Sedated

AN: Don´t know if anyone here is reading my sideblog dbzideas/tumblr. I made a post there contemplating the pairing Bra and Goku and obviously I couldn´t ignore it, haha. So this story will be a bit more serious. It will take place over a lot of years, so I can say beforehand that NO canon pairings are broken up and NO pedophilia. Not even the slightest hinted bit. None.

Warnings: Relationship drama, dubious moral mostly on the part of Bra, a little bit of sex. It´s not a pwp though.

So Bra is around 25 at the beginning and Goku is around 70. You´ll see that in the end the ages don´t matter, but anyway, interesting info I guess. Also, Hozier is great so listen to the song if you don´t know it already!

Have fun!

Something isn't right, babe
I keep catching little words but the meaning's thin
I'm somewhere outside my life, babe
I keep scratching but somehow I can't get in
So we're slaves to any semblance of touch
Lord we should quit but we love it too much

Sedated – Hozier

Despite herself Bra couldn´t help but fight the tiny doubt that was nagging her while she walked through some dense grass to the small house on the cliff. Doubt was unwelcome. Her motives… they weren´t all bad. They were rather scientific, she was sure her family would understand that she had to do it! Not that she was really inclined to tell them what she was up to. Never.

She stopped a few meters away from the door, looking around. The whole area looked rather forgotten, maybe… she huffed, pressing her hands on her hips. If he wasn´t there the long flight would´ve been for nothing. She should at least check.

No one answered when she called and the door was open, so she took matters in her own hands. It was weird going through the empty house. It was still neat and tidy, just a bit dusty. A bit neglected. Frowning, she walked up to the first floor. She remembered… remembered visiting with her family, when Gohan still lived next door, Goten´s room, it didn´t even look that different. That was how she grew up, with constant stories about the great Goku and his family, and it always bothered her why her parents and even her brother were so fixated on him. He didn´t seem that special. She had tested it. Pan had been easy. She liked her, Pan knew her, what she was, first relationship, but not special. Normal. Even the breakup had been rather boring, they just fell out of interest. It was more interesting with Goten, it took more convincing, both didn´t want Trunks to know but of course they couldn´t keep it a secret for long. It was exciting, the sex, the fighting, the constant need for secrecy. It got old way too quickly.

No, she had to get to the source of the problem. She wanted to know what was up. There had to be more than just the stories. Goku was boring, he was weird, she had known him forever, there was nothing special about him. He was stronger than her dad, well, that was one thing. The only thing.

With a sigh, she turned around and got downstairs. No one was there. She was sure she would find him here, her dad told her he hadn´t left the planet and where else should he go? A bench was standing right next to the entrance door. Might as well wait around a bit.

Startled, Bra looked around, trying to figure out where she was and what had just happened. Someone had touched her, someone…

"Sorry, it´s dark and you were sleeping, you probably wanna get home."

It took her a few seconds to react, still too numb from her roughly interrupted nap.

"I… ehm, I… I hadn´t wanted to fall asleep, I don´t know…"

"Want me to take you home?"

She nodded slightly when she finally remembered and vigorously shook her head.

"NO! I mean, not yet, I wanted to see you. You weren´t home, so I waited."

Goku got up from his crouch, stretching. Well, maybe he wasn´t something special, but at least he was looking good.

"Yeah I was training a bit in the woods, getting something to eat. Could´ve just come over, wouldn´t have minded."

"I can´t sense ki."

"Oh." He looked seriously baffled. Bra frowned slightly, she didn´t like it when the others assumed she should at least be able to do this and that, sense ki, fly, they didn´t realize that none of that was particularly easy and she didn´t see any reason to bother learning it.

Huffing, she got up.

"Doesn´t matter, now you´re here anyway. So, you seeing someone?"

"What?" He looked at her confused. This would take longer.

"I mean, Chichi died three years ago. Got a new girlfriend?"

He didn´t answer. Maybe she should´ve been a bit more tactful, but wasn´t everyone always going on and on about how Goku didn´t understand subtleties? AND Chichi´s death was really long ago and they all knew where she was, so that wasn´t really such a sensitive subject. In her opinion.

"Bra, what do you want? Did your dad send you?"

"Of course not, he would´ve come himself. I just… I´m currently investigating."

It was almost too dark to see and not even a light over the door. Bra weighted her options and it was clear that it wasn´t going all that well.

"I´ll bring you home." He sounded not quite as polite as before.

"I don´t want to."

"Then stay here." With that, he walked inside, closing the door. Well. That had been unsuspected. And interesting. So he could be mad. Bra grinned, getting down on the bench. It wasn´t very comfortable, but it was okay for one night.

She woke up before dawn. The time difference wasn´t that immense to Southwest city, she still felt it. Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, carefully, she got up. Stretched. Felt the disgusting texture of her teeth, her bladder, her thirst. Her hair probably was a mess, makeup smeared all over her face… she hadn´t intended to stay overnight. Like that.

