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Vegeta awoke the next morning feeling like he was burning up; well, it actually felt like he had been sleeping next to the space heater again. It took him a moment to realize that it was coming from who he was curled up on. He rolled off and onto his back and hissed in pain at his lower back and bottom, damn that had hurt. He laid there with his eyes crunched together, not wanting to move again.
Goku stirred when he felt a bit of movement and the heat source disappeared. It had suddenly gone cold; he yawned and opened his eyes. He realized that he was laying on the Gravity Room's floor. Why was he here? He thought about it for a moment before his eyes widened considerably, "'Geta!" He exclaimed and sat up.
"Calm down, I'm right here." Vegeta said, a couple feet to the side of Kakarot.
"Oh," Goku laughed, "How are you?"
"Sore as fuck, I can't move." Vegeta didn't bother to open his eyes yet.
Goku turned to him, "Do you want some help?" He asked but then gasped, "'Geta! Your tails back!"
Vegeta opened his eyes, "What?" He asked and looked. Sure enough, there his tail was, laying next to him. He lifted the tip of it up but then decided not to bother with it and looked at Kakarot, "Probably happens when you mate another Sayian, yours is there too."
Goku blinked and looked at the back of him, his tail swaying slightly in the air. He smiled, he didn't even notice. "Wow, I didn't think I'd actually miss it. It'll probably just get in the way of training though…guess I'll have to get it removed again."
"Kakarot, if you get your tail removed again I will personally break all your bones and hide every one of the sensu beans." Vegeta frowned.
"Why?" Goku asked.
"Have some Sayian pride will you!"
Goku looked at him funny but then reached out to touch his face.
"What?" Vegeta asked.
"Can I help you up? I'm hungry."
Vegeta glared at him but then nodded. Kakarot picked him up and set his feet on the floor, which still caused his lower back to hurt. "Is it brusied?" He asked and turned his back to Kakarot.
"Kami 'Geta, it's all bruised! I'm sorry, does it hurt? I have a sensu if you want one." Goku said.
Vegeta turned to face him and glared, "I'd rather suffer than eat one of those disgusting things, besides I can just hover off the floor and not have to walk everywhere." Vegeta had already thought of a solution the minute Kakarot had picked him up off the floor. He hovered about an inch or two from the ground and went over to his cloths, which were strangely on the other side of the room. Now the hard part: putting them on.
Goku walked over to his pants and slipped them on, "What time do you think it is?" He asked.
"Won't know until we step outside." Vegeta said.
Goku shifted on his feet and looked over at Vegeta after he put his shirt on.
Vegeta noticed and raised an eyebrow at him.
"So…about last night…" Goku blushed.
Vegeta shook his head and hovered over to Kakarot. He placed a chaste kiss on his lips, "The woman already knows and I'm sure our brats suspect something and I highly doubt any of the other idiots have noticed anything."
Goku smiled, "And you?"
Vegeta blushed a bit; he cursed under his breath but smirked at Kakarot, "What do you think?"
"Uh…Well, I already told you what I think." Goku said but then his stomach rumbled.
Vegeta shook his head again, "You said you were hungry? Come on." He hovered over to the Gravity Room's door.
"Wait 'Geta. Can we take a shower first? I've got some dried stuff on me…"
Vegeta blushed again, but nodded and left the Gravity Room. He hovered in through the back door.
Goku smiled as they passed through the living room. Trunks and Goten weren't there, but Bulma's mom and Kazuki were.
Kazuki bowed to the prince but glared at Goku. He could instantly smell it on them, was that why Bulma had wanted him to stay away? He growled lightly under his breath when the both of them had disappeared up the stairs, he didn't like this one bit.
Goku happily followed Vegeta into his room and private bathroom.
Vegeta turned on the shower to let it heat up while he worked on undressing. He now wished he hadn't put back on his cloths in the first place. Kakarot had easily undressed and stepped into the shower… Vegeta let out a grunt, tempted to just rip his clothes off, it was wasting his time.
Goku stared at the plastic bottles in front of him. None of these looked the same as what he had in his shower. He only had three, whereas Vegeta had six. "Hey 'Geta," Goku asked, "Which one of these is the shampoo?"
Vegeta pulled the shower curtain to the side and hovered in; he picked up a bottle and handed it to Kakarot, "This one."
Goku took it and smiled, he lightly pushed Vegeta under the stream of water, "Let me put it in your hair." He said.
Vegeta frowned and thought about it for a moment before he said, "No."
Goku smiled even wider and put some of the shampoo in his hand, "Please?" He asked and moved closer.
"Kakarot, don't even try." Vegeta said and turned his back to him.
Goku's smile faded as he saw Vegeta's back, "Are you sure you don't want a sensu?" He asked and put the shampoo in his own hair.
Vegeta nodded, "Of course. It'll heal in a matter of days anyway."
Goku smiled again and placed his hands on Vegeta's shoulders, he leaned down and rested his forehead on the back of Vegeta's head, "I'm sorry." He whispered, "I didn't mean to hurt you."
Vegeta was tense at first but then he relaxed, "Kakarot, if you're that worried about it, next time we just won't do it on a hard surface." Although, you'll probably bruise me again anyway. Vegeta added in his head.
Goku perked up at this, "You mean we can do it again?"
Vegeta turned around sharply, "Kakarot, do you understand what it means when you do that kind of thing with another person?"
"Of course 'Geta! I love you…I just thought that you might have been mad about your back and all…" Goku smiled sheepishly.
Vegeta frowned, "Kakarot, there are a million other things for me to be mad at you about than you bruising me."
"Really? Like what?" Goku smiled.
Vegeta scowled, and rather than explaining himself, he punched Kakarot in the face, sending him flying backwards, out of the shower, and into the wall and sink. It seemed Kakarot still didn't understand much. Vegeta's anger was suddenly boiling inside of him at the thought of all the things he could be mad at Kakarot about.
