Two weeks later the gang wait for their friends at the airport just as they had done for Sam and Odd.
"Hey you guys look" Odd said pointing
There was Ulrich and Yumi. They weren't smiling they looked so sad. The gang sub-consciously ruled out an argument as Ulrich had his arm around Yumi's shoulders and Yumi had rested her head on his shoulder. They seemed in a trance, both seemed lost in thought.
Ulrich and Yumi hadn't noticed their friends until Sam and Aelita had grabbed Yumi's hands and dragged her off to gossip with her like they had done with Sam. Odd and Jeremie stayed where they were they could sense that something wasn't right so they watched Ulrich watch Yumi.
Yumi burst into tears and ran from the airport. Ulrich caught up with her and they caught a taxi together home.
"What did you say to her?" Odd said amazed that Yumi had cried in public
"Nothing we just asked how it went and then well, you saw the rest" Sam said defensively
"Let's go and see what's a matter" Aelita said and they made their way to Ulrich's and Yumi's place
Ulrich answered the door to them
"Please be quiet Yumi has only just got to sleep" he said pleadingly
They entered the living room and saw Yumi asleep on the sofa. Ulrich gently placed himself on the spare place on the sofa
"What's happened?" Aelita asked him
A tear escaped his eye
Unbeknown to them Yumi had woken up but had decided to listen to them. She saw Ulrich's tear and one escaped her own eye.
"Ulrich?" Odd said
Ulrich remained silent, it seemed lost in thought.
Ulrich felt a pair of hands come across his chest. He looked up and saw Yumi.
"I ate something that shouldn't have contained fish and it did. Well you guys know that I got badly sick when I eat fish. I collapsed but I didn't fall to the floor 'coz Ulrich caught me but he took me to the hospital. They ran tests when I had got better and they..." Yumi let tears freely fall from her eyes "they told us that the poison that had also come off the fish had...had...had killed my foetus" Yumi finished crying on Ulrich's shoulder who had more tears coming down his cheeks.
The others were speechless. They couldn't believe that this had happened to two of the greatest people they knew.
"I know this wont help your pain but in many books I have read when they lose a baby, the couple usually breaks away from the other blaming the other for it, but you two are as close as ever"
"I meant what I said in my vows that nothing could separate us" Yumi said drying her eyes on her wrist
"I know you did" Aelita said looking at Sam for help
"I'm sorry you guys" Sam said not being able to think of anything else to say.
"Me too" Jeremie uttered
Odd remained silent looking down his face still a picture of shock. Ulrich looked at him and looked at Sam who had her hand on her stomach in a sort of feared way. Ulrich guessed the reason.
"It's ok Odd it's really rare Sam will be ok your baby will be ok" Ulrich said looking at the floor which was a mess due to them not being there for two weeks.
Yumi looked at Ulrich and then at Sam and Odd who had looked at Ulrich in shock that he knew about her being pregnant
"How did you know I was pregnant?" Sam asked
"The signs were there, Odd wasn't saying anything and still looked shock I looked at San and she was holding her stomach in a feared way so I guessed" Ulrich said putting his arm around Yumi who leaned on his chest.
Odd stood up and hugged Yumi in a full hug and then Ulrich in a one-armed hug and had whispered 'I'm sorry' to each of them
Yumi kissed Ulrich on the cheek and told them that she was going to bed 'coz she had a headache through talking about it again.
A couple of minutes after Jeremie, Aelita, Odd and Sam said goodnight to Ulrich.
They had decided that it was better to leave him alone at a time like this.
Inside Ulrich sat on the sofa alone. He put his face in his hands and cried his heart out. Through his crying he didn't hear Yumi sit down next to him but he felt her hands pull him to her. He allowed her to put his head on her chest and she started to stroke his hair. Ulrich looked up at her and saw she had a tear rolling down her cheek. He lifted himself from her chest and wiped the tear from her cheek. She looked at him he still had tears falling but she allowed them to fall. She knew why he had had to cry like this. He had been strong for her and when he thought he was by himself he had let his hidden emotion fully come out, not expecting to be caught being weak.
"Come on, you need sleep as do I" Yumi said standing up and pulling Ulrich up with her.
Yumi cuddled up to him in bed and looked at his handsome face which had silent tears falling
"It'll be alright, wont it Ulrich?" Yumi said
"Yeah it will" He sniffed "I promise"
"I love you, Ulrich" Yumi said realising she had not said this to him since she found out about her dead foetus
"I love you too, Yumi" He replied kissing the top of her head.
"Together forever, right?" Yumi said remembering their promise at high school
"Together forever" He said turning the lamp off and resting his head lightly on Yumi's.