Today turned out to be very disheartening, but I still managed to squeeze this update out. Bright side to everything, right?
I got a few reviews on that last update, but I doubt I'll get any for this one due to its length (it's really really REALLY short). Of course, that doesn't mean I wouldn't like reviews...
Disclaimer: If I owned Hamtaro, Boss' hat would be pink and purple. Why? Just for laughs.
In the front yard of the Haruna household, seven hamsters arranged in a line made their way past the snoozing brown and white dog, imparting unreturned greetings to the slumbering canine. They ran up to the sky-blue home, quickly climbing the drainpipe and making their way onto the second story windowsill from there.
Careful not to fall, the seven Ham-Hams tiptoed their way along the lip until they could see into the bedroom on the other side of the glass. All were excited to visit their sick friend whom they had come to cheer up. However, they were all surprised to find the blue cage resting upon the wooden writing desk to be very much empty of hamster.
"Well… maybe he's sleeping?" suggested a large grey and white ham. He tapped on the glass, calling out their friend's name, but to no avail.
"That's bizarre," mused another hamster with markings like reading glasses around his eyes. "Why would he leave his cage if he was sick?"
A younger one with a green hat perched on his head turned to the others and suggested, "Maybe he went back to the clubhouse?"
"Good point. Come on guys, let's go see."
"Oakwee oakwee!"
As the Ham-Hams began filing back down, one of them, a girlham with snow-white fur and cerulean ribbons, dawdled a little longer. Before joining the others, she looked up at the sky and wished softly…
"I hope you are alright, Hamtaro."
Does anybody else feel that rising tension? This chapter isn't TOO far from being finished now, and when it's complete it will officially mark the end of the "set up" for this story. After that comes the really fun stuff...
As always, thank you for reading.
~Macarov