The pair enjoyed every moment of the holiday, they had lay ins and lazy days, they went on an adventure around the island and took walks on the beach hand in hand. One night they had a barbeque on the beach and others they would cook together in the small tiny kitchen and not be bothered by the lack of room. They washed each other's hair when they took baths (Obviously it couldn't fit both of them) and within the blink of an eye the dreaded day came… There last night alone before they had to return to the palace.
Vegeta was sat out on the beach hugging his knees as he watched the sun inch ever so further behind the horizon and cursed it with every inch it took until darkness filled the sky and the moon took over. Vegeta jumped slightly as he felt Kakarot sit behind him and wrap a blanket around the pair. "You don't want to catch a cold." Kakarot tried to laugh but it came out dry.
Vegeta could only lean back against Kakarot's chest and let out a soulful sigh. "I don't want to go back." He confessed as he watched the sky darken.
"I'm not too keen on the idea either." Kakarot also confessed as he held onto Vegeta a little tighter and followed his gaze to the stars.
Vegeta freed himself after a while and turned around so he was sitting in Kakarot's lap; he wound his legs around Kakarot's waist and his arms around his neck and held on tightly hiding his face into the crook of Kakarot's neck. Kakarot felt his heart skip a beat seeing how this was affecting his beloved; he could only wind his arms around Vegeta and hold on tightly; all while still making sure he was still covered by the blanket.
The freedom to do what they wanted when they wanted had overcome the pair as they sat on the beach hugging each other tightly; to scared to let each other go. This freedom they had been feeling was a double edged sword, on one side it was nice to be able to hold hands and be themselves while they were here but on the other hand, it was scary to think that in less than 24 hours they would have no chose but to be return to 'normal' and act as though nothing was going on between them.
"I wish I wasn't a Prince." Vegeta whispered sadly. "If I wasn't a Prince we could leave the planet, go somewhere more accepting and actually have a life like we have had this past week."
"I know." Kakarot softly whispered as he held onto Vegeta just that little big tighter. "But just think we met in the beginning because you're a Prince."
"What do you mean?" Vegeta huffed puzzled.
"You got lost in the woods because you were out visiting all the jarls, if you hadn't of been a Prince you would never have been visiting them and would never have gotten lost. I would have found someone completely different to you that night, so even though it's difficult you being a prince; and I know it is, I'm glad you are because it was the reason we met in the first place."
"You have a point but I still hate it, I want to be able to tell the world that you're mine and I'm yours, I want you at my side, openly not just as my royal bodyguard."
"I want all of that to, but we knew what we were getting into before we started this, you remember the conversation we had after I first kissed you on the balcony." Kakarot laughed.
Vegeta pulled his head back so he could see Kakarot's face. "I remember you kissing me while a maid was looking for me, I also remember once we made it back to the party you were flirting with the maid who brought us some drinks." Vegeta tried to look serious but he couldn't help but laugh when he saw the worried smiled on Kakarot's face.
"I wasn't flirting with her." Kakarot laughed as he quickly kissed Vegeta. "I was too busy thinking about you the entire time to be flirting with some women."
"You're just a sweet talker." Vegeta laughed as he tried to stand up but was pulled back down onto Kakarot's lap who attacked Vegeta's neck with kisses and light bites making sure as always not to leave a mark. Vegeta held on tighter as small moans escaped him and he felt his cheeks burn bright red. "Don't ever leave me Kakarot." Vegeta begged as he placed his hands on Kakarot's cheeks and kissed him.
"I never will." Kakarot vowed as he pushed himself off the ground using his tail and made him way back into the beach house with Vegeta still clung to his body. Vegeta kissed and licked every part of Kakarot's neck and shoulder as he was carried into the house.
Vegeta moaned long into the night as Kakarot touched and kissed every inch of his skin turning Vegeta into one huge sensitive mess, their kisses had never been this passionate and Kakarot had never been this gentle, if Vegeta could have one wish it would be to make this night last a life time.
"No…don't." Vegeta huffed as he stopped Kakarot from putting Vegeta's manhood into his mouth.
