Once Upon a Time...

ch 15: Together Again

(A/N: the present-Bulla's class will be in italics, and the story will be in regular print.)

Bulma paced back and fourth in her bedroom. Trunks had already made it back home safely from the Cell Games, but Vegeta hasn't. Where was he? Mirai Trunks had already explained what happened at the Cell Games today (all that she missed). The blue-haired beauty couldn't be more proud of her mate. Vegeta went crazy when M. Trunks died. It just proved to Bulma that she was right. Vegeta was not the heartless man he plays himself to be.

"Who would think he's a hearltess man?" the smart blond girl in the class asked.

Vegeta just stared at the girl incredecously. What in the name of Dende was happening to him?

The blue-haired beauty opened her balcony doors and walked out into the cool, warm night.

"Where are you Vegeta," Bulma whispered out loud.

"Turn around woman," spoke a deep, gruff voice.

"It's him," a little boy with green hair exclaimed.

"Knew it," the teacher muttered.

Bulma quickly turned around. He was standing there with arms crossed and a scowl on his face. There were a few cuts and bruises on his face, and the rest of the parts Bulma could see. But he was standing in front of her. Her crystal orbs began to water. Vegeta looked at her. Why was she about to cry?

"Why are you crying woman?" he asked in an exasperated voice.

"That wasn't very nice," a little blond girl commented.

Vegeta rolled his eyes. He couldn't take this many children.

Suddenly Bulma ran up to her lover and jumped into his arms. Vegeta easily caught her without any hesitiation. He had a confused look on his stern face.

"Wo..." Vegeta was stopped.

Bulma had tears running down her delicate face as she showered her mate with soft butterfly kisses all over his face and neck. Vegeta eyes' were still widened, but he liked the attention his mate was giving him.

"I wasn't sure if you were coming back to me," Bulma spoke when she looked into her mate's obsidian eyes.

The Saiyan Prince was stunned into silence. He couldn't believe she was that worried about him. No one has ever been that concerned for his well being before. It was a stange feeling.

"I feel bad for him," a girl with long brown hair stated.

Both Bulla and Vegeta look at the girl with shock in their eyes. Both knew the Saiyan Prince didn't do sympathy.

"Then Trunks came back and told me what happened, and I didn't know where you were," Bulma sobbed, "or if you were going to back at all."

Vegeta stared into her watery azure orbs. She thought he had abondoned her. The Saiyan didn't know what to think. Never before has he had these feelings for anyone.

"Is he like a kid on the inside?" a boy with light brown hair asked.

The class erupted in laughter. A blush formed on the Saiyan Prince's cheeks. 'Brats,' he thought.

Slowly, Vegeta cupped her chin. With his thumb, Vegeta wiped the tears away from her cheek. Bulma looked back into his onyx orbs.

"And now Goku is gone for good. Why did he choose to stay dead. That idiot," she cried harder.

The Saiyan Prince held onto the blue-haired tightly. In the past, he might have been angered by his words. But he was feeling the loss of Earth's greatest hero, and he understood the bond of friendship the Earthly Saiyan and Bulma shared. There was no need to feel any jealousy. Bulma was his.

"Finally," the teacher muttered.

Bulla eyed her teacher strangely. What was that crazy woman talking about?

"Bulma," Vegeta called.

Bulma worked to control her sobs. It felt good to be in his arms. Like it was comforting her by sending her sorrows away.

"I love you Vegeta," she stated.

She felt his grip around her tighten. Though he didn't say it, she was certain he felt the same way about her.

"Will he just say it back to her already!" a girl with red hair in pig tails yells.

Bulla glared at the girl. How dare that girl interrupt her with something silly like that!

Reluctantly Bulma detached herself from her lover. But she could tell that he was exhausted. His eye lids began to drop, and he was looking a little pale. A lot has happened, and the best thing was sleep for the both of them. She grabbed his hand and crawled into bed. He stripped off his shirt, gloves, and the rest of his uniform. He was ready for some sleep. As soon as his head hit that pillow his eyes closed.

"Vegeta," Bulma whispered.

"What woman," Vegeta grumbled without opening his eyes.

"Hold me," she spoke in a quiet voice.

He opened one eye and looked at his lover. Silently he wrapped his arms around her. She sighed in contempt. The both of them drifted off into sleep, dreaming of what was going to happen tomorrow.

A/N:

Well what did you think?

Sorry it was such a short chapter. It is the conclusion of the Android/Cell saga. The rest of the story will be the missing seven years.

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