/ ❯ The Secrets We Keep ❯ Losing It All ( Chapter 5 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Kira Anne 
Anime/Manga: / | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.15.2002 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 163 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: / | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.15.2002 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 163 | Status: Work In Progress
Losing It All
Bulma stay in the hospital lasted only about a week, and that was long enough. She found it more and more difficult to get up in the morning, however she had to take care of Celeste, she could not forget about her best friend's child. Most things went back to normal with in a few days after Bulma's release from the hospital, but it seemed that Bulma had not gone back to normal. She would spend most of her time in her room, and not come out for hours at a time. She had stopped working for a time after her release from the hospital and after that she just never went back to work. Everyone had begun to worry about Bulma, except for Bulma. She almost never argued with anyone, especially Vegeta, she simply did as she was told like an obedient child.
However her depression had begun not only to affect her but others as well, even Vegeta noticed something had changed about the fiery young woman. She gave no argument what so ever to the slew of insults he threw at her daily. Even he had to admit there was something missing from those ocean blue eyes that sent chills up and down his spine.
Even Celeste noticed the change in Bulma. She never really bother to ask Bulma for anything any more, she never asked her to play or asked her any sort of questions, she just went along to who ever else could help her, even if that meant asking help from Vegeta. Once Celeste even asked Vegeta to help her comb her hair, which resulted in a very messy bathroom and Celeste's hair looking like a raccoon had run through it.
Bulma spent hours thinking about how her life had changed, most of it was spent thinking about Nyx though. She hadn't had her strange dreams after that night, that was something she didn't miss. Bulma clung closely to all she had left, every person in her life had become even more important than they were before, sometimes Bulma couldn't help wondering who she would lose next.
" Celeste, Come in here and let me comb your hair, we don't want Vegeta to do it again." Bulma told the little girl. Celeste skipped out of her bedroom wearing the jeans and sweater that Bulma had laid out for her the night before. Bulma picked the little girl up and sat her on the edge of the counter and quickly ran a comb through her tangled blond locks. After she had finished she sat the girl back on her feet." Go downstairs and get some breakfast from grandma briefs."
" Okay!" She agreed, running out of the bathroom and down the steps." Morning Grandma Briefs!!" Celeste announced as she skipped into the kitchen. Vegeta, who was eating his breakfast as well, eyed the little girl with annoyance.
" Morning Celeste." Mrs. Briefs said cheerfully, setting a plate of food down at the table.
" Morning Veggie!" Celeste said happily.
" Sit down brat." Vegeta ordered. Celeste complied quickly, sitting down at the table and beginning to eat.
" Vegeeeeeeeta!" Celeste said loudly, still chewing her food.
" Don't talk with you mouth full either. Better yet, just be quiet." Vegeta grumbled. Celeste shut up immediately and quickly ate the rest of her food. Celeste got down quickly from the table and passed Bulma just as she was coming in the kitchen.
" Celeste go get your bag for daycare." Bulma told her. Her only response to Bulma was her taking off faster than she had come.
" The brat is loud." Vegeta announced, getting Bulma's attention.
" She's four Vegeta. She's barely more than a baby." Bulma told him softly. "If you think she's loud, I can guarantee you if you ever had kids they would be ten times louder than her."
" There aren't any females on this baka plant even worth looking at." Vegeta said arrogantly.
" Yeah or so you tell me." Bulma said nonchalantly. " I'd love to stay and chat, but I have to take Celeste to daycare."
" I'm ready Aunt Bulma!!" Celeste yelled, as she ran out the door, Bulma turned and followed quickly, not saying any more to Vegeta.
When Bulma returned from dropping Celeste off at daycare she noticed there was a strange blue car sitting in the driveway. Bulma thought nothing of it, knowing that her parents often had company. Quickly Bulma ran into the house, shutting the door quietly behind her.
" Kami its cold." Bulma muttered, taking off her coat and setting it a near by chair. After this Bulma walked quickly into the living room to discover her mother sitting down with a raven haired woman.
" Oh Bulma dearest. This is Seri, she is here on behalf of Yamcha's sister. " Bulma's mother cooed.
" Yes Miss Briefs. As you know you have temporary custody of Celeste. Due to her brother's untimely death, Chimayo, Has come into a substantial amount of money that would allow her to adequately care for her niece." Seri told her.
" So your saying your going to take her away from me?" Bulma asked, her heart beating in her throat. Seri inhaled deeply and nodded in a regretful way. Bulma sighed and buried her head in her hands as she felt her tears coming on once more.
" Miss. Briefs Chimayo has agreed to let you visit Celeste as often as you would like. She believed it was the least she could do considering how you have cared for her all these months." Seri informed her.
