There was no way she was actually serious, was she?
"Did you not hear me?" He barked, his grip on the busted bot tightening.
Bulma had been sitting at her desk, her attention in front of her. Her father had given her an equation that he was stumped on. She promised him that she'd crack it for him. It had been a week since she had locked herself away in her lab. She devoted her life to science for this entire week. Devoted herself to avoid the prince at all costs. She didn't have the energy to deal with him right now. "I heard you Vegeta, and like I said, I'll fix it. Just put it over there and I'll get to it when I get a chance." Her eyes never left the paper.
Vegeta threw the bot down without thinking, "You will fix it immediately!" He continued to demand impatiently.
"I'll fix it when I can," She repeated, her voice flat. Finally she decided to look his way, she immediately noticed the steam coming from his ears. If she wasn't currently in the stump that she was, she might have actually laughed at him acting the way he was. "Anything else I can do for you?" She finally asked.
His mouth opened for a moment before snapping shut, "No-"
She swatted her hand, "I'll make sure to let you know when I'm done with it then. Go back to your training, try not to break the other three."
She had expected him to threaten her life at least once but she was surprised to receive silence. She had heard him grumble something foriegn under his breath. Maybe he was cursing her, she didn't care. He had left soon after that, his feet heavy as he stomped away.
While a small part of him wanted an explanation for her odd behavior, his pride only moved him further from the lab.
Now alone in the lab, she took a quick glance over at the bot. Sighing softly, she rolled over with her chair to her damaged work. Picking the bot up, she turned it as she examined it.
The screen was cracked and a large dent was across his back. Trying to turn it on, sge immediately could tell that the circuit was fried.
He was becoming strong. Setting it back down, she ran a hand through her hair. He was always so demanding towards her, how had she been able to put up with it for so long? Usually she'd yell back, show him his place. But now, it felt like her flame had been blown out.
Her hands covered her face, she used her arms as support. She didn't feel like herself. She felt sad. She needed some social activity, she had been stuck in here for too long. Maybe she could invite her friends over.
Rolling over to her phone, she immediately texted her boyfriend, sending him an invitation.
He had responded back rather quickly, telling her that he was with Krillin.
She didn't care, the more the merrier. She told him to bring him too. A small smile formed when she received a text saying they'd be on their way soon.
Standing up, she groaned. Her body was stiff, she needed a good stretch. Probably a shower too. Taking one last glance at the bot that had been destroyed, she finally decided to leave her lab.
Sitting at the patio with her two friends, soaking up the summer heat with a conversation that could go on for hours sounded exactly like what Bulma needed.
Who did that blasted woman think she was anyway? Did she not know better? All of his life, the moment he asked for something, it was immediately in front of him. Here on Earth, it wasn't like that at all. If he wanted something, he had to demand it.
Today was new for him. Even if the woman tried to argue with him, she still took care of what he needed. He still couldn't wrap his mind around the back that she would do what he wanted whenever she 'got around to it'. Was she begging for her death?
He was standing in the GR, his attention on the remaining three bots. He needed to be careful with what he had left. Gods knew the next time he would get another broken one running again.
He clenched his fists in anger, how would he get stronger if he had to hold back?
To make matters worse, his mood didn't exactly lighten when he felt two familiar ki's enter the premise. Scarface and the bald shorty. If he was asked to try and 'mingle' again, he would make sure to immediately refuse. No way in hell would he be able to put up with them again. He could feel the heiress weak ki with them as well.
A frown came to his lips, shouldn't she be working on his bot? Why was she wasting his time with those two?! He felt himself growing more impatient, he knew he should confront her but also knew that wouldn't get him much further. Hell, if anything, she would probably take even longer.
Walking over to the control panel, his fingertips ghosted over the buttons. He could just set the gravity and spar with the bots, then he could block out the two idiots. The option was preferred. Even if three bots didn't give him as much of a fight, he could at least improve somewhat.
Setting the gravity to 350, he immediately felt the push against his shoulders. Stepping away, he decided to get his stretches and workout out of the way. That only took him ten minutes, a quick ten at that. He immediately changed the gravity to 375, expecting the small struggle. Getting comfortable, he set the bots to their attack mode.
Seeing their bodies come to life, he got into his stance. Immediately he began dodging their assault, his own ki blasts firing their way.
The pressure from the gravity change caused his body to move slower than he liked. That would be something he'd need to work on. He continued moving, fighting the urge to stop. His body had still ached from his last training session, no way would he let that stop him.
Suddenly his ears picked up on a sound, distracting him. Eyes moving to the side, he frowned further when realizing that he could actually hear those humans! Or rather, hear that wench. She was laughing, most likely at something one of those other two idiots said.
A spule of curses left his lips when a blast nicked him. What in the hell was he doing? If he were fighting the androids, a moment of distraction could lead to his immediate death!
He swore she had soundproofed this room just for that. Apparently she had failed, not to his surprise. Continuing to fire blasts from his hands, he could feel the growing agitation forming as her laughs continued.
The last time he had seen her, she looked at him as if she were... bored. There was no spark in those blue eyes of hers, not like usual. What the hell did they do to deserve to hear her full of life? To hear her laugh? What in the hell did he do to take that life away from him? Why did he fucking care?
Nearing one of the bots, he kicked it away from the other two. Hearing it smack against the wall had made him feel slightly better, but he didn't have much time to enjoy it. He already had to make some distance from the others.
She knew what she was doing, she had to. She had guts, he'd admit. No one else would dare to challenge him like she was doing. If she was anyone else, she'd already be a pile of dust by now.
It was the damn gathering. He knew something changed that day. When else could it have been? Why did it matter to her so much that he didn't want to join her pathetic friends? As long as they had shared the same living quarters, did she not understand how he felt? He didn't have time to waste on them. He didn't have time to waste on her. Hell, just him thinking about her now was a waste. She was distracting him without even trying to.
He could only feel himself getting more angry, he took a little bit of that anger out on one of the bots. There was another crashing sound as he made contact once more.
Did she want him to beg for forgiveness? He wouldn't even waste his breath to beg for his own life!
He could hear their laughter continuing, he almost found himself going towards the door to threaten them to shut up. He didn't think he could take listening to her laugh anymore.
A bot blasted him, hitting him on his left side, taking another shot immediately after.
His teeth were clenched tight, his brow twitching in anger. His hands lit up bright, his eyes narrowed on the one particular bot. He was beyond angry now. Without thinking twice, he didn't hold back against the robot. He shot a blast right through the machine, he felt victorious. Of course, that feeling didn't last very long.
Everything that had been on his mind had now been lost the moment that the bot decided it wanted to blow up.
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