A/N: I am still working on 'Love Me, Leave Me', but I finally got to a good point in this story to where I can post it. This is once again another Oddrich fic which means that there is a boyxboy relationship. If you don't like it, don't read. Please no flames. I'm on spring break this whole week so I hope to post more chapters for both this and LMLM. Please tell me what you think, but no flames! Also I'm thinking about writing an Odd/Aelita fic just to change things up. What do you think?

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko sadly.

The room was filled with beeping equipment, each set up for a different purpose. A bed and a couple chairs made up the only furnishings. Lying on the bed, hooked up to all of the monitors was a boy. His hair was brunette in color and slightly messy. His eyes were closed, his skin pale, except for the bruises that littered his face and arms. A rather large gash, which required multiple stitches, ran across his forehead above his left eye. Other smaller marks covered his arms, some fresh cuts, others healed scars. His left leg was propped up and in a green cast.

Next to the bed was a slightly smaller boy asleep in a chair. His hair was spiked upward with a diamond patch of purple in the center. He himself was covered in a couple bruises, but none as severe as the ones the boy in the bed had endured. His head was resting on the bed, his fingers intertwined with the boy in the bed's. Two girls, one with pink hair, the other with black, entered the room talking in hushed voices. Another blond boy followed closely behind the two girls. When they saw that the boys already in the room were asleep, they stopped talking and looked at the two.

Aelita, the girl with the pink hair, gasped when she saw the boy in the bed lying on the verge of death. Tears sprang into her eyes and she buried her face into the shoulder of the boy behind her. He wrapped his arms around her, tears forming in his eyes as well. Tears that he was not yet ready to let fall.

Yumi, the other girl, felt numb. Not only was her boyfriend, Ulrich, in a hospital bed dying, he was holding hands with someone else. That someone else being a guy. Her heart was breaking while her mind tried to make sense of what she was seeing. Maybe Odd was holding Ulrich's hand in an attempt to show him that he was not alone. Yeah, that was it. Nothing more than just a friendly gesture.

The blond boy, Odd, stirred and opened his eyes to find three of his best friends staring at him. He looked at Ulrich, who was still asleep and smiled slightly. Before turning to face his friends, he squeezed Ulrich's hand and released it.

"Hey guys." Odd whispered as he made his way across the room to his friends.

"How is he? Has he woken up at all?" Yumi asked grabbing and latching onto Odd's arm, which was very unlike her.

"He seems okay, but the doctors aren't so sure that he'll make it. He's woken up once and we talked or awhile, but he fell back asleep." Odd shuffled his feet. He hoped that they wouldn't ask what they talked about, because Odd was not ready to tell them. Tears started to firm in Odd's eyes, but he turned from his friends to wipe them away.

"Can I see him?" Odd nodded and started to lead her to Ulrich's bed. "By myself?" Yumi added as nicely as possible. Odd hesitated, he didn't want to leave Ulrich's side. What if he died and Odd wasn't there to say goodbye? But with one look into Yumi's eyes, Odd agreed. She was hurting just as much as he was.

"Come on Odd." Aelita, who was already holding Jeremy's hand, reached for his. Odd grabbed it, but did not intertwine their fingers. He was led to the waiting room where he had been a couple hours prior. While Jeremy and Aelita sat on a couch, Odd went to the chair in the corner and curled up into a ball. He let his head rest on his knees, which he brought up to his chest and cried silent tears.

Yumi took Odd's place in the chair next to Ulrich's bed and grabbed his hand. She intertwined her fingers with his.

"Odd." Ulrich mumbled, a smile creeping onto his lips.

"No Ulrich, it's me, Yumi." Ulrich opened his eyes and looked at the girl that had taken his best friend's place.

"Oh, uh, hi Yumi. Where's Odd?" Ulrich looked around the small room for the blond boy.

"He's in the waiting room with Aelita and Jeremy. Ulrich what happened to you?"

"Yumi I… I need to talk to you." He said, avoiding the question. "I-we can't be together anymore. I'm sorry." Ulrich withdrew his hand from hers.

"Wha-what are you saying Ulrich?"

