Cruise 5
It all came too soon. It was the last day of the seven-day cruise. Po and the others were already packed and ready for tomorrow. Now he was just in the back of the ship, looking at the sunset. "It's beautiful isn't it?" Tigress said, coming up behind him.
"Yes, it is," Po sighed.
"Wow, that's the first time I've said something like that and the guy didn't say, 'not as beautiful as you'," Po smiled.
"I've got to surprise you some way," Po said. Tigress chuckled as she sat next to him. "Our last day. It's been such an amazing cruise. And I wouldn't have had it had it not been for you, Tigress," He said sweetly. Tigress gasped a bit at hearing something so meaningful. She smiled widely. "Your smile is something I'm going to miss a lot."
"And I'm going to miss your cuddliness," Tigress smirked, hugging him. Po chuckled as she released him. Po looked Tigress in the eyes and seemed to be deciding something. "What is it, Po?" Without warning, Po kissed Tigress on the lips. Tigress was greatly surprised. She yelped a bit as Po kissed her. She slowly realized what was happening and reciprocated the kiss. She carefully caressed his cheeks as he wrapped his arms around her waist. When the air called them, they parted from each other's lips. "What was that for?" Tigress asked, out of breath and blushing. Po smiled as he rested his forehead on hers.
"I didn't want to leave this ship having not kissed the most beautiful woman on it," Po said. Tigress blushed brighter. She could only smile and kiss him again. After they parted, this time, they looked at each other with serious and worried faces.
"Do you think we could make this work long distance?" Tigress asked. Her body seemed hopeful, but her face showed that she knew the answer. Po sighed. He knew that with his busy lifestyle that it wouldn't be right for Tigress to have to sacrifice the time and effort just to get a phone call from him. Tigress deserved someone she could spend time face to face with, not a metal phone. Po sighed again. He only had to look at Tigress with his regretful and sad eyes. Tigress sighed as well. "Yeah, I didn't think so either." She took something out of her purse, wrote on it, and handed it to Po. "But you can still contact me."
"I'll try," Po smiled bravely. Tigress did the same. They both wanted to be more than just literally distant friends. They hugged each other one last time. "I'm going to miss you, Tigress."
"I'll miss you too, Po," She said. Tigress tried her best not to cry.
The day finally came. They went through customs and the formalities. Fortunately, Po got to see Tigress and Shifu get into a taxi to the airport. Tigress looked sadly at Po through the glass window. They both waved goodbye as the car left. Shifu noticed Tigress's sad demeanor. "What's wrong, Tigress?"
"Nothing, grandpa. I just... I really liked being with Po and... I'm going to miss him," Tigress sighed. Shifu sighed as well. Then he thought of something brilliant.
Three weeks after the cruise and everything was back to normal. Relatively speaking. Po was still sad about Tigress not being around. With her around, he never felt more alive and more excited. Po tried extra hard to forget her, but it was showing up in his work. He would accidentally call some of his woman patients Tigress. Not that they really mind, although, the nurses did start to notice it. It was also during those three weeks that Po got promoted to head doctor as Dr. Oogway was retiring. Po still had to work, but he was accustom to that. Everyone was proud and excited for Po, but Po just couldn't be happy about it. He still thought about Tigress. One day, Monkey had stopped in for a lunch break with Po. They went to a Mexican diner to talk. Monkey mainly talked about the cruise, something Po was trying to forget. "And do remember the time we were in that dance competition and you actually won. HAHA! Oh, that was funny," Monkey laughed. Po smiled. The only reason he did that was because Tigress challenged him to.
"Yeah, I remember," Po sighed.
"Come on, Po. You have everything going for you. And you're going to let the fact that you lost a 'friend' get you down," Monkey argued.
"I know I shouldn't be sad but she was really one of a kind. I shouldn't have let her go," Po said.
"What about her contacts? Have you been calling her, texting her, anything?"
"She hasn't responded. I guess she either gave me the wrong one or... she already moved on." Monkey shook his head.
