Author's note:

Hey! So this is a short song-fic that I've been thinking about, and I have another story, but since this one is short, I decided to do it first... this will start really not-my-style since the song I'm using at first (I will be using two) is not a happy one. Anyway, hope you like it!

ENJOY!

Chapter 1

He left without reason. He took her kiss with him. He was gone, unheard of, his name only came out in discussions where it was important. But besides that. It was avoided. It was avoided because of her.

She loved him, with all her heart, yet it wasn't enough to keep him from going. And that pained her terribly. It burned a hole through her heart, it left her scarred. Since then, she regretted falling in love, because it brought her more pain than bliss.

Flashback...

Po and Tigress liked each other, it was obvious knowledge for everyone in the Jade palace. Except for the two lovers... Everyone was in the training hall trying to meet Shifu's demands. Almost all of them failed to do so except one tiger who had trained to meet them all of her life. Everyone was impressed and proud of her, even Shifu if he didn't show it. But Tigress herself was not. Inside, her heart and her common sense were in a battle.

Tigress wanted to tell him that she liked him. She knew everyone knew, so why was she making a big deal out of it? It frustrated her to no end not knowing what to do.

But Po was having the same problem. He knew that he should tell her, everyone knew except her, so why is one more person with that knowledge a problem? Well, because that person had the power to crush his heart or mend it.

Training was over, and everyone was dismissed. Tigress immediately excused herself and locked herself in her room. No one asked why.

Po went to the kitchen and started to prepare a lot of food. Now, if Tigress had known, she would have been suspicious. Something she now regretted, she could have stopped him from leaving with that hint.

After awhile, everyone went to eat dinner, it all went normally. If only she had known it would be the last time. As everyone joked and told stories, Tigress was just staring into her plate, practicing how she would tell him. Dinner ended and everyone went to their rooms to get their well-deserved rest.

Tigress instead of sleeping, began meditating. It helped her relax and clear her mind and...

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

She heard the sound coming from her door. She opened it and found the reason of her confusion, Po. He stood there smiling at her. She couldn't help but to also form a small inviting grin.

"Come in, do you want to... um, talk about something?" She asked, sitting on the edge of her bed so there was enough space for Po to sit in as well. He nodded but remained standing.

"Tigress, I need to get something of my chest before I..." he stopped. This would have been a second clear hint... if Tigress knew.

"What is it?" Po played with his fingers and then looked at her eyes.

"Tigress, I love you" her heart stopped beating, she knew that. Her ears might have stopped working, because that's all that ran through her mind.

"You... you... you love me?" She repeated in disbelief. Po nodded.

"Man ,I knew I shouldn't have told her" he mumbled. Tigress's grin spread from one cheek to another, she stood up.

"I love you too" she responded, now it was Po's turn to be surprised. Tigress took a risk and got on her toes, then she leaned in until she felt the touch of Po's lips against hers.

Po widened his eyes, but then gave into it, wrapping his arms around her waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck, only making the kiss go deeper and last some minutes, they pulled away, Po still having his paws on her waist and she on his neck. They both were breathless because of the kiss. Their cheeks looked so red that even Tigress's fur couldn't hide it.

Po gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and then started to head to his room, but a paw dragged him back.

"Could you sleep with me, just for tonight?" Tigress asked him softly. Po thought about it, if Shifu found out... he would be dead. But even with his head warning him, he nodded.

He dropped himself into the bed. Tigress then used his belly as a pillow, and in less than a minute, she was sleep. Then, she started purring.

Po loved seeing the soft side of her. He whispered in her ear, "I love you" and he swore he had seen a smile on her face... then after that... it all started to break woke up the next day, she had a smile on her face, it had been the best sleep she had gotten since forever. Yet, she didn't feel the soft fur against her cheeks. She stood up and looked around... no sign that Po had spent the nigth with her... or that he even stepped inside her room. But she could smell his scent, it was so fresh. And her memories were so vivid that it couldn't have been a dream.

She stood up, and as on cue, the gong rang. All of the students stood up and greeted their master... except one panda.

Tigress's heart seemed to race... where was he?! But Shifu looked calm, therefore he should know. She waited to see if he was going to inform them... but the words never came.

"Excuse us Master Shifu," all of her friends turned to look at her, "but, where's Po?" They looked at their master, waiting for an answer.

"He left me a note" Tigress sighed in relief "saying that he was going to go away, and didn't know when or whether or not he was going to return" everyone gasped. But Tigress started crying, but not the kind of crying that everyone could hear. No, it was silent crying. Where the tears where invisible, but one could see the sadness clearly.

She shook her head... it was impossible, he wouldn't do that... he wouldn't. He would return...

That was six months ago...

(Present time)

It was dark outside, well, it was night time . Everyone was sleep, except one tiger, who had never been able to sleep peacefully since that night, fearing that something was going to happen, that she was going to miss something, to let go of something, or someone.

She heard someone knock the Palace's door.

"Who could it be at this time? And its raining, not appropriate weather for traveling" she thought.

She opened the door and she stood there frozen, her heart skipping more than one beat. She couldn't believe it. It was him... she didn't know what to do, to either run to his arms and kiss him, or go in front of him, slap him and yell at him for leaving her. She made her decision.

"Are you insane?!" She shouted. He was shaking from the rain... still, he couldn't keep his eyes from her and smiling dreamily at her.

The rest came to see what was happening, everyone was still sleepy, but once they saw Po, they all woke up and acquired their senses. They ran to him and hugged him, leaving Tigress out, not that she even wanted to hug him. Po hugged them back, but while in the embrace, he saw Tigress looking at him in disbelief. It seemed she had tears in her eyes... she ran back inside, probably to her room, leaving him in the entrance with the rest, who were asking him all sorts of questions. Only one thing ran through his mind, he needed to make it up to Tigress.

"And you got here in time! Tomorrow we are going to have a festival and there will be shows and food and music!" Viper said excitedly.

Po smiled at the idea... maybe that's when he would fix things with Tigress and hope the scars didn't run too deep.

well, there you have it! I thought i was going to use the song this chapter, but i didn't, i think i will use it on the next one. Anyway, tell me what you think and review:) I will try to update soon.

-Peace out:)