Kowalski stuck his head out of the fishbowl entrance, a large grin spread across his face.
“Well Skipper, what do need to talk to me about?” He questioned almost teasingly knowing why he had been summoned.
“Ok Kowalski, here’s the thing, wewe see that otter over there,” Skipper’s flipper motioned towards Marlene’s habitat, “that otter is the epitome of everything I stand against, she is the black to my white, the up to my down, the zig to my zag, the…”
“I get the point Skipper just finish what wewe were going to say I have a lot of work to do” Kowalski interrupted.
“Sorry… anyways she is the complete opposite of me, and I am absolutely positively with out a single doubt in my body in upendo with her.” Skipper let out a sigh of relief as he finished with his confession.
kwa this time Kowalski had exited the fishbowl entrance completely and was now standing kwa his leader. He placed a comforting flipper on his shoulder.
“See Skipper doesn’t that feel much better, getting that off your chest?” He asked, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
“Actually it does,” Skipper alisema with a new found confidence, “now there’s only one zaidi person to tell.”
“Well then I’ll leave wewe to do what wewe need to do.” Kowalski smiled, knowing who Skipper was about to talk to, and headed back into the HQ to finish up his work.
Skipper stood up straight, put a smile on, and exited the penguin’s habitat. He waddled across the walkway and stopped before the ukuta of Marlene’s home.
He vaulted over the wall, and njiwa into the water elegantly. He exited the liquid as quickly as he had entered, shaking his body to rid his feathers of the excess moisture.
Skipper took a few steps towards the entrance to the cave, when he heard a voice coming within. He stopped, trying to hear what was being said.
“Ugh why does this have to be so difficult, why can’t I just walk up to him and say what those three simple words?”
Skipper recognized Marlene’s voice and instantly knew what she was talking about. He felt relived that this wasn’t only going to be hard for him, but for her as well.
Inside the cave Marlene was pacing furiously, a war waging inside her head. She was madly in upendo with the head penguin, but how could she be sure he felt the same way.
“It’s not like I can just ask him ‘hey do wewe upendo me’. Well technically I could but he would just respond with some stupid thing about how military leaders can’t get tied up in love.” She alisema out loud to herself.
The sound of rustling leaves made Marlene stop in her tracks.
“Hello? Is anyone there?” She asked with uncertainty.
There was no answer.
“Huh, must have been the wind. I think Skipper’s paranoia is starting rub off on me, ha.” Marlene finished with a chuckle.
She was about to lie down on her kitanda when Skipper shot through the entrance to her home.
“AHHH” Marlene screamed, obviously not expecting the sudden company. “Well at least this time wewe used the door, but inayofuata time wewe could…I don’t know… KNOCK maybe.” She continued as she caught her breath.
“I’m sorry Marlene it’s just that I kinda sorta needed to…tell wewe something.” Skipper alisema nervously, his flippers behind his back as he looked down and his feet, one of which was slowly tapping the ground.
Marlene could sense something different in Skipper’s voice; she knew that what ever it was he needed to tell her it was important.
“Oh well then in that case what is it that wewe needed to tell me?” She questioned anxiously awaiting the answer.
Skipper stayed silent for a bit, trying to piece together the best words to describe his feelings. He started blankly at the ukuta behind Marlene.
Marlene noticed that Skipper was in some sort of trance and snapped her fingers in front of his face to get his attention.
“Hey, now I know wewe didn’t come over here to stare at my wall, now are wewe going to tell me what wewe need to tell me au not?”
Skipper quickly broke out of his deep thought.
“What…oh yea right that…well wewe see Marlene ever since wewe got here I’ve been having these feelings that I just couldn’t come to grips with.” He began, gazing into her beautiful hazel eyes.
“Well today I had what many would call an epiphany, and I finally understood what those feelings meant. I realized that all along I’ve been denying something that deep down inside I want to be true. Marlene what I’m trying to get at here is that…I…I…lov...”
He was cut short as Marlene reached her paw up and placed in front of his beak.
“Shhh, wewe don’t need to say anymore” She alisema gently with a smirk on her face.
Marlene grabbed the penguin, auk kwa his shoulders and slowly brought him in closer. She eyed him for a sekunde before making her move. Her lips met his beak in a passionate kiss. As she did so a feeling of great relief coursed through her body. She no longer cared about anything else but right now.
Skipper, completely shocked kwa her unexpected actions, returned the kiss with equal passion. He placed his flippers around her shoulders and brought her in closer, wanting to savor every last sekunde of the kiss. This is what he always wanted; his dream had finally come true.
Finally after what seemed like hours Marlene pulled back from the kiss. An awkward silence descended upon the room as they both started at each other. Both Marlene and Skipper blushed uncontrollably.
“I upendo wewe too,” Was all Marlene alisema before returning to her bed.
“Well wewe just gonna stand there,” She asked tapping the kitanda near her.
Skipper got the point and waddled over to where she was sitting. He sat down inayofuata to her and placed his flipper around her back, brining her in closer. Marlene laid her head onto his shoulder, trying to get as close as possible.
Her eye lids began to feel like they were made of lead as each blink got longer and longer. With a yawn she closed her eye and drifted into sleep in the arms of her love.
