Author's note:

This chapter gets really really steamy. You're welcome :)

Chapter 22

Vegeta flew down the palace corridors at lightning speed knowing exactly where he needed to go.

He needed to see Bulma.

He was going to take a risk, he knew, but he just had to let her know how he felt about her. He was being selfish but he would never forgive himself if he never told her what he wanted and what he really wanted his whole life.

Her

From the time they were kids, she was the one who was always by his side. Ready to play with him, chat with him, eat with him, argue with him and help him. Vegeta had finally realised that he never wanted to let her go and wanted her to be by his side once again. This time in his bed, by his throne and by his people.

She was always the only one.

And he needed to let her know that.

Even if she didn't accept him. He had to at least try to let her know how he felt.

Finding himself outside her door, Vegeta banged on it creating slight cracks in the wood.

"Woman open up! I have to speak to you!" he shouted.

He heard some shuffling behind the door, but still she did not open up for him.

"Grrrrr woman I don't have time for your games! Just open this damn door!" He growled at the closed door in front of him.

Finally he saw the door slide open, revealing Bulma in her pyjama shorts and baggy t-shirt.

"Vegeta I-" she began.

But Vegeta didn't give her a chance to finish her sentence. He rushed at her and threw his arms around her embracing her fully and pulling her body tightly against his.

Burying his face in her neck, he took a deep breath of her scent which warmed his whole body.

Bulma stood stock still. Not expecting this reaction from Vegeta at all. He had never hugged her in all his life as he was doing now. He was pulling her closer and closer to his body, his arms tightening around her waist and back, as if he couldn't stand not to have her any closer.

These past few weeks had been dreadful for Bulma as she realised that Vegeta was planning to make Aubrey his true mate. She was trying to avoid him, more for the sake of her own sanity and in an attempt to protect her own feelings.

She knew that what she felt for him was so strong, that it was better if she just kept away from what he was planning to do with Aubrey. But the way he was acting now was making her seriously concerned if he was okay.

At the end of the day, she would always protect him no matter what form that may take.

Coming to her senses, she reached around him slightly and pushed the button on her door to make sure her door closed behind them. The last thing they needed was someone spying in on them.

She then lifted her hands and gently placed one on his cheek and the other through his hair, massaging his head gently.

He continued nuzzling into her neck and breathed in deeply at the feel of her hands on him.

"Vegeta what's wrong?" Bulma said gently.

Bulma wasn't sure if Vegeta heard her as he just continued to nuzzle into her and try to pull her closer into his arms.

"What happened Vegeta?" Bulma tried again, messaging his head encouragingly.

At her words Vegeta finally lifted his head up from her neck, to stare into her eyes.

"I…." Vegeta said staring at her, his eyes a pool of swirling emotions.

Bulma ran her thumb gently across his cheek encouraging him to go on.

"I kissed Aubrey"

That was not what she was expecting at all. But she felt her stomach drop at his words.

"Oh" she said trying to stop the tears from coming into her eyes. "Congratulations then" she smiled slightly, dropping her hands from his cheek and hair.

Vegeta still continued to hold onto her tightly and never broke eye contact. Taking a deep breath he continued.

"Listen to me woman. I need to let you know something" he said a bit more urgently as he could see her trying to avoid his eyes.

"Look at me Bulma" he said gently. At the use of her name, Bulma looked up to meet his eyes. His gaze was intense and felt like he was seeing right through her. She didn't often see Vegeta this serious.

"Yes, I kissed Aubrey. But in that moment I realised what I truly wanted and needed all along"

Vegeta rubbed his hand gently up her back to thread into her blue hair.

"What I wanted was standing right in front of me all these years" he said softly.

At his words he leaned forward and rested his forehead against hers. Breathing deeply he closed his eyes, enjoying the closeness they were sharing.

"I love you Bulma"

The words that came out his mouth surprised Vegeta. He had never planned on telling her anything about love. He wasn't even sure what love meant. But standing there, with Bulma in his arms, the words just spilled out of him.

"I know I'm being selfish. I know I promised this thing between us would all be pretend. But I just had to let you know" Vegeta sighed.

After a few moments they both just stood there, with their foreheads pressed together and Vegeta's arms holding Bulma tightly.

Breathing deeply Vegeta made a move to move away from Bulma and dropped his arms from around her.

Taking her silence as all the confirmation he needed, he looked at her one last time before he turned around to leave.

"Wait Vegeta" her words stopping him dead in his tracks.

