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It's Yumi talking about Ulrich. And it's adorable.
True Love and Fairy Tales Exist
I never believed in true love, love at first sight, or any of that stuff because those kinds of fairy tales were for kids. Not me, I believed in heartbreak, disappointment, and God, but that was another story.
Unlike other girls, I wasn't going to sit around wasting my life waiting for some fairy tale prince or knight that would never come. Instead, I chose to steer clear of the whole romance issue, and it almost cost me the closest thing to a fairy tale prince that I had.
Unfortunately for me, my version of a fairy tale prince was a shy, quiet, and somewhat lame teenaged boy who shoved his fists in his pockets, had no courage, and even less self-confidence. He also happened to be my best friend. Oddly enough, he strongly believed in fairy tales.
No, he didn't believe that a boy could grow a magic beanstalk in his backyard, or that princesses could be awoken from years of sleep by true love's first kiss. He believed that every person's life was its own fairy tale and that everyone got their happily ever after at some point of another. He was determined for his own happily ever after to somehow include me. I told him there was no such thing as fairy tales and happily ever after.
He was determined to prove me wrong.
So he read some self-help books, started going to parties and socializing, spent even more time on his soccer than usual and basically turned into a hunk right before my very eyes. The strangest part of all was that I hated it. Don't get me wrong, he was hot, but he wasn't himself.
In trying to prove me wrong, he got a major confidence boost. So much so that he walked right up to me, looked me square in the eye, and kissed me smack on the mouth. Okay, so it was nice being kissed by the heartthrob of the school, but I terribly missed the old him.
So I slapped him, called him a jerk, said some things that I'm not proud of, and then bawled like a baby and begged him to turn back into my best friend.
And he did. A week later, his hands were shoved back into his pockets and he hardly said a word. Then, he did something I never thought he'd do again. He looked me square in the eye and kissed me smack on the mouth. I absolutely melted.
Believe me, I cried. But, there, holding my in his arms and kissing me with every ounce of courage in his body, was my fairy tale prince. No, he didn't have biceps the size of my head or a crown and a billion dollars to spend all on me. I don't even think he had enough cash to take me out to dinner at the fast food place down the street, but he was mine, all mine, to live out my happily ever after with. My very own fairy tale was unfolding before my eyes, and I realized that I had fallen in love with him, hopelessly and completely. In other words, I had fallen for him fairy tale-style.
At that very moment, he proved me wrong. True love and fairy tale do exist. I know, because I have my own.
R&R! I'll love you forever! More from me coming as I type it. For those who read the My Son fic, the next one, My Girl, is coming soon. The third part, The Two I Love The Most, will come shortly after. It I get enough reviews on all my stuff, I will post my super-long fanfics, like the High School Sweetheart series, the Overnight series, the currently untitled and unfinished fanfic about Ulrich coming to my school and out adventures, another Yumi and Ulrich romance one, and, if I get around to it, my Salsa story.
