HEY, I THINK I TOLD YOU TO REVIEW THE LAST CHAPTER; NO ONE SEEMS TO BE DOING THAT. WHY NOT? WELL I JUST FINISHED WATCHING FINAL FANTASY 7 ADVENT CHILDREN, AND MAN AM I TIRED, I'VE PROBABLY WATCHED THAT 11 TIMES. SO I KINDA GOT INSPIRED TO WRITE THIS, ALL WHILE LISTENING TO TOOL'S NEW CD 10,000 DAYS, IT KICKS ASS, GO GET IT IF YOU LIKE POETIC LYRICS AND KICK ASS INSTRUMENTS. OK ENOUGH OF THAT, ON TO THE STORY.

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"I can't believe Odd ate that whole pizza, that thing was huge" laughed Yumi as she walked into their room. "It's already 11, we were out pretty late Ulrich" she said as she looked at the clock.

"That's ok, it's not like we have a curfew, and we're not babies" he said, gazing into her eyes as he walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her and placed his lips on hers, he could smell her fading perfume, what little she wore on common days. He hated to admit it, but when they had these moments, he was almost intoxicated; it was like a drug to him, a natural high. She broke the kiss, realizing what was happening. "No," she said, "we said no more of this until we talked about this more, remember" she said, walking to her bed.

Realizing what he had done he looked at her apologetically, not knowing what to say. "Sorry" was all he could come up with.

"That's alright, we just can't have that happen again until we've finished" she said, reading the posters over her bed, not looking at him as she spoke. Ulrich knew she was thinking, not ignoring him. He knew her better then that.

Gathering all his courage he took a leap of faith, "I don't suppose we can talk about this now, can we?"

She sat on her bed and motioned for him to join her, "Sure, but you start" she said.

"Ok….umm…..well you know I love you and I know you love me. So we have to listen to each others side of this, you first" he said, a little nervously.

"I said you start" she corrected.

"I did start, now you continue" he said. He was always good at finding loopholes.

"Fine," she said, "I think of…um, sex…..as an expression of love, not a thing for just pleasure, do you agree?" He nodded, signaling her to continue. "We love each other and we both agree that this is not just some crush and we both know it's not infatuation. It's genuine love in my opinion." Her eyes began to water, "we hug and we kiss, but we do both of those with others, we kiss our parents and we hug our friends. I know they're not the same, but they're the same act nonetheless. This would be something that would be special to us both, and something that we would only share with each other. I know I genuinely love you, but I've got to ask, do you love me?" A tear rolled down her cheek, she wasn't used to feelings like this. Her whole life she'd supressed every negative emotion, it seemed she let it all out when she was with Ulrich.

He pulled her into the most comforting hug he could muster, "Of course I do, I would do anything for you. I'm sorry if I made that unclear to you, but I'd do anything for you." His eyes began to water as well, he'd never xperienced love before, he knew his parents loved him, but they were never there. They were always away and they expected so much of him, and he couldn't always please them. He felt as if he had to work for there love.

"I know you do, I just needed to hear you say it. I love you so much Ulrich" she sobbed, throwing her face into his chest for comfort. "If we go through with this, you can't leave me" she cried, pulling her face from his chest and looking him sternly in the eyes. "Promise me!" She couldn't take that happening to her again.

"I promise Yumi" he said, tears trickling off his cheeks. "And I just want you to know, that if you ever need me, I'm here." His voice cracked from his throat going dry. They just sat there after that, just holding each other and crying there hearts out. They were not sad, just glad that the other was there with them. They were supposed to be the strong ones of the group, and of the school. So this was the time when they could let out all the built up frustration and emotions. They had apologized to each other time and again, and it wasn't until recently that they had relaized that it was alright for them to show weakness. They trusted each other enough to know that they'd be there for one another, always.

"I love you Ulrich" she said when she calmed down. She got under the covers and watched him get into his own bed across the small room. "Wait, can you sleep in my bed tonight" she asked. She seemingly expected him to decline.

