December 18

There was only seven days till Christmas. Only seven days until she told Raimundo how she felt about him. She once again wondered what was in the package that Raimundo had gotten. Maybe it was for her. Something so small, but then again he did say that good things come in small packages. She wondered where he was. She walked out of her room and was about to knock when he heard him talking to someone. She couldn't help but eavesdrop.

"Merry Christmas to you too, Lela."

"Yeah I almost done getting your presents.", Raimundo said as he continued talking.

"I miss you too, I can't wait too see you."

"My Shen gong wu quest is going good too, you know being leader and all."

"I love you too."

Tears welled up in Kimikos eyes. It had never occurred to her that Raimundo might have a girlfriend. She shook her head sadly as tears ran down her cheeks. She walked softly into her room and silently cried.

"Speaking of love, hows Kimiko?", Raimundo's year older sister Lela said.

"Shes really great, I told you about that storm right?", he replied.

"Yeah, and you came like a knight in shining armor, right?"

"Kinda, but Im going to tell her how I feel on Christmas."

"Way to go little bro, I know you won't regret it. Oh I have another call, I'll talk to you later okay?"

"Sure, Bye."

"Later", she replied.

I really hope I don't regret it. He put his phone in his charger and walked out of the room. He knocked on the post of Kimiko's room.

"Who is it?", came the muffled reply.

"Its Raimundo."

He walked inside her room where Kimiko was sitting on her cot, her arms around her legs. Her face was also flushed and she had tear marks on her cheeks. She had been crying. He instantly became concerned.

"Whats wrong?"

"Nothing," she said.

"You were crying."

She closed her eyes. "Okay, I was, you can leave now."

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why were you crying."

"No reason."

"No one cries without a reason."

"Why didn't you tell me," she said softly.

"Tell you what?" he said his tone equally soft.

"That..that you had a..a girlfriend," she said slowly.

His face turned to confusion. "What are you talking about?"

She gave him a face. "Are you kidding me Rai, are you serious. You do so know what Im talking about. Your such a liar", she said outraged.

"Kimiko, what the hell are you talking about?"

"Let me spell it out for you. The girl you were talking to on the phone. Your girlfriend."

He smiled. Then he started laughing.

"Whats so funny."

"You"...he kept laughing..."girlfriend."

"What?"

He stop laughing suddenly becoming serious. "You thought I had a girlfriend? That girl on the phone was Lela, my sister. Not a girlfriend, I don't have a girlfriend."

Her jaw drop and then she turned red. "But..but, you said I love you..."

"My older sister Lela, I love her."

"Oh I see, Im sorry, I guess I kinda jumped to conclusions.."

"Yeah you kinda did."

Her blush deepened. "Im sorry", she repeated.

"Its okay, but why were you crying?" he said moving closer to her.

She averted her eyes away from him. "Umm, uhh, well, I kind-"

Omi burst into the room. "Kimiko, Raimundo, Master Fung wants us for training. Why are you so close to Kimiko?"

Kimiko interrupted. "No reason, she grabbed Omi's shoulders and steered him out of the room with her following him.

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Chapter 5 is now up. And I really really wanna thank each and everyone of my reviewers I logged on to my yahoo a couple days ago and I had so many reviews on this story and Slaves and stolen kisses. I was like so happy people liked my stories, it really made my day. I guess Im getting better at writing. I think thats hte most reviews I've had so quickly. And thanks for the tips too for anyone who left them. Im extremely thankful to have reviewers like you readers. Thanks.

-Raikimlover