If there was one thing that Videl didn't like about the fact that she had agreed to live with Gohan for the sake of their unborn children, it was that he always walked around his house without a shirt on.

As far as she was concerned, it was really hard to hate someone who was so good looking!

What made all of this even worse was the fact that she had only been in Fire Mountain for two days and she was going to have to live here for another 2 years at least. It wasn't just the pregnancy that she had to deal with; she couldn't just take her two children back to Satan City the second she left the hospital.

Given what she had learnt about saiyan children, Videl knew that there was no other realistic choice but to become a stay at home mum for the foreseeable future. She didn't even have the luxury of having a job which she could quit once her pregnancy became too much to juggle along with having a job.

All of these things made Videl, someone who was such a career focused woman question the decision she had made two days ago which radically altered her life in every possible way.

She had no friends to rely on for support a part from either a phone call or a Skype call. She had no hobbies that she could take up given the fact that there were two people who she was looking after who are more important than herself. Most importantly though, Videl had just decided to move to a completely different country with no source of income and not much money saved up considering she had just put a deposit down on her apartment with her own money.

She was now solely reliant on Gohan to provide for her. It was a feeling that was completely foreign to her. Of course her father was incredibly rich but the second that she left for university, the raven haired girl turned her crime fighting with the police into an official as a part time Probationary Constable.

The money that this provided her as she went through the process of obtaining her degree in forensics was enough so that Videl could live the regular college lifestyle without having to resort to the bank of dad for help.

Of course it came at a cost, there were a few things that she no longer had regular access to given the fact that she had a budget but like all responsible young adults, Videl managed to survive throughout the four years of her course.

The second that she graduated, Videl already had a permanent position lined up on the force ready and waiting for her. It even came with a promotion to the rank of First Constable. The pay increase that came with this was enough for Videl to move out of her dorm room and into a two bedroom with Erasa with no real financial issues.

To go from having just received her promotion to the rank of Sargent and putting a deposit on a house which she could pay off in a matter of a few years to being solely dependent on her one night stand.

"What am I going to do about the mortgage?" Videl questioned herself as she thought over the potential viable outcomes. The only thing that Videl could think of that she could realistically do was rent it out and hope that the money she got from that was going to be enough to cover the mortgage.

Going back to her father was not an option that she was willing to take. That was only the absolute last resort for the blue eyed girl. She was determined to stand on her own two feet and not rely on her father's success to bail her out.

Gohan who had overheard this as he silently walked into the kitchen without Videl hearing anything spoke up. "I have no problems helping you out with that Videl, no I even insist on helping you out with that. It's my fault you're in this position so it's my job to help you out of it."

Thank you so much Gohan! Admittedly, she would have liked to sort this entire situation on her own but Videl chalked this down to Gohan helping out with child support. She needed every dollar she could get if she was going to have to look after and provide for two growing saiyan children. She had seen how much Gohan could eat and she was fairly confident that her kids would eat a similar amount.

She had recently read a study that said raising one kid cost on average 400,000 dollars from the age of one to twenty one. Considering the fact that she was going to be providing for two saiyan children and the cost of food being the second highest cost of living, Videl was realistic about her options.

She had every intention of leaving Fire Mountain the second her two children were old enough to properly cope with the move. Videl planned for that to happen at the age of two so she was fine with taking as much of Gohan's money to set up her kids' futures and having a roof over their head that wasn't going to move was definitely something important.

With all that being said, Videl didn't want to give off the impression that she was beyond happy to do this. She was a proud woman dammit! "No, I will just find somebody to rent the apartment to whilst I'm here. I don't need any charity checks to bail me out!" Videl replied with a proud look on her face.

"The thing is, unlike when I was younger where I would bow down and cave to your every demand, this is something that I am not going to be budged on. To be honest I don't really care if you live in a cardboard box but my children will be leaving with a proper roof over their head." Gohan commanded in a rather forceful tone of voice.

This display of power and dominance that Gohan was exuding was something that Videl was not used to at all. The Gohan that she remembered and type cast him as was the complete opposite of what he was displaying right now.

She had to admit that this change was something that was exciting. She had no respect for people who let her completely walk all over them. Seeing the way that Gohan acted, it made Videl interested to see just how much he had changed. It was safe to say that Gohan was an interesting enigma to say the least.

