"I wonder why my Father has decided now of all times to start trying to interfere." Vegeta pondered as he lay face down on his bed propping his head up on his hands.
"It's typical though isn't it? The day after we get married he wants to take an interest." Kakarot laughed as he lay on his back looking up at the ceiling.
"You have a point; well I can guess he has been planning this for ages so he defiantly doesn't know about us, that and we haven't been summoned to council to be punished." Vegeta laughed as he looked at his wedding ring and smiling softly.
"Oh ye speaking of that there is something I have to tell you." Kakarot said with a nervous laugh which worried Vegeta enough to wipe the smile from his face.
"What." Vegeta huffed anxiously.
"Well my father knows about us." Kakarot said bluntly.
"WHAT! WHY DID YOU TELL HIM?" Vegeta was angry now and knelt up on the bed ready to beat Kakarot to a pulp.
"Wait; wait; wait… I swear I didn't tell him I promise!" Kakarot pleaded as he readied himself to fly out the balcony completely naked if he had to.
"Don't lie to me Kakarot, how else would he have figured it out!"
"He noticed the ring; he went to Earth once to look at their minerals to see if they were worth trading for and found out about it that way. He doesn't mind at all, he said he hasn't and won't tell anyone he promised." Kakarot spoke quickly to afraid that if he stopped for a breath Vegeta would attack, "Besides" Kakarot continued once he noticed the rage on Vegeta's face lessen. "I would never lie to you."
Vegeta fell forward on the bed and covered his face with his pillow with a huff. "I know you wouldn't, it's just hard to believe someone found out, we were so careful."
"He said it's cause his my dad and he used to look at my mom the way I look at you." Kakarot confessed blushing slightly.
"So this is your fault." Vegeta said sternly as he raised his head from the pillow and glared at a very worried looking Kakarot.
"Now… let's not point fingers. On the plus side my dad doesn't mind at all, he said as long as we're happy his happy." Kakarot smiled trying to soften the harsh look plastered all over Vegeta's face. "He even wants us to go to his for dinner so he can officially meet his son-in-law so it's all good." Kakarot laughed as Vegeta hid his embarrassment in the pillow. "So what do you say, you already know and like my dad anyway so let's have dinner with him, at least this way we have someone to fall back on."
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to have dinner… see if he is free tomorrow afternoon once these stupid match making meetings are finished, if he is as supportive as you have made out, I'm going to need to do a lot of venting once it's over." Vegeta huffed as he rolled onto his back and put his hands behind his head while Kakarot ran off to find his scouter so he could make the arrangements.
"Here you go." Kakarot smiled as he handed Vegeta his morning coffee and morning kiss.
"Thanks." Vegeta yawned as he sat down on the sofa and stretched. "You're ready early?"
"Ye, apparently the shuttle with today's recruits has just turned up and I'm the closest to the arena so I have to let them in and get them briefed before their assessment." Kakarot laughed as he shovelled the last of his breakfast in his mouth then ran off to brush his teeth. Vegeta just watched and laughed but soon grunted when he remembered what he had planned for the day. He hated the thought of having to go through with this, but on the plus side he had dinner with his new father-in-law afterwards and he was excited to catch up with Bardock after what felt like an eternity.
"Alright I'll see you later, just give me a buzz when you're finished and we can head over to dad's." Kakarot laughed as he ran over and kissed Vegeta. "Mind how you go today, Love you."
"You too, mind how you are with the recruits this time." Vegeta laughed as he watched Kakarot wave as he ran out the door.
"Vegeta; as prompt as ever." Nappa laughed as he walked over to the main doors which opened slowly. "I'm so glad to see you."
"Can't be that happy, you never came to visit me once you landed, you even got Kakarot to deliver your message instead of coming to tell me yourself." Vegeta scolded as he folded his arms across his chest.
"I know it was wrong of me but if I had of seen you I would never have been able to drag myself away until I had learnt all the new things you had been up to." Nappa confessed as he looked down and away from the angry and hurt Prince looming over him. "I really am sorry."
"Well next time you come back you come tell me yourself you're back, even if you're just landing for a minute." Vegeta demanded.
