In Your Dreams

Chapter 47

In Your Dreams: Chapter 47

ChiChi hummed quietly as she busied herself with the daily chores. It was mid-day now and she'd already done the laundry, dusted, cleaned the dishes, and mopped the floors. The house was nearly spotless. Now all that was left was to prepare lunch for herself and Victor.

Just as she was turning toward the kitchen though, the doorbell rang. The high-pitched chiming surprised her; she hadn't been expecting company and they rarely got visitors considering they lived so far away from the city.

ChiChi set down the rag she'd been cleaning with and quickly walked to the door. The woman was caught off guard when she found Goku standing on her doorstep. The Saiyajin looked flustered and his cheeks were red as if he'd just finished with an intense workout. Black eyes refused to meet her own, and she noted that the man almost seemed torn about whether or not he should even be there.

''Goku? Are you ok?''

Finally he looked up at her, though his furrowed brow made it clear that he wasn't ok.

''ChiChi... I think I'm going crazy.''

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ChiChi had quickly ushered her ex into the house after his statement, and she'd made him sit down at the kitchen table before retrieving a couple cups of tea that had already been boiling on the stovetop. The woman sat one of the cups in front of Goku and sat down across the table with the other one in front of herself. She noted the Saiyajin made no move to drink the offered beverage.

''Tell me what's going on.''

Goku fidgeted for a moment and nervously tapped his finger on the polished wood that made up the table's surface. His eyes focused on a random spot, and it was several moments before he finally looked up at her.

''How much do you know about my time away?''

ChiChi tilted her head to one side as she thought about the question. As far as she knew Goku had left with the dragon and had returned a few months ago after agreeing to transfer all his energy to the mystical beast. That's what she'd been told, anyway. Still, the story had never really sat well with her, and she'd always felt there was something more to it.

''I know what Bulma told me when I first discovered you at Capsule Corp.''

For some reason her answer only seemed to make Goku fidget even more. The Saiyajin finally took a long drink from his tea before inhaling deeply through his nose. His eyes rose to meet her own.

''That's not really what happened.''

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For what seemed like hours ChiChi sat in silence as Goku retold the events of his capture. A flood of emotions churned inside her, ranging from extreme grief to intense anger. Her eyes watered and tears trickled down her cheeks, but at the same time, her jaw was tense and her teeth ground together as she struggled to control herself. She wanted to yell and scream. She wanted to sob, to punch something, to tune everything out and forget what she'd just heard.

But she couldn't seem to do anything at all.

In fact, ChiChi hadn't even realized that Goku had stopped talking. Several minutes of silence had ticked by before the woman even noticed, and when she finally focused her clouded vision on the man who sat across from her, her throat constricted at the misery she saw eminating from him.

ChiChi immediately pushed her chair back and rounded the table, gently placing her hands on the shaking man's shoulders. When no objections were made about her touch, she bent closer and wrapped her arms around him and buried her face into his hair.