How do I comfort thee?

How do I comfort thee?
Chapter 2: Stay away
Pairings: G/V
Disclaimer: I do not own them

WARNING: This is t m/t m/m relationships if you have a problem with that than I suggest that you go elsewhere.

A/N: Hello everyone! Thank you again for the fantastic reviews. Just as a side note if anyone is new to this fic please go back and read ‘Come back to me, Come back to us’ it set the bases for this story line. Kewla had a question about Turlis’ desire? Well, he actually wants Vegeta and the throne but seeing that he can’t have the sexy royal, he has sights set on something else. Non won with the story. Enjoy! ^_~

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Bulma went about the task of informing everyone that now was not a good time to see the new arrivals. She felt bad when their faces fell at the news especially Trunks and Goten but most of all Zarra.

Zarra had been feeling a little left out of things since her ‘Mother’ found out that he was pregnant, and to top it all off Vegeta’s spare time was being consumed with the Counsel and planet. On numerous occasions she heard Goku telling him that he needed to take it easy but the stubborn Saiyan was not having any of it.

Vegeta had pushed his self until Bulma put her foot down thus removing him from all active duties including sexual relations with his mate.

Now, Zarra was being left out in one of the most important events in her life because her ‘Mother’ was going through some hormonal problems. She slipped away from the group and headed back to the palace totally unaware of charcoal eyes watching her every move.

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Loud wailing alerted the new ‘Mother’ to the distress of his young. Vegeta slowly got up out bed careful of his stitches and his mate. Every thing was a blur of the past twenty-four hours. He reached into the bassinet for his son and cradled him. Vegeta gently rocked the tiny infant until hettedtted soft gurgling sounds. His daughter had clamed down as well sensing that her brother was no longer under distress.

Vegeta placed the baby on the changing table and went about removing the spoiled diaper and replaced it with a fresh one. Once he was finished with that he placed the baby back in his bassinet and repeated the process with his daughter.

The twins were quiet for the moment, not wanting to press their luck. They somehow knew that their ‘Mother’ was a bundle of nerves. Vegeta stood quietly at the utility counter preparing two bottles of formula.

Unfortunately, since he didn’t carry to full term the bonding with the twins might be a little difficult for him. Seeing that during the last month of fetal development his body would have under went another change and that was the growth of mammary glands. With Zarra, he was able to feed her for the first five months then switch her over to a bottle but now with the twins he was feeling a little detach from them.

Vegeta was so absorbed in his musings that he failed to realize that his mate was wide-eyed and bushy tailed. Strong arms wrapped the royal in a loving embrace.

“I thought that you would be still sleep?” He asked a little curious as to why the other male was awake.

“No. I sensed that you were bothered by something and I got up to check on you,” Goku replied.

“Care to share what’s on your mind?” Goku offered as he trailed tender kisses down his mate’s jaw line and neck.

Vegeta was losing his self in the sensation unable to form a thought. It was something about the way Goku showed his love to the former prince that always made him forget about what he was thinking. Vegeta barely finished mixing the milk when he turned around in his lover’s embrace.

He snaked his arms around the larger male and gave into the sweet caress of soft lips upon his. Goku darted his tongue over Vegeta’s lower lip and immediately begun his quest inside the inviting mouth of his mate.

Tongues battled for superiority never backing down. Tailso jso joined in the heated frenzy of wanting to be dominate, but their tender moment came to an abrupt end when the twins decided that they were tired of waiting for their food.

Goku and Vegeta blinked at each other and chuckled at their children and grabbed the bottles. Vegeta picked up his daughter and Goku settled on the other bed with his son. Both infants were unwrapped from their blankets and instantly grabbed onto the bottles of plastic, practically feeding themselves, while tails wrapped securely around their parents’ wrists.

“Geta, we need to give them names. We just can’t keep calling them twins.”

The other male scrunched his brows together knowing that his mate was right. Had he been thinking, they should had thought up names way before this considering that they were told that there were two babies.

