Chapter 4

Back at the factory

'Ugh! I don't know what's going to happen... I'm sick of Ulrich always blowing me off like this. Some friend he is... I know, I'll get his diary! Sissy had complete control over him when she took it. Hm... I wonder what would happen then?' Jeremie thought to himself. "Hm... I think the tower can wait a short while. X.A.N.A. Hasn't really attacked the real world so far..." Jeremie walked out of the factory. 'I can't wait until I get back to Kadic...'

At Yumi's house

"Ugh... I hate this..." Yumi complained. "You have to eat it, mom says it's the only thing that will make you feel better by tomorrow!" Hiroki told her. "Ugh..." she groaned and layed back down.

At Ulrich's dorm

'Hehe, this is just perfect.' Jeremie quietly snuck in, grabbed Ulrich's diary, and snuck out. He opened the diary the second he walked into his dorm. 'Hm... this could be pretty interesting. In fact, I'll put it back after I've read it, so he'll never know I took it in the first place!' After that, Jeremy began to read Ulrich's diary. His jaw dropped after he read the next entry: "I... I'm so confused. I don't know why... I feel this way. I mean, he's my best friend... but... I don't know. It's hard... I guess I love him. I don't know why, but I feel happy and warm around him. I love Odd." "Wow, this is... pretty deep. I'm not going to say anything to anyone. That would be mean." Jeremy said to himself. He put Ulrich's diary back, and went into to his room and layed on his bed.

Back at the office

"Mr. Delmas, please! He can't stay at the other school, and he doesn't have anywhere to live outside of this school! I mean... I don't know what I'd do if..." Tears started to well up in Ulrich's eyes.

He ran and hugged Odd like there was no tomorrow. "Odd, if you left, it'd be like the other half of my heart left. I... I love you. You can't leave Odd... you're my best friend, but... I love you more than that. Don't leave!" Ulrich yelled. At this point, Ulrich was streaming with tears, as was Odd. Ulrich was the first to stop crying. "Odd, I'm sorry you had to see me crying. It's just..."

"I understand, Ulrich..." Odd replied. "I'd be heartbroken if I had to leave you. I'd miss you so badly... I love you so much Ulrich! You've been best friends with me forever... And I've really grown to love you. So I guess... I love you, Ulrich."

Ulrich's heart began racing. "Odd, that's all I've ever wanted to hear from you." Ulrich held Odd even tighter. "But..." He began to loosen up and let go a little. "I can't."

"What?" Odd asked softly.

"I can't... do this."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm sorry... Odd." Ulrich then ran out of Mr. Delmas' office choking back tears. Odd looked at the note on Mr. Delmas' desk: 'I've gone to a meeting, I'll be back later. But there's no need for you to come back... I've decided to let Odd stay.' "What's the point? After what just happened?" Odd walked back to his dorm and cried himself to sleep.