(A/N: ok so this story is from my tumbler, my tumbler name is the same on there as it is on here, some of you might know me from tumbler, most of you wont, this was the first fanfic I ever wrote and I hope you enjoy. It's tipo by the way)

Po has always looked up to tigress, and why shouldn't he, she was the perfect warrior in his eyes, she was strong, brave, and fearless, she was hardcore and never let anything get to her. That is of course until this morning.

After the morning gong was wrung and he and the five greeted their master, po glanced at her and noticed that her eyes were bloodshot, tigress greeted him as she normally did and started walking towards the kitchen for breakfast, this was only the first sign.

As the day went on he'd also noticed things that the others didn't. For example there were times where her facade would falter, all day he'd been keeping an eye on her and he'd noticed that sometimes her ears would flatten against her head, sometimes her eyes would become unfocused as if she was in deep thought, and sometimes her tail would move in a fast and unpredictable motion.

'She's upset' he had concluded and that's what brought him to where he was right now. He stood at the door of her room and lifted his paw, he lightly knocked to make his presence known and walked in. He found her sitting on her bed with her head down and her paws on her knees. He shut the door behind him and continued until he was standing in front of her.

"Tigress." He started

She slowly lifted her head and looked up at him, waiting for him to continue. He hesitated once he saw her face and almost reconsidered what he was about to ask. Almost.

"are…are you o-ok?" He asks

Tigress just stares at him with a blank face and then smiles. Its honestly the saddest smile po had ever seen.

"No…" She starts "..I'm not ok…I'm not ok at all…" Her voice wavers and her lip trembles, but she's still smiling, her eyes start to fill up with tears and it's not long before one of them runs down her cheek.

He realizes he hates seeing her cry.

Her noticed her claws were digging into the bed and her tail was moving frantically behind her. Po slowly walked over to her and sat down, her bed creaks with the added weight but he ignores it. Tigress lets go of the bed, sheaths her claws and looks at him, her smile wavers. po slowly wrapped his arms around her in a hug and is surprised when she doesn't pull away, instead she lays her forehead on his shoulder. He can't see her face but as her body starts to tremble he knows she's openly crying, he just holds her and let's her cry.

'She's bottled everything up until now , it was only a matter of time until she couldn't take it anymore.' He rubs her arm and looks down at her. he knows about her past, he knows that life was never easy for her, he knows that she thinks of herself as a disappointment and he knows that she puts on a brave face so no one would worry 'I promise tigress, I'll do everything in my power so you don't have to be brave anymore. So you can finally be happy. So you can finally be at peace with yourself.' He silently promises.

Po has always looked up to tigress and that hasn't changed but he now knows that even strong, brave and fearless warriors like tigress can only take so much before they finally break down.

(A/N: that's all folks, I'll be posting the rest of my story's on here sometime today so stay tuned for that)