~Art~

Dang, I've been busy! My love life has tanked in the last few days, so don't be surprised if I let it out in the stories I'm working on. Just saying.

Y'all really need to read "Kung Fu Panda 3: Internal Conflict" by TheAnyonymousWriter. It's amazing! Like, really. I like it :)

Quote from Albert Camus.

~Kitty~

It had been a long week for Crane. Master Shifu had sent Tigress, Po, and Monkey to the other side of the country Crane couldn't even remember why they left. Shifu himself had taken a trip to Japan to attend a funeral of an old friend. So it was just Crane, Mantis, and Viper in the Jade Palace. And he was hating every second of it. From Mantis and Viper flirting to them taking PDA to the extreme. Crane didn't know how much more he could take.

But this was by far the weirdest events all week.

Mantis was painting. In his room. While Viper destroyed hers.

Why was he stuck in the Twilight Zone called his life?

"Um, Mantis?"

Mantis calmly looked up from his gentle strokes, seeming to not here the anguished cries of his girlfriend. "Yes?"

"You do realize Viper's finally gone crazy, right?"

"Sure."

"... Okay, what happened?"

Mantis sighed and set his brush down. "Nothing too bad, okay? We just had a... disagreement and broke up."

"And how the hell did you make her so mad that she destroys her room?"

Mantis sighed. "I don't even remember... One minute, I'm asked to go down to the village, the next we're storming away from each other."

"So you're not mad at all?"

"Oh, of course I am," he said, picking up his brush and continuing his painting.

"You don't sound like it," Crane observed warily.

There was a loud CRACK! as Viper's dresser was split in half.

"Well, a guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession."

"You need to go apologize, Mantis," Crane urged, glancing across the hall. Through his open door, he could see Viper's form knocking over her bed.

Mantis sighed, not taking his eyes off of his painting. "I know. I will. When I'm finished with this."

Crane's eyes flashed dangerously. "Mantis, she could hurt herself! Stop stalling and get your ass over there! She loves you alot, so why can't you just throw your pride down the stairs and apologize?"

SNAP! Crane flinched. That didn't sound good.

Mantis squinted and smiled. "Alright, I'm done. Wish me luck."

Crane tilted his head as Mantis strode out of the room and straight into Viper's. He heard mumbles and saw only shadows through the walls. Soon, he saw Viper collapse in Mantis's arms, and heard him whispering soothing words to her. He glanced at the paper Mantis had worked on. Turning the paper over to reveal what was made, Crane smiled.

The perfect picture of Mantis and Viper together, sitting at what appeared to be Mr. Ping's place. Every detail of Viper was carefully done, and Crane half-expected her to slither right off of the page.

Looking back across the hall, he saw Mantis and Viper cuddled by Viper's over-turned bed, snuggling in the wake the snake's destructive anger and sadness. Grinning, Crane slid the picture under the door for the couple.

"A work of art, indeed," Crane mused as he shut his door.

~Kitty~

I editted out so much! Tried to keep it in Crane's point of view- kinda. Made while listening to "Love the Way You Lie part 2". Part 2 is much better than the first :) Anyway, I'll probably update "Snowsitting" tomorrow. Or tonight. Dunno...

Wow, this is really short ^^ Sorry about that ^^"

~Kitty~