Unexpected Happiness (Vegeta x Goku)

Chapter 28

Kakarot had just left Seba with Fasha and the rest of the cubs in the yard with Atarau to play. The woman had been occasionally helping the beta with his separation therapy over the past four months, and he trusted her to watch them for the afternoon. It was still rough going with some of the hired workers, but they mixed things up with people Kakarot knew personally to help him with longer periods of separation right now. It was easier to leave the cubs for the afternoon if he knew the person well. So far his longest sessions had been with Tora, Fasha, and Kale. He managed to let Yasi take the twins for the night once so he and Geta could get some rest.

He and Seba had just come back from the park with his brother Raditz, and he overheard something that made him feel nervous and unsure.

He didn't look bad, did he?

Kakarot whined as he remembered the whispers that asked Raditz if he was alright and not with a mean alpha. They said that he looked like he wasn't being taken care of. It was ridiculous, Geta took great care of him. Yasi too.

He walked in the bathroom and looked at himself hard in the mirror only to whine in distress. His eyes trailed over his skinny form taking in everything.

His hair was shaggy and felt coarse and brittle to the touch, and it and his tail didn't shine like Tama's did. His body was still too skinny to be completely healthy for a saiyan and might always be that way according to Chorri. He ate plenty with every meal and was close to portions that were healthy, but it was slow going putting on weight. The skin around his scars was tight every time he moved and was dry and rough to the touch. The scars themselves were an angry red especially the one around his throat. His eyes had a wild gleam in them, and there were bags under them from his lack of sleep.

Kakarot reached a hand up to feel over his mane, but he stopped when he caught sight of dry looking callouses and chipped claws. When the beta looked at his reflection once more, he realized that he did look bad. In fact, he looked terrible. No wonder Geta didn't touch him. And now people thought Geta was bad to him....

Tears came to his eyes at the thought of Geta being mad that others thought that the prince was a bad alpha. Toa growled in agreement with him. Kakarot yanked his shirt over his head as he darted to the bathtub. He had to fix this.

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Yasi followed the soft whimpers to the bathroom of Kakarot's bedroom. Kakarot was sitting in the middle of the floor by himself wrapped up in a towel. What worried the older beta was the fact Kakarot was obsessively brushing his tail with tears in his eyes.

"Oh honey, what's wrong?" Yasi asked sitting beside him and gently taking the brush from the younger beta. He didn't want his son's mate to hurt himself. Kakarot took another look at his tail's dull shabby appearance and pulled his knees to his chest as tears finally fell.

"Geta won't want me." He whimpered. "I'm....I'm not...pretty." Yasi frowned and rubbed the little one's back as he cried. Some one was going to get an ass beating for upsetting the sensitive beta. Tarro help his son if he was responsible some how.

"No, honey, that's not true. Come here, sweetheart." He soothed managing to gather the still upset beta in his arms. "Why do you think you aren't pretty?"