The first rays of dawn on her face woke Bulma up. She shifted her position a little before opening her eyes. The first thing she saw was Vegita's face. 'Vegita? What is he doing in here?' she thought. Then she remembered.
Careful not to wake him up, Bulma got up and out of bed. Since she knew the day was going to be hot, she slipped on cut-off jean shorts and a white Capsule Corp. shirt. After fixing her hair and putting on her make-up, Bulma quietly slipped down the stairs and into the kitchen.
As she prepared breakfast, all Bulma could think about was the night before. 'Why did I do that, no, HOW could I do that? I mean, yea, I've liked him for awhile and stuff, but....' It was the first time Vegita had ever shown any intimacy towards her. Never once had he kissed her (that she knew of) or anything of that sort. Was that just a spur of the moment thing or did Vegita really have feelings towards her? Would he just ignore her today or would he change and be kind and gentle?
Bulma's thoughts were still running when she heard a car door open and slam, followed by the sound of footsteps on the driveway. Immediatly, Bulma's stomach began to churn again. 'Oh no,' she thought. 'Please, not today, not after last night.' But no matter how much she wished against it, thinking and wishing could not stop the front door from opening and closing and Eric's calm voice from calling out "Hello Bulma."
Bulma tried hard not to drop the pan of hot water she was holding in her shaking hands as she replied "hello Eric" as evenly and as calm as she could. Oh, how she wished that she could just send that boiling hot water into Eric's face and wipe that look off his face. She knew she couldn't, though she did almost drop it when she felt Eric's arms come around her from behind, wrapping around her waist.
"Cooking breakfast, my sweet?" Eric's voice cooed against her ear.
"Yes, umm....Vegita'll be up soon," Bulma tried to warn.
"He's already up," Eric simply said while making a trail of kisses on her neck. 'Same trail Vegita made last night,' Bulma thought but said nothing.
"He is?" Bulma tried not to act too surprised or hurt. She had been hoping that Vegita might pop up and rip this monster off of her. His arms around her felt like prison bars.
"Yup...I saw him walking towards the gravity room as I pulled up," Eric filled her in.
"Oh..." Bulma could've sighed in relief when Eric's lips left her skin and his arms unwrapped themselves from around her waist.
"Well, I'm going to go take a shower real quick. Didn't get a chance to this morning. Should I use the one just outside the living room?" Eric asked.
"Yea..." Bulma began but then remembered that her and Vegita's clothes from last night were still in there. "Wait, no, use the one in my room. I forgot, um, the one in the living room is, um, broken."
Eric gave her a weird look before replying "Ok" and disappearing up the stairs. Bulma breathed in a sigh of relief and went back to her cooking.
Five minutes later, she heard someone walk into the dining room and stop. Bulma glanced at the clock, and, seeing that it was 9:30, thought that Vegita had entered, wanting his breakfast.
"You're breakfast will be done in a minute, Vegita."
"Are you cooking his breakfast or are YOU his breakfast?" Eric's angry voice boomed out to her. Startled, Bulma gasped and swung around, her eyes growing large at what she saw.
Eric stood there, his face beet red with anger. In his hand was a sheet. The sheet was obviously from her bed, since it had a blood stain in the middle of it. 'Dammit,' Bulma thought.
"What is this?" Eric demanded.
"A-a sheet.." Bulma replied as calm as she could.
"Obviously, but why does it have a big patch of blood on it?" Eric's voice was growing louder and louder with each word he said. Bulma couldn't think of anything to say.
"So, you're cheating on me AGAIN, are you?" Eric accused her.
"I never cheated on you! Wait a minute, what do you mean? I'm not going out with you, I'm not yours! What I do in my spare time is none of you business!" Bulma shrieked.
Eric threw the sheet down and started towards her. With every step he took her way, Bulma took another step back until she backed all the way into the counter. Eric then grabbed her chin roughly, causing tears of pain to swell up in her eyes. Leveling his eye level with hers, he said
"You are mine if I say you are. You have been and always will be mine. You refuse to do anything for me but gladly wrap your legs around this...this... MONKEY! Well, no more, I tell you, no more. I thought you learned your lesson when I knocked you out in the gravity room, but obviously not!" After saying that, Eric looked outside the window and cursed when he saw Vegita coming out of it. "Well, it appears that I must go. Behave. I've warned you...." And with that, Eric released her and was gone.
