A Saiyan's Pride / Vegeta x Reader

Recovery

My E/C eyes flickered open and quickly adjusted to the beams of light slipping between the blinds covering the window. Goku and Bulma must have patched me up after the fight with Vegeta.

"Don't talk to me, Saiyan." A raspy voice growled into the silence. My body involuntarily jumped in surprise. Dammit... Why is Vegeta in the room with me? "I didn't even say anything to you!" I shouted.

He huffed, "Just in case you got any ideas.." there was a brief period of silence before his deep voice broke through the air once again, "Why didn't you tell me you were a Saiyan? And how did you hide that tail of yours from me?"

I glanced down at my tail that was now wrapped around my waist in plain sight. My lips pressed together along with my eyebrows that furrowed to the ceiling; I say nothing.

"Speak, woman!"

"I thought you said not to talk to you." I scoffed. If I didn't know better, I'd say I saw a smile on his face, "Even on the brink of death you're feisty..."

I ignored the smile and focused on the content of his questions instead, "It doesn't matter." The lack of response forced the prince to take a different approach. "Kakarot didn't seem surprised like I was..."

"Well maybe 'Kakarot' knew." I said, Goku's Saiyan name only to mock Vegeta. "Hmm... Regardless, I should have known you were a Saiyan..." I rolled my eyes before closing them in hopes of getting rest. His voice was starting to get predictable in moments of silence, "Next time we train I won't go easy on you."

My eyes flung back open and glared at him, "Next time we train?! You think I want to train with you?!" He simply smirked and made a 'Hmf' noise through it. He knew I wanted to train with him again... How could he know?

"I guess I won't go easy on you anymore, either..." I softly responded after a few moments. How can he continue to seduce me into his trap? Vegeta, what are you doing to me, I am a Saiyan! I have more pride than this!

I fell asleep again and woke up feeling much better, but this time Vegeta was sitting on the edge of my bed playing with my tail. "What are you doing?!" I growled in defense, yanking the muscles in my tail to relieve it of his hands.

"Calm down." He huffed. He grabbed my tail again and played with it in his hands once more. I cautiously watch his every move, although his movements were gentle and careful. He noticed the uneasiness from my tense muscles and close gaze. "Relax, Y/N.... I just have forgotten what they felt like."

His words made me feel better about letting him touch my tail, but I noticed how intensely he was staring at it, so I used my tail to gently wrap up his arm that was holding it "Ah! Woman-" he yelled in a startled voice.

I gave him a warm smile, "Vegeta... I'm sorry for everything I said... I was angry at you."
He shrugged, "Get some more rest; we have a lot of training to do when you get better." Hm, I did still feel like I could use more rest.

He pushed his muscles to stand from where he was sitting, but I gently squeezed his arm in my tail's grasp with half open eyes to stop him. "Can you stay?" I sleepily asked.

There was hesitation before I finally felt him sit back down and use his free hand to softly stroke my tail, "Sure..."

This time when I woke from my nap, I felt fully refreshed from needing sleep. My tail was still wrapped around his arm, but not as tight as I had it wrapped when I was awake. I smiled at the Saiyan who was asleep with his head rested on his arms on top of my bed. He stayed in that seat this whole time?

He looks so peaceful when he isn't running that damn mouth of his. Hmm... Even in his sleep he still has that scowl plastered on his face.

Ah, hell... he's still cute as heck.

My eyes travelled to the door when Goku came into the room, "Yo! ...Y/N! How are you feeling?" He was back to happy Goku from the Super Saiyan serious Goku. "Like an idiot." I admitted. He shrugged, "Nobody got hurt- That's all that matters! Bulma made up some food if you and Vegeta wanted some."

His eyes went to the sleeping Saiyan at my side, "Well... maybe we shouldn't wake Mr. Grouchy Pants. Heheh" He rubbed the back of his head. "I'm surprised he's even still asleep." I told Goku. He laughed "Tell me about it! He's out like a light! Is he breathing?"

"Haha yes, Goku, he's breathing." I giggled. Regardless of the sleeping Vegeta's whereabouts, Goku stood comfortably in the doorway and tilted his head curiously, "What happened with you two the other day?"

The other day? Damn, how long have we been sleeping for?

"Um... I'm not sure, Goku... I think maybe we both were just kind of angry in general- maybe at each other- I don't know. We both needed that fight; I'm sorry about getting out of hand"

Goku waved it off, "Don't worry about it! I'm just glad I don't have to keep your super secret anymore! Oh! And now you can train with us to stop Frieza!"

The name twisted knots in my stomach. Frieza....

The curiosity was burning into my soul, "Goku.... Can I ask how you guys are sure Vegeta isn't still involved with Frieza?"

"He's not! Trust me." Goku giggled. "How can you be so sure? Why do you trust him so much?"

"Well, I guess I don't, heh... but I believe that he's changed since back then." Goku beamed. I half smiled in return, "I hope you're right."

"Well, I'll leave you two be; I don't want to be here when grumpy wakes up." His light chuckle echoed in my head while I pondered over Vegeta's involvement in Frieza. I mean he did just fight him... maybe Goku is right. I hope so...

"Who are you calling grumpy?" Vegeta growled. He flickered his eyes open and sat up quickly, brushing my tail off of him.

Goku got flustered and stuttered a lot, hardly even forming words with his noises. "Hmpf... Kakarot, you are an idiot." He mumbled as he walked past him and left the room.

"Heh! So much for not being here, I guess" he laughed. I laughed back, but I couldn't help but wonder how much Vegeta actually heard.