Son in a serious voice. Bulma sighed.
"You know ... I'm starting to wonder if Vegeta ever loved me ..."
"So why should you think that? He stayed with you a long time, right?"
"There are practically so many reasons why he stayed with me."
"Why do you doubt him?"
"Because ... because he never told me he loved me ... or at least put it another way than by taking care of the kids or spending time with me ..."
Suddenly, Chichi laughed. Bulma glared at her.
"What's so damn funny ?!" complained the chairwoman of Capsule Corp.
"So it's just that ... that's your problem ?! It's so small !!!"Chichi laughed a little more. Then she reached forward and took her friend's hand.
"Bulma, I should be the one who doubts Goku's love! It's always been a very good wife for Vegeta. As for me ... you know exactly how I treated Goku. But deep down, I know that he was me loves ... "
"That's because he tells you he does. That's what you said earlier."
"Yes ... he does ... but that was only after he was awakened," Chichi laughed and let go of Bulma's hand.
"Maybe you don't know," she continued, "but he loves you in his very special way. Always remember ... the more secretly a love is expressed, the stronger the bond with which it binds."
"Where did you get that line from? From the internet or something?"
"No, from one of Pan's diaries. Don't tell her, okay?"
Bulma nodded. The moment she heard it, she knew she liked that line. He gave her a new kind of hope and a sense of relief deep within her.After they finished tea, she and Chichi went home. Vegeta sat stiffly in his chair and looked coldly at his children, who were enjoying their food from the snack bar. The family was unusually quiet. Trunks and Bra just stared at their father. Vegeta, who couldn't take it any longer, finally spoke to her.
"What the hell is the matter with you two ?! You guys have been staring at me since we got here!"
The half-Saiyajin siblings looked at each other as if to say, "The time has come".
"Nothing, Dad," Trunks grinned as he bumped his sister's arm with his elbow. "We were just wondering why you stayed with Mom all these years."
This question surprised Vegeta a little. He knew why he had stayed with Bulma for so long. He just didn't think it was right to tell anyone about it because he wasn't really good at expressing his feelings through words. Before he could think of an answer, Bra spoke first."Maybe because mom is so beautiful!"
"Or maybe because mom is so rich!" added Trunks.
"HEY! That's not--"
"Or maybe because mom is so damn hot!" Bra interjected before her father could finish his testimony.
"It is not--"
"Or maybe because he got mom pregnant ..." Trunks made a funny face at the statement. Vegeta, already trembling with anger, got up and hit the table with his hands.
"You are both wrong !!! I stayed with your mother because I LOVE HER !!! Can you get that into your head ?!"
His booming voice echoed throughout the diner. It seemed like time stood still when he understood what he had just done. After a few moments, his children started grinning underhandedly and playing around with Bra with the pendant on their necklace.
"Yeah ... and maybe we could get that into the minds of others too ..." Trunks muttered, still grinning. Very embarrassed, Vegeta quickly picked up the shopping bags next to him."Get your things!" he grumbled. "We are driving home!"
Behind his back, Trunks and Bra exchanged smiles, giggled, and quickly made five.
"Vegeta! What are you doing here so early?" she went to her husband, who sat on the bed after closing the door.
"It's only six-thirty. I thought you wouldn't be back by nine or so," she massaged Vegeta's shoulders, as she always did when her husband came home.
"It's because of your damn children ..." the prince took off his jacket, after which Bulma continued the massage. "What did Trunks and Bra do now?"
"Uh ... nothing at all!"
"Nothing at all and you call her damn?"
"A little higher ... a little to the left ... right there," Vegeta said where Bulma should massage him.
"You change the subject," she rubbed her hand a little more on Vegeta's shoulder.
"Well, they just bored me ... that's ..." before Vegeta could finish his sentence, a hologram screen appeared in front of the couple.Vegeta stood up when he saw the screen. Bulma watched as the words "THIS IS A RECORD" appeared on the screen. When the tape was played, the birds flew away because they heard a loud scream from Vegeta.
"AAAAARRGGGHH !!!"
It was a record of what he said earlier that day:
"You're both wrong! I stayed with your mother because I LOVE HER !!! Can you get that into your head?! ... I LOVE HER !!! ... I LOVE HER !!!! .. . I LOVE HER!!!!" the clip repeated over and over again.
"AAAAH !!! Where are these kids? !!!" Vegeta screamed and rioted after the screen disappeared. He started walking to the door when Bulma suddenly threw her arms around her husband and gave him an extremely passionate kiss. Surprised by what his wife had done, Vegeta lost his balance and fell on the bed with his wife. Bulma didn't stop kissing until she was out of breath. She looked at her shocked husband."What ?! It's not our wedding day, is it?" asked he.
"No, silly," Bulma leaned her head on her husband's muscular chest, "I'm just so happy ... now that I know you love me ... you should thank these kids instead of mad at them be!"
"Hmp!"
"I love you, Vegeta ... very much ... and it doesn't matter if you don't tell me right now ... but that's one thing you should know."
"What is it? That you love me? Because you already told me that,"
"No, I just want to tell you that you have to shave! Your mustache is itching!" Bulma smiled and kissed her husband again.
"And," she added, "you don't have to wear things that make you look older than me ... we both know you're older and besides, I'm no longer unsure if you love me .. . "
Vegeta rolled over to the other side of the bed until Bulma was under him. He started kissing her neck. Bulma was starting to feel a little uncomfortable."Uh, Vegeta ... aren't we a little too old for that?"
"Funny," he muttered as he started to unbutton her nightgown, "I feel years younger when I'm with you ..."
"Do you think dad is going to kill us?" Bra Trunks asked a little nervously.
"Nope ... he'll be okay in ... three hours, I think," he replied, looking at his watch, "after he and Mom will come out, both in their bathrobes!"
The siblings laughed as they went downstairs to prepare dinner.

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