AN: Hey guys! Sorry for taking a while, here is the next chapter! Thx for all the reviews, I'm really happy everybody likes this story! Also I am more then happy to listen to some criticism in order to make my story better.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z.
Enjoy!
Laughter and joy once again filled the Son household. Not a single hug was missed. Gine wouldn't stop oogling her youngest son, despite his pleas for her to stop embarrassing him, but even Goku knew that he could never tell his mother "no."
Gine had cooked a rather large feast, fit for a whole army. But knowing the appetite of her favorite men she was more then ready to give them a lifetime meal. Bulma, still a bit upset over her appearance, kept muttering over Goku and his "never ending black hole stomach." But Goku couldn't care less.
As the lovable family of 5 sat down to have a drink, chatter started to arise.
"So how's my little bro and his girl doing?" Raditz asked, as he chugged down a fizzy drink.
Bulma smiled. "We've been doing well, though Capsule Corp has been rather busy. But we always find a way to bond." Bulma dreamily said.
Bardock slightly rolled his eyes at the lovey dovey tone his daughter in law was speaking in, but yelped when Gine elbowed him.
"Behave yourself." She said between her teeth.
Bardock swallowed and nodded, not saying another word. He definitely didn't need to awaken the devil side of his kind-hearted wife.
Goku nervously smiled but quickly nodded and continued to eat.
'Bonding.. yeah right..'
"I'm happy to hear you guys are doing well! How's the business in Capsule Corp? Any new inventions created lately?"
One thing about Gine everyone must know is that she loves to ask questions. She loves to hear stories about other people, and is always interested in their daily lives. You could tell her the most simplest thing ever and she would act as if you won the lottery.
It makes you wonder how she and Bardock ended up together, but like they say opposites do attract.
But let's not forget she can be a rather feisty Saiyan.
Bulma's eyes lit up at the mention of her company. "Oh it's great! We recently created this new code chip for the computers, which will help us build much more efficient inventions and robots.. but it couldn't have been done without me obviously! Oh and..!"
On and on Bulma blabbered about her company. Goku sighed. This was one of the traits his wife had that he didn't exactly.. appreciate.
Bulma was just too full of herself. To be honest it sounded like she was bragging more then actually discussing.
And for her to act like this on his Mother's birthday.. it was ridiculous.
"I'm glad to hear Bulma, my apologies we haven't sent any calls or messages in quite a while. Just some trouble we've been having with the internet lately." Gine sweetly said as she scooped some beans from a bowl and placed them on top of her rice.
"I thought you and pa said you guys couldn't catch up with the bills or someth-" Raditz started, but instantly hushed up once he was met with his mother's signature death stare.
Suddenly the whole room went silent. Goku stopped eating.
".. Bills?" He slowly asked.
He looked at his father and brother for answers, but both of their gazes were aimed towards the ground.
Gine laughed, though panicked a bit. "Oh it's nothing don't worry about it! The meat business has been quite the success so we managed to make some good bucks."
"How much do you owe? I can give you guys Zeni, I have a lo-"
"Kakarot darling don't worry about it. I promise you dear we are doing fine." Gine assured, as she grabbed everyone's dirty plates, and headed over to the soapy sink, where she quickly dumped them in.
"Now! Who wants some cookies?" Gine said as she pulled out a tray of hot sugar cookies from the oven. Everyone smiled and grabbed a few of the sugary treats, after all Gine's food was the best.
"Oh man Mom you really hit the jackpot! The food back at Capsule Corp is nothing compared to your cooking!" Goku blurted out loud.
The comment immediately enraged Bulma as she sent a deathly glare to her husband. Goku yelped and hid under the table.
"It that so?! Well then I guess you don't need dinner tonight you ungrateful jerk!" Bulma yelled, and she left the room, stomping furiously.
SLAM! Went the bathroom door.
Goku popped out from under the table and sighed. Another thing about his wife. Her ego. If he made just the slightest criticizing comment she would go ballistic. Man.. for once could she just relax?
"Dude. Literally that's the number one thing you don't say in front of your woman. Man Kakarot, how many times are you gonna screw up this relationship?" Raditz said, as he chugged down another fizzy drink.
Him? So it was him that was ruining this relationship? What did he do?
Gine sensing the heat immediately tried to cheer up everyone by bringing more cookies. She later went to the bathroom to check on her daughter in law.
A few minutes later she came back with Bulma, it was evident that she had been crying. Red streaks surrounded her eyes.
