Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely Hearts ❯ Chapter 1, Blue Monday ( Chapter 1 )
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By: Dani-chan667 
Everyone suffers the loss of Bulma
Anime/Manga: Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.05.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 515 | Status: Completed
Everyone suffers the loss of Bulma
Anime/Manga: Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.05.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 515 | Status: Completed
I don't own DBZ
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It had been two years since Goku had died. He left ChiChi lonely and heart broken. Her boys had tried to comfort her, but they couldn't mend her broken heart. The only person she really opened up to was Bulma. Bulma could cheer anybody up. She was truely a beautiful person.
Bulma and ChiChi were having tea on a beautiful Monday morning.
"So Bulma, what new inventions have you been working on?"
"I'm trying to make a new gravity machine for Vegeta."
"How many gravity machines does that man go through a month?" ChiChi asked grinning.
"About two or three....hundred."
They both started cracking up. Bulma got up to pour some more tea for herself and ChiChi, then suddenly dropped the teakettle. It shattered and startled ChiChi. Bulma fell over and grabbed her heart.
"BULMA! What's wrong?!"
"ChiChi go get Vegeta." Bulma gasped.
"What!? I can't leave you here!"
"Just do it." Bulma whispered, still clutching her heart.
ChiChi ran so fast she practically flew to the gravity room. When she made it she burst through the door, instantly falling to the floor.
"VEGETA TURN THE GRAVITY OFF!"
"What is it woman?" He asked annoyed as turned off the gravity.
"It's Bulma. We were drinking tea and suddenly she fell over grabbing her heart. I think she's having a heart attack, so get your butt down there and take her to the hospital!"
Hearing this Vegeta wasted no time and flew out of the room to where Bulma was.
"I hope she'll be alright." ChiChi said sadly, running out of the room in pursuit of Vegeta.
Vegeta flew into the kitchen in Super Sayian mode.
"Woman?"
He knelt down beside her.
"Bulma?"
He felt for her pulse. It was there but barely. ChiChi ran into the room.
"Vegeta get her to the hospital now." He picked Bulma up.
"Woman, I don't know where one is!" He said almost panicking.
"Take her to Caraway. You can't miss it. There is a huge star spinning around at the top." ChiChi yelled in a panicked rush.
He blasted out the door toward Caraway.
~ Please Kami let her be alright. I beg you. ~ ChiChi prayed desperately. ChiChi started to run out the door, but remembered one thing she forgot to do.
"I have to call Trunks and Bra." She said to herself.
ChiChi picked up the telephone and dialed the number for the Capsule Corporation office building with trembling hands.
"Hello Capsule Corporation. How may I help you?" The secretary said in cheerful voice.
"Yes, get Trunks on the phone this instant!" ChiChi screamed.
"I'm sorry miss, but he said not to let anyone bother him unless it's an emergency."
"It is an emergency. His mother has had a heart attack and his father is taking her to the hospital. Now get him on the phone!"
ChiChi shrieked.
The secretary did as she was told. About thirty seconds went by.
"Hello Trunks Brief speaking." came a tired voice.
"TRUNKS!" ChiChi yelled. This made Trunks jump and almost drop the phone.
"What is it ChiChi?"
"It's your mother. I think she has had a heart attack. I told Vegeta to take her to Caraway. Get your sister and get your selves down there."
"Okay ChiChi I will." He said as he hung up.
ChiChi threw the phone down, found her car keys, and took off toward the hospital.
*
Trunks blasted towards Bra's office door, knocking it down in the process.
"Bra get your ass on the go."
"Trunks, why did you knock down my door?"
"Shut up and listen, ChiChi called and said Mom had a heart attack and that Dad is taking her to Caraway." He said real fast.
"Holy shit." Bra whispered, turning pale.
"Come on Bra we have to get to the hospital."
"Right." She nodded.
They both transformed into Super Saiyans, and flew out of Bra's office window.
*
Vegeta looked down at his wife's pale face.
"Don't die woman. I need you." He said softly. She had been the one to show him unconditional love. She was his mate. He loved her and humans and Saiyans alike need love more than anything else.
He arrived at the hospital, practically knocking down the automatic sliding doors.
"Someone help. My woman, I think she had a heart attack!"
He ran to the nurses' desk, his eyes flashing teal.
"Help my wife now or I will kill you myself." Vegeta commanded, looking ready to kill.
