The next day, Yumi and Aelita were walking to meet there friends at their usual spot when something caught their attention.
"Good morning Kadic students. Don't forget that tonight is this year's Sadie-Hawkins dance. Ask that special someone before it's too late" the intercom announced to the school.
"What's a Sadie-Hawkins Dance?" Yumi asked her pink haired friend
"It's a dance where the girls asks the guy"
"Oh" Yumi said shyly looking at her shoes
"What's wrong?" Aelita asked
"It's nothing"
After thinking a bit, Aelita finally came up with a conclusion.
"You wanna ask Ulrich to the Dance!"
"What! No" Yumi said sarcastically.
After walking for a few minutes, the two finally reached their destination. Aelita took her normal seat next to Jeromy. After looking around for a bit, Yumi noticed that there was someone missing.
"Where's Ulrich?" Yumi asked worriedly.
After trying to find an easy way to tell her, Odd finally pointed to a huge group of girls around Ulrich frantically trying to get to the middle. Upon seeing this, Yumi looked at her shoes, trying to forget what she just saw.
"Don't worry Yumi, You still have a chance." Aelita reassured her friend.
"Yeah, you're much more of a match for Ulrich than any of those girls." Odd said.
"You really think so?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah, he always tells me that he wishes more girls were like you" Odd revealed to her
"He really said that?" Yumi asked while smiling
"Yeah, and don't worry Yumes. If it doesn't work, You can always have this." Odd said while showing her his muscles. After hearing that, Aelita gave him a quick slap to the stomach
"Come on Yumi, you can do it." Aelita reassured her
After hearing all of those things from her friends, Yumi felt like she could do anything. She turned around and slowly approached the crowd of girls. As she got closer, her heart beat rose drastically. When she was only a few steps away, she saw his face. His strong, muscular face. Sweat was beating off her. She wanted to run away like a scared little girl. When She was only a half a foot away, she felt something stop her. As she looked back up at Ulrich, their eyes met each other. After staring at him for what felt like days, she started to shake. Using all of her strength, she turned around and walked back to her friends. When she got there, she put her face in her hands.
"What's wrong Yumi?" Aelita tried to ask her friend
"What's wrong? What's wrong is those girls. Look at them" Yumi said pointing at the group of girls. "They wear the nicest clothes, they have the most expensive hair styles, and their chest are fully developed." Yumi said admiring their bodies. "Now look at me. I wear baggy clothes, terrible hair, and I have flat chest. I am nothing compared to them."
After hearing all of that, her friends tried to find ways to tell her that she wasn't nothing, but they couldn't find any. A few minutes, Ulrich emerged from the group of girls.
"Hey guys." Ulrich said noticing his friends
"Hey Ulrich. Did you find a date." Odd asked his popular friend.
"Yeah, Jocelyn". Ulrich while smiling
Upon hearing this, Yumi felt her heart break in half. Jocelyn was the prettiest girl in Yumi's grade. Her dad was a surgeon so she was rich. She drove a really expensive car and lived in a big house. She knew that she wasn't going to be able to compete with this girl. After anger started to build up, Yumi felt like she couldn't be there anymore. She grabbed all of her things and ran. She ran as fast as she could. Away from all the bullies, away from all the pain, and away from him.