Immediately Goku felt guilty, but at the same time a little angered. Did she honestly had to act like this out all days..
Raditz cleared his throat. "Okay okay enough of the drama, for Vegeta's sake it's our beloved Mother's birthday! And plus.. we have been working on a little something for ya.." Raditz said as he and Bardock got up to retrieve something.
Bulma and Goku smiled. They knew what the surprise was and immediately Bulma took her phone out to record the event, knowing it would make a great memory.
Gine however had the most confused look on her face, and a quite frightened one.
"Something? Oh dear what is-" Gine gasped in surprise as she saw a huge cake being held in Bardock's hands. It was a velvet cake, covered in buttercream and fruit. It was Gine's most favorite cake, but it was always sold out in the bakery shops and the ingredients were rather hard and expensive to find.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Everyone yelled, as Raditz got a lighter and lit up a few candles.
Joyful tears gathered up in Gine's eyes, she was not expecting this at all. Not even one bit.
And soon a beautiful birthday song followed..
"Happy birthday dear Gine.."
Followed by Gine blowing the candles, but due to her Saiyan strength she had accidentally gotten some frosting on Bardock. The Saiyan frowned but smiled gently seeing the happy look on his beautiful wife's face.
Raditz and Goku kissed their mother's cheeks, and Bardock placed a final kiss on her lips. Bulma hugged her mother in law.
They all cut the cake and had a slice, though Goku and Raditz argued over who was getting the slice with the most frosting, knowing both of them they had a huge sweet tooth. Even at their ages, they still argued. Bardock frowned in annoyance but smiled gently, reminiscing back when his sons were little kids.
Soon night fell down on the Vegetasai, and the lovable family decided to go outside and watch the stars. They had all pulled out a few garden chairs and sat down.
Bardock held Gine as they looked up and watched the twilight paradise. He looked at her, realizing just how much she had changed his life. Had it really been 40 years since they met each other? He loved her dearly. She had given him two beautiful sons, she took care of him.. fed him.. made sure he had clean clothes.
He wouldn't trade anything for her or his family. Sure he didn't show much emotion, but Bardock deeply cared for his family.
Though he never told anyone, there was one member he wasn't entirely fond of..
Goku watched his parents cuddle together. He sighed. Why couldn't he and Bulma have a relationship like that? It was just constant control. It was always about her..
And speaking of which..
"Goku!"
Goku sighed and turned around. Yep. His wife. She growled and mouthed the words .. "Get over here. NOW.".
Goku instant transmissioned, reappearing in front of Bulma a few seconds later.
Bulma clenched her fists. She was going to give her husband a piece of her mind.
"I.. I can't believe you! Why?! Why do you have to say such stupid things in front of others, or do stupid stuff?!? You humiliated me! ME! Your beloved wife!"
Something snapped within Goku.
"Bulma.. what the in the world? If anything you were the one who was doing stupid stuff! I made a comment, that's all! It was never to humiliate you.. I promise! I care for you Bulma, I would never hurt ya like that on purpose."
Bulma's eyes widened. In all of their 2 years of marriage, Goku had never ever talked back to her. He would always listen to her, and promise to do better next time.
Oh she wasn't gonna let him win this. But neither was he going to let her win this.
".. me? I was the one who did stupid stuff? What did I do that was stupid?!" Bulma yelled back. The rage in her slowly growing, she could feel the heat in her cheeks.
"When I was flying, you kept yelling about how I was ruining your appearance, when you barely looked any different. At lunch, you kept bragging on and on about yourself and wouldn't let anyone talk! Seriously Bulma? And not even that! You threw such a childish temper tantrum when I just stated my opinion! I never said Capsule Corp food tasted bad, I just said I preferred my mother's cooking more. And then you just left the room.. just like that! On my mother's birthday goddammit!"
"Childish?! I was not acting childish! I was-" but she was interrupted.
"No Bulma! I don't want to hear it! If you're gonna keep making petty excuses, I don't want to hear it."
Silence. All Goku could hear were the faint sounds of crickets chirping out, and the gentle night breeze. Looking up he gasped quietly seeing the look on Bulma's face. Rather then anger and frustration, all he could implanted in her deep blue eyes was .. sadness. He had never seen Bulma look like this before. It terrified him deeply. It was a disturbing sight to him. After a horrifying moment of silence, she swallowed a lump in her throat and firmly walked towards him.
