Hey guys! this chapter turned out super long, so I am splitting it in half. So here is the first part of chapter 17. (The second part I'll be uploading it, probably tomorrow.) Enjoy! O.~

Chapter 17: A long day,

Part 1: The man from the desert.

I look to my side as I try to catch my breath. He's right next to me, one arm under his head, looking at the ceiling. I keep asking myself about what to do next; we aren't an official couple, should I say "good job" or something?

He glances at me. That makes my heart feel full and my belly gets a big knot. I look into his eyes, his perfect figure… without hesitation I kiss him.

Vegeta puts me a side. He says something with an alarmed face, but I'm in such trance that I don't pay attention.

"Woman…? Woman!" He shakes me.

"Huh…? What…?" I say confused.

"Your family is home!" He says alarmed.

"My family is home… MY FAMILY IS HOME!"

As fast as I can I put on one of Vegeta's shirts, I collect my clothes, and I carefully check the corridor. Then, I run to my room. I dump everything into the dirty clothes basket and I get in the shower.

July 14th

Dear diary,

I slept with Vegeta. I know I said I wouldn't do it, but it happened, and it was one of the best things that have ever happened to me…

Nobody has to know about any of this! About my feelings for Vegeta, or about this… Relationship? I don't even know what the heck I have with him! Anyways, I must keep this as secret as possible, especially from Yamcha. He might have been a cheater with me, but nobody deserves to be replaced by someone that literally murdered them… He'll never understand how much Vegeta has changed, and it is not fair to ask Yamcha to forgive him, or forgive me… *sigh* I hope Vegeta knows how to keep secrets.

Anyways, I told my Dad at lunch that I have to go back to work next week. Vegeta jumps in the conversation… bottom line, I'm going home

tonight with Vegeta.

We get in the van that will take us to the airport. I ride holding , Vegeta looks at me as if saying how ridiculous I am for getting attached to such creature. But I don't care, he is my little friend; It's very sad for me to have to leave him here, he is an endangered species, that's why I can't take him, but at least the people in the house promised me to take a good care of him.

The plane is already waiting for us at the airport. I say goodbye to Mom and Dad and I give a special hug to Mr. Fluffy.

Everyone waves goodbye to us as we get in the plane. Vegeta sits by the window and I sit next to him. My eyes feel heavy I rest my head on Vegeta's shoulder and I fall a sleep.

I wake up with the shake of the plane landing. I feel very disoriented going down the stairs. If it weren't for Vegeta, I would have fallen.

Once home, Vegeta demands I fix the lasers. I try to explain how tired I am and that I wanna go to bed, but he orders me to do it anyways because he has to return to his training as soon as he can. That makes me very, very mad; If there is one moment where you don't want me to get upset it is when I'm sleepy.

"I AM GOING TO BED NOW! AND YOU BETTER COME WITH ME!" I yell at him in a murderess tone of voice. Vegeta follows me and we cuddle in bed for the first time.

Vegeta wakes me up at 5 in the morning to fix the lasers. I begin to fix the lasers. After having him stare at me for half an hour, I send him out. I can't work with someone looking at me all the time!

After lunch I start to do some laundry. I go to Vegeta's room to get his dirty clothes.

"Eew!" I say in disgust.

Vegeta's under wear is reeking of sweat, if you touch it, you can feel the oil in the fabric, and they are dry!

I burn the clothes just to make sure nothing can grow on them. Then, I take my purse and go to the mall to get him new clothes. At my favorite store for men, I choose some workout clothes for him and some under shirts. Then I walk to the underwear section.

The first things I see are "Kitty kitty" male underwear. I think about all the things he owes me, and for making me upset last night.

"Ooh hohoho! This is revenge for last night! I say holding the underwear. All the men around me stare at me... Oh my! Did I just say that out loud..? Everyone is looking at me!

"What are you guys looking at! You've never seen a girl buying men's underwear?" They probably haven't, nice one Bulma! … Better get out of here. I get stopped by a very cute guy.

"Here, in case whatever happened last night, happens again." He says in a charming voice.

Is he giving me his business card?

"My personal number is in the back." And he winks an eye at me.

What?

I pay and I get out of the store in a hurry bumping into someone.

"I'm sorry…" I say in a small voice.

"Bulma?" A surprised male voice says.

I turn around and it is Yamcha.

"Yamcha? " I say back at him. I am just as surprised to see him as he is to see me.

"What a coincidence." He says awkwardly.

"Um… yeah, yeah! I say awkwardly.

"Hey… um... Wanna go get some ice cream or something…" He says nervously.

"I…" I try to say shaking my head.

"No commitments, just two old friends having ice cream together."

He looks at me with those puppy eyes that I have always loved; I just can't say no to that. I accept the offer and with our ice creams in hand we sit at the table where we always used to sit. We chit chat; he talks about training, I talk about weather, we laugh at stupid things, and for an instant, it feels like nothing had ever happened between us, like we were still together. A sudden sadness comes to me mixed with nostalgia. I try to hide my feelings with a smile, but I see in his eyes that the same thing is happening to him too.

"I'm sorry Bulma…" He says out of the blue. "I'm sorry for ruining what we had, I'm sorry for…" He takes a big breath. "Not being there when you needed me, I am … so sorry" He adds with a braking voice. "For lying to you, for making you cry… for not being the man you deserved."

"Yamcha…" I whisper sadly.

"You are the most amazing woman I have ever met, how was it that I did so much harm to you? …You were right that night Bulma, you do deserve better. Now, after all this time I finally get it." He says with a small laugh. "What I did was not the way a man does things and I'm ashamed of that. Bulma… I love you, I love you in a way I don't think I could ever love, and because of this, I want you to be happy; I'm not asking for another chance, I'm not saying that we should be together, I just want you to be happy.

"Yamcha I…" I try to talk but my voice breaks.

"You don't have to say anything Bulma" He says embarrassed "I'm just glad I had the chance to tell you this."

I get up from my chair and he walks to me and we hug. All the feelings I have inside come out and I just cry. Yamcha holds me closer and I can feel him crying too. We stay like that for a few minutes, then we look at each other's eyes and we kiss. We don't kiss in a passionate way… This is our goodbye kiss.

"Yamcha… I'm glad we had the chance to talk. You are a great guy; you just needed to know what you wanted in life. I wish you the best too. Just promise me something."

"What."

"That you won't make the same mistakes you did with me with another girl."

"I promise…" He says with sincere eyes and we smile at each other. "Look at us crying like little kids!" He says laughing.

"Yeah!" I laugh with him.

"So… Oh! You were buying men clothes." Yamcha says trying to change the mood. "Doing a makeover for your old men?"

"No." I giggle. "It's for Vegeta. I had to burn his clothes, he sweats like a bear!"

Yamcha laughs.

"I'm sorry you have to put up with that creep…"

I laugh. "It was nice seen you Yamcha."

"It was nice to see you too…" He says sadly.

I make it home still carrying some of the sadness from earlier, and with the feeling of betrayal towards Yamcha in my heart.

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