" Can I fight this?" Bulma asked, tears streaming down her cheeks.
" I think that we are all in agreement that it is best if you don't. We all want what is best for Celeste." Seri told her. " I think it would be best if you went and got her from daycare now."
" Go ahead honey, I'll get Celeste's things together for you." Bulma's mother sighed.
" Alright." Bulma agreed, before leaving the room. She turned around to glance back at the woman in the other room as she headed out the door, not caring if she wore her coat or not.
Celeste had been surprised when Bulma had picked her up from daycare, but none the less delighted. Bulma tried her best to drive with out crying, but found it difficult.
" Aunt Bulma? Why are you sad?" Celeste asked as Bulma pulled into the driveway. Bulma sighed and tried to smile as she turned to the small girl.
" Well Your going to have to go live with you aunt Chimayo. You'll get to see me every once in a while, but....you won't be living that far away from me." Bulma explained.
" Aunt Bulma I don't want to leave!!" Celeste cried.
" I know, but your mommy once told me something, everything will turn out as it is suppose to in the end. Do you know what that means?" Bulma asked. Celeste nodded slowly.
" Mommy used to say that about Daddy. I miss them." Celeste said sadly. Bulma smiled softly as she hugged Celeste gently
" I know, me too." Bulma sighed, kissing Celeste's forehead gently.
Within moments of Celeste's arrival at the house, she was gone. Bulma smiled as best as she could as the little girl got into the small blue car and was out of sight within minutes. As soon as she was Bulma sunk to her knees in despair. She had just lost the last thing she was still living for.
~
After the day Celeste left Bulma didn't come out of her room for two days. Her mother had done her best to make sure that Bulma had gotten her meals in her room, but no matter what she did Bulma couldn't bear to eat. She cried for hours on end and did nothing but lie in bed for days. Until the inevitable happened.
" Woman! Your stupid piece of junk broke again!" Vegeta yelled, banging on her door." Open the damn door before I break it down!"
" Leave me alone!" Bulma yelled half heartedly. There was silence for another moment or two before the loud crashing sound of a door being broken off its hinges. Bulma didn't move as Vegeta charged into her room grabbed her wrist, pulling her off the mattress and dropping her in the floor Vegeta cringed as he glanced at the dirty wrinkled clothes she was wearing.
" Get your ass up woman, before I blast you." Vegeta threatened.
" Please do." Bulma moaned. Vegeta looked down on the woman in disgust. Roughly Vegeta picked Bulma up quickly and charged into the bathroom and dumped Bulma into the tub and turned on the cold water.
" Ah Vegeta you asshole!" Bulma screamed, writhing under the chilly water.
" Now get up and fix the gravity machine!" He ordered, turning to go.
" Fuck you." Bulma said weakly, turning the shower off and climbing out of the tub.
" Woman do as I say or else!" Vegeta threatened, watching as she walked back into her room and pulled off her the now soaking wet night shirt she was wearing and climbed back into bed. Vegeta's eyes roamed over her figure quickly before walking back over to her bed and looking down on her. She was now on laying on her stomach, wearing nothing but her underwear. Vegeta's eyes ran down her body, shocked by how thin she had become, her ribs were visible and her arms and legs had grown stick thin.
" Woman..." Vegeta said in a low voice. " Get up now." Bulma turned over, clutching the sheets to her bare chest and stared at him.
" No...what is the worst you'll do to me? Kill me? Go ahead, I'd enjoy that." Bulma said seriously. Vegeta just stared at her in shock, had she just dared him to kill her? Vegeta growled as he pulled roughly grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer to him. Bulma yelped in pain as he crushed her wrist in his hand. " Don't ever dare me to do anything... The next time you do, I just may do it." Vegeta snarled, throwing her arm back to her and storming out of her room.
After the incident with Vegeta Bulma came out of her room, more out of necessity than anything else. She had been fairly sure that her wrist had been broken, after an hour she finally got someone to drive her to the hospital.
" Well Miss. Briefs, this is quite an injury.." Her doctor said lowly, looking carefully at her wrist. " Did someone do this to you?"
"No, I just had a bad accident." Bulma lied.
" Well, we should be able to get a cast on it and fix it up." The doctor said lowly. "I will give you some medication for the pain-"
" I don't think it would be a good idea for me to have the pills doctor." Bulma said suddenly, her mind wandering back to her " bad night " that had landed her in the hospital. "You see I was addicted to pain killers, last time I took pills, I nearly killed myself."
" Well Miss. Briefs, do you live with someone who could keep watch on you?" The doctor asked.
" Yes."
" Well then I don't think it should be a problem." The doctor said coolly, before getting to work on her wrist.