Videl was confident in the fact that there were still a lot of secrets that Gohan had yet to answer about himself and she was still glued to his every word so she could find out that little bit more. No one had a part from Erasa had the guts to tell the girl that her fascination over either Gohan or Saiyan was a bit stalker-ish.

"Now get up because we're going to the bank to pay off your mortgage." Gohan stated in a tone that meant business.

"I didn't think that they would have a branch all the way over here." Videl blandly stated. Gohan didn't even know which bank she was with so how would he know whether or not they would have a branch she could go to?

"Do you trust me?" Gohan questioned in a serious tone of voice as he stared directly into the eyes of Videl.

Said girl couldn't help but continue the stare even though she had the answer in her mind. Her body inched a whole closer to Gohan's then she intended but once she realised what she was doing, Videl quickly readjusted herself. "Yes."

There was a smile on the face that when Videl saw it, she couldn't help but smile back.

Gohan bent down to the girl's level, interlocked both of his hands with hers and led her outside. As he walked backwards, Gohan managed to navigate through his house without crashing into anything. When he got to the door, Gohan quickly disengaged his hand hold to open the door. The second he had opened it, his hand went back to being interlocked with Videl's. What surprised Gohan throughout all of this was that as they walked outside, Videl, despite the tightness of her white jeans, she was flexible enough to use her left leg to lift up to a horizontal height and close the door.

As all of this was happening, there was not a second that Gohan and Videl didn't stop from gazing into one another's soul. The eye lock was so intense that not even a screech from a bird flying above was enough for the duo to break their moment.

When things got to a standstill Gohan's lips were only a nose length away from Videl's, foreheads were practically touching and there was a smile on both of their faces. "So, do you trust me Videl-chan?" Gohan questioned although this time it meant a whole lot more to the two of them than the previous time he asked it.

"Yes, Gohan-kun, I trust you." Videl whispered as she pressed her forehead against Gohan's. Gohan bent down slightly and he lifted quads up by the back of her knees so her feet were resting on his own.

The second that Gohan finished doing that, he looked back to Videl's eyes then to her lips. When his gaze returned back to in his opinion her breathtaking eyes, Gohan saw a smile light up and knew he had to take the moment.

The half saiyan child softly closed the gap between the two and delicately placed his lips on Videl's. As he did this he slowly started to lift off of the ground although Videl was none the wiser given the fact that all of her attention was focused on the monumental kiss she was engaging in.

Gohan broke off the hand holding as he brought his up to cup the face of Videl. As he softly caressed the cheeks of Videl, it sent shivers down the spine of the raven haired girl.

Speaking of raven coloured hair, the next thing that Gohan did was start massaging the scalp of Videl and also run his hands through her hair.

This in conjunction with the sensory overload caused by Gohan who was definitely the best kisser she had ever been with was enough for Videl to absolutely melt into the embrace. She wrapped her hands around the lower back of Gohan and started running her fingers over the muscles before she decided to go a little higher up and wrap them up around his neck.

It wasn't just a lust filled lip lock because if it was, then they would be going much faster than what they were. Instead it was filled with an emotion that neither of them could quite place.

Lips were locked and there was slight nibbling / grazing of teeth on one another's lips. The kiss didn't need an injection of tongue into the fold for it to mean anything more.

Two minutes later and he pair had to finally separate so that Videl could gather some much needed oxygen in her lungs. Once she got that out of the way, much to the surprise of Gohan, Videl re-initiated the kiss. It was 10 minutes later that the kissing eventually ended with Videl speaking up.

That was amazing." Videl breathlessly whispered as she pressed her head against the chest of Gohan.

Gohan smiled at this action. "Yeah… it really was." The man said as he looked down at the tight black cotton t-shirt that Videl was wearing in addition to the extremely tight white denim jeans. She looks amazing.

Knowing that there were things that she needed to do despite the fact that all she wanted to do right now was stay with Gohan kissing him, Videl took one of her feet off of Gohan's and intended to place it on the ground. She was in for a rude surprise as the distance between Gohan's feet and the ground was a lot more than she imagined.

As she looked down, the raven haired girl was in for the fright of her life as the ground so happened to be so far away. It was as if she was at the height that planes travel at!

