The harder she hugs, the more genuine his is. Less of that tough guy facade. More of a guy that's lost his friends over and over again, and doesn't want to lose this one either. It's a genuine cling, and in the moment he's resting his cheek against her head he knows he's going to have to walk away first so he doesn't watch her go.
"She's a baby. You got time to grow on her all over again."
Yeah, babies can forget, but it doesn't take much to impress them all over again.
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"I think she may have to compete with her father and Trunks, for a little while." The placement of the names, there, is very much intentional. Vegeta wouldn't acknowledge it, nor would he show it to literally anyone in their life.. but she knew that if she's been missing for this long, she was going to have to shake him off like a clinging child every time they're alone for a while especially if she wants to get anything done or catch up on work outside of his usual training times.
Eventually, Bulma releases Yondu, and reminds him again.
"You are very welcome to come with me, Yondu. You can probably even largely avoid us and all of our noise if you move into the far end of the complex."
"The whole universe is my home. I couldn't ever settle nowhere for good. But I'll find y'all, I promise. I'll come lookin' as soon as I'm able."
He's even got plans. Find his girls. Find some kind of travelling job. Find Soldat. Maybe get the kids into a school that accepts people like them. That's just the top of the list, though. He has to take the train to the next stop, but once they get there he's out and finding the most independent way he can.
He leans in and gives Bulma a scratchy kiss on the cheek. "You get back to your family and tell 'em some fun stories about me." He'd believe it, if he knew what she was thinking about Vegeta. He even worries about how this one's gonna handle his return- he's not saying that out loud, though.
Thankfully Vegeta hasn't told her his worries about his return - she'll be angry to know he'd kept it from her, of course, but for the moment Bulma's ignorance is allowing her to be excited for them both to go home. Vegeta to his Bulma, and her to her Vegeta, who will no doubt spend as much time as he possibly can in private to fuss about where she's been and how she is, now.
Bulma sighs even as he kisses her cheek, fighting the urge to frown at not getting her way.
Yes, she's happy that he can live as freely as he wants, but there is no small part of her that kind of hoped he'd just agree. "I will. Just wait until you can meet my Universe's Trunks. You'll think he's a whole different kid."
He's lucky he's a mama's boy, is what she's saying.
"Seein' all these alternate universe folks I met? I'll be fully ready for it."
He might have hoped, somehow, that he'd be able to have Vegeta and Bulma together. The ones that knew him that is. That he could slide right into some kind of uncle role whenever he rode in and brought the kids something. But he's quick to accept things going worse rather than better.
He pulls his last little Ravager badge from his pocket, the ones that Della made for him way back when, and slips it into her hand. "Just in case it takes me a while to get there, I want ya to have somethin' to remember me by."
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"She's a baby. You got time to grow on her all over again."
Yeah, babies can forget, but it doesn't take much to impress them all over again.
/brushes the dust off of this thread/ sorry i've been gone.. brain kinda went poof
"I think she may have to compete with her father and Trunks, for a little while." The placement of the names, there, is very much intentional. Vegeta wouldn't acknowledge it, nor would he show it to literally anyone in their life.. but she knew that if she's been missing for this long, she was going to have to shake him off like a clinging child every time they're alone for a while especially if she wants to get anything done or catch up on work outside of his usual training times.
Eventually, Bulma releases Yondu, and reminds him again.
"You are very welcome to come with me, Yondu. You can probably even largely avoid us and all of our noise if you move into the far end of the complex."
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He's even got plans. Find his girls. Find some kind of travelling job. Find Soldat. Maybe get the kids into a school that accepts people like them. That's just the top of the list, though. He has to take the train to the next stop, but once they get there he's out and finding the most independent way he can.
He leans in and gives Bulma a scratchy kiss on the cheek. "You get back to your family and tell 'em some fun stories about me." He'd believe it, if he knew what she was thinking about Vegeta. He even worries about how this one's gonna handle his return- he's not saying that out loud, though.
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Thankfully Vegeta hasn't told her his worries about his return - she'll be angry to know he'd kept it from her, of course, but for the moment Bulma's ignorance is allowing her to be excited for them both to go home. Vegeta to his Bulma, and her to her Vegeta, who will no doubt spend as much time as he possibly can in private to fuss about where she's been and how she is, now.
Bulma sighs even as he kisses her cheek, fighting the urge to frown at not getting her way.
Yes, she's happy that he can live as freely as he wants, but there is no small part of her that kind of hoped he'd just agree. "I will. Just wait until you can meet my Universe's Trunks. You'll think he's a whole different kid."
He's lucky he's a mama's boy, is what she's saying.
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He might have hoped, somehow, that he'd be able to have Vegeta and Bulma together. The ones that knew him that is. That he could slide right into some kind of uncle role whenever he rode in and brought the kids something. But he's quick to accept things going worse rather than better.
He pulls his last little Ravager badge from his pocket, the ones that Della made for him way back when, and slips it into her hand. "Just in case it takes me a while to get there, I want ya to have somethin' to remember me by."