Whispering Hearts
Time Setting: Four days before Christmas.
Hippo sighed. He was laying down on his bed staring at the ceiling. He was in his human form, it was starting to get harder and harder for him to stay in he penguin form, because he had been living on land for so long. He had done everything he possibly could to avoid getting into this state ,but of course failed. There was nothing on T.V., the house was spotless, everything that needed to be done was indeed done, the girls were at school, and Nikora, Taki and Seira went to visit the North Pacific Kingdom for the holidays. He was in charge of watching the girls until Nikora got back. You know from the house burning down or the girls inviting their boyfriends over unattended and so on.
Now he was really wondering if it was possible to die from boredom. Most of all, he was afraid what would happen if he thought about her…
Hippo quickly got up, shaking his head to get the thoughts out. He then decided to start decorating the bath house to a Christmas theme. Since the bathhouse was closed during Nikora's absence decorating was pointless, but it made him feel better.
The seas had been calm since what had happened with Michel and since Lucia recently became the new Aqua Regina no one has even bothered trying to take over the seas. That was main reason Nikora went back, to discuss about Lucia ( but also to relax from the commotion from the house). With all the princesses, they were unbeatable but all that there has been are typhoons, hurricanes, one tsunami and a few oil spills. All those events are no problem for them. Everyone decided to live somewhere in town and enjoy life as much as possible before going back to their own kingdoms. Now Seira was living with them.
When Hippo snapped back to reality, the whole place looked as if it were professionally decorated. When he looked at what was in his hands he saw a mistletoe. Now that thought about it he hadn't even kissed her yet. Oh how he remembered her long, silky, light green hair, her clear green cat-like eyes, her delicate figure and her adorable face. Everything about her was cute, graceful, and ladylike…
Oh No! He was thinking about her again! He shook his head violently and slumped to the ground. The mistletoe fell from his hands as he pulled his legs to his chest. He felt tears in his eyes. He had longed to see her and hold her close to his aching heart. His last words to her were to come and get her someday. So far he had no idea how he was going to do that. As the Divine Beast Protector of the Seal Gate, his powers were limited. He felt so hopeless.
"Someday…Someday… I will come for you… just wait for me, okay…Yuri…", Hippo whispered, as a tear fell to the ground.