Chapter 63: Being Like This Isn't All That Bad.
Kimiko's P.O.V.
"I
miss this." Raimundo kissed me, and I furrowed my eyebrow. "What are
you talking about?" "About this." Raimundo slid his tongue into my
mouth and I had my eyes open for a second. He took me by surprise... I
closed my eyes and kissed back, so this was what he was talking about.
He broke away, and I smiled. "Now I'm starting to see the sensitive
side of Raimundo, aren't I?" I asked. "No. I wasn't being sensitive!"
he retorted. "But you still love me." I added. Raimundo shut up, and
turned the other direction. "You're right, I do love you." My heart
skipped along happily. "AW!" I teased him. "Be quiet! You love me too."
"Yes Raimundo, I love you so much that I'm going to... What else is
there to do?" Raimundo shrugged to my question. "How about having
another child." That didn't sound like a bad idea in my head anymore...
For some reason. I whispered "I don't know what to say."
Luckily,
Jill had to go back to her bed, (She is pregnant.) so she wasn't out to
kill me because I gave her a condom for her birthday present. "To lunch
Kimiko! Don't be late!"
Raimundo racing me to the kitchen again? Great. "Coming for goodness
sake!" I replied, Omi has gotten really strict about running in the
hallways... And being late for lunch, but who cares? "Wait up..."
Raimundo and I turned out heads, Clay was dragging himself up from the
floor. That tired from just taking care of Jill? Jeez... "Clay? What
happened?" asked Raimundo.
"I was talking to Jill... No strength to eat..." He slumped to the
floor again, and I could hear Raimundo barely whisper "You aren't stuck
with the stubborn one, Clay." I frowned and lifted Clay up a little. I
needed an insult for Raimundo..."Lift your weight Raimundo!" "I am
lifting him up... Not like you can do any better!" Raimundo shot back.
"CLAY! I NEED SOME MORE WATER!" "Coming darling!" Clay jumped on his
feet, and scrambled to the door. Jill sure was commanding when she
wanted to be. Never knew he had that much energy stored up. "Let's just
go, and don't dare try and race me!" I said, Raimundo opened his mouth,
then closed it again. "Much better! Now move it Wind Dragon!"
"Stop."
I whispered. "What? Scared of Omi?" "No! Listen!" Raimundo and I
crouched down at the doorway, Xian and Omi didn't seem to notice
Raimundo and I next to the door frame. (With Xian and Omi)
"I wish
we could do something else..." Xian muttered. "But we are doing things!
We are waiting for Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay to come to lunch? What
could be more perfect?" "I can tell you what would be perfect! If we
actually did something interesting out here!" Xian snorted and sat down
at the table. "Xian, I do not understand what you are saying!" Omi
exclaimed. "Then maybe you don't understand me! You don't even act like
a real husband! I bet... Clay and Jill have a better relationship than
we do!" I was relieved they didn't use Raimundo and I instead.
"What
am I doing wrong?" he asked. "Women need... Love in their life. If they
don't then it seems all hollow like! I don't see the difference between
hollow and our marriage! I almost left you, but still you don't get
it?" Xian was pacing around the room, with a unreadable expression on
her face.
Concern flooded Raimundo's eyes. "I think it's our time to walk in." he whispered. Before I could stop him, he walked through the door casually. "Hello guys." Raimundo said. Xian and Omi nearly jumped one foot in the air. "Don't do that Raimundo!" There was a note of suspicion in her voice though. "Where's Kimiko?" asked Omi. "Here I am!" I stumbled on my own feet and landed in front of the table.
"What were you two doing?" Xian sat back down again and eyed me. "We were on the roof." "Yeah, on the roof. Doing stuff..." Raimundo trailed off when he saw Clay enter the room, he was a mess. "Looks like you have lady problems!" Raimundo called. "Shut up. Need food now." Clay grumbled. "He can't even talk properly anymore." Xian remarked, and she took a wet cloth and dabbed his fore head. "At least you don't have a fever." Raimundo covered his mouth while he listened to Clay and Xian talk. "Having a women that is pregnant is hard..." Clay groaned.
Raimundo's P.O.V.
What did Kimiko mean that she didn't know what to say this time? I expected her to slap me or call me stupid... For fun. "Raimundo stop day dreaming! We have to... Change Elinor's diapers!" "But you just did." I pointed out. "Oh... Then what am I supposed to do?" she asked. "I don't think that the lady of the house is supposed to sat that." She lay down on the bed and closed her eyes. "Have you ever wanted more than one child?" Kimiko asked. "What? I though you didn't want to deal with the children and the..." "I know, I know. But wouldn't our daughter get lonely?" Good question... Rang through my head. "Okay Kimiko. I'll be honest. It was fun, and I liked it. But I don't know if you did. So now, I don't know anything!" A wind picked up in the room, and she looked at the ground. "Maybe we should wait a while."
"Raimundo!
Change Elinor's diapers!" "Why?" "Because I told you to. I need to go
talk to Jill." She hurried across the hall way and shut the door.
Wonder what she was going to say to the pregnant women... Elinor didn't
even need her diapers changed so... I could go listen to what the crap
Jill and Kimiko were saying! Score one for Raimundo! I opened the door,
and checked if anyone was in the hall way. No one. Time to go listen. I
pressed my ear against the door, I could tell that Jill and Kimiko were
the only ones in the room, or Clay was asleep on the job!
"Kimiko! Leave me alone." Jill's voice was tired and exaggerated.
"Jill! Stop being so..." "Crazy? Sad? MAD?" I could just imagine Kimiko
shake her head and cross her arms. "You need to know that you will have
that child, you will be happy, and you will start a happy and good
family!" Kim was practically ordering Jill to have a happy ending.
Kimiko's P.O.V.
"Don't
you understand?" I asked her. "No. Now where is Clay? He should be here
with my water!" Jill pouted. "Come on! It isn't that hard to have a
child!" "Then why don't you have a second one?" she asked. "I was
thinking about it." I replied truthfully. Jill gaped. "All the
screaming and the breast feeding, won't you get tired of it?" "The key
to marriage is Love and Trust.
If you don't have both of them then you aren't ready to start a family
with that person. Apparently your orphan sister doesn't understand
that! So when you are done having that baby, you'd better march right
up to her and straighten things out!" Jill took in every word I said.
"Being like this isn't all that bad." I smiled. I made my mark. ("Yes
you did... Oops." "Raimundo! WERE you listening to what I was saying!
YOU could have just knocked!") I shook my head and walked out of the
room. "Jill... Don't go crazy.