( A/N: OMG I DID IT! LOL. Yes I finished the chapter, It just took me forever to build up the desire to do this chapter! But I did it! Yay!!! Okay well R/R Just like good readers! ~ Kira ~ )
Bulma stay in the hospital lasted only about a week, and that was long enough. She found it more and more difficult to get up in the morning, however she had to take care of Celeste, she could not forget about her best friend's child. Most things went back to normal with in a few days after Bulma's release from the hospital, but it seemed that Bulma had not gone back to normal. She would spend most of her time in her room, and not come out for hours at a time. She had stopped working for a time after her release from the hospital and after that she just never went back to work. Everyone had begun to worry about Bulma, except for Bulma. She almost never argued with anyone, especially Vegeta, she simply did as she was told like an obedient child.
However her depression had begun not only to affect her but others as well, even Vegeta noticed something had changed about the fiery young woman. She gave no argument what so ever to the slew of insults he threw at her daily. Even he had to admit there was something missing from those ocean blue eyes that sent chills up and down his spine.
Even Celeste noticed the change in Bulma. She never really bother to ask Bulma for anything any more, she never asked her to play or asked her any sort of questions, she just went along to who ever else could help her, even if that meant asking help from Vegeta. Once Celeste even asked Vegeta to help her comb her hair, which resulted in a very messy bathroom and Celeste's hair looking like a raccoon had run through it.
Bulma spent hours thinking about how her life had changed, most of it was spent thinking about Nyx though. She hadn't had her strange dreams after that night, that was something she didn't miss. Bulma clung closely to all she had left, every person in her life had become even more important than they were before, sometimes Bulma couldn't help wondering who she would lose next.
" Celeste, Come in here and let me comb your hair, we don't want Vegeta to do it again." Bulma told the little girl. Celeste skipped out of her bedroom wearing the jeans and sweater that Bulma had laid out for her the night before. Bulma picked the little girl up and sat her on the edge of the counter and quickly ran a comb through her tangled blond locks. After she had finished she sat the girl back on her feet." Go downstairs and get some breakfast from grandma briefs."
" Okay!" She agreed, running out of the bathroom and down the steps." Morning Grandma Briefs!!" Celeste announced as she skipped into the kitchen. Vegeta, who was eating his breakfast as well, eyed the little girl with annoyance.
" Morning Celeste." Mrs. Briefs said cheerfully, setting a plate of food down at the table.
" Morning Veggie!" Celeste said happily.
" Sit down brat." Vegeta ordered. Celeste complied quickly, sitting down at the table and beginning to eat.
" Vegeeeeeeeta!" Celeste said loudly, still chewing her food.
" Don't talk with you mouth full either. Better yet, just be quiet." Vegeta grumbled. Celeste shut up immediately and quickly ate the rest of her food. Celeste got down quickly from the table and passed Bulma just as she was coming in the kitchen.
" Celeste go get your bag for daycare." Bulma told her. Her only response to Bulma was her taking off faster than she had come.
" The brat is loud." Vegeta announced, getting Bulma's attention.
" She's four Vegeta. She's barely more than a baby." Bulma told him softly. "If you think she's loud, I can guarantee you if you ever had kids they would be ten times louder than her."
" There aren't any females on this baka plant even worth looking at." Vegeta said arrogantly.
" Yeah or so you tell me." Bulma said nonchalantly. " I'd love to stay and chat, but I have to take Celeste to daycare."
" I'm ready Aunt Bulma!!" Celeste yelled, as she ran out the door, Bulma turned and followed quickly, not saying any more to Vegeta.
When Bulma returned from dropping Celeste off at daycare she noticed there was a strange blue car sitting in the driveway. Bulma thought nothing of it, knowing that her parents often had company. Quickly Bulma ran into the house, shutting the door quietly behind her.
" Kami its cold." Bulma muttered, taking off her coat and setting it a near by chair. After this Bulma walked quickly into the living room to discover her mother sitting down with a raven haired woman.
" Oh Bulma dearest. This is Seri, she is here on behalf of Yamcha's sister. " Bulma's mother cooed.
" Yes Miss Briefs. As you know you have temporary custody of Celeste. Due to her brother's untimely death, Chimayo, Has come into a substantial amount of money that would allow her to adequately care for her niece." Seri told her.
" So your saying your going to take her away from me?" Bulma asked, her heart beating in her throat. Seri inhaled deeply and nodded in a regretful way. Bulma sighed and buried her head in her hands as she felt her tears coming on once more.
" Miss. Briefs Chimayo has agreed to let you visit Celeste as often as you would like. She believed it was the least she could do considering how you have cared for her all these months." Seri informed her.
" Can I fight this?" Bulma asked, tears streaming down her cheeks.
" I think that we are all in agreement that it is best if you don't. We all want what is best for Celeste." Seri told her. " I think it would be best if you went and got her from daycare now."
