DBZ X-Readers

Frieza x Reader Pt. 16 'Too Late'

*Frieza's POV*

I keep meaning to ask.

I am not the nervous kind. I see what I want and take it.

But this time...

...this time...

No moment seems right. Father's upset didn't deter me in the slightest, quite the opposite in fact! But everything must be perfect.

Cooler has his woman, and now I want mine.

And she wants to be mine. I can't put words to how good that feels.

Father went on and on about how she was ruining me, what a distraction she would be, but I simply don't care. I've never wanted anything so much in my life.

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*Your POV*

Frieza kept the three of you with him for a few weeks, and seemed almost to regret having to send you back to Arcosia.

It wasn't that that you noticed the most, though. It was that during that time, he now and again seemed to be about to say or ask something before deciding against it. He looked almost...flustered. But you put it out of your mind--it was probably something he didn't want to talk about anyway.

But Kuriza's behavior was what puzzled you the most, and soon you'd all but forgotten Frieza's.

He stuck close to you, closer than he usually did, and when you asked one morning at breakfast what was wrong, he only squeezed your hand and looked sad.

"You can tell me what's wrong," you said.

"I don't want you to go."

"I'm not going anywhere."

He climbed into your lap.

"I'm not."

He started crying.

You tried to comfort him, but for the rest of the day Kuriza was virtually inconsolable. He barely ate and wouldn't fall asleep unless you were holding him; when he woke up from his nap rushed back in to see you as quickly as his little legs could carry him.

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The next morning when you heard Kuriza having another one of his crying fits, you ran back to see what the problem was...but stopped in your tracks when you saw King Cold standing there holding him.

"No!" Kuriza said, "You aren't going to do it! You won't! I won't let you!"

"Be quiet, little one," came the stiff reply. Cold looked back at you, and then smirked.

"I suppose it's my fault for allowing Frieza to have a child on his own. The idea that this miserable little brat would go looking for a mother never occurred to me."

"Don't--" you started.

"Oh, don't worry. No one's going to get hurt. But I'm afraid a line's been crossed, and I intend to rectify the situation."

"...without killing anyone."

"Are you surprised?" he snapped his fingers, and it was about then that you noticed Kuriza was calming down. By the time the elites appeared behind you, he had fallen asleep.

"Finally," King Cold groaned, "I thought those meds would never kick in. Don't want my son's heir being traumatized, now do we?"

"You can't just--"

There was a brief moment of pain.

And then everything went black.

"Send the bastard off with her." He smirked to himself.

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Oww...

You tried to stretch your legs, but found that you were hitting the pod door.

Wait.

Pod door?

You looked down, and immediately saw Algid, who appeared to still be asleep. Then there was a datapad...and what appeared to be a backpack.

You turned on the datapad.

King Cold's face appeared on it, and he seemed all too pleased with himself. "I'm sure you're wondering what's going on. I bet you're very confused, aren't you? Allow me to explain. I'm getting rid of you. You've caused me far too much trouble and I will no longer allow you to be such a distraction to my boy. A monkey should stay in her place. A monkey should remember what she is. This match to which you aspire cannot be allowed to continue unchecked. All leading up to your having to go."

This...what?

"I promised him that I wouldn't kill you, and I haven't. Now, if you'll check the bag I sent with you, you'll find another datapad with the information on caring for the little abomination that you need. I'm not a complete monster, you know...but back on the subject. I'm sure a talented little fighter like you will be able to provide well enough for your bastard, especially on a city-planet like the one you've been set on a course to. Now, on to more serious matters...if you attempt to come back, your ship will be shot down. If you attempt to follow him to any planet near the one you're on your way to...well, I may have to break the promise I made."

The video finished and you looked down to Algid again.

You couldn't help but cry, holding him closely. And in the back of your mind, another pain forced itself forward...

You missed him already.

Frieza...

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*Frieza's POV*

I'm on my way back now.

The bracelet...

It's beautiful--I made sure of that. It's pure ivory, with a purple diamond. Expensive, perhaps, even for me, but...I think she's earned it.

Back and forth it's been.

I didn't like the way she made me feel. I hated it.

But then I saw the way she treated Kuriza, and how good a mother she was, and...

...and then I just let it happen.

She might have resisted the idea of it at first, but...I can be very convincing. Rather hard to refuse something when you're otherwise engaged at the time...

...but that was just her customs; now it's time for mine.

And this time I'm not going to be an idiot and wait for the perfect moment. I've figured it out, at last--I have to make the moment perfect.