A/N: Thanks for all the kind words about the last chapter! I wasn't expecting good reviews, so thank you! :D I kind of like this one… it's silly. Lolz.
"Master Po! Who do you have a crush on?"
Po nearly choked on his tepid jasmine tea. In light of An's 13th birthday, the little girl students at the palace were holding a slumber/tea party of epic proportions. Viper, of course, volunteered to be one of the "referees," but with so many children, she needed help. Kung Fu master or not, those girls were a handful. Tigress, being the obvious second choice, stated that she "would rather gouge out her own liver and eat it." So the rest drew straws. Po lost.
"W-what?" Po stuttered. Viper laughed in her tinkling (annoying) little giggle. She was arranging a flower in Lin's fur.
"You heard her, Po, who's your crush?" Po glared at her.
"Traitor," he mouthed. The panda was then bombarded with questions.
"Tell us Master Po! Please?"
"Come on! We won't tell anybody!"
"Is it Master Crane?"
Po looked positively scandalized. "What? No!"
"Then who? Tell us Po! Pleeease? It is my birthday," An simpered, blinking up at him with those big brown eyes. Po sighed. He could never deny the little fawn anything.
"Fine… my crush is… MASTER VIPER!" He launched himself at the snake. Viper shrieked and darted across the room. The little girls laughed and cheered as Po chased their serpentine instructor.
Just as Po caught her and was about to kiss her cheek, someone cleared their throat from the doorway. Shifu. "Hi Master Shifu!" the girls chorused. Po dropped Viper unceremoniously. "Shifu!" he squeaked. Shifu was trying his hardest to keep a straight face.
"I heard such a ruckus that I came to see if you two needed any help, but I see you're carrying on just fine. Sorry for the intrusion!" The red panda turned to leave with a wave of his hand. Po stumbled after him.
"W-Wait, Shifu! It's not what it looks like!" he cried. Shifu could be heard laughing all the way down the hall.
An blinked and looked over at Viper. "Um, Master? Master Po has a crush on Master Shifu, doesn't he?" Viper snorted and sipped her tea.
"That, dearest, is the understatement of the year."
Little girls are evil. I should know, I was one… Still am. Lolz. R/R
