underlined A/N please please read.

There's a lot of talking in this section .. heh ... I just realized something. I wrote that Ulrich hates it when people cuss… and then he said "I love your ass." … xCRAPx . okay. ill make it so he hates it when people say it unnecessarily. Like WTF or just cussing. I dunno. this chapter is mainly focused on yumi and odd. get the chapter title now?

SAY same as yumi . SAU same as ulrich . get it?

Yumi - 1. writing-mr.gardei - 2. history-ms.winglet - 3. chem-ms.hertz - 4. study-mr.marshall - 5. acting-ms.kennedy - 6. math-mr.renalds - 7. pe-mr.lonaway

Ulrich - 1.SAY - 2. history-mr.hennelz - 3. SAY - 4. SAY - 5. SAY - 6. SAY - 7. pe-mrs.lonaway

Jeremy - 1. SAY - 2. algeb-mr.renalds - 3. SAY - 4. computer-mrs.kendall - 5. study-mr.ennel - 6. history-ms.patterson - 7. pe-mr.farel

Odd - 1. SAY - 2. SAY - 3. SAY - 4. choir-ms.kolmane - 5. SAJ - 6. math-mr.jalin - 7. SAY

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Love Ain't All That

Chapter 5: Male-Bonding

By: devilofheaven

"Oh my god! Then when she winked!" Odd continues to laugh mercifully. "FREAKIN' HILAROUS!"

"Shuttup." Ulrich mumbles, walking into his room. "I did the dare didn't I?"

"True." Odd hiccups. Pausing for a few seconds before rambling on. "WAIIT! She totally ruined the dare! You were supposed to embarrass her, but it went the opposite way!" He begins to pace in small circles while rubbing his hands.

Ulrich rolls his eyes. What is it with Odd? He's such a creep. Which was probably why his best friend wasn't Odd. Nope. Surprise, surprise. Odd's best friend was Jeremy. Ulrich? I guess he didn't really have a best friend. Sad, eh?

"AHA!" Odd points his finger in the air sharply, awakening Ulrich from his day dreams. "I have the perfect idea." He laughs evilly. "Every girl needs her time to get ready, right?" Without waiting for any response, he continued, "I'll just lock the bathroom door and steal her key. Then we'll see what happens!"

"You have fun with that, Odd." Ulrich waves his hand carelessly, grabbing his room key. "I'll see you later."

"AND when you do, I'll have TONS of pranks lined up!"

Ulrich quickly walks out of the room, desperate to get away from his sometimes maniacal roommate. Right in front of him, coming down the hall, was no one other than Yumi Ishiyama. Ulrich looks around right and left, looking for anywhere to hide. Nothing. There was no chance in hell he was going to back into his room stuck with Odd. So, Ulrich takes a deep breath, and walks past Yumi dignified, with his chest puffed out. As soon as he passed Yumi, he begins to pant deeply from the loss of oxygen.

"You know," Ulrich turns to see Yumi looking at him. "don't do that again, you look like a chicken…or a quail."

Ulrich stand ups again, dusting his clothes off, glaring at her, then the door when she shut it without a further glance. "Good riddance." He mumbles, boldly walking away.

What was up with Yumi?

No, what is up with Ulrich?

He knew he rarely talked, and he didn't care. It gave more of a sensitve atmosphere around here. Then suddenly Yumi comes and he's screaming, yelling, and talking almost like Odd. That is not good.

After minutes of pondering ideas and their benefits….and ignoring minutes of random boys coming up to him and winking…he came up with an idea. He just won't say a word to anyone but adults/teachers. And when he does, he'll say the bare minimum. That'll train him to get back to normal! if he could he would have inserted a smile here.

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Wednesday. Odd. In Morning

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'AHAHAHAHAHAHA'.

Yes. The mind of Odd. How weirdly he can find ways to enjoy himself. He set up his alarm clock to wake him up right after Ulrich left, getting in the bathroom. Just ten seconds ago, he had locked the door; and started laughing.

'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA'

Still laughing.

'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA'

Uhm. Let's ignore his thoughts at the moment. Why don't we move a few feet away to the other room next door?

To a fat boy stuffing cookies in his mouth?

Oh. Wrong room.

Yumi enters her room, slamming her door shut.

Ah. Right room.

Yumi could not believe Ulrich! How could he be such a jerk? He ignored her on the whole jog. Sure, she didn't want to talk to him, but him not talking to her just made her angry. Apparently, only she was allowed to ignore others…no one could ignore her. Then she also had that short temper.

Only one thing happened in that jog to justify her anger towards him. He had tripped her. Mud and twigs were scattered in her hair, smirking at her. Oh, was she going to make him pay. But first. A shower.

Correction. First pay Ulrich back.

"OPEN THE DAMN DOOR! AND GIVE ME BACK MY KEEEY!"

