Vegeta looked after Bulma until she drove away. The confession came so unexpectedly that he first sat down on the floor again.


"Did she mean it? -I can't believe that ... But she cried ..."


Vegeta let out a long sigh.


"And now?" he asked softly. "How should it go on?"


He looked at the reddish sky.


"Bulma ..." Vegeta imagined Bulma's face with open eyes. It smiled at him.


"It's hard to believe that a woman like you would give me ..."


Vegeta paused. "No! You and I, that can't work! I'm a Sayajin! -And besides, I don't know how to behave towards you ...




Meanwhile Bulma drove home. Through the tears she saw everything blurred.


"Damn it! I can't stop crying! -And it's all because of that ... stupid ... idiot!"


Bulma reached the western capital. The streets were still empty because it was very early.

At Capsule Corp. when Bulma got out of the car and went into the house. Everything was calm. Her parents still seemed to be asleep.


Bulma went to her room and closed the door. The room was flooded with pale light. She opened her zipper, took off her dress and slipped into comfortable sports clothes.


Bulma shuffled wearily to the mirror. When she saw herself, she was startled. "Oh, man! My eyes are all red! Looks like I need a dose of sleep!"


So she shuffled back to the bed and dropped into it right away. Bulma stretched her arms and legs and looked at the ceiling.


"Why does it have to be you, Vegeta? Why not some fool that came along? Why just ...?


Bulma slowly fell asleep, exhausted and still crying.




Day was breaking and Bulma was still sleeping. Once her mother looked after her. She put her hand on Bulma's forehead and shook her head.

"Apparently she's not quite healthy yet." she told Mr. Briefs afterwards. "She has fever..."


"Hmm ... she's probably overdone and needs some rest." Mr. Briefs reassured his wife.


"I hope you're right ... Say, do you know where Vegeta is? I haven't seen him today!"


"Neither do I ... strange ... otherwise he's always the first in the kitchen!"




Yes, that begs the question, where has Vegeta actually gone ...




Vegeta strolled tiredly through the city with his head bowed. The whole time he thought about what Bulma had told him before. And he couldn't get the sad expression on her face out of his head.


"Bulma, I'm sorry that I'm so cold with you ... But every time I see you, I get this strange feeling. I don't know what to do ..." he thought.


Suddenly Vegeta's stomach contracted and growled (quite loud, so that some passers-by looked around)!It was only now that he realized that he had not eaten (more or less) in a long time! Well, where did the hunger take him then? -Sure, of course! The Capsule Corp.




When Vegeta finally got to the Briefs kitchen, he found Bulma's parents at lunch.


"Oh, hello, Vegeta! We were already wondering where you are ... You are surely hungry? -I'm going to make something quick." With that, Mrs. Briefs went to the stove and started to prepare something.


"Tell me, Vegeta!" began Bulma's father, "do you know what's wrong with Bulma? -She doesn't come out of her room. Did anything happen yesterday?"


Vegeta didn't know what to answer. Certainly not the truth! "Um, no, yes ... well ..." he stuttered. Then he thought of the solution that could save him.


"I think I shouldn't say that, but Bulma had a vodka with Piccolo yesterday!"


The cigarette fell from Mr. Briefs' mouth. "She got what?" he asked incredulously. "Honey, did you hear that ?!"Mrs. Briefs didn't seem to be enthusiastic about it, but remained surprisingly calm." I'm also sure that it didn't mean anything! -She wanted to have fun again! - Don't you remember what we were doing back then? "Mr. Briefs turned red." Stop talking about it! "


Vegeta was sick. Surely he would have puked now if he had something in his stomach. So he went out of the kitchen (saved from the embarrassing situation). On the way to his room, he began to take off his dusty tuxedo. When he turned the corner, he (again) slammed into Bulma. She fell back to the floor and looked at Vegeta ...