Finding Love (Vegeta x Goku)

The Vegetas Face Off

Goku's eyes snapped open to the wonderful smell of food. Both he and his stomach growled at the scent, and the rumbling woke the two cubs in his arms. When he pushed his upper body up with his arms to look at the closed door to his bedroom, his movement drew the attention of the demi-saiyans. Goten and Trunks blinked a bit in confusion before they rushed off the bed at the sound of clinking dishes.

The hunger Kakarot felt was making him very irritated, and he felt somewhat weak. The ki that fluttered under his heart from his child was demanding more energy, and that caused some of the submissive's rational thought to haze over in his quest for food.

The beta watched the boys race out as he struggled to get off the bed. The weight of the baby in his belly made it difficult for him to move easily, and he growled in frustration at the amount of time it took him to get to the edge of the bed. With a final grunt, Goku managed to heft himself to his feet.

When he got to the sitting room, all his attention was drawn to the massive amounts of food on a large table that had been brought up. He licked his lips at the sight of meats, fruits, and breads. Goten and Trunks were already eating, and the submissive quickly took a seat and began to pile food on a plate.

The rest of the saiyans were sitting on the far side of the table, as far from Goku as possible. They knew to give him a wide berth so he wouldn't feel threatened over his food. Bardock, Raditz, Tarble, and Vegeta were watching the beta as they slowly ate while Gohan watched his father with morbid fascination. The pregnant saiyan was eating twice as fast as he usually did, and the food on his end of the table was quickly vanishing. Gohan honestly wondered where all that food went when his father ate under normal circumstances, this defied the laws of physics.

Bardock and Gohan were the closest ones sitting near Kakarot besides the boys, and the older alpha felt nervous in his seat. The last time he was this close to the submissive when he was in a semi-instinctual state gave him four new scars. The older saiyan lost the game of rock, paper, scissors, and he was forced into that seat. He was constantly watching his younger cub out of the corner of his eye as he slowly ate his breakfast.

Bardock slowly reached out for a plateful of a yellow fruit that resembled slices of kiwi, but a deep growl made him freeze. His eyes glanced over at the submissive with his hand still outstretched for the plate. Seeing the glare on Kakarot's face gave him a flashback with his own mate before she died giving birth to his carbon copy.

The irony was not lost on the dominant, and his muscles tensed in preparation for making a dash out the door. Kakarot's lip curled up to show his teeth when Bardock tried to bring his hand back from the plate. The glare locked on the older saiyan made the hairs on the back of his neck rise, and the fear associated with dealing with a pregnant beta cause Bardock to break out in a cold sweat.

"Dad?" Gohan hesitantly called out to the beta making him look over from his father. "How are you feeling?" A bead of sweat slipped down the side of the teen's face at the sight of the blank stare Kakarot was giving him. Slightly glazed black eyes blinked twice as the submissive swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Yeah, son. I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Goku gave the older demi-saiyan a warm smile that made the tension disappear from the room. "Would you passing me that plate of fruit?" The submissive pointed to the plate that Bardock, who had hidden his hands under the table, had been reaching for just a few minutes ago.

Raditz unsuccessfully tried to smother a snicker at the look of relief on his father's face. This earned his a sharp glare from the older alpha, and a confused look from the pregnant beta. The reactions he got from his family made his snicker turned into a laugh. The amusement the dominant got when it wasn't him targeted by his little brother made his day every time.