It had been a few days since Sno received the news about performing. Bulma suggested that she stay at Capsule Corp, that way she could safely walk to the Ballet Center and back. In the last few days, Sno had done nothing but practice. She had rehearsal every day at the Ballet Center, then continued to practice back at Bulma's.

Vegeta had gotten used to the sound of the violin fairly quickly. He started to enjoy it. He also enjoyed seeing Sno the passed few days. Sno would catch him every so often watching her practice, then he'd quickly disappear. Sno giggled to herself, she had just caught him again. He always looked to startled when he found out that he'd been caught.

She was contemplating asking Vegeta to come to the performance. She knew it wasn't something that he'd be interested in. There would be too many people, and he more than likely would prefer to train. She figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.

She set down her violin and headed toward the gravity room. She banged on the door. She heard explosions and Vegeta grumbling. What could possibly such noise? The noises stopped.

"What?" Vegeta's muffled gruff come from the other side of the door.

"Can I ask you something?" Sno called.

The door flew up, opening to reveal a beaten up looking Vegeta. His armor was cracked and the fabric of his arms and legs were torn. Sno looked at him in concern.

"Woah, are you alright?"

"Is that your question?" Vegeta sighed.

"Oh, no, sorry," Sno grinned cheekily. She stepped inside, seeing a few bots scattered about the floor, smoking and sparking. "I was actually wondering if... you wanted to come to the performance next week?"

She looked at him with hopeful, innocent eyes. Vegeta frowned, going to such a crowded place didn't interest him at all.

"I know you probably didn't want to, but I think you might like the music, at least," Sno shrugged, leaning back onto the wall. Something beeped.

Sno jumped up, gasping as the door to the gravity room slid shut rather quickly and the mechanics of the room started to hum. Vegeta snapped his head to the middle of the room, where more battle bots appeared. The bots immediately started firing at the two of them, Vegeta fired a few Ki blasts, taking out three of them. One laser nearly hit Sno, but she dodged it just in time. She backed away toward the panel, hoping to see how to stop everything. She saw a big, red button labeled 'STOP'. However, a lone bot shot a laser in her direction, hitting the wall just behind her. She shouted out in surprise and fear, falling forward onto the floor.

Vegeta was preoccupied with three other bots, upon hearing Sno's destress, he looked away from his battle. A surge of protectiveness burst within him as he saw the lone bot hovering over her, charging up a fatal blast. His eyes went wide, he used his energy to rapid move in front of her. The blast hit Vegeta square in the chest, forcing him to the metal floor, but he still hovered over Sno. He was blocking the bot from trying to blast her again. Sno took this moment to slam her hand on the stop button, and all the bots deactivated and fell to the floor.

Panting, Sno sat up and put her hands on Vegeta's arm. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" Vegeta snapped, swatting her hands away.

Sno recoiled back, shame and fear gripping her chest.

"I'm... I'm sorry," her voice trembled. She covered her face with her hands, willing herself not to cry.

Vegeta sighed. "Are you hurt?"

Sno pulled her hands away from her face, curious why he wasn't yelling at her for being so careless. She shook her head.

There was banging on the door, Bulma's scared shouts sounded from the other side of the door.

"Sno!? Sno, are you okay?"

Vegeta stood up, pulling Sno up from the floor. He opened the door. Bulma sighed in relief and pulled her best friend into a hug.

"I saw what happened on the cameras! I tried to override it, but the bots were on max!"

"I'm okay," Sno said quietly.

Bulma put her arm around Sno's shoulders, leading her to the family room. "Come on, let's go rest a moment."

Sno nodded and took a few steps, but she stopped. She turned and walked over to Vegeta. She gently put her arms around his waist, hugging him softly so that she wouldn't irritate the wound he recieved in protecting her.

"Thank you," she whispered softly to him.

Vegeta was slightly jarred by the softness of the encounter, she was pleasantly warm. And she smelled pleasant, as well. He patted her arm awkwardly.

She pulled away and quickly rejoined Bulma, the both of them walking away. His body suddenly felt cold, as her warmth left him too quickly. He frowned and turned away.

Bulma and Sno were in the family room, Bulma whirled around with her eyes wide.

"Do you have any idea what this means?!" Bulma whispered.

"What?" Sno furrowed her eyebrows.

"Vegeta has never done anything like that before! That blast he took was fatal."

Sno gasped. "Will he be okay?"

"Oh, yes," Bulma waved her hand dismissively. "I'm saying is that it was fatal to you. And he protected you!"

Sno looked down, confused. Bulma was right. She had never seen him react that way before, and he didn't even yell at her for activating the bots.

Sno sighed. "I just want to keep practicing."

Bulma nodded and went to retrieve her violin.

It was the next day, Saturday morning. The concert was the upcoming Friday night and Sno was in the kitchen, looking for breakfast before she started practicing for the day.

Vegeta came out of the room he used to sleep in, dressed in his newly renovated armor. He had been thinking about the invitation from Sno, and about the incident in the gravity room. He chastised himself for looking away from his battle. Never take your eyes off the enemy. But he was relieved that Sno hadn't gotten hurt.

He passed by the family room, seeing Sno's violin, but not Sno. He frowned. Where was she? She always had that thing in her hands. He heard humming coming from the kitchen, Sno was humming the tune to the song she had been practicing. Vegeta smiled to himself.

He came to the threshold of the kitchen and leaned against it, watching Sno twirl around as she retrieved food from the fridge.

"I'll come," Vegeta said.

Sno stopped her twirling to face him, a warm, happy smile adorned her face. "You will?"

Vegeta nodded, a small smile on his lips. She was always so happy.

Sno giggled happily, rushing to him and throwing her arms around his neck. Vegeta grunted, embarrassed and slightly thrilled that she had hugged him again. He instinctively wrapped his large arms around her, it was surprisingly comfortable to him; having her in his arms. He frowned, pushing her back and held her at arms length.

He nodded at her curtly and disappeared around the corner. Sno smiled after him, then continued her search for breakfast.

Sno was in the family room after eating a small breakfast. She was practicing specifically the ending of the concert, she kept stopping. Something just didn't feel right about the position of her fingers, the notes were just slightly off.

Bulma had come from the lab, taking a break.

"Having a hard time?" Bulma asked.

Sno sighed and stopped playing. "It just doesn't sound right."

"Why don't you take a break? You've been playing for four hours straight." Bulma smiled.

Sno sighed again, setting down her violin. "Alright."

Bulma smiled and sat on the couch, patting the seat next to her. Sno sat with her, smiling to herself. She was still happy that Vegeta agreed to come see her perform.

"Vegeta said he'd come, too," Sno announced.

"Are you serious?" Bulma asked with wide eyes.

"Yes. Why does that surprise you?" Sno asked.

Bulma grinned mischievously. "That's interesting."

"Why?" Sno asked, watching Bulma get up and walk out of the family room. "Bulma! Why?"