A/N: hey everyone, alot of reviewers wanted me to post another one up quick so here it is i hope u enjoy, thank u guys so much for reviewing, that was probably the faster i have ever gotten so many reviews u guys rock! read and review!.xxx.
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It was as if the room contained a sea of blackness inside it, and the only thing that could be seen where two bright turquoise orbs swimming around in it. Bulma stared at the darkness that surrounded her, she found herself waking up around this time at night, were everyone else was asleep and it was only her and darkness to keep her company. At first she hated not being able to sleep and was afraid of the nothingness around her. Yet Chi Chi's light snores reassured that she wasn't alone, and now the darkness gave her the space and solitude to let her thoughts wonder off and sort themselves out, or make her life more complicated. She remembered the first time she ever had a nightmare, and it was on Vegeta-sei. She remembered sitting alone in the darkness and not being able to hear and sound or see anything, she was left alone to defend herself from her own dreams.
Flashback
"What was that!" Bulma was huddled by herself in complete darkness underneath her soft pink blankets sucking her thumb and desperately holding on to Teddy for dear life. The vulnerable little heiress squeezed her eyes shut, yet was only greeted by the monsters of her dreams.
"AHHH!" Bulma frantically sat up and looked around, but she couldn't even see the end of her bed. She was all alone in the dark and too afraid to leave her bed, incase something was underneath and ready to grab her if she stepped down. So the blue haired angel did the only thing a girl her age would, she cried. She wailed her little heart out and waited for a response, any at all, but nothing came. Sliding underneath the covers again she continued her water works into her pillow. Suddenly rough hands seized her up out of bed and turned her around, making Bulma gasp in horror and slap her attacker, only two be caught by one hand and her mouth was covered by the other. Bulma shut her eyes and started to squirm under the strong hands expecting the worst.
"Girl stop you're squirming." Bulma's eyes widened at the familiar voice and sighed in relief in Vegeta's palms.
"Are you going to stop crying a screaming if I release you?" Bulma nodded under his hand.
"Good" Vegeta removed his hands and jumped off the bed.
"Now stop you're annoying sounds and go to bed, a Prince needs his sleep, don't let me catch you again otherwise you'll have to pay the consequences."
"Vegeta come back!!" Bulma almost shrieked, stopping the young Prince dead in his tracks.
"I think not Earthling why should I, the Prince of this planet have to listen to you?"
"Veeegggeeetaaa…you can't leave...phullleasse!...if you go, I'll just start crying again." Vegeta grumbled, this was no stupid ordinary girl he had encountered before, he should have known. Walking angrily to her bedside he started at her.
"What do you want now?" Bulma scooted over and patted the side of her bed inviting him to sit. Sighing to himself, knowing it was the only way to shut the girl up, the Prince flew up and gracefully placed himself beside the quivering girl.
"Girl why are you shaking?" he asked in a bored manner, yet was quite curious.
"…I had a bad dream and couldn't sleep, and I'm scared of the dark and the Boogey Man under my bed" the little girl confessed and slouched under the covers while balling up next to Vegeta.
"Who is this Boogey Man you speak of?"
"He's the scariest monster that lives under your bed and waits till you leave the bed to grab you and eat you up!" Bulma shivered at her description. Vegeta snorted.
"Girl that is the dumbest thing I think you have ever said you're so naïve. The only thing on this planet you have to be afraid of is my Father and me of course so stop your stupidity."
"But you're not scary Vegeta." Vegeta almost fell off the bed.
"What! Of course I am scary, I'm one of the strongest Saiyans on this planet and still an infant, how can you not be scared?"
"I dunno, I'm just not, but you know what was scary? My dream!"
"How can you be a genius child? Girl dreams cannot hurt you; stop being such a weakling you're making me sick."
"But they hurt my mummy and daddy! This white monster in my dream came to my home and destroyed everything, my house, my neighborhood, and my mummy was holding onto me so I couldn't see anything, but when I could everything was gone, and my parents were…DEAD!" Bulma screamed and wrapped her little arms around the Prince's waist and nuzzled her head against his side. Taken aback by the display, Vegeta was about ready to shove the little girl off, but seeing her completely petrified he awkwardly placed his hand on her back and carefully stroked it.
"Girl that's silly, you're parent are fine, and you're not on Earth and there is nothing on this Planet that would dare hurt you since you are under royal keep. So stop you're crying," He said lamely trying to console the little blue haired girl.
"Ok, I'll try. But Vegeta don't you ever have nightmares and get scared of them?" Vegeta's eyebrows narrowed, he didn't want to display any weakness to her. He did have the occasional nightmare, but nothing her couldn't handle.
"Fine girl, yes I do have the rare nightmare, but I deal with it, they don't scare me, you can't let petty things like dreams scare you, unless you are a weakling." Bulma didn't say anything but nodded her head and yawned.
"Good now go to sleep" ordered Vegeta and leapt off the bed with intentions to get some sleep himself, but a small hand gentle pulled him back.
"Vegeta, stay please…" Bulma yawned.
"No"
"Just till I fall asleep, I need to know I am safe," Vegeta was surprised by the last comment.
'She feels safe with me? Dammit!'
"Fine Girl, but I thought you were planning on not becoming such a weakling." Bulma just poked her tongue out as Vegeta regained his previous spot and curled up beside him.
"Night Veggie head"
"Stop call-" but Vegeta was cut off by the light stroking of his tail, which lulled both tired children to a nightmare-free dream.
