A/N: Hello again, all! Okay, I'm on another computer right now, because I'm someplace else! I'm at my dad's job! But shh! Don't tell him that I'm uploadin' here, okies?^^ Sorry if this chapter looks screwed up...something's wrong with the notepad thing here X_X;
Howdy: It's probably the work of that no-good, dirty, abacus thief! Oooh, I'll rip 'em apart if I ever find 'em! Hmm...Could it be one-a yer dad's fellow employees?
O_O No, Howdy, no! Just get back in the story!
Howdy: Aw, shucks, I'm gonna catch that thief, I swear it! *runs off*
-_-; Looks like I'll be chasing him for awhile. In the meantime, enjoy Chapter 10. ^^ *runs off too* HOWDY, GET BACK HERE! @_@
Chapter 10: Boss's Plan: A Lie? Misconcepted Pashmina.
"I cannot believe I was so ridiculous... Poor Hamtaro must be worried, and it is all because of me!" Bijou thought. "And what was that dream about?"
~**~
Hamtaro walked over to the small, sobbing Boss and tapped him on the shoulder. Boss turned around, and when he saw Hamtaro and Bijou together, his eyes filled with tears once again. He stood up and looked Hamtaro straight in the eye. Then, suddenly, he rested his head on Hamtaro's shoulder and cried right then and there. Then he looked up, wiped the tears from his eyes, and held out his paw.
"Hammo?" he said, cracking a small smile.
"Ham..mo?" Hamtaro said, reaching out his paw.
The two of them clasped their paws together and slowly shook them. Young Hamtaro didn't quite grasp the concept at first, but when Boss started moving his paw up and down, he began doing so too.
Then the little Boss slowly crept over to Bijou and held his paw out to her. "H-h-h-hammo?" he said, swallowing hard and blushing lightly.
Bijou put her paw out and smiled, then gently clasped Boss's and shook it. "Hammo!" she said in a cheerful voice. Boss became redder than ever.
~**~
Little did Bijou know that her secret admirer, Boss, was dobo-doboing up the tree outside her yard that very moment. He hopped straight from the branch to her windowsill and knocked on her cage gently.
"Oh my!" Bijou said, turning around. "Boss... What in the world are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the party?"
"Well, uh... We were all really worried about you, Bijou. Do you need help getting to the party?" Boss asked.
"I... I am sorry, Boss... I just do not feel like going to the party." Bijou said sadly.
"W-why not?" he asked timidly.
"Well..." she sobbed a bit. "I heard that Hamtaro was going to confess to me, and..."
Boss's ears twitched. How did she find out? And why was she avoiding Hamtaro?
"And then I jumped ahead and confessed to him, but...he... ran away from me... And I do not know if I am ready to face him."
Boss was furious. Hamtaro was so lucky... He was confessed to by the lovely Bijou, and he turned tail and ran! "If I were confessed to by her, I would have been overjoyed!" he thought.
"Um...Well, I'm, uh...sorry to hear that, Bijou... But, y'know, I, uh..." Boss wanted to tell her about the festival, but he saw the sadness on her face, and knew it would be wrong to keep her from Hamtaro.
"You what? What is it, Boss?" she asked.
"I...think you should go face Hamtaro if that's what your heart tells ya to do..." he said nervously.
Bijou looked at Boss and knew that he was right. No matter how scary it would be to face Hamtaro, she had to do it. Even if they didn't end up together, at least it wouldn't be because she was a coward.
"Boss, you are so very right. Thank you so much." Bijou said as she stood up and reached for her walking stick. "Would you walk to the clubhouse with me?"
Boss blushed deeply. He knew he had done the right thing, but still felt disappointed that his plans for going to the festival with Bijou were ruined. "S-sure, B-Bijou." he said. He took her on his back and jumped from the windowsill to the branch.
When Bijou saw Boss blush, she finally understood. "Does he always blush like that? Wait..." she pondered, thinking back on the redness of Boss's face from the past. "So...that is why he didn't like it when Hamtaro and I were talking... That is why he interfered so much... He likes...moi?"
"Thank you, Boss. I think I can walk from here." she said, climbing off his back.