"Look, Po. I'm sorry that this happened to you, but you can't be so down about it. You went on that cruise to get rid of the stress. Now you've come back with depression," Monkey said, "Just please tell me you'll try to perk up."
"I'll try," Po promised. He looked at the clock. "I have to go."
"You always do," Monkey sighed. Po paid for his part of the meal and went to the hospital to work again. It was upon entering the office that he got a strange call from the front desk.
"Dr. Po, a woman here is requesting that you check-up on her. She's a walk-in," said the receptionist. "She also says it's very important that she see only you." That was definitely weird to hear. "Should I send her away?"
"No, let me see her and figure out what the problem is. What's her name?"
"She wouldn't give me her first name, but she said her last name was Xiang," the receptionist said. Po just dismissed it as a paranoid woman. So he decided to bulk up and meet this strange woman. He entered the room, looking at the clipboard.
"Okay, Miss Xiang what seems to be the problem?"
"Well, the problem is that I'm sick with a special disease."
"Oh, and what's that?" Po asked, not even looking at the woman.
"It's called 'MissingPo disease'," She said. Po looked up and saw who the woman was.
"Tigress!" Po exclaimed. There was Tigress with a small smile on her face. "What are you doing here?"
"My grandpa got a better-paying teaching job here, and I moved with him. When I figured out where you were, I had to come visit you. I just finished moving in. Sorry, I didn't call you or message you back, but I wanted to surprise you."
"Consider me surprised," Po smiled. Then he hugged her. "I missed you."
"I know. I ran into several people on the way here. Viper told me how you were acting. I also bumped into one of your female patients. She asked me who I was and when I told her she said, 'so you're the woman that Dr. Po's been mistaking us for.'" Po looked away ashamed. "Did you really miss me that much?"
"Yes," Po said without hesitation. Tigress caressed his soft cheek.
"I missed you too. I couldn't wait to come and visit you," Tigress said. Then her smile turned mischievous. "I think you and I need to catch up today."
"Tigress, I'm at work now. I can't-" He stopped short when he looked at Tigress's pleading eyes. "You know what, I think I need to take a break," Tigress smiled. "Miss Leng?" Po called his receptionist. "Can you have my replacements take my appointments for the next two days." He felt Tigress tug at his collar. "I mean, for the rest of the week-" He heard Tigress purr, signaling it still wasn't enough. "And a half. I'm taking a little break."
"THANK YOU!" Miss Leng shouted, bursting through the door. "I thought I would never see the day!" She began kissing Tigress's feet. "THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU! We've been trying to get this guy to start relaxing for YEARS. It was only by a miracle that he went on the cruise! Even the patients have been trying to get him to relax!"
"Why do you care if I relax?" Po asked.
"Because we're tired of seeing you work so hard for others that you don't take care of yourself. You're a skinny panda for Pete's sake!" Leng explained. "Look, I'll even have Dr. Monkey replace you so you can have two weeks off. And thank you so much for getting him to relax!" Then the female duck whispered two words to Po. "Marry her!" With that, the duck gleefully went to make the arrangements leaving Po greatly embarrassed and blushing. Tigress couldn't help but laugh.
"Looks like you're about to break your habit of never resting," Tigress smiled. Po grinned sheepishly. Tigress kissed Po on the lips. Po was greatly surprised. "I said we had to catch up," Tigress said smiling. Po smiled back. Then his stomach growled. "And you need to fatten up. I don't want you to lose your cuddliness." Tigress smirked.
"Hehe, I missed you," Po whispered with a content smile.
"And I missed you too," Tigress said, resting her head on his chest.
"Here's an awkward question," Po said nervously. "Do you still have that red bathing suit when we first met?" Tigress only chuckled seductively.
"I'm wearing it underneath this," She said. Po reddened.
"I think we're going to need more than two weeks. Or at the very least another cruise," Po quickly said. Tigress shook her head as she kissed him again.
The End, or so I thought
Sorry if Po and Tigress were OOC, I wanted to do something unexpected.
