Well, sorry I haven't been updating. I went away for a couple days. But I'm back and ready to write. O, and thanx for the reviews. I appreciate those who review every chapter like Sandyfan, Jasmine, Hamgirl168, Lord of Saiyans, and others. Of-course the most welcomed reviews are any that are from Celestial Night. Well, enough idle chitchat! R&R ASAP!
Chapter 16: The Real and 'Almost' Confessions
Pepper and Bijou lined up on the girls side of the tunnel of love. Boss, Hamtaro, Oxnard and Cappy lined up on the boys side. They waited in line patiently.
"Sparkle?" Bijou asked. Sparkle was standing in front of them with her cruthes holding her up.
"Oh, hi! You came, too?" Sparkle asked.
"Of-course!" Pepper said. They waited a bit longer, and then it was Sparkle's turn. She was with Boss!
"Uh, hi, Boss." Sparkle said. Boss was really disappointed that he didn't get Bijou. The two got on the swan boat and it started moving.
Next, Pepper went up. It was Nin-Ham. Pepper sighed since she wanted Oxnard, but Nin-Ham was okay.
"After you." Nin-Ham said. Pepper got on the boat and Nin-Ham did afterwards. Then the boat started moving.
Bijou was next. She crossed her fingers hoping Hamtaro. It was him! She was so happy.
"Hamtaro!" Bijou said happily.
"Hey, Bijou! I guess we're together." Hamtaro said as they got on the boat. Then it started moving. The tunnel was dark, but it had lights shaped like hearts and stars all over. It had glowing waterfalls, candies, flowers, and other romantic things.
"Wow this place is really pretty." Bijou said as she admired the waterfall. Hamtaro nodded.
"It reminds me of you." Hamtaro said.
"What do you mean?" Bijou asked.
"It's pretty. You're pretty." Hamtaro said. Bijou blushed, but Hamtaro couldn't tell.
"Merci. You're so sweet." Bijou said. Hamtaro looked in the water and remembered his dream (you know what it is so I'm not going repeat it!).
Only with a clear mind will you be able to see who is truly in your heart, Hamtaro thought. He thought about it, and then Bijou flashed in his mind.
"Bijou, there's something really important I have to tell you." Hamtaro said.
"What is it?" Bijou asked, wondering if it was what she thought it was. Suddenly, they heard a big splash from up ahead of them.
"What was that?" Hamtaro asked. Bijou didn't really care. She just wanted to know what Hamtaro wanted to say.
"Um, maybe it was just the waterfall. So what did you want to tell me?" Bijou asked. Then, suddenly, the ride ended.
"Nothing." Hamtaro said as he helped Bijou off the boat. Bijou sighed. I was sure he would say it, she thought. They decided to get some cotton candy and eat it at a table.
"So what did Boss tell you behind the boulder?" Bijou asked, curiously.
"Um, nothing." Hamtaro lied. Suddenly, Boss popped up out of no where. Cappy, of-course, was with him.
"Hamtaro! I need to talk to you!" Boss said, angrily. He pulled Hamtaro behind a tree.
"What did you say and do on the tunnel of love?" Boss asked.
"Oh my gosh! Will you just leave me alone? I don't like Bijou. She is my friend and nothing more!" Hamtaro said. He wanted to shout at Boss, but apparently, he was better at keeping his temper than Boss.
"Well, guess what? Because you and Bijou were having 'friend' time together, I was stuck with Sparkle, who, by the way, thinks I have a crush on her because she fell off the boat and I caught her!" Boss yelled. (I don't know. I guess Bijou just didn't hear him yelling or just wasn't paying attention.)
"So that was what that splash was!" Hamtaro said. Boss sighed.
"After today, I don't want you anywhere near Bijou. You got that?" Boss asked, pointing at Hamtaro. Hamtaro pushed Boss' hand away.