Maybe she should sneak into Gohan´s old house, the toilet should be working, she really needed to… some loud noises diverted her attention. So he was up. And she had the perfect idea.

Goku didn´t even turn around when she came into the kitchen. Probably ignored her on purpose. She still didn´t get it, she hadn´t said anything especially hurtful, but whatever. Some people were just sensitive. When he still ignored her after a few minutes, she coughed. He turned around. Looked her up and down. The muscles in his jaw worked, it was really sexy.

"What´s for breakfast?"

"Bra, what are you even trying to do?"

She looked down, seeing her perfectly formed, even sized breasts and wondered how it wasn´t obvious.

"You know, when people get naked they often want sexual attention."

He rolled his eyes, throwing the dish towel he had been holding on the table between them.

"I know. So?"

So? Was he serious? She cleared her throat, moving away from the doorframe. Maybe he didn´t get a good look.

"Well, you´re single and I want to fuck you. You got objections?"

She couldn´t read his face. It was weird. It made her feel stupid and somehow embarrassed. She should´ve come in underwear, could´ve hidden behind it.

"You´re weird, but I guess being Bulma´s offspring makes that normal. You want a ride home?"

She eyed him warily. "You´re not taking me seriously, aren't you? Do you even realize that I´m not a fucking child? I can make my own decisions!"

He grinned, leaning back against the counter. "Yes, obviously. As can I. Now, one second travel of a few hours flight?"

"Fuck you!" She stormed out and even knowing that her butt looked amazing didn´t make the uncomfortable feeling go away.

She hated him. HATED HIM! Bra was wrestling with her pillow in frustration after she had tried to go to sleep for over an hour. It have been two weeks and she still wasn´t over it! His own fucking son hadn´t been so hard to convince, she probably could´ve made Gohan forget his vows if she had appeared naked in front of him and all he did was shooing her out of his house? Something was wrong with him. It didn´t explain her family´s weird obsession with him, no, but something was seriously wrong with him.

She turned some more, mangling the pillow. Ten more minutes and she threw the pillow across the room, hitting some porcelain figure off a shelf. The sound of it shattering on the floor, real wood, very expensive, probably scratched now, it took her over the edge. She jumped up, threw some clothes on and got her plane capsule. Time for another visit.

He was nowhere in sight when she landed. The only thing for miles was forest and without being able to sense ki… but was it really necessary. With a grin, she got back in the plan and started pushing the horn. She kept it for as long as her ears could stand, watching the birds fly up from nearby trees and maybe that was the sound of some dinosaurs running? After a while she got bored and started punching tunes on the horn. It was loud and a bit painful, but actually quite a lot of fun.

The hand that hit the front of her plane made her scream loud enough to scare off the last birds.

"Could you stop that? I´m trying to concentrate."

Bra took a few shaky breaths, urging her heart to slow down. She had wanted to draw him out, still caught by surprise.

"Oh, hey Goku! Sorry for that, I was just hanging out around here, banging some tunes, having a good time…"

Although he looked calm Bra felt uncomfortable. Maybe she shouldn´t push it.

"I haven´t changed my mind. So what do you want?"

Yes. What did she want. That was actually a good question. "Honestly, Goku, I want to know why. I don´t want to brag or anything, but usually people don´t pretend to be unaffected by my naked body."

He smiled, it was weird. It was so nice.

"I didn´t pretend. Have a good flight." He started walking away. He couldn´t just leave! Bra quickly crawled out of the plane, running after him. He was damn fast.

"Wait, wait a second!" She got a hold of his arm, he easily dragged her along for a second before he noticed her and stopped.

"What now?"

"I… You can´t just leave like that!"

He sighed, shaking her off. "You surely inherited the inability to understand what no means."

"Excuse me? I just don´t believe you mean it!"

He flew away without another word, back in the woods. Bra didn´t try and lure him out again by honking like a maniac, but she also refused to leave. It had been a three hour flight, it was quiet and she had no internet at the top of some freaking mountain, so she could just work a bit. Without interruption. It was actually really productive.

When he returned a few hours later Bra didn´t even pretend to notice him. Maybe she was full of herself, but she was for a reason. And it had nothing to do with her parents!

"You´re still here."

"Thought I could work on a presentation for work when I haven´t been there today anyway. At least something is being done."

She didn´t look up, she just heard him enter his house without another word. Bra stayed on the bench out of spite for another twenty minutes before she flew home.

Even in her apartment she was constantly distracted, somehow there was always something more important to do… the reclusive mountain was a good hiding spot from the world. Maybe that´s why Goku stayed there, alone. And of course she only stayed there as well, on that bench, because she got so much work done there. It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Goku had turned her down. She blew her gum until it popped, nodding to herself. Absolutely nothing. He could do as many shirtless pushups in front of her as he wanted, she was over it.

"If you plan on coming over every day, you can sit in the house as well, you know?"

She popped her gum again, looking disinterested. "Well, I can´t just barge into other people´s houses, can I?"