Normally the nurses would have told Vegeta to calm down, but he looked serious about killing them, so they obeyed his command
"Doctor Buntman, we have an emergency. A woman appears to have had a heart attack. Send some stretchers. Hurry!"
About a minute later a doctor and some nurses came out, they seen Vegeta holding Bulma.
"Sir, put her on the stretcher." A doctor told him.
Vegeta read the tag on the front of the doctor's lab coat. It read Dr. Buntman. He did as he was told and placed Bulma on the stretcher. The nurses and doctor rolled Bulma out of the main entrance to the emergency room. A nurse stayed by and asked Vegeta questions so she could fill out the standard forms.
"Sir what is the patient's name and what relation are you to her?"
"Her name is Bulma Vegeta Brief, and I am her husband."
*
ChiChi, Trunks, and Bra arrived at the hospital at the same time.
"Trunks, can you feel where Vegeta's ki is?" ChiChi asked with little patience.
"He's in the main entrance. Comeon." Trunks replied picking ChiChi up and flying towards the hospital entrance.
The three adults made it to the waiting room, just as Vegeta was finishing the nurse's forms.
"Daddy!" Bra yelled and hugged him.
"How is Mom?" Trunks asked his father, as he set ChiChi down.
"I haven't been informed of her condition yet, we'll have to wait." Vegeta said looking at a wall.
*
The heart monitor was beeping. Bulma had been stabilized, but that didn't mean she wasn't out of danger.
She sat thinking. She knew deep in her heart that she would die within a matter of time. Sighing, Bulma took her remote and called her nurse.
"Nurse, I request to see my family now." Bulma said hoarsely.
"Alright Mrs. Brief, I'll get them."
A few minutes later Trunks, Bra, and Vegeta walked in the depressing room.
"Momma," Bra said sadly. Bulma was hooked up to all kinds of machines, and she was very pale and tired looking.
Wasting no time Bulma began to speak.
"Bra, Trunks be strong. I know you both will make your potential mates happy. I love you both. Vegeta, I love you."
"Momma don't talk like that. You're not going to die." Bra said beginning to cry and Trunks had tears in his eyes.
Vegeta held a passive face as he walked to the side of her bed.
"Bulma I love you." Vegeta said to her, grabbing her hand and kissing it. Trunks and Bra walked to the other side of the bed and held her hand.
"Mom, I don't want you to die." Trunks said with a tear trailing down his face.
"We all die sweetie. Just sometimes sooner than later." Bulma said, smiling sadly. The Brief/Vegeta Family continued on like this for ten more minutes.
*
ChiChi paced the waiting room.
"I hope she's alright. Please let her be alright." She prayed. Bulma was her best friend, she had helped ChiChi many times and now when Bulma needed help the most, ChiChi was helpless.
Bra came out to the waiting room followed by Vegeta and Trunks.
"ChiChi, Momma wants to speak to you." Bra said, in a pathetic and sad tone.
"Okay, thank you." ChiChi breathed, as she began walking down the hall.
*
ChiChi stopped at the door of Bulma's room. She had seen the grim look in Vegeta's eyes. There was nothing she wanted to do more but to run away, but she had to be strong for Bulma and for herself. She wiped away her tears and knocked lightly.
"Bulma?" She asked as she opened the door, "Oh Bulma what has happened to you?" ChiChi asked miserably as she looked at Bulma's pale, almost lifeless face.
"ChiChi come here." Bulma whispered tiredly.
"What is it Bulma?"
"ChiChi, you are the best friend I have ever had and I-."
"Bulma don't talk like that you're not going to die. I don't want to lose my best friend." ChiChi said, letting her tears fall.
"Shhh, ChiChi listen. You must be strong. I'm going to admit I don't want to die and would have wanted to live allot longer, but sometimes fate decides for you." Tears welled up in Bulma's eyes. "Besides Goku will be in heaven, and someday you and Vegeta will go there, and we'll be reunited."
"Okay Bulma I'll be strong. I can live."
Both women's tears dried.
"ChiChi, promise me something."
"What Bulma?"
"After I die be happy. Don't become depressed. Start training or something. Do anything that keeps you happy. Don't dwell on the past."
ChiChi was silent for a few moments.
"Okay Bulma I will."
