"Did you notice something strange about Kimiko on the way back?" Asked Sara.
"You mean more than usual?" Asked Raimundo.
"I mean … she was so excited to be getting back to the temple and then on the way back …" Sara sighed, "I don't know; she just seemed completely disappointed."
"I think she was expecting it to be more than just a ruin … like we would've rebuilt it or something." He said.
"How did it get in that state in the first place?" Asked Sara.
Raimundo looked around at her.
"That's a long story," He said, "and it's not a happy one."
"Well can't you just tell me how it ends?" asked Sara.
"It's still going," He said, leaving the hotel room.
Sara turned around angrily. She was engaged to this man and he was still completely closing her out. He hadn't told her a single thing about his past and whatever happened at that temple appeared to be exactly what stopped him from wanting to share it. He had obviously had a relationship with Kimiko, but he wasn't going to admit it and he wasn't going to explain how it had ended or how she had gotten into that state she was in.
She twisted the ring on her finger. Why couldn't he just open up to her?
Kimiko walked up and down her hotel room, muttering to herself as she did so. There was a knock at the door, but she ignored it. They would go away … they all go away …
"Kimiko?" Asked Raimundo's voice from behind the door.
She continued to pace up and down. He would leave soon. He never stuck around. It was his fault … he left her …
"Kimiko!" He said loudly, knocking on the door again.
"What?" Snapped Kimiko, pulling the door open.
"I just wanted to talk to you." Said Raimundo defensively, putting his hands up.
She stepped aside to let him in. He walked into the room and turned to face her as she closed the door behind him.
"Is there something you wanted?" She asked formerly.
"I wanted to talk to you about the temple." Said Raimundo.
"It burnt down." She said.
"Do you remember how it happened?" Asked Raimundo.
"I don't need to." Said Kimiko simply.
"What made you so quiet on the way back?" He asked.
"I was thinking." Said Kimiko.
"What about?" Asked Raimundo.
"What someone said to me." She said.
"Who?" Asked Raimundo.
Kimiko laughed.
"You're ever so paranoid." She laughed.
"Said the one with a mental record." Said Raimundo.
"That was rude." Said Kimiko, "I think I want you to leave."
"I think that's what you think you think." Said Raimundo.
"Or maybe that's what you want me to think that you think that I think that's what I think." Said Kimiko.
"Or maybe that's what I want you to think." Said Raimundo.
"Perhaps." Said Kimiko.
Raimundo hesitated.
"You lost me." Said Raimundo, laughing slightly, "I used to be so good at that."
"A lot of things used to be different." Said Kimiko, a bitter note in her voice.
"Kimiko … I thins you need to know the whole story …"
"No."
Raimundo looked at her sharply.
"No?" He asked.
"This is something I need to figure out on my own. Just telling me the answer will ruin everything." She explained.
"How?" Asked Raimundo.
Kimiko sighed. It was like trying to explain astrophysics to a five year old.
"Lets say I'm doing a maths equation."
"Maths?" Asked Raimundo, giving her a blank look.
"You know the answer of the equation and I'm trying to figure it out. If you give me the answer I won't know how you solved the equation or how to do it again. Understand?"
An understanding look dawned on Raimundo's face.
"But if I let you go through the problem on your own you'll learn how to do it yourself." He smiled, "I get it."
"Thank the lord, now you can leave my room." Said Kimiko, folding her arms.
Kimiko rolled over in her sleep and settled down before her eyes snapped open and she sat bolt upright. Chase Young was stood next to the window. He was staring out at the stars and he didn't turn around to her even as he spoke.
"You're awake."
"What are you doing here?" She asked accusingly.
"I quite often come to watch you sleep." He said casually, as if this was a normal a buying a paper.
"Well you just get less creepy each time we meet." Said Kimiko, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"You would understand if you knew." He said, a small smile crossing his face.
"Then tell me!" she said, the sarcastic shield dropping and her desperation to know the truth returning in full force.
"It's like a maths equation." He said, looking at her for the first time. Kimiko wanted to shrink away from that look.
"I didn't want to hear the biased view from Raimundo." She said, trying to take a stand, "I wanted to hear the truth for a change … though thinking about it, you're probably the last person I'm going to hear it from!"
Chase Young slowly walked over to the bed. He sat down just in front of her and put a hand on her cheek.
"So I won't tell you the truth," He said, slowly tracing a finger up to her forehead, "I'll show you instead …"
(A/N) Sorry it's a bit short, but I just had to put a cliffhanger in! I love doing that: P Sorry I haven't uploaded recently either. I've had my AS exams, which I need to do my second year of sixth form. I really don't want to have to repeat this year! On top of that I've had extra hours at work. I hate my job. Stupid shoe store. Most girls would love to work in a shoe store! Unfortunately I'm only getting paid £3.48 an hour and I only work six hours a week so I'm earning practically nothing for all the work I have to do in that one day a week because they don't hire cleaning staff so I have to do it. Meanwhile my friends get EMA so they get £30 a week from the government for just walking through the school doors everyday. I don't qualify for that because my parents earn too much.
Enough ranting. Hope you enjoy the chapter. Lots of love, Becky.
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