This oneshot is for alteris. I hope you all enjoy. You'll need to read my story Code Moon to understand a few things that our going on here. This oneshot has nothing to do with the events od Code Moon, so whatever id here stays here. Takes place sometime after Odd and Musa get together but not too sure when exactly. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or the song following. Just Musa and Cascada.
White's Day
A group of seven teens, four boys and three girls, sat contently at a table inside Kadic's Academy's cafeteria, each happily eating their lunch.
"Isn't it great that we have the day off?" one of the girls, who had pink hair, asked happily to her friends while taking a sip of her drink.
"Yeah," a brunette hair boy said, "no classes, no teachers, and no work."
"Unless, Mr. Stick up his butt makes us test out new programs on Lyoko," a strawberry blonde hair girl snipped flipping her long ponytail behind her shoulder as she stared defiantly at the blonde glasses wearing boy across the table from him.
"Well actually-" he began before he was cut off by the pink hair girl.
"Come on Jeremy! It has been so long since we had free time without school and Xana hasn't been active lately," she said pleadingly and they all knew that the blonde wouldn't be able to resist.
"Fine," the blonde Jeremy sighed defeated.
"Go Aelita!" the strawberry blonde smirked at her pink haired friend. "We have a day of rest and relaxation! What should we do?"
"Don't know, Cascada," a raven hair girl said to the girl. "What do you guys have planned?" she asked looking at the others.
"Well Jeremy had promised me he would take me to the planetarium for a special exhibit," Aelita said smiling causing Jeremy to blush.
"Of course. When you're dating the whiz kid who spends most of his life on the computer, that's as about as romantic as you'll get," Cascada thought to herself, holding her tongue.
"Hey, Yumi… want to see a movie?" the brunette hair boy asked.
"Sure, Ulrich," the Japanese girl said smiling as they both blushed.
"Someone kill me now," the plant A.I. thought rolling her eyes, "All of this human mushiness is too much for me."
"Cascada," she heard the shaggy hair boy next to her say. She looked at him, fighting the urge to blush at the intensity that he was looking at her with. It wasn't like he was necessarily giving her a bad look; it was just a look that made it seem as if he could tell what she was thinking. "Do you want to go to this new café? Their suppose to be showcasing art from local artist and-"
"Sure William!" the green eyed girl said a little too quickly for her liking. The boy gave her a grin before returning to his croissant as if the discussion hadn't happened at all. He was really trying to annoy her, wasn't he?
"Hey, guys? Where's Musa?" another blonde boy, wearing all purple, asked. Aelita and Cascada shrugged.
"She mentioned something about getting ready, but for what I don't know," Aelita said.
As if on cue, a certain Lyoko A.I. walked into the cafeteria, a vision of white. She wore a sleeveless white shirt under a thin white mini vest and a white above the knee skirt with white shorts underneath. Even her hair was dyed pure snow white.
"Look, it Snow White," Cascada said sarcastically as her sister sat down next to Odd. Musa ignored her older sister's comment and turned to Odd, placing a quick kiss on his cheek no longer as shy about such expressions of love. Odd on the other hand, blushed as he felt her hand run up his leg in a bold manner. The boy looked at William out of the corner of his eyes. He knew that the older boy viewed the wolf girl as a younger sister and he also knew that if he even breathed the wrong way around the girl he was a dead man. Luckily, for Odd. William was in a deep conversation with Cascada.
"Konnichiwa, Odd," Musa grinned pulling away, "Did you have anything planned for today?"
"Um…" Odd said thinking, "No."
"Oh," Musa said a little disappointed. "You sure?"
"Yep," the boy nodded. "I was thinking about getting a much deserved cat nap. What about you?"
"I really hadn't planned anything," the girl said disappointed, "I thought- never mind," she said getting up.
"Huh? Where're you going Muse?" Odd asked confused at her strange behavior.
"I'm going to my room. I need to use today to catch up on my homework. I'll see you guys later," she said waving as she left.
"What's the matter with her?" Odd asked turning to his friends who all had the look on his friends that clearly said he was an idiot.
"Don't tell me you don't know," Cascada groaned.
"Fine I won't," Odd said crossing his arms over his chest and turning away stubbornly. Everyone but the cat boy looked at their watches and began counting. 5…4…3…2…1…
"Okay tell me!" Odd pleaded.
"March 14," The strawberry blonde said simply but still all Odd could do was stare at her confused.
"It's White's Day," Jeremy said trying to help the boy understand.
"Oh is that all?" Odd grinned taking a bite out of his food before pausing and looking up once again at his friends. "Um, guys? What's White's Day?"
"What did Musa ever see in him?" everyone wandered except for the purple loving boy.
"It's a holiday celebrated in Japan, Odd" Yumi explained slowly. "It's the day that boys who received gifts from girls on Valentine's Day give the girls they received gifts from give gifts."
"What?" Odd asked grabbing his head. "How was I supposed to know that?"
"Well it explains why she was so cool about you not giving her a Valentine's Day gift," Ulrich said.
"Aw man!" Odd cried "she's going to be so mad at me and- wait. Didn't she give you gifts too?" he asked the other male Lyoko warriors.
"Those are called giri-choko, Odd," Yumi explained, "a girl gives them to males who are friends or co-workers or any other man the girl comes into contact with. Honmei-choko is given to a girl's lover."
"I got her a new software to help speed up her computer so she'll be able to make music mixes on it," Jeremy said.
"I gave her favorite hair dye," Ulrich shrugged.
"Concert tickets to her favorite band," William yawned.
"Hey don't you have girlfriends of your own?" Odd asked but he immediately regretted it.
Jeremy pulled out a small white box with a white ribbon tied around it and handed it to Aelita. She opened it and gaped when she saw what was in it. It was a beautiful silver necklace with a small pink gem hanging from it.
