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Vegeta kept a close eye on the Woman for the rest of dinner. He didn't quite trust her after that sneaky move she pulled. He was the only one who should be pulling anything sneaky where the two of them were concerned! Then another thought struck him, but it would have to wait for after dinner. After all, she still didn't know about his other little surprise, but that would be for just her, and not until much later. He couldn't wait and he smirked at the thought.
"What's got that look on your face?" Bulma asked unconcernedly.
"What look, Woman?" Vegeta grumbled.
"You've got your asshole face on. Pray tell me, oh great king, what has got you making that face. You've been pouting since our little disagreement." Bulma chided.
"For your information Woman, I DO NOT POUT." Vegeta said heatedly.
"Yes, you do. You hide it under that scowl you wear when not making your asshole face, but I can tell. Your lower lip puffs out just the teeniest, tiniest bit when you are growling to hide your pout." Bulma told him quietly.
"So Woman, you have been looking at me enough to decipher my even most discreet facial expressions; more specifically you focus on my lips. Well, isn't that fascinating. Tell me what about them holds your attention the most? Is it their fullness? Or their softness? I know they are quite kissable because of these two very desirable characteristics that I possess!" With that Vegeta bent and stole a quick kiss from Bulma. "But my darling Woman, my luscious lips are not the only good quality I possess, I guarantee you." He said with a wink and quickly moved back so that the others wouldn't notice his stolen kiss.
Not long after servants started bring around trays of food to the tables. Bulma was shocked at the amount of food being brought in; she hadn't really paid much attention to the Saiyens' eating habits on the ship ride here. Now she gaped in astonishment at the copious amounts of food that were being brought in and consumed by the Saiyens while the other refugees ate quietly next to them.
Bulma glanced at ChiChi, who had seemed enamored with Kakarot, but now she looked ready to strangle him. His table manners appeared to be atrocious even from the distance. He wasn't even bothering to use silverware; something that surprisingly even the king of jerks was capable of doing. Kakarot just seemed to open his mouth and suck food in like a vacuum. It was remarkable.
A soft growl drew her attention back to the king. He was looking at her and obviously caught her looking at Kakarot. The baby obviously wanted all of her attention but he needed to be put back into place.
Before she could speak he said, " I should be the only one who can hold you attention like that, you are mine after all."
"You know, Vegeta, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were jealous that I was struck speechless by Kakarot's exemplary table manners." Bulma teased.
"Hmm, he does seem to take Saiyen eating habits to a bit of an extreme." Vegeta conceded begrudgingly.
"Yes, I can't help thinking the ChiChi will have her hands full making him into the perfect mate. I give them a little over six months before he is able to use multiple sets of silverware correctly." Bulma mused, shifting in her seat. "You, on the other hand, I give a week before I have you eating out of the palm of my hand. As it is, I don't think it'll be that difficult, especially if I reward you for good behavior properly."
"What, now Woman! I'll have you know that no one can or will manipulate me. I only do things because I want to and I don't care how others feel about it!" Vegeta hissed, then realized something. "As it is, I was able to get you to admit that you consider yourself my mate, but then, of course you would I am the greatest, handsomest, strongest and smartest man in the universe. You should be honored to be my mate and worship the ground I walk on. Maybe, if you are good, I'll allow you to kiss my feet even."
"Man, where is a pin when a girl needs one, I need to let the air out of your head. Your head is huge with that ego of yours. Also, I will not be kissing your feet, you can trust me on this, but you can kiss my ass."
"Oh, Woman, I'll be kissing more than just your delectable ass before the night is through, you have my word." Vegeta purred, putting his arm over her shoulder.
"What makes you think that? You seem very sure of yourself." Bulma asked, then it hit her. "It's your stuff in my room, isn't it?"
Vegeta just smirked and said, "Beauty and brains, my mate has it all but then I am the King of all Saiyens it's only fitting that I'd be blessed with a mate with these qualities."
"And what makes you think that I would consent you being your mate and sleeping with you when we didn't know each other only hours ago?"
"My darling Woman, you just consented moments ago when you called yourself my mate. " Vegeta smirked, "As for keeping you in my bed, once I discovered you were my mate, the mating pull has me so possessive of you that I can't bare to be separated from you any longer than necessary. I have been waiting a long time for you."
"Mating pull? What's that?"
"The mating pull is what connects Saiyens to their mates, once a Saiyen is near their mate they sense their presence and are drawn to them. They become extremely possessive of their mates even before they claim them. They are constantly seeking their touch and attention." Vegeta pulled her closer and began stroking her arm.
"But what happens if the person doesn't want to be claimed? Don't they have a say in the matter?"
"They always end up claimed, even if it takes a while. From what I heard about the occasional non-Saiyen mates, even they begin to feel the pull and stop fighting it. The amount of time it takes just depends on how stubborn the mate is being. But I don't think both of our people will have much issue, it was part of our agreement for taking you all in, remember? If my men were able to find mates among your people there would not be any resistance and your women would be claimed."
"But, some of the women have been badly abused by Frieza and his men. You have no idea the horrors these women and children have faced and to ask some of them to engage in sex with another person again might break them. As it is, most of them are only able to associate sex with pain not pleasure. I can tell you are a sexual race, what if some of the women can't handle that?"
"I have already talked about this with my men, all have agreed to tread cautiously and handle their mates with care. I already told them if I sense any matings before a month. I can promise you that but not any longer than that. Asking a Saiyen to wait to mate is possibly one of the worse forms of torture for us."
"Thank you…I guess. That still doesn't explain why we are sharing a room right from the start. Since we are on the topic of matings and Saiyen possessiveness and waiting to mate. On our old planet Earth, we also had matings., or marriage as we call it, it was not a pull more of a bond a fondness one person had for another. People would form this bond and they would stick together for life. Most wouldn't dream of mating with another person outside the mating but some would and it would hurt the other person in the mating deeply. My people wont tolerate that, just so you know. " Bulma said.
"My dear little Tinker, I think you misunderstood me. Once a Saiyen senses their mate, there is no one else for them. They mate for life and if their mate dies, some chose to end it rather than live without them while some live out their lives protecting their offspring but they never mate again." Vegeta confided. "Unfortunately, for you and fortunately for me, my people need to see that your people mean to hold up your end of the bargain for them to be satisfied they have demanded that I mate as soon as possible. Normally, I'd remind them that I am in charge here but I find that my mating pull seems to be stronger than the others who are experiencing the pull in this room. Its for the best, anyway, since the purists have been disapproving of these matings from the start anyway. They think it is demeaning to mate with someone who isn't Saiyen. Once we are mated I expect they will calm down since my mating means that soon I might have an heir. I know it's a bit much to demand of you right from the start but the sooner we are mated the better."
"Wow, I thought when we first arranged this your people were all on board with the thought of us being with your people. Is it safe for us?"
"It is perfectly safe, the fraction of purists are small and most I conveniently sent on missions, so no word will reach them until most of you are mated. Then I'm sure we may hear about it from some, especially Lord Nappa, but with yours and Kakarot's mate's help we may be able to convert some of the purists. And by then any who are still dissatisfied will be strongly urged to change their way of thinking or they will lose their place in our society. This is a threat no Saiyen takes lightly." Vegeta assured Bulma but he still was a little apprehensive about it and would continue to be so until they were officially mated. "But for now let's enjoy the rest of the feast and dancing that will follow." Vegeta tried to ease his mate and hide his worry but he still couldn't shake this uneasy feeling he had.
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