While running to the clubhouse, Boss didn't know what to think. "Should I really be doing this? I mean... I told Bijou to follow her heart...so, shouldn't I be following mine?" he thought.
When they arrived, Boss helped Bijou walk down the tunnel. "Careful, now. Don't walk too fast." he said.
"I am fine." Bijou said. She had butterflies in her stomach and couldn't imagine what it was going to be like facing Hamtaro after that confession. It would be too awkward to act like nothing happened...
They were about to walk in, when, all of a sudden, out walked Oxnard with a pair of red-and-green hamster-sized earmuffs.
"Heke? Oh, welcome back, Boss! Hi Bijou, Merry Christmas!" he said, cheerfully.
"Hello Oxnard, happy holidays!" Bijou said, cheering up a bit.
"Thanks, Oxnard. Now, please excuse us, we've got to get inside before Bijou gets cold." Boss said as Bijou walked past the two of them. Bijou opened the door and was appauled at what she saw...
"Go ahead, Pashmina! Reach in and see what you get!" Hamtaro said, smiling.
"Okay, Hamtaro!" Pashmina said as she placed her paws into the box and pulled out a red scarf with a green holly-print on it. She took a deep breath and exclaimed.
"Oh, Hamtaro, it's beautiful! Thank you so much!" she said as she put it on (Penelope was still wearing the pink one).
Tears quickly began to fill Bijou's eyes. She couldn't believe it. Wasn't Pashmina her best friend? Wasn't Pashmina one of the people who told her about the rumor in the first place? No...It wasn't Pashmina's fault that Hamtaro liked her instead of herself... Bijou didn't know what to do or think. She felt just like Hamtaro did after she confessed to him. So she went ahead and...
...ran away, crying.
Hamtaro heard her cries and looked over where she was.
"Oh no, Bijou! Wait!" he called out.
"Uh, Hamtaro, I think she got the wrong idea! She thinks you're confessing to Pashmina!" Oxnard said.
"But I don't understand! Why would she think that?" Hamtaro said.
"Bijou, come back! It's not what you think!" Boss yelled, immediately chasing after her.
"Well, y'see, Hamtaro, that present..." Oxnard began, as he explained Dexter and Howdy's discovery and hypothesis.
Meanwhile, Boss finally caught up with Bijou.
"Bijou, listen to me! Back there, it wasn't what it loo--"
Bijou looked at Boss through teary, red eyes, and then looked down. He was speechless. He couldn't stand to see her like that.
"B-Bijou... Listen..." he said, blushing.
Bijou was still looking down, then she wiped her tears and interrupted Boss. "I do not want to go back there...so..." she then looked up and smiled. "Since it is Christmas Eve, Boss, would you like to go somewhere?"
Boss blushed deeply and thought hard. "I should tell her the truth, and that it was just a mishap...but... then again, since the letter wasn't a confession to her, then maybe Hamtaro wasn't planning on confessing after all... Maybe just a LITTLE time at the festival wouldn't hurt..."
"Well, Boss?" she asked, still smiling and hiding her pain.
He couldn't bear it any longer. He shoved his conscience away with the words "I-I'd love to, Bijou! In fact, there's a Christmas festival taking place tonight, and I know just where to go!"
(End of chapter 10)
Heh heh...'nother loooovely cliffhanger from yours truly! XD Now before you go and review, I just wanna say somethin. Boss is my FAVORITE character. I know there are a LOT of Boss-haters out there, but please, please, PLEASE do not diss Boss in your reviews. I know you don't like him, but I do, and I dun wanna hear stuff like "omg!!11one boss ue prikc i wanna see hamtaro & bijou togteher!!!11!!1one!!1! h+b h+b h+b h+b h+b!!!!" Got it? And if you DO flame about Boss, then I'm not gonna update! So nyeh! :3
Howdy: O_O Boss's yer fave?! I always thought I was yer fave! What's not to like about ME?
¬_¬ ...Howdy, go look for your abacus.
Howdy: Oh yeah! HOO! *runs over to Dexter* Where's my abacus, you?!
Dexter: o_o ...Abacus?
Howdy: I know YER the one who took it!
