A hot summers day and Bardock is doing his ritual of sitting in his shorts and a vest letting the day pass him by while Vegeta is out on his date with the woman from far south.
Bardocks phone begins to ring, he looks around and shrugs picking up his phone answering it "hello?"
"Bardock, It's Vegeta...I need your help."
"Uhhhhh you sure you need my help?" This was suspiciously new from Vegeta usually he would scoff and ask a total stranger for help than ask him.
"Yes I need your help, please?"
"Okay"
"Okay so listen, I'm in Plantas bathroom..."
"Nice!"
"No, I-I got really hot in my leather pants so I took them off but they must have shrunk from the-the sweat or-or-or my legs expanded from the heat. Look, I-I can't put them back on. I can't!"
"Oh. That is quite a situation. Uh, do you see any like, powder?"
"Powder! Yeah! Yeah, I have powder!"
"Good-good, okay, sprinkle some of that on your legs, it'll absorb some of the moisture and then you can get your pants back up."
"Yeah, okay, hold on!" He puts the phone down and proceeds to spread a large amount of powder on his legs and makes another attempt at pulling up his pants. It doesn't work, and without picking up the phone leans down to it. Almost in tears. "They're not coming on man."
"Umm, do you see any—oh, Vaseline?" Bardock rubs the back of his neck is Vegeta really going to listen to this on the spot thinking from him? Must be a very hot date. Or was that just the pants?
"Ohh, I-I see lotion, I have lotion! Will that work?"
"Yeah, sure, spread some of that on there."
"Hold on." Vegeta proceeds to apply copious amounts of the lotion on his legs. He literally starts spraying the back of his legs with the lotion, and as he applies some to his butt he makes a happy face like he enjoyed that sensation. After using about half the bottle he again tries to pull up his pants, but at the first sign of resistance, his hand slips off of the pants and hits him in the forehead.
"Sounds like it's working."
"You okay?"
"They're still, they're still not coming on man and the lotion and the powder have made a paste!"
"Really?! Uhh, what color is it?"
"What difference does that make?!"
"Well, I'm just—if the paste matches the pants, you can make yourself a pair of paste pants and she won't know the difference!"
The landlord opens the door and walks in looking at Bardock with a anxious look "Bardock, do you have a minute?"
Vegeta looks at his legs then at the bathroom door and with a whimper he leans into the phone "Dude, what am I gonna..."
"Uh, landlord's here, so good luck man, let me know how it works out." He quickly hangs up no way was he gonna deal with that disaster if hes lucky Planta will just dump him there. Bardock dusts his hands and looks at the landlord.
"Bardock, I have such a problem!"
"Oh well, you're timing couldn't be better. I am putting out fires all over the place." He said with a proud tone unaware that he just made the fire worst for Vegeta.
"Riiight....Anyway my plant is dying and I need new one quickly. Could you head to the flower shop and get me a new one?"
Bardock tilted his head and shrugged "sure I guess" he stood up and put on his jacket and the landlord gave him a list of instructions and cash.
After walking for what felt like ever Bardock arrived at the flower shop and he walked in.
----------------------
Gine laid on her Sofa staring at the ceiling her typical thing she does on her annual day off. She hated being off work mainly do to her fear her co-workers would neglect the flowers and focus on slacking off.She sighed and sat up looking around her apartment which was fairly large and clean with a perfect view of the ocean from her balcony. Rent was fair but she assumed it was because her friend was dating the landlord.
Gine decided she would just go for a nice walk maybe it would help clear her head. She put on her shoes and walked out and turned to go to the elevator but stopped seeing a man that appeared to have powder and lotion on his legs holding a pair of leather pants in his arms practically sobbing as he stood outside Gines neighbours apartment. Wanting to avoid that drama Gine decided the stairs was a better choice.
After walking thirty minutes she sat at a bench and let out a sigh of defeat she really should of predicted the weather was hot but she was so bored.
"Rough day?"
Gine jumped out the bench and turned to the source of that voice being blinded by the sun light she used her hands to cover her eyes.
"Careful could hurt your eyes looking at the sun so quickly" Gine heard a flower pot being put down and then the stranger stood infront of her closer blocking out the sunlight she moved her hands and blinked adjusting her eyes then she looked up at the stranger whom was looking down at her with a reassuring smile.
"Hi, my name's Bardock what's yours?"
YOU ARE READING
Old Romance
HumorA story of Bardock and Gine in the early years before the events of @Psychokisses "Secret Affair" from the meeting to the raising young Raditz and Kakarot.