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The doctor had been in her room a long time now, his morning return a long wait for entry as the doctor had told him to wait until he had finished talking to her. At one point he had opened the door wide enough for the young soldier to see her. Her face was pale and shocked with fear and worry, her hands clasped anxiously around her blankets and her eyes looking to the floor but he could still see the red, puffy skin as a result of her crying. His chest felt tight, his skin cold and bumpy as he shook from the nerves. It looked like something really was wrong with her.
The doctor had no time to talk to him by the looks of it and the past hour or so had gone by with him sat by her door patiently waiting to be let in to see her. But so far it appeared that it would still be along time. Across the room the maids cleaned, the voices of his lover and the doctor a mumbled gibberish as they spoke silently behind the door, the maids presence stopping him from pressing his ear to the door. He wished they would hurry so he could see her. So he could find out the news, thought after thought passed though his head, each one worse.
With a small squeak the door cracked open, the doctors face low and tired. The thick black bags under his eyes suggested that he and the Queen had been speaking and arguing most of the night or from early morning. Goku stood up and looked at the doctor, not liking the look on the man of medicines face. Clearing his throat the old man spoke up.
"Son I don't know what relation you are to the Queen, she has requested you but I'm afraid I don't think now is the time. If possible could you come back later…When she has calmed down?" Goku groaned and ran his fingers through his hair, his answer cut short when a loud bang met the door as an object hit it and Chichi's voice rang through the room.
"LET HIM IN!" Both men looked at each other with wide eyes, the doctor sighing and giving Goku a look of 'if you want' Goku unsure if he really wanted to put himself in the line of fire, he hadn't seen her in this mood before and she was scaring her.
Poking his head around the door, he watched her scowl at him. Her eyes narrowed and her little nose screwed up in anger, lips pouted in a ferocious manner. He walked in shutting the door, before turning his back on the door and leaning against it. Looking at her as she lay in her bed across the room. It seemed safe here; at least he could dodge whatever she could throw at him. She pointed for him to come forward; reluctantly he pushed himself away from the door and towards her bed. Her small eyes exploding with tears and grabbing his hand the minute he appeared next to her.
Jumping forward he hugged her, expecting the worst. His mind a little confused as he felt her smiling against his neck, her small sniffs vanishing as she clutched tighter, slowly pulling him towards her bed and on top of her. Her hands rested on his shoulders as she looked up at his shocked eyes, a small smile on her face as she pushed him to her side. Stroking his cheek and looking at him with wonder. His eyes shone with his confusion and worry. She could feel his hands shaking when she had grabbed it.
"Goku the doctors know what is wrong with me. I think like me, you're not going to take it too well at first but you'll come to accept it and my choice" Goku sat up and looked at her, his eyes sad and worried beyond explanation as his hands squeezed hers tighter. She looked so beautiful laying there. Her face still pale and her eyes filled with tiredness and her hair, so soft and silky despite the tangles was sprayed around her small face like a firework, her eyes sparkling with tears of sorrow and happiness. He wasn't sure which.
"It's ok Majesty; I'll be here with you through everything. I swore that when I enrolled in the army. I will remain forever loyal" Chichi smiled and giggled slightly, although her tiredness didn't allow her to hide her sorrow.
"Goku I don't want a promise from a soldier, I don't want your loyalty because of the army. I want a promise from a man, I want your loyalty because you're my lover and I want to know you love me" Goku looked at her with understanding eyes, his facial expression still one of perplexity.
"Majesty I do love you, I have told you before." Chichi rolled her eyes and sighed angrily.
"No Goku you haven't. You love the Queen; I want you to love me, Chichi. Say it Goku" He looked at her with a slight discomfort and turned his head away with eyes closed.
"I can't it is not allowed, Majesty pl…." Her small hands grabbed his cheeks, forcing his head round to look into her eyes, more tears accumulating there.
"Screw what's not allowed Goku, since when have you kept to the rules. Please, if you love me Goku, say it. I don't want to know that you love your Majesty, everyone can say that. You're the only one I want to say you love me." She smiled slightly as his large hand caressed her still flushed cheeks.
"I love you…Chichi. I love you so much" She smiled at him, kissing his cheek and hugging him. It was silly really, just wanting him to say her name. But she had to hear that. Something was going to change their life together; she needed to know that he was no longer bowing to her authority but standing up to their equality.
"Goku…I'm pregnant" Her smile faded as he didn't move and their room went silent. His shoulders still stiffened and straight.
"WHAT!" He pulled back with wide eyes, falling off the bed and onto the floor as he stared at her. Unhappy with her giggling and smiling towards his actions
"Goku shush, the whole palace will hear you. I've decided to keep it but there is something you'll have to be willing to do for me to do that."
