Snow Day

Snowman

Bulma turned to her daughter and spoke in the kindest tone she could conjure at the moment, "How about we make a snowman?"

Bra jumped about excitedly. "Yeah!"

"Alright, why don't you and Daddy make two big snowballs while I go get some things for the snowman," Bulma paused for a moment, before correcting herself, "On second thought, why don't you make the two snowballs? Dad can just watch. You need to make one slightly bigger than the other though."

Bra nodded and immediately dropped to the ground and began forming a snowball. Vegeta crossed his arms and wearily watched his daughter as Bulma disappeared into the house.

When Bulma returned several minutes later carrying various items, she found that Bra had already made two large, not so spherical, balls of snow. She was relieved to see her husband had not assisted.

Bra beamed up at her mother proudly as she pointed at her two creations. "Look mommy! I did what you said! Now what?"

"Great job! Now let Daddy help you put the smaller one on top of the bigger one," Bulma replied.

Bra quickly reached for the smaller of the two balls and strained to lift it. Vegeta quickly aided her and lifted it up onto the other.

"Alright, you two put these on while I get some twigs for the arms," Bulma said as she handed Bra a scarf and top hat, and Vegeta a carrot and two pieces of coal. Vegeta stared down dumbfounded at the items in his hands as Bulma walked off to the tree he had leaned against earlier. He turned his head to watch his daughter plop the hat on top of the smaller ball of snow, and wrap the scarf around the crevice where the two mounds of snow met. After she finished, she turned to her father questioningly.

"Daddy? Why aren't you putting your stuff on the snowman?"

Vegeta looked down again at the items in his hands, then to his wife who was bent over picking up sticks, then back to the items again. A few beads of sweat formed at the side of his forehead as he struggled to comprehend what he was supposed to do with a carrot and two black lumps.

"Bra! Come help mommy find some sticks for hands when you're done! I can't find anything in this snow!" Bulma called out as she dug through the snow with her hands.

Vegeta watched his daughter prance off to aid Bulma, and returned to the items in his hands once again. Finally, he shrugged his shoulders and approached the snowman, placing the items as he saw fit. He stood silent beside the creation as he awaited the return of his wife and daughter. When Bulma and Bra came within a few steps, Bulma stopped dead in her tracks, dropping the stick she held in her hand. She quickly covered Bra's eyes with a hand and shot a reprimanding glare. "Vegeta! You should be ashamed!"

Bulma stared in disbelief at the snowman. The carrot was not on the face as she had expected, and neither were the pieces of coal. Instead, they were on the bottom, the carrot sitting centered with the two pieces of coal lying directly beside each other below the carrot.

Vegeta looked down at his creation, flabbergasted as to what he had done wrong. "Is that not right? That's where mine are."

If not for the cuteness of his naivety, Bulma would have surely smacked her husband for being so crude in front of their daughter. She put her head into her free hand, shaking her head back and forth in disappointment. "What am I going to do with you Vegeta?" she asked quietly.

"Mommy!! What's going on? I want to see!" Bra whined as she struggled to free herself from her mother's hand.

"Take those out now!" Bulma demanded to Vegeta. Vegeta promptly pulled out the carrot and coal and handed them over to Bulma. Bulma removed her hand from Bra's face and placed the carrot and coal where they belonged. "Go ahead and give him arms Bra."

Bra quickly snatched up the stick Bulma had dropped and took it along with her own, quickly shoving one on either side of the snowman.

Vegeta stared in realization at the placement of the carrot nose and coal eyes.

A/N: I must say that inspiration for the snowman mishap came from a fanart drawing I came across a long time ago. I'll find the link and post it later if anyone is interested.