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Breakfast.

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"Did you tell Jeremy about my plan?" Odd questions Ulrich, shaking his French fry in Ulrich's face. Ulrich shakes his head. "Why not! There is nothing to be ashamed of my fine boy."

"Uh…what are you talking about?" Jeremy asks, taking a break from his half eaten bagel.

"Why, you see…" Then Odd got into a long description of everything leading up to the point of his 'discovery'.

Snicker. Laugh. Giggle.

SLAM!

"Hey, mind where you're goi-,"

"What. The. Hell. Is you fucking problem?"

Ulrich burst out laughing at her appearance.

Yumi, after minutes of banging on the bathroom door and on her 'neighbor' 's door, had given up. Then she tried her best to get ready. She couldn't take a shower to get rid of her smell, and she couldn't brush her teeth to make them smell nice. Then, all of her sprays and Listerine, and the rest of her nice substances were in that bathroom.

So she went into the girl's shower room on the lower level, realizing she needed a card…which she didn't have. So she begged a random ninth grader for a card to slide into the slot, opening the door. But then, she hadn't brought her own towel since it was in her bathroom, the soap there was disgusting, and the shampoo was all used up.

Her clothes stuck nastily to her skin, the hair dryer didn't have enough power, and there wasn't enough privacy. So she ended up looking even worse than before. Yumi's hair was sticking up at odd angles, frizzy, and looking greasy. Her skin looked oily with some traces of dirt. Her aura was uncomfortable.

"What was going through your mind this morning?" Yumi repeats, and Ulrich notices that she was staring at him…not Odd.

Ulrich shrugs his shoulders, and smirks.

"He didn't do it." Jeremy jumps up at Ulrich's rescue, not wanting to cause a scene.

"Oh? Then who did?" She sardonically asks.

"Me." Odd proudly stands up less than in inch away from her.

"You?"

Odd proudly nods.

Yumi's eyes cloud over. Opening her mouth, she changes her mouth. Words will not fit best in this circumstance.

"Yumi? Is that you?" Theo asks incredulously, breaking that silent moment. "OH MY GAWD! It is you! What did you do to yourself? You look hideous!"

Suddenly the whole cafeteria's eyes were on them.

Yumi's eyes slowly trail over from Theo to William who was wordlessly standing next to him, his expression unreadable.

Yumi's hard face falls, as her eyes insecurely fall to the floor. Then, stunning everyone in the cafeteria, she ran out.

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1st Period

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"Way to go, Odd." Jeremy pats Odd's shoulder sarcastically.

Odd mumbles something about not knowing that would happen.

So, the class begins with every student noticing the absence of one particular individual. Three guesses who. Their first period began with unbelievable rumors spreading, first from notes, then to text messages to others in different classes. Then all silenced half-way through the class.

"You're tardy, Miss Ishiyama."

"I know." Yumi cheekily answers back, gladly taking her detention slip. "Oh, firm grim Mr. Gardei." Then to Jeremy's embarrassment and her class's enjoyment, she winked at him before taking her seat.

Odd stares at Yumi, who conveniently, took the empty seat to the right of Odd. There desks were touching. Astonished, Odd looks around the room to spot many other empty seats. This must be some of mental torture. Quickly, Odd springs his head back to the body of a Japanese young adult.

The way the sunlight hit her? Amazing. Her hair was perfectly straight, but not thin, it hid her face at all the right angles. They were perfect. Her hair basically glowed. Her skin tone was magical, absolutely no traces of dirt.

Odd could even smell a hint of the mint in her mouth, and he could easily smell her hair. It wasn't anything he had used before, definitely not the Herbal Essence in the bathroom. He knew that because he had tried it out way early in the morning today.

"Is there any reason you're looking at me?" Yumi snaps, glaring at the blonde boy.

"How in the world did you manage to look so gor- completely opposite of this morning?"

"That's for you to find out later, you!" She taps his nose lightly in an indescribable manner.

"Odd! Pay attention!" Mr. G yells, still a bit red from the wink Yumi had sent him.

"YESSIREE!"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Odd fiercely asks.

"ODD! Stop staring at Miss Ishiyama, will you?" Snickers. "Detention!"

Yumi smirks at Odd happily. Mouthing, "See you in detention."

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End of 1st Period

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"ODD! Aren't you going to walk me to first period?" Yumi sweetly asks, shuffling her feet as the threesome got up.

"PSH. Like PSH no."

"Mr. Della-Robbia! That is no way to treat any girl; especially a new one. Unless you want a months worth of detention, you better walk her to her first period!" Mr. G glares.

"She isn't worth it." Odd grumbles, but puts up a huge smile after seeing his teacher's expression. "Would you like me to walk you to your first period?"

"Why! You read my mind."

