A/N: Hmm...Six reviews in twenty days? *shakes head* I think we can do better than that, now, don't you? ^_^; Okies, here's the sugar: I only update when I get five reviews for the newest chapter. So the sooner you review, the sooner I update! Kay? ^^ Anyways, sorry that this A/N isn't very fun...but I gotta do this quick before my comp craps out on me again _;; So here ish the *insert strong, moving verb here* Chapter 7!
Chapter 7: I Love You! Bijou's Confession: Unexpected...
"A Christmas festival for hamsters? Ya don't say!" Boss said, excitedly.
"That's right! I heard about it yesterday, and that's why I came over here! I knew the ham-hams would love the idea." Elder Ham replied, holding up a flyer.
"How exciting! I can't wait!" Hamtaro exclaimed.
"Uh, aren't you forgetting somethin', Hamtaro?" Boss said.
"Heke?" he replied.
"The festival is tomorrow! Tomorrow is the day of the Christmas party we've been working so hard on this whole time!" Boss said.
"Oh, that's right..." Hamtaro said, as his whiskers began to droop.
"I'm sorry, boys, if I had known you were having a party the same day, I would never have gotten your hopes up and told you about the festival. I'm really sorry about that..." Elder Ham said.
"Aw, that's okay, Elder Ham! Besides, with all the work me, Boss, 'n Bijou put into this party, it'll be a zillion times more hamtastic than any old festival!" Hamtaro exclaimed, waving his arms around to show enthusiasm.
"That's the spirit, Hamtaro!" Boss said.
"Well, good luck with the party. I should be on my way now, it's almost getting dark." Elder Ham said, picking up his cane.
"You're leaving already?" Hamtaro said.
"Yes, I need to get some last minute shopping done." Elder Ham said, opening the door.
"Well, uh--you're gonna come to the party tomorrow, right?" Boss asked.
"I'm afraid not. I already promised Auntie Viv that I'd take her to the festival. I'll gladly stop by around New Years', though. Bye-q!" Elder Ham said.
"Bye-q!" said Boss and Hamtaro.
In a split second, Elder Ham was gone. Hamtaro and Boss had finished up early that day and were talking to Elder Ham all afternoon. Now it was time to go home and get some rest so no one would be tired at the party tomorrow.
"Well, Hamtaro, I guess you should get going." Boss said.
"Right, Boss!" Hamtaro said.
"But, uh, Hamtaro... Do me a favor and check on Bijou on your way, alright?" Boss said.
"Sure, Boss!" Hamtaro said.
"And, uh...Tell her I said...um...well... Just..tell her I hope she feels alright tomorrow and that I don't mind stopping by to talk if she's lonely..." Boss said, blushing.
"Okay Boss. I'll see ya at the party!" Hamtaro said, dashing off.
"Bye Hamtaro!" Boss said.
As soon as Hamtaro left, Boss did what he had been longing to do. He opened the door to his closet, reached up to the top shelf, and pulled out the gift from Hamtaro. "Now's my chance," he thought, pulling out the note from the envelope.
"Hmm..." he said, reading the note diligently. While reading, he walked into his room. As soon as he stopped reading, he had a relieved look on his face. Then he looked down at the ground to see a seedy mess all over his bedroom floor. "HEKE?! Nooo!! My gift to Bijou!!" he said. He had been working hard on a seed sculpture of the Eiffel Tower for Bijou's Christmas present, along with a scheduled confession. "How could this have happened? What am I gonna do?!" Boss said, bawling. "Wait a minute..." Boss said. "Hmm... heh heh heh..." He had a glint in his eye. "Okay! I need that flyer! Where's the flyer?" Boss said, rushing through the clubhouse
[Bijou's house]
"Oh, Hamtaro, I cannot wait until tomorrow night! We will confess to one another and the ham-hams will be so happy for us! I just know it!" Bijou said. She sighed dreamily, wondering what would be the first thing Hamtaro said to her in his confession. Would it be the immediate "Don't say anything, I love you," or the classic "There's been something I've wanted to say to you since the first time we met"? Bijou blushed lightly and giggled. Then she heard something rustling in the tree outside her window. She looked outside with fright and whimpered, until she saw Hamtaro hop out of the leaves and onto a branch.
"Hamha, Bijou! How's your leg feeling?"
Bijou was speechless. She was just thinking about him, and there he was.
"Bijou? You alright? It's just me." he said.