"Bulma I-"
His words vanished as he was met with a slap.
Oh.. but this was a slap filled with pain. It stinged, but Goku tried to take it all in. For some reason, he could feel thick tears building up in his eyes. Why was he crying?
Bulma had never hit him before.
Pulling her hand away, she pointed to him.
"How.. how dare you?! HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME LIKE THAT?! Are you absolutely serious?! Petty excuses?! If anything your reasons were petty! You humiliated your wife! This is your problem Goku, you don't know when to keep your stupid mouth shut! You're so stupid! Idiotic, moronic, stupid!"
Goku's heart dropped. "I'm stupid? I'm stupid for being mad at you because you ruined my mom's birthday?"
"I NEVER RUINED IT! You can't say that!"
"Yes I CAN Bulma. You don't have the right to tell me what and what not to say!"
"I'm your wife! Who else do you think I am?"
"My wife? More like a crazy control lunatic who never appreciates her husband!"
"You jerk. If I didn't appreciate you we wouldn't be MARRIED! God Goku, enough assuming! Just admit what you did wrong and we can put this all behind!"
Now Goku probably would've just ended the argument and just give in to Bulma .. yet for some reason, he couldn't. He just couldn't. These 2 years of marriage, he knew this relationship was just never meant to be. It was unhealthy.
"No. I'm not gonna admit anything because there is nothing to admit. I never did anything wrong Bulma. This.. this is all just a big mistake."
Bulma's eyebrows widened. What was he saying?
"Mistake? What the hell do you mean by that?!"
"Bulma, have you ever thought about us?"
"What the hell does that mean?! You're scaring me Goku!"
"Look at us Bulma! Look at where we are! There's never a day in our life where we don't fight, everyday I have to see you cry. We don't have a family like what he wanted. We rarely interact, heck the only romantic thing we do is just have sex."
"Are you saying I'm not a good wife?! I'm trying Goku, but you know Capsule Corp-"
Goku interrupted her. "No Bulma. It's not you. It's just us. It's what we chose to be. You chose to marry a stupid Saiyan who was raised in the woods and has no context of what the city life is like. I chose to marry a rich woman who is all about the city life. You and I Bulma, we just don't work."
"Goku sweetie.. I.. no! This can't be happening! Ok we have our differences but hey they say opposites attract right? We can fix our issues Goku! I .. I can hire a therapist! I can minimize my shifts, we can go see a movie! We can do anything! Hell, maybe we can have some children! We can fix our issues Goku! Please don't leave me.. I can't bear you leaving me.. you're the only one I love. I love you so much Goku.. please .." Bulma wrapped her arms around her husband's neck and gave him a passionate yet sorrowful kiss.
Goku wanted to kiss her back, as he felt guilty. But at the same time, he didn't want too. He didn't want to have hope that this relationship was going to work, because he knew it wasn't.
Man, how did he get stuck into this?
Should he just say no and just end his marriage right there? Or should he just oblige like always and see what the future has to offer?
Suddenly he remembered something. His family.
"I'm glad to hear Bulma, my apologies we haven't sent any calls or messages in quite a while. Just some trouble we've been having with the internet lately." Gine sweetly said as she scooped some beans from a bowl and placed them on top of her rice.
"I thought you and pa said you guys couldn't catch up with the bills or someth-" Raditz started, but instantly hushed up once he was met with his mother's signature death stare.
Suddenly the whole room went silent. Goku stopped eating.
".. Bills?" He slowly asked.
His family was in debt. Goku knew his mother was lying, and didn't want to cause panic. So if he left Bulma, he would lose his money and he wouldn't be able to help pay the bills for his family.
This was the worst time for Goku to leave Bulma. God, how did he get into a situation like this..
He didn't want to be labeled as a golddigger. But god, what else could he do? As inhumane as it sounded, Goku knew the only reason left to stay with Bulma was simply for the safety of his family.
Swallowing the lump in his throat, he leaned his head on Bulma's. Great, now he was faking affection. Kami he was going to hell for this.
"Ok.. ok.. I'll give it a chance. I don't want to leave you Bulma, we can fix our issues." Goku sweetly said, as he smiled at Bulma. Bulma looked up and smiled. She kissed him again, only harder. Goku didn't want to kiss her but what else could he do? He kissed her back, much to the happiness of Bulma.
Goku knew his life was never going to be the same again.
AN: Will be updated soon.