“How about Gogeta and Monaka?” He offered seeing that Goku was being no help and he was the one to bring up the topic.

“That sounds great.” Goku said not really paying attention. “Geta when can the others see them? They’ve been waiting for a couple of days now.” The larger Saiyan wanted their family and friends to see his kids but they would be endanger just by walking into the room.

Vegeta’s facial features changed in a matter of seconds from proud and content to hard and menacing.

Well, this ’t t’t the type of response that Goku was hoping for.

“Not for another two weeks,” Vegeta simply stated.

“NANI?!! Why that long?” Goku was floored.

“For one I might decide to rip out their throats,” Vegeta began to explain. The first reason was very obvious to the younger male.

“Second they can not have different scents assaulting them. Their noses are too sensitive now plus they only need contact with us so that they can get acquainted with our scent, and third---” Vegeta hesitated for a minute.

He wasn’t sure how he was going to explain the next reason. He looked away from dark soft windows.

“What’s wrong Geta? Does it have to do with how you were feeling earlier?”

Vegeta marveled at his mate’s insight. Goku had an uncanny ability to read him like a book and that was something that Bulma couldn’t do well. She knew when he was in a bad mood or what buttons to push to get him riled but she barely understood him as a Saiyan.

“Hai, it has to do with that. I’m not bonding well with the twins,” The royal admitted.

“How is that possible? You seem to be getting along fine to me.”

Vegeta shook his head. Flame hair swayed slightly from the movement. He inhaled deeply and opened his mouth but someone knocked on the door and opened it. Before any other words were formed Vegeta growled, hugging his daughter closer to his chest.

“It’s me Bulma.”

“Bul it’s really not a good time to visit,” Goku said as he judged Vegeta’s energy levels.

“I need to make sure that Ge and the twins are doing well.”

“Everything is fine but Vegeta is on the wary side right now so why don’t you came back when his asleep.” He was trying to keep her from progressing further in the room.

“Okay, just let me know if you two need anything.” Bulma quietly backed out of the door and shut it.

The Earth raised Saiyan let out a breath of air. Vegeta was starting to scare him. He looked at his mate with a concern look. He knew that Vegeta had a hard time with Zarra but he didn’t think that it would be to poinpoint that he would be this aggressive toward his family with the newborns.

Vegeta had calmed somewhat and settled down on the edge of the bed. Monaka had finished her bottle and now she was asleep in her ‘Mother’s’ warm embrace. The ouja placed her back into her bassinet before he lay down. His adrenaline was wearing off and he wanted to go back to sleep.

“After tomorrow we move into our room. I’m tired of all of the interruptions.” With that the royal turned over and promptly drifted off to sleep.

The young male blinked at his mate. Goku gently placed his son in his little bed as well. Thinking about what has happened. He didn’t remember Chi-Chi being like this after birth; but then again she wasn’t a Saiyan. It seems that Vegeta had a little bit more going on than he realized at first and he was going to do everything that he could to help him through it.

The fact was, Vegeta lived through almost the worst of situations that no cou could ever imagine and he was scared especially now with two babies to handle. Unfortunately, Goku couldn’t ask for help until Vegeta got over the feeling of everyone being a threat to the twins.

Goku sighed, getting up and laying his son back down. He went into the bathroom to wash his face. If he thought that Vegeta was a nightmare when he was pregnant, holy cow he’s going to a freaking pain in the ass during post-pardum.

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Bulma stood outside of the royal suite trying to keep her tears from falling. As she began the short walk back toward her office with her head down when she ran into something hard. Being knocked on her butt was something she was not expecting.

“Ouch!” She rubbed the underside of her bottom.

“I’m sorry Bulma, are you alright?”

Another pair of hands assisted with the first and hauled her to her feet.

“Yeah, I’m fine. What are you doing here?” She asked.

“Zarbon wanted to see if Vegeta was any less reserve about letting us see the twins.”

