Vegeta x Goku x Reader: Trapped in the Middle

A Found Book

"N-no not really, I have to confess something to you, please don't hate me once I tell you"

All you thought about was back when Vegeta had told you that exact line when he was about to confess to you everything he did. Your heart began to beat fast, "W-what could Goku have done to start off his sentence like that?" you thought to yourself.

"What is it?" you said with a straight face.

Goku looked you in the eyes "this is the coldest I've ever seen her" he thought to himself.

He slowly brought out the book from behind his back, as soon as you set your eyes on it you face lit up and you instantly started crying. You gently took it from his hands and glided your fingers across it, then brought it close to your chest hugging it.

"Goku how did you get it? Did you go back and end up finding it?" you said with a smile on your face, you were so happy.

"Fuck, I wish I could just lie to her and say yes, I want to keep that smile on her face, but that would be wrong. Bulma's right I don't want her to be with me based on a lie." He thought.

"No, honestly Y/N" he let out a deep breath before continuing on, "V-Vegeta had found it and saved it the day we rescued you, remember when I saw you right after you woke up?"

"Mmmhmm" you said scrunching up your face trying to follow along with what was happening.

"Well after I came out Vegeta wanted to see you, but I told him how upset and scared you were, you didn't even want me to get anywhere near you and you started to break down the moment I mentioned something to you. He got upset and left saying he didn't deserve to see you, that it was all his fault this happened. But..."

Your eyes started to water up again, your heart felt like it was going to explode, you were scared, scared that once again you were going to be told some heart-breaking news, that you were once again deceived by a Saiyan.

"B-but what Goku?" you said with tears falling down your eyes.

"Before he took off, he pulled out the book and gave it to me, he told me to make sure I get it to you and that it meant a lot to you."

"S-so why didn't you give it to me?"

"Because I thought if I gave it to you, you would remember your feelings for him, I was scared you would choose him over me. I-I wanted to give you the book I really did, but as more time passed, we got closer I didn't want to ruin what we had going. I know it was extremely selfish of me and I hurt you but..."

"But you even took me to the house and helped me look for it, you... you saw how upset I was that I couldn't find it, a-and you still didn't say anything to me you just let me spiral out. Why didn't you come tell me right after at least, I...I"

You stared off blankly thinking about how dark your thoughts had gotten after that.

"What you thought was not such a big deal isn't the case for me. You may have lost your parents as well, but you grew up with a loving grandfather, with friends, with good memories, you grew up with freedom and hope. As for me I grew up with nothing, no loving family members, no friends, no freedom, all I had was books, and that first one was what I held most dear." you said to him, all of your emotions had disappeared.

"I am so sorry Y/N"

"Were you even planning on telling me the truth anytime soon? Or did Bulma guilt you into it?"

"Honestly, I-I don't know what I was going to do..."

That broke your heart, "he was willing to let me suffer more pain just to keep me focused on him, he messed with my feelings after everything we went thought with Vegeta...He...he still did this" you thought.

"Is there anything else I can do to make it up to you?"

"You can leave me alone"

Goku's heart sank hearing those words come out of your mouth, but he figured it was better than you flying off again.

"Ok" was all he said, it was all he could manage to get out.

What else could he say anyways? It's true, he stood by watching you fall into a depression, he should have told you right after he brought you back from the house, but he didn't.

As soon as he shut the door, you ran to the door and locked it. Falling to the ground you held the book close to you, "Am I worthless? Do my feelings mean nothing to anyone? All I get is lied too, my feelings messed with like I'm a toy...," you thought to yourself. You stared down at the book and tears started to drip down onto it staining the cover. "Huh, oh no!" you said as you rubbed your fingers over the fresh tearstains, but there were a few that were dry, and the cover was a bit wrinkled under it. You knew you had cried a lot while at your parents' house, but you had always tried to take such good care of that book. "T-these must be from...No, no h-he would never cry, his Saiyan pride won't let him" you smiled a bit remembering Vegeta say that once. You wiped away your tears and flipped through the book, to your favorite page, the page where the two lost lovers finally confess how they truly feel on the Ferris Wheel, as you landed on it your eyes fixated on the small lavender flower tucked away into the crease of the book. Your body went limp; you mind was flooded with memories of that week, your eyes kept reading the two words written near the flower in the margins... "I promised" ...