That night the gang watched a movie at Ulrich and Yumi's place. They watched End of days. They laughed at the little funny parts, Yumi letting a little giggle escape her mouth, Ulrich just smiled at the comedy parts, he seemed still incapable of laughing.

Odd had kept an eye on the grieving couple. They were sad of course but he thought that them being there made it a little better as it stopped them thinking about it so much.

When the movie had ended Sam spoke:

"Yumi, me and Aelita saw an ad about a new salon opening around the corner from here and it says for the first day, woman can have their nails treated and nail arted, we were thinking, do you want to come with me and Aelita? It would be fun!"

Yumi looked uncertainly at Ulrich, who nodded down at his wife.

"Um ok then" Yumi said giving Sam a smile.

Odd, Sam, Jeremie and Aelita left half an hour after making the arrangements to meet up with the couple after their uni's and college's had finished.

Sam and Aelita were going to drag Yumi off to the new salon. While Odd and Jeremie were going back to Ulrich's place with him to chill and to keep each other company.

NEXT AFTERNOON

Sam and Aelita had dragged Yumi off to the salon as planned and the guys had gone to Ulrich's place.

Odd looked into the fridge to see it near-empty

"What do you guys eat?" Odd said concern in his face.

"We've got to go shopping tonight for some stuff, we ran out this morning" Ulrich said sitting down on his couch and pulling his homework out of his bag.

"HA! I'm long out of that game, homework! Me and Sam have been designing leaflets to let people know our services and then in comes the money!" Odd said with a dream look on his face.

Jeremie laughed and pulled his homework out as well.

"So uh what homework you got to do?" Odd said looking at Ulrich who had pulled a textbook to him and was flicking through it.

"Just having to write an essay on comparing child psychology and adult psychology" Ulrich said sounding bored.

"Sounds hard" Odd said

"Not really, its obvious stuff"

"Sure it is, how about you, Einstein, what homework you got?"

"Just to explain how you can tell the difference between a bugged hard drive and a perfectly working one by simply looking inside it, quite easy really" He said with the same bored voice as Ulrich had used

"Why are all my friends' genesis?" Odd thought aloud

An hour later the girls got back.

"So Jer how was that homework?" Aelita asked

"As easy as ever" Jeremie said noticing her nails, which were pink with white flowers "Nice nails"

"Thanks" Aelita smiled.

"Odd we really need to work on those leaflets you know" Sam said sitting next to Odd

"I know we do but we need to get a computer you know" Odd said

"You can always lend my laptop you know you two" Jeremie told them

"Really? Thanks Jeremie!" Sam said sounding relived and showed Odd her nails they were yellow with purple streaks.

Yumi cuddled up to Ulrich and he took her hands and looked at her nails. He smiled. They were blood red with black stripes coming half way down her nail and then silver streaked across the black

"What do you think?" Yumi spoke for the first time on entering the flat.

"They're brill and so you" Ulrich smiled

Yumi smiled back at him. His eyes looked tired but no longer stained. His nights were still disturbed by thoughts of his dead child but he knew that that would fade in time. Yumi wasn't able to sleep without Ulrich by her side, it seemed her only comfort was him.

Yumi would sometimes cry when she came across a baby magazine that she had brought, or when she saw a baby on the TV or in passing on the street, but with Ulrich there she soon calmed down.

She knew that Ulrich had been much braver than he felt to help her. She also knew that Ulrich had silently asked their friends for help, which she knew must have been hard for him.

She had noticed their friends talking more and more about casual stuff than actual life to Ulrich. They didn't want him thinking about it and knew it was slowly helping him and her.

Yumi knew that nothing could ever separate her and Ulrich but when that had happened she had feared that Ulrich would blame her and leave her, but she was glad that she was wrong. She didn't think she could take him leaving her.

What he said to her last night, about him not doing anything stupid unless they broke up, was pretty much how she felt. That if Ulrich left her, she would do that deadly deed so that she wouldn't have to live without him.

"Yumi, you ok?" Aelita said bringing Yumi out of her thoughts

"Yeah I'm fine just thinking" Yumi said smiling

Ulrich wrapped his arm around her and brought her closer to him.

He must have thought that she was thinking about it.

"So what are we up to, this weekend?" Yumi asked knowing that her friends would rather have her speaking than thinking.

"I don't know" Sam said looking puzzled "Whatever you want to do"

"Why is it whatever I want to do?" Yumi asked playing with them

"Um" was their only reply

Ulrich smirked. He knew she was playing with him. And in a way it comforted him knowing that she was finding it easier each day.

"So why is it?" Yumi asked with an innocent look on her face

"Err" they said awkwardly.

Yumi noticed Ulrich smirking which meant that he knew what she was doing

"Ulrich do you know why it's up to me?" Yumi asked him

"Not a clue" Ulrich said sounding puzzled

Yumi smirked at him and she kissed him.

She looked round at her friends and deciding to give them an excuse spoke

"Is it because I was away and now I have to plan it?" Yumi said looking for their reaction

"YES! Yes it is the reason, we got so bored without you that we're making you plan our weekend!" Sam said making the others look relieved.

Ulrich looked at Yumi and she winked at him.

"Now aren't I a mind-reader?" Yumi said in a teasing voice

Odd chucked a cushion at Yumi which caused a cushion fight between the 6 best friends.

After the cushion fight, Odd, Sam, Aelita and Jeremie helped Ulrich and Yumi tidy up the mess of feathers and then left.

"That was fun wasn't it?" Yumi smiled

"Yeah it was, I haven't had that much fun since our wedding night" Ulrich said cheekily

Yumi looked up at him and walked over to him.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"It's getting easier isn't it?" Yumi said laying her head on his chest.

"Yeah it is, with the help of her friends, it is" Ulrich said resting his head lightly on her head.

She looked at him and did something she hadn't done in what felt like a decade to her, she kissed him passionately.

Ulrich, though quite surprised, kissed her back passionately. Their tongues soon in battle.

Yumi, not stopping the kiss, moved them to the couch and lay down with her on top of her husband.

As their tongues were in battle with one another, they allowed their hands to explore the body in front of them.

Yumi started to unbutton his shirt. Ulrich stopped the kiss and looked up at her, his face full of surprise.

She simply re-started the kiss and unbuttoned his shirt.

Ulrich, realising that it was what she wanted, took his shirt off once she had unbuttoned it.

He felt her hands move up his toned body.

Yumi stopped the kiss and smirked. She stood up and grabbed his hand leading him into their bedroom...