Chapter Three: Move Out!
Yumi left school as soon as her classes were over, she didn't even say goodbye to her friends. Yumi walked into her house and slowly stepped into the kitchen. She found her mother crying on the table.
"Mom?" Yumi asked cautiously. "Are you alright?" She asked. Her mother sat up and started into Yumi's eyes.
"No my dear we are not. We are going to get bills, bills, and more bills." her mother said. Then she got a strange look about her. "So my dear I had an idea, I have already taken care of matters with Hiroki so now I deal with you. You will be a border at Kadic and I will rent out you and Hiroki's bedrooms. You will still come home though and clean the house. Do you understand?" Her mother asked. Yumi nodded her head yes. "Good," she answered calmly, "Then Go And Get Packed NOW!" Her mother then screamed. Yumi ran off to her room and threw all of her stuff into bags. Yumi then pulled them all out to the front yard.
"Yumi dear, I see you're all packed. Come inside a moment please." Her mother said. Yumi cautiously walked inside. Suddenly Yumi found herself on the ground. Her mother had punched her. Yumi reached up and gently rubbed her shoulder.
"Now go!" Her mother screamed, kicking Yumi in the leg. Yumi stood up and ran outside. She put all her bags on her as best she could and began to walk to Kadic. "Everything has been arranged there my dear no worries. Mommy loves you." Yumi's mother said, she then shut the door. Yumi had a couple of bags on her shoulder and it burned, it was the same shoulder her mother had punched. Her shin was screaming and her arm didn't feel any better. Yumi slowly made her way to Kadic. When she finally got there she headed towards the principal's office. As she did Ulrich ran past her, then stopped. He backed up.
"Yumi! Where have you been, we've been looking for you. Why do you have a lot of bags on you?" Ulrich asked. Yumi dropped the bags and grabbed Ulrich. She hugged him. Ulrich surprised, hugged her back. "What's wrong?"
"My mom needs to rent our rooms, since the bills are getting high. My brother has been sent to his school to live, and my mother is insane." Yumi said.
"I'm sure she isn't insane, just scared." Ulrich said.
"Oh Ulrich, you have no idea," Yumi thought. Ulrich broke off the hug and placed his hands on her shoulders. Yumi winced. Ulrich then quickly pulled his hands off.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"I……I uhhhh I well, you see I…..hit my shoulder on my way home. I ran into…….the…..gate! Yea the gate, silly me huh?" She asked. Ulrich nodded as he saw Yumi was limping.
"And your leg?" he asked. Yumi looked down to see you hadn't put any of her weight on it since it hurt.
"I….um….I fell….after I hit my shoulder. Yea it surprised me and I fell. Clumsy me I guess." Yumi said. Ulrich looked at her sternly.
"Yumi, you can tell me anything." Ulrich said. Yumi sighed, she had to tell someone.
"Alright, not now though. If you come to my room later on tonight I will tell you." she said. Ulrich nodded and picked up most of her bags.
"Okay then, let's get you settled in." Ulrich said. Ulrich and Yumi walked towards the principal's office. He gave her a room number and she and Ulrich headed off.
"Hey, that's Aelita's room number. That means your close to us." Ulrich said.
"Yea," Yumi replied. Ulrich was still carrying most of her bags. When they got to Aelita and now her room. Yumi unlocked the door. Aelita looked up from her bed.
"Hey Yumi, Jim just came and told me you were my new room-mate. That is so cool." Aelita squealed. Yumi smiled as Ulrich gently set her stuff down.
"I'll talk to you later tonight." He said, and then he left. Aelita stood up and started to help Yumi unpack.
Later on that night Aelita had gone out with Jeremy and Odd was out at the movies. Ulrich had just knocked on Yumi's door. Yumi answered it and let Ulrich come in. Ulrich sat down on her bed, and Yumi sat next to him.
"Okay, are you sure you want to know?" Yumi asked.
"Yes, you can tell me anything Yumi." he said.
"Okay then you have to promise you wont tell anybody." she said.
"Promise." he answered.
"Okay, well since my dad went into the hospital my mom started to freak, which is natural, but she freaked beyond normal. She ummmm she……..she's……" Yumi started, but kept stopping.
"She's.." Ulrich prompted her. When Yumi didn't continue on Ulrich grabbed her hand gently. Yumi looked up at him and smiled.
"She's well she has done weird things. Things she normally doesn't do." Yumi said.
"Well that's not bad." Ulrich replied.
"But what she does hurts people. It hurts other people." she stated. Ulrich looked at her and waited for her to continue on. When she didn't Ulrich took a guess.
"Your bruises?" he asked. Yumi slowly nodded her head, as tears welled up in her eyes.
"I can't cry, I wont cry." Yumi thought. Ulrich gently pulled her close to him.
"You have to tell someone, either that or stay away from her. It's a good thing you are staying here." Ulrich said, gently rubbing her hair.
"I can't tell anyone, and I have to go home everyday to clean." Yumi whispered.
"You can't, she'll hurt you!" Ulrich stated. "Then we have to tell someone." he said.
"No!" Yumi replied backing away from him. "We can't." she said.
"Why Yumi? This is wrong." Ulrich said.
"I know, but if we tell someone then they'll take Hiroki away to a foster parent. She doesn't hurt him just me. They'll also take me away, for good." Yumi said slowly. "I don't want to leave you." She said, then quickly added, "Or the others." Ulrich gently pulled her close to him and held her. "You promised you wouldn't tell remember?" she asked.
"I do, and I wont." he said.
"Thank you," she breathed. Ulrich pulled her chin up and gazed into her eyes.
"If she hurts you bad though I will hurt her. I don't want anything to happen to you. Yumi I…" Ulrich started when suddenly the door burst open and Aelita and Jeremy walked in. Yumi and Ulrich split apart before anyone could see them.
"Oh hi guys, how are you?" Aeltia asked.
"We are fine." Yumi said, pulling a fake smile out. Ulrich gently grabbed her hand from behind his back so no one would see.
"We are just fine." he said.