Chapter 21: I Love You.
They
stayed like that till Kimiko ran out of breath. She broke away and
frowned when she thought he was going to reject her again.
"You're
going to break up with me, aren't you?" she asked, getting off his
body, allowing him to sit up. Now it was his turn to frown.
"I don't know."
Then
there was that silence. Kimiko didn't want him to feel guilty, but she
didn't know what to say. She forgot who told her that, 'There's never a
maybe in love.' Was that herself? Or Raimundo?
"How can you not
know? Love can't survive on the opinions of others." Uncomfortable,
Raimundo moved his body away from her, he was out of reach.
"I don't know. I don't know whether I even like you, I don't know why I even met you. I don't even know why I love you."
Kimiko edged away from him also. How could he? He didn't know why he loved her... "Forget it. You don't love me,"
Raimundo gaped at her. "Yes I do!"
"Then why are you not sure? How can you? How could you?"
She stood up and moved a couple of yards away from him. He sighed.
"Don't do this Kimiko."
"I can do whatever I want, because you can't stop me, and you don't care either!"
Her
voice was cracking, and tears might have been streaming down her face,
but Raimundo couldn't tell. "I don't know if I care." Stupid! STUPID!
That's not how you talk to a girl!
"YOU DON'T KNOW? I-I HATE..." She
couldn't say it. Couldn't say it... Kimiko fell to the ground on her
knees, shaking. Raimundo tried to go and comfort her but the Wind made
a boundary around her.
"See? Now you try and comfort me? Love me or
not? It's as simple as that? If you don't know, or if you say no, I'm
going to leave Xiaolin for good!" Raimundo sighed, and fell to the
ground as well. "I'll sleep here tonight then."
"I'll sleep over here." Her voice didn't sound right... It had a cold edge to it.
"Goodnight." Raimundo muttered. Kimiko didn't say another word.
Raimundo didn't go to sleep. He was still till Kimiko was sleeping.
The
Wind was acting up as fiercely as it had been before, so it let
Raimundo pass. The only thing was that Raimundo felt like he couldn't
move over to Kimiko and wrap his arms around her.
She's cuss, she'd
say that she didn't love him. He had already made her feel so
miserable, and if he did anymore she'd probably retreat to somewhere
else, where she would be loved by...
Raimundo shook his head
and lay down on the ground, two feet from her. She didn't stir. Maybe
she was asleep, or was she having trouble like Raimundo was having?
"Don't
move any closer Raimundo." she mumbled, not even turning to face him.
This grudge was going to last, unless Raimundo could be less stubborn.
"Kimiko, I don't-"
"Don't
know? I know you don't know, and I know what you're thinking. You just
want me because you love toying with my heart. You only want me because
I was the first girl you could see besides Sophia. What do you want
from me? My health? My wealth? My luck? My..."
"Your love."
Kimiko, by this time was standing up and counting on her fingers what
he would want from her. He was standing up to, and they were about a
foot apart.
"How can you want me when you already have my love? I'm
only waiting for yours." Raimundo took one of her hands and brought her
closer with a gentle pull. One inch apart. Kimiko didn't move. She held
her breath and waited for him.
"You already have mine. So what are
you waiting for?" He moved his hands to her back, while she played with
his hair. Their lips connected. Kimiko felt relief flood over her. He
loved her, finally.
He broke away and smiled at her. A true smile.
"Love me?"
"Love you." he whispered, kissing her on the lips. She sat down, finally feeling like she needed to sleep.
Raimundo, this time; took her in his arms. Her head rested on his chest, this was how it was supposed to be. Meant to be.
"You're going to protect me." Kimiko said tentatively, almost as a question though. Raimundo kissed the top of her head and nodded. "I'll keep you. Good night."
"Good night."
Still, Raimundo
couldn't sleep. He was with Kimiko, and everything was fine; for the
time being. "Anything wrong Raimundo?" asked Kimiko, sensing that he
was tensing up.
"Nothing is wrong. I don't know why I can't go to
sleep. I think evil might be closer than we think." She shrugged and
cuddled closer to him. "Let's not worry about that. How about we star
gaze? I'm sure you'll enjoy it,"
Raimundo laughed to himself and
casted his gaze upward. The stars blanketed the night sky, like
diamonds on a black sheet of velvet. Or white flower blossoms on
Kimiko's dark raven hair.
"It's pretty, isn't it? When I was gone,
did you ever take notice in the beauty around you?" He thought for a
moment. No, he didn't really pay attention to anything. And was that
her quest, to make him see something with beauty? So far the only thing
was Kimiko. To think all the extravagance of his palace didn't 'woo'
him.
"I don' think so. The only thing that was and is dashing is you." Kimiko blushed.
"You know, that was extremely... Loving."
