Not An Exact Copy [Gohan x OC]

Ch. 21

Year Three

"Wait... you want to send me where?" Nachi all but growled.

Bulma's smile twitched. "Well, I just think you need some friends who aren't Gohan or your father! It would be good for your socialization problem!"

Nachi scoffed and crossed her arms, turning her nose in the air. "I happen to like to keep my 'friends list' very limited, thank you very much."

Bulma sighed and rubbed her temple. "Nachi..."

"I refuse to go to what you call this middle school!"

The young teen just wanted to have a lay in and relax today, after having a grueling session with her father since he deemed she was being lazy on her training. She wouldn't admit that he was probably right, but it was a good refresher on her body and it made her muscles sore from how he hadn't gone easy on her.

She'd have to remember to check up on Gohan. She refused to have him slack off, even if his mother deemed his studies were more important.

Which apparently, travelled to Bulma since she wants to do the same.

"Please, Nachi. I know you don't really like humans like your father, but it would be a good experience for you! Plus, you'll have to learn how to communicate eventually when you're older. What if you like someone and decided to date them or something?"

"Like them? I like my father, my brother, partially like you, Gohan-"

"Not in that way, Nachi!" The blue haired woman groaned while the young girl looked at her as if she grew two heads.

"Is there any other way?! Or do you mean how my mother and father used to coddle each other in past?" She rolled her eyes, missing the way Bulma's facial expression contorted into slight pain.

Her and Nachi may have been on civil terms, but Vegeta was a different story. It's not like he despised her, and he did help co-parent on their son in his own way. However, she couldn't help her feelings growing stronger for the Saiyan man, especially when she'd seen him care for their son.

She thought he wouldn't have accepted him, especially since he wasn't there for her at all during her pregnancy, but she was wrong. He wasn't overly affectionate with Trunks, but he did help with things like feeding him, changing him and putting him to sleep. She guessed his skills came from babying Nachi; she had thought her mother did everything.

He made it a point come across as only someone living under her roof. She would use the term friend but he seemed like someone who would be caught dead using that term. She'd like to think she was his friend, seeing as he hadn't actually told her he hated her.

Still, he kept his distance and she could respect it. Perhaps one day, they would be something more than just sharing a child together, but she understood that he did have someone in his life before her. He must have loved her to not wanting to be with her, which is why it made her heart clench in an uncomfortable way.

Bulma Briefs was a strong woman, though, and she refused something petty as unrequited love to make her break down.

She exhaled. "Yes, something like that. Maybe your father would be able to explain in better detail-"

"Aren't those called mates?"

"ANYWAYS," she interrupted. "Back on the subject. Your school would be in Satan City. I will drive you there on the first week, and by then you should recognize the way there and fly there secretly. Sound good?"

Nachi twitched. "Absolutely—"

"Perfect!" She chirped and went about her way. "You start after this weekend, and I also have your uniform!"