" Go ahead honey, I'll get Celeste's things together for you." Bulma's mother sighed.
" Alright." Bulma agreed, before leaving the room. She turned around to glance back at the woman in the other room as she headed out the door, not caring if she wore her coat or not.
Celeste had been surprised when Bulma had picked her up from daycare, but none the less delighted. Bulma tried her best to drive with out crying, but found it difficult.
" Aunt Bulma? Why are you sad?" Celeste asked as Bulma pulled into the driveway. Bulma sighed and tried to smile as she turned to the small girl.
" Well Your going to have to go live with you aunt Chimayo. You'll get to see me every once in a while, but....you won't be living that far away from me." Bulma explained.
" Aunt Bulma I don't want to leave!!" Celeste cried.
" I know, but your mommy once told me something, everything will turn out as it is suppose to in the end. Do you know what that means?" Bulma asked. Celeste nodded slowly.
" Mommy used to say that about Daddy. I miss them." Celeste said sadly. Bulma smiled softly as she hugged Celeste gently
" I know, me too." Bulma sighed, kissing Celeste's forehead gently.
Within moments of Celeste's arrival at the house, she was gone. Bulma smiled as best as she could as the little girl got into the small blue car and was out of sight within minutes. As soon as she was Bulma sunk to her knees in despair. She had just lost the last thing she was still living for.
~
After the day Celeste left Bulma didn't come out of her room for two days. Her mother had done her best to make sure that Bulma had gotten her meals in her room, but no matter what she did Bulma couldn't bear to eat. She cried for hours on end and did nothing but lie in bed for days. Until the inevitable happened.
" Woman! Your stupid piece of junk broke again!" Vegeta yelled, banging on her door." Open the damn door before I break it down!"
" Leave me alone!" Bulma yelled half heartedly. There was silence for another moment or two before the loud crashing sound of a door being broken off its hinges. Bulma didn't move as Vegeta charged into her room grabbed her wrist, pulling her off the mattress and dropping her in the floor Vegeta cringed as he glanced at the dirty wrinkled clothes she was wearing.
" Get your ass up woman, before I blast you." Vegeta threatened.
" Please do." Bulma moaned. Vegeta looked down on the woman in disgust. Roughly Vegeta picked Bulma up quickly and charged into the bathroom and dumped Bulma into the tub and turned on the cold water.
" Ah Vegeta you asshole!" Bulma screamed, writhing under the chilly water.
" Now get up and fix the gravity machine!" He ordered, turning to go.
" Fuck you." Bulma said weakly, turning the shower off and climbing out of the tub.
" Woman do as I say or else!" Vegeta threatened, watching as she walked back into her room and pulled off her the now soaking wet night shirt she was wearing and climbed back into bed. Vegeta's eyes roamed over her figure quickly before walking back over to her bed and looking down on her. She was now on laying on her stomach, wearing nothing but her underwear. Vegeta's eyes ran down her body, shocked by how thin she had become, her ribs were visible and her arms and legs had grown stick thin.
" Woman..." Vegeta said in a low voice. " Get up now." Bulma turned over, clutching the sheets to her bare chest and stared at him.
" No...what is the worst you'll do to me? Kill me? Go ahead, I'd enjoy that." Bulma said seriously. Vegeta just stared at her in shock, had she just dared him to kill her? Vegeta growled as he pulled roughly grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer to him. Bulma yelped in pain as he crushed her wrist in his hand. " Don't ever dare me to do anything... The next time you do, I just may do it." Vegeta snarled, throwing her arm back to her and storming out of her room.
After the incident with Vegeta Bulma came out of her room, more out of necessity than anything else. She had been fairly sure that her wrist had been broken, after an hour she finally got someone to drive her to the hospital.
" Well Miss. Briefs, this is quite an injury.." Her doctor said lowly, looking carefully at her wrist. " Did someone do this to you?"
"No, I just had a bad accident." Bulma lied.
" Well, we should be able to get a cast on it and fix it up." The doctor said lowly. "I will give you some medication for the pain-"
" I don't think it would be a good idea for me to have the pills doctor." Bulma said suddenly, her mind wandering back to her " bad night " that had landed her in the hospital. "You see I was addicted to pain killers, last time I took pills, I nearly killed myself."
" Well Miss. Briefs, do you live with someone who could keep watch on you?" The doctor asked.
" Yes."
" Well then I don't think it should be a problem." The doctor said coolly, before getting to work on her wrist.
( A/N: OMG I DID IT! LOL. Yes I finished the chapter, It just took me forever to build up the desire to do this chapter! But I did it! Yay!!! Okay well R/R Just like good readers! ~ Kira ~ )