Videl suddenly grabbed a whole lot tighter onto the body of Gohan as she trembled with fear as she looked down at the ground.

"Y-y-y-yo-you can fly, y-y-yo-you're saiyaman!" Videl all but shrieked to high heavens as she held onto Gohan incredibly tightly. She didn't intend to, but one result of this action was to accidently press her breasts onto his chest.

The combination of arousal, fear and adrenaline caused the weather to become a bit nipply.

"What gave it away?" Gohan questioned with a cheeky grin on his face.

"Th-the fact that you can damn well fricken fly!" Videl shouted as her confidence was starting to come back to her. This didn't change for a second that she stopped holding onto the father of her children as tight as she could. That ferocity which she was so famed for was in the woman's eyes as she stared directly at Gohan whilst expecting a damn good answer.

The saiyan child for his part simply removed his hand from Videl's bum and scratched the back of his head whilst laughing. He's cute in his own way Videl thought with a smile gracing her face as she watched this take place.

That smile was joined by a large blush as Gohan placed his hand back where it was right on Videl's toosh. Said girl had forgotten where the hand was before but now with Gohan placing it back on her bum; there was no going back now as she did not make one movement at all to indicate that she was uncomfortable with the action.

"How about we do what we originally planned on doing?" Gohan stated to the woman in his arms and he didn't even give her a chance to rebuke his suggestion.

As they were flying through the air, Gohan flipped Videl much to her outrage ad shock so that her back was pressing against his chest. He still held the woman tightly around her midsection.

This left Videl with a conundrum. Her feet were hanging and she didn't like it one bit. To counteract this the black haired woman used her glute muscles to place her legs above Gohan's.

This pushed her arse so that it was right up against the loose gym shorts that Gohan was wearing. It left nothing to the imagination and there was very little between their pelvises.

When she realised what she had done, Videl couldn't help but blush. She had never in her whole life been this forward with a boy. The raven haired woman was thankful for the fact that when she was not looking at Gohan because it made it easier on her conscious to start grinding her body against his.

Gohan for his part in this was shocked that Videl would do something this bold. In his opinion Videl was the tomboy who didn't have much sexual experience and she would lock up whenever he did something that wasn't kissing. Of course the exception to the rule was when she was drunk and got pregnant.

He wondered whether or not this was a game of chicken because it seemed so out of character for the Videl he grew up with. Deciding that he can play the game also, Gohan started grinding back.

Grinding was a nice term for dry humping one another.

It was only then when she had been in the air for a long time that Videl realised something. "So you could have easily flown and visited me instead of me having to come all the way over here." Videl said with a furious reaction on her face.

To add emphasis to the point, she stopped what she was doing with her lower body much to the dismay of Gohan. "Uhh, pretty much. You living here will still be better for the kids as it provides them both with immediate access to their parent and it also allows me to be around instantly in case anything happens.

Instead of the rage that Gohan was expecting, there was silence. Videl was actually thinking highly of Gohan as strange as that may be. Hearing the commitment and the steps that he was willing to go to for her kids made her happy that it wasn't some deadbeat dad who she had a one night stand with. There were certainly a lot of people that were worse than Gohan that she could have slept with. Sharpner was a prime example of this.

Gohan didn't know what it was that prevented Videl from saying something mean but he wasn't complaining at all. She's a lot more mature than she used to be, that's for sure.

Eventually, when they arrived in Satan city, Videl and Gohan both pulled out a pair of designer sunglasses. The only thing that Videl accepted from her father in terms of over the top presents and financial aid was when it came to sunglasses. They were the only part of the fashion industry that Videl took a big liking to. Everything else Videl liked to look presentable but sunglasses were a guilty pleasure of hers.

She supposed that the sole reason for this was that in comparison to all other bits of fashion, this one allowed her hide herself from the crowd.

Gohan just rocked a pair of standard aviator glasses.

It was Gohan who took control over the situation. The second he walked up to the customer service representative, Gohan pulled up his sunglasses and rested them on his hair.

"Hey there, I'd like to speak to a mortgage consultant please." Gohan said and the second that he said this, the man nodded.

"Right this way sir and madam." The man said as he indicated for Videl and Gohan to take a seat in an office with a woman waiting.

