Life With You

Part 3: Bonding

It took a couple hours before ChiChi fell asleep. Her conversation with Goku weighed heavily on her mind. While the romantic notions she conjured of her time with Goku as a child turned out to be all in her head, she wasn't ready to give up on the idea of her and Goku. He was still the man she wanted as her husband.

As a little girl dreaming of her husband, she knew she wanted him to be strong. Every young man who wanted to court ChiChi knew she wanted a strong husband and to prove themselves, had to best her in a fight. It was already an uphill battle given ChiChi was trained by her father the great Ox King who studied under the legendary Master Roshi. They all tried and failed. Not one caused ChiChi to break a sweat against them. Perhaps, ChiChi later thought, if the boys in the village were strong she would've been tempted to accept their courtship.

Defeating them and the men at the World Martial Arts Tournament made her overconfident in her skills. She felt so prideful she was worthy to challenge Goku. He, who came in second at the last two tournaments, would be challenged by her. It was laughable when she looked back at her attitude. It was also embarrassing. All those hours she sacrificed to be so strong, to be so skilled, to be a match for Goku, were wiped away in seconds. To be so easily defeated, it hurt her pride.

She wanted a strong husband and no one was stronger than Goku, but she was lying if she didn't admit it hurt she was outmatched so easily. Could she be a worthy wife of someone so strong?

Or as handsome? Besides strong, ChiChi also wanted a handsome husband and Goku certainly fit the bill. His hair, standing in all different directions were wild and untamable like him. His eyes were innocent and sweet. His body, which was perfection, made her heart flutter. She wanted to touch him. She wanted him to touch her. She wanted to feel and experience what she read about in magazines between a man and woman.

But it wasn't just physical attraction. Goku's innocence and naiveté were alluring to her now just as it were when she was a child. However, since yesterday, she suspect that was only one side of him. When Goku fought Tien and Piccolo, he exuded a type of confidence and aggressiveness ChiChi found surprising. It told her there was more about him than he let on. Physically, Goku's an open book. He was ready to be naked in front of her and but emotionally, he's very guarded. He had trust issues with anything close to him. That was the impression ChiChi got from Goku's reaction to her touching his grandfather's power pole. Yes, there was more to Goku than he let on and she wanted to know all of him.

After a shower, ChiChi went to Goku's room hoping they could talk some more. Maybe she could convince Goku to hold hands. After a few knocks and calling his name, ChiChi entered Goku's room to find the bed unmade and him gone.

Dawn had arrived so if Goku was up this early, there had to be one thing he was doing. ChiChi went to the nearest balcony. It had a wonderful view of her courtyard and as she suspected, Goku exercising.

Goku exercising reminded ChiChi how she and her father were up at dawn for her training. While her father was strict, he didn't submit her to all the crazy training he did with Gohan under Master Roshi. He just altered it. She was chased by dinosaurs on her milk runs, did construction work and swam in lakes with sharks but instead of fighting off bees to avoid getting stung and possibly scarring her skin, her father made her fight off skunks and avoid being sprayed. ChiChi always thought it was silly her father didn't mind her risking her life being chased by dinosaurs and sharks but he wouldn't risk her getting scars by bee sting.

The hard work paid off for it led to this moment; watching her fiancé exercise in her yard. ChiChi was amazed he moved so fast and with ease in that heavy shirt and heavy boots. So fast that even she couldn't follow all his movements. How strong he is she admired.