Author's note:
Hey! Well, here is the next chapter and I hope you enjoy it!
Chapter 5
(This time I will start on the actual day)
It was the day Tigress was supposed to tell him, she felt nervous and her mind was slowly drifting apart, the rate she was going, she wasn't even going to be able to talk when she got there.
They all went to breakfast. Po as always was the one in charge of cooking. Po was thinking about Tigress, he still couldn't decide if she was the opportunity he has been waiting for, or if there was another one coming. He sighed, his thoughts getting the best of him.
He poured some noodles into the bowls and started passing them out, he took the next besides Tigress, who was just staring at her food. She was lost on thought.
"Tigress, are you ok?" He asked her. Tigress quickly snapped her thoughts and turned to look at him.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine" She said, then took her chop sticks and started to eat her noodles, however she only ate one, because she was full. Not that she has already eaten before them, but somehow her emotions were already taking way too much space on her stomach, that if she ate anything else, she might vomit.
Everyone could notice she was nervous about something, for the first time, she was not hiding what she felt like, maybe because it was way too much for her to handle. However, no one asked her what was wrong, in fear of making matters worse.
After breakfast, everyone headed to training. Once again, Tigress seemed to be off focus. As she was practicing her kicks and dodging punches from the swinging things (Forgot the name), her reflexes were slower than usual, and more than twice, she barely missed getting hit by it. But you couldn't quite blame her, she was thinking about Po, on how she was supposed to tell him, on how he was going to react. And this only made her think that she was doing the wrong decision by telling him. As she thought about this, her mind was getting dizzy, she was probably at her most vulnerable moment right now, all because of her pathetic, childish emotions, yet, she enjoy feeling them. She shook her head, she knew that she couldn't make a habit of feeling this, she couldn't be this distracted.
The good thing is I won't. I will tell him, and then I either get crushed or I'm happier, no in between, but either way, I would get rid of this confusing thing.
She sighed and smiled. This thing wasn't love, the thing she was feeling. NO, it was worse, not that love was bad, but this was mostly the dark side of love. She was thinking about how getting rejected felt like, and how she would feel if Po told her he didn't like her. If she was making the wrong move and because of her emotions, she would ruin the great friendship between them.
She sighed again. She remembered what Shifu told to Po,
"What goes on in your mind, I don't understand, but what goes on will never let us, or you down"
Well, I guess there are two bright sides to this, either Shifu is right, and I hope he is, or I get to prove him wrong.
She smiled, but what she didn't notice is that one of the swinging club things (Man, I really should start learning those names) was heading towards her. Luckily, her favorite cuddly panda saw it coming and grabbed her hand, pulling her out of the way and also taking her out of her thoughts.
Once she realized what happened, she turned to look at Po, not hiding the goofy grin she was wearing. She started blushing at the fact that they were both still holding hands.
"Thanks" She said, looking away, in her mind, her voice sounded like a little girl, but in reality, it was still firm.
"Welcome, honestly, tell me what's bothering you?" The panda asked, concerned for her. Tigress immediately let go of his hand, and started to head back to where she was training.
"Nothing" She muttered. Then started her training again. Po sighed.
"You are going to find out later" She thought, feeling a little bit guilty that she didn't tell Po. But she just couldn't in front of a bunch of people.
After training, everyone grabbed a snack at the kitchen, which consisted of dumplings and spring rolls that Po baked. And afterwards headed to the village to do their different activities. Po finished eating, or most precisely finished the food, so he didn't have anything else to eat. He went over to the Peach tree, which was weird, because he usually went to go the village on his free time, but this time not only to mediate a little bit more on what his dad told him the day before, but also because he was still hungry, and the tree provided delicious peaches.
Tigress wasn't planning on going out, she was going to go to Po and directly tell him. On her outside, you could still see her confident-self, but on the inside she was literally trembling and her legs were shaking with each other. She was still in the kitchen, stuffing more food in her mouth until she finally got a grasp of herself.
Ok, everyone else is at the village, Po is on the tree, so that's a huge relief. Now I just have to walk there…
She started to walk there, each step for her was as if she was walking on an earthquake. When she got close enough to where Po was, she smiled and somehow she felt less… insecure.
She stepped closer, alerting Po and making him turn around on his fighting stance. As on her reflexes, she quickly did the same.
"What Am I doing?" She muttered to herself. She stood up straight and cleared her throat, Po was just staring at her, now out of his stance.
"Oh hey Tigress" He said, now this made Tigress's head get spin faster. She smiled, a forced smiled.
"Hey" She said,
"Tigress, are you ok?" Po asked her. Tigress gently nodded her head,
Come on! You can't back out now! Just tell him!
She took a deep breath, and look at him once again, she saw his eyes, somehow those eyes made her lose her authority, and at the same time gain power, she shook off the thought and started to speak.
"Po, I need to tell you something" She said, her voice was soft, yet it was hiding fear. Po gave her all of his attention.
Ok, go ahead, no one can interrupt you.
"I" She started to say, but got cut off by… Zeng.
"Po, you have a visitor!" Zeng said. Tigress was beyond mad. Both of them turned around to see the figure walking towards them. Po smiled, and Tigress just stood there, shocked, using everything in her not to launch at her.
"SONG!" He said, as he ran towards her, he took her by the waist and spun her around, while the feline giggled.
"Oh Po, I missed you so much!" She said, as she was getting settled into the floor again and she was snuggling into his neck.
Tigress was standing there during all this, and she felt her heart began to tear down. She wanted to tear Song apart, not only was she a thief, but now she was a major thief, she was stealing Po from her. And her jealousy was getting the best of her.
"Oh, Hello Master Tigress" She said, as she bowed. Tigress just crossed her arms, and glared at her, not even bothering to greet her back.
Po and Song just gave her a weird look, then went back to their little reunion, forgetting about her.
Tigress seriously couldn't believe that was happening, at this moment, she felt like cursing and everything, which was exactly the reason she kept her mouth closed. Song, she was going to rip her apart, she was going to yell at her, she was going to kill her for coming into this, for intruding into this moment. But apparently that wasn't enough for the universe, nooo…
"Yeah, and I'm going to be staying here at the valley!" She heard her say.
"Really?! Maybe I could ask Shifu if you could stay here at the Palace!" Po replied excitedly.
Yeah, that's a great idea. And maybe you could ask her to just kill me! Tigress thought sarcastically. Seeing that their conversation wasn't going to end soon, made her wanted to stay with them, but by listening to her annoying high-pith voice, it was only a matter of time until Tigress couldn't control her temper anymore and someone would get hurt, most likely Song. So she started stomping out of there, and into her room, a safer decision for all of those around her.
"Hey Tigress, how…" Crane asked her, he knew that she was going to tell Po, just by looking at her, but he stopped short when he saw her with a bewildered face, clenching her teeth, and her hands formed into fist. Then she went inside her room and shut the door.
Wow, I wonder what happened? He thought, but it wasn't long until he saw Po and Song walking together towards the kitchen,
Oh, that happened.
The end. Nah, just kidding. Anyway, I will update soon! Ok, just so you know, I don't like Song, and I'm not a SoPo fan, no offense to those who are though. I'm just more of a TiPo. (So feel free to punch Song in her face;) )
I will be updating on Friday or Saturday, not tomorrow because is Thanksgiving, and even though I don't celebrate it, I want to let you guys enjoy it! Happy Thanksgiving!
Anyway, I hope you liked it and review! I will update soon. And thanks for the reviews, it really makes my day when I see a notification on my phone saying I have a new follower, or that someone favorite my story, or that they left a review… it really does, so thank you, *internet hug*
-Peace out :)
