Okay, third chapter. Things are gonna get cute and sappy soon!

Side Note: Kirei is not challenged. She just hasn't seen civilization for a while and she's lost her touch at pronunciation. It'll get better, I promise.

Kirei shoots me a bright smile and I give her one that says, 'You are an adorable small child and you are mine now.'

After she eats about five sandwiches, and I eat about twenty, we head to bed.

"Alright, Kirei. Ready for bed?"

She yawns, stretching. "Yep, sure am! Where d'we sleep?"

I lead her into my 'bedroom' and point to the mattress that sits on the floor. "There."

She suddenly becomes serious.

"Goku? Isn't sleepin' with someone the same thin as them seein' ya nekkid?"

I cover my face with my hand.

"No, not the way we are, at least. Friends sleep together all the time. Just usually not of different genders."

A small furrow in her brow shows and I smooth it down with my thumb. "Trust me." I say, flopping myself down onto the mattress.

She shrugs and plops down next to me. "Wow, Goku, this is fluffy!" I give her a small smile. This mattress is ten years old.

Where has she been sleeping?

I go along with it.

"Yeah, I guess it is. Ready for bed?"

She lays down next to me, rubbing her small hands together.

"Sure am!" She faces me and lays her head on a pillow and sighs.

"Ya know, Goku... Ah never thank'd ya for takin' me in. You're rea'y nice to me."

I run my fingers over her now dry hair. Its softer than I expected, even without being brushed.

"I'd like to think I'm nice to everyone. You just happened to show up at the right time."

I fully play with her hair now, smiling at how naturally curly it is. It's not tight crazy curls, just loose ones that kind of remind me of sand.

"Goku?"

"Yeah?"

"Ya think Ah used the goop stuff right?"

I bring a small lock of her hair to my face, rubbing it against smooth skin. The musky scent of my body wash wafted from her in waves.

"I think you did."

Without a response, Kirei falls asleep, small breaths puffing out of her slowly. I grin and pull a heavy blanket from the floor, throwing over both of us.

Kirei fell asleep with one of my hands under her head, so I turn to my side and face her. Her sleeping face is clear of any cares and I kiss her forehead lightly.

I don't know why I did it, but now I regret it, because now I see how beautiful she is. Her mouth is slightly open and she has a tiny frown. Her hair, curled loosely, pools around her head like a halo.

It's still a little light outside, so the retreating light refracts around every part of her, making her look angular and soft at the same time.

I sigh and kiss her forehead again, abandoning the fluffy feeling in my stomach.

At this point it can only get worse. I close my eyes from the light outside and think up scenarios that would never happen.

Her laughing loudly when at one of Bulmas get-togethers years from now, with me at her side.

The look in her eyes when she tells me she loves me.

Sleeping like this, together, every night.

Building a house together...

I shook my head and sat up, going to the bathroom.

I pad across the cold wooden floors and open the bathroom door, sighing.

Her towel, now dry, was flung over the toilet, and her dirty clothes strewn around the room. I gather the items and throw them in the wash to the side and start it.

Bulma always said that I clean when I'm anxious. I guess she was right.

Once finished, I move to the mirror above the sink and rub my face. I should shower.

I strip off my clothes and step into the shower, the floors still warm from Kireis shower. I flip the water on and dunk my head under it without waiting for it to get warm. I shiver when the cold water runs in rivulets down my back. The water begins to warm and I stand upright. I reach for the shampoo and begin to clean myself.

I shut off the water and step out, not bothering to towel dry, and power up to dry off. I slip on a clean pair of boxers and a pair of sweats and slip back into bed. I settle and sigh.

"Like ya shower?"

I jump and look to Kirei, whose hair had somehow got messy while I was gone. She has a sleepy smile on her face as she peers up at me. She laughs into her hand quietly.

"I'm sorry I woke you up, Kirei, I just felt like a shower."

She moves her hand up to my hair, feeling the natural spikes.

"You didn't wake 'e up, Goku. Well, when ya left ya did. Ah felt cold."

The almost dark outside hid my crimson face. I got brave. I reached my hand up to match hers and I brought it down, stopping when our hands were between us, not letting go.

Barely audible, I whisper. "Go back to sleep. We've got a busy day tomorrow."

"But Ah don wanna go to sleep. Ah wanna stay up and look at you."

"Now why would you want to do that?"

"Ah don' know, you're pretty."

I gasp and then laugh, still blushing hard, but trying to hide it. "Men aren't pretty."

She pulled her hand from mine and crossed her arms. "Well you're pretty."

I give her an odd look. "I think you mean handsome."

She sighs and slips her hand back into mine. My face erupts with blush again.

"Ah guess.. But handsome doesn't seem righ'. Ah forget the word. Like when you think someone is rea'y rea'y pretty, but it's for girls an' boys."

I think for a moment. "Attractive?"

She jumps in memory. "Yea! Tha' one! You're attractive! Tha's why Ah wanna look at you." She pauses and gives me a strange look. "Hey, why's your face all pink?"

My eyes widen and I cover across my face with one hand. I mutter from under it. "It's not. It's the lighting in here that makes it look that way."

She lays on her back, staring at the ceiling.

"Ah guess so. Are ya alrigh' with 'e lookin' at ya?"

I chuckle and move my hand away. Hers suddenly feels heavy in mine.

"Yeah, Kirei, I don't mind. But it'll get really dark soon, so you won't be able to see me then."

She squeezes my hand and looks back to me. "Well, Ah can look at ya when the sun comes up." She flips to her side again and moves closer to me, snuggling to my chest. She pauses her movement and looks up at me. "Goku? Where's ya shirt?"

My face reddens again. "Oh, I can go put one on if you want."

She responds quickly, almost too quickly. "N-No, Ah don' mind.. But.. Can I touch ya? Ah like the muscles."

My chest tightens. I whisper. "Yeah.. Yeah you can. Go to sleep."

I feel her flatten her hand on my chest and she sighs, running it down my abdomen and across my waist. I hold my breath. She rubs her face on my chest and sighs, stilling. She circles her thumb around the ripples in my abdomen, then stops, breathing evening out again.

She's asleep.

I soon follow.

Ah! It's getting cute now! I'm so excited!

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~MVO