laughter. Suddenly, the laughter died down, as she and Vegeta found themselves nearly nose to nose, a gap of barely an inch separating their faces.
They stared at each other for a moment, neither one daring to breathe, the tension between them at a maximum.
They didn't know who started it, but before they knew it, they were leaning closer to each other, and their lips met in a gentle, loving kiss. After a moment, Vegeta pulled away and stared at Bulma, his eyes wide. Throwing caution to the wind, he leaned in again, and the couple kissed for the remaining fifteen minutes of the ride.