𝓢𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼 x

Chapter 29

Goku had arrived at his parent's house in the morning after his dad called to invite him over as he wanted to talk to him. Knowing it was presumably in relation to his dad finding about him and Vegeta, he wanted to check if Vegeta would be okay with him discussing their relationship with his dad. Vegeta's reaction to it was a variety of good and bad, Vegeta knew Bardock would not judge and that he had a sincere care for how Vegeta was doing, but he still felt hesitant. Goku assured him everything would be okay and if he really didn't want him to go, he won't. It was then Vegeta reassured him he'd be fine and encouraged him to go.

There he was seated in his parents house, his mom was out for the day with some friends, so it was just him and his dad. Goku's eyes skimmed around the place as nostalgia from his childhood came flooding in. Seated on his parents couch awaiting for his father to return with a drink for the two of them. His eyes meandered over at the family photographs hung proudly on the center of the wall, so many pleasant memories, that he felt disheartened realizing that Vegeta never had such loving environment growing up. The home was extremely spacious; the living room being the largest room in the house. Even with two couches, and three chairs with an oval coffee table situated in the middle, the room was still large enough to fit a couple more chairs in. Goku glanced out the enormous window that overlooked the well-kept garden outside. He smiled recalling the times he and his brother spent most of their summer playing in the garden and the many family barbecues his parents would host.

"How'd the babysitting for your brother go?" Bardock asked as he handed Goku a cup of coffee.

Goku trailed his eyes over at his father as he accepted the drink. His stomach twisted at the question. A lot of emotions had happened. It was nice to see Vegeta reconnect with his brother and for him to also spend some time with his own brother. But he felt anxious when his brother had worked out that he and Vegeta were dating. He hadn't mentioned it to Vegeta for he didn't want to upset or cause panic. But it had been slowly burning through his mind, he noticed his dad remained stood there with a look of concern as he hadn't answered straight away. "Yeah, it went well," he forced a smile before taking a sip of his coffee.

"Your mother and I can't wait to meet your brother and his family," Bardock said with a smile, he held his glance on Goku as he sat on the chair opposite. "Anyway, why didn't you tell us sooner? You know we won't ever judge we never have."

Goku pressed his lips together and peered down at his coffee, he could feel the overwhelming emotions build up threatening to erupt. "I know," his bottom lip jutted out slightly as he tried to force back the raw feelings.

"It's not like you and your brother to keep things like this from us, is everything okay?" Bardock furrowed his brow in concern as he watched Goku place his cup down on the coffee table and bury his face in his hands. He placed his coffee aside and ambled towards Goku. "Son?"

"It's hard... I'm trying..." Goku sobbed. He couldn't force back his tears even if he tried. The barrier he had built up had tumbled and allowed the emotions to flow out of him. So many feelings he pushed aside, was now overflowing at such a rapid pace. His eyes burning as they continued to well up, and tears fell down his cheeks like tiny rivulets.

Bardock sat next to his son and rested an arm over him. He pulled Goku's hands away from his face and cupped his hand under Goku's chin to angle it up, so he could face him, "What's hard?"

"I love him dad," Goku sniffled and wiped away his tears, he did his best to compose himself. Another flood of tears ran down his cheeks as he saw the concern etched on his dads face. "I wanted to tell you... I really did..." he broke down and wrapped his arms around his father, he buried his face into his dads top. The tears burned his cheeks as they continued flow out at an unsteady pace. He tried to stop but it was no use. He had held back these emotions for too long.