Raimundo scratched the back of his neck, "So- uh, how have you been?" he chuckled at the boring question.
Kimiko smiled at him and began to twirl her hair, "I've been okay! Yourself?"
Raimundo sighed, "Good. You maybe want to go get coffee sometime to catch up on everything we missed?"
Oh no.
Too fast.
Too blunt!
"I'd like that!" Kimiko said trying not to regret her choice.
Raimundo smiled, it had worked despite how out of the blue his question was, "When are you free?"
Kimiko pulled out her phone and began tapping and clicking all over her keyboard, "Tomorrow at two?"
Raimundo nodded, "Sounds good! Where are we going to meet?"
"The shop next door!" Kimiko said, "It's really cute, and quiet, it'll be perfect!"
Raimundo nodded, she seemed excited and that was always good. She ran over to her father, obviously to tell him some plans and then waved at Raimundo before turning back to some shoes. Raimundo headed out the door- mission accomplished.
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"You did it!" Atsushi commented with a smile, "You Mr. Raimundo Pedrosa have an open door to her death!"
Raimundo nodded slowly, "That I do."
"Just wait till Chase gets a load of this!" Jack said leaning back in a chair and resting his feet on the table, "It's going to be wild."
"Chase knows." Atsushi commented, folding his hands over one another and staring down at his nails.
Jack frowned, he wanted to call Chase, he liked talking to Chase!
"Yeah, so tomorrow's going to be busy," Raimundo mumbled standing up from the table, "I'm going to bed."
"Sweet dreams." Atsushi said, smirking and standing up himself.
Raimundo wanted to punch Atsushi in the face, hard, but he kept his cool and walked off, only to spend the whole night tossing and turning instead of sleeping. The next morning was a buzz, Raimundo didn't notice anything going on, he just simply let it go by until coffee. Coffee seemed like it would be a good time. The shop was cute and quiet, charming really. His heart was beating in his head as he walked over to Kimiko, mocha filled cup in hand. She must have been there early; he already noticed half of the cup she was drinking was gone. He smiled and stared into her blue, blue eyes.
"So catch me up!" Raimundo said, sipping on the hot drink.
Kimiko smiled and cupped her hands around the mug, "Well-, what's there to say, I met one boy, we became nothing, shopped, ate, slept, the norm, and I missed you." She mumbled taking a quick sip of her own drink.
Raimundo blushed and licked his lips, "I missed you too, really did!"
"Well then, fill me in!" she said, "I bet you've actually been up to things!"
Plotting to kill you,
Plotting to kill you,
PLOTTING TO KILL YOU.
"Actually, nothing too much, just boring old, work and stuff!" he muttered, guilty for lying.
"What do you do?" she asked smiling that he had gotten back on his feet with a job.
"Ah-," Raimundo fumbled for words, "I am an- ah, I work at a t-shirt store, you know one of those tourist ones!"
She smiled, "That's awesome."
He nodded, "Yeah really- neat!" he finished, "Ah, so do share, you've missed me?"
Kimiko shook her head, "You have no idea how badly, and I know that that's probably wrong, and you probably didn't really miss me that much if at all, but really I thought about you all the time- weather it was how angry I was with you or how much I wanted to kiss you I was thinking about you…" she played nervously with her hands, "And now I sound desperate and stupid!"
Raimundo took her hand, "Not at all, not at all," this was the perfect moment to spring the plan, "I missed you more then I've ever missed anybody, I thought about how stupid I was for losing you and leaving and just all that bad stuff, I love you Kimi."
"Really?" she asked, excited, "You love me?"
Raimundo nodded slowly, "With all my heart." He smiled at her.
Kimiko jumped up and embraced Rai in a hug and a quick peck on the lips, "I love you too! I love you! I love you!" She kissed him again but he pulled away.
"Kimi we're in a coffee shop!"
"I want to take you home! I want you to meet my father!" she squealed, her hands clinging to his arm.