“No. Sorry, I’m afraid not Raditz. If anyt he’ he’s more alert, which suggests that his incision must be healing with no problem,” Bulma explained with a sad expression.

Raditz noticed her down cast face and decided not to peruse it any further. He grabbed Zarbon by the hand and nudged him away. The tall reptile understood the message and followed his mate’s led.

“We’ll talk with you later Bulma.”

“Wait didn’t Chi-Chi say something about a party?” She asked.

“Yeah, but we’re gonna have to tell her to hold off on it,” Raditz replied.

“Well, since it’s going to be awhile I’m going to have Gohan telepor bac back to Earth to buy some things. Maybe that will get my mind off of things here,” Bulma offered.

“I think that’s a great idea,” Raditz said with Zarbon standing off to the side listening with interest.

“I’ll see ya around you two.” Bulma smiled and left the couple standing in the corridor.

Both walked silently away from the blue haired genius.

“Okay, now what?” Zarboned. ed.

“Dunno? I guess we’re gonna have to wait until the bonding process is over,” Raditz said.

Zarbon stopped dead in his tracks and looked at his mate. “You mean to tell me that there’s a grace period before we can see them?”

Ooops, Raditz forgot to mention that small detail. He nodded his head.

“Come-on let’s get back and you can tell everyone that this baby shower thing or whatever it is has to wait until this is over.”

But that wasn’t what the long spiky haired Saiyan had in mind. “On second thought, I have a better idea,” he said with a sly smile.

Zarbon smiled as well knowing what he was thinking. Once they were outside they took to the air heading back to their room.

As he flew over the structures, Raditz still remember the conversation that he had with Vegeta almost five months ago and he was glad that his former charge stepped in.

~ Flashba

It was just a few hours after the trail hearing for the Counsel that prove to be more than satisfactory for everyone including the prince. Raditz had finished his rounds for the night and checked in on Zarra. He had to make sure that the guards posted around her room were not slacking off and in addition to that he had to do the same for Trunks.

He smiled at the thought of those two and not to mention Goku’s youngest brat, Goten. All three were a pain. They were trouble to the highest degree. If one didn’t get into trouble with him the other two did. Even though Zarra was older than Trunks and Goten she treated them as if they were her age.

That was the only thing about her growing up was that she had no one her age to play with. Damn, Turlis. He made sure that she was isolated from the rest of the Saiyan population, but now she was in seventh heaven because she was reunited with Vegeta and two she had another brother.

Raditz had arrived in his quarters not far away from the royal heirs when he saw his message screen flashing.

{Commander Raditz, please report to Prince Vegeta in the observation hall at once}

Ten minutes later Raditz was standing behind the regal prince. Vegeta was staring out of one of the bay windows. He started talking after the older Saiyan made his presence known. Half way through the conversation Raditz heart took a dive.

“I usually let my subjects decide when and who they should take as a mate but seeing that you have an interest in a certain non-Saiyan male I have no choice but to intervene,” the prince stated as his finally came about to look at his one time bodyguard, now friend.

Vegeta continued on without missing a beat. “Commander Raditz, first son of the late Bardock and bodyguard to the first princess. I hear by order you to take a mate by the next full moon. If you do not then I will be force to send your intended away.”

Raditz was shocked beyond words.

“Uh, Vegeta. May I ask why?”

“Because Raditz I am tried of Zarbon chasing my tail when I know that in truth he likes you. Hell, he is probably in love with for all I know. He is letting his infatuation with me blind him to other suitable partners and I feel that you would make him happy with everything that he has been through.” Vegeta put on his usual smirk. “You have one month before the next full moon. I suggest that you initiate the mating ritual”

Vegeta turned his back on the brawny longhaired warrior letting him know that it was a closed discussion.

Raditz left the hall not sure what to make of anything, but he knew that he had one month to get his ass in gear and try to win the tall sexy Adonis heart before Vegeta carried out his threat. Well, the first thing that he was going to do was get a good nights sleep then think up a plan to woe the unattainable reptile.