Bulma was shocked and needed time to process what he had just confessed. Her heart soared that after all these months, he finally felt what she had been feeling all along. She never expected him to confess his love to her, but it showed her how serious he was about this and his feelings for her.

She was absolutely overjoyed.

Trying to stop the tears from streaming down her face, Bulma took a step towards him.

"I…." She started breathing in deeply trying to control her voice.

"I love you too" she whispered.

Vegeta spun around from his position by the door and stared at her in utter disbelief.

"Really?" he murmured.

"Oh you big goof" Bulma cried out, letting a single tear escape her. "I've felt this way for months now."

Bulma suddenly ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck, hugging him as close to her body as she could. In that moment she suddenly realised that he was just in his training shorts, with his muscular torso exposed. She felt the bare skin of his strong shoulders against her arms and sighed at the pleasant feeling.

"Damn woman" Vegeta responded struggling to find the right words. He wrapped his arms around her waist as she pulled herself closer to his frame.

"Wish you had told me sooner. Then we could have avoided all this drama" he said getting back to his snarky self, murmuring the words into her neck.

"Don't be daft Vegeta. I couldn't have told you earlier, you would have gotten freaked out. Nope. You needed to reach this conclusion on your own. I was going to give you the space to make whatever decision you wanted."

"At the cost of what you wanted woman? Now who was being daft?" He smirked against her skin.

"Ugggggh don't be a dweeb Vegeta. You know that's how I work" she huffed moving her hands to bury them in his hair.

"Unfortunately I know too well how you work woman."

"Or do you?" Bulma replied breathily.

Vegeta pulled his head out from the alcove of her neck and turned to stare at her hungrily. "Well I must admit, there are some parts of you that I'm keen to become better acquainted with" he said huskily.

"That was so cringe Vegeta" she giggled at him. "Please don't try that again."

She moved forward and pressed her lips against his own. Vegeta responded immediately, opening his mouth against hers and searching for her tongue.

Bulma slid her arms from around his neck to rest gently on his bare muscular chest. As he kissed her deeply she traced the ridges of his muscles under her finger tips trying to commit the feel of his skin under hers to memory.

He was so damn fit.

It felt amazing feeling every crevice of his muscles, hard as rock and yet sensitive to her touch. She wanted more than anything to feel his body pressed up against her bare skin.

Vegeta massaged her tongue with his own, growling slightly into her mouth at the feeling of their tongues dancing together. He pushed his hand that was on her lower back under her loose t-shirt, needing to feel her skin.

Once his hand had gotten more than halfway up her back, he was happy to discover she wasn't wearing a bra. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he gently slid his hand from her back to her torso, the tips of his fingers barely brushing the under side of her breasts.

At the feeling, Bulma moaned deeply into his mouth her kissing becoming more out of control as she felt his hands on her skin.

Vegeta, encouraged by her response, moved his hand fully to cup her breast, the bobbing flesh fitting perfectly into his hand.

It's like she was made just for me.

He rubbed the pad of his thumb over her nipple gently, feeling the bud already starting to harden. Vegeta had never touched Bulma like this before and these new sensations were absolute bliss to him. He needed to feel more.

Now.

Slipping his hand suddenly from under her shirt (to Bulma's great protest), Vegeta moved and picked Bulma up bridal style to carry her to the bed behind them.

Once Bulma realised what he was doing she stopped her protest and responded by lifting herself up his arms slightly to place gentle kisses on his neck.

Placing her gently on the bed, Vegeta moved to hurriedly rip of his training sneakers and socks, leaving him in just his shorts.

Bulma inched up on the bed, using her arms to lift herself up and stare at him, a hungry look on her face. Vegeta crawled up towards her, hooking his fingers at the bottom of her shirt with the intention of getting rid of it.

Pausing slightly, he asked for her permission with his eyes. At Bulma's nod, he slowly lifted the shirt off her and her over head.

The sight that met him was truly breathtaking. Her breasts were large and perfectly sized. They bobbed up and down with her excited breathing as she watched him analyse her. Her waist and torso was toned and slim, leading out to wider hips hidden behind her low rise pyjama shorts. He could still see a faint scar on her one breast where that idiot Yamcha had violated her all those years ago and he promised himself her would make her forget that awful experience and show her what it meant to be with a true man.

"You're beautiful" he whispered out before he could stop himself.

He could see the blush hit her cheeks and travel down to the top of her chest.

"You're not too bad looking yourself, Mr Prince of all Saiyans" she smiled at him.

Feeling boldened by her words, he crawled over her body and kissed her. She immediately responded by wrapping her arms around him and bringing their naked torsos flush against each other.

