(A/N:) Sometimes I just forget about this story, anyways, here's chapter 4 to Philodendron!
Raimundo woke with a huge smile.
"Sweetie," his mother came in, "the princess has arranged a surprise visit today."
"Here?" Raimundo's smile disappeared.
He cleaned up his room and took a bath. He grabbed his clothes and put them on. He brushed his teeth and rinsed out his mouth. He heard his door open and close and he turned to see the princess with a smile on her face.
"Raimundo, what would you like to do?" she smiled.
"Uh…" Raimundo was speechless at the moment as he glanced out the window to see Kimiko playing with the flowers he saw her play with the other day.
"Well?" The Princess looked out the window to see what was so interesting. She saw Kimiko and frowned. Kimiko looked up at the window and gasped. The princess's tiara shined with large diamonds. Kimiko bowed and ran inside her house to tell her brother the news.
"Brother, brother!" she shouted as she ran inside.
"What?" he stood in front of her.
"The princess is at our neighbors' house!" she dragged her brother out to see. The princess still stood in Raimundo's window. She had Raimundo next to her and she was leaning in to kiss him on the cheek. Kimiko's heart shattered into a million pieces as she watched. Her brother noticed this and quickly took her back inside.
"Do you know him?" he asked angrily.
"Sorta. He only jumped over the wall once to get his soccer ball. I'm sorry. Go tell on me. I deserve to die," she began to cry.
"I won't tell. You're my little sister and I don't want you to die. No matter how much you get on my nerves. And, plus, he visited us. He probably didn't know any better," her brother chuckled.
"Thank you," she began to tear up.
Back at Raimundo's the Princess had leaned back into her normal position after she kissed him on the cheek.
"What was that for?" he asked angrily.
"Well, we are betrothed, so I thought it might be nice to kiss now and again," she giggled.
"I don't. I don't even want to marry you. It's just some little idea my parents have about being famous. I don't even think I want to rule over a kingdom," Raimundo said bitterly.
"Well. You have no choice. I chose you and there are many other boys who would love to be in your position," she said.
"Well, give it to one of them. I don't want to see your face again," he yelled quietly.
"I won't. I can't. We are already betrothed. There's nothing you can do now, but love me," she sat down on his bed. Raimundo glared at her and left the room. He ran outside into his backyard and began to climb the brick wall.
"Raimundo," his mother yelled, "don't you dare climb over that wall! I don't want you to die!"
He turned around with a confused look. His mother and father had begun to tear up. "How would I die?"
"You're not allowed over there. To break that law, the punishment would be death," his father glared at him.
"I would rather die than marry a freak like that," he jumped off the wall and pointed at the princess, who was just as confused as he was.
"Well, why do you want to go over there?" the princess smirked.
"I-um-I," he stuttered on the first word of the sentence he wanted to say.
"You've been over there before," his parents gasped quietly.
"I accidentally kicked my soccer ball into their yard. That's where a found a nice and pretty girl who returned it. And that was the day before yesterday," Raimundo began to tear up. He at least wanted to see Kimiko again before he died.
"Raimundo, you have no idea what those people are like. We do. Your father's grandparents fought over this land, and they got the tree. We just go the fruits it produced," his mother said.
"I believe we should just share it. It's just land. Why do people have to be so stupid? And come on, what if you heard the story from a child's point of view. They would want somebody to play with and want to share the land. It's no big deal. Maybe you just didn't hear the truth," Raimundo ran back inside into his room and locked himself in, all by himself.
"I wish I didn't live here," Raimundo bean to cry himself to sleep.
(A/N:) Please review!