I hope I didn't get the relationship for them to come too fast. Here's Zhong's thoughts about Shu.
Chapter 4: Will She Be the One?
A few days have passed by and Zhong has Shu on his mind and he felt as if he found his soul mate that quickly. He just laid there on his mat and looks up at the ceiling and thought about the many times that they went out together a few times and he remembers the times they shared just being around each other's company.
A few days ago...
Zhong was sitting down on Shu's couch and he started making funny faces in front of her and she was laughing so hard that she actually fell down on the ground and rolled around still laughing because Zhong was very hysterical.
Then, Shu starts telling him a few jokes and he started laughing as well. It feels as if they enjoyed each other a lot and became like a couple and somehow...the more he's around her, the more he starts to like her more.
As it rolls along, they were just walking around the valley just holding hands together, looking at the decorations and the beauty of the holidays and how people are celebrating it and spent most of their time howling at the moon at night.
Then, they went into Mr. Ping's noodle shop to have dinner together and they were being a little goofy and when they nibbled on the same string of noodles together and when it nearly reached each other's lips, they had a little bit of an awkward moment together and just laughed nervously..but held their paws together.
Zhong then shows her a picture of his wife and son together and explained to her about the life he used to have until Shen took it all away and fooled him into thinking that the pandas were responsible for it and Shu felt sorry for him and she said, "You seemed like you had a happy family."
Zhong sighed heavily as he lowered his head down with that picture and he said, "Yeah. I wasn't always like that before Shen came into my life and we had some good memories. Just looking at it, there's no doubt in my mind that I can't stop thinking about them."
Shu could see Zhong's eye getting misty-eyed and she puts her arm around him and gives him a hug. He then told her, "I could never find a someone like her. She was so beautiful and the sweetest person I ever wanted to spend the rest of my life with."
She stroked his hair and they looked at each other in the eyes and Shu told him, "I'm sorry that happened to you."
"So was I." he replied.
"But I know that she'll always have a place for you in your heart and no one can replace it."
Zhong could see that Shu is a sweet person to be around, just like his wife and soon enough, they both leaned into each other and kissed on the lips. Then, they realized that it just happened so quickly and they let out some awkward laughs and Shu asked, "What just happened?"
Zhong chuckled softly and he replied, "We just...kissed, didn't we?"
"Yeah, we did."
Then, they kissed each other again and it became a very passionate kiss that lasted 7 minutes and soon enough, romance came into both of them and Zhong felt like he's found the one he's looking for and he thought that he's found holiday romance already.
The wolf sighed in deep happiness thinking that he's found love already and suddenly, Shifu comes in the room and he could tell that he's a little happy and he asked, "I see you're in a good mood, Zhong."
Zhong gets up and he sits up on the mat and he just told him, "I have never felt anything like this before. It's like...my heart has been jumping up and down and happiness is bursting out of me."
Shifu smiled at him and he said, "You're in love, aren't you?"
Zhong scratched the back of his head and he told him, "I wouldn't say I'm in love...yet. Me and Shu...it's like she's the one for me."
"You love her?"
The wolf knew this was a personal subject to even have it for discussion, but he couldn't hide the fact that it's true. He looked at Shifu and asked, "Have you ever fallen in love with someone?"
Shifu sighed and told him, "I was head over heels in love with a girl named Jia and she was a beautiful woman in my younger years. I wanted to marry her and spend the rest of my life with her...until she died. I knew I would do anything for her, but I never get a chance to tell her I love her."
Zhong was surprised that he's found love and then lost it so soon and he was hoping that it wouldn't happen to him and Shu and Shifu told him, "You would do anything for her, would you?"
"I do. I need to tell her how I really feel about her...so I invited her over to the Winter Festival."
Shifu looked at him and he said, "That's a great idea. We start in 2 days."
After that Shifu left and that left Zhong plenty of time to think about what he might say to Shu and he just felt like this holiday would be the best experience he will ever get.
Cute moment, right? Up next...the Winter Feast!