His Pride.
His Dignity.
How Kakarot is stronger than him.
None of that was going to matter now though, but he still couldn't let it go just like that. He was already angry enough with how every time he moved his back would hurt. Though, the warm stream of water did feel nice against his skin.
Goku stood up and rubbed his cheek, "Ow 'Geta, what the hell was that for?" He gave Vegeta a playful glare, which slid off of his face and into a look of surprise.
"Get the hell out!" Vegeta yelled, "Unless you want to be blasted into pieces, I say leave! Now!"
Goku stared at him dumbfounded for a minute. "Why?" He asked, before realization hit him. "Wait, Vegeta!" He yelled and dodged a bottle that was being thrown at him. "I really didn't mean anything! I didn't mean to make you mad! I was just-"
"Asking idiotic questions again? I know!" Vegeta interrupted but calmed a bit. He shook his head and turned back in the shower, "Dammit Kakarot!" He cursed and went back to taking a shower.
Goku stood there for five minutes and watched Vegeta shake as he quickly finished a shower. Vegeta stepped out and wrapped a towel around himself before looking over at him. Goku smiled.
"Hurry up if you want breakfast." Vegeta said and walked out of the bathroom, ignoring the pain of doing so.
Goku looked down at his forgotten stomach as it growled. He happily walked over to the still going shower and finished taking one as quickly as he could.
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Vegeta sat on the bed as he watched Kakarot dress in a fresh gi (apparently Piccolo had –unhappily- brought it over for Kakarot). He looked over at the door and then back at Kakarot, "Kakarot," He said, "There's something I want to tell you."
"Huh?" Goku looked up and over at Vegeta as he tied his sash. "What about?"
"Kazuki." Vegeta said, "I don't think he likes you."
"Oh, I know." Goku smiled.
"And I can see why." Vegeta frowned.
Goku frowned too, "Why?"
"Because you're an ill-mannered, third-class Sayian, who would be hung back on Vegeta-sei for talking like you do to the prince." Vegeta quickly said, changing what he was originally going to say. He smirked though, as he was insulting Kakarot.
"But you don't think that, do you?" Goku asked.
"Of course I think that." Vegeta smirked, "But it's something I like about you."
"Good." Goku smiled. "So when do we go get breakfast?"
Vegeta shook his head and stood up; it seemed there was no need to worry about Kakarot after all. Although there was still one more thing he needed to tell Kakarot about Kazuki, but he thought it could wait until later. Kakarot followed him out the bedroom door and back into the livingroom, where their brats were now playing the video games.
"Good Morning dad, Vegeta." Goten smiled.
"Good Morning Goku, dad." Trunks said and smiled too.
Vegeta eyed them suspiciously as they passed by and Kakarot said good morning too.
They heard everyone's voices before entering the kitchen. As expected, the Z fighters had shown up again. Bulma had laid out a big (breakfast) feast on the table. Most of everyone was standing around with a plate in their hands talking to others, but everything got quite when the two walked in.
The first thing Vegeta noticed the second they stepped in was Kazuki. He glared directly at Kakarot, no doubt smelling the lingering scents on them. He set down his plate and made it a scene to walk between the two and out of the room.
"What's his problem?" Krillin asked.
"it's not important." Vegeta said and noticed Bulma smiling like she knew it all at them, and truthfully, she did know it all. "Why the feast?" Vegeta asked.
"Well, we're all glad you're staying." Bulma answered, giving him a different look that said she had something to tell him.
There were a few weak "yeahs" in the room and Goku laughed.
"Go ahead and eat Kakarot, I'll be right back." Vegeta said and Kakarot went to fix himself a plate. Vegeta turned around and left the noisy room, Bulma following him. He headed to the living room where he knew Kazuki was and stopped when he entered.
Bulma walked passed Vegeta and sat in the armchair. She looked at Vegeta who was looking at Kazuki's expression with distaste. "Why didn't you tell everyone?" was the first question Bulma asked Vegeta.
"And let the whole world know? No, I don't think so. The Kazuki I knew was a man of honor and for him to be sitting there like that is a disgrace." Vegeta said.
"What about the tradition?" Kazuki asked and looked hard a Vegeta.
"I am the Price. I can do whatever I want; tradition doesn't matter when you're no longer on your home planet, especially when you thought that planet blew up."
"But the king-" Kazuki started.
"-Would have honored my decision." Vegeta finished. "No one knew my father better than me. He may have picked you as my mate then, but he would rather I have chosen when I was older." Vegeta scowled.
A bit of realization may have dawned on Kazuki because he stood up, bowed, and said, "Then I will honor your decision." He looked up and smiled, "Whether I like it or not."
Vegeta smirked and shook his head, glad he had settled that. He turned to leave, but froze when he saw Kakarot standing in the doorway, a look of wonder on his face.
Goku looked at Bulma, Kazuki, and Vegeta curiously. If what he had heard was correct, then Kazuki was supposed to be Vegeta's mate…but Vegeta had chosen him. That made him smile. It was because of that, that he wasn't mad at Vegeta for not telling him. He laughed.
Vegeta glared when Kakarot laughed, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing." Goku smiled, "So what are we doing today?" A look of relief seemed to pass between the other three and Goku noticed. He chose not to say anything. Goku looked out the window, it seemed clouds had gathered in the sky from the time they came in, and by the look of it, it was going to rain soon.
And that's chapter 8~ xD Sorry for the long awaited update! Moday and Tuesday are finals, so wish me luck!
Next update: Either later on today, or wednesday! (hopefully today!)
Thaaank yoou, those who are staying with me! Loove you~!
-Marks-With-Markers