"Hi there how may I help you today?" The elderly woman asked when she saw the couple walk into the room.

"We're just here to pay an extra amount on top of our mortgage." Gohan said to which the lady simply smiled.

"Sure thing, can I just have the account number and name so that I can have a look at the remaining balance please." The woman in her fifties stated to the couple in front of her.

It was at this point that Gohan turned his attention to Videl letting her take control over the situation since he knew nothing. Videl sighed. She knew that the second she gave off the account name, then this whole interaction would change.

"The account number is … and the account name is Videl Satan." Much to the woman's surprise, there was only the widening of the eyes from the lady before she got back down to business.

"Okay then, how much would you like to pay off? The loan has $700,000 on the apartment."

"We will pay it all off." Gohan stated with the upmost of confidence. The jaws of the saleswoman and also Videl went to almost comical proportions. Thankfully for the sake of Videl, she had her sunglasses still on so that Gohan couldn't see the look of utter surprise on her face.

"Are you sure? That's a lot of money you're talking about." The woman stated to which Gohan didn't even bat an eyelash. Instead he simply pulled out his wallet.

"Yeah, that's not an issue. Can you please set up this Eftpos machine to accept the transfer of the money." Gohan stated to lady surprised lady.

"Oh, sure thing." She responded with a giddy expression on her face. She couldn't wait to see the commission of five per cent going directly into her bank account.

All Gohan did from now was simply swipe his credit card over the top of the machine and the transfer of money was complete.

Videl couldn't believe that Gohan had paid off all of her debts in five seconds! It was only now that she realised just how rich he was and how much he had made from his life in comparison to herself. Videl really felt inadequate right now.

It was why when Gohan offered his hand to the girl, she immediately took it and wrapped herself around it.

Gohan wasn't sure what was going on but he wasn't exactly complaining when he felt the girl's breasts being pushed against his arm.

"I think we should go and get some stuff from your house and bring it over to mine." Gohan said as he walked out of the bank with Videl on his arm.

"Kay Gohan, it's in the CBD about 3km that way." It was at this point in time that Gohan opened up the capsule that had his Aston Martin.

All Videl could do at this point in time was stare at Gohan with a raised eyebrow. She had the awareness to not make a scene butshe was definitely going to be questioning Gohan when they got into the car.

"What was all that about? If you can fly then why are you driving!?" Videl questioned with a look of curiosity on her face. Her eyes were still covered so he couldn't really see the expression on her face.

It took longer than what she expected for Gohan to answer her question. "As you know about my heritage, the only thing I have ever wanted is to be normal. Sure flying is great and everything but when you have been doing it since you were five, it doesn't really excite me anymore."

The heart of Videl went out to Gohan when she heard that the only thing he wanted to have in life was a sense of normalcy. It made the black haired girl regret all of the bad things that she had said and done to him all throughout the time she knew him during high school.

All he had done was come to school to make friends and have fun and she was one of the chief destroyers of that dream of his. It made her feel like an absolute piece of shit. I was such a cunt to him…

It took ten minutes but once they got to the apartment, Videl surprised Gohan by getting out of the car immediately and headed over to the driver's side. She opened the door and Gohan was intrigued. This was something that men did as a sign of being a gentleman.

If there was one thing that he liked most in a woman, it was someone who wasn't afraid to go after what she wanted. He hated girls who tried to get their respective man to do everything by subtly hinting things to him.

Seeing Videl doing something that was so token male, it made the opinion that Gohan held of Videl go up just that little bit more. She even offered her hand out to which he graciously accepted.

She took initiative to interlock fingers and she was thankful that once again there her face was partially covered by her sunglasses. Had it not been for them, her blush would have been in full view.

Gohan blushed as well but he was more interested in the thoughts going through his mind. He knew that things had drastically improved between the two of them. He was confident that even if there was never anything between them, Gohan felt as if that Videl deserved to know everything considering she was the mother of his children.

She deserved to know the truth.

Author's Note: I know that this hasn't been updated in a while so I decided to get back into it. When you consider that I haven't written anything in this universe for a while, you can probably guess that it won't be up to the same standard as the other chapters. Hopefully it isn't enough to stop you from continuing to read this story.

Also, for the reviewer who had a guest profile, yes the chapter titles are lyrics of a song by Above and Beyond.