"Ah...Oui.. I am sorry, I was just a bit deep in thought. Please come in." she said. Hamtaro jumped over to her windowsill and made his way into her cage, then began tucking her in with a blanket of woodshavings.
"So how was the clubhouse? Did everything get finished alright without me?" Bijou said.
"Well, sure, Bijou. I mean, you already did so much work for us, so it was no trouble at all!" Hamtaro said.
Bijou blushed a bit, and Hamtaro did also. "He is so wonderful," Bijou thought. "I do not know what I would have said if he had asked me that question... I probably would have ended up making him feel guilty for not being there or making him feel unneeded! He always knows just what to say..."
"Well, I guess I need to go... Boss misses ya a lot... He says he can always talk if you're lonely." Hamtaro said. "Boss..." he thought. "There's just no way Bijou and I could be together... After all, I'm one of the only people who knows how he feels! Oh, how could I ever tell Bijou what I'm thinking? Hmm...Maybe I should wait until the next century's end... No, that can't be right! Hamsters don't live that long! Oh..."
"Oui. I miss Boss too. And I have missed you very much!" Bijou said, blushing harder.
Hamtaro grew nervous when Bijou blushed at him. He blushed too. But he was nervous...he couldn't betray Boss like this...
"Uh, sorry Bijou, I, uh, really gotta get home!" Hamtaro said. He opened the door of the cage and slowly began to take his route from the windowsill to the tree.
"What is this?" Bijou thought. "He is leaving already? Does he not want to be with me? Or maybe he does not want to take care of me like this, now that my ankle is such a mess? Oh please, Hamtaro, do not leave! I have to do something to get him to stay... I cannot let him leave without saying something..."
Just then, Bijou felt a numbing in her chest. She felt like her heart was pounding so hard that it was ready to race right out of her body. She began to sweat. Her brain felt like it was being twisted. She immediately sat up, causing her blanket of woodchips to fall, and yelled at the top of her lungs...
"HAMTARO, I LOVE YOU!"
About to jump across the windowsill to the branch, Hamtaro stopped cold. He was just thinking about how it would be wrong of him to confess to Bijou, and right there on the spot, she confessed to him. What was he to do now? He couldn't confess back...He needed more time. But the only thing he could think to do was...
...run away.
"Oh, Hamtaro...what have I done?"
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BWAHAHAHA! Now THIS is a cliffhanger, ne? XD So are you just gonna sit there and let Hamtaro and Bijou suffer?! Review for the love of hamsters...literally! ^_^;;
Chapter 7: I Love You! Bijou's Confession: Unexpected...
"A Christmas festival for hamsters? Ya don't say!" Boss said, excitedly.
"That's right! I heard about it yesterday, and that's why I came over here! I knew the ham-hams would love the idea." Elder Ham replied, holding up a flyer.
"How exciting! I can't wait!" Hamtaro exclaimed.
"Uh, aren't you forgetting somethin', Hamtaro?" Boss said.
"Heke?" he replied.
"The festival is tomorrow! Tomorrow is the day of the Christmas party we've been working so hard on this whole time!" Boss said.
"Oh, that's right..." Hamtaro said, as his whiskers began to droop.
"I'm sorry, boys, if I had known you were having a party the same day, I would never have gotten your hopes up and told you about the festival. I'm really sorry about that..." Elder Ham said.
"Aw, that's okay, Elder Ham! Besides, with all the work me, Boss, 'n Bijou put into this party, it'll be a zillion times more hamtastic than any old festival!" Hamtaro exclaimed, waving his arms around to show enthusiasm.
"That's the spirit, Hamtaro!" Boss said.
"Well, good luck with the party. I should be on my way now, it's almost getting dark." Elder Ham said, picking up his cane.
"You're leaving already?" Hamtaro said.
"Yes, I need to get some last minute shopping done." Elder Ham said, opening the door.
"Well, uh--you're gonna come to the party tomorrow, right?" Boss asked.
"I'm afraid not. I already promised Auntie Viv that I'd take her to the festival. I'll gladly stop by around New Years', though. Bye-q!" Elder Ham said.
"Bye-q!" said Boss and Hamtaro.
In a split second, Elder Ham was gone. Hamtaro and Boss had finished up early that day and were talking to Elder Ham all afternoon. Now it was time to go home and get some rest so no one would be tired at the party tomorrow.
"Well, Hamtaro, I guess you should get going." Boss said.
"Right, Boss!" Hamtaro said.
"But, uh, Hamtaro... Do me a favor and check on Bijou on your way, alright?" Boss said.