He huffed, but he just continued with his pushups.

Maybe she didn´t even have to lie to herself. After a few weeks she actually enjoyed the scenery, the peace and quiet, her frustration sank down to a low level. Maybe there was nothing to understand about Goku, he just liked being alone and he was so different, probably why her whole family freaked out about him so much. It didn´t matter, she decided it wasn´t worth the hassle, she should just enjoy herself.

The summer was almost over, the mountain air already started becoming cold and the water in the nearby lake was almost too chill to swim. Almost. They had beach houses, all of them, hers was on the beautiful coast of Cherry Island, but swimming in a lake… something she had never done before. It was fascinating, it felt different and it smelled different and it was beautiful, surrounded by trees and water birds and…

"Oh my god!" Something that had touched her. When she started diving, she saw it. A huge fish, probably the size of Goku´s house and it was swimming towards her with a wide open mouth. She looked around, no sight of another one, no sight of someone saving her. She could´ve screamed, but it was fast and she didn´t have that much time… with as much force as possible, she punched the fish right when it tried to swallow her. Her fist went through its skull, shooting brain and blood out of the other side. It was extremely disgusting and as Bra crawled out of the water, she vomited out all her disgust.

"Are you alright?"

She looked up, Goku was standing there, all smug and grinning. Bastard.

"You piece of shit, where you here the whole time? You could´ve saved me!"

He shrugged, walking over to the shore and trying to get the dead fish out without getting wet. "You didn´t look like you needed help. I killed those when I was still little, ´s nothing you can´t handle, Bra. Uh." He looked at the hole, intensely. "Interesting method."

"Oh my… fuck you, seriously. You just wanted me to get you dinner, like a good wife, eh? That´s why you never talk to me, treating me like someone who´s not here anymore? Just good enough to ignore?"

The fish landed next to her, making her squeal.

"Bra, I don´t mind if you hang around. But if you decide to insult my family, I will bring you home personally and you will never set foot here again."

She felt her anger rise, but he was too calm. It was disconcerting, she knew that look and the last thing she wanted was to lose her little refuge. He took the fish with him, leaving her in the grass.

"Why is Chichi´s death so hard for you?"

It was snowing outside, she never had snow in Southwest City, barely ever at home in West City. Snow was skiing, it was holiday. Snow here just looked depressing and… nice. Like everything on the fucking mountain. Goku didn´t react, he was sitting in the kitchen, probably thinking if it was excusable to leave the dishes or to do it right away. It became too cold for her to stay outside, he hadn´t complained.

"Bra…"

"Seriously, I want to know. I´m coming here for half a year now and you are moping so much, I can feel it in the house. The house is moping!"

He eyed the walls, maybe trying to see it. Maybe he just didn´t want to look at her.

"I mean, it´s not as if she is gone. You can still see her in the afterlife! You won´t live forever!"

"Did you ever consider that it is none of your business? I barely know you, everything you are to me is Bulma´s small daughter who hangs out with Pan occasionally. But never here. Maybe you have some twisted idea of what I am supposed to be, but I don´t want to know it. I don´t want to talk to you."

He made it so hard. So hard for her to not give a fuck. Everything he said made her want to punch the answers out of his thick skull.

"Then why aren´t you doing something against it? Take me away, tell dad that I´m molesting you, but you don´t. And I´m still here. Why are you moping so much?"

He stared at her. He didn´t seem particularly angry, but maybe that was his way of being angry. It made Bra furious.

"What is wrong with you? Just tell me, I want to know!" She got up, grabbing him by his shirt and shaking him. He actually let her. "You realize that this is unhealthy? I may be a pain in the ass, but at least I´m a person, so tell me what the fuck is not right with you! I just know all the crap I was told, but obviously no one seems to care enough to actually look after you?"

He pushed her away, making her stumble and fall hard on the floor.

"I told them to stay away. I´m FINE."

"But you´re NOT! You´re a fucking disaster!"

He got over to her so quickly she didn´t even see the movement. When he leaned down to her, she was almost afraid. He still didn´t look angry, but somehow…

"Have you ever thought about the possibility that whatever problem I have is none of your business?"

He grabbed her arm and before she could react she was in Southwest City, on her balcony, and he was gone.

Completely gone. Left the planet. She had to ask her dad and it was the weirdest look she had ever gotten from him.

AN: Am I doing it? Posting a chapter of something that isn´t finished yet? YES. But I´m pretty much on a roll here, so I guess I will update in not too awfully long intervals.

Anyway, this story is so weird, I know. But it is going somewhere, haha. I could´ve made it super light-hearted, but I kinda wanted to have a story. It will be better in the next chapter, and eventually Goku will stop being a moping asshole and actually talk and not just hang around being passive-aggressive.

It is really hard for me to write Goku, I have immense trouble connecting with his character, so if something sounds really awful and OOC, feel free to point it out.

Right. If you came for the sex, you have to wait, but eventually… either way, hope you all liked it and stay for the next part:D