The Prince's Adviser [Vegeta x Saiyan! Female! Reader]

Chapter 21~ 'What Have I Done...?!'

It might seem awkward, but I think this chapter would best be done in a First-Person Narrative version, from Vegeta's point of view.

Year 767 ([Name]= 18, Vegeta= 34)

What have I done? What the fuck have I done? What in the name of all things holy have I done?! By the time my mind feels clear once more, I'm staring down at a bloody, broken [Name], with tears in her eyes. What did I do? God damn it, what have I done...?

'V-Vegeta... I-- I th-- I th-thought y-you... l-loved me...' Those broken words have been screamed in my head for the past moment, my eyes wide. What happened? Why...? Oh god... The pain in my chest, hearing her say that to me. My breath is knocked out of me, just from her voice. So broken, so pained, so sad, so... beaten. Looking at her, I can't believe I did this to her. To my child. To my baby...

Her left shoulder is bruised badly, a dark purple tarnishing her lightly tanned shoulder. Her once blemish-free skin is tarnished by me. I mean-- We've trained before, many times. Roughly. We've both been bed-ridden from it, it was always equal. If she was hurt, I was, too. A broken rib or two, maybe a split eyebrow. But, now? No... Now was different. Her shoulder is definitely broken, so is her sternum, I assume a few ribs as well. Maybe... six? More? Her lip is split. But, not as bad as her bruised cheeks. Both purple and red with tears. But, her right-- a large cut oozed blood.

This makes me sick.

No, I am sick... Seeing her like this, I want to puke. I did this. I am the one holding my fist not an inch from her face, ready to hit her again. Again. Again. And, again. And, she just sat here and took it. She just took it... I mean, I told her to. I told her 'to take it like a man'. What was I thinking?

Was I thinking? Was I even thinking? At all...?

'I thought you loved me...' My mind screams her words clearly, not broken, but even the idea of her saying that to me... it makes my heart shatter. I am Vegeta! Prince of the Saiyans-- Known for my harsh, evil behavior. Known for my cold, brash words to everyone, I'm a jerk. But, not to her... This girl. This... woman.

She's always been more than just my adviser. More than just some assistant given to me by my lineage. She was family. I knew her parents, when I was younger. Her father was my father's adviser. The two of them even teased, in our youth, that we would likely be mated one day. It is common in our culture. But-- she... [Name]. I-- I see her three-year-old self flashing before my eyes.

'Play with me, daddy!' I can see her running up to me, I scoop her into my arms and cradle her. This was when Nappa went on his solo work, leaving me with her. Even in Freeza's control, she always smiled. 'I love you, daddy!' Her happy voice hurts my heart, seeing her in my mind's eye-- Her six-year-old self.

'Let's go, papa! I want to watch you train! C'mon!' She held my hand, pulling me from our room. She couldn't fight with me or Nappa, he preferred she didn't. And, as much as she wanted to, she obliged. She didn't start learning until she was seven. 'You're so cool, I love you, papa!' I can feel my heart cracking, just under the weight of her voice. Her ten-year-old self...

'You do know I'm 'ten', right, Prince Vegeta? I should be doing my job. I'm not a baby anymore-- I mean, you're still my dad, but--' The pout on her lips was always adorable. When she would act like this. She always tried to act grown up, professional. But, she's just a kid. 'Don't forget that I love you, dad-- I mean, big brother-- Gah! I mean, I love you, Prince Vegeta.' She always wanted to act like an adult, even when she was a child... Her twelve-year-old self...

'C'mon, Prince Vegeta, you should act more princely.' She would reprimand me more the older she got, after Nappa died-- I mean, he deserved it. Weakling-- She always wanted me to be my best, hold the Saiyan race high. 'I love you, Prince Vegeta, but stop being so rude. Gosh--' I miss that... She always tried to grow up so fast. She did... After I left her on Earth, not six years ago, she did her best to grow up. As fast as possible... her fourteen-year-old self...