"Why not? I thought you liked it?" Kakarot asked; worried that all this time Vegeta actually didn't like when he did this.
"I do…I just want to do it for you this time." Kakarot instantly blushed as he heard this and didn't put up any resistance as Vegeta moved him to lie down on the bed. He kissed Kakarot's lips first and slowly made his way down to his chest and down over his stomach leaving a trail of kisses, he licked up and down Kakarot's shaft for a while before taking it into his mouth. Kakarot watched in amazement as he watched his Prince servicing him, he threw his head back and covered his mouth with his arm.
"Is it bad?" Vegeta asked as he looked up to see Kakarot hiding.
"No… No it's not bad at all; it's great, you're amazing… I'm just stopping myself from completely jumping you." Kakarot confessed as he felt his need to be inside Vegeta growing with every passing second. They watched each other's blushing faces for a while before Kakarot finally snapped. He grabbed onto Vegeta's arms and pulled him up and kissed him roughly and without warning pushed himself into Vegeta. Vegeta tried to pull his head back and moan but Kakarot wasn't letting him go, all he could do was moan against Kakarot's lips and exploring tongue.
"K…Kaka…rot." Vegeta moaned once his lips were freed. "I love you… I love you so much."
"How are you feeling?" Kakarot asked as he held onto Vegeta after a well-deserved sleep.
"Surprisingly ok, my hips hurt a bit but nothing to serious." Vegeta laughed as he sat up slowly and stretched. "I'm gonna miss this place." Vegeta confessed as he watched the morning sun light up the forest which was visible from the bedroom bay doors.
"Ye me to" Kakarot sighed "But on the plus side I have the owners details so we can always come again, make it a yearly thing."
Vegeta laughed as he leant over and kissed Kakarot softly. "I would really like that." Vegeta smiled and made a quick escape to the bathroom before Kakarot could pounce on him. He bathed and dressed slowly before standing in front of the mirror and practiced his normal expressionless 'out doors' face, it had been a whole week since he had to be the stern and strict Vegeta he was worried he would forget how, so getting some practice in was a good idea.
"I've packed everything up." Kakarot smiled as he placed the last of his items in his bag, Vegeta did a quick check and agreed he hadn't missed anything. "You ready?" Kakarot asked stepping out of the door and holding out his hand. Vegeta was reluctant at first, in all honesty he didn't want to go back… but as long as Kakarot was there by his side he knew he had nothing to worry about, he threw his bag onto his back and took Kakarot's hand showing he was ready, as this was the only house on the island it had no locks on the doors or windows so they could just fly off back towards the capital.
"Oh my god I never thought I would have missed this room as much as I did." Kakarot laughed as he dropped his bag on the floor and belly flopped onto the overly large bed they shared. "God it feels so nice, I could just sleep for a week." He blindly tried to grab onto Vegeta with his hand and tail refusing to move his head to look hoping he would strike lucky if he just continued; Vegeta laughed as he walked over and wound his tail around Kakarot's before following suit and belly flopping onto the space next to Kakarot on the bed.
"Oh this feels amazing… I've missed you bed." Vegeta smiled when he felt fingers mix and interlock with his own but was soon pulled away from the loving jester as he remembered something. He got up quickly and headed out of the room.
"Where are you going?" Kakarot asked as he watched Vegeta practically run out of the room and decided to follow.
"I'm so happy to see you bath." Vegeta laughed as he walked into the bathroom which contained his pool like bath. "See Kakarot, now you should understand why I love this bath so much. Compared to that puny box back at the beach house this is much, MUCH better."
"I guess so but I was brought up with bathing in tubs like the one back at the beach house, don't you remember how amazed I was when I first saw this." Kakarot laughed as he reminisced.
Vegeta was about to agree when a knocking at the door distracted him. "I got it." Kakarot laughed as he kissed Vegeta's forehead and left to see who it was. Kakarot opened the door, smiling widely expecting his father to be standing there, but when he realised who it was his blood ran cold. He fell instantly to one knee and placed a fist on the ground. "My King it is an honour and a privilege to see you."