Dexter: O_O I most certainly would never steal! Hmmph!
-_-;; I'm gonna be here for awhile. Anyways, review, whilst I break these two up, okies?^^
Howdy: It's probably the work of that no-good, dirty, abacus thief! Oooh, I'll rip 'em apart if I ever find 'em! Hmm...Could it be one-a yer dad's fellow employees?
O_O No, Howdy, no! Just get back in the story!
Howdy: Aw, shucks, I'm gonna catch that thief, I swear it! *runs off*
-_-; Looks like I'll be chasing him for awhile. In the meantime, enjoy Chapter 10. ^^ *runs off too* HOWDY, GET BACK HERE! @_@
Chapter 10: Boss's Plan: A Lie? Misconcepted Pashmina.
"I cannot believe I was so ridiculous... Poor Hamtaro must be worried, and it is all because of me!" Bijou thought. "And what was that dream about?"
~**~
Hamtaro walked over to the small, sobbing Boss and tapped him on the shoulder. Boss turned around, and when he saw Hamtaro and Bijou together, his eyes filled with tears once again. He stood up and looked Hamtaro straight in the eye. Then, suddenly, he rested his head on Hamtaro's shoulder and cried right then and there. Then he looked up, wiped the tears from his eyes, and held out his paw.
"Hammo?" he said, cracking a small smile.
"Ham..mo?" Hamtaro said, reaching out his paw.
The two of them clasped their paws together and slowly shook them. Young Hamtaro didn't quite grasp the concept at first, but when Boss started moving his paw up and down, he began doing so too.
Then the little Boss slowly crept over to Bijou and held his paw out to her. "H-h-h-hammo?" he said, swallowing hard and blushing lightly.
Bijou put her paw out and smiled, then gently clasped Boss's and shook it. "Hammo!" she said in a cheerful voice. Boss became redder than ever.
~**~
Little did Bijou know that her secret admirer, Boss, was dobo-doboing up the tree outside her yard that very moment. He hopped straight from the branch to her windowsill and knocked on her cage gently.
"Oh my!" Bijou said, turning around. "Boss... What in the world are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the party?"
"Well, uh... We were all really worried about you, Bijou. Do you need help getting to the party?" Boss asked.
"I... I am sorry, Boss... I just do not feel like going to the party." Bijou said sadly.
"W-why not?" he asked timidly.
"Well..." she sobbed a bit. "I heard that Hamtaro was going to confess to me, and..."
Boss's ears twitched. How did she find out? And why was she avoiding Hamtaro?
"And then I jumped ahead and confessed to him, but...he... ran away from me... And I do not know if I am ready to face him."
Boss was furious. Hamtaro was so lucky... He was confessed to by the lovely Bijou, and he turned tail and ran! "If I were confessed to by her, I would have been overjoyed!" he thought.
"Um...Well, I'm, uh...sorry to hear that, Bijou... But, y'know, I, uh..." Boss wanted to tell her about the festival, but he saw the sadness on her face, and knew it would be wrong to keep her from Hamtaro.
"You what? What is it, Boss?" she asked.
"I...think you should go face Hamtaro if that's what your heart tells ya to do..." he said nervously.
Bijou looked at Boss and knew that he was right. No matter how scary it would be to face Hamtaro, she had to do it. Even if they didn't end up together, at least it wouldn't be because she was a coward.
"Boss, you are so very right. Thank you so much." Bijou said as she stood up and reached for her walking stick. "Would you walk to the clubhouse with me?"
Boss blushed deeply. He knew he had done the right thing, but still felt disappointed that his plans for going to the festival with Bijou were ruined. "S-sure, B-Bijou." he said. He took her on his back and jumped from the windowsill to the branch.
When Bijou saw Boss blush, she finally understood. "Does he always blush like that? Wait..." she pondered, thinking back on the redness of Boss's face from the past. "So...that is why he didn't like it when Hamtaro and I were talking... That is why he interfered so much... He likes...moi?"
"Thank you, Boss. I think I can walk from here." she said, climbing off his back.
While running to the clubhouse, Boss didn't know what to think. "Should I really be doing this? I mean... I told Bijou to follow her heart...so, shouldn't I be following mine?" he thought.
