Meanwhile, Goku on his way home decided to get rid of any evidences of the explosion. That's why he landed near a small river and scrubbed away all the dust from his hair and body. Looking at his teared in several places uniform he considered it as unimportant – Chi-Chi will be sure it was a simple friendly sparring with Vegeta. After this procedure Goku continued his journey home with a much lighter heart. Life and environment around him brightened once again – morning sun was gently warming young verdant trees, a little but beautiful lake was glistening below, rabbits were jumping nearby in the grassland . Such simple, but heart-warming pastoral scene.

Nonchalantly whistling Goku finally landed on mount Paozu and was already going inside house to greet Gohan when he was stopped by running Goten. Of course, Goku loved both of his children equally – he loved Gohan's seriousness, charity, loyalty and tenderness. And as for Goten, despite all these things he had one very useful quality for Goku – while always making a huge amount of trouble together with Trunks, Goten perfectly knew how easy it is to be caught red-handed and how hard it is to hide any evidences left. That's why Goten felt a perfect solidarity with Goku right now and was ready to help father anyways. So little boy has been waiting for Goku outside in the yard and now told him immediately:

"She knows."

Goku's heart dropped. Goten continued:

"Take care, daddy. We didn't have much time to know each other well. But I am happy that I could spend some time with you – it was the greatest time in my life! And I will support you, no matter what."

Goku almost felt like crying. However, he managed to swallow back the tears and just firmly hugged Goten. Then he let his son go and quietly and carefully, on the tiptoes, started to walk towards backdoor. He didn't feel like going inside as a happy hero anymore. The only thing which was planned in Saiyan's mind right now was to grab some dinner from the kitchen while unnoticed, slip inside bedroom and feign a deep sleep at 10 AM. But it was a nonstarter idea – he faced Chi-Chi in a hallway. Goku immediately jumped up, stood at attention, closed eyes while anticipating the coming thunder and started to appeal for pardon:

"That was not me, this is all Vegeta's fault, he just wasn't able to dodge my Kamehameha, who thought he would be so reckless? Of course, I fully understand all the responsibility of our actions, our behaviour was very careless, you can't even imagine how guilty do I feel right now, of course I will never, ever do this again, just please let me ensure you that I fully understand the consequences and I agree with anything you have to say as it would be absolutely righteous indignation! And I love you, I love all my family and friends, I love this peaceful life that we have on Earth and I think you are the most beautiful woman in the world, even more beautiful than Videl!"

Silence.

Goku hesitantly opened the right eye. Chi-Chi was standing right before him and didn't look angry at all. Conversely, she was smiling and looking very happy. Goku started to feel even more nervous – greeting like this after a huge trouble he made was absolutely unexpected – and that's why extremely scary. Furthermore, Chi-Chi leaned towards her husband, kissed him on the cheek, chuckled and stroked his hair tenderly. Goku accumulated all the remains of his courage and dared to ask:

„Aren't you mad at me? I know that you know, stop scaring me like that.."

Chi-Chi's smile spread even wider. Poor Goku didn't know yet that his wife has been enjoying the view even more than she wanted to admit. After several seconds of distressful uncertainty Chi-Chi decided to spare poor Saiyan and declared:

„Dear Goku, there is no need to be scared like that! It is nice to know you love me and all, but honey, I would never, ever think about being angry! Not when I know that Bulma will provide you a punishment which will already be so cruel and torturous for you and Vegeta that you will only deserve some pity afterwards. Who am I to torment my own husband even more? Believe me, dear, you will suffer much more than I would ever try to imagine!"

After these words Chi-Chi chuckled again, adjusted Goku's clothes, kissed Goten and headed towards the kitchen. When she noticed that Goku was not following behind, she asked:

„Aren't you hungry after sparring? The dinner is ready."

However, Goku, who was starving on his way home, now had fully lost his appetite.

Meanwhile, in the Capsule Corporation Vegeta was shouting back at his wife:

„What do you mean we will have to fix it by ourselves?! Woman, how in the world can you consider yourself a genius when after 14 years of living under the same roof together you still don't know I am not capable of doing such a thing? I am a warrior, not one of your scientists!"

However, Bulma wasn't the one to convince so easily. She was determined to make Vegeta if not feel guilty for what he's done, then at least make sure he will pay dearly.

„Don't worry, I would never exaggerate your abilities to fix something! The only thing you seem to do well is destroy!" Ignoring mean-looking Vegeta, Bulma continued: „ And that's why I want to suggest you the only possible way to escape this situation with the minimum amount of damage to your pride – or maybe you prefer to try fixing your precious GR and after several days of unsuccessful attempts you will crouch on your knees to me and beg to repair it for you and your friend?"

Vegeta angrily snarled. „First of all, woman, that low-class parody of a Saiyan IS NOT my friend! I barely acknowledge him as a decent sparring partner..."

Bulma sighed and rolled her eyes. „Of course, if you say so... I'm sure – if you try harder, you may even convince someone who doesn't know you or Goku... So, are you going to try and repair GR?"

„Don't be ridiculous! You perfectly know I only have a basic knowledge of such complicated systems as Gravity Room. And this is your job to repair it!"

Bulma angrily glared at him. „Oh, really? First of all, this is NOT my job – I do whatever I want and I will fix it whenever I want! And – surprise! – right now I am too busy to fix your toy which you have recklessly ruined. I am one of the richest people in the world, my schedule is extremely busy and if you want to get your GR fixed this month, not much later, you will have to deal with my suggestion of problem solving."

Vegeta's eyes narrowed and he growled:

„Really? Of course, because training to get stronger and protect your pathetic little planet with it's pathetic inhabitants from a potential enemy is much less important than your business! Sure, woman, why not, I will wait and then we will all die because of your ignorance."

„Do you see any potential enemy somewhere around here, Vegeta? No? Wait, maybe he is hiding in the bushes? No? Care to go to the kitchen and look there? Who knows – maybe he is hiding under our dinning table..." Vegeta was trying to reply but was cut off by Bulma again: „And as long as you and Goku are the biggest threat to Earth because of your irresponsibility, I am not making an exception in my schedule. So the only thing I can suggest you in order to get your toy working earlier – you and Goku will have to take some of my work so I will have more free time to start fixing... And for the beginning, tomorrow I had to take Goten and Trunks to the zoo. Congratulations, now this job is yours."

„WHAT?!"

Meanwhile, Trunks and his school friend were sitting outside of Capsule Corp. on a small bench. They were lazily turning over the leaves of some children magazine and eating a big portion of ice cream. Some of Bulma and Vegeta's angry statements could be heard from the yard too. A friend, who once again caught Bulma's angry tone, asked:

„Did your parents get into quarrel?"

Trunks, who has already finished his ice cream too, just lazily stated:

„What? Oh, no. That's how they reconcile."

Yes, definitely. Love IS one of the most complicated feelings in the world.