The Saiyan Bond

Heat

Vegeta pov
I could feel Gotens heat all day and it seemed very strong. Its interesting I never expected that from him but, well it happened. I shrug and continue cleaning up the table, kakarot washing the dishes and the kids head to bed. I set the plates down and kakarot turns, "hey vegeta?"
"What?" He flicks water from his finger tips onto my face and I squint and jump back.
"You ass!" I grab the towel and smack his ass with it and he giggles playfully and grips me by my hips with a loving smile.
"You're fun to tease you know?"
I blush and push him away, turning to dry the dishes.
"I don't understand how we got put on cleaning duty, this is no job for a prince."
He chortles and scrubs a plate.
"Oh come on it's adorable. You look great in an apron"
He sighs and then rests his hands on the sink edge.
"What was that today? With Goten? It was a strange scent, I didn't recognize it is it saiyan?"
I nod, my eyes remaining on the dishes I'm drying.
"Yes. A lesser term for it is an 'adult heat' Saiyans multiply through pregnancy, though it is an odd thing for a man to be pregnant and most would be disgusted by the idea. But in a sense it was only specific type of saiyan that got pregnant. Alphas or dominant saiyans never became pregnant but betas and omegas could. It really just depended on who was dominant in the relationship."
"Okayyyy but that doesn't really answer my question. Why haven't I heard of this before?"
I grit my teeth. "Kakarot I wasn't finished"
"Oh sorry" he scratches the tip of his nose.
"I have yet to have my adult heat. For some reason I haven't got it. It's very strange. But it's possible I'll get it soon. Basically it's very strong. Much stronger than mating season, it's something that only the body of the saiyan can produce, it's not timed. I honestly don't know why it's important though, it's just something that happens"
"So...it's not like a yearly thing, like mating season?"
"No it's more like a randomized sexual overdrive when the saiyan body has been in a situation physically that causes the need for intensity."
Kakarot seems completely confused but he smiles anyway and I chuckle.
"It's complicated"
He turns and touches my chest with his index finger lightly and I blush.
"Sooooo how come you haven't had it?"
My jaw drops slightly but I close it.
"I don't know. It's strange to me. Maybe I haven't been in a situation such as that."
Kakarot nods, very focused on my mouth.
"Is there a way I could make it happen?"
I swallow slowly.
"I-I don't think so. I-I can find the saiyan cultural book that Bulma found...it may have something in there about it..."
Kakarot nods again and turns back to the dishes and the rest of the clean up is perfectly silent, I have no idea what to say.
Gohan pov
Trunks snores.
It's super cute but sometimes it's a little exhausting when I can't sleep. He clings to me too, which I love but tonight I just feel too hot under the covers so I sit up and head out to the courtyard to watch the stars and clear my head.
So much has happened through these years. It's honestly the craziest things. Who would have thought that all this was possible?
Mom dying, dad and vegeta becoming lovers, man no one saw that coming...
I lean back on my hands in the grass.
Trunks accepting my confession, Goten, well, gotens life was probably the most impacted.
Sometimes I feel bad for him. He had barely an idea what sex was, and he didn't have a taste or preference for men, but he was pushed into becoming mates with someone. He struggled to get used to it and he warmed up but he was the youngest. And when we found out saiyan men could get pregnant?? Holy shit it's just...it's mind blowing, it's super weird but also mind blowing. Damn, when Goten got pregnant, I've never been so afraid for him. He tried to kill himself, and then his baby, and then he had the courage to fix it all, and now he is a strong man. And goddamn vegeta getting pregnant was the weirdest shit I have EVER seen. That was the last thing I expected in any life time. But...he's a better parent now, and that's a good thing. And trunks, oh my trunks. I was so careful with him and I always will be. Because the day may come that I die, and my biggest fear, is to not see him smile ag-
Okaru pov
My body shudders and I sit up in a sweat.
