Finding Love (Vegeta x Goku)

Chi-Chi's Stupidity

I wanted to post this as a Valentine's Day present to all my readers!

Just after Bulma and Vegeta left

Gohan glared at the direction Vegeta left, but he stopped fighting to get free. Yamcha slowly let go followed by Krillin. Piccolo kept one of his arms around his shoulders and forced him to sit back on the couch. The green man stood in front of the teen, and the others gathered around. Bulma would be furious if the demi-saiyan did any damage to her home.

"I can't believe that bastard! How could he do that to my father?!" Gohan snarled at the door as he crossed his arms over his chest. "He's not even sorry! OW!" A smack to the top of his head made him look up at his first mentor with a confused look. "What was that for?"

"You're being stupid. Didn't I teach you to check all the facts before letting your anger take over? Have you forgotten all that everything I taught over the years?" The Namek crossed his arms and stared down with black eyes. He didn't glare, just the disappointment in his tone was enough. Gohan flinched at the tone directed at him.

"But, Piccolo-" This time the older male did glare down at the teen. Gohan instantly dropped his gaze to the floor. Piccolo was more strict than his father ever was, and he knew the Namek wasn't going to pull any punches if he felt the demi-saiyan needed it. Krillin, who had sat down beside his best friend's son, looked over at the green male.

"Piccolo, Gohan's right. Vegeta didn't look even apologetic. He doesn't seem to care at all." The short, black haired human motioned with his head in the direction the proud saiyan left with Bulma. He knew Vegeta was rough around the edges, but this was a bit extreme even for the saiyan. Piccolo looked at each of his companions for a few seconds before covering his eyes with his hand.

"Curse your limited perception!" The loud words made everyone flinch and give him confused looks. "I know none of you are as empathetic as Goku, but did none of you look deeper than the surface?!" When none of the fighters responded, Piccolo cursed under his breath as he spun around and paced back and forth.

Trunks, who had been silent and curled up on a recliner in the corner of the room, watched everything. He didn't fully understand everything his father said, but he was able to understand enough to follow along the conversation. The boy moved off the chair and walked up to the Namek. He tugged on the white cape as soon as he got close enough, and the tall male glanced down.

"Dad's sorry. He knows it was bad." The statement was spoke so matter of fact that the green male nodded with a small smile. He ruffled lavender hair as he looked back over at the three adults and one teen as if to say 'See? He gets it!'. Trunks fisted his hand in the white cloth with a conflicted look in his eye. He was about to say more to Piccolo, but the male started to address the others again.

"Vegeta is remorseful. I can see it in his eyes. You seem to forget that he was raised under Frieza since he was just barely older than Gohan was when Raditz came, and the only interaction he's had with others of his race have been Nappa and Raditz. I'm sure both of them were alphas like Vegeta, so he's never been in contact with a beta, and I highly doubt that he was taught about that aspect of his culture." Piccolo folded his arms over his chest as his words were digested.

"Then, why didn't Goku go through something like this before? It would have revealed that he was a beta, and we could've taken the appropriate measures to keep something like this from happening." Yamcha looked puzzled as he thought out loud.

"His tail was removed before his body fully matured." Piccolo reminded the former desert bandit. "I think a saiyan's tail has a big part in the development as a child matures. I noticed Gohan acted a bit differently after I removed his, but I'm not 100% sure about that. When his tail grew back, Goku must've fully matured."