Enough

Chapter 13

He was seven out of ten months along, and looked like he had a melon of some sort lodged under his shirt... Trunks made it very clear that he thought it was sexy as hell, mostly by humping him constantly like he had this morning (ok, maaaaybe Goten had started that one), not that he minded - but it made going anywhere or moving in general cumbersome. He had asked ahead of time if they could just have a small birthday party here at CC, and everyone had agreed that was probably the best course of action. He was sleeping so much lately that he wasn't sure he could even stay awake for a whole movie or dinner out. He would doze off at any place or time of day, sometimes he just couldn't keep his eyes open. Vegeta said it was because the baby was drawing so much energy from him, and that it meant their little boy would be a strong one. The physical development of their son's body would only last for another month or so, and then the last two months of his gestation would be spent infusing him with the power and toughness that were the hallmarks of the Saiyan race. Basically, the longer before he went into labor, the better.

Vegeta had confided in him and Trunks during that same conversation (I know, weird, right?) that his mother's death during her pregnancy with Tarble had been why he came out so weak and feeble. He had survived, but having had only half the normal time to develop, he would never be anything but a runt, so his father had sent him away. Vegeta seemed to be more open to sharing the details he remembered about their race as Goten's stomach grew. He wasn't sure, but he thought that Vegeta may have been a tiny bit excited to be a grandfather. Goku had explained to him that grandparents got to have all the fun of playing with the children without the work of actually raising them, since they could just send them back home when they were done with them. Vegeta had definitely liked this reasoning; of course he took "fun" and "playing" to mean "sparring" and "fighting", but if Trunks and Goten had both survived being tested by Vegeta as children, they figured their son would too.

The party had gone off without a hitch, it was the first one they'd really had since the "we're divorcing /I'm pregnant/I'm gay/claim me now" one they'd had last the summer (Trunks 17th birthday had just happened to be the day after the gym class incident, so that party had been canceled as part of a month long punishment...) - it was nice to hang out and relax, have a good time with their friends, and eat all afternoon and evening. Goten would fall asleep for 20 minutes to a half-hour here and there, mostly with his head in Trunks' lap and his tail curled up in his, then wake up and go back to socializing again; it was down right adorable if you asked Trunks. Goten was just opening his eyes again from one of said respites, when he noticed Gohan staring at them. He smiled and sat up, working his way over to him across the lawn. Gohan had been training with Dad again for months now, and it definitely showed. He was confident and full of power as he lounged on a plastic chair, but something that Goten couldn't quite put his finger on felt, off, somehow...

"How did you like my party, Gohan?" he asked.

"It was great Goten, I'm glad everyone can all still get together and be cool after all that's changed" he said warmly, "and I'm glad you actually made it to 16 too, I wondered there a few times..." he said jokingly as Goten laughed with him.

"Hey, you wanna know what I found out from Vegeta the other day?" Goten asked after a few moments.

"Sure, what words of wisdom did our fearless Prince have to impart to you." They both were snorting over that one.

"Well, it wasn't actually advise or anything, he just happened to mention that he was glad their race wasn't going to die out like he thought - that even though he and Dad were the last full blooded Saiyans, they could still have hundreds of children over their lifetime."

"Hundreds?" Gohan said abruptly.

"Yeah, I never knew, and I doubt Dad did either, but apparently the average Saiyan life span is like 500 years, not that many of them got the chance to die of old age mind you" Goten replied. Gohan just sat there, flabbergasted at this new development.