Mimi heard Yumi's door close, and she lay on her back wide awake. "Did Ulchi do what I think he did?" thought Mimi. "Did he really kiss me?" Then she touched her lip with her fingers. "Does that mean that he likes me more than a friend? I like him more than a friend, but I'm not sure if I have enough courage to tell him. I feel so weird inside. I hope he'll ask me to the dance." Then she turned to her side and faced Aelita.

"Aelita, are you awake?" Mimi whispered.

"Hmm... yea," Then Aelita turned to her side and faced Mimi.

"I can't sleep. I was just thinking about Ulchi. Did he really kiss me today?"

"Yep. You were still unconscious from X.A.N.A.'s previous attacks."

"Oh, okay, just wondering."

"Mimi?"

"Yea?"

"I think Ulchi really likes you. Do you like him?"

"Yes, I do, but I can't tell him."

"Why not?"

"I'm a little afraid."

"Oh, I'm a little afraid to tell Jeremy too. I have this weird feeling inside of me whenever I see or think about him."

"I was wondering if you liked Jeremy. He likes you too you know."

"He does?" Aelita started to blush.

"Well yea, because he had his heart set on materializing you, so that mean he likes you a lot. If Jeremy asked you to the dance, would you go with him?"

"What's a dance?"

"It's this fun event where you wear cute outfits and hang out with your friends. But, since this up coming dance will be a formal one, you get to wear long, stunning dresses. Then you dance with people. It's a lot of fun. More fun than it sounds."

"That does sound like fun," said Aelita excitedly. "I can't wait."

"Well, we're going to have a lot of fun tomorrow, so we better go to sleep. Good night Aelita. Have pleasant dreams."

"Good night Mimi." Then Aelita fell asleep.

Yumi sat in her bed. She couldn't fall asleep either. "Why did I hug Ulrich today," she thought. "I guess I was overcome with happiness. He might think that I like him much more than a friend, but then again, I do want him to know. I know he likes me too. I just know it. I should go to sleep. I'll see Ulrich tomorrow and his cute smile." Then Yumi tried to sleep, but she still couldn't so she went to see Mimi. She quietly opened the door. She tip toed over to Mimi's bed wondering if she was asleep or not.

"Mimi," Yumi whispered to her ear, "are you awake?"

"Mmm... yea I can't sleep." Then Mimi turned her head toward Yumi's voice.

"Neither can I."

"Oh, it's pretty late," said Mimi.

"Is Aelita asleep?"

"She fell asleep a couple of minutes ago. We were talking about Jeremy."

"So, what's up with you and Ulchi?" asked Yumi who was really curious about them.

Mimi was blushing. "Uhh... nothing much. We're getting to know each other better. So what up with you and Ulrich? I know you like him, just admit it."

"So you two are getting to know each other better by kissing? That scene reminded me of Sleeping Beauty."

Mimi chuckled at the thought of that. "Hey, I was unconscious. I couldn't help it. Don't you like Ulrich?"

"Yes, I do," said Yumi with a smile and a blushed face.

"I think he's going to ask you to the dance. If he does, what are you going to wear?"

"I don't know. Is it a formal or causal dance?"

"Formal. I'm not too fond of dresses."

"Neither I'm I, hehe but it's going to be worth it."

"I guess so."

"Yea, I might wear a black dress" replied Yumi

"Hmm... I thought so. We better try and go to sleep, because as Odd said, we're going to party tomorrow."

"I think you're hanging around Odd way too much. Hmm..."

"What?" asked Mimi.

"I realize something."

"What?" Mimi asked again.

"Well, all of us kind of have dates to the dance except for Odd. See, you have Ulchi, I have Ulrich, and Aelita has Jeremy. Poor Odd."

"He'll find someone to go with."

"I know," replied Yumi

"I have a friend he can go with if he can't find anyone. I think she'll like him a lot."

"But will Odd like her?" asked Yumi.

"I think he will. They have some things in common."

"Good night Mimi. I'll wake you up tomorrow."

"Good night Yumi."

Yumi quietly walked out of Mimi's room, trying not to wake up Aelita. She got to her room and plopped onto her bed. It was about 12:30, and she still couldn't fall asleep. Ulrich was still on her mind. She lifted her pillow up and under it was Ulrich's picture. She started at it for a couple of minutes and then put it back under. Yumi then lay on her pillow until she fell asleep.
In Jeremy and Ulchi's room, they were tossing and turning in their beds. They couldn't fall asleep either. Then Ulchi heard Jeremy kicked something onto the floor.

"Hey Jeremy, you awake?"

"Yea, I can't get to sleep," said Jeremy as he went on the floor to find his pillow.