"Yumi, I don't love you anymore and I'm pretty sure you don't love me back. You've hurt me one too many times. When I saw you and William together this past week, it was the last straw. You wanted to know what happened to me right? Well let's just say that I am in here because of you." Ulrich flashed back to the events that had occurred earlier that day.

Yumi and William had been hanging out more and more that week and rumors were spreading that they were now dating. Of course the gang knew that Yumi was dating Ulrich, but the rest of Kadic Academy did not. The last straw had occurred that morning however, when Ulrich had seen Yumi and William kissing. It wasn't like she was trying to push him away either. In fact she looked like she was enjoying herself.

Odd, who was with him at the time, tried to get him to look away, but was unsuccessful. Ulrich bolted for the trees and Odd soon followed-of course he had to first give William and Yumi a piece of his mind. By the time Ulrich got to the sewer cover in the woods, he was out of breath, tears forming in his eyes. He took one of the skateboards and traveled down the familiar path to the factory. When he removed the cover to the manhole outside the factory, the change in weather surprised him. It was now dark and gloomy, a big contrast to the sunny and cheery weather it had been before. It was as if it was changing to fit his mood. He went inside the factory, trying to find somewhere to jump.

"Ulrich!" He heard his roommate call out. "I'm so glad I found you before you did something stupid." Odd was running in the entrance. It was now or never, Ulrich thought.

"I'm so sorry." He whispered so loud that it was almost his normal voice. "But I have to do this." With one last look at his friend, he ran and jumped off the third story. The last thing he remembered, minus the sensation of falling, was his friend's face.

"Yumi, I tried committing suicide because of you. If it weren't for Odd, I'd be dead already. Now please just go. But could you send Odd back in?"

She nodded, too shocked to speak. Numbly she walked to the waiting room. "Odd he wants you." Odd got up and practically ran to Ulrich's room.

"Yumi what's wrong? Is Ulrich alright?" Aelita inquired.

"Yeah he's fine. I'd rather not talk about it." Jeremy and Aelita exchanged glances, but did not ask her anything more.

"You called?" Odd said as he entered the room.

"I told Yumi. She didn't take it too well."

"Well how would you take it if you were a girl and your boyfriend left you for another guy?" Odd laughed and Ulrich couldn't help but smile at the blond.

"I didn't tell her that part. I didn't think she needed to know."

Odd nodded. "Yeah, I don't think any of them need to know. Just you and me." He lightly kissed the bed-ridden boy on the forehead and thought back to the day's earlier events.

Yumi and William had been kissing and that had really upset Ulrich and when Ulrich was upset, Odd was upset. Ulrich ran off and Odd went to give the kissing couple a piece of his mind. After he had the two thoroughly embarrassed, he ran to the entrance to the passageway to the factory. When he got into the sewer, he noticed that one of the skateboards was missing. That's when Odd started to panic.

"Ulrich!" His voice echoed eerily through the sewer. When he finally got to the entrance to the factory, he saw Ulrich staring at the drop. "Ulrich." He called. "I'm so glad I found you before you did something stupid." Odd ran through the doors to the factory after his friend.

"I'm so sorry." He heard Ulrich say. "But I have to do this." The brunette looked at him then ran. Before he reached the edge, he jumped, plunging to his death.

"Ulrich!" Odd cried. He ran to the ropes hanging a few feet away and slid down one. Ulrich was lying on the floor in an unnatural position, his leg bent backwards, a piece of rusty metal at his side. A pool of blood was rapidly forming under his body. "Come on Ulrich!" Odd took his purple shirt off, leaving him in just a pink short sleeved shirt. He pressed it to the wound that Ulrich had experienced with one hand. With the other hand he pulled out his cell phone and called for an ambulance.

Not five minutes later, they had arrived and were loading Ulrich in the back. They allowed Odd to ride with them, because he had no alternate way of getting there. Once at the hospital, they rushed Ulrich into surgery and ushered a sobbing Odd into the waiting room. Through his tears he managed to call Jeremy who told Aelita and Yumi. They promised to find a way to get there. Odd thanked them and hung up.

"Are you a friend of Ulrich Stern?" A doctor came out and asked Odd, who nodded in response. "Could you please come with me?" Odd got up and followed the doctor, a man in his late thirties with dark brown hair. He was led down a long hallway that reeked of bleach, and into a room on the left. "Your friend is still asleep, but you may go see him. His condition is critical, but might soon stabilize. If he does not wake up, do not be surprised." Odd looked into the room and saw his best friend, his roommate, the guy that he loved, near death.

