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She awoke the next morning to someone running their fingers through her hair. She gazed up blearily to see Goku smiling down at her.

"Morning," he whispered, kissing the tip of her nose. She smiled and sat up to stretch, blushing at her undressed state. He just chuckled and pulled her arms away from her chest gently.

"After last night, there's no reason to be embarrassed."

She nodded, but ducked her head, getting up gingerly. She was sore and her muscled ached, screaming at her for trying to move them after what she had put them through. But underneath that, she felt a pleasant burn, a bloom of heat that was making its way up her body even as she stood there.

She gazed back down at Goku, giving him a wanton look. Her embarrassment from earlier was gone, replaced by a confidence she didn't know she had.

He gave a quiet, deep-throated growl, making her shiver.

"Come back to bed," he whispered softly.

She smiled slyly, but shook her head.

"No, I'm taking a dip in that water before we do anything else." She taunted, shaking her hips as she walked away. She heard him growl again and before she could react he grabbed her from behind. She felt desire well up inside her as he held her against his hardening arousal and she lay her head back on his shoulder, exposing her throat to him.

He brought his mouth down, sinking his teeth into her flesh, making her cry out.

"I want you in that bed with my scent still on you. Now." He growled.

She felt like her body had become liquid. She moaned and leaned back into him, not trusting herself to stand on her own. He wrapped his arms around her and picked her up, carrying her back to their bed.

He lay her down, climbing on top of her. With one swift motion he was inside of her, making her cry out. He pumped in and out hard, causing her eyes to roll back. She began moving with him, meeting each of his thrusts, with an animalistic nature, growling and moaning as he ravished her, sinking her nails into his back. It was a blur of feelings that ran though her, making her dizzy.

She finally screamed his name, feeling him tense up inside of her. He gave a shout, collapsing on top of her, panting.

He slowly raised up, propping his body up with his arm, looking down at her apologetically.

"I'm sorry… I don't know wha-"

She kissed him soundly, shutting him up.

"Can we do that again?" she whispered feverently, making him chuckle. He got up, making her moan in disappointment when he pulled out, and held a hand out to her. She huffed but took it and let him pull her up off the bed.

"Come on, let's take that bath you were talking about earlier," he said, pulling her along.

Right at the entrance of the cave, directly behind the falls, there was a small pool of water, the rock floor smoothed away from the all the water. He stepped down into it, yelping a bit at the coolness.

"I'm not getting in there!" she laughed as he shivered. He grinned up at her.

"Oh really?"

He vanished before she could even blink and the next thing she knew she was waist deep in cold water. She squealed, flailing her arms and trying to get out, but he grabbed her around the waist, laughing. He dunked down with her, turning them around under the water and kissing her as they resurfaced.

After a few minutes of splashing and fighting, she moved away to the edge of the pool to catch her breath. Looking back at her, well, she wasn't quite sure what to call him at this point.

Friend? Lover?

She decided to stick to friend. As she looked over at him, he smiled sweetly, leaning back against the rocky edge of the pool.

"What are you smiling about?" she laughed, getting out and grabbing her bag. She dug out some toiletries and got back in the water, dipping under and grabbing her shampoo to lather her hair up.

She heard him make his way over to her and he took over washing her hair. She was nearly purring at his work, his strong fingers nimbly moving across her scalp.

"I just like being here with you," he said, shyly, "I've never….. never spent time like this with anyone…" he trailed off, letting her dip down and rinse her hair. When she surfaced, she grabbed his head, taking him under. He came up sputtering to her laughter.

"You're too damn tall, "she muttered, setting up on the edge. She pulled him over to her and lathered his hair, making him moan.

The sounds he made as she washed his hair were driving her insane. She felt warmth pool up inside her as he continued to moan and shudder. She finally removed her hands, letting him rinse. He came back up to stand between her legs, leaning up and capturing her lips with his.

He broke off, looking at her strangely.

"What?" she mumbled, feeling self-conscious under his gaze.

"What if I asked you to keep doing this, even after the Heat ends?" he whispered, gazing into her eyes. "Would you do it? Would you keep seeing me?"

She gave a sharp intake of breath. She didn't even know how to begin answering the question. Not only did he have a wife, and a very nice and understanding one at that, but she still had Vegeta's part of the Duorum Amantium to see to. But she felt her heart warm to the idea, even if her mind was screaming at her to say no.

