Ulrich wakes up at five in the morning, the numbers blinking neon green from 5:00 to 5:01 as he glares at the clock, trying to shake off the exhausted headache settling heavy over his temples. For a moment, he thinks he woke up for no reason - then, he notices Kiwi in the corner, staring at him.
"Kiwi," he groans. "You know I can't sleep with you staring at me like that."
He checks to make sure Odd's still asleep - he must be, or else he'd be laughing his head off right now. He think it's so funny, the way Kiwi's creepy staring always wakes Ulrich up. "Ugh," Ulrich groans, talking to himself, "no other roommate has to deal with this."
Kiwi barks at him and Ulrich jumps to the floor, waving his hands. "Shh, shh. You're going to wake Odd up." He pauses and scratches the side of his head. "Actually, Odd should wake up, this is all his fault."
Kiwi snorts at him. "Yeah, yeah, I know. He'll be more annoying than you if we wake him up any earlier, he always sleeps until the last possible second." He sits down on the floor, crossing his legs and matching Kiwi's stare. "Maybe I should just let him sleep through all his classes. That'd serve him right." He chuckles. "And he'd make up all the sleep I don't get."
Kiwi settles down on his haunches and crosses his front paws. "Of course, if he misses any more class he'll probably flunk out of school. And Mrs. Hertz will flip." Odd's snoring continues on from his bed. Ulrich shakes his head. "If it wasn't for all the XANA attacks," he says, "I'd probably be a decent student. Not an Einstein like Jeremie, but."
He frowns. "Probably not acceptable enough for my dad, either."
Kiwi's ears perk at his derisive laugh. "Why am I telling you this? You're a dog, you don't worry about this stuff. Besides, you're an annoying dog, and you keep eating my stuff. And peeing on my bed. The next time I wake up to a puddle..."
Odd's snoring suddenly tapers off, as if he can sense a threat to his dog even when he's dead to the world. Ulrich stares at his turned back, and then at Kiwi, who's still staring back at him, head quirked, and sighs once more. "I give up," he says.
He grabs his clothes and towel off the chair, slinging them over his shoulder, and adds, "I'm going to go take a shower. Don't wake Odd up." He pauses. "At least, not until he's going to be late for breakfast."
Kiwi's eyes follow him until he shuts the door, and then the dog happily curls up in a ball, settling in for a couple more hours of sleep to the comforting lull of Odd's snores.
A/N: Thank you to those of you who reviewed! (: These drabbles have mostly been for my own enjoyment, and to try to get a grasp on the characters since I'd just rewatched all of Code Lyoko as a callback to my childhood days - but getting feedback is always so encouraging, of course!