"Are you excited about tomorrow? Taking Aelita all over town?"

"Yep," said Jeremy while he picked up his pillow and threw it on the bed.

"You really like her don't you?"

"Yea, and I can't stop thinking about her."

"I can't stop thinking about Mimi."

"I thought so, after that kiss you gave her today." Ulchi thought, "Why did I kiss her? Oh yea, she looked so helpless and very cute. I couldn't help myself I guess."

"Oh, that, well, uhh..." Ulchi was blushing so much. He was lucky that the room was so dark that Jeremy couldn't see. Ulchi started to cough, so he could change the subject.

"So, are you going to ask Mimi to the dance?" asked Jeremy.

"Yea, are you going to ask Aelita?"

"Of course. Do you think we'll have fun tomorrow Ulchi?"

"Yep, especially you and Aelita. You're going to show her everything you can possibly show her."

"This feeling is so weird," said Jeremy.

"You mean love?"

"Yea, its like when ever I see or think about her, I get nervous, my stomach turns inside out, my heart beats faster, and I start blushing like crazy."

"Like you are right now?"

"So? Well isn't that what happens when you think of Mimi?"

"Yea."

"We better go to sleep. We have a lot of things planned for tomorrow."

"Night Jeremy, have sweet dreams, about Aelita, hehe."

"Well then, have pleasurable dreams about Mimi, night Ulchi."

"Oh, I will," thought Ulchi.

Ulrich was lying in bed awake, but with his eyes closed. Ulrich was thinking, "Why did Yumi give me a hug? Does she like me as more than a friend too?" Ulrich didn't hear the shuffling noises Odd made, because he had earplugs in his ears.

Odd wasn't sleepy either since he didn't get any cake or food. Hunger kept him up, and he notices how Ulrich always put in his earplugs before he sleeps. Odd figured that Ulrich was sleeping, so Ulrich won't feel him taking the earplugs out. Odd sneaked over to his bed and carefully went for the earplugs. He wanted to know why Ulrich always had earplugs on when he was sleeping. Odd tried to take them out, but Ulrich popped up with his eyes wide open.

"What are you doing Odd?" said Ulrich in a mad tone.

"Oh, nothing," he innocently said.

"Were you trying to take out my earplugs?"

"Uhh... maybe. Why do you were them anyways?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"Yea said you were going to tell me one day."

"Fine, I'm wide awake, and I can't get to sleep. Do you know that when you sleep, you snore?"

"Lots of people snore."

"I'm not finished. You snore, and you talk, mostly about food. And sometimes you drool."

"Really?" Odd asked.

"Yea," replied Ulrich, "and it's really annoying. Wearing earplugs helps me sleep and block out your disturbing noises."

"Are you sure you weren't dreaming?"

"No, I'm positive it was you."

"Really, I didn't know I do that."

"Yea."

"So, what kind of food was I dreaming about last night?"

"Ah!" screamed Ulrich.

"What did I do?"

"What do you think? Just change the subject Odd."

"Ok, so you're taking Yumi to the dance next week?"

"Yea, but I have to ask her first, so who are you taking?"

"I don't know, probably no one."

"You'll find someone, someone who likes food as much as you."

"Maybe," said Odd in a gloomy tone.

"We really should go to sleep now."

"But I'm hungry. I didn't get any cake, remember?"

"Go get something to eat then."

"I think I have some crackers under my bed."

Odd stuck his hand under his bed feeling for the cracker box. He grabbed it, but found it empty. Then he went down and tried looking for it. He stuck his hand further under his bed and found empty cracker wrappers. Then something wet was on his hand. "I think my crackers gone soggy," thought Odd.

"Kiwi!" sighed Odd as he found out that Kiwi had eaten his last package of crackers. "My food, all gone."

"Looks like you have no food."

"Ah! I'm so hungry."

By that time Ulrich had already put his earplugs in. "Nighty night Odd. You should really go to sleep. We have things to do tomorrow," said Ulrich.

"Easy for you to say," said Odd quietly. "You're not hungry. At least you go to eat." Odd hugged his pillow for a while. "I wonder what tomorrow's going to be like," he thought. "Jeremy is probably going to be hanging out with Aelita, and Ulrich with Yumi, and Ulchi with Mimi. And that leaves me with no one." A tear dropped down from the corner of Odd's eye. "Will I ever find anyone? I feel so lonely. I feel so sad. All I want is someone speical, someone who I can care for, someone speical who I can share my thoughts and feelings with. It seems like all my friends have somebody speical. All this thinking is making me really, really hungry" Odd's hunger kept himself awake, but eventually he cried himself to sleep.