"I promise 100%, the moment my pod touches the ground I will come and find you immediately." Nappa bowed showing he whole heartedly meant what he said.
"So tell me how has retirement been?" Vegeta asked as he softened his glare and was genuinely curious on how his close friend was doing.
"I wish it was retirement, I've never been busier in my life." Nappa laughed as he led Vegeta to the nearest benches so they could have a quick chat they spoke briefly of their lives and how well they were both doing. They both wanted to tell the other how much they had missed each other but they were hardened worriers and there was no room for such softness, besides the words didn't need to be spoken to be felt.
"So why did you call me here anyway?" Vegeta asked playing dumb to the whole thing. "I guess it wasn't just to have a chat with me."
"So Kakarot didn't tell you anything?" Nappa asked slightly shocked.
"Not a thing; even though I threatened to beat him within an inch of his life he still refused to tell me." Vegeta acted annoyed just to try and make it more believable.
"Don't be hard on the boy, he was only doing what I asked him to do." Nappa confessed slightly ashamed.
"Well then I will forgive you if you tell me know what is going on."
"Well it's to do with your Father, The King has arranged 3 meetings for you today."
"What kind of meetings?" Vegeta demanded as he rested his elbows on the table.
"Match making meetings." Nappa gulped as he looked down. "The King wants you to hopefully pick one of them to be your mate and future Queen."
"WHAT!" Vegeta shouted acting as best as he could to sound surprised. "Why is he interfering now? It was agreed I could choose in my own time!" Vegeta argued and he slammed his hands off the table almost breaking it in half.
"I know and he doesn't want to interfere I promise you, he just wants you to meet some of the young available females, they are all daughters to well respected Jarls from all over the planet so they would be best suited for the weight of responsibility being your mate would entail." Nappa begged as he tried to stop Vegeta from leaving.
"Where is my old man? I'm going to ring his neck for this! What right does he have to try and force a mate upon me?" Vegeta huffed as he crossed his arms and looked away from Nappa, refusing to meet his gaze.
"Vegeta please, I knew you would be angry that's why I asked Kakarot to not tell you anything, you wouldn't have turned up if you knew why I was calling you here. Your Father is just trying to look out for you." Vegeta instantly shot his head round to meet Nappa's gaze, his eyes full of anger.
"You know as well as I do, my Father doesn't care, he would rather lock himself away with a hand full of loose females rather than 'do what's best for me' you of all people know that! I don't know who put those words in your mouth but I know they aren't yours." Vegeta didn't shout but his voice was stern and assertive. Nappa had no response and just cast his eyes down to the floor. "I will have these meetings, BUT I can guarantee you now I will not pick one for my mate, you can tell my old man I have no interest in the people he brings before me." Vegeta huffed loudly and sat down back at the bench waiting in silence for these meetings to begin.
Vegeta and Nappa spent an hour in silence as they waited for the females to arrive, they didn't really talk much in this time; Vegeta mostly thought about what Kakarot was up to at that moment in time; while Nappa thought about the mistake he had made by agreeing to be a part of this. Finally as the atmosphere become so thick it could be cut with a knife the main doors opened and a handful of Sayian body guards walked in; slowly followed by 3 shroud covered Females. They were all introduced to the Prince one by one as they gave their names; age; village of birth and 'How much of an honour it was to be in the Prince's presents'.
"I will speak to each and every one of you individually for as long as I see fit." Vegeta huffed and pointed to the very shy and worried looking female in the middle of the 3. "I will speak with you first." Vegeta turned on his heels and walked over to another door leading to a small and secluded meeting room.
"Sit." Vegeta ordered as he closed the door behind the female making her jump.
"Th…Thank you your highness." She stuttered nervously.
"What was your name again? Elizabeth was it?"
"Y…Yes My lord, I'm honoured you remembered it." She blushed and looked away.
"Well Elizabeth, do you know why I asked to speak with you first?" Vegeta asked as he lent back in his chair pushing a glass of water over the table for her to drink.
"N…No my lord I do not." She sipped on the water gratefully and smiled her thanks.
"The moment you walked into the room I noticed something about you."