After that, they shared no more words for words were not needed. ChiChi just held Bulma's hand until Bulma fell asleep. She kissed her friend on the forehead and walked to the waiting room were Vegeta and co. was waiting.
"She's asleep." was all ChiChi said, as she sat in a chair beside Bra.
Suddenly an alarm went off and three nurses jumped up. The alarm was from Bulma's room.
"Dylan, get Dr. Demetrius ASAP!" One of the nurses yelled. Nurse Dylan ran down the hall towards Bulma's room.
"Daddy what's going on?" Bra asked worriedly.
*
Four nurses ran into Bulma's room. Her heart monitor was one long flat line, meaning her heart had stopped. They checked Bulma's pulse, and she didn't have one. The doctor came into the room. He checked the heart monitor and his chart.
"Nurse, get me the ephibulators."
She got them real quick and handed them to him.
"Charge them to 150. CLEAR!" He yelled.
Bulma's body jerked upward, but the flat line didn't change. The long ominous beep filling the room.
"A gram of epi, and charge to 300. CLEAR!" He yelled again, putting the ephibulators on Bulma's chest.
Hey body jerked. The flat line persisted.
"Another gram of epi. Charge to 350. CLEAR!"
Hoping against hope, he placed the paddles on Bulma's chest. The flat line held.
Growing desperate he dropped the ephibulaters and started CPR.
"One..Two..Three...." He said desperately, pounding on her chest, and then breathed into her mouth. He pulled back up, nothing, but the continuous beep of the flat line.
"Come on..." He whispered, pounding on her chest desperately. He breathed into her mouth. The flat line held.
"Dr. Demetrius she's gone." Nurse Dylan said regretfully.
He didn't listen and tried CPR on Bulma again. After the fourth try he gave up. He walked over to the counter and took out his file.
".....Time of death..." Dr. Demetrius said, looking at the clock on the wall, "...........9:47 P.M."
Nurse Dylan shook her head regretfully.
"I'll tell her family." Dr. Demetrius told the nurses as they covered Bulma's body with a pure white sheet.
It was rare that Dr. Demetrius had a patient die, every time one did, and he felt like a failure that didn't deserve to live.
~ This is the worst part of the job.~ He thought.
He walked into the waiting room where Bulma's family was, his face unreadable.
"How is she?" Vegeta asked, a little desperate. Dr. Demetrius locked eyes with Vegeta, telling Vegeta everything he needed to know with his grim look.
"I'm sorry. I did everything I could. She died." Demetrius said, with tears in his eyes.
Bra instantly broke down sobbing. ChiChi had tears streaming down her face as she cried silently. Trunks tried to lock his tears away, but failed miserably. Vegeta let a single tear escape.
"No." Vegeta whispered.
Bra walked over to her father.
"Daddy." She sobbed, and he pulled her into his arms.
Trunks stared at his family, looking as if he carried all the blame for Bulma's death.
"Father I'm sorry. I'm a pathetic excuse for a son." He whispered.
Trunks slid down against the wall, as more tears fell down his smooth cheeks. Bra unwrapped herself out of her father's grasp, but held on to one of his hands. She knelt down beside Trunks, bringing Vegeta with her. She wrapped her arms around Trunks and Vegeta pulled both of his children into his arms.
ChiChi, seen this. Had it been under any other circumstances, she would have had her camera out, taking snapshots.
~ Vegeta truly does care about his children. ~ She thought.
She turned her attention to Dr. Demetrius.
"I'm so sorry ma'am. I tried to revive her, I really did." He said, with a tear slipping down his cheek.
"Don't be sorry sir. You did your job. You just have to learn not everyone can be saved."
"I know Miss, but I feel so goddamn awful. She obliviously was surrounded by people that loved her very much. She was very pretty and successful." He said, self-loathing dripping from every word.
"It's okay. You tried and you care enough to mourn your patients. Thank you Dr. Demetrius." ChiChi said sincerely.
She shook his hand, and he walked away with his shoulders slumped. He would never forget about his failure, but it would push him to try harder next time. ChiChi walked over to the Briefs family and sat beside them. Bra and Trunks were asleep, and Vegeta was stroking Bra's hair.
"Vegeta." ChiChi said softly.
He stared at her with grief-stricken eyes. He was heartbroken, but he would move on. He had made that promise to Bulma.
"Vegeta, I'm sorry. I know what it feels like to lose the person you love the most." She said hugging him.
