CYKAS SIDE STORIES Author's Note:
These are little short stories that I thought up while I was working on CYKAS or when I was out and about. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a place for them in the story, or if I could it just killed the flow of the chapter. So here are the stories not seen in CYKAS!
I don't own Code Lyoko or any of its characters. The only character I own is Morwen.
Side Story 1-Morning Watch
Odd's POV
Morwen was sound asleep; her hand tucked under one side of her face, with her blond hair framing the rest of her face. This is the first time I've ever been able to watch her sleep; she normally falls asleep after me, and ends up waking me up just in time for class or whatever we happen to be doing that day.
She looks so fragile something she rarely shows while she's awake. If she knew that I was doing this I know for a fact she'd blush, roll over, and tell me to "STOP IT!" Actually the last part would probably be closer to Ulrich snapping at me. He tends to be slightly protective of his sister, something that he claims he's not, even though the first day she was here he was already trying to keep her as far away from Ankoku as he could.
Wren does her best to protect the group, and she does a good job, I just wish she'd relax and let me protect her. I understand that she and Ulrich are twins and share a special bound, but he's the only one that she really lets keep an eye out for her. On occasion she'll let me defend her from Sissi and her groupies, but normally she lets Sissi get fist jab in before she takes her down.
After almost loosing her, I've realized how special she is, and how much I love her. I'm extremely fortunate that I'm able to do this, to see Morwen for Morwen and not just who she is when she's awake and around every one else. Now she can't pretend that she's stronger than she really is. For now I can see the softer side of her, without all the acting and all the pretending. Right now she's as innocent as freshly fallen snow.
Her blue eyes start to flutter open, and I carefully pull myself a little closer to her and start stroking her hair. Even in being half awake she's hiding nothing from me, I can see the happiness with an under layer of pain that few people see. Something haunts her and it's the same thing that haunts Ulrich.
I smile softly down at my girlfriend who was shifting closer to me than she'd been a moment earlier. Her eyes blinked a few times, trying to get a handle on where she was. I knew we'd be going back to sleep, and if I let her she'd simply close her eyes and go back sleep, but I couldn't miss the opportunity to hear the softness in her voice that only the morning could bring.
"Morning," I whispered smiling at her.
"Morning. What time is it?" She asked returning the smile.
"Early," I answered.
"Why are you awake if it's so early?" She asked confusion showing clearly on her face.
"I woke up and just haven't fallen back to sleep yet," I replied. "But you should go back to sleep, you need your rest."
She nodded her head and shifted her face into my shoulder and went back to sleep almost instantly with me following shortly after.