He smiled at her, then he figured out he didn't have a shirt on.
"Kimiko, what did you do to my shirt?"
Oh
no. "I'm afraid you'll have to go shirtless for a while. There's poison
on that shirt, and I don't want you to get hurt again. Besides, it's
nice having you like this." she said, trying not run her fingers over
him. Raimundo took her hand and placed it on his chest.
"You can do anything to me now, Kimiko. After all, you saved my life."
Anything?
That turned Kimiko on, really. Sighing, she thought of another game she
could use. Right now she didn't want to do anything sexual to the
Prince... yet.
"How about... We play a game? There's something I can
name. See, I name some kind of kiss. Like kiss on the cheek, that
means... Let's not get too serious, or let's just be friends." Kimiko
explained, sitting up.
Raimundo got up too, he stretched and stared into her eyes.
"So what does a kiss on the hand mean?"
"That means... Something like you... How about you adore me?" He smiled and kissed her on the hand. Raimundo adores Kimiko. Adorable.
"And I know kiss on the lips means I love you, and I do." Raimundo pulled her closer by her waist, and Kimiko added, "Taking me by the waist means that you don't want to let me go, and I know you don't," she nibbled at his collarbone. He shuddered. Whenever you touch Raimundo on the collar bone he shudders. Interesting. After a while, Kimiko remarked; "I'm allowed to do anything I want with you, Raimundo; like you said?" He nodded.
"What exactly do you have in mind?" he
asked, stroking her cheek. Somewhere in the sapphire blue depths of her
eyes, there twinkled mischief. "That means I could do anything, and
you'd still love me?" Again, he nodded, uneasily this time. Kimiko ran
her fingers down his chest and stared him in the eyes.
"When you
were gone, I held in a lot of passion." she said, almost touching his
'thing.' Raimundo raised an eyebrow. Was Kimiko really feeling horny
right now, or was it all a joke?
Her hands made
their way to the back of his head. She jerked him toward her; kissing
him hard. Kimiko shoved him down to the ground, while she straddled his
hips. Raimundo was surprised. Now she suddenly burning with passion,
and an hour ago she was as sulky as... Whatever Clay would say.
Kimiko
started to remove her skirt... Raimundo, somewhat distracted, didn't
stop her. He kept kissing her, but he was unsure if he wanted to do
this.
Hesitantly, he took off her shirt.
This wasn't happening... He opened his eyes, and when he was about to thrust into her body, he stopped. With his eyes closed he turned his head away, so he wouldn't have to see her face, or her naked body. She was going way to fast...
"Raimundo? Anything wrong?"
How
come she kept asking that? Of course something was wrong! Raimundo
wasn't ready for sex. Even though didn't have anything on; he wasn't
feeling anything, except love and worry.
"I don't think I'm ready." he replied quickly, avoiding her gaze. Kimiko sighed and made him look at her.
"Raimundo, you should have told me. I'm sorry,"
There was another reason he didn't want to do it with her... But he wouldn't mention that right now. It was too important.
"It's
okay, how about we get some sleep? Can you hand me my clothes too?"
Kimiko smiled weakly and put an arm over her breasts. Maybe she was a
bit secretive about everything.
10 minutes later...
He
fell asleep, tired from all the things Kimiko did to him. Meanwhile,
she was hurt. Did Raimundo really mean what he said? Or did he not
trust her?
Reluctantly, she let Raimundo put his arms around her.
Then
her mind shot out thoughts. "Isn't trust the main root to a
relationship?" She couldn't answer that. The only answer that went
around in her head over and over again was 'I don't know.' Those were
the unfaithful words Raimundo used against her. Raimundo.
She moved
her head in order to see him. His chest went up and down rhythmically,
which was supposed to calm Kimiko down. It sort of made her... Annoyed.
All
of this was so confusing. If Raimundo had did it with her today, what
would have happened? Kimiko would be most likely pregnant, and then
Chase Young and Wuya would find out, then they'd want to kill them both
even more. Then they wouldn't live happily ever after, not like in all
fairy tales, and this wasn't a fairy tale. This was real. This was
actual love, and there wasn't going to be a.
Wait. The Wedding was tomorrow wasn't it? THE WEDDING? OF SOPHIA SWEINHART AND RAIMUNDO PEDROSA!
Kimiko cursed, and cursed, and cursed to herself.
Damn that Sophia. Damn her! If Raimundo and Sophia were getting married, then the guards would be after Raimundo in a snap. But would they figure out that the Prince wasn't even in Xiaolin? He was somewhere else.
Not in Xiaolin, but somewhere close to the lands of No Where. Would the King even try to find their precious Prince?
"Raimundo, will you still love me?" Kimiko said in a quiet voice. He didn't hear her. But her mind told her.
It hissed to her, 'I don't know.'