End Flashback
Bulma gulped at the memory. What had happened between her and the Mighty Prince? Becoming tired of her memories Bulma left to the kitchen for a glass of water. All her memories and thoughts lead to the same person, and that fact that she saw him everyday yet hadn't spoken to him in weeks was killing her inside. She was sick of the silence and awkwardness between the two of them and desperately wanted to at least fight with him, yet after he walked in on her and Krillin a week ago she found it harder to approach him. Turning on the tap she heard unusual squeaking. She first thought it came from the tap, yet she soon discovered it was in fact a mattress coming from Vegeta's room. She pressed her ear against his door. He was squirming in his bed and it sounded as if he was having a nightmare and a bad one. Instinctively she quietly opened his door and stepped inside. Vegeta was tossing around in his bed, mumbling and groaning frantically. As Bulma inched closer she could see that perspiration was accumulating on his forehead. Bulma bit her lip and lightly shook Vegeta, not expecting his massive hand to shoot up and grab her by the throat and another over her mouth to muffle the scream. Vegeta's shot open and instantly connected with Bulma's which shocked him; she was the last person he expected to see. Bulma started to cough, and Vegeta realized how tight he was holding on her neck. Releasing her immediately he gave her the cup of water beside his bed and left only to return with ointment. Silently he sat on the bed, carefully pulled Bulma between his legs, tilted her head foreward, flicked the bedside light on with his tail and examined the red finger mark on her neck before massaging the ointment onto the bruise. Bulma gasped from the pain but also his touch. It was soft yet firm and sensually rubbed the treatment into her neck. They remained that way for a while until Vegeta dropped his hands.
"Better?" Bulma's heart fluttered at the sound of his voice and turned around to face him and stretched her neck.
"Great, um, thank you." Vegeta nodded.
"Why are you here?" he inquired, making Bulma bite her lip again.
"You were having a nightmare, I could hear it form outside, so I decided to wake you up."
"Why?"
"Well, because firstly having nightmares are not pleasant and you need your sleep, and your bloody loud" Bulma smiled nervously, but stopped when Vegeta scowled, things were still uncomfortable.
"Woman, I can endure a little dream it can't hurt me."
"Yeah but isn't it easier and nicer to wake up instead of being haunted by it?"
"But I need to sleep, and nothing can stand in the way of that, being scared of your own thoughts just means that you are weak," Bulma just sadly shook her head in defeat, he was so stubborn at times.
"What was your dream about?"
"None of your business" she didn't need to know about the horrors of his dreams. All the bloodshed, the killing the dying, the murderous laugh the shook his soul. No, on one needed to know about his inner tortures projected through a reoccurring dream he had had for 10 years.
"Was is that bad?"
"Stop asking your annoying questions Woman!"
"Well maybe if you talk about it then you will feel better and sleep will become eaiser!"
"Woman don't try to physco analyze me, you don't know the shit I have been through, so don't even think for a second you know me because you don't"
"Well maybe I would if you told me? Ever thought of that genius? Vegeta you can be so thickheaded sometimes, I'm only trying to help!" she said trying to persuad the stubborn Prince.
"Woman you couldn't help if you tried. You have never experienced the pain and suffering I have been through, the bloodsheds and massacres I have seen and done…you don't know what it is like to be a Prince of a mighty race then be stripped from your parents and kingdom at the vulnerable age of 7, You don't know how much it can eat you up inside when the tyrant that killed your family and home is far superior in strength to you that you could never gain revenge for the treason he has committed. You can never understand this because it was only till recently that you have had a taste of the real life and how hard it can actually be and you still got the better of it! So don't sit there and tell me you can help and try and give me advice, because you can't and I don't want it!" Bulma stared in silence.
"But I can help you get stronger." Vegeta snorted at her.
"And how is that?" it was Bulma's time to smirk.
"Well I have been working on a secret project for a while now, not even Gieton knows about it, it's called a Gravity room, it's a room which can increase it's gravity to around 500x more than Planet Kold's average gravity, I just thought it would be a quicker way to become stronger, and it would give you boys a more intense workout." Bulma beamed at Vegeta which ignited his trademark smirk to appear finally.
"And when will this room be ready?"
"In a few short days, it's in a capsule and can take the form of any room so it looks like your just training in a normal room so no one will suspect a thing."
"I'm impressed"
"Well duh I am a genius!" Vegeta snorted, rolled his eyes and playfully pushed Bulma over. Giggling and enjoying every moment with the Prince Bulma jumped up on his lap and ruffled up his hair.
"Urgh Woman quit touching my hair."
"Aww is the might Prince becoming a little bit vain about his appearance? That will go down well on the battle field!" Vegeta growled at her statement and grabbed both her hands, pulling her forward that their noses were almost touching.
"Go to bed Woman." He ordered and released her waiting for her to leave, except Bulma rolled off him onto the empty side of the bed and wriggle under the covers.
"Woman what the fuck do you thing you are doing?"
"Sleeping like you said, I thought my presence would help with your nightmares."
"Woman I-"
"Goodnight Vegeta!" Bulma skillfully gave the Prince a peck on the cheek and rolled over so her back was facing him. Sighing and mumbling himself about stubborn women, Vegeta too slouched underneath the covers falling asleep while his tail found its way around Bulma's waist, drawing her closer to his shirtless chest. It was the first night in 10 years he had a peaceful slumber.
A/N: aww!lol hope u guys like it, i remember in one of my last reviews someone asked if i cud put in more of the kid stuff and i thought what a great idea so shout out to that person. hope u guys liked it u know the drill r&r!.xxx.