Hamtaro's Absence

Author's note: I do not own Hamtaro or anything associated with the franchise. All that I own is the creativity used in weaving these characters into a plot that I made up.

One day when everybody was at the clubhouse, Hamtaro looked at the calendar on the wall.

"Oh my gosh," Hamtaro gasped, rushing out of the door of the clubhouse. The door slammed behind me, leaving the rest of the ham hams in puzzlement.

"What happened?" Bijou asked.

"Like, what's wrong with Hamtaro?" Sandy wondered.

"I don't know," Boss replied. "That certainly was strange."

"I've never seen him act like that before," Maxwell exclaimed. "Hamtaro has never been one to act weirdly."

"Maybe he's going to build something," Panda suggested. "There's nothing better than peace and quiet for focusing on a building project. It clears the mind and calms the nerves. That's when a builder is at his best."

"Don't be ridiculous," Pashmina remarked. "You know that Hamtaro doesn't build things."

"Sorry," Panda said. "I know that it isn't likely, but sometimes unlikely things do happen."

"I don't know," Stan butted in, "but I say we like, do something."

So all of the hams got on with the day with Hamtaro gone. The next day, Hamtaro didn't show up. Hamtaro's absence continued the next day. And the next, and the next, and the next, until Hamtaro was gone for two full weeks. For the duration of his absence, Hamtaro was working on sculptures of each of the ham hams made out of sunflower seeds. The occasion was Valentine's Day, which nobody knew was coming. After the two weeks, Hamtaro finally decided to return to the clubhouse. On his way there, he thought to himself.

"That was a lot of hard work," Hamtaro thought. "I've never worked so hard in my life. But I would do anything for my friends, especially Bijou. She's really special. I'll have to tell her that. I'll put it on my to do list. Today is Valentine's Day, so I'm happy I finished on time."

Hamtaro took out a piece of paper and jotted it down. He then walked into the clubhouse and greeted everybody.

"Hamha, everyone," Hamtaro exclaimed.

"Hamtaro, where have you been?" Boss asked. "We've been worrying about you."

"Yeah," Pashmina chimed in. "We all thought that something dreadful might have happened to you."

"Oh, nothing bad happened to me," Hamtaro replied. "I've just been at home working on something for all of you today."

"Really, Cappy said excitedly. "What is it?"

"First of all, does anyone know what day it is?" Hamtaro asked.

"I know!" Maxwell said. "It's Valentine's Day according to that calendar over there."

"Wow! I like, totally forgot," Sandy said. "Maxwell, do you want to go somewhere with me for Valentine's Day. I want to do something special."

"How about we have a picnic while watching clouds and later watch the sunset. Just the two of us. Then we could sit under the stars and look at the different constellations."

"Sounds great!"

Bijou hoped that a certain hamster would ask her to go with him.

"I hope that Hamtaro asks me to go with him," Bijou thought to herself. "He is soooo cute."

"We should all go," Dexter suggested. "Pash…"

Howdy bumped Dexter out of the way.

"Pashmina would you go with me?" Howdy asked.

"Hey, I asked her first," Dexter shouted indignantly.

"Sorry boys," Pashmina apologized. "I've already chosen someone to go with."

"Who?" Dexter and Howdy asked.

"He he he. You'll see. I'll give you one hint. He isn't in this room right now. As a matter of fact, he rarely comes here."

"That's easy," Cappy said. "It must be none other than Jin…"

"Shhhhh!" Pashmina shushed.

"Whoops!"

"Who?" Dexter asked.

"Hmmm," Howdy pondered. "I think the name started with a J."

"You'll find out soon enough," Pashmina told them. "He should be here soon."

"I made one for him too," Hamtaro said. "Now for the surprise."

Hamtaro presented each of the hamsters with a statue resembling each of them made of sunflower seeds that they could eat.

"This is very nice, Hamtaro," Bijou commented. "You spent all this time making these for us?"

"Sure did," Hamtaro replied.

"He's so considerate of others," Bijou thought. "That makes him all the more likable."

"Oh," Hamtaro uttered. "While we were on the subject, I wanted to ask you something." Hamtaro said this while looking at his to do list.

"I wanted to ask you something too, Bijou," Boss said, walking up to them.

To Be Continued…

So, what do you think? I wrote this story because I thought it was better than my first two, and I hope that it will get more hits and reviews than my previous stories. That, however, is left up to you, the reader, to decide. Please review. Reviews would be greatly appreciated.