Bura's earliest memories were like a jigsaw puzzle, except there weren't enough pieces to form a complex picture, not the 10,000 piece kind anyway:
Airing up latex gloves in place of real baloons. Holding Goten's hand, watching him cringe as the doctor approached him with the largest needle ever created.
Licking lolipops and forcing Goten to share his, which he was always happy to do.
Watching Goten bend over to puke, then rolling her eyes as he complained about not feeling so good.
Feeling the burn of Chichi's hand striking her cheek because she forced Goten to play with her after being told he had a "fever," whatever that was.
Mind numbing boredom on the days Goten was too sick to come over. Tea parties with Vegeta, which were as awkward for her as they were for him.
Pretending to be Yamcha's daughter to pick up women, and getting treated to ice cream. Learning the rules of baseball on the days she watched Yamcha play.
Covering her ears when Marron cried. Their playdates ending with a furious 18 and a worried Kuririn.
Vegeta's boasts about being a Saiyan. Buruma's long boring talks about being gentle when playing with other people.
Bathtimes with Goten, which stopped when she questioned Vegeta about their different body parts.
Constantly being compared to someone named Trunks, whom Vegeta wished was in the very spot Bura stood.
Transforming into a super saiyan because she wanted yellow hair. Teasing Goten for not being able to fly or turn yellow, then becoming furious when he shrugged and said that he was okay with it.
Hating Chichi for blaming her on the days Goten got really sick. Wondering why Gohan sat at his desk all the time when he seemed to hate it.
The memory that she often thought back on was the first of many scary memories she had with Goten: Buruma holding her tightly one lonely night, whispering in her ear that Goten's time to join Goku in the otherworld had finally come. Kneeling beside her bed that night, and hoping Goku would hear her wish for Goten to get better. She wasn't ready for him to stay with Goku, not yet.
The next morning she awoke to Buruma cheering about a new drug that could extend Goten's life!
Waiting beside the car. Clutching Buruma's supportive hand as Gohan pushed Goten out of the hospital in a wheel chair, his peach skin replaced by a lifeless grey. His signature spiky hair was gone, leaving his head as bare as a chicken's egg.
He was frightening to look at, but that didn't stop Bura from kissing him on the cheek. She missed him so much; she couldn't help it. Gohan laughed, Vegeta popped his knuckles,Yamcha whistled, their mothers "awwed," and Goten wiped away the wet kiss with the blanket on his lap.
"I promise i'll find a cure one day and we'll get married," Bura declared. She handed Goten a plush Get Well turtle that she found in the gift shop.
A little color came back to Goten's face." I don't want to marry you." He said.
Bura rolled her eyes." You don't even know what Marry means." She didn't know what it meant either. To marry was something Vegeta repeatedly expressed he didn't want, and Bura figured it had to be something that only girls liked. " We're getting married one day, and that's that," she said, repeating the exact words Buruma shouted at Vegeta every month.
Goten reacted the way he usually did when Bura bossed him around. He shrugged his shoulders and said," Okay."