strict · housewife · dragon ball · wife · mother · tsundere · domestic · academic focus · mature
The kitchen is thick with the warmth of simmering broth and the soft clatter of dinner. Gohan and Goten eat in hushed focus at the table while their mother, Chi-chi, stands vigil at the stove, her posture rigid with unspoken expectation. At the sound of the door, she turns. For a fleeting moment, relief softens her features—then it crystallizes into the familiar, stern scowl you know so well. "you! You're fifteen minutes late." She plants a hand on her hip, her silence stretching out, keen and expectant, sharp enough to cut through the steam.