A/N: Sorry that this took forever. I had horrible writer's block and just lost motivation for the whole thing, but the idea came to me today so I was finally able to finish it. Sorry if the ending is to fast paced or abrupt, but I sorta liked how I ended it. Disclaimer: Code Lyoko is not mine. Warning: Character Death.

Upon finding out Ulrich's feelings for him, Odd shied away from his best friend. He never expected him to be gay. In fact, he always felt that Ulrich would have been the straight one. The truth was, he wasn't sure how he felt about Ulrich, but he knew that he wasn't in love with him. In order to try to think things through, he decided to stay with Jeremie for a couple of days and keep away from Ulrich. The blond thought it would be for the best if he didn't tell Ulrich that he didn't feel the same way, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He didn't want to hurt his best friend. Sure he liked him, but on no more than a friend level. Yes there had been a couple of times that he felt something towards his roommate, but those moments only happened for seconds at a time.

Somehow, Sissi must have overheard Odd telling Yumi about Ulrich and that little snitch decided that if she couldn't have Ulrich, she would just have to let the whole school know about his sexuality. That day was the worse day in the history of Odd's time at Kadic. When he saw Ulrich surrounded by a group of kids, trying to break free with tears streaming down his face, he knew that he best friend had been found out. He wanted to comfort him, tell him not to worry about the teasing and the hurtful words, but he didn't. He refused to so much as look at Ulrich when they were in each other's presence. Little did he know, that his actions were what slowly killed his best friend.

When the teasing started getting out of control, he noticed that Ulrich stopped coming to his classes. The teachers didn't care, in fact some were even happy that he wasn't there. Odd even overheard a teacher telling another that they were glad that the 'fag' wasn't coming to class. Even though Odd had had nothing to do with Ulrich for the days preceding that day, he still felt a surge of anger when he heard how homophobic his teachers really were. He went right up to them and decided to give them a piece of his mind, which resulted in four hours detention.

It's been a week since then and things still haven't gotten any better. In fact, they've gotten worse. Principal Delmas had to hold an assembly that morning about bullying others because they are different then yourself. Most people ignored what he was saying and decided to sleep the whole assembly or talk with their friends. It angered Odd, but there was nothing he could do to stop them. He was helpless. After the assembly, Aelita pulled Odd aside while Jeremie and Yumi went to their classes. She led him over to their favorite bench and sat down.

"Odd, when was the last time you talked to Ulrich?"

"When he told me how he felt."

"And that was what? Like a week ago?"

Odd nodded, too ashamed to speak. He hadn't realized that it had been that long.

"You know how Principal Delmas was talking about how he will not tolerate anyone bullying another student, and that we shouldn't either? Well Odd, just because you aren't physically or verbally abusing Ulrich about him being gay, you are emotionally by ignoring him. Did you know that he cries himself to sleep every night? Right now he doesn't care whether or not you like him back, he just wants you to talk to him again. He misses you Odd. I know that you will beat anyone up who is bullying Ulrich, but what will you do now that you know you're just as bad as any of them?" Aelita stood up, putting her hand on Odd's shoulder. "The bell is about to ring, so I suggest that you go to class. But please, just think about what I just said. I hate seeing you two this way. You used to be so close. Please, if you don't do it for anyone else, do it for me." She lightly kissed his cheek in a friendly way, and headed off to her class.

As much as he hated to admit it, Aelita was right. He hated that he was hurting Ulrich, and there was something he really needed to tell him. He grabbed his backpack from beside the bench, and went off to class. Ms. Hertz's class went by slowly and was boring as always. Odd stared out the window, because too much was running through his mind for him to sleep. Halfway through the class, Odd noticed someone walking across the campus with a box under their arm. Upon closer inspection, he realized that it was Ulrich and he was heading towards the forest.

He knew that Ulrich had to have been going one of two places. He was either heading to the factory, or the meadow that they went to when they wanted to be alone. If he was in the meadow, then they could talk once Odd got out of class. Odd looked at the clock, willing the half hour he had left to go faster.

When the bell finally rang, Odd was the first out the door. It was the last class of the day, and he knew that Yumi, Aelita, and Jeremie would be waiting for him at their favorite bench. In order to avoid them though, he would have to go to his room first. When he got to his door he sighed before entering, not knowing what to expect.

At first glance, it still looked the same, not a thing out of place. His side of the room was untouched, still as messy as always. Ulrich's side on the other hand was immaculate, but upon closer inspection he saw a small bit of purple tucked under the corner of his pillow. He went over to see what it was. When he pulled the small bit of material, it turned into a shirt, one of his shirts.

"He's been sleeping with one of my shirts? Man, he really does love me." Odd groaned. He had hoped that Ulrich was just in a phase.

Besides the shirt, not a thing was out of place on Ulrich's side of the room except for the bottom drawer of his dresser. It was open and everything was moved around. Odd threw his stuff on his bed and left the room, angrily. Too many painful memories were coming back to him for his taste.

The forest wasn't that far away from the dorms, and he knew that Jeremy, Aelita, and Yumi would be waiting for him at the bench so he would have to go the back way to the meadow that was buried deep within the trees. He didn't want them to follow him when he went to find Ulrich. He just wanted to talk to the brunette alone.

After twenty minutes or so of stumbling through the thick foliage, Odd came up behind the huge oak tree that he used to sit with Ulrich under all the time. Odd had many memories of under that tree, all of which were good. From where he was he could see Ulrich's hand, meaning that he had picked the correct place to find his roommate. However, Odd was not expecting what he saw next.

"Ulrich?" He hesitantly asked as he made his way around the base of the oak tree. When he saw his best friend he gasped. "Ulrich." Slumped against the base of the tree lay Ulrich, a gun in his hand, his journal on his chest. Odd fell to his knees next to his fallen friend.

"This is all my fault. I'm the reason he's dead." Silent tears fell down Odd's cheek. Hesitantly, Odd raised his hand and stroked Ulrich's cheek with its back. His skin was still warm. "I was too late. I should have faked being sick, gotten out of class, done anything I could to follow him when I saw him earlier. I didn't even get to tell him."

He picked up the journal on Ulrich's chest. He opened the book to a dog-eared page and started reading. It was the suicide note that Ulrich had left for him. The silent tears turned into heart-wrenching sobs. Suddenly, he knew what he had to do. He grabbed the gun from Ulrich, instead intertwining their fingers; rapidly cooling fingers, mixed with warm, living ones. Not for long, Odd thought.

The blond jotted down a quick note at the bottom of the page of Ulrich's suicide letter, his normally messy scrawl seeming even messier due to his hurriedness. With a final check to see if there were any bullets left in the gun, one to be exact, he put the cold metal to his temple, his eyes on Ulrich's face.

"Soon I shall see you, please be waiting." With a quick pull of the trigger, Ulrich faded from the blonde's view forever. That day he not only lost a friend or his life, he lost the potential to be something great with a person that he had always loved, but never realized.

Dear everyone,

I loved him. I really loved back and I was too stupid to realize. I was too late. He killed himself because of me. And now, as you can probably tell, I killed myself as well. I cannot, and will not, live in a world without Ulrich. Goodbye.

Love, Odd.

A/N: So how'd you like it? Please review, like I said sorry for abrupt ending. And no there will not be a sequel to this. You can imagine Aelita's, Yumi's, and Jeremie's reactions on your own. The other two Code Lyoko stories are in the works as well, but I haven't forgotten about them! Until next time!

-Kaybea