Title: Day Six
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown
Characters: Rai, Kim, Omi, Clay, Toshiro, a few guards (my ocs), the receptionist (my oc), Jack, May (my oc), Jesse
Prompt: 033:Too Much
Word Count: 1,606
Rating: PG-13
Summary: AU Kimiko stayed in the hotel all her life until one day she snuck out and ran into someone who helps her understand the world better.
Author's Note: Part 6 of 7. :D

Day Six

Raimundo and Kimiko were to meet their friends at the park for Clay's family barbecue. They came in hand in hand as they surveyed the area. Daddy Baily over by the grill with his wife accompanying him. Omi, Clay, and his sister, Jesse, were hanging out by the picnic table and it was Omi who had noticed the love birds.

"Kimiko! Raimundo! Welcome my friends!" he said enthusiastically as they approached the others.

"Hey guys!" Kimiko said cheerfully.

"Don't you two look happy," Jesse said out of the blue. Kimiko looked at her in question.

"Kim, that's Jesse. Clay's sister," Raimundo pointed out. She understood as she stuck out her hand.

"It's nice to meet you, Jesse." Jesse merely shrugged off her gesture. Kimiko raised an eyebrow.

"Raimundo." They turned to Omi's competitive face. "Perhaps you would like to lose at a game of soccer."

"If by lose you mean win, then I'm up for kicking your butt," Raimundo retorted as they raced to the field and started kicking around the soccer ball. Mama Baily called Jesse over to help her prepare some things. Jesse went leaving Clay and Kimiko to sit at the picnic table, watching the game.

"Rai sure do looks happy," Clay noted.

"Of course, why wouldn't he?"

"Well, I thought he would never recover after the 'infamous Ashley'. I assume you know about her, right?"

"Yeah, he told me last night. She must've been horrible to him."

"You have no idea. She was always calling him over like a lost puppy. And since Omi and I weren't her biggest fans, she would always find a way of getting him away from his friends. I tried telling him this but he wouldn't listen. I guess he didn't come to his senses about her until he was sent to juvi."

"He did say that he was young and he thought he only needed to please her."

"Yup, that's what he told me too. I'm just glad that he found something better." She turned to him with a questioning look. "I'm talking about you. You're the best thing that has ever happen to him. And it's about time too, Omi and I thought he would never get out of his funk. But I guess we were proven wrong." She let on a smile as another thought came to her mind.

"Hey Clay?" He averted his hat covered eyes to her. "Um, why was your sister acting that way towards me?" He let out a low laugh.

"That's because she has a little crush on Rai." She raised her eyebrows as he let out another laugh. "Don't worry though, he's crazy about you." She looked back to see Raimundo laughing as he was playing with Omi. She couldn't help but let on a smile as he came back with a weeping Omi.

"Hey gorgeous," he said as he gave her a kiss. She let on a smile as he did. Then he sat down beside her and put his arm around her shoulders. Daddy Baily then came and placed the food before them.

The whole morning was spectacular. She had so much fun with her friends that she can barely take it in. The only thing she didn't like about it was the occasional glares she was getting from Jesse. Of course she didn't understand why but couldn't help but feel a nagging feeling in the back of her head.

Then the boys gathered up the plates and headed to a trash can. With Kimiko and Jesse alone. She sent an additional glare to Kimiko.

"How much do you like Rai?" she asked. Kimiko was surprised by the question but relaxed all the same.

"I don't just like Rai. I love him." Jesse's eyebrows shot up past the brim of her hat.

"How long have you known him?"

"Well, I think it has been... six days." Jesse's eyes widened.

"How could you fall for him that fast?"

"Well... he's the first friend that I've made and we started having really strong feelings for each other and before we knew it, he told me he loves me and vice versa." Jesse relaxed her eyes a bit.

"In that case, I bet you don't know the first thing about him." It was Kimiko's turn to get surprised.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Since you rushed this whole thing, I bet you haven't even considered his interests." Kimiko glared at her.