Raimundo nodded, "I'd like that."
The two went back to Kimiko's house, her father wasn't home yet, he wouldn't be for awhile. Kimiko sat Raimundo down on the couch and kissed him again. Raimundo gripped for the weapon he was hiding in his sweatshirt pocket and pulled it out slowly, making sure to hold on the kiss as long as possible. All he had to do was drive it in her neck and run- Atsushi had the rest figured out. He held it up but dropped it. The bang on the floor made Kimiko jump back from their kiss. Raimundo slammed his foot down and pushed it under the couch.
"What was that?" Kimiko questioned.
Raimundo shrugged, "I don't know- run on up to your bedroom, I'll check it out!"
Kimiko giggled and ran her fingers down his chest, "Sounds good to me."
Raimundo bit his lip and stood up pulling his phone from his pocket and dialing Jack's number. Jack of course answered right away, he sounded asleep, or just really tired.
"Jack! Jack!" Raimundo said, practically jumping up and down, "I forgot- see, no I didn't forget, I JUST DON'T WANT TOO DO THIS! I don't belong with the villains! I'm not killing her- I'm- I love her, really I do?"
Jack shook his head, "Tell Atsushi that cause I am not dealing with him! Or Chase for that matter!" Jack sighed, blocking the phone so Raimundo couldn't hear it. Truth was, Jack probably would have been heartbroken about Kimiko's death, deep down he always knew Raimundo would not be capable of killing her. Who would be? She was an absolute gem, sapphire eyes, dark hair, pale features, and her personality was amazing, she was sweet but knew how to keep things in line. She was anything, anybody could want.
"I'm not coming back; I'm not going back to Chase or Atsushi." Raimundo yelled, "I refuse!" He stomped his foot and walked around downstairs, the pacing adding effect to his emotion.
Kimiko slowly paced down the stairs- listening more intently to the two's conversation. Her heart was racing, 'this' what was THIS.
"Okay, I'll say uh, she had a team of evil- uh- something's and they came and they attacked and killed you, it was bloody, it was terrible and that before you died you apo-," Jack started slowly coming up with a plan as he went.
"NO! Shut up- I didn't die, just tell them that when they need somebody to kill somebody- it better be somebody that needs to die, not somebody who hasn't done anything!"
Kimiko gasped and tripped over the last stair, falling on her elbows and staring up at Raimundo with bloodshot eyes, just on the brink of slipping tears of pain and hurt, "You were going to kill me?" she stammered.
Raimundo dropped his phone onto the floor and turned to her, "Kimi, Kimi! You need to understand-,"
She put a hand up to his face as her bottom lip began to quiver, "Why didn't you? WHY DON'T YOU?" she spat.
"Because I love you, and no punishment from Chase or his minions is worth losing you- permanently…" Raimundo mumbled, blushing towards the end.
"Whatever!" Kimiko stood up and brushed herself off, "It's that the only reason you're here, please leave." Her pulse was carried up to her brain, she felt like she was going crazy- it sucked.
Raimundo tried to reach out and embrace her but she held her ground, pushing his hand away.
"Don't touch me!" she muttered backing up and standing back on the staircase, desperately holding onto the railing for support.
"It's not the only reason I'm here- I came back to see you," he knew she wouldn't believe him so he turned his heel to leave the house.
She took hold of his arm and refused to let go. He turned back around to face her; she looked terrible, bruised, their was a small trail of blood from a small cut on the side of her face (she had sensitive skin and the fall wasn't good for that).
"I'm not letting you leave me again…" she mumbled jumping down to the floor and wrapping her arms around his neck.
Raimundo smiled into her hair, blowing kisses to the area behind her and letting their bodies curve together.
A/N: The End! It took me a lot longer then expected but I finished it. Hope you enjoyed! Thanks soo much to everyone who's read, reviewed, etc! I really, really appreciate it!!