'You are going to love my noodles Tigress!' Po said happily about the tiger's answer.
'Po, I don't think I would like nood…' Tigress couldn't finish what she was going to say because of the big panda that grabbed her of the paw, leading her to the kitchen.
After arriving there, the panda opened some of the kitchen's cupboards, taking out vegetables, plates, casseroles, etc. While he was doing that, Po was asking her different things too.
'What do you want in your noodles Tigress? Tell me and I'll prepare it. With carrots, without carrots, salt, pepper.'
'Po…' the tiger was trying to say him that she didn't want noodles, but she couldn't. The panda was talking the fastest he could without stopping.
'I know! I'm going to prepare the Secret Ingredient Soup…'
'Po…' Tigress was trying to be calmed, but he was driving her crazy.
'I prepare the soup with or without radishes?'
'Po…' the panda wasn't listening her; he was very worried about preparing the perfect soup for her.
'Wait! But if she doesn't like radishes…or if she's allergic to them!' the tone of his voice was demonstrating that he really was worried about the soup.
'Po…'
'Or maybe I can replace the radishes with potatoes and add more salt…that's perfect!' The panda's state changed quickly from worry to calm. 'Tigress, were you trying to say me something?'
The situation was becoming very annoying, but fortunately the panda finally was hearing her.
'Yes Po' she said, 'I was trying to tell you that I do not want noodles, I'm okay with a plate of tofu.'
'Tofu?' the panda asked, confused. He was planning to prepare her the best soup of all China, and all she really wanted was "tofu".
'Yeah Po, tofu.' she answered.
'Really? Because you know, if you want I can prepare you some noodles, or bean buns, or dumplings.'
'No thanks Po, I just want tofu.' Tigress was talking softly. She had no anger anymore. But on the other hand, the panda was getting really annoyed about the tiger's idea for a lunch.
'Tofu?' he asked, again.
'Tofu'
'Tofu?' he couldn't believe that of all the delicacies of the world, she just wanted tofu, it was like an offense to him.
"Not again." that was what Tigress was thinking after realizing the panda was starting with one of his nonsense. 'Yes Po, tofu…T.O.F.U., tofu'
'Tofu tofu, you want…tofu…the one made of soybean and water?' the panda was very annoying at that moment.
'No Po, I want dumplings but I called them tofu' Tigress was using sarcasm, which meant she was already annoyed, very annoyed.
'So…you want tofu…or dumplings?'
'Po…' the voice of Tigress had changed from soft to serious. It also was sending a message: Po, if you continue like this, I'm going to hit you right in the face.
The panda rapidly understood the message of the tiger, so he decided to stop all the nonsense.
'Okay Tigress, you want tofu, tofu will be.' Po took out some white cubes, and started cutting them in pieces while lightly muttering, "Tofu…she wants tofu instead of noodles…what is better than noodles. I know what, nothing."
A few minutes later, Tigress received a plate with some small cubes of tofu. Finally, she was going to eat. The hunger she felt was so much that she didn't even notice the panda at her side, eating a big plate of noodles.
Although Po was devouring his lunch, he wasn't making any noise. A little smile was appearing on the face of the tiger because of the moment, such silence, and such serenity. It was a perfect moment for her.
She took some chopsticks that were lying on the dinning table, but just as she was going to eat, the rest members of the Furious Five appeared.
'Good morning Po!' yelled Monkey.
Po tried to talk, but his mouth was full of food, and indeed some noodles were hanging from his chin. After he swallowed and cleaned his face, he said cheerily, 'Good morning to everyone.'
'So Po, what are you eating?' asked Viper.
'Oh, well, I'm eating some noodles, but Tigress decided to eat tofu.' Po answered, not so happy after remembering the previous situation.
'What? Did I just hear well? Tigress refused your noodles? And instead of it she preferred some tasteless tofu!' Mantis was astonished; Po's soup was one of the best meals he had ever tasted.
'Come on Tigress, you have to eat Po's noodles." Monkey begged to her.
'It's useless guys' Po said, trying to calm them, but instead of it, they started to annoy Tigress with questions that didn't make any sense.
The tiger was feeling nagged on that moment, all the serenity, all the silence, disappeared just in seconds, and all because of Po. If he hadn't been so persistent with his stupid soup, nothing of that would've happened. It was his entire fault.
She was so mad at Po that she even stopped hearing Mantis and Monkey. Then, a feminine voice interrupted both the guys and her thoughts.
'Please guys, stop being so annoying.' Viper said.
Finally there was silence again. Tigress was so relieved about that.
'Thanks Viper' she was calming down again when, unfortunately, Viper said something that annoyed her too.
'You're welcome Tigress, but…you should eat Po's soup, it's pretty good.' The last words that came out of the snake's mouth were the straw that broke the camel's back.
Tigress stood up, slamming the table pretty hard. Now she was mad.
There was a death silence when she did that.
'I'm not hungry any more' the tiger said angrily. After that she retired of the kitchen.
'Oh Po, what have you done? Now she is really angry.' Monkey mentioned, broking the silence.
'Me?' Po asked. 'But…what have I done?'
