Author's note:
TiPo Me: GET SONG OUT OF HERE.
Normal me: Song is….
TiPo me: Don't you dare say her name in front of me! Now get on with the chapter!
Normal me: *sigh* Fine… Enjoy! Oh and I hoed you enjoyed Thanksgiving!
Chapter 6
Tigress was in her room. She was breathing heavily, she wanted so bad to punch something, to go rip everything apart, to press the reset button in life.
She sighed and dropped herself to bed. She started crying, but the tears weren't of sadness, they were out of anger, out of her fury, out of how life liked to push her down. But this time she was in too deep.
Song!? Out of any one in the world, it had to be her! UGH! If only I had told Po earlier, hold on. They are not dating, they are just friends. So I still have my chances. Yes, Song may be prettier and more girly, and fancier and more stylish and… wow, I'm not even helping myself. Ok, I will just tell Po. PO! He is such a jerk, I was about to tell him, and then he completely ignored me! And… who am I kidding, I love him, I can't be mad at him.
She stood up and wiped her face, making sure there was no evidence on it that said she has cried. She wasn't going to tell him today, of course not. That moment was already ruined. She was going to train, the only thing that will never let her down, the one thing no one could replace, the one thing that will never ditch her. The one thing she could clearly tell her emotions to.
Once she got there, she started punching everything, and then running through the course, never getting tired of it, As she was punching and kicking the clubs she was thinking,
This is for you Song! Then she punched it,
This is for interrupting me! She kicked it,
And this is for showing up! She delivered one powerful kicked, sending the thing flying across the training hall, in pieces. She was breathing heavily, she wished it was Song the one receiving those punches, but of course, she wasn't going to do it. Master Shifu would get pissed off at her, and Po would get upset at her.
She continued to train, letting her anger out, and into the shattered pieces of wood around her. Once she was done, she smiled, she didn't feel weak anymore. Yes, she was still mad, but now she didn't have the feeling of killing Song, or at least not as much as she used to.
She started walking back into her room, passing by the kitchen. But then she heard something and quickly stopped, she was now eaves-dropping into the conversation, it was Po and Song and… Shifu
Shifu!? What is he doing with them?!
She perked her ears more, and then listened closely.
"Well, Song, I guess I can allow you to stay here with us" Shifu said. You could hear a huge and annoying high-pith giggle coming from Song.
Sh*t! You have got to be kidding me! She is going to stay here. She is basically giving me the permission to hate her!
Tigress thought. But then she heard footsteps approaching, so she quickly started to head straight to the dormitories, like she was supposed to do in the first place.
She walked slowly, so maybe she could get a glance on where the little checker girl was going to stay. She decided to call her that, one, for Song, she just saw this as a game, like checkers. Two, somehow, part of the vest she was wearing had a checker pattern on it.
Shifu went inside the dormitories, along with Po, at who she flashed a smile to, and Song, who she just rolled her eyes and ignored her presence.
"Tigress, I would like to inform you that Song is going to stay here" Shifu said, She looked at Po, who was smiling widely at her, and then at Song, who was also smiling. Tigress just crossed her arms,
"And?" She said, trying not to sound rude, even though in her mind, she was being so impolite. Shifu raised his eyebrows, since Tigress always showed more respect than that.
"Well, that's it. Make sure to make her feel welcome"
"Oh, and her room is going to be next to yours" He said as he was marching outside the dormitories. Leaving Song, Po and her standing in front of each other.
"Ok, good night" Tigress said, as she walked inside her room,
"Hold on, I was wondering if…" Song said, but before she could finish Tigress shut the door on her face.
"Don't worry, Tigress is probably tired, she is really nice, and smart and funny when you get to know her" Po explained to Song dreamily. Tigress was listening to what he said, she smiled and then went to bed, thinking that this was not going to last long. Song was probably going to be here only for a couple of days, a week tops, and she was going to be able to handle it. That's what she thought.
2 weeks later…
Song was still there, and man was she hard to live with.
"Oh sorry, I don't eat that"
"Oh, I can't, my nails are very fragile"
"Oops, clumsy me"
"I can't! This is a brand new vest!"
She was getting on Tigress's nerves, but her little demanding habits weren't the thing that bothered Tigress the most, no. It was that she spend time with HER panda. She was always with him. Always trying to flirt. That is wrong! SHE was the one supposed to be with him, not that panther or whatever she was! Song was just one girl who showed up and completely gained his attention.
