Author-guy "Fluff it. I'm back, I'm sorry for the almost year long wait but I wanna try and write for this again. This chapter is kinda short but I hope you guys can forgive that for now. I just wanted to put this out here so you all know I didn't forget about it."
It was early morning and the sun came over the horizon, slowly waking people from their deep slumber and getting them ready to start the day.
The sun shines on the closed eyes of Gohan before slowly waking him up. After getting up from the couch, stretching and yawning, he turned to see where he fell asleep and was a bit shocked. From the looks of it, he'd fallen asleep against Bulma, who had fallen asleep against his dad.
However, seeing the smiles on their faces as they slept, made him feel better about the situation. He kinda wondered why they never got together, based on the stories he'd heard from his dad about Bulma. But, he didn't focus on it too long because his stomach started to talk to him.
He then made his way over to the kitchen where Ms Briefs was. She was happily humming as she started getting breakfast ready.
"Oh. Good Morning, Bulma's mom" he greeted as he walked up to her.
Ms Briefs turned to the young boy and smiled "Mornin' sweetheart~ how'd ya sleep?" She asked cheerfully
Gohan smiled wide at her "I slept good. But now that I'm up, I'm starving hehe. Is it okay if I make myself some breakfast?"
Mrs Briefs simply chuckled and shook her head no "No need, sweetie. You just ask and I'll get it ready for you. I was already plannin to make breakfast for all of us so it's no problem."
Gohan looked down a little bit before smiling up at her again "Mind if I help?"
Mrs Briefs let out a genuine grin "Of course, sweetums"
Gohan then intensely listened to Mrs Briefs as she starting whipping up breakfast.
The sun's light hit Bulma's eyes next and woke her up in almost an instant "... Ugh... Five for minutes... Wait... This isn't my bed" she slowly sat up and turned around only to become completely red faced. She was confronted with the drooling form of a knocked out Goku.
Her mind was beginning to fire off in all directions, but one thing she couldn't get out of her head was '... He was ridiculously comfy to sleep on.' she then shook her head 'What am I thinking?! Poor guy just fought with his wife and I'm over here fawning over him?! This is so messed up!'
A loud yawn was made as Goku was now back from the land of dreams. "Morning, Bulma! Sleep well?" He asked cheerfully.
"Huh?! Uhhhh yeah... Yeah, I'm good. Just feeling kinda hot right now." Bulma struggled to think of a solid excuse but figured it was simple enough for Goku to drop it.
Goku rubbed the tiredness out of eyes before turning to her. "Huh? Do you need some ice?" He slowly leaned in to her and gently placed his hand under her bangs, pushing them up before gently touching his forehead to hers. "... I mean, you feel ok but... Wait... Getting hotter..."
Bulma was worried about the potential of bursting into flames 'Of course it's getting hotter you lovable dunce! Just back away please!' she found the strength to lean away and slowly stand up "L-Look I'll be fine ok. I just... I need... To use the bathroom" she mumbled as she walked off.
Goku tilted his head a bit but after checking her ki level, noticed she wasn't in much danger so she must have been ok. "Alright then, Bulma" he happily replied as he stood up from the couch and made his way to the kitchen.
Meanwhile, Bulma was washing her face in the bathroom, hoping to wake herself from this dream she felt she was in. "Come on, Bulma... You can't just hang all over him... Goku doesn't even know what a genuine relationship is, let alone how he feels about this whole situation... Ugh... Why can't he be simpler... This all feels so weird."
Bulma soon returned to the living room before making her way to the kitchen to see Goku, Gohan and her mom... All waiting for her.
"Finally! What took ya so long hehe" Goku yelled excitedly
Gohan chuckled "We've been waiting on ya"
Mrs Briefs looked extra happy as she waited for her daughter to join them.
Bulma slowly sat down feeling like she was still in a dream "... Usually you guys just tear into the food. Why did you guys wait for me?"
Gohan smiled "It was Dad's idea. He thought it wouldn't be fair if we ate your favorite food by accident, so we waited."
Bulma turned to Goku for confirmation and received a glowing smile from the full blooded Saiyan before a gentle smile graced her own lips. "Thank you guys." As soon as the ladies took their food. Gohan and Goku once again entered their hunger state, where anything in site that was edible... Was gone in an instant.
While breakfast was going down inside, outside, the doctor looked over his blueprints with a cup of Joe in hand.
Dr Briefs "Hmmm... So strange... This gravity machine shouldn't be having any problems... So what's going on?" He kept looking into his blueprints as a rather threatening man watched him work.
Vegeta was losing patience, he wanted the opportunity to become stronger to come sooner rather than later but he also refused to train with anyone. "Old man. How much longer will this take..."
Dr Briefs was completely unfazed by Vegeta, he never felt threatened by him as he knew that anything Vegeta wanted had to be obtained through either him or his brilliant daughter. "Not sure. This is all very confusing, I have everything I need yet whenever I turn the machine on, nothing happens, I double checked everything and still nothing is working... So strange"
Vegeta grumbled "Well, I'm tired of waiting!"
"Sorry, but you can't rush science Vegeta, maybe train with the others today" Dr Briefs suggested.
"Ha! Like who? That clown? His pathetic offspring? I refuse to receive assistance from anyone lower than me!" Vegeta yelled passionately
Dr Briefs sighed "Well then... You limit yourself on your improvements." He stated bluntly only to recieve a grumble in response.
Vegeta stomped off to the pool and sat down "This is ridiculous... If that woman had been assisting her old man instead of exercising, they'd have finished by now ... Doesn't she know the fate of this planet rests on my shoulders?!" Vegeta continued grumbling to himself while the current food war had finally ended.
Goku patted his stomach "Ahhhh... That was incredible. Thank you Mrs Briefs!"
