A FANFIC FOR THE CHICCOLO WEEK 2019
He waited patiently for her to come to him. No need to make a scene over something so delicate, especially not in front of everybody else.
Goku, now without a halo over his head, was rambling about all the adventure he just lived with Vegeta, and amazingly, Mr. Satan.
Bulma was talking about a party at Capsule Corp, and everybody seemed ready to provide their opinion over one thing or the other (Except of course Vegeta, who was standing over the edge of the platform, probably thinking everyone was an idiot). The namek, however, was looking at the woman who so recently, barely a couple of months, had become even more important than ever in his life, and that currently, was slipping from his fingers like water.
Chichi was holding Goku like dear life, (not that he was reciprocating the embrace) and messily crying, while Goten stayed close to his mom, still looking with curiosity at his father. Gohan… well, Gohan loved Goku, so it was normal for him to be so close to the saiyan.
Something hurt on his chest, something was burning, and Piccolo clenched his fist. It was probably for the best…
Chichi lacked a soul mate phrase, and so did Goku. He had had the displeasure of seen him naked enough times to know that he didn´t have one… so, maybe that was it… At the end, they were meant to be together… and he… he was meant for someone else.
The boys were sleeping, and Chichi was washing her face in the bathroom, the door open to her bedroom, listening to Goku going over how different the house was, how delicious dinner had been and how much he had “lived” in the other world.
Chichi by her side, stared at her in the bathroom mirror.
Piccolo did not come home with them… he flew away from The Platform, he was just… gone… and Goten, oh her sweet baby Goten, he had asked where Mr. Piccolo was going and if he was going to arrive home later.
How could she explain him the reality? The one and only father the child had ever known was gone without even saying goodbye and all because Goku was back… Chichi bit her lip, feeling the ghost of her soul mate words in her skin. It happened from time to time, but she knew it was just a ghost sensation from something that had not been there for a long, long time.
Came the voice from the bedroom, and she did not answer.
A few seconds later, Goku looked at her wearing only his underwear. She looked at him and recognized the small hint of light in his eyes.
She understood that in order to want her, he apparently needed to be away from her for seven years.
Without making sound, Piccolo landed on the window and slowly opened it. He went inside and looked at the tiny figure sleeping there. He of course did not want to wake him up, but it was necessary. He looked at the larger figure on the other side, and smiled, even if he didn’t want to.
The child blinked a few times, and finally saw the visit. His eyes sparkled and he almost jumped from bed screaming with joy, but a green hand on his mouth prevented him from doing so. Piccolo muttered a soft “shhh” and the child nodded, so he stood up and hugged to his father figure. On the other bed, Gohan stirred and looked at the situation.
- Don´t make a noise, Gohan.
The teen accepted and sat on his bed, while Piccolo accommodated his child on his lap.
- Did you come to say good bye?
Twin “shhhhs” made Goten quiet, and he pressed both of his hands on his mouth.
- Goten, your… your dad is back, and… and is not correct for me to stay here.
- Mr. Piccolo, are you sure?
The teen signed with obvious sadness. And Piccolo felt a pain stabbing deep inside him.
- I´ll still be around but…
- But why are you leaving Mr. Piccolo? Do you need a place to stay? I bet mom won´t mind if I let you sleep on my bed! Or you can sleep with Gohan! Right Gohan??
Gohan did not answer, but by the look in his eyes, Piccolo knew that the teen knew… so much more about his reasons for leaving than just Goku coming home.
- It´s ok Mr. Piccolo. I get it. I… I… well… it would hurt me, I guess, to see Videl with someone else too, you know?
Piccolo didn’t deny it. This was his son, his very, very smart soon. To try to fool him would be an insult to his intelligence.
The woman felt like the world was crumbling around her. She had dodged Goku´s advances that night claiming “womanly problems”, but the week was out, and thankfully, her real period had come and gave her another week. She had explained to Goku that maybe the stress, maybe this, maybe that had made the messy business of her body longer… that had been two days ago, and her husband had taken the kids to travel and know each other.
Goten had been sad since Piccolo had said good bye, at least he had been good enough to do that for her children, she just… she just expected a good bye for her. Not that she deserved it or something, after tossing him aside without a single word and a bunch of negative actions.
And then, she felt him more than hear him. She just knew he was there.
Chichi ran to the backdoor in the kitchen and saw him there, standing in the backyard with his cape floating on the air, apparently doubting if he should talk to her or not.
He turned to face him, and all she knew is that one second she was inside the kitchen, and the next one, she was hugging him and sobbing like a lost girl who found her way home.
- I AM SORRY, I AM SORRY I AM SO SORRY! SORRY!
