Chilled to the Bone [Corza] [INVITE]

Collard bit his lip, eyes darting back when the livid little cousin of Capper approached, an evil glint in her eye. "...Well, you're on your own, kid." The father spoke, an odd sense of fear in his voice. "D-DAD!! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE WITH HER!!" Capper yelled back while Collard and Courgi ditched the scene, wanting nothing to do with the unbridled rage of Capper's cousin. Both parents were unresponsive, retreating into the distant kitchen for shelter from the storm that was about to be unleashed. No explaining was needed to Chire- she could easily tell what was going down, judging by the nervous smile upon Collard's face. Courgi just wore his usual, emotionless frown. He was just here because Chire was done cooking dinner- Capper would be just fine.

"Eheh..." Capper nervously chuckled in the face of his cousin, slipping beneath the blankets slowly. What did he even do?!?! Maybe he could just run away. He could get some dye, color his skin and hair, and pose as a Brenchian on this backwater planet. He could get a new name, a new life, at least he wouldn't be in for whatever punsihment Corza had in mind for whatever he did! And that punishment was right from Capper's worst nightmare, jusdging by his pale face and pitiful squeak when she pulled out her marker. "THAT'S MY NIECE! YEAH!" A distant Chire commented, though Capper quickly scuttled backwards and off the couch. "No! No!! NO!!! You are NOT doing that!!!" He defended, pressing his tiny body against the wall.

Capper's eyes darted around, looking for some way of escape... "I... uh, well... Ooookkkaaayyy?" He stuttered, pretending to be paying attention and obeying his scary cousin. Maybe... Maybe he could climb up the window blinds, onto the rafters above, and get right out through the upper escape hatch- a foolproof plan! There would be no intervention from Corza, and no drawing on his face! Swallowing hard, regardless of what Corza would say or do, the boy would quickly leap up to the nearby window, his gloves hands digging into the blinds. Scurrying up, Capper almost made it to the top before he lost his footing with his immensely speedy scuttle, letting out a quick yelp as he fell back down, his form getting ensnared and tangled in the blinds.

The boy struggled, flipping around in his confines like some kind of caged animal. This had to be a nightmare, in a nightmare. Nightmareception, Capper thought. "I-I-I... Just, take whatever it is you want from me already, you big jerk!!" The tangled saiyan proclaimed, though fear was his dominant tone. Covering his face with his gloved hands while trembling, he could only wait to see what his cousin would do in the face of his failed escape. His parents were a bunch of clods who apparently wanted to see him suffer now, and he was at his angry cousin's mercy. Was this the end!? Probably, Capper assumed.

    The tiny tangled tyke continued to flail and squirm in his confines, briefly stopping only to tremble further when Corza loomed closer. She wanted something she couldn't take...? "You want my LIFE?!?!?!" Capper was quick to catastophize, even though that was something Corza could take quite easily if she ever wanted to. With a flash, the saiyan was released from his bindings, only to be caught by the scruff of his shirt by Corza soon after. Any and all squirming, screeching, and shaking did little to no good. Inevitably, Capper would find himself with his back pressed to the couch in terror, trembling like a leaf in a hurricane. The saiyan quickly grabbed a nearby TV remote, pointing it at Corza like a weapon. "S-Stay back! I'm armed!" He chimed briefly before Corza decided to explain things.

    At first, the shaking saiyan couldn't seem to catch on about what Corza was hinting at. Telepathy? Yeah, Capper learned how to use it. What about it? However, when she began to speak of how Capper's brain-mailer was more trained, realization slowly began to spread across his face. "...Oh." Capper paused. His shaking stop, replaced with a horrific realization. "..........oh."

    All of his suffering on Earth-- all of the worry from his from his family... It could have all been avoided if he wasn't a forgettable, stupid little weakling. "I..." Capper trailed off, shaking still even when Corza lightened up, offering a hug in exchange for an apology. The boy glanced to the ground, averting his gaze from his cousin as tears began to well up... "uuuUUAAAAUGH IM SO SORRY I DIDNT MEAN TO I--"

    Capper collapsed face-first on the couch, unable to stop bawling at this point. "WHY AM I SO STUPID I DIDNT MEAN TO I WAS SO SCARED AND ALONE AND IT WAS BAD AND STUFF AND I DIDNT WANNA DIE AND I NEARLY DIED AND AUUUUUUUUUUUGH!" Capper cried out while the rest of the Hoffersons stared on with shock from their hiding spot... Even they somehow barely remembered Capper's gift of galactic-ranged telepathy. Not that that mattered. He was here now, and that fixed everything. But, not in the boy's mind. "...Should we do something?" Chire questioned, eyeing Collard. The father shook his head, deciding to let Corza and Capper briefly bond before parental intervention was required.

    Capper barely heard Corza over the sound of himself bawling his eyes out. Even Chire had began to fight back some tears in the background- it hurt seeing Capper broken down like this, as much as she expected him to have this reaction. He only whined louder when Corza spoke of expecting better of him, though his cries began to reduce to mere sniffles as she continued, briefly reminding Capper of his attuned smarts.

    There was some truth to his cousin's words. Capper was many things, but a quitter wasn't one of them. Capper didn't let his weakness control his life. Capper saved the life of his best friend. Capper returned home, despite all odds. Capper escaped death itself. The teary-eyed saiyan glanced back up to Corza, teary eyes still bubbling. "I--" He stuttered, sniffling still and furiously wiping the droplets shed from his eyes. "I'm not a clod, you clod...!" was Capper's only real response now that he had began to return to his senses. His fierce gaze momentarily lightened when Corza opened her arms for a hug. Capper's pride screamed to back off, but...

    Welling up with tears again, Capper would quickly return the gesture, silently continuing to cry now- but no longer out of guilty sadness. Chire couldn't hold back her own waterworks anymore- these two were too gosh darn adorable! Even Collard was getting a little emotional from the family's looking spot, though Courgi was still cold as stone.

            ...One thing was for sure. If Capper wasn't weak in the body, his hug would have crushed Corza's ribcage.