The 3 days (part 2)

Bulma was talking on the video-phone, trying to find out what was Krillin telling her, Vegeta was tired of her endless yelling and demanded some silence, after all he was the one forced to be in bed with a huge wound in a leg due to the woman. Krillin didn´t want to enrage the saiyan anymore and decided to gesticulate his answers to Bulma. He had run out of sensu beans but he could send her some in three days.

-"Three days?"- Bulma asked

-"Three days!!????"- yelled Vegeta

-"Hey, no need to shout that much, even I could hear you"- Bulma said to him-"Ok, send them as soon as you can, Krillin, I do not know how we will manage till then"

-"Sure, Bulma, I will try my best"- Krillin was definitely happy that he was not in Bulma´s house right then and there.

-"It is not that bad, isn´t it? I mean, it will be just a couple of days and then you will be back on your feet, training, eating, annoying"- Bulma smiled at the saiyan prince

-"Three days like this? Not training? And that is good?"- Vegeta was shouting more than before-"Leave me alone, I will have to find another solution"

He tried to stand up but his leg was too badly hurt and the wound started bleeding again

-"Now, unless you plan to die on my floor I suggest you get back in bed, you stay still for a minute and I will dress that wound again."- Bulma said not too happy-"I do not want to spend the next days checking that your bandages are ok so I hope you will stop whining so much and you will try to act as a grownup"

-"Maybe if your bandages were better I could move and not bleed to death at the same time"- Vegeta replied

-"My bandages are better than good; I have done quite a few already. I have done too many things since I met Goku. Now turn around so I can see how is the other end of the wound."- She ignored his angry scowl, being so near him was strange, she had to be so close so she could hear him and also because she had to check that he was fine, but the smell of his skin was spicy and tempting. She touched his thigh and felt how he started trembling.

-"Are you okay? Did I hurt you?"- She asked

-"Of course not, you cannot hurt me, I am a saiyan"- he protested, he buried his head on the pillow so she couldn´t see how he was blushing. That touch had felt so good.

-"This scar is not going to be a nice one, but I can see you have lots more around here, some are quite recent, the scar tissue is still pink"- She said, tracing a scar with her fingers

-"Could you stop that?"- Vegeta shouted

-"Sorry, I had no idea that mighty warriors could be ticklish"- she laughed

-"I am not that"- Vegeta slapped her hand away-"Now, if you do not mind, I will like to clean myself a little, I am covered in blood"

-"Well, no need to be modest now, I have already seen you naked, besides I have seen naked saiyans before. Why the way, where is your tail?"- Bulma didn´t know for sure why was she saying those things, inside she was ashamed of her forwardness but she had to admit that she was dying to know more about him

-"When have your seen another Saiyan naked?"- Vegeta demanded

-"Long time ago, the day I showed Goku what was a bubble bath, it was the first time I saw a tail…a saiyan´s tail, I was so surprised, of course I didn´t know anything about saiyans back then"- Bulma started. Vegeta´s eyes were looking at her, rage and something else building inside him. Kakarot had been in a bubble bath with Bulma, but, he had another mate, that noisy woman of his, so…

-"Do not look at me like that, it was not that kind of bath, besides, what is it to you?"- Bulma said and got up from his bed with a devilish grin-"I can do as I please, I am free and I have no commitments to anyone"

-"Sure, do whatever you want, I couldn´t care less"- He retorted. Actually, he did care, he hated the fact but he did. She had been so nice with him since he moved into her house, sometimes she was noisy, and irritant, even boring, but she was the only constant contact he had. If it wasn´t for her he would lead an even more lonely life. And for some unknown reason it was driving him mad to think of her in the bath with Kakarot.

-"You can leave now"- He yelled in front of her so she would listen to him.

-"As you wish, your royal highness…although for a highness you are rather short, don´t you think?"-Bulma left the room while Vegeta fought to control himself; he was so close to finally blast her out of this world.

That night Bulma went to check on him, he was having a nightmare, or so it looked like, he was thrashing around in bed and mumbling something. He had a fever and she pressed a wet cloth to his temples. She felt so guilty and at the same time sad. He was sick and nobody really cared if he lived or died. He was as alone as anyone could be. His family was dead, his kingdom destroyed, he had no friends and as far as Bulma knew, no girlfriend. It was true that his impossible temper was the reason why he was alone; nobody could stand his pride, his sarcasm, his anger or even his presence. He was a former killer, someone who had tried to kill them all. But Bulma knew he had changed, she had seen it just that very evening, he had not killed the kidnappers, he could have let them take her but he had decided to help her. He had an objective and he was fighting to achieve it, that was something she admired, and as her mother said, it is a quality that makes men attractive. Bulma smiled and cleaned his face with the cloth. He was having a really bad nightmare, he seemed to be suffering, Bulma´s heart felt for him.

-"Vegeta, I am here, do not worry, you are not alone, not anymore"- she whispered.

-"Father?"- Vegeta asked still sleeping

-"No, it is me, Bulma"- She replied grabbing his hand between hers

-"Father, help me, Freeza is toying with me, help me"- he shouted

-"Vegeta, relax, you are safe"- Bulma was starting to think it might be a good idea to wake him up

-"I can´t, father, I can´t, I am the last one, there is nobody else, I can´t"- Vegeta´s hand started pressing on Bulma´s, it was a bit painful.

-"Wake up, Vegeta, wake up"- Bulma said, she was afraid of losing her hand

Vegeta opened his eyes confused and when he saw where he was and what was he doing his confusion only got worse. He let go of Bulma´s hands as if she was on fire.

-"What? Did I…? how long have you been here?"- Vegeta asked

-"Enough"- she replied softly, she felt he needed a hug and leaned forward and did it. It was the first time she hugged a prince and it felt more or less like any other hug, the only difference was the tenderness she was feeling for that man, the great warrior who was trembling in her arms. She knew that he could kill her for that but she couldn´t move. Suddenly he made a move, she was expecting an angry order and to be pushed to the wall but what he did proved to be far more surprising.

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