A/N: Lil Sandy, thanks a lot for that review! It's about time I got another one! And I'm glad that you're getting into B+B a little more...we B+B people need more fans. -_-; I like H+B too, but I just prefer B+B. Oh yeah, there's just a *tiny* hint of Cappy+Penelope in this chapter, just so you know!
Okay... I'm gonna say this one more time...
PLEASE R/R!!
I'm really sorry if I sound pushy, but I've been waiting for reviews for awhile!! If I don't get at least three reviews for each chapter, I won't post the next one. You guys haven't lost interest, have ya? ;_; OK, well on with chapter ten! Boss fans, I'll give you a fair warning... Even though I LOVE Boss, and he's one of my favs, this chapter is a cliffhanger and is pretty sad... so don't be too upset! Okay here goes, and remember, Kaolla loves REVIEWS!! ^_^
Chapter 10: Boss's Bath
Boss was shocked to see so many hams crowding the doorway to his room. Many thoughts filled his head: "Is Bijou in there? Is she alright? Oh no, is she sick? Is she even alive?" Boss couldn't take the suspense anymore. He weakly tried to charge through the hams, but he was obviously injured in some place. But he didn't care about that. He couldn't preoccupy himself by thinking about himself; he had to get to Bijou. Then all of a sudden, he heard much coughing. He looked around and all of the hams were coughing. "Oh yeah," he thought, "I can't go see Bijou like this. Not only do I look all grimy and filfthy, but I'm covered with germs. If Bijou's sick or hurt, and I spread those germs to her, I'll only make things worse. Hmm... I'll need a bath." Boss was very deep in thought about this. He was worried about Bijou. As worried as he was and as much as he wanted to see her and know she was safe, he had to clean himself up first. "Okay, listen up, hams!" Boss said, almost sounding like a military leader of some sort. "I don't wanna get Bi--- err, uh, I mean, anybody, sick. So I'm gonna have to take a bath, so you guys just stay out of the bathroom for a while, okay?" Boss clarified.
"WHOOOO-EEEE! Yer gonna need a lot more than soap to wash off that nasta stench!" Howdy exclaimed. "What my unsophisticated hammo, here, is trying to say is that you may need a stronger formula than what you normally use, Boss, sir." Dexter said. "I know!" Pashmina exclaimed joyfully. She took off her scarf and revealed a small pocket on the inside. From the pocket she pulled out a tiny bottle filled with pink liquid. She handed it to Boss. "I don't know how much it will take, but it should work." Pashmina left Boss almost speechless. Why was she suddenly being so kind to him? Pashmina was nice and everything, but... he had never noticed her being this kind to him in particular. "Oh well," he thought, "I'd better go get this bath thing overwith."
"Uh, thanks, Pashmina," Boss said, and then walked to the bathroom (IS there a bathroom in the clubhouse? -_-;). When he got there, he noticed his helmet was gone. "Damn...must still be under that cat," Boss said to himself. "Ah, I'll just get it later. I need to get myself clean so I can see Bijou again!" Boss began to fill the tub with hot water and poured in a few drops of Pashmina's formula, then set it on the soapdish in his reach, should he need more of it. "Ahh... It's good to have a place where you can just relax in privacy," Boss said to himself, stepping into his bath. He slipped himself into the water, almost as if he were about to fall asleep there. "But what was that about? Pashmina was awfully nice to me... No one else is that excited about being kind to me. Could it be that Pashmina likes me? No... that can't be... She likes Dexter, of course. Plus, Hamtaro often gets excited to do nice things for me... And for everyone else, for that matter. Yeah, that's right... Hamtaro is nice to everyone. He deserves Bijou more than I do, I guess. And he DOES seem to make Bijou happier than I do... I guess he just has something that I don't. But then what about when we went to the museum? I saved her life. She said that Perci-whatever his name was reminded her of me because of that. But of course, Hamtaro was the one who caught her. If not for him, I would have tossed her to a splattery death..." Boss cringed at the thought of Bijou dying.
"Of course. She likes Hamtaro, not me. What could have caused me to think otherwise? Am I really that dense? Maybe I should talk this out with Hamtaro. I was foolish to get so upset at him. After all, it's not his fault that my feelings for Bijou are unrequited and his aren't. And maybe I should tell Bijou how I feel. Yeah, she should know why I got so angry at Hamtaro the other day..."
"OH NO!"
Boss leapt out of the water with a splash. "I have to go make sure Bijou's all right!" With that, Boss immediately shook the water out of his fur, kushi-kushied out the tangles, and headed downstairs...
