Flicker In My Life

By Fantasy Cat

Disc: I got some trading cards, but I don't own the Hamtaro gang

Chapter Eight

Time had passed on so. To everyone, Bijou was alive now. The Hams-Hams resided their meetings at the clubhouse despite the absence of Boss since his love confession to Bijou. Maria's house was near reconstruction.

Bijou told about what happened to her since the fire. When she got to the part of finally arriving home that day to be reunited with Maria, she stopped. She figured that this was something too personal to share with the group and decided to say that Boss walked her home and Maria found her. A joyous ending for the hams to hear.

Now somewhere unknown, Boss was shivering beneath a ragged blanket. His thoughts were of whether it was wrong to tell Bijou the truth and if the hams would ever miss him.

It was supposed to be spring, but the winds went back and forth on the temperature, and then to all of the hams surprise…it snowed again…in the middle of spring!

For the first time in about a week, Hamtaro was the first to worry about Boss. "Do you know what happened to him after you got home Bijou?"

"No I dew not. I assume that he went home," said Bijou.

"Boss la…Bi…zu…Boss…zay leave fo-ever," snored Snoozer in his sleep.

"Huh?" "What?" No one understood what Snoozer said except for Maxwell. He let out a gasp when he figured it out. "My goodness," he said. "Remember that envelope that was on the door the day we came back here?" he asked everyone.

"You said not to touch it, cuz it was unmarked," said Dexter.

"There maybe something in there that may give us a clue as to where he is." Maxwell began headin towards the clubhouse door.

"I told yas should've open the mail. Lord knows tampering mail is what I do best," said Howdy.

"I thought getting on my nerves was what you did best," said Dexter. Maxwell had already gotten the letter and read it silently with so much shock.

"Why you little-"

"Everyone listen!" Howdy was interrupted by Maxwell. "I hate to tell everyone this, but I'm afraid Boss may have…ran away."

"RAN AWAY?!!!" Everyone asked in shocked.

"It can't be," said Hamtaro. "Let me see that." Hamtaro got the letter and began to read it out loud.

"Dear Hams,

In case you eventually resume your meetings here, I have let Snoozer in charge of making sure the clubhouse was open. I am leaving now, I don't know how long I will be. I must warn you though, I may not be coming back. Because of what I did to myself, I need some time to think, and forgive. Therefore, in the likely event that I may never come back, I give my entire clubhouse to you, the Hams who deserved it a whole lot more than I do.

Best Wishes,

Boss"

"That's terrible. We can't have a clubhouse without Boss," said Sandy.

"Yeah," said Hamtaro. "He taught us a lot of things we would never know as house hams. We gotta find him you guys!!!"

"I wish it were easy," said Maxwell. "But all of us know little of Boss outside of our hams meetings. I mean, where would he go to be by himself besides here?"

"I dunno, but we gotta bring him back. It's Boss we're talking about!"

"Should we split up then?" said Oxnard.

"I wouldn't have thought it any other way. We'll search all over town if we haveto."

"Yeah." "Let's do it." "Bring Boss home." "Oookweeeeeeeee!" The Hams began piling out the door to begin there search. Snoozer stayed in his usual spot. Maxwell grabbed a map of the city. "We should also check with Jingle and Elder-Ham and ask if they have seen him," he said gathering his materials.

Hamtaro and Oxnard were the last hams piling out. Bijou was right behind them and she tapped Hamatro on the shoulder. "What is it Bijou," he asked.

"I'm not sure, but I dew believe dere is a place where we might find Boss. I didn't think it would be a good idea to tell you without Boss's approval, but there are a few things you must know. Can we talk privately?"

"Sure, Oxnard do you mind waiting in the clubhouse for a few more minutes?"

"You guys can get a room, but I'm heading straight for Boss's kitchen," said Oxnard running to the kitchen happily. Hamtaro and Bijou went to Boss's room to talk in private.

"Oh Bijou," said Boss through visible cold breathes. "This was a horrible mistake. I'm so sorry…"

A/N My apologies for not really going anywhere with this chapter. This is originally where I got stuck with this story in planing. I'm thinking about taking some dark turns with this, but hopefully the rating will stay. J