Chapter Five

a/n: Hey, a new chapter! How exciting! Okay, I do have intentions to add lemon at some point but not yet, I want the love triangle to get a little more interesting and play around with Vegeta's emotions a little bit. Aren't I mean? Enjoy!

Vegeta felt his stomach was unsettled, his muscles were aching and generally he felt unwell. The muscles in his chest were tight and painful, his hair was slightly tangled and there was a pounding sensation in his head. He was in bed which was unusual as the sun was up. Bulma was cuddled up beside his body, her face nuzzled in his chest. He couldn't look at her for more than a few seconds as guilt flooded through his veins. Gently he moved her head over to her own pillow so he could up and shower. He got off the bed and headed to the bathroom, almost tripping over his own feet along the way.

The hot water poured over his troublesome body and for a few moments, beneath the shower head, he felt a sense of peace, no thoughts running through his mind, he was just enjoying the water. Bulma stirred in the bedroom, she had heard Vegeta in the shower, and with a cheeky smile on her face she decided it would be nice if she joined him. She stood up and took her night dress and tip toed to the shower. Vegeta wasn't moving, he was just standing there looking at nothing. Bulma inched open the shower door.

"He bone head! What are you doing? Having a nap in the shower? I don't think so!" Bulma giggled and stepped in behind her husband and wrapped her arms around his chest. Vegeta froze for a moment, Pan entered his mind and his body suddenly went cold with fear. Bulma stood up on her toes and kissed her husband on the back of his neck, "are you alright? You got home late last night, what happened?" Bulma's soft hands moved over his back, gently kneading his muscles. Vegeta growled in relief.

It was just a kiss, Vegeta thought, nothing more. He turned to face his mate, though she was aging she still maintained her stunning charm, her blue eyes always made him feel like he was lost to her. Just a kiss…I don't…have to tell her, do I? Vegeta leaned down to her and kissed her gently, cupping her chin with his hand.

Bulma pulled away, "something's not right here." She opened the shower door and stepped out and wrapped a towel around her petite body. Vegeta followed, he decided to follow through and act stupid, it always seemed to work for Kakarot.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Vegeta grumbled, wrapping a towel around his waste and walked over to his mate. Bulma spun around, her eyes flared with a moment of anger.

"Maybe I'm getting a bit paranoid lately but I swear you're guilty of something. In the shower, I felt your body freeze over as soon as I touched you….the last time that happened you had blown up the gravity chamber during chamber and were too scared to tell me so…." Bulma stepped towards him, "what have you done now?"

Vegeta tried to look her in the eyes but turned away. There was nothing he could say. It wasn't his pride that had a hold of him; it was his inability to admit to being wrong when it came to troubles with his mate.

"Never mind" Vegeta murmured, he walked past her, kiss her on the cheek and exited the bedroom. He closed the door behind himself and sighed. One kiss, a brilliant, beautiful kiss with a young saiyan girl and now felt as though his whole world was going to collapse. A moment of bliss…a moment of absolute wrong had made him feel like a prince but now he felt like the lowest class saiyan ever to exist.

"I can only ever love you Bulma…" Vegeta whispered as he walked down the corridor and headed downstairs. Bra's door was open so he guessed she had gone out for the day, he knew she would be seeing Goten. Trunks' bedroom door was closed and there was loud music playing from his stereo. Vegeta grumbled, his headache was thumping and he didn't feel like taking and crap from his adult son.

"Trunks turn the music down!" Vegeta raised his voice and knocked on Trunks' door. There was no answer and the music remained on high volume. "Stupid boy!" Vegeta threw his fist at the door and the door gave way and feel with a great thud on the ground.

"Vegeta!" Bulma yelled as she hurried down the corridor, still only wearing a towel. Her eyes were red and puffy, she had been crying and Vegeta's heart sank in his chest. He look up and there was Trunks' in bed, quickly pulling his quilt cover over his naked body and that of the body beside him. His face was red and so was that of the girl next to him.

"Trunks?" Vegeta and Bulma exclaimed at the same time. Vegeta felt like his head was going to implode, his chest was tightening again and he was feeling dizzy. She looked at him, guilt was plastered all over her face and at the same time there was sadness in her eyes, Pan had given in to Trunks at last. Vegeta could not take his eyes away from hers, he did though only when he realised Bulma had stormed off downstairs. Vegeta glared at the boy and closed the door, he couldn't look at either of them, it made him feel worse.

Vegeta found Bulma sitting on the couch in the living room, she wasn't crying, but she seemed hurt as he joined her company.

"It's something about Pan, isn't it? Bulma said, her voice was soft and not threatening but Vegeta wasn't sure if he could trust that as a sign to be open and honest with her, she was very temperamental. Vegeta gulped. Bulma looked at him and pulled his face closer to hers with her hand, her grip was gentle and firm. He couldn't hide it any longer.

"I kissed her!" His face felt hot, his eyes were stinging, was he going to cry? Not he, the prince of Saiyans, but Vegeta felt the distinct feeling of betrayal and it was horrible. It felt like the moment he self destructed in a hope to destroy Buu but to no avail. He pulled his face from her grip and stared at the ground longingly, wishing he was six feet beneath the ground where he deserved.

Bulma nodded, Vegeta was hurting greatly. Perhaps upstairs in the shower was a sign of his guilt which meant he felt remorse. Bulma stood up, "and what else?"

"Nothing, nothing else. I was only training the kid because nobody else would take her seriously. I knew she had a crush on me but I avoided it Bulma… I did!" Vegeta buried his face in his hands. Blasted human emotions! He cursed himself and felt like blowing himself up all over again, anything was better than admitting betrayal to the one creature he loved, the being that looked after him no matter what he did.

"Just one kiss?" Bulma sat down next to him again. Vegeta nodded.

"I'm an idiot Bulma. I feel more evil now than I ever did before!" Vegeta stood up, tears were running down his cheeks but as his eyes met hers they were full of hate.

"Vegeta…look…"Bulma tried to reason but Vegeta took off out the front door and into the sky.