The Saiyan Heritage and the Loneliness of the Warrior [Piccolo x OC]

Chapter 21

Dear readers, today I brought you a bonus drawing of Lettie and Piccolo at her house, relaxing in a nice and cozy moment on the couch 💚 I hope you like it and enjoy the chapter!

PICCOLO

Never has a weekend taken so long to arrive.

I spent the days counting down the hours to see Lettie and Naíma again, at the same time scolding myself for wanting their company so much.

It was a tough week. I did everything to distract myself: I trained in inhospitable places, exploded random rocks, meditated, kept company with the other Namekians... I even played with Dende, teaching him some fighting techniques (what a humiliation!). He wasn't very good at fighting, as he wasn't from the Warrior Clan like me, but from the Dragon Clan, and his skills involved matters relating to the Dragon Balls.

For some reason, when I was training alone, I felt bad for Lettie. She didn't have the same luxury as me of not having to work to support myself, as we did during our Training. Sometimes I felt guilty for not helping with the household income. After all, whether I wanted to or not, despite everything my brain screamed against, I still considered myself Lettie and Naíma's unofficial husband-and-father.

Also, I made the mistake of visiting our old Camp. This only made my Enemy's voice sound louder in my head, with his death threats circling me more and more. It got to the point where I needed to keep a jar of Sacred Water in my bedroom, so many headaches I had due to stress.

Interestingly, due to all my anguish, Kami-sama started to always stay close by, asking me how I was or if I needed anything. It was so strange... I never imagined his paternal presence would be so... good. I was not used to such behavior, nor knew how to react to it.

Since I started going to the Lookout to get food during Training, I have always treated him dryly and, at times, even harshly. And now, every time I saw him, with his posture hunched due to old age and always holding a chalice of Sacred Water for me, that same feeling of embarrassment, that came over me when I hurt Lettie and Gohan, came back to consume me.