The Code Lyoko Warriors walked back to class after a long battle with Xana fo the day. "Ugg! Im so sore!" complained Yumi. "Stupid Crabs!" Odd laughed "well, getting stepped on is a intresting way of devirtualizing!" Ulrich and Jeromy laughed as well as Yumi chased Odd, shouting things about stepping on him.
The next day in class, Yumi felt more lonly than usual. She was in the grade above the others so she didn't have any classes with them. The only person she knew in any of her classes was William, but he was gone for the next two weeks on a trip. Yumi pulled out her diary and fliped to her picture of Ulrich. She sighed. She would do it. She would ask him to the winter dance.
Yumi didn't really show many of her emotions. The more people knew, the more they could hurt you with. That's why no one except Aileta, knew that she'd had a crush on Ulrich since before they had started fighting on Lyoko.
Well, thats what she thought. Both Jeremy and Odd knew about her "hidden" feelings. Thought they never let on. They secretly made sure that Ulrich didn't see her mistakes, that he DID notice her successes, and made sure, of all things, that he remembered her birthday. :P
So, at lunch when Odd and Jeromy were talking to Aileta via Jeromy's laptop (she is still stuck on Lyoko) she accedently let it slip that Yumi would be asking Ulrich to the dance. Odd, as best friends always seem to do, decided to be a snoop and watch.
The last school bell rang, making Yumi jump. "You can do it, you can do it." she muttered to herself all the way out to the courtyard. Ulrich was always there after school. It was snowing pretty good for the beginning of december. She reached the court yard without noticing Odd in total stalker mode behind her. Looking around nervously, she saw him over by the trees.
Yumi got within hearing range of him before pauseing. She jumped behind a tree when she saw that he was talking to a girl. "Would you go to the dance with me, Ulrich?" asked the girl shly. Yumi turned bright red. "I know Yumi wanted to go with you really bad, so it's ok if you wanna go with her instead of me." Behind the tree Yumi was so red she was practicly melting the snow.
But Ulrich just looked at her and played with his hair. "Huh? I wouldn't ever go to the dance with Yumi." he said "I mean, she's a friend sure, but she'd never be anything else. But i'd love to go with you." The girl smiled up at him and told him she was really happy.
Yumi's tears fell hot on the snow. Odd started to come out from the tree behind Yumi and say something but she turned and ran as fast and ass far as she could into the forest, leaveing behind her oblivious love.