"You don't own her. She's not your personal property! And neither am I!" Hamtaro said as he walked away. Boss followed, angrily.
"Come on, Bijou. Let's go on the roller coaster or something." Hamtaro said. Bijou got up.
"Okay." She said as she walked away with Hamtaro. Boss stood there watching them walk away while Cappy ate the rest of their cotton candy.
Meanwhile, (sorry that I didn't get back to them sooner) Stan and Pashmina were standing in front of the Ferris wheel. They just got off it and were blushing like heck.
"Pashmina, I do love you." Stan said, after a long pause.
"I-I love you, too." Pashmina said. They kissed once more. Stan felt guilty about lying to Pashmina. He told her that he loved her, but he wasn't even sure he did. It was one of the biggest lies he'd ever told.
"You know what?" Pashmina asked, interrupting Stan's thoughts.
"What?" he asked.
"I think we're, you know, q-qualified boyfriend and girl-girlfriend!" Pashmina said, both excited and embarrassed. She didn't want to have a fight with Stan for the same reason Sandy did with Maxwell. Stan quickly nodded.
"I guess we are!" Stan said, guilty and sort-of embarrassed. Pashmina smiled and hugged Stan.
"I' so glad!" She said, happily.
Back with our favorite couple, Hamtaro and Bijou went on a roller coaster. But Bijou didn't get dizzy this time. Her mind was somewhere else.
"What was he going to say? Was he going to... confess? Does he actually love me? He did have my picture in his bag. Maybe he was going to say something else. Or maybe not?" These things kept going through Bijou's mind.
"Bijou?" Hamtaro asked. Bijou had been silent for a long time. Bijou snapped out of her thoughts and looked Hamtaro.
"What?" Bijou asked.
"Are you okay? You haven't said anything for a long time." Said Hamtaro.
"Oh, sorry. I was just, um, thinking about things." Bijou said. Hamtaro nodded.
"Then let's go on a ride." Hamtaro said. The two walked around looking for another ride with Bijou's mind somewhere else again.
"Hey, Stan! Hi, Pashmina!" Hamtaro greeted the two at the entrance of a ride.
"Oh, hi, Hamtaro. Hi, Bijou." Pashmina said, interrupting Bijou's thoughts.
"Huh? Oh, hi." Bijou said.
"What's up?" asked Hamtaro.
"Well, um, I don't know how to say this casually, but I'm going to say it anyway! Stan and I got together!" Pashmina said, excitedly. She was hugging his arm.
"What!?" Bijou and Hamtaro yelled in unison.
"Yeah. It's great." Said Stan, trying to get Pashmina off him. Bijou smiled.
"Can I talk to you alone, Stan?" Bijou asked.
"Okay." Stan said, simply. The two went behind a wall and talked.
"You finally got a girlfriend! I'm so proud of you!" Bijou congratulated him. Stan was silent. She was smiling at him again. And when he blushed, he just felt guiltier for telling Pashmina he loved her.
"Yeah. Thanks. I guess I finally got that feeling you told me about before!" Stan said, trying to ignore the guilt.
"Yeah! Oh, and I think that, um, Hamtaro almost confessed to me!" Bijou said, excitedly. Stan eyes got wide.
"He does love her. He does. That means... I can't have her. No! I couldn't have her from the start! And I've got a girlfriend now! I've never had her, but I have Pashmina now!" Stan said to himself.
"Um, that's great." Stan said with no feeling in his voice.
"Stan? Are you okay?" Bijou asked, surprised that he wasn't happy for her.
"Yeah! It's great! But why was it only almost?" Stan asked, with his enthusiasm back.
"Well, we were on the tunnel of love when it 'almost' happened. He was about to say it, but then we heard some kind of splash. It ruined the moment so he just didn't tell me what he wanted to say." explained Bijou.
"Oh. That's too bad." Stan said.
"Yeah, but don't worry." Bijou said as she went back to Hamtaro. Stan followed.
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