Something's wrong. Something is very wrong. I swivel around, Goten is fast asleep, I wrap him in his blanket making sure he's warm and I race down the stairs, running into the prince and Kakarot, they both have the same frantic expression as I do.
"You felt it?" I whispered.
The prince nods and puts a finger to his mouth. We run quietly to the courtyard and see darkness.
The prince lets out a quiet shriek and sprints across the grass and slides onto his knees and holds something. And at that very moment, I saw something of Kakarot that I...I've never seen.
GOKU pov
"NO!"
No no no no no no no no
I instant transmission to vegeta and he holds Gohan in his arms and I start wheezing in a panic, im gripping my head and I feel everything drip out of me, I'm crying I'm screaming I'm dying inside and I can't stop. Vegetas voice gets muddled in my ears and I grab Gohan by his shoulders.
"WAKE UP DAMNIT WAKE UP"
Vegetas hands are on my back.
"DONT YOU FUCKING DO THIS TO ME NO YOU CANT"
I press my hand to his chest, blood seeping onto my fingers and I feel my chest tearing in figurative pain.
My cries get quiet and I'm only wheezing and choking on my own whimpers.
"No no no! NOOOOOOO!!!!!"
I grip his cold hand and I don't know what to do. We don't have the dragon balls we don't have anything.
Vegeta pulls me back and leans me to his chest, his body is trembling as well and I start to hear everything clearly again, he's sobbing and he's holding me and the realization starts to set into my head, my heart sinks and my body grows numb.
"M-my son is..." I choke, I can't say it. I can't.
Okaru holds Gohans head in his lap carefully, gohans eyes are closed and he seems peaceful, nothing afraid or disturbed other than the gaping wound through his heart.
I shove my head into vegetas neck and i can't stop crying I can't stop I can't stop I can't stop make it stop.
His arms tighten around me and he grabs my shoulders making me face him, his eyes are full of tears and he's sniffling.
"Let's-lets get him inside...please Kakarot."
I don't nod, I just get up and carry Gohan. I feel empty and I feel broken. I never ever wanted this.
We bring him into the main room and I lay him on the table, careful not to disturb his body. Once I set him down I grip the table tight and my mouth opens and I yell louder than I've ever yelled before.
"EVERYONE GET THE FUCK DOWN HERE NOW OR I WILL SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROATS"
Vegeta shivers and starts to look extremely afraid of me but right now I don't care. I don't fucking care.
Everyone makes their way down quickly, Goten rubbing his eyes, trunks groaning about waking him up but the moment he sees me, he sees Gohan and he drops with a cracking shriek. He doesn't come any closer, he just collapses on the ground and starts coughing and wheezing. He grips his shirt and screams.
"No!! No!! Why?! No!!"
He puts his face to the floor and breathes in loudly and screams again, Goten grabs trunks and holds him tight meanwhile, and when he saw my son, Goten, Goten just....he just cracked. He turned away for a second, not sure if he was seeing something real and turned back, hoping it was a dream but it wasn't and he broke into tears and screamed at me.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!"
Trunks stands shaking and shoves a pointing finger at me. His eyes are wild and he's trembling all over.
"WHY DIDNT YOU SAVE HIM YOU MOTHER FUCKER!!"
I'm so furious that he could blame me for this and I turn to the group, everyone having similar reactions and I just start screaming again.
"WHO DID THIS?!"
Between tears and sobs everyone looks at me with worry and panic.
"WHOEVER DID THIS IS GOING TO PAY, WE ARE NOT SLEEPING UNTIL WE FIND THIS MURDERER"
Piccolo steps closer and presses a hand to gohans forehead lovingly.
"This was not your time. We will fix this, and you will live with your family"
I look at piccolo with a caring expression, I understand him, he's so calm and I can't be that, it's impossible but he manages to be the one to calm us all down in this moment.
Okaru runs and holds Goten assuringly and Goten cries into Okarus chest, as vegeta goes to trunks but gets the opposite effect. In fact, trunks shoves his father away and runs out into the night, without a word and only a menacing expression on his face.