He found her in her bed in the middle of the night, crying softly to herself. She lay there, facing closes to her bed. He can see the small tremors running through her body. He suddenly felt like shit. Here she had been excited about this pregnancy of hers and he had go and ruin that for her. Vegeta stalks quietly in the room, undetected by the woman. He crawls into the bed and presses his body against hers. He runs a hand through his dark, spiky mane before wrapping his arms tightly to Bulma's petite body.
"Why do you want this child?" Vegeta asks.
Startled, Bulma looks up from her pillow. She violently pulls herself from his arms.
"Get the fuck away from me!? You've got some nerve crawling in my bed!" Bulma hisses.
"Calm down woman, I come in peace." Vegeta says.
Bulma rolls her eyes. She was disgusted with Vegeta. After all those horrible things he said to her, did he think she would let him into her body?
"I mean it, you fucking bastard! Stay the fuck away from me!"
"Answer my question!"
Bulma manages to turn and look at Vegeta darkly.
"Why does it matter? You, saiyain prince Vegeta, have made it very clear that you don't give a damn about me or your offspring. Fuck you! Fuck your honor! Fuck your pride! Leave me alone." Bulma says in a tone so vicious, even Vegeta was a little taken back.
"You said everything you needed to last night." Bulma whispers so lowly if he were not saiyain he would not have heard her.
"Perhaps..." he began, feeling a little guilty. He would never know how a single woman managed to have this much power over him. He could say fuck everyone else, hell the universe itself, yet he couldn't seem to keep bad blood between her and him. Even without her being a saiyain, this beautiful creature managed to have him question every part of himself. Damn her and damn him.
"What is it that you want from me? Why are you willing to put your life at risk giving birth to this child?"
Bulma looks at Vegeta now fully. His dark eyes bore into hers intently. What was behind those black orbs?
"Vegeta I've never given you the impression I wanted anything from you. I am in love with you despite the callousness, the arrogance, the cockiness, the asshole, superiority complex—"
"Alright, woman, I get it! Don't be so quick to throw stones! Your ego is as big as mine if not bigger! And let's not forget your massive bitchiness, or the fact you are loud, and arrogant yourself." Vegeta quips.
"Okay, Touché'! Point is, I have never asked anything more out of you than you are willing to give. I accept you for all of your imperfections, and I accept our relationship for what it is."
"What is that?"
"I don't know, really that is up to you to decide. I know that last night you made me feel like a whore! A worthless whore! Neither of us planned this…but it is what it is, and frankly I want this child."
Vegeta scoots closer to Bulma.
"Don't ever...Ever, refer to yourself as a whore! Any woman who I have taken as a companion, does not refer to herself in such a way. I should not have said such things that would make you think such a thing. I will not repeat last night's insults again."
Vegeta sits in the chair across from her.
"I could have never seen myself as a father. I never even considered it. I was too ruthless to even bring another life in this world, let along be responsible for them. I'm not father material." Vegeta admits.
"Honestly, I'm not mother material, but I'm sure I'll do great. If you can get rid of some of that pride of yours, I'm sure you can be a great dad too."
"Saiyains aren't great fathers. Kakarott is an exception…children weren't raised on my planet. They were shipped to other planets. Only sons of the royal bloodline were raised. But not like your earth's definition of raised."
"So what are you saying Vegeta?"Bulma says impatiently.
"I'm saying that...Damn it! I'm saying I'm sorry for the things I said to you. Just give birth to my heir! I don't know what you're expecting out of me, but don't go thinking you will have some big, happy family!" Vegeta growls.
If Bulma didn't know any better she'd swear this was Vegeta's version of an apology. Well she accepts. Who knows when he'd frame his mouth to apologize for anything ever again. They won't be perfect, but she knows Vegeta would keep his word and honor her.
"So..On your planet, what were unions between men and women like?" Bulma asks.
Vegeta considered her question. He hadn't known too much about his planet except by what Nappa and Raditz told him.
"Saiyains usually slept with whomever…but when we find that person that is ours, "Ardyat", we are bound to that person until death."
"Ardyat?" Bulma asks wrinkling her nose at the strange sound word.
"It is earth's equivalent to, how do you humans say it, soul mate? Except unlike you humans, who so frivolously throw around that despicable word, "love" and do not honor your unions, we saiyains have a genetic link tying us to the person forever. That is stronger than your "love"!" Vegeta says.
"So what am I to you?" Bulma asks hopefully.
He blushes.
"A pain in my ass!" He snaps.
Bulma laughs. Yeah right, he will never admit his true feelings, but Bulma could tell.
"Well, look, I'm not familiar in the art of childbirth, but I am to assume a saiyain pregnancy is different?"
Vegeta looks at her gravely. Uh oh, not that look!
"There were no saiyain children born the natural way. The fetuses were put into tanks and born that way. The saiyain women mortality rate was too high and that left less warriors. The women were just as bloodthirsty as us males, and a pregnancy hindered them. Plus a saiyain birth was a brutal process, usually ending up with the mother's death. A saiyain child is its most powerful while in the womb."
Bulma swallowed the large lump in her throat. Was this why he was so upset about her being pregnant?
"But, Chichi had Gohan and she's still alive." Bulma counters.
"Yes, but Gohan may not have exhibited a high power level until much later as a child. Even Kakarott was born with a low power level. Lower than the normal KI allowed for an infant. That's why they shipped him off here…my heir will most undoubtly have a high power rating and your body isn't strong enough to sustain such a power. Let alone the growth."
Bulma blanched a little.
"Well, I don't care. My baby deserves life and I'm going to have him whether it kills me." Bulma says stubbornly.
Any other time Vegeta would have admired her guts but right now she was being foolish.
"Kakarott's woman is a fighter and that may have helped her during the process and the birth… If you are going to be carrying my offspring, then I am going to monitor you. And let me warn you Bulma, if it seems like this pregnancy is too much for your body to handle, I will rip it from you and kill it myself, do you hear me!"
Bulma nods quickly. Vegeta was so violent! He wouldn't really kill his child…Would he? Vegeta calms down. He sees that he has visibly shaken the woman. Good! He met it! He would kill it first before he let it kill her. Bulma sits up and crosses her arms over her chest. Vegeta can see she is still visibly upset with him. She had every right to be. He has an idea. Vegeta gets up from the bed and moves to the edge right near Bulma's feet. She looks at him agitatedly.
"What are you doing Vegeta?"
She recognizes that look. That predator look in his eyes! He grabs her tiny, manicured feet in his hands. He begins kissing her feet slowly and gently. Bulma gasps loudly. He smirks as he moves the kisses further and further up her legs. Bulma moans.
"This is different." She breathes out.
"I'm showing you just how sorry I am." Vegeta says reaching the tops of her thighs. "Do you want me to show you just how sorry I am?"
Bulma smiles wickedly at Vegeta.
"Why don't you show me."