Try Again.

Title- Try Again
Pairings - Vegeta x Goku
Author - CrimsonTide


Chapter 9


Boredom. Mind-numbing boredom. The painful kind. It enveloped him. He was so bored that even thinking of something to do was boring him. Something had to be done.

Goku sucked in a deep breath as he stood and proceeded to the gravity chamber in the backyard, where Vegeta had been training non-stop since five that morning. The younger Saiyajin had wanted to join him, but he was four months into his pregnancy now, and after the incident during their last spar, the prince had been very reluctant to let his mate participate.

But pregnant or not, Goku was a Saiyajin and it was in his blood to fight. He needed it. He was growing tired to sitting around while Bulma begged him to let her experiment on him, without the use of needles, of course.

Goku stopped at the chamber door and glanced in the small window. He grinned as he watched the other Saiyajin spar with the battle robots Mr. Briefs was constantly fixing. The entire interior of the room was dark, with the exception of some red lights that gave everything an eerie look.

Goku broke from his thoughts as he knocked on the thick steel door and stepped back, folding his arms as he waited for the prince to answer. As expected, he felt the slight hum from within die down, and a moment later the door slid open and Vegeta stepped out, frowning slightly.

“Kakarotto. I told you I won’t spar with you. How many times are you going to insist on interrupting my training?”

Goku smiled and poked his fingers together. “Aw, but I’ve only asked two times…”

Vegeta’s frown deepened. “Try seven. In the last hour.”

The younger Saiyajin dropped his smile. “But Vegeta! I’m so bored! It’s not fair!”

“It’s your own fault for being pregnant!” the prince snapped. He was just as annoyed about not being about to spar with the other man as Goku was.

“My fault??!! It’s not ALL my fault!”

Vegeta’s face turned slightly red before he regained his composure and folded his arms, turning away slightly. “Don’t pin this situation on me! It may not be my fault at all!”

The sound of Goku’s breath catching in his throat alerted the older Saiyajin to what he’d just said, and his eyes widened slightly as he turned to his mate. He was forced to look away again as a burst of energy sent dirt flying through the air and into his face. When he was able to open his eyes again, Goku was gone, leaving only a fading trace of ki in his wake.

“Kuso…”

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Goku’s jaw clenched tightly as he shot through the air like a bullet, causing the trees and bushes below to bend in the wave of rushing air he created. Tears stung his eyes, but he refused to let them fall. He couldn’t believe how thoughtless Vegeta could be sometimes.

Not his fault.

He made it sound like his child was some inconvenient mistake! He was beginning to think that all the prince saw him as was a good sparring partner. That’s all the other Saiyajin had been doing since the news about the pregnancy got out. And since that’s all he did, Vegeta was usually too tired to do anything ‘else’ but sleep.

Goku frowned as he ran his hand over his bulging stomach. Bulma was right when she said Saiyajin babies develop faster than humans. When ChiChi was pregnant with Gohan, her stomach didn’t begin to swell until the fifth month, and here he was on his forth month looking like he was carrying a bowling ball under his shirt.

The Saiyajin blinked as he glanced down at his stomach. Maybe that was why Vegeta wasn’t paying much attention to him. Maybe he didn’t find him attractive anymore. Goku’s fists clenched as a single tear managed to find its way down his cheek.

So much for unconditional love.

The Saiyajin fought back a sob as he landed near one of his old fishing grounds. A large lake stretched out before him, and the smooth surface was occasionally disturbed by a swift fish below.

Goku couldn’t help the small smile that tugged on his lips as he began to remove his clothes. He hadn’t been fishing in awhile, and he was sure the cool water would soothe his heated flesh.

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Vegeta silently cursed to himself as he followed the wake of ki his mate had left behind. He hadn’t meant to say what he had, but the fact is he said it, and now he had to deal with it. He kept forgetting that the other Saiyajin’s emotional state was extremely sensitive at the moment. The slightest thing could set him off. But on the other hand, he wasn’t one to tiptoe around when it came to voicing his opinions.

Vegeta suddenly came to a halt in mid-flight as the bright orange material his mate insisted upon wearing became visible below. The clothes were strewn across the ground and looked as if the person who once wore them didn’t even bother to stop walking as he disregarded them, for they made a trail leading to a lake.

The prince’s eyes continued on to the large body of water, and he was just in time to see Goku’s head pop up from beneath the surface. Vegeta watched as his mate shook his head slightly, sending droplets of water flying in all directions. The younger Saiyajin seemed completely relaxed as he lazily drifted to the edge of the lake and rested his arms on the grassy shore. His legs were slowly swishing through the water as he rested his head on his folded arms and let his eyes slide shut. His tail traced circles on the liquid’s surface, causing small ripples to travel out in all directions.

Vegeta licked his lips as he slowly descended. His boots made no more than a soft ‘thud’ as they flattened the grass beneath them, but it was enough for Goku’s sensitive hearing to pick up. The younger Saiyajin’s eyes immediately snapped open, a slightly startled expression on his face. He frowned when he saw who his visitor was and promptly turned away with a small ‘hmph’.

Vegeta couldn’t help but smirk at the childish action as he sat on the shore beside the submerged Saiyajin.

“Come now, Kakarotto. You know I didn’t mean what I said.”

“Then why did you say it?” came a quiet, yet harsh reply.

The prince sighed and reached out, running his fingers through the other Saiyajin’s damp hair.

“Do you still think I’m attractive?”

Vegeta’s hand paused as he blinked in surprise. He hadn’t expected that one. “Why would you think I didn’t, Kakarotto?”

The younger Saiyajin finally looked at him with an angry expression. “Why would I think you did?? You haven’t given me many reasons lately to think otherwise.”

“I didn’t think you’d want to… in your condition…”

Goku huffed and lowered himself deeper into the water. “Well I did.”

Vegeta smirked as he stood and began to remove his armor. “Well why didn’t you just say something then, koi?” He slipped into the water once he was free of all clothing.

Goku blinked when he felt two arms wrap around him and he grinned as the prince nipped his ear. He turned in his mate’s grasp and pressed his lips against Vegeta’s, moaning as their tongue’s met. A rumbling purr leapt from the older Saiyajin’s chest as his tongue trailed down his mate’s neck and chest, lightly teasing each nipple. Goku’s eyes slid shut at the sensation and Vegeta swiftly turned his mate and wrapped his arms around him, letting his fingers caress the swollen stomach he found there.

Goku sighed and rested his head back on the prince’s shoulder, turning his head slightly to lazily roll his tongue over the royal neck.

“Kakarotto. You realize that whether or not I’m the father of this child, I will raise him as my own.”

Goku’s eyes snapped open at the words. “You mean that?”

Vegeta purred as his tail wrapped around that of his mate’s. “Of course. It’s part of you, and you are mine. So regardless of its genetic makeup, the child is mine too.”

The younger Saiyajin was at a loss for words, so instead he turned in his lover’s grasp once more and sealed his lips with a passionate kiss that left them both short of breath when it was broken minutes later.

“Mn. Let’s head back now Kakarotto. I think you should get some rest before it gets too late.”

Goku blinked as the prince climbed from the lake and reached for his clothes. “Why?”

Vegeta smirked as he pulled on a glove. “Because I don’t plan on letting you sleep tonight.”

The younger Saiyajin’s tail waved in excitement as he too exited the water and headed for his clothes. “Yeah, a quick nap might be good then.”

TBC

Short chapter, I know, but the big event is coming up in the next chapter, so I figured I'd better cut it off there :)