"Shush! You want me to shush. I've got the Queen pregnant and you want me to shush, they'll have my head for this. I'm doomed, your parents will kill me, and the people will kill me. Grandpa will kill me; he'll fry me up and feed me to the village. Oh Kami I am in shit this time. I'm dead, I'm…." He spoke through clenched teeth silently, his arms waving franticly in the air above his head and his eyes wide before she cut him off. Her small hands coming to slap his face gently.
"Goku shut the hell up! Now listen to me. No one is going to kill you, I won't allow it. My parents will not mind as long as they found out later on, not this week. Goku you must understand I cannot stay Queen if this baby is born or found out about before I am married. My parents will remove me and some wacko could take my place, you will be locked away not killed. I have to marry!" She watched his face drop, his eyes jealous and sad.
"But Maam how can you find someone suitable enough for you to marry before the bump starts to show." Chichi smiled at him and held his envy filled face in her hands, kissing his cheeks lightly.
"Goku I can marry you, you can't be king or anything you'll stay who you are now but I can still marry you under my rules. The only problem I have is convincing the parents. So here is the plan: I have chosen you because you are a relative of Son-Gohan. My father is fully aware of who your grandfather is, he's rather famous if I must say and my father has the greatest respect for him. He has done a lot for my father's kingdom. Once my father is aware of that he'll be over the moon that I chose you. My mother well she'll juts be happy that I'm getting married never mind who to. All you have to do is act like this has come as a total surprise to you, you may have been doing jobs for me but we have never had any passion, lust, love or anything between us. We have never even thought of kissing! Understand?"
"Yes majesty I understand. So I have to pretend that we have barely spoken to each other and the marriage was a complete and utter surprise." Chichi smiled widely.
"Yes that's it! You got it. Ok so later I want you to tell your grandfather that we are getting married, treat it like it is a complete shock. Then tomorrow I'll announce it and when my parents come tomorrow evening I'll explain the whole thing and they can meet you the day after. The doctor has agreed to keep everything quiet. Now I think you need to get back home, I need my rest." Nodding Goku accepted the small kiss she placed on his lips, he sighed within it, a small blush forming on his face as they pulled back and admired the other.
Gohan smiled happily as he tidied the pit that was his grandson's room, you could pester and pester the boy to tidy it and still nothing would be done. Of course each time asked he would put out that he would 'Of course Grandp I'll do it whilst your at work' but after 16 years of getting that reply Gohan had learnt to do it himself. Even if Goku came home angry at the intrusion of his privacy, he should know by now that Son-Gohan would not have a messy house and come the holidays there was going to be some changes, Goku was an adult after all. The door to their home opened and Gohan listened to the loud whine of anger and annoyance from his Grandson.
"Grrrraaaandpa! Stop tidying my room, I like it messy. You don't have to live in it, just ignore It.!" Goku kicked his shoes into the only just cleaned corner, pouting in a sulk as Gohan picked them up and neatly with organisation placed them in the wardrobe with his other shoes. Kami he hated this, he would leave the house and his room would be just how he liked it, everything left where he threw it but upon coming home it would be completely clean, spotless and although everything was in its place and organised it would soon be just how it was before thanks to Goku having to look for his things.
"Goku-Son this is ridiculous, how you got through the army I will never know! No room in my house will be that messy, it was shameful young man and next time I expect you to do it yourself." With his grandpas back turned Goku rolled his eyes back and pulled faces by moving his lips like he was moaning. Snorting as his Grandfather shut the door and left.
"Stupid Grandpa…Oh yer got to tell him about Chichi!" Running to the door he opened it, making his face as shocked and serious as possible before beginning again. "Grandpa…you'll never guess what happened today when I went to see the Queen?" Gohan turned to face Goku and placed a small apple in front of the boy.
"No Goku I can't guess. What happened?" Smiling as he sat down he watched his Grandson fidget and think of what to say.
"Well she sort of asked me to marry her" Gohan looked at Goku with a straight face, sitting up slightly as Goku smiled at him.
"Run that by me again Goku"
"She asked me to marry her. I said yes but she still needs to talk to her parents about it but she said they should be ok because I am related to you and her dad likes you" Goku watched his grandfather stand and tuck his chair in, knowing full well a lecture or telling off was on its way.
"Goku you are no where near suitable to marry her! She needs a prince or royalty not a soldier. Goku I'm afraid this is not acceptable; you can't go through with this. How on earth could you think her parents will accept this, you can't give a kingdom anything, you don't know how…"
"I could protect her but as her husband." Goku smiled with a fidgeting discomfort.
"What have I told you about interrupting me? We'll have to sort this out, go back and talk to her about it, There is no way you are capable of helping her run a kingdom" Goku stood and left for his own room, leaving his grandfather to calm down. They could talk about this later when the older man had had time to think about it.
TBC
Chapter 5 up and running. D Please review and I'll try and get another chapter done ASAP. One more week left of exams and then, oh yes I can't wait I'm going to write, write write! WEEEEEEEEE
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