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Bulma lay on Vegeta�s chest; his hand absent-mindedly stroked her hair as he talked,
�Frieza took me away from my planet when I was only a kid, then before I knew it he blew up my planet and only a few of us saiyans survived, Me, Goku, Krillen, Raditz and Nappa.� Vegeta pulled Bulma closer to him, �I don�t know when I decided to kill Frieza�I must have young because as far back as I can remember my goal was to rid the galaxy of him and take control.�
�That�s a pretty weird wish for a little boy.� Bulma snuggled closer to him, wondering why she liked Vegeta so much when she was in close proximity with him and yet could despise him from afar.
�I guess so�what did you wish for when you were young?� Vegeta glanced down at her then returned his gaze to the ceiling as he continued stroking her hair, �I want to know.�
�I�� Bulma though back to when she had been raised in the labs, the only person she had been close to had been Dr. Briefs, one of Frieza�s leading scientists, he�d treated Bulma like a daughter, they still got on today, �I supposed I wished that I had a real father and mother. I mean I had my sisters and brothers like Jay and Eighteen but we never really had any guidance from parental figures, I did wish to be stronger�but not as much I wished to be loved�� Bulma paused realising how stupid that sounded, �I know that sounds weird but when you grow up all alone you start to crave love.�
Vegeta pulled her up next to him so her head was next to his, �I don�t think I�ve ever felt love, not real love like all the weak romantics of the world think of it.�
�That�s sad.� Bulma turned to face him and was surprised by look in his eyes as he looked right back at her,
�Not as sad as you might think, You�ll always be weak because you crave love, I, on the other hand cant crave what I don�t believe in and so I�ll always be strong, I�ll never become a slave to my emotions.� Vegeta looked at her for a while longer, that strange look still in his eyes, then he reached down next to the bed and pulled something up, �Last time you were here you left these behind you�� He held up the underwear that he had torn off her the night before.
Bulma felt herself blush a deep scarlet as she snatched at them, only to have Vegeta hold them out of her reach.
�Na-ah, woman, I�ll think I�ll keep these, as a memento of sorts.� Vegeta laughed when Bulma blushed even redder and he tossed the torn lacy wisps of material onto a nearby table as he rolled over and caught Bulma beneath him, he grinned down her, a savage light in his eyes as he kissed her, drinking in the look of pure heaven which crossed Bulma�s expressive face.
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�Hi Chichi�� Goku stepped out in front of the black haired waif as she stalked down the hallway towards her room, she paused to look Goku up and down and then blushed and continued on her way, nervously wringing her hands as the older saiyan kept up with her.
�I was wondering if I could ask you out�� Goku jogged a little as Chichi hurried her pace, trying her best to ignore him, �Aaaw come on�I won�t bite.� Moved in front of her with liquid grace and gave her an easy going smile.
Chichi shifted her weight from one foot to the other, �I have to get back to my room�Eighteen said so�she said I wasn�t to talk to anyone.�
�Well�I�ll walk you home.� Goku gave a happy grin,
�But my doors right here�� Chichi pointed to the door to the apartment.
�Well I kind of have to come in anyway�I�m supposed to be meeting Krillen here when his date�s over.�
�Krillen?� Chichi looked puzzled, �Who�s that?�
�Short, bald, dates your friend Eighteen��
�Oh Kremlin!� Chichi giggled slightly, �I mean, yeah I know who Krillen is�Eighteen calls him Kremlin though, she�s not the best with names.�
�Yeah�I noticed, so can I come in and wait? I promise I wont hurt you or anything�I just want to ask you out that�s all.�
�Ask me out?� Chichi blushed, �Why?
Goku grinned and laughed nervously, �Because I like you and I think your pretty and I like you.� Goku moved a little closer, �What do you say?�
�I ah�� Chichi looked nervously around, �I don�t know��
�Come on, Chichi, what could happen?� Goku moved a tiny bit closer to his chosen mate and resisted the urge to run his tail up her leg.
�I guess so.� Chichi smiled a small smile, �But don�t expect me to sleep with you or anything.�
�Of course not.� Goku followed Chichi in as she unlocked the door and held it open for her; he glanced at his watch (yeah saiyans have watches) and moved over to one of the lounge chairs, �So you came from King Kold right?�
�Yeah�want a drink?� Chichi moved into the kitchen, unaware of Goku�s intense gaze on her as she walked away.
�I�d love one. So what was it like working for him?�
�It wasn�t too bad, I mostly did a lot of planet purging for him.� Chichi pulled a can of drink down for herself and they puled another one down for Goku.
�What you do for fun?� Goku caught the drink she tossed at him and pulled it open, taking a gulp.
�I used to cage fight.�
�Cage fight?�
�Yeah, it�s where you fight in a cage for money�it was fun.� Chichi too a small sip of her drink and settled down next to Goku, who moved closer to her again this time unable to stop his tail from sweeping up her body. Chichi shivered and lent slightly away from him.
�What does your tails do?� She caught Goku�s tail as it swished up her body again, �Does it do anything useful?�
�Well.� Goku pulled his tail out of her grasp and wrapped it around his waist, �It�s what allows up to turn in to a Oozaroo.�
�A what?� Chichi looked confused,
�Its kind of a giant monkey, but where really strong in that form.� Goku grinned and moved closer to Chichi again�
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Bulma finished getting dressed and paused to watch Vegeta as he slept, he was kind of cute when he was sleeping. She leant close to him and watched intently as he mumbled something incoherent in his sleep then rolled over and grabbed the pillow that Bulma had been sleeping on, he pulled it close to him and mumbled something that sounded an awful lot like her name.
Bulma pulled away and looked back at him, wondering what that weird feeling she could feel in the pit of her stomach was, or why that little voice in her head was telling her to climb back into bed and curl up next to Vegeta.
With a small sigh Bulma turned and left the room, it was better that she wasn�t here when he woke up.
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