Love of the Dragon Warrior

Pitter Patter

Po woke up a few hours later to Song shaking him awake, saying dinner was ready. The master was a little shocked that he had slept the whole afternoon away, but he didn't really have time to ponder over this as he felt his stomach growl in hunger. He quickly got up and followed Song to the kitchen where the rest of the masters and girls greeted him and let him set down at the table. Po was still a woozy from just waking up and his head felt a bit heavy, but he didn't think much of it as he tried to wake himself up and have a decent conversation at the table. However, he soon admitted that he was still pretty tired and went to bed almost as soon as dinner was over. Naturally Shifu considered this a bit worrisome and had zero problem with letting Po turn in early. Everyone else stayed up to talk and play a few games with each other (Weiqi was out of the question), though they kept the fun confined to the kitchen so as not to disturb Po. The masters didn't stay up for long as they needed to get up for training the next morning, but the girls stayed up for a bit to talk about the fun they would have with some of the kids the next day, how did Tigress teach them, how much fun it would be to spend the day with Po and the kids, who Po might develop a crush on, and so on. Afterwards, they all turned in so that they could be well rested for the following day. 

The next morning, Lam awoke early, as per usual, and began to make breakfast. The masters woke up around the same time and were happy to have a nice hot breakfast so early in the morning. Soon the other girls woke up and joined them and immediately began to dive into a nice conversation about the weather and how they had been thinking about potentially fun activities that they could do with Po. Po, however, had not shown up to eat breakfast at all. Ordai and a few of the other girls offered to go and get him, but once again the masters assured them that Po would get up on his own time and continued on eating. However, when he didn't show up after breakfast was over, the masters and the girls all wound up heading over to the barracks to check up on him. Po was awake, but not by much, and he looked and sounded absolutely terrible. While his friends asked him what was wrong and if he was okay, Jai-Rong took one look at him and immediately began to apologize.

"I was feeling perfectly fine when we did the kung fu sparring stuff and I completely forgot I just got over a cold!" she cried apologetically. "Sorry, Po! I didn't mean to give it to you!"

Po sniffled. "That's okay," he promised, trying to smile through the weariness and head pressure. 

"You poor thing!" Ordai cooed. She shot Jai-Rong an offended and angry expression (which thankfully the colubrid didn't notice) before dashing off to get Po some medicine and some breakfast, saying she'd be back soon. 

"I suppose this explains why you were so tired yesterday," Shifu said simply. Once he had noticed Po was sick, he forbid the rest of his students from entering the room who in turn forbid the girls from entering. "We'll keep an eye on you to make sure you recover, but until you do I don't want you to step one foot outside this room, am I clear?" 

Po sniffed. "Yeah," he said. He then quickly added, "Master." 

Shifu stepped out of the room and informed the group that they'd need to keep distant from Po unless they were assigned to take care of him. (Shifu didn't want to risk anybody getting sick). The grandmaster didn't want Po up and about either, so it was important to keep him in his room in quarantine. 

"What about the children's session this afternoon?" Song piped up. "Should we postpone that?'

Shifu looked confused at this, but Tigress explained that Po had suggested the girls help her with her kung fu classes as a way to see them around children and she had agreed to it. "It doesn't means plans have to be put on hold because Po has a cold," Tigress told them. "You can still help me out this afternoon if you wish. I'll make the report to Po."