Usually he would have pulled away from ChiChi. Showing affection was for the weak, but he was too sad to care, besides her warm embrace was quite comforting.
******
It had been two years since Goku had died. He left ChiChi lonely and heart broken. Her boys had tried to comfort her, but they couldn't mend her broken heart. The only person she really opened up to was Bulma. Bulma could cheer anybody up. She was truely a beautiful person.
Bulma and ChiChi were having tea on a beautiful Monday morning.
"So Bulma, what new inventions have you been working on?"
"I'm trying to make a new gravity machine for Vegeta."
"How many gravity machines does that man go through a month?" ChiChi asked grinning.
"About two or three....hundred."
They both started cracking up. Bulma got up to pour some more tea for herself and ChiChi, then suddenly dropped the teakettle. It shattered and startled ChiChi. Bulma fell over and grabbed her heart.
"BULMA! What's wrong?!"
"ChiChi go get Vegeta." Bulma gasped.
"What!? I can't leave you here!"
"Just do it." Bulma whispered, still clutching her heart.
ChiChi ran so fast she practically flew to the gravity room. When she made it she burst through the door, instantly falling to the floor.
"VEGETA TURN THE GRAVITY OFF!"
"What is it woman?" He asked annoyed as turned off the gravity.
"It's Bulma. We were drinking tea and suddenly she fell over grabbing her heart. I think she's having a heart attack, so get your butt down there and take her to the hospital!"
Hearing this Vegeta wasted no time and flew out of the room to where Bulma was.
"I hope she'll be alright." ChiChi said sadly, running out of the room in pursuit of Vegeta.
Vegeta flew into the kitchen in Super Sayian mode.
"Woman?"
He knelt down beside her.
"Bulma?"
He felt for her pulse. It was there but barely. ChiChi ran into the room.
"Vegeta get her to the hospital now." He picked Bulma up.
"Woman, I don't know where one is!" He said almost panicking.
"Take her to Caraway. You can't miss it. There is a huge star spinning around at the top." ChiChi yelled in a panicked rush.
He blasted out the door toward Caraway.
~ Please Kami let her be alright. I beg you. ~ ChiChi prayed desperately. ChiChi started to run out the door, but remembered one thing she forgot to do.
"I have to call Trunks and Bra." She said to herself.
ChiChi picked up the telephone and dialed the number for the Capsule Corporation office building with trembling hands.
"Hello Capsule Corporation. How may I help you?" The secretary said in cheerful voice.
"Yes, get Trunks on the phone this instant!" ChiChi screamed.
"I'm sorry miss, but he said not to let anyone bother him unless it's an emergency."
"It is an emergency. His mother has had a heart attack and his father is taking her to the hospital. Now get him on the phone!"
ChiChi shrieked.
The secretary did as she was told. About thirty seconds went by.
"Hello Trunks Brief speaking." came a tired voice.
"TRUNKS!" ChiChi yelled. This made Trunks jump and almost drop the phone.
"What is it ChiChi?"
"It's your mother. I think she has had a heart attack. I told Vegeta to take her to Caraway. Get your sister and get your selves down there."
"Okay ChiChi I will." He said as he hung up.
ChiChi threw the phone down, found her car keys, and took off toward the hospital.
*
Trunks blasted towards Bra's office door, knocking it down in the process.
"Bra get your ass on the go."
"Trunks, why did you knock down my door?"
"Shut up and listen, ChiChi called and said Mom had a heart attack and that Dad is taking her to Caraway." He said real fast.
"Holy shit." Bra whispered, turning pale.
"Come on Bra we have to get to the hospital."
"Right." She nodded.
They both transformed into Super Saiyans, and flew out of Bra's office window.
*
Vegeta looked down at his wife's pale face.
"Don't die woman. I need you." He said softly. She had been the one to show him unconditional love. She was his mate. He loved her and humans and Saiyans alike need love more than anything else.
He arrived at the hospital, practically knocking down the automatic sliding doors.
"Someone help. My woman, I think she had a heart attack!"
He ran to the nurses' desk, his eyes flashing teal.
"Help my wife now or I will kill you myself." Vegeta commanded, looking ready to kill.
Normally the nurses would have told Vegeta to calm down, but he looked serious about killing them, so they obeyed his command
"Doctor Buntman, we have an emergency. A woman appears to have had a heart attack. Send some stretchers. Hurry!"
