I have not worked on or read any Code Lyoko fanfics in a while. That is, until the show popped up in a conversation with a classmate of mine. For those who don't know, I'm a big UlrichXAelita fan(even though it is not very canon).

I don't pair them up because Ulrich is the strongest of the group(He is undoubtedly the strongest since he usually last the longest in Lyoko and has even defeated the most monsters) and Aelita the damsel in distress of the group. I just find them to actually work with each other if they spent more time together if it were not for their respective crushes

Speaking of UlrichXAelita, I remembered reading a fanfic about them in this site before, but it seems to have been deleted. So I'm publishing this story that was inspired by it.

Ulrich Stern does not know when it all started, but one thing is for sure: He is now in love with the princess of his group.

Ever since they were finally able to free their teammate, William Dunbar, and defeat their enemy, X.A.N.A, Ulrich all had the time he needed to finally focus on school and gain the affections of his fellow teammate Yumi Ishiyama.

He did not do so well on both accounts.

Mr. Stern expected more from his son. He wanted more than just B's and C's, he wanted to see A's.

When he finally worked up the courage to confess, he ended up having his heart shattered to pieces. When he went looking for Yumi, he did not find her alone. Pinning her to the wall, where Ulrich found her, was William. The older teen was kissing her and Yumi was returning it back with equal ferocity.

That very same day, Jeremie was busy doing some programming on his computer, working as much when their enemy was still around, and Odd was dating a new girl in school. Both his guy were not around for him; not that it mattered though. His roommate may had dated numerous girls in the past, he is still bad with women and his genius male of his group has hardly any relationship advice he could give him.

It did not really matter, Ulrich just wanted to be alone.

However, she was available. After opening the door, Ulrich saw Aelita standing in front of him with her cheerful smile on.

"Hello, Ulrich." She happily greeted, her bubbly voice somewhat brings his mood up.

Ulrich looks up from the ground and into her forest green eyes.

"Hey, princess. You need something?"

His voice was tired and lazy with a hint of pain, which she noticed.

"Is something wrong?" She asked as she brought her hand up to his forehead.

Great, he is making her worry and he does not want her or anyone to pity him, right now. He grabs her hand before she could reach.

"I'm fine. I'm just a little tired from that physic test." He lied to change to the subject.

Aelita giggled, "I know, it was hard. Even for me."

Ulrich chuckled with her, "Yet you still passed, didn't you?"

Even if it was difficult even for her, she would at least received an above average score.

The pinkette giggled a little more before saying, "I was wondering, think you and I can spend the day tomorrow?"

Tomorrow is Sunday, meaning no classes.

"Sure. How about Jeremie?" He asked.

"He said he'll be busy." Aelita told him, "Besides, I want it to be just you and me."

Ulrich raises an eyebrow, giving her a confused look.

She continued, "I mean, you and I have hardly hang out together."

It is true; ever since she was first materialized in 10 years, she stick to Jeremie a lot and most of her time, apart from the blonde genius, with Yumi. The only they actually spent time together that is not school related was when they were both in Lyoko fighting X.A.N.A. and now both of them are permanently gone from their life.

Now that he thinks about it, the Lyoko Warriors seems to have disbanded since the day they shut down the supercomputer. Jeremie was back to focusing all of his time on school, Yumi was also on that boat to catch up on some subjects, and Odd was honing his skills on a skateboard and occasionally dated girls.

"Sure, why not?"