Title: How do you say beautiful?
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown
Characters: Rai, Kim
Prompt: 062:Spring
Word Count: 562
Rating: G
Summary: It's spring time and Kimiko is overwhelmed.
Author's Note: Don't know what to say so enjoy reading :D

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Not a single piece of white fluff was left behind from the Winter. The grass was green and the trees were brought back to life. Birds were singing and the butterflies were fluttering. One in particular landed on a dainty pale hand. The person that was attached to that hand let out a soft giggle. The feelers were tickling her finger. She saddened when the feeling went away. The butterfly soared and perched on a nearby geranium. She watched it as it stuck out its sucker and drank in the nectar.

"É bonito, huh?" She turned around and saw a tanned skinned boy wearing a black silk tunic and red pants with a smile plastered on his face as he leaned against the cherry blossom tree.

"What does that mean?" she asked the boy. He brought himself up and walked towards her. The same smile on him.

"I said it's beautiful," he replied.

"Oh, yeah it really is."

He walked over to a nearby patch of Asiatic lilies and picked one from its stem. He walked back to her twirling it between his forefinger and his thumb.

"What are you doing? You know what Master Fung'll do to you when he finds out?"

"What's the worse he can do, demote me? Hold still," he said as he stuck the lily into her hair above her right ear. He broke the stem shorter and made sure it stayed. He looked into her confused face as he trailed his finger tips on her jaw line.

"Hey Kim?"

"Yeah?"

"How do you say beautiful?"

"Huh?"

"In Japan, how do you say beautiful?"

She stared at his relaxed smiling face. Unsure if she should answer him or not. Where was he going with this? It had to of been some sort of trick. But, considering on where they were, with Master Fung's garden and the cherry blossom in full bloom. The whole was serene and she smiled.

"It's kirei," she replied.

"Kirei?"

"No, kir-ee."

He stared at her with the same solemn smile. She knew he was teasing her a little.

"Well, then, I'd think that Spring is kirei."

"And bonito?"

"Yeah, and bonito."

She had begun to realize how close he was to her face. Enough to make the hairs on the back of her neck to stand on end. Her heart started to race and her breath had shortened. He was so close now that she can feel him breathing over her. Then he placed a light kiss onto her and pulled away. He stared at her conflicted demeanor as he walked away. She placed her fingers over her lips. Did what just happen really happen? Or did she just imagine the whole thing? Even if she did, did she like him more than just friends?

"Hey Kimiko?" She turned around and saw his smiling face. "Are you up for a movie on Friday?" he asked. Her actions did not register to her brain when she nodded her head. "Great, see you then." He walked off again. She shook her head and was immediately brought back to reality. What had happened to her back there? When he came along, she was weak in the knees and her body refused to move. Was this some sort of trick that her mind was playing or was her heart telling her what was there all along?

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É bonito, huh? - It's beautiful, huh?
Kirei - beautiful