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Zarbon was hard at work in his office when a messenger knock on his door. He was totally surprised by the letter that he almost spilled water all over his financial reports that was due by the end of the day for Vegeta.

It was an invitation to dinner from none other than Raditz. Zarbon sat back in his chair and thought about the rough long spiky hair Saiyan. Not to say that he didn’t think about him ofteut Zut Zarbon had been thinking about him since they had been thrown together.

He always thought that he could somehow attach his self to Vegeta because they had a child together but the prince firmly stated that there was no chance in Hell that that possibility would ever happen. Zarbon was a little sad at that but it didn’t keep him from other prospects.

Even though he have not gave it much thought about trying to obtain a mate because Turlis had shot that idea down when turned him into a first class whore. To be used any time of the day by the Saiyan soldiers that was aboard the ship as well as the low life scum who held Saiyan warriors as slaves.

He was just glad that didn’t go through the ‘Change’ with any of them. Zarbon would have been mortified by that transformation alone. Eventually, he would have to tell Raditz if he wanted to pursue a relationship with him, which he hopes that this invite to diner means.

A slight smile lit his face. This was going to be a very interesting dinner indeed.

Dinner was something that the tall pale green reptile didn’t expect. Raditz had set-up a picnic setting in the royal garden, courtesy of Vegeta. slivsliver of the moon highlighted the area given it surreal effect. Zarbon was stunned speechless. He didn’t know what to make of it. It was obvious that Raditz had a mission to carry out and he wasn’t going to take no for answer.

Five minutes later, Raditz joined Zarbon. “I hope that this all right that we eat outside considering that it’s still warm?”

“This is fine” Zarbon was a little nervous. “I don’t mean to be a kill joy or anything but why are you doing all of this?”

He gestured with his out stretched hands.

Raditz swallowed knowing that this was going to come-up and he was prepared to answer the question. “I...” He started but the words were caught in his throat.

He wasn’t sure if he should be to the point or not but no one never got anywhere if they didn’t speak what was on their mind.

“For some time now, I’ve been attracted to someone,” Raditz began again.

Zarbon’s heart fell but tried to not let it show. He figured that the Saiyan was going to tell him that he wanted to be ‘just’ friends with him. Fuck! How could life be so terrible?

“I did something last night that I haven’t done in years and that was dream about my future mate. And believe it or not that one I’m suppose to take on as a mate is not even Saiyan.” Raditz paused to see Zarbon’s reaction.

The other male was holding his breath. This was an unexpected turn.

“In all honesty Zarbon, I’m in love with you.”

Zarbon wasn’t sure that he heard correctly. “I beg your pardon?”

“I’m in love with you and I want to claim you as my mate.” Raditz waited until his intended digested the information.

Zarbon’s yellow-amber orbs expanded to the size of saucers as he realized what Raditz just asked him, but his face took on a somber expression.

“I’m delighted that you asked me to be your mate but I’m not Saiyan.”

Raditz smiled. “I know.”

“@_@”

“Even though you’re not Saiyan we can still go through the mating ritual because you *are* my intended mate. We are destined to be together”

Dinner was forgotten as Raditz leaned over and kissed his prized.

~ End Flashback ~

Zarbon and Raditz touched down on the balcony that led into their room. The Saiyan turned and grabbed his lover drawing him in for a long breath-taking kiss. His black tail wrapped around Zarbon’s slender waist bringing him closer.

He pulled away somewhat gazing into exotic eyes. “AishitZar.Zar.” Then the brawny warrior grabbed his mate’s hand and lead him inside.

~ TBC ~

A/N: Well, tell me what you think? I got a little mushy toward the end but I was in one of those moods. Because after this it’s anyone’s game. Anyway, what did Zarbon mean when he said change? Hmm, it seems that Raditz is going to be in for a little surprise. If anyone knows what it is, let me know. And omg! Goku is going to have his hands full with Vegeta. Will our hero survive? Hmm, don’t know but be prepared ^_~ Tell me your thoughts and any comments that you have.

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