During all this, the ham-hams were having a discussion, except Cappy, who had also noticed Boss's helmet was missing and had gone outside to get it. "Phew... That was close!" Panda said, "Yeah, like, I don't know what would have happened if Boss saw Hamtaro kissing Bijou!" Sandy said, "Well, technically, it was Bijou who was doin' the kissing, but either way, Boss would have blown his stack!" Stan corrected. Meanwhile, Dexter attempted to start a conversation with Pashmina. "What exactly was that concoction, Pashmina?" Dexter asked politely, "Well, when Penelope plays, sometimes she gets really dirty, and so does her blanket. So I use this to wash both, because she can stumble upon some pretty nasty stuff. I made it myself too!" Pashmina explained, "Ah, I see. So what's in it?" Dexter asked, "Sorry, that's a secret!" Pashmina said, blushing a bit. Dexter fell over in an anime-style. Howdy snickered and walked a bit closer next to Pashmina.
"Come to think of it, Hamtaro didn't look as happy as Bijou did when she kissed him," Maxwell said, "Aw, he was probably just nervous," Sandy said, "After all, it took him THIS long just to figure out what romance was!" In Boss's room, Bijou became excited and softly spoke to Hamtaro, "Hamtaro, will you be my boyham?" Bijou asked, "Wha? I thought I already was a boyham!" Hamtaro said in confusion. Bijou giggled. "No, silly, I mean it would be like dating." "Heke? Dating?" Hamtaro said. He still hadn't quite gotten his memory back yet. "You said I was your true love, right?" Bijou asked, a bit dissapointed. "Yeah," Hamtaro said, "Well, that's what true lovers do. They date." She looked at Hamtaro with a soft smile. Hamtaro was still confused, and thought about this deeply. "Hmm... The picture on the wall DID say she was my true love," he thought, "So, I guess that makes her my true lover and me her true lover. And... if that's what true lovers do, then..." Hamtaro swallowed hard.
"I will go out with you, my true lover" Hamtaro said. Bijou was so overjoyed at this she began to cry and held Hamtaro tight. The ham girls giggled at his sweet remark. They thought he was trying to be romantic and make Bijou happy. But the truth was he was very uncomfortable with Bijou hugging him so tightly. What was going on? Was she trying to hurt him or something? Seeing her outburst at him earlier when she asked if he knew her name, he was afraid to ask her any more questions. But who could he ask?
Then he suddenly remembered things. His memory came back like a flash, and he had realized what he had just done. He remembered everything...almost. He remembered getting close to Bijou like this before, but he didn't remember why. Right now he just felt uncomfortable. He liked that Bijou was happy, but he just felt like something wasn't right here. Could it be that he had...lost his feelings for Bijou? Then, all of a sudden, at the worst time possible, he saw a familiar face pushing through the hams with a familiar voice saying "Uhh... Scuse me... Emergency! Coming through! Excu--" and being cut off by the sight of Bijou's arms wrapped around Hamtaro. Then another thing hit Hamtaro that he had forgotten BEFORE he had his amnesia... Boss liked Bijou. "Oh duh, that's right! How could I forget?! That's why he was so mad... That's why he said I took his happiness away... Because I took Bijou away..." he thought.
Boss's ears, whiskers, and eyebrows drooped in sorrow. This was all the proof in the world. Hamtaro and Bijou liked each other and all of the other hams obviously supported them. Hamtaro was brave and told Bijou how he felt, even though she pretended like she didn't feel the same. Maybe if Boss had told her how he felt earlier, she would be holding him instead of Hamtaro, and she would have never held Hamtaro's hand or kissed him or anything like that, and so Hamtaro wouldn't like her. "This is my own fault..." Boss thought aloud, "For being such a coward."
"Boss!" Hamtaro squeaked. Tears formed in Boss's eyes, but he didn't utter another sound. He just turned and left. "Wait, Boss! You forgot---" Before Cappy could finish, Boss had left the clubhouse and started up the tunnel. "...your helmet..." Cappy finished. Tears began to form in Cappy's eyes too. Boss meant a lot to him. He was like a relative, like a close uncle. Or maybe more than that... Maybe even like a father. "Ookwee?" Penelope said softly, walking up to Cappy. "What...what if he... doesn't come b-back?" Cappy said, with tears falling. Penelope sniffed. "Ookwee..." she said weakly, almost as if she were going to cry also. Outside, it was still daytime, but it was cloudy and dark. Boss began to dobo-dobo through the forest, having no idea where he was going. It didn't matter to him, though.
A/N: Dun dun dun...what WILL happen to poor Boss? You'll only find out if you review!! I'm so mean, I know... heh... But seriously, I like to know what you think about what's going on! Like when you guys thought Sandy overreacted when Maxwell was sick? I like to know what you're thinking! Even if the review is as simple as "Good/Fair/Not so good... Write more", I still really appreciate it! OK I will calm down now...