About a minute later a doctor and some nurses came out, they seen Vegeta holding Bulma.
"Sir, put her on the stretcher." A doctor told him.
Vegeta read the tag on the front of the doctor's lab coat. It read Dr. Buntman. He did as he was told and placed Bulma on the stretcher. The nurses and doctor rolled Bulma out of the main entrance to the emergency room. A nurse stayed by and asked Vegeta questions so she could fill out the standard forms.
"Sir what is the patient's name and what relation are you to her?"
"Her name is Bulma Vegeta Brief, and I am her husband."
*
ChiChi, Trunks, and Bra arrived at the hospital at the same time.
"Trunks, can you feel where Vegeta's ki is?" ChiChi asked with little patience.
"He's in the main entrance. Comeon." Trunks replied picking ChiChi up and flying towards the hospital entrance.
The three adults made it to the waiting room, just as Vegeta was finishing the nurse's forms.
"Daddy!" Bra yelled and hugged him.
"How is Mom?" Trunks asked his father, as he set ChiChi down.
"I haven't been informed of her condition yet, we'll have to wait." Vegeta said looking at a wall.
*
The heart monitor was beeping. Bulma had been stabilized, but that didn't mean she wasn't out of danger.
She sat thinking. She knew deep in her heart that she would die within a matter of time. Sighing, Bulma took her remote and called her nurse.
"Nurse, I request to see my family now." Bulma said hoarsely.
"Alright Mrs. Brief, I'll get them."
A few minutes later Trunks, Bra, and Vegeta walked in the depressing room.
"Momma," Bra said sadly. Bulma was hooked up to all kinds of machines, and she was very pale and tired looking.
Wasting no time Bulma began to speak.
"Bra, Trunks be strong. I know you both will make your potential mates happy. I love you both. Vegeta, I love you."
"Momma don't talk like that. You're not going to die." Bra said beginning to cry and Trunks had tears in his eyes.
Vegeta held a passive face as he walked to the side of her bed.
"Bulma I love you." Vegeta said to her, grabbing her hand and kissing it. Trunks and Bra walked to the other side of the bed and held her hand.
"Mom, I don't want you to die." Trunks said with a tear trailing down his face.
"We all die sweetie. Just sometimes sooner than later." Bulma said, smiling sadly. The Brief/Vegeta Family continued on like this for ten more minutes.
*
ChiChi paced the waiting room.
"I hope she's alright. Please let her be alright." She prayed. Bulma was her best friend, she had helped ChiChi many times and now when Bulma needed help the most, ChiChi was helpless.
Bra came out to the waiting room followed by Vegeta and Trunks.
"ChiChi, Momma wants to speak to you." Bra said, in a pathetic and sad tone.
"Okay, thank you." ChiChi breathed, as she began walking down the hall.
*
ChiChi stopped at the door of Bulma's room. She had seen the grim look in Vegeta's eyes. There was nothing she wanted to do more but to run away, but she had to be strong for Bulma and for herself. She wiped away her tears and knocked lightly.
"Bulma?" She asked as she opened the door, "Oh Bulma what has happened to you?" ChiChi asked miserably as she looked at Bulma's pale, almost lifeless face.
"ChiChi come here." Bulma whispered tiredly.
"What is it Bulma?"
"ChiChi, you are the best friend I have ever had and I-."
"Bulma don't talk like that you're not going to die. I don't want to lose my best friend." ChiChi said, letting her tears fall.
"Shhh, ChiChi listen. You must be strong. I'm going to admit I don't want to die and would have wanted to live allot longer, but sometimes fate decides for you." Tears welled up in Bulma's eyes. "Besides Goku will be in heaven, and someday you and Vegeta will go there, and we'll be reunited."
"Okay Bulma I'll be strong. I can live."
Both women's tears dried.
"ChiChi, promise me something."
"What Bulma?"
"After I die be happy. Don't become depressed. Start training or something. Do anything that keeps you happy. Don't dwell on the past."
ChiChi was silent for a few moments.
"Okay Bulma I will."
After that, they shared no more words for words were not needed. ChiChi just held Bulma's hand until Bulma fell asleep. She kissed her friend on the forehead and walked to the waiting room were Vegeta and co. was waiting.
