Sorry that I updated slower this time!Please read and review!

And please read and review my other Code Lyoko story, The Way He Would Have Wanted It. It's a one-shot about the group as adults, mostly centering around Yumi's memory of the final battle with Xana and the sacrifice they all made to save the world once and for all. There's a sad surprise about the final battle, but over all, this story ends on a happy note. YU and JAI'd really appreciate some reviews!

Odd was shaken awake by Ulrich the next day around noon. He groaned as he sat up slowly. "Morning," He yawned, stretching his arms.

"Afternoon actually," Ulrich corrected him. "Get dressed. I have to take you down to the nurse for medicine and then we're going to lunch before my next class."

Odd groaned. "This is so stupid! I can go on my own!"

"You know, it doesn't matter how much you complain," Ulrich said. "You're still stuck with the wheelchair." He frowned and added somewhat grudgingly, "And I'm still stuck pushing it around."

Kiwi barked and jumped at Ulrich's leg, making Odd smirk. "Well at least you get Kiwi duty," he said. "I know how much you just love walking Kiwi. And if I can't walk on my own, I certainly can't take my dog for a walk."

Ulrich rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Come on," he said. "I don't want to miss lunch… And I'm sure you don't either, for that matter."

Yumi smiled at Jeremie and Aelita as she sat down at their lunch table. "Hey. Where are the guys?"

"Ulrich is taking Odd to get his medicine," Jeremie said. "They should be here soon."

"It's weird not having Odd in class," Aelita said sadly. "It's too quiet."

"I know what you mean," Yumi said. "Well, I kind of know what you mean. I've never had Odd in a class with me, but he's usually the first in the lunch line. He's here before anyone else!"

Jeremie laughed. "Well here he comes now," he said. "And he doesn't look too happy."

Sure enough, Odd had a very sour expression on his face and his arms were crossed, giving him the appearance of a spoiled little child. Ulrich looked quite exasperated with him as he pushed the wheelchair. "Hello Odd," Aelita said sweetly when Ulrich parked the chair at the table.

Odd just stuck his nose in the air and turned away. "Hmph," he grunted.

"What's your problem?" Yumi asked, not at all liking his rude greeting.

"He's a pain in the ass," Ulrich said, glaring at the back of Odd's head. "That's what."

"What happened?" Aelita asked worriedly.

"I won't even bother telling you," Odd said indignantly. "You'll all just side with him!"

"Of course they will," Ulrich said. "You were being a big baby! It was just a stupid needle. You had one stuck in your arm for two days and nothing bad happened!"

"Well I was asleep when they put it there," Odd replied.

"I'll remember that," Ulrich mumbled dully. "From now on I'll just knock you out. It might help my health to punch you a few times."

"What are you talking about?" Yumi asked.

"Odd attacked me!" Ulrich said.

"He tried to pin me down!" Odd cried in retaliation. "And he let her stab me with that needle!"

Ulrich rolled his eyes. "I'm getting our lunches."

Aelita looked at Odd sympathetically. "I understand why you hate needles, but they are only going to help you."

"I have had enough of needles already," Odd muttered.

Yumi put her hand on his shoulder and smiled at him. "Just forget that Odd," she said. "Just get through it and eventually this will be all over."

A few minutes later Ulrich was back with the food, but Odd only picked at his plate. "What's wrong?" Ulrich asked him, starting to forget his grudge at being punched in the gut.

"I'm not too hungry," Odd said. He looked up at Ulrich. "Can you just take me back to our room when you're done?"

Ulrich looked at the others worriedly before nodding. He took a last bite out of his peanut butter and jelly sandwich before standing and grabbing the wheelchair. "I'll see you guys in class." He sighed as they waited for the elevator. "Are you really that angry at me?"

Odd shook his head. "I'm not mad…"

"Not hungry either?" Ulrich asked with concern.

"Not really," Odd said. "I'm tired. I can wait until dinner."

"Do you want me to just bring dinner up to you?" Ulrich asked. "I'll eat in the room with you."

"Yea, I guess…"

"Ok," Ulrich told him. "Let's get you back in bed then. Are you sure you don't want anything to eat now though?"

"Positive," Odd replied.

Ulrich met up with Jeremie and Aelita again during their next period, which happened to be gym class. While they played kickball, they all talked about Odd. "I'm worried about him skipping lunch," Aelita said. "Especially after he slept through breakfast."

"It's the medicine," Jeremie said. "The doctor said it would probably make him lose his appetite."

"Poor Odd," Aelita said. "He hates that medicine."

"Yea," Jeremie replied. "But without it he'd be in a lot more pain right now."

Ulrich looked at him curiously. "Pain? I thought the medicine was just keeping his heart from swelling."

"Well, it does a little of that," Jeremie explained. "But it's directed more as a painkiller than anything. I mean, if he's on bed rest and in a wheelchair, the medicine isn't doing much prevention on its own. It's just subduing the pain for him."

"So it hurts?" Aelita asked sadly.

Jeremie nodded. "I'm surprised that no one else has noticed the look on Odd's face all the time," he said. "I can only imagine that it hurts a great deal, even with the medicine at work."

"Now I feel bad for getting pissed off," Ulrich said guiltily.

Aelita touched his arm reassuringly. "It's understandable. You're just worried about him."

"Yea," Ulrich said with a sigh.