With a flirtatious wave, Yumi links arms with Odd and walks away; leaving two boys staring at her in amazement. One boy with a look of amusement and the other boy with horror and annoyance.

0.o

Odd grumbles in disgust. This freaky oh-i-hate-you, tapping-my-nose girl FREAKES him out. Seriously. One second she's just BAM. The next she's all bam. First she's all mean…then she is faking nice. REALLY fake NICE. How many times has Odd said this? Four, maybe?

He shudders, this this gi- Yumi had a creepy effect. There were so many questions he could think of asking her. But he was not ready for another tap-on-the-nose business.

"Odd, maybe I'm wrong, but I believe we have only twenty seconds left until the bell rings, and we're still on the other side of the campus."

"WHAT!"

"I said 'Odd, maybe I'm wrong, but I bel-,"

"I HEARD YOU!"

"Fifteen seconds."

"ERGH!"

"OW"

"YOU DESERVE IT!"

"STOP RUNNING SO QUICKLY!"

"WHY DON'T YOU JUST THEN LET GO OF ME!"

"SEVEN SECONDS!"

Slam.

"Smart Odd, very smart." Yumi remarks, staring at the blonde boy who just hit a wall, smack head-first.

RIIING.

"What is that noi-?" Ms. Winglet curiously speaks, looking out of her room. She gasps, "Ms. Ishiyama, take Mr. Della-Robbia to the Nurse! Stay with him until she says he's fine, and tell him to join you in detention today."

"But Ms. W, we already have detention!" Yumi complains, letting go of the delirious Odd who collapsed on Yumi.

Ms. Winglet raises her eyebrows slightly, "Fine. I'll talk to your other teachers and we'll all decide on a proper timing. Now go."

Yumi rolls her eyes, waiting for her teacher to walk into the class before turning grabbing Odd by the hand lazily and dragging him across the school.

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Near End of Second Period

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"His head is basically fine, except he'll have a tiny bump here…" Ms. Dorothy states, placing a band-aid on Odd's forehead carefully. Then she pulls back to examine her patient. "But I'm not so sure about the rest of his body. It's looks quite bruised…as if someone dragged him across some cement…"

"Heh, we'll we both know how strange he is…"

"WAFFLE PUFFS WILL NOT ATTACK OUR HOLY GRAIL OF QUTIPS!"

"Right," Ms. Dorothy pats Odd on his shoulder reassuringly. "Can you help him down for his break?"

"Uh, no problem…" Yumi nods, taking Odd by the hand forcefully. "Bye Miss Dorothy!"

0.o

"Oh my…what did you do to him?" Theo asks, walking alongside Yumi.

"The same thing I'll do to you if you don't get out of my site."

"Uh yeah.. I had to meet somewhere over there…waaay over there anyways." Theo pats Yumi on the side, and only when he was half-way across the school did Yumi notice the paper that was sticking to her shoulder. Where Theo had patted her. Dropping Odd by 'accident' she tries to get the paper off…but it wasn't getting off. That damn loser had used TAPE! With a frustrated pull, Yumi got the tape AND the paper off. Slowly, as if expecting a tiny bomb, she opens the note. To angrily stuff it in her jean pockets. His freakin' number. And what kind of guy left a HEART after the words 'call me' ?

Sighing, she picks Odd back up, dropping him off in front of his lame friends. Excuse that, I mean lame friend, for Jeremy followed Yumi as soon as she walked away.

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Third Period. Chemistry

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"You left me for her." Odd crosses his arms stubbornly, his face a bit red due to a slap Yumi had given him along the ride.

"Uh…sorry?" Jeremy replies with a small smile, walking past his seat.

"Now where are you goi-," Odd hysterically asks, right arm flinging in the air. "Ah…back to the evil spawn of … something EV-AHL." Throwing a weak glare at Yumi and Jeremy, he sits down in his stool dramatically.

Ms. Hertz walks into the room with her heels loudly clanking on the floor. Sighing, she rubs her head before opening her head. "You're giving me a headache. Apparently I think I was a bit too nice with your partners. So we switch. Now."

"Are you kidding me?" Yumi mutters, rolling her eyes.

At the same time…

"Man…she looks a bit weird with those heels…they're so not her color…"

"Yumi. Odd. I'm sure you two would love to be our first new pair. Detention, both of you."

Odd glares at the back of Mrs. Hertz jacket before grumpily walking to Jeremy's seat. This was so not his day.

A/N: Hm. You like? Sorry for taking so long. Computer problems. :sweat drop: so erm..yes..i'm not really sure what to do for the next chapter. Because you might get sick of the next one. It was going to be the second half of the school day/the rest of the day…

Or I can just do the chapter that would have been after it. Their detention. You pick. If you care … I'll take the first..erm however many reviews I get before I get sick of waiting.

OMG! i don't think i wrote any a/n's in the actual chapter. :smile: ahahaha.