AN: This chapter is dedicated to animegirl16. Thanks again for the reviews when I first started posting my new chapters after I got back from vacation! So speedy too! Made me want to post all my new chapters at once! :P Also, I decided to start posting one chapter at a time for a while since I can get more feedback that way. If it's a really really short chapter, you may get two. Not today though since this is a big chapter plot wise. Maybe by doing a chapter a day I can get caught up and get you some new ones. As always, read, review, and enjoy! (I love having my own little phrase!)
Odd chuckled as he looked at the pair sleeping on the floor. Ulrich's arm was curled protectively around Yumi's waist and Kiwi was curled up above the pillow the two humans shared. I wonder who's going to wake up first, Odd thought, dangling his feet over the edge of his bed. If Ulrich does, he can pull away without Yumi knowing the difference, but if Yumi is the first one up, she'll see Ulrich's face inches from hers and feel his arm around her but she can't do anything about it or she'll wake him up. Deciding to leave it up to fate, Odd tiptoed to the door and opened it quietly. As he stepped out the door and started to ease it shut, a hand grabbed the door and stopped it. With his hand still on the knob, Odd turned around to find Theo was holding the door.
"Uh, hi Theo," Odd said, caught off guard.
"Where's Ulrich?" Theo asked, still holding onto the door.
"He's sleeping," Odd said truthfully.
"Then it's time he woke up," Theo said, "I need to have a word with him."
"You don't want to do that," Odd warned, trying to keep the door from opening.
"Why not? Does little Ulrich still sleep with his teddy bear?" Theo jeered. Theo wrestled the door away from Odd and turned his head back to make another comment to Odd as he pulled the door open. When he turned back to look in the room, his hand clenched the doorknob and his right hand clenched into a fist.
Odd ducked around Theo and pried his hand from the doorknob. Coming back to his senses, Theo turned on his heel and stormed down the hallway. Amazingly, Ulrich and Yumi slept on, unaware of the event that had just taken place.