"I know everything that needs to know about him."

"Oh yeah? Prove it?"

"How?"

"What's his favorite color?"

"Uh... green?" she replied meekly.

"Hah! It's blue!" Kimiko looked at her in shock. As it turns out, she didn't know anything about him.

"Hey Kim, you wanna take a walk?" she turned over to see Raimundo's smiling face and she couldn't bare it. She got up and started running. He looked at her with confusion.

"Jesse, what did you do?" He heard Clay say to his sister.

"Why nothing. I only asked if she knew Rai." Raimundo turned rapidly towards her.

"What?! Of course she knows me!"

"Than how come she doesn't know your favorite color is blue?" He gave her a suspicious look.

"How do you know that?"

"I know everything about you, Rai. That just proves that you belong to me and not that spoiled brat."

"No, that just proves your stalking me and another thing is that she may be spoiled but she's no where near close to being a brat."

"Than what in hells name do you see in her?"

"Maybe the fact that she's kind, brave, doesn't throw herself out there like you did, hates her old life and would absolutely do anything to get out of it."

"But its been only six days. No one can fall in love that fast."

"That just means you don't know me and Kimiko," he sneered as he ran to catch up with her. He found her standing by the tree where they had their first date. He walked over to her and then noticed her tear stained cheeks.

"Hey," he said soothingly. She didn't look at him. "Look, I know what Jesse did and that was really low. Even for her."

"But she's right though. I don't know anything about you." He let out a sigh.

"Of course you do. You know me better than I do." She looked up at him with an unchanged expression.

"I don't even know your favorite color."

"Is that all? Come on, Kim, we got the rest of our lives to worry about stuff like that." She let on a smile.

"Really?"

"Of course. You're my girlfriend. That's not gonna change anytime soon." Her face lightened up and she gave him a hug. He hugged her back. She pulled away and gave him a kiss.

"Y'know, a bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." He stared blankly at her. "It's a Chinese proverb."

"A Chinese what now?" She let a small laugh as she pulled him in for another kiss.

After the barbecue, they spent rest of the evening at the beach, enjoying each others embrace. While watching the sun set. They couldn't ask for anything other than this, nor do they want it to end. They shared a long kiss and didn't pay any mind to their surroundings. His hand gently stroking the lower of her back, sending electrified chills up and down her spine. They pulled away and leaned against each other's foreheads. Gasping for oxygen into their lungs and eyes closed.

"Marry me," he whispered. Her eyes shot open as well as his own. She pulled away and stared at him. "I am so sorry, Kim. I don't have the slightest idea where that came from." She still stared at him wide eyed. "Look, I even scared myself so you're not the only one." She looked away from him.

"I am scared, Rai. It's not like I don't want to get married... I just... think we're rushing it." He cocked an eyebrow.

"What do you mean by 'it'?" She looked at him.

"Well... maybe everybody is right. Maybe we did rush into this relationship."

"Kim, you're talking stupid."

"Am I, Rai? You have to admit, this is crazy. I mean we've only known each other for six days and-" She was silenced by Raimundo's finger on her lips.

"Kim, I'm not an idiot. If you're saying what I think you're saying, then I don't agree with you. I mean I can't stand being away from you for more than two seconds."

"Rai..."

"I'm serious. Maybe I'd like to marry you like... ten or fifteen years from now. But that's still a long way to go." She lowered her eyebrows.

"You want to stay together for that long?"

"Of course, I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

"How can you be so sure about it? I mean, we're only fifteen."

"Because, I never had fought this much in my whole life and I know that we are worth it," he said as he placed his hand on her cheek. She still had uncertainty in her eyes.

"Perhaps, we can stay friends," she finally said after a long moment of silence.

"No," he said while shaking his head. "I tried being friends with you but that didn't work."

"Then maybe we shouldn't see each other at all." He looked at her as if his heart has been ripped out.

"You can't be serious." She leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"I'm sorry." She got up and left him sitting there.