"Oh, Jeremy, it beautiful," the girl said giving said boy a million watt smile as she put the necklace on. She leaned over the table and pecked the boy on the cheek causing him to blush brightly.
Ulrich was next. He too handed a white box wrapped in a white ribbon while blushing to Yumi who opened them. She too gasped at what she saw. It was a black and read beaded bracelet that had a silver charm with the Japanese symbol for "love" on it. The girl blushed too and neither of them could the other in the face. "Thanks Ulrich," Yumi said smiling.
"No prob," the boy said trying to act cool.
William was last and he also handed over a white box with a white ribbon on it to Cascada. "You didn't have to get me anything you know," she said stubbornly. "St. White's Day is just another marketing opportunity and-"
"Just open it," William urged. The girl for once did as she was told. The box opened to reveal a pink and green flower hair clip. The girl fingered the item delicately in her hand before putting it in her hair.
"Thank you. I appreciate it," she said with a hint of not only a smile but a blush on her face.
Odd wanted to crawl under a rock. How could he have been so stupid? How could he have not gotten Musa something? He was such a bad boyfriend. He wondered if there was still time to find something to give to her. He couldn't just give her chocolate. That wouldn't be putting a lot of thought into it. It had to be perfect! But what to give her? A thought came to him and he immediately shot up out of his seat.
"I got it!" he exclaimed before rushing out of the cafeteria.
"This proves it. He's finally gone off the deep end," Cascada murmured and everyone else nodded as they watched the purple loving boy run off.
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Musa sighed as she slipped into less bright clothes. She had been stupid to think Odd would know, let alone remember, a foreign holiday. She sighed once again as she slipped on a pair of black shorts and a purple spaghetti shirt. It already night time and the other members of the gangs had gone out with their respective others to do what they choose. They had each offer for her to join them but she had politely turned them down. She would just get in the way.
Absentmindedly she stroked Ichigo behind the ears, the cat softly purring in her arms. A knock was heard at the door and she frowned. "Coming," she called, letting her cat jump from her arms and onto the ground. She opened the door, but saw no one. She was almost about to close it when something white on the ground caught her attention. She knelt down and picked up a white rose with a white ribbon tied around the stem.
"Nani?" she asked herself as she saw white rose petals lead from her door and down the corner of the hallway. "This has Odd written all over it," she said exhaustedly but never the less a smile tugged at her lips and she quickly grabbed her shoes as she followed the flower petals.
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She found herself in the forest by the school, white decorative lights hanging from the trees branches, creating a fairy tale sort of setting. She smiled. "He really went through a lot to set this up," she thought as she kept following the flower petal trail. Soon she was greeted by the sound of a guitar playing followed by words.
"When I see your smile
Tears run down my face I can't replace
And now that I'm stronger I've figured out
How this world turns cold and breaks through my soul
And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one"
Musa was in captured in the beautiful music, no longer using the petals to get closer to her destination but the voice of the one singing, the voice of the person she loved.
"I will never let you fall It's ok. It's ok. It's ok.
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven"
Odd concentrated on the music he was playing. He had written this song for her awhile ago, but he never knew how to present it to her. He guessed this was the perfect timing.
"Cuz you're my, you're my, my true love, my whole heart
Please don't throw that away
Cuz I'm here for you
Please don't walk away,
Please tell me you'll stay, stay"
Musa finally made it through the trees to arrive at her destination. Her heart tugged in her chest as she saw him, begging for her to get closer and yet, she couldn't. It would disrupt the song and she wanted to hear it out. She watched silently as he sat hunched over his guitar, a small boom box providing the other necessary instruments as his voice soothe her.
"Use me as you will I will never let you fall
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be ok
Though my skies are turning gray
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven…
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven…
"Did you like it?" he asked softly, not looking up when he ended the song. He didn't want to see her expression, especially if she was still mad at him. He heard no response and he feared for the worst. He had lost her and it was all because he couldn't remember a special date.
He heard footsteps and at first he thought she was walking away till he realized they were coming towards him, but he still didn't look up. He felt his guitar slide out slowly from his hands and placed off to the side as a weight was felt in his lap and he was staring into blue-green eyes.
Odd couldn't break her gaze even when he felt her small hands place softly on his and place them around her waist before she placed her own lightly on his shoulder. "It was wonderful," she whispered before kissing him which he eagerly replied to. Musa giggled as she pulled away, earning her a moan of protest from the boy. She sighed happily, leaning her head against his chest. "So…how long do you have before Jim find out you took all these lights without permission?" she asked knowingly.
"I have time before old Jimbo realizes anything is missing," Odd smirked holding her closer to him.
"DELLA ROBBIA!!!" and angered voice yelled breaking the silence.
"You were saying?" Musa smirked. "I guess we should go before we get detention for not only stealing Jim-sensei's lights but also being out pass curfew" she said trying to get up but Odd wouldn't let her.
"I think he'll understand," he whispered slyly in her ear as she relaxed back against him. They sat together silently looking up at the star filled sky shining above them. "Hey Musa," Odd said as the girl began to drift off to sleep.
"Yeah?" she mumbled trying to stay awake.
"Happy St. White's Day," he said softly before he was responded with soft snoring from his love.
Basic storyline but alteris wanted Musa and Odd fluff so here it is. Kind of feel bad that I made Odd kind of slow in the beggining but I still love him!
Anyway, I hope this wasn't too horible. This is my first try at a oneshot so not to sure. Wasn't planning on adding the song but I guess it fit. It called "Your Guardian Angel" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Oh and if you were wondering White Day is a real holiday in Japan but don't ask me to get to descriptive about it. I've never experianced it before so I hope this fic was okay.
Anyway...PLEASE REVEIW!!!
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