"Sure, Boss!" Hamtaro said.
"And, uh...Tell her I said...um...well... Just..tell her I hope she feels alright tomorrow and that I don't mind stopping by to talk if she's lonely..." Boss said, blushing.
"Okay Boss. I'll see ya at the party!" Hamtaro said, dashing off.
"Bye Hamtaro!" Boss said.
As soon as Hamtaro left, Boss did what he had been longing to do. He opened the door to his closet, reached up to the top shelf, and pulled out the gift from Hamtaro. "Now's my chance," he thought, pulling out the note from the envelope.
"Hmm..." he said, reading the note diligently. While reading, he walked into his room. As soon as he stopped reading, he had a relieved look on his face. Then he looked down at the ground to see a seedy mess all over his bedroom floor. "HEKE?! Nooo!! My gift to Bijou!!" he said. He had been working hard on a seed sculpture of the Eiffel Tower for Bijou's Christmas present, along with a scheduled confession. "How could this have happened? What am I gonna do?!" Boss said, bawling. "Wait a minute..." Boss said. "Hmm... heh heh heh..." He had a glint in his eye. "Okay! I need that flyer! Where's the flyer?" Boss said, rushing through the clubhouse
[Bijou's house]
"Oh, Hamtaro, I cannot wait until tomorrow night! We will confess to one another and the ham-hams will be so happy for us! I just know it!" Bijou said. She sighed dreamily, wondering what would be the first thing Hamtaro said to her in his confession. Would it be the immediate "Don't say anything, I love you," or the classic "There's been something I've wanted to say to you since the first time we met"? Bijou blushed lightly and giggled. Then she heard something rustling in the tree outside her window. She looked outside with fright and whimpered, until she saw Hamtaro hop out of the leaves and onto a branch.
"Hamha, Bijou! How's your leg feeling?"
Bijou was speechless. She was just thinking about him, and there he was.
"Bijou? You alright? It's just me." he said.
"Ah...Oui.. I am sorry, I was just a bit deep in thought. Please come in." she said. Hamtaro jumped over to her windowsill and made his way into her cage, then began tucking her in with a blanket of woodshavings.
"So how was the clubhouse? Did everything get finished alright without me?" Bijou said.
"Well, sure, Bijou. I mean, you already did so much work for us, so it was no trouble at all!" Hamtaro said.
Bijou blushed a bit, and Hamtaro did also. "He is so wonderful," Bijou thought. "I do not know what I would have said if he had asked me that question... I probably would have ended up making him feel guilty for not being there or making him feel unneeded! He always knows just what to say..."
"Well, I guess I need to go... Boss misses ya a lot... He says he can always talk if you're lonely." Hamtaro said. "Boss..." he thought. "There's just no way Bijou and I could be together... After all, I'm one of the only people who knows how he feels! Oh, how could I ever tell Bijou what I'm thinking? Hmm...Maybe I should wait until the next century's end... No, that can't be right! Hamsters don't live that long! Oh..."
"Oui. I miss Boss too. And I have missed you very much!" Bijou said, blushing harder.
Hamtaro grew nervous when Bijou blushed at him. He blushed too. But he was nervous...he couldn't betray Boss like this...
"Uh, sorry Bijou, I, uh, really gotta get home!" Hamtaro said. He opened the door of the cage and slowly began to take his route from the windowsill to the tree.
"What is this?" Bijou thought. "He is leaving already? Does he not want to be with me? Or maybe he does not want to take care of me like this, now that my ankle is such a mess? Oh please, Hamtaro, do not leave! I have to do something to get him to stay... I cannot let him leave without saying something..."
Just then, Bijou felt a numbing in her chest. She felt like her heart was pounding so hard that it was ready to race right out of her body. She began to sweat. Her brain felt like it was being twisted. She immediately sat up, causing her blanket of woodchips to fall, and yelled at the top of her lungs...
"HAMTARO, I LOVE YOU!"
About to jump across the windowsill to the branch, Hamtaro stopped cold. He was just thinking about how it would be wrong of him to confess to Bijou, and right there on the spot, she confessed to him. What was he to do now? He couldn't confess back...He needed more time. But the only thing he could think to do was...
...run away.
"Oh, Hamtaro...what have I done?"
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BWAHAHAHA! Now THIS is a cliffhanger, ne? XD So are you just gonna sit there and let Hamtaro and Bijou suffer?! Review for the love of hamsters...literally! ^_^;;