Goku X Vegeta Oneshots

Insomniac

Bulma knew something was wrong with him. His eyes looked too bright, and they lacked their normal focus. Vegeta was one of those people who paid attention to everything, even the unimportant things, but now he seemed to be barely there at all. "Vegeta? Are you ok, honey?" His reaction was slow. He glanced at her, then nodded and looked away. His eyes were so dark. "Bad night?"

Vegeta grunted. More like no night. Not once had he closed his eyes for longer than a split second. Not with the thoughts that danced merrily through his head, the voices of old memories whispering cruelly in his ear and laughing at him for his childish fear of not knowing what lay just beyond where he could see.

"Vegeta?"

His head snapped up again a moment later. "Nn?" His phone was ringing. He answered it with a faint growl and left the table. "What do you want, Kakarrot?"

"Morning, Vegeta!" Goku said brightly. "You coming or what?"

"What?" Vegeta said, trying to focus. "Wait. Oh, shit. That was today." He sighed heavily and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Yeah, I'll... I'll be there in about half an hour."

"Ya ok? Ya sound terrible."

"I'm fine." Vegeta hung up and went to take a shower. His entire body felt so weird. He remembered, faintly, the last time he hadn't slept for a day or two. He was eighteen or nineteen... probably. Maybe slightly younger. Nappa had begun to fear for his sanity, and that was just a couple days. He rested his head against the wall and closed his eyes for just a few moments. Then he roused himself and got out, dried off, and got dressed. He'd been hoping that showering might make him feel better, but he almost felt worse.

The minute Goku saw Vegeta, he tipped his head. "Man, ya look off. Did ya not sleep good last night?"

"I'm fine." Vegeta fell into a stance- that Goku immediately saw three totally open places in- and waited for an attack. Goku felt somewhat pitying and decided to go easy on him today. He was relatively sloppy and wasn't hitting nearly as hard as normal. Vegeta must have had an awful night.

Vegeta was done in two hours. Goku felt concern for his friend, but let it go. "Go home and try to sleep, yeah? I dunno what's messing with ya in there-" He tapped Vegeta's head with his finger. "- but ya got this. Go rest."

Vegeta batted Goku's hand away, but smiled wryly. He flew home and showered again, even more exhausted than before. He actually did as Goku said and tried to sleep, but he either didn't sleep or had seconds of sleep before jerking awake for some reason. He finally gave up and went to find food, then decided he wasn't hungry. He had neither the desire nor the energy to train, so he went to find Bulma.

She seemed surprised to see him. "What are you doing back so early?" she asked. "I thought you were with Goku."

Vegeta shrugged. "I've been back for... three, four hours now. I just wasn't cutting it today. I washed up and tried to sleep, but I can't."

Bulma set down the tool she was holding and came over. She held Vegeta's face in her gentle hands, frowning. "Do you want me to find some medicine to help you sleep maybe? I know you don't like medicine, and it usually doesn't work, but you look terrible."

Vegeta sighed and nodded. She kissed his forehead. "Ok, I'll be right back." She left and came back with a few pills. Vegeta blinked. How long had she been gone? It felt like only a second, but his gut told him that it had been longer than that. "I'll make sure to leave some dinner for you when you wake up," Bulma said. "Go sleep."

Vegeta went back upstairs, swallowing the pills as he went. He was starting to get a headache. He went into his room and faceplanted on the bed with a groan. Why couldn't he sleep? Why wasn't his body letting him sleep!? He let out a muffled roar into the bed, then he crawled up and snuggled down against the pillows. He closed his eyes.