"Stand Kakarot and tell me where my son is." King Vegeta boomed as he stepped inside and started to inspect the place top to bottom.
"My Lord I believe the Prince is in the bathroom, I shall get him for you." Kakarot bowed low as he quickly made his way into the bathroom and shut the door behind him. "Your Dad's in the living room." Was all Kakarot could say the moment his eyes met Vegeta's.
"Shit, I wonder what he wants." Vegeta thought as he straightened himself out and headed outside wearing his stern and strict expression. "What do you want?" Vegeta huffed as he stepped outside and saw his father sitting happily on the sofa.
"Boy, loose the attitude!" The King huffed as he threw a file down on the coffee table.
"I shall leave you to talk." Kakarot bowed and turned was called back by the King.
"Stay Kakarot, this involves you as well." The pair made their way over to the sofa opposite the one the King was sat upon both inwardly panicking, worried that he may have found out about their relationship and was here to deal out punishment. The King said nothing as the pair sat down and only pushed the file over to Vegeta to read. Vegeta picked it up from the coffee table and swallowed hard before opening it. "Oh shit!" Vegeta said out loud before passing it over to Kakarot whose reaction was exactly the same.
"4 planets we currently own have all been destroyed by an unknown group of warriors, thanks to our Intel and sources we believe they are a makeshift rebel group whose sole purpose is to eradicate the Sayian race for what we have done to their home worlds." The King sat forward in his seat and rested his elbows on his knees. "We also believe that we may have a spy in our own ranks trying to leak information about our troop's whereabouts at any given time."
Kakarot and Vegeta shared a worried look knowing where this was leading. "I need you Kakarot to not leave my son's side, you will become his shadow, no going to train new recruits; we will find a temporary replacement for you until this is all sorted. Every waking moment you will be at Vegeta's side do you understand?" The King kept his gaze on Kakarot showing how important this was.
"Yes sir I understand completely, I will not leave him." Kakarot spoke firm showing he understood and quickly shot Vegeta a smile.
"Good, I must admit I was not best pleased when my son chose you to be his personal body guard at such a young age, but I see why he picked you, your loyalty towards him runs deep."
"Well I do only choose the best." Vegeta piped in giving his father a sly smile.
"Well then; be prepared; this will defiantly lead to an all-out war once we find their base planet of operations so I need you both in top condition." The King didn't wait for any reply as he stood and headed towards the door. "Oh and I'm sure I don't need to tell you, but this conversation and that file are all highly confidential, apart from we 3 only 4 others know about it, 1 of them being Bardock, and we are hoping to keep it that way until we can target and eliminate the spy." And with that the King let himself out.
Kakarot and Vegeta stayed in silence for a while just looking at the door, giving it sometime before they spoke. "Shit." Vegeta lent back in his seat and covered his face with his hands. "It must be bad for Father to think it will lead to a war."
"And he must think you're in serious danger if I've been ordered to shadow you 24/7." Kakarot huffed worried as he held onto Vegeta's hand "But your body is in safe hands."
"You pervert Kakarot." Vegeta laughed as Kakarot blushed.
"I swear I didn't mean it in any sexual way and you know it."
"I know but when you say it like that I can't help but think you meant it in a sexual way." Vegeta shuffled around so he could lean his head on Kakarot's lap and dangle his legs over the arm of the sofa "But seriously I wouldn't worry too much, we have each other's backs so nothing is going to happen."
Kakarot tightened his grip on Vegeta's hand and lent down to kiss his forehead. "I know, and you know I would never let anything happen to you. I would give up my life to make sure you're safe."
Kakarot vowed. Vegeta sat up quickly and buried his face into Kakarot's neck.
"Don't say that, you have to promise me you won't die, no matter what happens you absolutely cannot die and leave me here by myself." Vegeta hug tighter as he felt his eyes get teary at the mere thought of losing Kakarot forever.
