Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely Hearts ❯ Truth Revealed ( Chapter 3 )

Lonely Hearts
Part Three - Truth Revealed

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A little over a week later . . .

Goku was worried, had been for some time now. During their most recent sparring sessions he'd noticed that Vegeta seemed somewhat detached. In the occasional unguarded moments, he saw past Vegeta's mask. Goku saw the pain and loneliness in his eyes. It made him want to hold the prince, comfort him and take away his pain. But he didn't, not yet anyway, he had to wait for a full moon. Which was tonight.

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Vegeta arrived that morning, as usual, to spar. For reasons he could not fathom, Kakarott was much livelier today than normal, even for a full moon. Reaching their usual sparing place they began to fight. Goku started with very subtle touches spaced well apart, to allow Vegeta time enough to lose himself in the match again. As the fight wore on his touches grew more bold and frequent. The sun began to set and neither saiya-jin showed any sign of slowing down. Sensing Vegeta's growing frustration and arousal, Goku decided that enough was enough. Using Shukan Idou, he jumped behind the ouji and hammered him into the ground. Vegeta hit hard, cursing Goku as he struggled out of the crater he'd made with his own body. He was rather surprised when Goku appeared in front of him, grabbing his arm and pulling him to his feet. Goku stared deep into his eyes, unsettling the saiya-jin no ouji. Unable to resist, Goku place a hand on the side of Vegeta's face before sliding it around to the back of his head. "K-Kakarott? Nani . . ?"

"Just this," Goku replied before leaning forward and kissing him. Vegeta's attempt to jerk away was thwarted by the hand Goku had holding his head. Goku's other arm wrapped around the prince's waist, bringing him closer. The smaller saiya-jin finally relaxing into the larger's embrace. Surfacing for air, Goku smiled down at his prince, Vegeta looked delightfully confused and innocent, his eyes were wide and his cheeks flushed.

"Kakarott, doushite?" he asked softly.

Goku closed his eyes and took a deep breath, it was now or never. "Vegeta I . . ." another deep breath, "I love you."

Vegeta stared at him in shock, "You can't. You can't love me!" He pounded Goku's chest as he tried to deny what he'd just heard.

"I can, and I do."

"Iie," Vegeta moaned, close to tears.

Already suspicious of the reasons, Goku requested an answer, "Doushite Vegeta? Why can't I love you?"

"Because."

"That's not an answer Vegeta."

With an anguished snarl, Vegeta wrenched away from Goku. "Because I'm a monster!!" He turned to leave but Goku grabbed his arm. "Let me go Kakarott," he snarled.

"Iie. Vegeta, you're not a monster . . ."

"Yes I am!! Do you know how many planets I purged, how many worlds I destroyed?! How many innocent people I killed?!! I don't deserve someone like you!!!"

Goku inhaled sharply, in his rage, Vegeta had unknowingly revealed his feelings for him. "Vegeta . . ." he breathed softly still not letting go. "That was a long time ago and you were a different person then. That Vegeta I could never have loved. I love the Vegeta who has lived on and fought for Chikyuu. The Vegeta who raised a family and watched over mine. I love you, and you are not a monster, Vegeta." Once more Goku pulled Vegeta into his arms and this time the prince did not object. Instead, he clung tightly to the larger saiya-jin, praying that this was not a dream. Purring reassuringly, Goku drew Vegeta's head to rest on his chest, gently stroking the ouji's hair as the moon rose high behind them.

March 25, 2001

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I'm so evil, making you all wait. The next part's a lemon, I swear!

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Disclaimer: Here we go. I do not own any of the characters from Dragonball, Dragonball Z, or Dragonball GT. They are all the property of Akira Toriyama, Bird Studio, Toei Animation, and Funimation Inc. However, all the other characters in my stories are mine. I'm not making any money off of this, its just for fun. And to top it off I'm a college student who works part-time at Wal-Mart so you know I don't have any money. So if you sue me you won't get anything.