Chapter 33: Love Hurts...
Kimiko's P.O.V.
Raimundo has been acting really strange lately, he has been very secretive, and goes on long walks, and comes back looking tired as ever... I needed to confront him now. "Raimundo, what do you always do when you go on a walk?" I asked one day when he was lying on my bed, with his eyes closed. "Nothing really." He replied. "Rai, are you sure?" I asked again. "Yes, and stop being so questioning, I have just been thinking a lot." This caused me to scowl a little and ask "Have you been... Doing something I shouldn't know about?" I snapped. "No Kim. Please stop asking, you will find out one day." That was it. "I'm going for a walk. Don't follow me." I ran out the door, I felt no emotions from him.
"Peaches, why? Why is he being so weird all of a sudden? It seemed like yesterday he asked me to come under the willow, and now I'm afraid... Afraid he'll..." I choked on a sob. "Don't worry Kimiko, he just needs some time to think, like he said, and he loves you. What are you afraid he'll do... Don't cry." Peaches combed my hair and flew around me. "I can stop crying, it hurts, it's like... It will never go away Peach!" (That was a nickname!) "There, there, if I see him; I'll talk to him." She chirped and went to go get a drink of water from the fountain, which I was sitting in front of. "I'm afraid Raimundo will break up with me." I whispered, and my tears were splattering on the ground.
Raimundo's P.O.V.
I didn't follow her, I knew exactly where she would be; the garden talking to Peaches. Why was I thinking so much, why did I be so... Heartless to Kimiko? I always go on walks, to the Waterfall, but now I don't know what to do. A very strong emotion was in the air, and it was hard to control it. There were many: Sadness, fear, hurt, and love, but it was painful. I needed to go find Kimiko, before she becomes an emotional wreck... I jumped to my feet and peered through the Temple window. Kimiko was sitting on the ground, and tears were all over the place... But she still looked beautiful. Jill slowly walked out of the kitchen door, and patted Kimiko on the back, I entered Kim's mind so I could hear what she was saying. But it wasn't that nice...
"Kimiko's what is wrong? Did you hurt yourself?" Jill asked and looked at her arms to see if there were any cuts. "Jill... You are looking in the wrong places, my wounds are in my heart." Kimiko sobbed, and Jill hugged her and said "It's all right, who did this to you? I'm going to give them a piece of my mind." "Please don't. It was Raimundo, he's just not the same, he goes on walks and tells me not to follow, he never talks to me the way he used to, and now he just denies that he does anything!" Wailed Kimiko. "Sorry. But I'm going to go talk to him now." Jill said softly and turned around, and walked back to the kitchen door.
I could hear her footsteps coming closer to Kimiko's door, I was ready for the worst, and I also had the window open for escape. "Raimundo! WHAT did you do to KIMIKO!" Screamed Jill. I was taken back, and I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "All I did was go on a walk." I whispered and sat down on the floor, it was starting to rain. "NO YOU DIDN'T! You did something else! I know you did!" Jill yelled and hit me on the head. "I was thinking, about important stuff." I said and I didn't even believe myself. "Sure Raimundo. Be that way, I'm getting the others." She turned on her heel, sighed in defeat, and walked away.
Jill's P.O.V.
Oh yes, I was going to get everyone else, and I was going to make a big deal out of it. Why? Because I didn't like to see Kimiko crying, she's my friend and I wouldn't let her get her like that, and they had a lovely relationship... "Clay! Omi! Xian! GET OVER HERE! NOW!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "What Jill?" Clay asked. "Yes what?" Omi and Xian said at the same time. "Omi, Xian! Go comfort Kimiko! Clay, come with me to knock some sense into Raimundo!" I commanded, and everyone scattered, taming a Wind Dragon was not going to be an easy task.
Kimiko's P.O.V.
I saw Jill and Clay coming, but I didn't hear them. All I heard was my sobbing, and voices in my head, which said he would dump me. "Kimiko? Are you alright?" Clay asked and sat down on the ground next to me. "NO!" I screamed and burst into another fit of crying. "How can we make you feel better?" Jill asked and sat down on my left. "There's no way! Unless Raimundo is back to normal and everything was exactly like it used to be! I miss him!" I cried. "Let's leave her alone for a while Jill." Clay said and went over to my room, where Raimundo was, it was raining, and Peaches was hiding in a bush, still comforting me. I went into Rai's mind and checked out what he was experiencing.
"How could you do that to Kimiko?" Xian asked and there was a hint of sadness in her words. "I didn't... " Raimundo responded for the tenth time. "Sure you didn't! Then why is Kimiko sad?" Asked Clay who walked through the door. "Look guys, just leave me alone, I have some thinking to do, and I didn't hurt her. I still love her." He whispered the last part, but everyone heard it loud and clear. "Well prove it to her then!" Omi suggested and put his hands in his hips. "When she calms down." Raimundo said.
I was done fooling around in his head, he still loved me, but I needed to cool down? The rain was pouring down, but I didn't feel anything. I went inside after a while to go eat lunch, everyone was silent, and Raimundo wasn't there. I couldn't control myself, everyone was feeling pity, and that was hard to control, and my own sadness with it was unbearable. Sometimes I let a sob come out of my mouth, and everyone would look at me and stop eating. "I'm done." I whispered and ran back outside into the rain, it matched my mood right now perfectly.
Night came, and I walked back inside, I did training, but it was hard, and Master Fung looked at me with concern, but didn't say anything. To my relief, Raimundo was isn't in my room, and I fell onto my bed, and wiped my eyes... This was going to be long. I glanced at the clock, 9:45. I could not sleep, eventually; at 2:43 a.m. I cried myself to sleep, but I didn't know someone else wasn't asleep either, I slipped into a dreamless sleep. Love hurts...