Okay... I'm gonna say this one more time...
PLEASE R/R!!
I'm really sorry if I sound pushy, but I've been waiting for reviews for awhile!! If I don't get at least three reviews for each chapter, I won't post the next one. You guys haven't lost interest, have ya? ;_; OK, well on with chapter ten! Boss fans, I'll give you a fair warning... Even though I LOVE Boss, and he's one of my favs, this chapter is a cliffhanger and is pretty sad... so don't be too upset! Okay here goes, and remember, Kaolla loves REVIEWS!! ^_^
Chapter 10: Boss's Bath
Boss was shocked to see so many hams crowding the doorway to his room. Many thoughts filled his head: "Is Bijou in there? Is she alright? Oh no, is she sick? Is she even alive?" Boss couldn't take the suspense anymore. He weakly tried to charge through the hams, but he was obviously injured in some place. But he didn't care about that. He couldn't preoccupy himself by thinking about himself; he had to get to Bijou. Then all of a sudden, he heard much coughing. He looked around and all of the hams were coughing. "Oh yeah," he thought, "I can't go see Bijou like this. Not only do I look all grimy and filfthy, but I'm covered with germs. If Bijou's sick or hurt, and I spread those germs to her, I'll only make things worse. Hmm... I'll need a bath." Boss was very deep in thought about this. He was worried about Bijou. As worried as he was and as much as he wanted to see her and know she was safe, he had to clean himself up first. "Okay, listen up, hams!" Boss said, almost sounding like a military leader of some sort. "I don't wanna get Bi--- err, uh, I mean, anybody, sick. So I'm gonna have to take a bath, so you guys just stay out of the bathroom for a while, okay?" Boss clarified.
"WHOOOO-EEEE! Yer gonna need a lot more than soap to wash off that nasta stench!" Howdy exclaimed. "What my unsophisticated hammo, here, is trying to say is that you may need a stronger formula than what you normally use, Boss, sir." Dexter said. "I know!" Pashmina exclaimed joyfully. She took off her scarf and revealed a small pocket on the inside. From the pocket she pulled out a tiny bottle filled with pink liquid. She handed it to Boss. "I don't know how much it will take, but it should work." Pashmina left Boss almost speechless. Why was she suddenly being so kind to him? Pashmina was nice and everything, but... he had never noticed her being this kind to him in particular. "Oh well," he thought, "I'd better go get this bath thing overwith."
"Uh, thanks, Pashmina," Boss said, and then walked to the bathroom (IS there a bathroom in the clubhouse? -_-;). When he got there, he noticed his helmet was gone. "Damn...must still be under that cat," Boss said to himself. "Ah, I'll just get it later. I need to get myself clean so I can see Bijou again!" Boss began to fill the tub with hot water and poured in a few drops of Pashmina's formula, then set it on the soapdish in his reach, should he need more of it. "Ahh... It's good to have a place where you can just relax in privacy," Boss said to himself, stepping into his bath. He slipped himself into the water, almost as if he were about to fall asleep there. "But what was that about? Pashmina was awfully nice to me... No one else is that excited about being kind to me. Could it be that Pashmina likes me? No... that can't be... She likes Dexter, of course. Plus, Hamtaro often gets excited to do nice things for me... And for everyone else, for that matter. Yeah, that's right... Hamtaro is nice to everyone. He deserves Bijou more than I do, I guess. And he DOES seem to make Bijou happier than I do... I guess he just has something that I don't. But then what about when we went to the museum? I saved her life. She said that Perci-whatever his name was reminded her of me because of that. But of course, Hamtaro was the one who caught her. If not for him, I would have tossed her to a splattery death..." Boss cringed at the thought of Bijou dying.
"Of course. She likes Hamtaro, not me. What could have caused me to think otherwise? Am I really that dense? Maybe I should talk this out with Hamtaro. I was foolish to get so upset at him. After all, it's not his fault that my feelings for Bijou are unrequited and his aren't. And maybe I should tell Bijou how I feel. Yeah, she should know why I got so angry at Hamtaro the other day..."
"OH NO!"
Boss leapt out of the water with a splash. "I have to go make sure Bijou's all right!" With that, Boss immediately shook the water out of his fur, kushi-kushied out the tangles, and headed downstairs...
