Odd followed his eyes down the stairs, scanning the area for someone he knew. It was supposed to be the party of the year. If only a familiar face would have shown up. With every head in all of Kadic School there, it was easy to get lost. The back of a bent head covered in long black hair sitting on a step caught his attention. "Sissy?" he called down the stairs.

Her tear stained face turned back to look up at him, and quickly through itself back into her hands.

Odd processed his choices. Surprisingly, run back up the stairs was not the first one on his list. He pitied Sissy first. He pitied Sissy first because no one else did. "Sissy?" he said again, making his way down the stairs. "Are you okay?"

"No! Stay away from me," she said quickly looking back again. "You wouldn't understand."

"You'd be surprised," replied Odd, sitting down next to her.

"No," she replied promptly. "You wouldn't understand because you have friends. Everything is easy for..." she said drowning in her own tears. "-for you."

Odd paused for a second before continuing. "I like your dress," he added in a please-don't-hurt-me voice, trying to lighten things. Sissy didn't say anything. "You have plenty of friends. You just need to look harder."

"I can't look any harder. What you see is what you get. No one sees anything in me- Ulric doesn't see anything in me."

"Sissy... Ulric and Yumi really like each other. And there are some things that we just have to accept-"

"Not everything is worth accepting!" Sissy shouted, standing up.

"Some things are useless to pursue," Odd said, standing up too. "Ulric is useless to pursue, you know that Sissy!"

"Then what's left?" She shouted back. "Why am I even talking to you!" she said, turning to make her way up the stairs.

He grabbed her arm. "You're talking to me because some things are worth talking about. "Some people are worth talking to."

"Who says?" she said, glaring at him, back on the same step now.

And then, all at once, Odd grabbed sissy other hand and leaned forward and passionately kissed her. And surprisingly, Sissy kissed back. Odd pulled back. Time pulled back.

"I say." he said smiling.