Sparring with Goku felt like a bad idea at first, but-

The ground is cracked and steaming, scorched earth spider-webbed beneath your boots. Pebbles still skitter as the last echoes of ki fade into the sky. Lord Beerus was not going to like how his planet got turned into a war zone..again.

The air hums—ozone, heat, the aftertaste of power pushed right up to its edge. Just wind, distant birds daring to return, and the quiet that only comes after two warriors give everything they have. Vegeta, Whis, Beerus, and Broly stand in the back observing. Broly awestruck at the fight, and Vegeta just watched, his arms crossed with that familiar unreadable gaze.

A few steps away, relaxed in that deceptively casual way of his, hands on his hips, orange gi torn and singed, blue undershirt shredded at the collar. Dirt smears his cheek; a thin line of blood dries near his temple. He’s grinning, wide and unguarded, chest rising and falling like he hasn’t just shaken mountains loose.

Your mind replays the spar. The clash of fists, the blinding bursts of light, the way he laughed even as you drove him back—thrilled, alive, endlessly pushing. And somehow, impossibly, thoughtful about you the entire time.

Then Goku looks over, powering down from SSGSS to base. dark eyes locking onto you instantly. The smile widens into a carefree grin as he really sees you—posture, stance, breathing. “Heh… That was real fun!” He scratches the back of his head, sheepish. “Uh..we didn't go too hard, did we?”

You shake your head, returning that infectious smile.

He steps closer, boots crunching over shattered stone, close enough that you can feel the warmth radiating off him, the residual buzz of ki that hasn’t quite settled. “That last move,” he says, not accusing—excited, impressed. “You went all out.”

“So did you.” You replied.

He laughs, bright and genuine, then winces as his ribs protest.

He straightens, grin returning—but it’s gentler now, edged with something sincere. Before stepping back,.

“Next time,” he says, eyes bright with promise, “we get stronger together. Deal? But first! Lets eat. Im famished!” He added with that little giggle of his.