During all this, the ham-hams were having a discussion, except Cappy, who had also noticed Boss's helmet was missing and had gone outside to get it. "Phew... That was close!" Panda said, "Yeah, like, I don't know what would have happened if Boss saw Hamtaro kissing Bijou!" Sandy said, "Well, technically, it was Bijou who was doin' the kissing, but either way, Boss would have blown his stack!" Stan corrected. Meanwhile, Dexter attempted to start a conversation with Pashmina. "What exactly was that concoction, Pashmina?" Dexter asked politely, "Well, when Penelope plays, sometimes she gets really dirty, and so does her blanket. So I use this to wash both, because she can stumble upon some pretty nasty stuff. I made it myself too!" Pashmina explained, "Ah, I see. So what's in it?" Dexter asked, "Sorry, that's a secret!" Pashmina said, blushing a bit. Dexter fell over in an anime-style. Howdy snickered and walked a bit closer next to Pashmina.
"Come to think of it, Hamtaro didn't look as happy as Bijou did when she kissed him," Maxwell said, "Aw, he was probably just nervous," Sandy said, "After all, it took him THIS long just to figure out what romance was!" In Boss's room, Bijou became excited and softly spoke to Hamtaro, "Hamtaro, will you be my boyham?" Bijou asked, "Wha? I thought I already was a boyham!" Hamtaro said in confusion. Bijou giggled. "No, silly, I mean it would be like dating." "Heke? Dating?" Hamtaro said. He still hadn't quite gotten his memory back yet. "You said I was your true love, right?" Bijou asked, a bit dissapointed. "Yeah," Hamtaro said, "Well, that's what true lovers do. They date." She looked at Hamtaro with a soft smile. Hamtaro was still confused, and thought about this deeply. "Hmm... The picture on the wall DID say she was my true love," he thought, "So, I guess that makes her my true lover and me her true lover. And... if that's what true lovers do, then..." Hamtaro swallowed hard.
"I will go out with you, my true lover" Hamtaro said. Bijou was so overjoyed at this she began to cry and held Hamtaro tight. The ham girls giggled at his sweet remark. They thought he was trying to be romantic and make Bijou happy. But the truth was he was very uncomfortable with Bijou hugging him so tightly. What was going on? Was she trying to hurt him or something? Seeing her outburst at him earlier when she asked if he knew her name, he was afraid to ask her any more questions. But who could he ask?
Then he suddenly remembered things. His memory came back like a flash, and he had realized what he had just done. He remembered everything...almost. He remembered getting close to Bijou like this before, but he didn't remember why. Right now he just felt uncomfortable. He liked that Bijou was happy, but he just felt like something wasn't right here. Could it be that he had...lost his feelings for Bijou? Then, all of a sudden, at the worst time possible, he saw a familiar face pushing through the hams with a familiar voice saying "Uhh... Scuse me... Emergency! Coming through! Excu--" and being cut off by the sight of Bijou's arms wrapped around Hamtaro. Then another thing hit Hamtaro that he had forgotten BEFORE he had his amnesia... Boss liked Bijou. "Oh duh, that's right! How could I forget?! That's why he was so mad... That's why he said I took his happiness away... Because I took Bijou away..." he thought.
Boss's ears, whiskers, and eyebrows drooped in sorrow. This was all the proof in the world. Hamtaro and Bijou liked each other and all of the other hams obviously supported them. Hamtaro was brave and told Bijou how he felt, even though she pretended like she didn't feel the same. Maybe if Boss had told her how he felt earlier, she would be holding him instead of Hamtaro, and she would have never held Hamtaro's hand or kissed him or anything like that, and so Hamtaro wouldn't like her. "This is my own fault..." Boss thought aloud, "For being such a coward."
"Boss!" Hamtaro squeaked. Tears formed in Boss's eyes, but he didn't utter another sound. He just turned and left. "Wait, Boss! You forgot---" Before Cappy could finish, Boss had left the clubhouse and started up the tunnel. "...your helmet..." Cappy finished. Tears began to form in Cappy's eyes too. Boss meant a lot to him. He was like a relative, like a close uncle. Or maybe more than that... Maybe even like a father. "Ookwee?" Penelope said softly, walking up to Cappy. "What...what if he... doesn't come b-back?" Cappy said, with tears falling. Penelope sniffed. "Ookwee..." she said weakly, almost as if she were going to cry also. Outside, it was still daytime, but it was cloudy and dark. Boss began to dobo-dobo through the forest, having no idea where he was going. It didn't matter to him, though.
A/N: Dun dun dun...what WILL happen to poor Boss? You'll only find out if you review!! I'm so mean, I know... heh... But seriously, I like to know what you think about what's going on! Like when you guys thought Sandy overreacted when Maxwell was sick? I like to know what you're thinking! Even if the review is as simple as "Good/Fair/Not so good... Write more", I still really appreciate it! OK I will calm down now...