Orange And Red
By corset-rebellion-follower
Disclaimer: I don't own Kung Fu Panda
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Chapter 3- Together? No!
Tigress nearly threw up. "You have got to be kidding me, Mantis," she said in disgust.
"No, seriously, I think you would make a cute couple! And so do a lot of people," Mantis insisted.
"Who? Mentally deranged people?" she asked.
"You and Shifu are a lot alike. I'm not surprised," Crane interposed.
"That's so disgusting! He's so much older than me!" Tigress gagged. She looked around for support. "Monkey, tell them! Tell them that Shifu and I wouldn't make a good couple!" Monkey shrugged. She buried her face in her hands. "I am surrounded by idiots."
She heard soft snickering as she left the kitchen. Someone at one too many bowls of noodles. She stormed to the training hall and punched right through one of the Seven Swinging Clubs of Instant Oblivion. Shifu and I… the idea is absurd! She gritted her teeth. It's disgusting. He's like my father! I could never think of him in that way!
Shifu gently touched her arm. She jumped. "WHAT?" She took a deep breath and calmed her heartbeat. "I'm sorry, Master, I'm just a bit on edge."
"It's alright. What's got you so worked up?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked. Shifu glanced at the club that she had just hit. Only a chain was left. Tigress felt another blush. "Oh. It's nothing." She sat down and dipped her toes in the pool of water beneath the clubs and the swirled dragons.
"It doesn't look like nothing to me," Shifu said.
She chuckled. "Alright, um… you're really going to laugh when I tell you this… Mantis and Crane were saying that you and I would make a good couple." She waited for laughter she knew would never come. Shifu's eye was twitching. "Or maybe you won't laugh."
She rubbed the back of her neck and looked down at her toes in the water. This was getting more embarrassing by the minute. "Well… they are… entitled to their opinions," Master Shifu stammered.
Tigress blinked for a moment and looked down at Shifu. "Master?" Their eyes met for a split second. And then their lips met in a kiss. And at that moment, so many thoughts went through Tigress's mind. She had never noticed how soft Shifu's fur was, or how blue his eyes were, or how he had a great capacity for love. They separated for a few seconds and gazed into each other's eyes before their lips met again.
A/N: Inspired by RenkonNairu's fic, Fantasy. Seriously, read it if you want more of an explaination of this drabble. Just a view of what it would be like if Tigress and Shifu got together while talking about how gross it would be when they got together.