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Chapter 3
When Ulrich finally woke up, the sun was shining bright and a little bit peeked into his eyes. He looked around and noticed that he wasn't in his dorm, he was in a hospital bed. The walls were bland and boring except for a few pictures from a sick kids from the past.
On top of that, pain in Ulrich's head and stomach made it clear, last night was not a dream, Ulrich looked down and saw a certain someone with pink hair resting her on the foot of the bed, by her lack of moment Ulrich determined that she fell asleep.
"A-Aelita?" Ulrich said softly, so soft that she remained asleep. Suddenly, there was a loud creeking noise and Ulrich turned his head towards the doorway.
Odd and Jeremy were standing there, open containers of yogurt in both their hands and smiles on their faces. "Your finally awake!" Jeremy said, letting out a sigh of relief.
Odd walked up to him and punched his arm softly. "So how's our hero feeling?" Odd asked with a smile, Ulrich took notice with the bandage upon his face.
"How do you think I feel?" Ulrich said with a smile, which quickly faded. "How long was I out?"
Jeremy pulled up a seat from the corner and sat down. "Only about a day, doctors said that the surgery was successful and that you should be out in 2-3 days."
"Great…" Ulrich rolled his eyes, not happy with being stuck in the hospital for that amount of time.
"Hey be happy you survived!" Odd said leaning against the wall. "If we didn't show up when we did, those thugs would've finished the job.
"It was you guys that saved me?" Ulrich asked, looking at Odd and then Jeremy.
Jeremy nodded his head. "Odd, Yumi, William, and, I hurried over when Aelita called and told us what happened."
"William?!" Ulrich asked in shock. Even with the troubles between the both of them in the past, William defended him.
"Yeah, he really concerned when he heard the news." Odd said, looking out the window before turning back to Ulrich and placed a hand on his shoulder. "We're all just really happy that you're alright."
"Thank you." Ulrich said with a smile before looking down at the sleeping girl again, he noticed that she's still dressed in the same clothes she wore last night. "What about her?" The tone in his voice is full of concern.
"She alright, thanks to you." Odd said with a smile. "If you weren't there, then she would be in the same position as you if not worse."
"She refused to leave your bedside, she was crying all night for you." Jeremy said with a smile, before standing up. "You're her hero!"
Jeremy's final words made Aelita jump a little, she rubbed her eyes a little and when she looked up she met the smiling face of Ulrich. "Ulrich!" Aelita cheered, jumping up to give Ulrich an affectionate hug.
Ulrich cringed in pain, but he didn't complain and hugged her back.
"We better give them sometime alone." Jeremy whispered to Odd and exited the room. "Sweet breakfast!" Odd silently cheered as he followed Jeremy.
"Thank you so much Ulrich!" Aelita cuddled into his chest. "What you did was the bravest, nicest, and selfless thing I ever seen!"
"No need to thank me, Princess." Ulrich told her, rubbing her back in a comforting manor. "Just knowing that your save is the only reward I need."
Aelita raised her head and stared into his eyes, some fresh tears a forming in her eyes. "Do you really mean it?"
"Of course I do." Ulrich smiled, wiping the wet tears from her eyes. "I'd do anything for you, Princess."
Ulrich suddenly had a revelation, the reason why he didn't make a move for Yumi was because deep down he doesn't love Yumi. His true love has been in front of him the whole time and he's angry at himself since it took him this long to realize it.
After a few minutes of staring into each other's beautiful eyes, it seemed like neither of them couldn't take it anymore. Ulrich and Aelita both tilted their heads and leaned in for a long passionate kiss. After a long while, both of them finally separated.
Aelita looked like she was on Cloud 9. A relaxed smile is perched up on her face. Ever since she met the gang, all of them thought that she would end up with Jeremy including herself. But ever since the super computer shut done, the more Aelita saw Jeremy in a sibling like role.
Secretly, Aelita has been interested in Ulrich for a while but has been too scared to pull the trigger, a main reason for this was because she was afraid of what the others would think about it. Now she really doesn't care about what they think, all she knows now is that she needs Ulrich.
"Does this mean what I think this means?" Ulrich asked, as large smile across his face as he stared at Aelita's face. How did he not notice how beautiful she is earlier?
"I guess it does." Aelita has a matching smile across her own face, she turned her head and dove in for another kiss.
As Ulrich and Aelita were in a middle of a passionate kiss, the door creaked open and William entered the room and smirked when he saw the seen. He is dressed in a red long sleeve shirt under a regular black tee shirt, he has on a pair of blue jeans and a pair of boots. Then when the love birds didn't notice him, he crossed his arms and cleared his throat loudly causing the two teens to break apart.
"Oh sorry, was I interrupting something?" William asked, a smirk still visible on his face.
"N-No, we were just, uh…" Ulrich scratched his head, trying to think of a legitimate excuse.
William shook his head and began walking towards his fellow teens. "Whatever it's none of my business." He said, standing over Ulrich's bed. "Aelita, can you leave the room for a second so Ulrich and I can talk privately?"
"Oh, um sure, I guess…" Aelita said as she got off of Ulrich and walk out of the room, closing the door behind her.
"How're you feeling Stern?" William asked, pulling up a chair and crossed his legs casually.
Ulrich just shrugged his shoulders. "Good, I guess."
"Well, you're lucky we came when we did." William reached into his pocket and pulled out a couple pieces of gum. "Want one?"
"I'm good, thanks." Ulrich said, facing his head towards the ceiling. "But why'd you do it, I mean we've had a rough relationship in the past."
"Let me just say this Stern." William moved his chair a little closer so Ulrich can completely hear what he's saying. "You and me are not friends and we'll probably never be friends, but I have respect for you and you have the right lo live just like everyone else."
Ulrich nodded in agreement, they don't have to be friends but they have enough respect for each other to help each other when they need it.
"You have anything else you need to say to me?" William asked, getting ready to stand up from his chair.
Ulrich thought about it for a second. In the past, he would've given William a piece of his mind because he going out with Yumi. But that was before he realized his true feelings and found his soul mate in Aelita. He does still care about Yumi but he sees her in a big sister role now, like how Aelita sees Jeremy.
So Ulrich just shook his head. "No, you can leave if you have something to do."
"Yeah, I promised Yumi that I'd help her watch Hiroki." William said, standing up from his chair. "So I'll see ya later Stern."
"Alright, later." Ulrich said as William left the room, then Aelita returned a few minutes later.
"That was fast." Aelita commented as she walked towards the hospital bed. "Is everything alright?"
"Yeah, he just wanted to clear the air."
"That's good." Aelita pushed the chair William was sitting in towards in the direction were Ulrich's head is. "Now where were we?" Aelita tilted her head down and the two madly in love teens resumed their make out session.