"I don't want to leave you ever, but I need you to know that when war breaks out, which we know it will, I will fulfil my duties as your body guard to my highest." Kakarot knew his duty to Vegeta had to come first, above their relationship and their marriage. His job was to keep Vegeta alive and if that meant having to be his human shield he would do so with no problems or regrets.
"No I don't want to think or talk about it Kakarot. I know how seriously you take your duties… It's just hearing you say it hurts." Kakarot didn't know what to say so only kiss and hug his beloved who cried in his arms silently.
"We will send out 4 of our best platoons as out first wave of attack on the planet." The King's voice boomed around the hall, he was sat on his thrown proudly with Vegeta sitting to his right paying close attention to every detail, Kakarot wasn't far away from Vegeta, for the past month the pair really had become inseparable, spending every waking moment by each other's sides and every sleeping moment holding each other tightly. They had been born not to fear war, it was what they lived for, but no amount of training could prepare them for their feared of loss war may cause to the pair. "Ready yourselves warriors, we leave tomorrow morning!"
The walk back to the room was quiet, neither Vegeta nor Kakarot knew what to say, this would be the last night where they would be alone together for only the God's knew how long. Once they entered the room they sat down and drank coffee still not uttering a single word. Kakarot knew Vegeta was deep in thought, he had trained for a life time to take over and lead a group of soldiers in war but this was far different from any training ground, this was the real thing, any mistakes now could topple the balance between victory and defeat.
"You'll be fine." Kakarot whispered finally breaking the 3 hour long silence between the pair. "I'll prepare you something to eat." Kakarot half smiled as he headed over towards their private kitchen.
"No don't bother, come back here… Please." Vegeta begged as he tapped the seat next to him. "Sorry I've been quiet; I've just had a lot to think about."
"It's fine, don't worry about it." Kakarot smiled as he felt Vegeta intertwine their fingers.
"This will be the last time for a while were we can do this." Vegeta sadly whispered referring to their held hands.
"You'll be so close but I won't be able to touch you at all." Kakarot too whispered; unable to hide the sadness in his voice. "It's gonna be tough, but we'll be able to make it. Just think when we get back we can rent that beach house again for a whole month and make up for lost time." Kakarot tried to laugh but nothing came out.
"Ye sure, if you come back at all." Vegeta huffed standing up and walking over to the window.
"Vegeta you know I'm not just going to throw my life away in this war, I have every intention on coming back with you but you also know that…"
"Yes I know if shit really does hit the fan I have to live with the fact that the Sayian I love… my secret husband died to protect me. I don't want that burden Kakarot, if it was anyone else I would be fine, I wouldn't be batting an eye at this, falling in the line of duty is honourable and I know and fully accept and respect that…But because it's you… I just… I wish I had never appointed you my guard!" Vegeta sobbed but backed away from Kakarot when he drew closer. "I've signed your death warrant Kakarot! The moment I appointed you I sealed your fate… Then I had the nerve to fall in love with you so completely. How can you love a man who would so easily sign your life away to nothing more than a meat shield!"
"No matter what Vegeta I love you, more than anything; even more than myself, you think just because you appointed me means your forcing me to protect you, with or without this title Vegeta I would still protect you with my life!" Kakarot snapped as he charged at Vegeta and tackled him to the ground. "Please Vegeta I'm begging you… Please… Nothing is set in stone, we can't see the future, but know 100% in your heart I will do everything in my power to return with you so we can be happy and go on more trips to the beach house, go visit more cities and visit new worlds, together me and you right next to each other." Tears were falling down Kakarot's cheeks as he still pinned Vegeta to the floor. "Promise me please you won't let this bother you, you need to be focused for what's about to happen and I couldn't live with myself If I knew the cause of your clouded mind was because of me so please… please Vegeta I need you to understand that everything I do, I do because I choose to, not because of some papers you signed when we were 13."
Vegeta didn't know what to say, he couldn't find the words so he just nodded in defeat and wrapped himself around Kakarot. "Kiss me." Vegeta whispered as he ran his hands through Kakarot's hair. Kakarot only smiled and obeyed as he came down rough and passionate onto Vegeta's lips.