Chapter Seven: The After
Vegeta slowly opened one eye. Pressed against Goku, he could feel the younger saiyan’s deep relaxed breaths moving him back and forth under the blanket. Vegeta opened both his eyes now as he blinked a few times. It was not a dream; what they had done, it was real. Vegeta tilted his head slightly as he looked up to see his mate laying there. He looked so peaceful; Vegeta wanted to smack the shit out of him for no reason. Pushing himself away, Vegeta moved from Goku and sat up… that was a mistake. His whole lower half suddenly pulsed in pain and Vegeta suddenly realized why species of the same sex could not actually have sex; Kami it hurt. Letting out a groan he leaned back against the frame of the bed as he sat there. A million things were going through his mind at the moment and it just felt like he didn’t know where to start. As he sat there thinking he noticed his journal had somehow found it’s way out of the garbage can and to his room. Vegeta stared at it quizzically as he wondered just how in the hell it got to his nightstand.
“I thought you might want it,” a voice mumbled from behind him.
Vegeta turned his head to see Goku there looking up at him. Goku smiled softly as he looked at Vegeta. He leaned over and wrapped his arms around Vegeta’s waist. The pain, still immense caused even a little touch to make it worse.
“Don’t touch me! It hurts dammit!” Vegeta nearly shouted as he landed his fist on Goku’s head.
The younger Saiyan quickly moved away, gripping his head, “Ow,” Goku cried out. He then slowly leaned over and kissed Vegeta on his cheek, “Sorry… I didn’t mean to hurt you. We’ll do it better next time.”
Vegeta shifted his eyes to Goku as his mate just smiled back at him. He wondered what this meant for both of them. Were they now truly mates or was this just a once in a lifetime thing? For Kakarott it seemed as if this was a lifetime thing. Vegeta was unsure as to what his own mind thought. He supposed that he would just wait and go with it. He would figure it out soon enough anyway. Sitting there on his bed he leaned over slowly and grabbed the book from his nightstand. He definitely had something to write about now but as he started to flip through it he discovered there were no more blank pages. It was rather surprising; Vegeta didn’t think he had written so much, but then again most of it was scratched out.
From his side, Goku watched and when he saw Vegeta’s slightly confused look he looked over the Prince’s shoulder to see that Vegeta was finished with the book. Goku smiled as he crawled back under the covers.
“Oh good, you are finished,” he said quietly as he snuggled against Vegeta being careful not to force himself on the Prince remembering the smacking he had received a few moments earlier.
“So now what?” Vegeta asked as he looked down at Goku.
Yawning as he closed his eyes, Goku mumbled out, “Now you go back through and read what you wrote. Then you can see how much you’ve changed since you first started writing.”
Vegeta looked at him, watching as Goku started to fall into a peaceful sleep. He stared for a few moments but then turned his attention back to the book. He flipped through and found the first unscratched page. Yawning himself, he began to read…
Earth will never accept us…
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