Gohan nodded "Mhm! Thank you!"
Mrs Briefs chuckled "Oh you two are just so pwecious! It's not a problem boys"
Bulma smiled at the interaction before getting up. "Welp. I'm gonna go help Dad. He's been struggling with that gravity chamber for long enough"
Goku looked to her curiously "Oh? Do you still wanna come train with us?"
Bulma thought about it for a moment "... I think I'll stay here. I'm not used to the whole working out thing and my muscles are still sore from the other day. I'll join you guys another time." She finished with a smile.
Goku returned said smile "Gotcha. Gohan. We better get ready."
Gohan nodded and got up before running to his room.
Goku looked to Mrs Briefs as he stood up "Thanks again. It was delicious!"
Mrs Briefs nodded until all the younger people had left the room. She finally chuckled to herself "My oh my... Bulma's falling faster than I thought..."
Meanwhile Bulma had just made her way outside "Hey, dad."
"Ah! Good morning Bulma! How are you feeling?" Dr Briefs replied cheerily.
Bulma offered up a smile "Pretty good honestly. Anyway, whatcha working on?"
Bulma and her dad began working on the gravity machine while Vegeta watched them from the poolside "Finally, that woman is doing something productive for once..."
Meanwhile, Goku and Gohan got dressed in their original Gi's and made their way to the front of Capsule Corporation. Soon enough, they flew off in the direction of their usual training grounds.
Gohan kept a decent eye on his father the whole flight. His father was happy, genuinely happy! He usually only saw him like this when it pertained to a strong battle. Gohan wanted to chalk it up to the prospect of training today but at the same time, he had a strong feeling it related to Bulma.
'Kinda wonder what's gonna happen. I've noticed dad's ki increasing little by little over the past few days. Maybe he's been secretly training more than just around me? I dunno... But it feels weird' Gohan thought to himself.
Goku was in a weird state of mind, he was happy but didn't really know why. Being around Bulma always seemed to cheer him up. It was nice! Being able to hangout with her more often, being more close with her and he can't seem to shake off the fuzzy feeling he got from having him, Bulma and Gohan all cuddled up last night. It just felt great.
Nevertheless, Goku knew he had to focus on getting stronger to protect everyone. Thankfully, as far as he could see. There were no more obstacles on that path.
Back at Capsule Corporation, Bulma had looked over her fathers blueprints and was trying to figure out what was wrong. "Seriously. What the hell is going on? This thing should be working flawlessly"
"I know!" Her father replied "I've been stuck on this for days"
Bulma decided to get up close to the gravitron and unscrewed the panel to the control box to see what was going on back there. "This is dumb... You must have checked these befo... Dad... Why are gravity controls cords and the central power systems cords in the opposite outputs?..."
Dr Briefs blinked twice "They are?... Well in my defense they look exactly the same."
"No, they don't!" Bulma yelled "the gravity cords are red and the power cords are black!"
Dr Briefs hummed to himself "Oh? I thought it was the other way around. My bad"
"Ugh!" Bulma was extremely disappointed that her father couldn't figure this problem out on his own. Once she fixed the issue, the lights immediately turned on and the gravity machine could be heard firing up "There... It should work properly now." She stood up ready to leave "Kay. Let's go tell Prince Pompous he can stop annoying us now."
With that, they made their way over to the pool to see Vegeta relaxing in a pool chair "Are you fools done yet?" He stated with a fury.
Bulma immediately snapped "Yes! And you might wanna say thank you to the woman who fixed the damn thing!"
Vegeta huffed and said nothing as he got up, walked past her and went into the gravity chamber before shutting the door.
"Ugh! Can't believe that jerk" Bulma huffed as she walked back inside.
Dr Briefs simply watched the whole thing go down before following her inside to go entertain himself with his numerous pets.
Bulma was rather upset right now for a number of reasons. She figured the problem behind the gravity chamber not working was a real problem that would take a decent amount of time to work on. Nope, it was a simple fix. Of course, Vegeta not being thankful didn't help and to top it all off, she was bored again. She could have gone with the boys but her muscles still ached so she figured it was a bad idea.
Now the poor girl was sitting at the desk in her lab thinking of what to work on. Ordinarily this would be no problem but... Ever since Goku started living with her family, she found herself thinking of him more and more. She quickly shook her head to get rid of those thoughts once more "... I need to take a walk"
And soon enough, Bulma could be seen walking out the front door of Capsule Corporation, with a red hat of said brand on it. She decided to wear some tan, baggy pants, white sneakers, a red jacket similar to her old one and some sunglasses so she wouldn't stick out too much. "Might be nice to get some air and clear my head for once."
In reality though, Bulma was thinking harder than she ever had before on any device she's made. Her best friend was technically not married and was living in her house! Plus she's been seeing him in a much more different light lately 'Dang it, Goku... Why couldn't you have just stayed single! This would all be so much easier!' she thought to herself.
She journeyed through West City for an hour straight, until the sight of a ramen restaurant caught the attention of both her and her stomach which decided to embarrass her by growling in public 'Dangit!' she screamed inwardly and looked around embarrassed 'Has my stomach been taking advice from Goku?! It doesn't usually rumble like that.'
"Hey, Cutie. Why don't I buy us some grub?" A stranger said from behind her. She was about to deck the person responsible for such words until she saw his face.
"Y-Yamcha?" Bulma stuttered out.
Yamcha was confused at first until he noticed how strinkingly familiar this girl looked "Wait... B-Bulma? Woah... What a getup! You look so... Weird."
A vain on Bulma's head was seen clearly as she quickly became aggravated enough to continue with her previous action. Decking him in the face.
Author-Man "Hope you guys enjoyed this. Again, sorry it was so short. I hope to make much more very soon. God bless and have awesome days guys!"