Title: Rain of Forgiveness
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown
Characters: Rai, Kim
Prompt: 066:Rain
Word Count: 912
Rating: R
Summary: Rai said some hurtful things and Kimiko is angry in the worst way.
Author's Notes: Kim's P.O.V. Discretion is advised.
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I ran outside and into the pouring rain with tears streaming down my eyes. How could he? How could he say that? About me? I don't mean to sound selfish, but how would feel if someone you thought you loved tell you something completely horrible. So horrible in fact that you just want to get away for the rest of your life.
I tripped and fell onto the stone hard ground. I felt a small pain on my chin but I didn't care. I just wanted to lye there and just continued to cry my eyes out. I let out a hiccup and just let myself get soaked to the bone. It must've been at least fifteen minutes and I still didn't feel any better. It's like the pain in my heart doesn't want to go away.
I didn't know but I thought I heard my name being called out, but I didn't bother to get up or do anything for that matter. It might have been my head pounding or I think I hear footsteps pounding against the wet stone. I still didn't get up. I just continue to weep.
"Kim?" I heard someone say while placing their hand on my shoulder. I knew who it was as I shrugged away his hand. "Come on, Kimiko."
"Fuck off," I cussed through my gasps. I felt that he was still there. I heard him sigh.
"Listen to me, we were just having another one of our stupid fights, that apparently went out of hand," I heard Raimundo say.
"Out of hand? Out of hand! I'll tell you what went out of hand! When you called me a cold, heartless, bitch that doesn't care about what happens to everyone but her spoiled fucking ass!" I screamed at him while sitting up to face him.
"Geez, you're bleeding. Let me take care of that," he offered as he reached out his hand to my chin but I turned away. "Kim..."
"Don't!"
"Don't what?" I looked up at him with my red puffy eyes.
"Just don't," I said calmly.
"I'm just trying to help you."
"I don't need it."
"See? That's what I'm talking about, you're always trying to be this independent girl and because of that, you turn to your own needs and not anybody else's." I sent a glare at him through my tears. I quickly looked down so that he won't see my defeated face.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked.
"Because it's for your own good, not caring can take you down a long way, and I don't want that happening to you. I care about you, Kimiko." I looked up at him and saw his truthful face, but I was still angry.
"If you care about me, then why did you have to call me all those things?" I asked nastily.
"I was trying to get through that hard shell that you use for a head. Apparently, that went a little too far."
"A little!" I shouted at him. But he didn't back away, I just begun to notice that he didn't back away all the while I was yelling and crying. He offered me a hand and I refused to take it. He just gave me that look that shown that he wasn't afraid.
"Why are like this?"
"Like what?"
"I could send a flaming fireball at you but you keep assisting me. Why?"
"One, we're in the rain so you're 'flaming fireball' wouldn't work even if you tried and two, I'm not afraid."
"Why are you not afraid?"
"Why should I? I know you, Kim. I know that you wouldn't want to hurt me." I looked at him with a gasp.
"Y-You know?" He nodded in response. "For how long?"
"I've always known, I'm just surprised that you haven't noticed." I brought my legs up to my chest. Nothing was going to make this any better. Insulted to the highest extent one minute, rejected the next. This obviously wasn't my night. A tear strolled down my cheek. Then I felt a warm touch on my cheek as it slid away the strayed tear. I looked up at him and saw how close he was to my face. My heart quickened. He placed his hand on my entire cheek. I looked into his forest green eyes and they suggested a seductive gleam. He leaned in to me and placed a kiss that was rupturing my insides. I kissed him back and I grabbed his tunic and brought him closer to me. He laid me down on the cold ground without separating our lips. We deepened our kiss as his tongue slid inside my mouth. I took off his belt and slid his tunic off. I tossed it aside and put my hands through his wet hair. His hand was placed on my shoulder and slid down my wet tunic. It traveled down and onto my breast. I allowed it. Then we parted and his lips went down the crook of my neck. Then he pulled away and looked deep into my eyes.
"I love you too, Kimiko," he whispered. I smiled for the first time that night and I brought him down to my lips again. Not parting in the least.