Second chapter to Run with Beauty. Enjoy! (I'm really surprised at the amount of favorites and follows this story has. Thank each one of you!)

Gokus PoV

Walking through my front door, I kick off my muddy shoes and Kirei does the same.

"Okay, shower or food first?" I ask, turning on my heel and looking at her, just now noticing how dirty she is now she's surrounded by my clean walls.

Not waiting for an answer, I put my hand up. "Shower first. Food'll be done when you get out."

She gave me a dopey smile and padded her bare feet straight to the kitchen.

"No, Kirei. Shower first." I grasp her shoulders gently and steer her the other way, toward the bathroom. Opening the door, I sit her down on the closed toilet seat and rummage for a washcloth and towel.

Over my shoulder, I speak to her. "So, ya know what a shower is? They're pretty nice." I turn back around, covering my face immediately.

"Why did you take off your clothes?" I ask, my other hand throwing the towel in her general direction.

"Well, I can't git cleaned if ah got my clothes on, huh? Ah thought thas how it werked."

"It is how it works, but you're not supposed to be naked around people. It's improper." Peeking through my fingers, I see she threw the towel lightly around her shoulders, covering everything. I sigh and put my arm down. I continue. "How long have you been in the woods by yourself?"

She taps her sharp chin, thinking. "As long as ah can remember, ah guess. Ah remember a lil' from when Ah was small, 'n my Ma was wit me, but then Ah was on my own."

I roll my eyes. "Glorious. Look," I say, throwing open the shower curtain and picking up three bottles. I present them to her in order. "Use this one first, to wash your hair." I run my hands wildly around my head to show what she should do. She nods. "And this you use after this. It makes your hair soft." Another nod. I point out the last bottle. "Then use this to wash your whole body. Got it?"

She nods. "Yep."

"Great." I turn the shower on, letting it heat up. Whipping my hand of wetness. I motion her in.

"Go on ahead. Make sure you close the curtain while you're in there."

"Awrighty."

I turn around and hear her step in. I leave the room and close the door, sighing.

This is gonna be difficult.

Walking into the kitchen, I realize I don't feel like cooking at all.

Sandwiches it is.

After I had made enough sandwiches for a small army, I leave the kitchen and walk to the bathroom, knocking softly.

"Kirei? You good?"

"Yea! Ahm great! This's cool! The water's warm!"

"Heh." I ran a hand over my forehead. "It's supposed to be. You almost done? Food's ready."

"I'll be out soon. Geez ah hope ah used these right."

I know the last part was to herself, so I ignore it and walk away with a small smile.

From the kitchen, I hear the water shut off, and the sound of metal on metal as she pulled the curtain back.

"Ah! I'm cold now!" A screech from the bathroom shakes the windows.

"Just dry off, it'll get better!" I shout to her, halfway across the house.

A realization.

Shit, she doesn't have clean clothes.

I groan and think of a solution. I jog to my pile of clothes and grab my smallest things to give her. To the bathroom again, I open the door only enough for my arm to fit through and hand her the clothes.

"Put these on. They'll keep you warm." I say as the clothes left my hand.

I close the door and go back to the kitchen, putting the huge platter of food on the small table. it groans with protest.

The bathroom door opens and closes, and I hear her walk into the kitchen. My back is turned to her.

"These are super warm, Goku!"

"Good. I don't want you cold." I say, motioning for her to sit. "Help yourself."

She sits at the table, eyeing the plate in front of her. "Goku? What's this?"

I rub the back of my neck, smiling. "That's a plate silly. You eat off of it. Here." I put a few sandwiches on her plate and told her to eat them.

As she eats, she talks to me. "This's weird, why don't ya just eat off of the bigger one?" She points to the platter with the sandwiches on it.

"Because it's rude. I don't mind if you do, but once I take you to a friend of mine, you'll have to be polite."

"OOOOH! More people?! When we doin' that, Goku?"

I chuckle. "In a few days, but I need you to learn manners first."

With a huge bite of sandwich in her mouth, she shouts at me. "Alright! Ah'll be the best manner-ed person ya've ever met!"

"Good. Now, I have a few questions." I sit across the table from her and eat, being sure to give her a subtle example on how to eat properly. He looks at me strange and slows down, catching onto my hint. I smile at her.

"Firstly, have you gone to school?"

"Nope. Ma told me 'bout it when Ah was small though, then she left."

I rubbed my neck again. "Where did she go?"

"Ah'm not sure. She just up 'n left me when I was... Um," She counted on her fingers. "Six, Ah think."

I feel my brow furrow. "How old are you now?"

She puffed her chest out with pride. "Nineteen!"

My eyes widen. Nineteen? Then at most shes twelve months younger than me. I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around how she survived on her own for thirteen years.

"Wow, uh, Kirei, how do you take care of yourself?" I suddenly notice how small she is. I frown.

"Ah mostly just eat when Ah can and hope Ah find food. This is rea'y good by the way."

"Thank you.. Alright, we might have to go visit my friend earlier than I thought, but it'll still be at least two days. Ugh, what time is it?" I pull out the small phone Bulma gave me when I told her I'd stay here on my own.

It's already six.

"Alright, Kirei, it's almost time to go to bed, so, I guess..." I look to the side. I didn't have a couch, or even a living room. "I guess we'll go to bed soon." I feel my fac heating up. I know what sex is of course, but I never really thought about it. Now that I have Kirei in my house, it seems that it's on obvious problem. She is very pretty, but I can't have that get in the way of my goal for her.

Safety.

Okay, I know this is a delayed update, but I've been super busy. Not that I can use that as an excuse, though.

Anyway, most of the chapters are going to be small like this, at most 2.5k words. Sorry.

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~MVO