Winter Wonderland
Yumi woke up only to quickly close her eyes in the glare of the early morning sun. After several minutes trying to fall back asleep she finally sat up on her bed and looked out the window. Outside it was a winter wonderland. Her window was frost covered and beyond the windowsill there was a thick blanket of snow on the ground. After several minutes of trying to remember what the date was she realized that it was five days until Christmas. Christmas Break at Kadic Academy started over a week ago and Yumi still couldn't get used to sleeping in late. She looked at her alarm clock and her eyes widened. It was ten o'clock. Ulrich would be very upset with her for sure. Since Ulrich preferred not to be anywhere near his parents especially his father, Ulrich was staying at her house. It had taken quit a lot of sucking up to and bribing for Yumi to get her father to allow Ulrich to stay with them. Mr.Ishiyama didn't exactly like the idea of Ulrich being so close to his daughter, but since they were just friends and Ulrich offered to sleep in the living room he agreed that he could stay. The only condition was that Ulrich couldn't stay in Yumi's room alone with her. When Mr.Ishiyama told Ulrich this Ulrich and Yumi both flushed up bright pink. Ulrich the night before had told Yumi to meet him in the woods close to the Academy. Ulrich often went there to think when things were troubling him. Though Yumi couldn't figure out why Ulrich had asked her to go with him.