"O…Oh and what would that b…be my lord?"
"Calm down I'm not going to shout or scream or do something unnecessary so you don't need to be so shaky, just relax ok." Vegeta half smiled. She slouched back in her chair and let out a giant sigh of relief and smiled sweetly over to the Prince. "Anyway what I noticed was, we are both in the same boat here." Vegeta laughed at the confused look plastered all over her face.
"How so my Lord?"
"We both don't want to be here really do we?"
"My Lord it was a great honour when the King invited me to have a meeting with yourself." She sat back up straight and bowed her head.
"Is that you speaking or your father? Be honest with me now, you love someone already don't you." Elizabeth raised her head quickly and tears welled up in her eyes but she nodded slowly proving he was correct. "Let me guess, you love your body guard, I saw the way he looked at you when I asked you to come into this room with me, he did well to contain himself, if I were him I would have flipped." Vegeta laughed.
"But Sire, it is a forbidden love, I could never openly announce to the world of our relationship." She cried softly.
"Why can't you, what is so wrong with loving a man who has sworn to protect you with his life if needed; and at such a young age too." Vegeta moved so he could next to the crying Elizabeth who instantly clung to the Prince and cried into his shoulder.
"His name is Zak, I met him once by chase while I was out in my garden, he had kicked his ball over my wall and he climbed to get it back but instead he found me holding the ball giggling at the sight of this scruffy looking boy in front of me. After that he would climb the wall every day to come and see me so we could play. After a few years friendship blossomed into love and he came to the capital to learn how to be a guard. The 3 years he was away was the loneliest of my life but once they were over and he returned I appointed him my person guard and kept him by my side all this time." Elizabeth had stopped crying as she told her story and sat back up straight once it was finished. "I'm so sorry; I've gotten your armour all wet with my crying." She laughed as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a handkerchief and wiped it all away with a smile. "It's funny how much better I feel now that someone actually knows my secret."
"Well here." Vegeta said as he picked up a pen and paper from the table and wrote something down quickly. "This is my personal scouter number, you can reach me anytime you need to talk, if I am available I will take your call, if I can't I will call you back as soon as possible." Vegeta smiled as he handed her the paper.
"Thank you so much." She smiled tearing up again.
"Now come on don't start crying again." Vegeta laughed wiping a single tear away with his gloved hand. "Give me a moment." Vegeta said as Elizabeth sat crying on her chair. "The one known as Zak come here at once!" Vegeta shouted removing the softness he had just shown Elizabeth.
"My lady is everything alright?" Zak asked as he rushed over to her side and hugged her tightly.
"I'm fine honestly." She smiled up at him. "I'm just so happy." She laughed.
"Has the Prince accepted to take you as his mate?" He said sadly but tried his best to sound pleased.
"No not at all." Elizabeth laughed as he looked over to Vegeta who had taken his original seat opposite her at the table.
"Zak, Elizabeth here has told me everything, I to have someone very special to me but I can't tell anyone about them either so I know how you both feel. However when you get home you tell your father that Prince Vegeta has given the go ahead for the pair of you to mate and if he gives you any trouble about it just call me and ill sort it out personally." Vegeta half smiled again as the pair embarrassed and kissed.
"I could never thank you enough for this my Lord." Zak bowed as he readied himself to leave the room with Elizabeth hand in hand.
"Yes you have brought us much joy. I'm now over joyed I was asked to come here today." Elizabeth smiled as they said their goodbyes and walked out the room hand in hand, everyone was shocked as they saw the pair walking out of the hall smiling widely but neither of them cared, they had each other, and that was enough for them.
"Vegeta, what was all that about?" Nappa whispered once the pair was out of the room and the doors shut behind them.
"They had been in a secret relationship for years; it was easy to see so I gave them my blessing and sent them on their way." Vegeta answered plainly like it was no big deal even though on the inside he was happy he had made a new friend in Elizabeth, 'I bet Kakarot would get along with her no problem, maybe we can arrange a meeting one day?' Vegeta happily thought to himself. "Anyway." Vegeta snapped "You next." He said pointing to the female on the right and again took her into the meeting room.