"Ulrich." He whispered, making his way to his friend's bed. He sat in the chair next to him and cried. "It's my fault. If I had yelled at Yumi, I could have stopped you. I could've told you how I feel about you." The blond laid his head on the bed. "I'm sorry."

"D-don't be." Odd sat straight up, looking toward his friend. Ulrich's eyes were now open, looking around in an attempt to make sense of his surroundings.

"Ulrich you're awake! But the doctor said that you might not wake up!" Odd said excitedly. "Why did you do something that stupid?"

"I guess that was pretty stupid, uh? It didn't kill me like I hoped."

Odd threw his arms around the slightly larger boy. "Don't ever say or do that again! I've been crying for hours. Don't you see Ulrich? You've not only hurt yourself, but others as well." Odd's heart pounded in his chest. This was it. This was the perfect moment to tell him. He might not ever get the chance again.

"Ulrich I have something I need to tell you." He released the larger boy from his embrace and looked into his deep brown eyes.

"I feel the same way Odd." He reached for the blond boy's hand, intertwining their fingers. "I love you."

Odd was shocked. "I love you too. But how'd you know?"

"I heard you talking a few minutes ago about wishing that you could tell me your feelings about me. How long have you felt that way?"

"Awhile, probably since seeing you on Lyoko so within the first week of meeting you. That samurai outfit really does you justice." Ulrich blushed.

"Thanks."

"So how about you?"

"Just recently actually, but nevertheless, the feeling is still real." Ulrich closed his eyes. "I'm really tired and like you said earlier, I'm not even supposed to be awake, so I think I'm going to rest awhile before the others come. They are coming right?"

Odd nodded. "Yeah. Pleasant dreams." As Ulrich slept, Odd's eyelids grew heavy and sleep soon took him as well.

"So when do I get out of here?" Ulrich asked.

"I'm not sure, but the doctors weren't too sure that you were going to make it. They thought that you would have too many complications from your surgery. Right now they are surprised that you are awake. Like I said before, you shouldn't be." He leaned down to whisper in his ear. "But I'm glad you are." Odd's lips brushed down Ulrich's cheek sending a chill down both of their spines, capturing Ulrich's lips in a closed mouth kiss.

"Uh…I guess I'll just come back another time." The two boys pulled apart to see a blushing Jeremy standing in the doorway.

"There's no need. You can come in." Odd said, pretending that nothing had just happened between Ulrich and him. Ulrich, however, was embarrassed and the color of his cheeks said so. Reluctantly, Jeremy walked into the room and pulled up a chair on the other side of the bed.

"I guess we are going to have to explain aren't we?" Ulrich asked to which Jeremy nodded. "Well you see-"

Odd cut him off. "Ulrich's on a lot of pain medication and because of that, he was asking some really random and weird questions that I was trying to answer. One of them was, 'I wonder what it's like to kiss another guy?' With me being the good friend that I am, I decided to answer his question." Jeremy nodded, seeming to understand what Odd was saying.

"So Ulrich, what does it feel like?" Jeremy asked, quite curious.

"Really weird. Kissing a guy is nothing like kissing a girl." Jeremy accepted his answer and looked at his watch.

"I came in here to tell you guys that Aelita, Yumi, and I have to leave. We have to be back before curfew. Odd you've been cleared to stay here overnight since you're his roommate. Bye guys." With a little wave, Jeremy left the room.

Odd looked at Ulrich, hurt in his eyes. He was upset to find out that Ulrich found kissing Yumi better than kissing him. Ulrich saw the hurt Odd was feeling and knew exactly what was wrong. "Kissing Odd is nothing like kissing Yumi. It's much better." Ulrich rephrased his previous statement, this time reflecting his true feelings.

Odd's face perked up and he smiled. "Really?" Ulrich nodded.

"But can we do it again, just to make sure?"

"But of course." They kissed again, this time longer, more sweet, and uninterrupted. When they pulled apart Ulrich fell back into his pillows and sighed.

A/N: Please tell me what you think. I have half of the next chapter written and it'll probably have one more after that.