"We should do something really nice for him when he's out of bed," Aelita said rather excitedly. "Is there anywhere we can take him when he's well enough?"

"I don't really know," Jeremie said. "We have 2 weeks to think of something though."

"I don't know about a place," Ulrich said, "but I've got an idea of something we can bring here."

"What is it?" Aelita asked curiously.

Ulrich smirked. "Not what… who."

That night Ulrich and Odd ate dinner alone, and Odd was too quiet at first for Ulrich's liking. The brunette was becoming worried about his friend's state of mind. It was unusual for Odd to ever be calm and quiet. Normally he would never shut up, even in lousy situations. "Are you feeling any better?" Ulrich asked as Odd picked at his plate of meat loaf. "Jeremie said that you medicine is making you lose your appetite, but you really should try to eat something."

"I know," Odd said, with Kiwi trying to climb onto his lap to get his food. "I just slept so much today that I'm not hungry. That's all."

Ulrich watched as Odd let Kiwi have the meat loaf. "You feel okay though?" he asked, sounding like a worried mother.

Odd looked at him with a small smile. "You worry too much. And, yea, I feel alright… better than this earlier. You know, I kept getting woken up by girls text-messaging me."

Ulrich exaggerated a sigh. "Is that so?" he asked. "Was Sissi one of them?"

"Actually," Odd said slowly, sounding contemplative of it. "No." He didn't tell Ulrich that he'd been the one to text her.

Ulrich laughed. "Oh well."

Just then, Odd's cell phone vibrated loudly when he received another message. He reached over to the bedside table and grabbed it. A smile covered his face as he read it. "Who is it?" Ulrich asked.

Odd pocketed the phone while he paused to think. "Just another girl who can't resist the temptation of the sexiest guy alive," he said mischievously.

"That's nice," Ulrich said. "But why is she texting a skinny kid like you?" He laughed as a pillow hit him square in the face.

"I am svelte," Odd huffed indignantly while crossing his arms. "You know, as lazy as they are making me be, I may not have to worry about my svelte body much longer."

"You mean we'll have to call you Fatty instead of Scrawny?" Ulrich teased as he tossed back the pillow.

"Ha… ha…" Odd said sarcastically. "Funny… No, really… I am dying of excitement."

Ulrich laughed, happy that they were having a light-hearted conversation again. "Jeremie and Aelita wanted to stop by to check on you."

"Actually, a couple of girls skipped the messages and just stopped by earlier," Odd said cheerfully.

"I thought you said you slept that whole time," Ulrich said suspiciously.

Odd shrugged. "Off and on," he said. "I could really get used to the attention."

"I think I know whose attention you like the most," Ulrich said. "I never would have suspected it though.

Odd smiled as he though about his text message. "Is that so?" he asked with fake innocence.

Ulrich nodded. "After all of those pranks you liked to play on her, what made you change your mind Casanova?"

"Sissi isn't that bad. I think it's all just a front for everyone else. It's like how you act like the strong silent type, even though your friends all know that you're really just a love sick boy who gets weak in the knees for Yumi."

Ulrich blushed, a deep shade of red, as he put his plate on his desk. Odd laughed at his embarrassment. "You know, Ulrich, you should really just go for it already. Yumi's is a great girl. If you don't sweep her off her feet already, someone else will. And with the luck I'm having with the girls lately, it could very well be me to steal her out from under your nose." He made a face as if realizing something. "Actually, I think I really might like to give Yumi a try before I die."

"ODD!" Ulrich snapped angrily. He glared at the blonde like a parents whose child just uttered some obscene profanity.

Odd sighed. "I'm not really going to go for Yumi."

Ulrich looked down at his feet. "You won't die either," he mumbled.

Odd's face paled and he bit his lip. "Ulrich I was only joking…"

Ulrich stood as someone knocked on the door. When he opened it, Jeremie and Aelita entered. "Hey guys," Odd greeted.

"Hi," Jeremie said.

Aelita sat down beside Odd on his bed. "We missed you today," she said. "Class wasn't the same without you!"

Odd grinned. "You should skip and come spend the day with me!"

"I'd watch out if I were you Jeremie," Ulrich said. "Odd thinks he's a girl magnet, he might steal your girlfriend."

Odd smiled sheepishly. "Jeremie has nothing to worry about. I can't go for 'my cousin,' can I?"

"I stand corrected," Ulrich joked. "Did Yumi stay for dinner?"

"She was going to," Jeremie said. "But William was trying to bug her, probably to ask her out. She said she had to go home and left."

Ulrich smiled at this small triumph over William, even though Odd was giving him an I-told-you-so look.

"William really likes her a lot," Aelita said. "But I don't think she likes him nearly as much as she likes you."

Ulrich blushed again and Odd laughed. "Just go for it!" he chided.

The brunette glared at his roommate. "Guys you should get going. It's time for the pain in the ass to go to bed."

"It's 8 'o clock!" Odd cried as Ulrich ushered the others out, ignoring him. "Oh I am so asking for a new roommate next year!"

Ulrich shook his head. "I'd like to see you try. Get ready for bed."

So, a bit of ups and downs for Odd in this chapter, as there will be in future chapters... Sorry that Sissi wasn't in this chapter, butI think Odd/Sissi fans will really enjoy the next couple of chapters! And so will Ulrich/Yumi fans! Please review!