"I – I don't know, yet…" she started. She saw his eyes drop and she reached out and touched his face, bringing his gaze back up to her.

"We need to talk about this again when the month is up. I still have my appointment," she growled, refusing to call it anything else, "with Vegeta and what about Chi-Chi? I know she's been understanding of all this, but how would she feel about us continuing to see one another?"

Goku sighed, looking her straight in the eye.

"Well, Vegeta is going to be a problem, because I don't know if I can let you go to him without a fight." He said, narrowing his eyes.

She shook her head, reaching up and rubbing the bridge of her nose in frustration.

"You have too, Goku. If you interfere, I die! Do you think I want to go through with it? I don't! Especially after last night –"she broke off, blushing and turned away from his gaze. He tried to get her to look back at him, but she wouldn't.

"See what I mean? This is why I wanted to know. You feel it too, right?" he whispered.

She moved away from him and stood up, walking over and getting a long night shirt out of her bag and slipping it over her head. She grabbed her hair brush and sat on the bed, looking back at him.

"Yes, I do, but I don't know why. It's all happening so fast. But you never answered me about your wife, Goku." She said, running the brush through her damp hair.

He got out of the water and walked over to her, sitting down beside her. She could feel the tension of her question rolling off him and waited for an answer.

"Me and Chi-Chi haven't been together for a while," he started, taking the brush from her hands and taking over. She stayed quiet, hoping for more.

"She – well, she gets tired of me being gone all the time… I can't blame her, but she said that it's easier when I'm gone…. Then she only has to worry about herself and the boys." He explained.

"She told me that maybe I could find a new start with you…" he whispered, trailing off when she gasped.

"That's why I asked. She said I needed someone who can keep up with me, that can fight with me, and that can take care of me."

He stopped brushing and she turned to see him twirling it in his hands.

"So she set this up?" Willow asked, astonished.

When he nodded, she grave a huff of frustration.

"I am so tired of everyone interfering with my life! I can't even go to another damn planet without it happening!" she yelled in agitation. She jumped up and started to pace.

"First it was you with Vegeta, now it's you and, well, whatever she is now, trying to set us up! It was bad enough coming from my parents with everything they put me through, but you guys are just adding to it!" she ranted, throwing her hands up in the air and turning to glare at him.

But she felt her anger leave her as soon as she saw him. He was leaned over with his head in his hands, and she felt like kicking herself. He hadn't planned this; Chi-Chi did, for whatever crazy reason she had. And he had tried to protect her against Vegeta, even though she was going to be stupid and try to leave with him. Knowing what she did now, after the night they spent together, she would chooses Goku a thousand times over.

She walked over and knelt in front of him, tears of remorse in her eyes.

"I'm sorry. I don't regret this at all, you understand?" she asked, holding the sides of his face to make him look at her. He finally relented and she was almost crushed by the sadness that lay in his eyes.

"I don't! I would choose you every time, Goku, I swear it!" she said, tears escaping from her eyes. "I just, I hate being told what to do and I hate people making decisions for me! I left my home because of that! But that doesn't mean I feel anything less for you or what we have found here together."

She threw her arms around him, crying openly now. She felt his arms encircle her and he pulled her up into his lap, holding her against him.

"I n-never thought I would find something like this w-w-with anyone," she sobbed. "I thought I was doomed to be like my parents! There was no love in the home I grew up in. But," she said, hiccupping slightly, "last night was the most wonderful moment of my life. And to answer your question, honestly, I would love to stay with you after this," she said, causing him to look up at her, "I would stay forever. But how are you going to feel about me when I return from my month with Vegeta? Are you going to welcome me with open arms?" she cried even harder.

"It's my own damn fault for not choosing, but I had no experience to make my mind up….I didn't know he would pull what he did and now I'm stuck."

Goku stayed quiet for a moment, holding her tightly to him. Finally he started to laugh. Slowly at first, but it turned into a full out belly laugh. She glared at him.

"I'm so glad you're taking this so lightly!" she sneered, but he kissed her, shutting her up.

"It's not that! I know how to fix this! I laughed because it's so simple and I didn't think of it till now!" he howled, standing up and swinging her around in his arms, making her squeal and hold onto him tighter.

"How?"

He stopped spinning and smiled at her.

"The Dragon Balls!"

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