They both moaned at the contact and the feel of their skin finally meeting in all the right places. Vegeta felt her breasts pressed up against his chest, whilst her stomach gently rubbed against his as she panted slightly into his mouth.

He never wanted to forget this feeling.

Moving down, he placed gentle kisses on her chest and in the valley between her breasts. Bulma held onto his head tightly, her fingers wrapping into his hair and massaging his scalp. He moaned against her skin at the feeling of fingers tugging at his hair.

Finally he moved onto her breast and took one nipple into his mouth, sucking gently on the hardened bud. His other hand came up to gently massage her other breast and twirl the nipple between his fingers.

Bulma moaned loudly at the feeling of his tongue against her breast, the feeling completely out of this world. She had never experienced anything so pleasurable in her whole life.

Heat shot straight down to her clit, as she could feel herself start to get wet.

"Hhhhhmmm Vegeta" she moaned out as he switched breasts, releasing her one nipple with a slight pop sound.

Vegeta licked her other nipple, swirling his tongue around the sensitive skin completely focussed on his task of pleasuring her. As he licked and sucked, he could smell the sweet scent of her arousal which encouraged him further. Bulma started to move her hips against him, seeking some friction in her lower body.

"Vegeta" she moaned. He felt himself get even harder at the way she said his name. Feeling the need for friction himself, he moved up her body and returned his mouth to hers.

Bulma responded immediately by wrapping her arms around him and her legs around his waist. She rocked her hips against his rock hard length through their shorts.

"Woman" Vegeta panted into her mouth. "We need to stop" he breathed.

"Mmmmmhmmmm" she moaned continuing to rock herself against him.

Vegeta kissed her passionately, responding by thrusting his hips gently against her core. The friction between them was addicting and Vegeta wished for more than anything that he could just rip their clothes off fully so he could plunge into her.

However, they couldn't mate before they were officially crowned in one month's time. It was a custom he was forced to follow.

"Woman" he said between kisses. "We need to wait for the official ceremony" he murmured going back to her mouth, unable to stop himself.

"Hmmmmhhhm" she said pulling him closer.

With the greatest effort he had ever exerted in his life, Vegeta slowly pulled away from Bulma. Resting his body on his forearms hovering above her.

Bulma opened her eyes dazedly and stared up at him, her lips red and slightly swollen from his attention, her face flushed an attractive shade of red.

She was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen.

"Huh" she murmured in a daze.

"We have to wait. One more month" he whispered leaning down and placing a kiss on her cheek.

"Hmmm okay" she said slightly out of it. "I've waited so long for this" she whispered.

"I know that now" Vegeta said staring into her blue eyes. "I never realised until I kissed Aubrey, how much I wished it was you in my arms".

"Our mothers are going to be so happy" she said giggling.

At that he smirked at her. "My mother was willing to fight for you, you know. She came to my rooms and told me I better leave Aubrey alone".

"Sounds like a wise woman, your mother" Bulma smiled up at him.

"She has her moments" Vegeta said leaning his forehead against hers and closing his eyes. "But for now, I need a cold shower before I catch fire" he grumbled.

Bulma could still feel his impressive length, pressing rock hard into her stomach, wishing more than anything they didn't have to stop here.

"Damn the next month is going to be torture" she said lifting her hips slightly to feel his length more.

"Evil wench" he smirked. Rolling off her he made to sit on the side of the bed, finding his socks on the floor and making to pull on his shoes.

Bulma raised herself up from the bed and found her shirt thrown on the floor next to the bed. She pulled it over her head and sat crossed-legged on the bed facing Vegeta, waiting for him to finish up.

Once he was done, he stood up and she could see his member tenting his training shorts, getting nervous slightly for their mating day as she imagined him putting that length in her.

"Stop staring woman. You'll get to see the good stuff soon" he smirked pride reflecting in his voice.

"Ugggggh men, such pigs" she grumbled, crossing her arms across her chest.

"Okay I'm off, lucky my room is right next door so I can slip by quickly" Vegeta said making his way to the door. "See you tomorrow woman" he said picking his hand up in goodbye as he stuck his head out the door looking to see if the coast was clear.

"Bye Vegeta" she smiled at him from the bed. At her words, he turned back gave her his usual Vegeta smirk and disappeared out the door shutting it behind him.

Author's note:

FINALLY! It only took them 85k words and 22 Chapters to get there but finally our stubborn couple has gotten together.

Hope you enjoyed that one! I feel like I needed to give you guys some action after all your waiting ;)