A/N: A DBZ adaptation of Meet The Parents
A/N: Jacques is pronounced "JjjoK", or I've seen it written "zzhoK". I hope that helps. I am really bad at writing out sounds like that. It might seem a strange choice for a name in the DB world, but you'll see why I chose it eventually.
"Jacques!" Bra called gleefully as she ran to her handsome boyfriend leaned casually against his parked car, just outside her classroom. Jacques' clean-cut appearance and impeccable physical shape balanced out his shorter stature in height. His sleek, straight black hair was parted off-center and fell to his shoulders. As he smiled at Bra's hasty, giddy approach, Jacques' blue eyes shined excitedly, mirroring his girlfriend's. Her long, shiny blue hair swished behind her as her outstretched arms reached him, encircling his neck.
"Hey, babe." He replied quietly with a small smile of his own as her nose rubbed lightly against his. He met her lips briefly for a kiss as his hands glided smoothly down the curves of her hips. "How was class today?" Jacques asked as he began walking around to the passenger side of his swanky red sports car. He slid his hand into his khaki pockets, pressing the button to activate the automatic door as Bra grabbed his free hand and skipped to his side. He quickly looked at Bra, smirking as he caught her staring right in the region his hand had just been. "See something you like?" He teased knowingly.
Bra laughed guiltily, but punched him in the shoulder at the same time. He knew she meant to be playful, so he carefully concealed the grimace of pain that threatened to rise from that contact. Bra really packed quite the punch for such a dainty looking girl. Bra chuckled huskily as she released Jacques' hand and slid through the open door of the car. Part of him thought Bra knew she hurt him, and part of him was even concerned that she might have enjoyed it.
Jacques shook it off and smiled to himself as he walked back to his driver's side door. His trendy moto jacket swooshed loudly against the car seat as he slid into place and started the car, shooting a dashing smile at Bra. She smiled back and blushed slightly at the attention. He really loved that beautiful girl.
"Class was good." Bra flicked a thick lock of hair behind her shoulder. "Only a few months of college until graduation, anyways." Bra answered with a dismissive tone before pulling down the visor to check out her reflection.
"Oh! I wanted to ask you something." Jacques began enthusiastically just before Bra's cell phone rang on the dashboard. Bra shrugged apologetically for the interruption before flipping up the visor and reaching for her phone.
"Hello?" She questioned expectantly into the phone before smirking at Jacques as she ignored the person on the other end of her conversation. Then she suddenly squealed with joy as Jacques clenched his teeth and struggled not to swerve the car off the road at the shocking outburst.
"You're getting married?!" She questioned with uncontained enthusiasm as Jacques could hear the voice on the other end becoming louder to compete with Bra's. "That's great! Well, of course I will! Yes!" Bra laughed gleefully as she smiled at Jacques. Then a sudden look of realization crossed her face. "No. No. That's alright." Bra responded tersely, shaking her head with insistence in her voice as she watched Jacques with a nervous expression. "Tell Dad I'll fly." Bra said with a forced smile as Jacques raised a curious brow at her change in attitude. "By plane." Bra added sternly through her teeth. "Bye. And Congratulations." The conversation ended on a strained note as Bra sighed and replaced the phone back on the dashboard.
"By plane?" Jacques questioned with an amused smirk and a quirked eyebrow. Jacques laughed at Bra's gaping mouth and speechless response. "Like there's any other way to fly." Jacques laughed again as Bra joined him in the laughter. But hers, unlike his, was a tension-filled laughter.
Jacques smirked to himself as he patiently waited for Bra to relay the phone conversation to him. Whatever was going on, it was always amusing to watch Bra when she became irritable and worried. Somehow, she was almost more attractive when she squirmed. Bra curled her fists tightly around the material of her skirt in her lap as she struggled to find the words she needed to say. Maybe it was kind of cruel of him to be entertained by that. But he really did love everything about Bra; he even loved her in her worst moments. With a heavy sigh, Bra ended the internal conversation she had been having in her mind and smiled at Jacques.
"So!" She said as she flopped her hands in her lap audibly. "My brother's getting married." Jacques raised his brows in surprise. That was big news.