Piccolo did not interrupt her, just let her cry and scream and punch him on the chest just to hug him again and scream some more. Her legs gave out and he held her. She was much quieter now.
She said for the last time.
- He is the father of my children, please understand that.
He wanted to growl that HE was the father of the children. His body tensed with anger, and she probably felt it because she instantly backed away.
- YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND!
- No, I don´t understand shit.
- DON´T YOU USE THAT LANGUAGE WITH ME!
Now Piccolo seriously growled, his ki spiking a little bit, enough to make the grass beneath violently move.
- You DO realize you are taking EVERYTHING from me, DO YOU?
- T-Taking? Are you insane?? I am taking nothing from you!
- I have been the father of those two children for years!
- His real father is back!
- Oh really? Do you want to tell THAT to Goten? And besides, you think I am ONLY talking about them??
- Whatever we had was a mistake, all right? Just a stupid mistake from lonely people.
- What I feel for you is NOT a mistake.
- What can you feel for me that is nothing but a mistake? I am married woman!
- Those vows you made ages ago are now a pile of crap, and you know it!
Piccolo covered his forehead. This was getting out of hand.
- Listen, Chichi. I was going to give up. Just like that. Let you be happy with him and that´s it. But I just can´t, ok?
- I won´t let you stop me and my family from being happy!
- Happy? YOU CALL THIS LIFE HAPPY??
- YES, I CALL IT HAPPY!! WE ARE TOGETHER, AND A FAMILY AGAIN!
- You have lost weight Chichi! The children are sad! Gohan comes to see him every time he can and I can see him SAD, and PREOCUPIED.
He stepped to the front and took her by the shoulders. Their heights were so different, so she was looking up and he was looking down.
- Chichi. Listen. Please, just listen.
She went silent, her eyes glassy and her cheeks red after screaming so much.
- I should have said it earlier, ok? But I love you.
Her eyes grew and her mouth felt open. He caressed her cheek, and put her lose hand behind her ear.
- Y-You c-can´t… Piccolo, no…
- You are going to destroy everything.
Piccolo bent down a little more, and touched his forehead against hers.
- No… no… I don´t want to.
She pushed him away and covered her ears.
- NO! YOU COME HERE AND TRY TO DESTROY MY LIFE!
- Chichi, I would never…!
- THIS IS YOUR FAULT, YOUR FAULT! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!
- It is not my fault I love you!
And she ran off and slammed the door close.
The door slammed behind her, and someone started to madly scream, it was a piercing sound, and a spike of ki that made things fly and crash in all directions, someone was hugging and calling desperately for her name, but Chichi just kept hearing a buzz and the knowledge that someone was screaming.
Piccolo held Chichi, which was not an easy task since he didn’t want to crush her in his strong arms, but at the same time, he wanted her to stop trashing in every possible direction while she screamed with that horrible piercing sound.
- Chichi! CHICHI, COME ON CHICHI, STOP, STOP!
There was another crash and the table just flew away and exploded against the wall, the chairs followed, all of them flying in different directions.
- ENOUGH!! CHICHI, PLEASE, STOP, STOP, CHICHI!!!
She stopped suddenly and just fell in his arms, wailing while crying in such a way that anyone would believe that Gohan or Goten had suddenly died.
Piccolo rocked her in his arms back and forth, whispering sweet nothings while carefully sitting in the floor with her on his lap, holding her tight against his chest.
The namek noticed that her ki had just died down, and looking around he saw that a whole wall had been blown up in a blast that he was not even aware had happened. The whole kitchen was gone.
Slowly, her crying slowed down, her right hand holding his clothes in a tight grip while her eyes were spaced out. Piccolo remained silent, looking down at her with worry, until he finally rested his head against the wall and closed his eyes. He felt her hand move a little, but he did not react to that.
- “Shut up! Just shut up!”
She whispered in a low, empty voice. He looked down.
Her hand had moved a part of his gi, and she was looking at his soul mate words. His eyes widened at that, first, wondering when the hell the patch of fake skin had disappeared, and second…
The words… they were gold.
He was speechless. He looked at Chichi, and she was looking at him lovingly, her eyes all red and her face all puffy, her hair a wild nest. Never had she looked so beautiful for him.
- I thought you died… you…
Something crossed on her face, something he did not understand, probably because he was frozen of every reaction aspect.
- You… you died… you protected Gohan…
New tears formed in her eyes, while she pulled herself up, and kneeling between his legs she embraced him, hiding her face in the crook of his neck.
- Oh my God it´s you… it´s you, it´s you… how can it be…
Piccolo held her still confused, but slowly, he understood. And he held her against him.
She was his… HIS… chosen by fate to be HIS…
It was like this that Gohan, Goten, and Goku, found them only a minute later.