But her, she had to work hard, she tried to express herself more, and that was saying something. But no matter what she did, Song always came and somehow she had to top that, if she said she was sad, and Po was about to comfort her, Song came in and started crying, saying how cruel life is and how unfair is this and that, taking Po's attention away from her.
Oh honey, you have no idea how unfair life is.
As said, weeks have passed, and Tigress has been trying to tell Po, but Song always came just at the exact moment, saying something irrelevant, and dragging Po along with her.
But she had had enough of that, so today she was going to go to Po, and if Song came, she would just yell what she had to say, everything as long as Po heard it.
She was over at the training hall, she was making sure everyone was busy with their own things. She gave a coupon to Mantis and Monkey so they could go eat outside. She told Viper they were having this sale in her ribbon shop. For Crane she said that they had these new calligraphy things, of course Crane knew it wasn't true, but he went along with it, knowing that it was important for Tigress, and well, she didn't have to worry about Shifu since he was meditating over at the sacred Pool of Tears. Even Song, she was over at her room, decorating, insisting that those rooms were plain awful.
Po went to the Peach tree, to eat Tigress guessed. She started to walk there, feeling the same thing she had felt last time when she was so determined to confess.
Once she got there, she smiled at him.
"Hey Po" She greeted him, making the panda turned around with his mouth full of peaches, at which she just chuckled at, unlike Song, who would have done this over exaggerated giggle.
"Oh hey Tigress" He responded, making a big gulp noise as he swallowed the peaches.
"Hey, Ti. I just wanted to apologize. I know I haven't been spending as much time with you, and I'm sorry, I just want to make Song feel special, you know" Po said, Tigress felt a little bit happy, and a little bit sadden, what about me? Aren't I special?
But she forgot about her thought,
"Po, it's ok. If you want to make it up to me, just listen, I have something important to tell you" She said calmly. Po turned his body to her, once Tigress knew that she had all of his attention she started speaking…
"Po, I know we have been friends for a long time, but I have to tell you that I lo" She got interrupted.
"PO!" Interrupted by her, by the annoying checker girl; she was running to the Peach tree, hurried to get to him. Once Song got to them, she started speaking, not caring that she had just interrupted Tigress's confession.
"Po, I need to tell you something important" She said, panting.
"Song, can it wait? Tigress was just telling me something important as well" Po said, turning back to Tigress, who managed a small smirk.
"NO Po, I love you!" She shouted. Tigresses widen her eyes, shocked, her heart stopped beating. She was fainting. Her breathing was quick and short. Po also stopped. He turned around to look at Song.
"You what?" He said again, not believing his ears.
"I love you Po" Song said, smiling at him. Tigress was still there watching, speechless, too afraid, too shock, too sad, to speak.
Po smiled back. He stepped closer to her, Song did too, and they leaned closer to each other, until their lips met. They were kissing slowly, Po wrapping his strong arm around Song's slim waist, while the other one was caressing her cheek. Song was putting her arms around his neck, pulling the kiss deeper, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Maybe this is the opportunity my dad was talking about, the one that came after" Po though smiling.
Tigress was still there, watching, her soul breaking, her eyes forming tears. She could feel her heart breaking, she wanted to open her eyes and realize it was a nightmare, but it wasn't. She shook her head and ran away from there, covering her face with her paws, afraid of letting tears fall.
Once she got inside the Jade palace, she headed for the dormitories. That's when she broke down, she started crying, letting herself drown in her sorrows. Crane was in his room, painting, when he heard sobbing, he opened his door slightly, and caught a glance of Tigress, with tears on her eyes.
He frowned wondering what had happened.
Tigress was on her room, she was laying on her bed, crying, thinking to herself. Regretting everything, trying to forget everything. Trying to shut down the world. Her paws were wet, trying to catch all of her tears, but it would have been easier if someone was there to help her with that. Then only one though came into her mind, before she fully broke into pieces.
Oh honey, you have no idea how unfair life is.
*Sobbing* Well, I hope you *sniff* enjoyed it. I will be updating *sobs* soon. And thanks for everything. *manages a weak smile* Leave your reviews!
* TiPo me starts crying again*
-Peace out :)