"She's asleep." was all ChiChi said, as she sat in a chair beside Bra.
Suddenly an alarm went off and three nurses jumped up. The alarm was from Bulma's room.
"Dylan, get Dr. Demetrius ASAP!" One of the nurses yelled. Nurse Dylan ran down the hall towards Bulma's room.
"Daddy what's going on?" Bra asked worriedly.
*
Four nurses ran into Bulma's room. Her heart monitor was one long flat line, meaning her heart had stopped. They checked Bulma's pulse, and she didn't have one. The doctor came into the room. He checked the heart monitor and his chart.
"Nurse, get me the ephibulators."
She got them real quick and handed them to him.
"Charge them to 150. CLEAR!" He yelled.
Bulma's body jerked upward, but the flat line didn't change. The long ominous beep filling the room.
"A gram of epi, and charge to 300. CLEAR!" He yelled again, putting the ephibulators on Bulma's chest.
Hey body jerked. The flat line persisted.
"Another gram of epi. Charge to 350. CLEAR!"
Hoping against hope, he placed the paddles on Bulma's chest. The flat line held.
Growing desperate he dropped the ephibulaters and started CPR.
"One..Two..Three...." He said desperately, pounding on her chest, and then breathed into her mouth. He pulled back up, nothing, but the continuous beep of the flat line.
"Come on..." He whispered, pounding on her chest desperately. He breathed into her mouth. The flat line held.
"Dr. Demetrius she's gone." Nurse Dylan said regretfully.
He didn't listen and tried CPR on Bulma again. After the fourth try he gave up. He walked over to the counter and took out his file.
".....Time of death..." Dr. Demetrius said, looking at the clock on the wall, "...........9:47 P.M."
Nurse Dylan shook her head regretfully.
"I'll tell her family." Dr. Demetrius told the nurses as they covered Bulma's body with a pure white sheet.
It was rare that Dr. Demetrius had a patient die, every time one did, and he felt like a failure that didn't deserve to live.
~ This is the worst part of the job.~ He thought.
He walked into the waiting room where Bulma's family was, his face unreadable.
"How is she?" Vegeta asked, a little desperate. Dr. Demetrius locked eyes with Vegeta, telling Vegeta everything he needed to know with his grim look.
"I'm sorry. I did everything I could. She died." Demetrius said, with tears in his eyes.
Bra instantly broke down sobbing. ChiChi had tears streaming down her face as she cried silently. Trunks tried to lock his tears away, but failed miserably. Vegeta let a single tear escape.
"No." Vegeta whispered.
Bra walked over to her father.
"Daddy." She sobbed, and he pulled her into his arms.
Trunks stared at his family, looking as if he carried all the blame for Bulma's death.
"Father I'm sorry. I'm a pathetic excuse for a son." He whispered.
Trunks slid down against the wall, as more tears fell down his smooth cheeks. Bra unwrapped herself out of her father's grasp, but held on to one of his hands. She knelt down beside Trunks, bringing Vegeta with her. She wrapped her arms around Trunks and Vegeta pulled both of his children into his arms.
ChiChi, seen this. Had it been under any other circumstances, she would have had her camera out, taking snapshots.
~ Vegeta truly does care about his children. ~ She thought.
She turned her attention to Dr. Demetrius.
"I'm so sorry ma'am. I tried to revive her, I really did." He said, with a tear slipping down his cheek.
"Don't be sorry sir. You did your job. You just have to learn not everyone can be saved."
"I know Miss, but I feel so goddamn awful. She obliviously was surrounded by people that loved her very much. She was very pretty and successful." He said, self-loathing dripping from every word.
"It's okay. You tried and you care enough to mourn your patients. Thank you Dr. Demetrius." ChiChi said sincerely.
She shook his hand, and he walked away with his shoulders slumped. He would never forget about his failure, but it would push him to try harder next time. ChiChi walked over to the Briefs family and sat beside them. Bra and Trunks were asleep, and Vegeta was stroking Bra's hair.
"Vegeta." ChiChi said softly.
He stared at her with grief-stricken eyes. He was heartbroken, but he would move on. He had made that promise to Bulma.
"Vegeta, I'm sorry. I know what it feels like to lose the person you love the most." She said hugging him.
Usually he would have pulled away from ChiChi. Showing affection was for the weak, but he was too sad to care, besides her warm embrace was quite comforting.