A/N It's that special day! April 16th AKA Goku's birthday! Weebs unite! ( Oh yeah, the song used is The Pretender by Foo Fighters )

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Goku: S-son?

Vegeta: Yes, son.

Goku had an unreadable expression on his face after his initial shock faded.

Goku: I...I what! When?

Vegeta: About three months ago.

Goku: A-I but...

Goku released a breath through clenched teeth, his hands forming fists. He managed to calm himself down and sat down, slouching against a nearby tree. More and more guests swarmed Capsule Corp. as it reached 12:00. Yamcha and Chiaotzu arrived in a capsule car and entered. Yamcha made eye contact with Goku as Goku stood up and walked towards him.

Goku took a piece of paper out of pocket and held it out in Yamcha's direction.

Goku: Can you read this to the team after everyone else has left?

Yamcha scoffed, looking down at the paper that was folded in half.

Yamcha: Whatever.

He took it from Goku's hand and shoved it into his pocket.

Goku: Thank you.

Yamcha walked off to where everyone else was sitting without replying and Goku went back to the tree that was previously providing him a source of shade, next to Piccolo.

Bulma stood on top of a stage where everyone could see her ( like the one from her cruise/party in Dragon Ball Super/Battle of Gods ).

Bulma: Okay everyone, were gonna have our first performance!

"Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend
Keep you in the dark
And so it all began
Send in your skeletons
Sing as their bones go marching in, again
The need you buried deep
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Are you ready?

I'm finished making sense
Done pleading ignorance
That whole defense Spinning infinity, boy
The wheel is spinning me It's never-ending, never-ending
Same old story

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say that I'll never surrender? ..."

As the day went on Goku got more worried and nervous. Worried because no-one apart from Piccolo and Vegeta had bothered to speak with him, let alone acknowledge his sheer existence. He could tell by the way Gohan looked he desperately wanted to talk to Piccolo, but Goku was there, preventing him like he had put up some invisible barrier. Nervous because the letter he had given Yamcha was an apology to everyone. Goku spent a long time trying to find a way to express his feelings through words in an attempt to get everyone to understand what he was going through. If that didn't work, he didn't know what would. It was the letter or nothing.