When they arrived, Boss helped Bijou walk down the tunnel. "Careful, now. Don't walk too fast." he said.
"I am fine." Bijou said. She had butterflies in her stomach and couldn't imagine what it was going to be like facing Hamtaro after that confession. It would be too awkward to act like nothing happened...
They were about to walk in, when, all of a sudden, out walked Oxnard with a pair of red-and-green hamster-sized earmuffs.
"Heke? Oh, welcome back, Boss! Hi Bijou, Merry Christmas!" he said, cheerfully.
"Hello Oxnard, happy holidays!" Bijou said, cheering up a bit.
"Thanks, Oxnard. Now, please excuse us, we've got to get inside before Bijou gets cold." Boss said as Bijou walked past the two of them. Bijou opened the door and was appauled at what she saw...
"Go ahead, Pashmina! Reach in and see what you get!" Hamtaro said, smiling.
"Okay, Hamtaro!" Pashmina said as she placed her paws into the box and pulled out a red scarf with a green holly-print on it. She took a deep breath and exclaimed.
"Oh, Hamtaro, it's beautiful! Thank you so much!" she said as she put it on (Penelope was still wearing the pink one).
Tears quickly began to fill Bijou's eyes. She couldn't believe it. Wasn't Pashmina her best friend? Wasn't Pashmina one of the people who told her about the rumor in the first place? No...It wasn't Pashmina's fault that Hamtaro liked her instead of herself... Bijou didn't know what to do or think. She felt just like Hamtaro did after she confessed to him. So she went ahead and...
...ran away, crying.
Hamtaro heard her cries and looked over where she was.
"Oh no, Bijou! Wait!" he called out.
"Uh, Hamtaro, I think she got the wrong idea! She thinks you're confessing to Pashmina!" Oxnard said.
"But I don't understand! Why would she think that?" Hamtaro said.
"Bijou, come back! It's not what you think!" Boss yelled, immediately chasing after her.
"Well, y'see, Hamtaro, that present..." Oxnard began, as he explained Dexter and Howdy's discovery and hypothesis.
Meanwhile, Boss finally caught up with Bijou.
"Bijou, listen to me! Back there, it wasn't what it loo--"
Bijou looked at Boss through teary, red eyes, and then looked down. He was speechless. He couldn't stand to see her like that.
"B-Bijou... Listen..." he said, blushing.
Bijou was still looking down, then she wiped her tears and interrupted Boss. "I do not want to go back there...so..." she then looked up and smiled. "Since it is Christmas Eve, Boss, would you like to go somewhere?"
Boss blushed deeply and thought hard. "I should tell her the truth, and that it was just a mishap...but... then again, since the letter wasn't a confession to her, then maybe Hamtaro wasn't planning on confessing after all... Maybe just a LITTLE time at the festival wouldn't hurt..."
"Well, Boss?" she asked, still smiling and hiding her pain.
He couldn't bear it any longer. He shoved his conscience away with the words "I-I'd love to, Bijou! In fact, there's a Christmas festival taking place tonight, and I know just where to go!"
(End of chapter 10)
Heh heh...'nother loooovely cliffhanger from yours truly! XD Now before you go and review, I just wanna say somethin. Boss is my FAVORITE character. I know there are a LOT of Boss-haters out there, but please, please, PLEASE do not diss Boss in your reviews. I know you don't like him, but I do, and I dun wanna hear stuff like "omg!!11one boss ue prikc i wanna see hamtaro & bijou togteher!!!11!!1one!!1! h+b h+b h+b h+b h+b!!!!" Got it? And if you DO flame about Boss, then I'm not gonna update! So nyeh! :3
Howdy: O_O Boss's yer fave?! I always thought I was yer fave! What's not to like about ME?
¬_¬ ...Howdy, go look for your abacus.
Howdy: Oh yeah! HOO! *runs over to Dexter* Where's my abacus, you?!
Dexter: o_o ...Abacus?
Howdy: I know YER the one who took it!
Dexter: O_O I most certainly would never steal! Hmmph!
-_-;; I'm gonna be here for awhile. Anyways, review, whilst I break these two up, okies?^^