"Wow. The president of Capsule Corporation?" Jacques confirmed curiously. Bra immediately rolled her eyes.
"That would be the only brother I have." She replied flippantly. "So, do you want to be my date for the wedding?" She asked with a tantalizing smile. Jacques smirked in her direction before returning his attention to the driving. They were just arriving home to their apartment, where he had hoped to present her with the ring he carefully selected for her. But now, with this news, he was realizing that the timing didn't seem right. Bra glared at her boyfriend's distant gaze. "You don't want me going alone, do you?" She asked forcefully as she crossed her arms. Jacques immediately returned his attention to the woman beside him. He couldn't let her get suspicious of his intentions, but she was getting pissed off by his lack of an answer. Bra was scary when she was angry.
"No! Of course I'll go with you." Jacques responded with a cool smile as he parked the car and turned off the ignition. He leaned in for a kiss, then hesitated with a look of concern crossing his face. "Your whole family's going to be there, aren't they?" He asked worriedly.
"Yeah." Bra answered with a nonchalant smile. Jacques sighed heavily, and Bra frowned with concern. "Listen, Jacques. I know most of them will love you." Bra responded comfortingly with a consoling rub of his shoulder. Yet, her overly consoling expression and body language were ironically only increasing Jacques' anxiety.
"I'll be honest, Bra. I'm kind of worried about meeting your parents. I mean, richest family in the world, they're both amazing inventors, it's kind of intimidating." Jacques responded with a telling inclination of his head and an uncharacteristic contortion of his handsome face. Bra laughed nervously at Jacques' remark. "What are they going to think of a simple high school science teacher?" He grumbled dubiously.
"Ah. My mom will love you. Trust me." Bra said with a knowing smile and shake of her head before a pensive frown crossed her face. "And my dad, well…" Bra placed her finger to her chin with a faraway look as she thought carefully, "maybe it would be nice if you bought him a gift when we arrive. You know, soften him up a bit." Bra encouraged with a charming smile.
"Alright." Jacques decided with a shrug. "I can do that."
"And," Bra added as she quickly placed a hand on Jacques' cheek and focused her azure gaze intently into his eyes, "a lot of these people, my friends and family, well...they're not normal." Bra said cautiously as Jacques laughed at the warning and Bra's eyes drifted away from his. "But they mean the world to me. So, don't let them scare you away." Bra smiled hopefully as she met Jacques' blue-eyed gaze again. Jacques huffed and smiled back at Bra as he placed his hand on her cheek, allowing it to glide gently down to her neck.
"Baby, I wouldn't let anything scare me away from you." Jacques decided with a sly smile as he leaned in for a kiss, locking his soft lips with Bra's lipstick-coated, softer ones. Bra moaned in content as she smiled into Jacques' lips before deepening the kiss and pulling Jacques into her over the encumbering console between them.
"Let's take this upstairs." Jacques said huskily before he leaned away from Bra and she regretfully pulled her hand from his chest, losing contact as they separated through their car doors. The couple rejoined hip to hip in an embrace as they walked together towards their apartment. They kissed one more time before opening their apartment door. As Bra glanced through the doorway into their shared apartment, her lustful gaze suddenly became very serious as she lowered her chin sternly at Jacques.
"Oh. And when we get to Capsule Corporation, remember. No one knows we're living together. My dad would kill you if he found out." Bra said in a dead serious tone. Jacques' eyes shot wide open in fear of her warning as Bra smirked at his reaction. Bra pulled Jacques by the hand into the apartment as she regained her lustful demeanor and managed to make him forget about her warning for the rest of the evening. But when they took off in Bra's own personal Capsule Corp plane together to fly to West City a few days later, Bra's warnings about her protective father and unusual friends and family were at the forefront of Jacques' troubled mind.
Bra watched Jacques carefully as she flew the plane during their quiet flight to West City. She hadn't been home from college in over a year. Jacques had never met her family or been to Capsule Corporation over the two years of their relationship. He had no idea that half of her friends and family weren't even human, including herself. She meant what she said when she asked Jacques not to let her family scare him away. She hoped he meant what he promised as well. Because he would need to really, really mean it after he met her family, especially her father.