"Sure" he said in an almost fatherly tone, he was good at that. He put on his pajamas and walked over to her side of the room. He motioned for her to get out of the bed so he could slide to the side closest to the wall. She laid down in front of him and just sank into his muscular, yet soft chest. He was so warm against her back and his arms were so comforting. He was muscular but gentle. Firm, yet melted very easily. Tough, yet not so tough that he couldn't kiss her with fragile lips. He was everything and more to her, not just on the outside, but he was a good person to. He was caring, brave, protective, and he was above all loving. He never left a person face down in the dirt. He could never be so mean as to crush someone entirely, just enough to let them know he wanted to be alone. But often he was more forceful then the occasion called for. She loved him for all those reasons, despite his faults. But she loved him for another reason. A reason that she couldn't quite put her finger on, she never could.

"You're so special to me Yumi," he whispered, "don't ever change." He kissed the back of her neck. "I didn't know how numb I was until I found you; you've opened me up to so many new feelings," he whispered even softer now, in an almost soothing tone. "Thank you" he said. She took all of this in and realized that she felt the same way. She felt so cold, yet thrilled after her father passed away and Ulrich was such a comforting friend then, it quickly grew to affection. Then to a whole new level.

She turned over to face him and gazed into his pale green eyes, "I feel the same way Ulrich." She wrapped her arms around his waist.

He took a full breath of her scent in; he loved the way she smelled. Her perfume had long faded now and this was her natural scent. He loved her, he loved everything about her, and for the first time he could honestly say he loved life. "You know Yumi, we don't have to...um...'do it' if you're not ready. I can wait if you'd like" he said concernedly.

"I want it Ulrich, so much." She nestled into him even more, shutting her eyes as she spoke, "I want to give you my everything and I want to have yours, we just have to talk about it a little more to make sure we're both ready." With that they fell asleep in each other's arm, dreaming of the other. This was love. Sex wasn't love, making out wasn't love, and beauty wasn't love.But this was, being there for one an other, and valuing there life over your own. Knowing you couldn't imagine living without them and realizing that the only reason you were put on this earth was to be with them. They knew it was true love, and they cherished it with every fiber of there being. They knew how lucky they were to find it so early in life, because they knew that some never found it at all. Both of them used to be so pessimistic about love, thinking it only existed in stories and movies, and they were proved wrong. The world wasn't one shade of grey anymore, it was a beautiful place to be and ever day with each other was a gift.

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"Yumi, Yumi wake up, we've gotta go" cried Ulrich as he threw his new outfit on. It was something that Yumi had picked herself. A black button up shirt with red streaks on the collar, a pair of Tripp pants, no chains of course, and a new pair of black vans, not too big and not as small as Converse's. She could hear Linkin Park playing in the speakers.

"Why, what's going on" she asked groggily. "Oh, what time is it" she asked jumping from the bed.

"It's 11, we've got to go. We slept in, I just woke up" he said, still preparing his outfit.

She didn't even bother to ask him to leave the room, she began to change right there in front of him. He dropped his half untied shoe and couldn't help but stare. As she unclipped her bra from the previous day he got so red in the face that it looked like he was about to explode. He watched as her elegant body was becoming more and more exposed. He tried to find the words to tell her he was still there, but he couldn't get a word out. As she slipped her panties off she was completely exposed. He was infatuated and he couldn't help himself, his brain shut down and his body took over. He took her into such a passionate kiss, his hands exploring as they pleased. Yumi didn't seem to mind him though, her hands exploring as well. He began massaging her breast and she let out a moan of pleasure. She slowly unbuttoned his shirt and threw it to the floor. His tongue was begging for entry, she opened her mouth and they were locking tongues as they couldn't let each other go. She began to unzip his pants and they fell to his feet. Her hands began to explore once again and she found the top of his boxers.

She threw those to the floor as well and began stroking him slowly, almost teasingly. He moaned and began to rub her and he could feel her getting wet. His mouth began to move elsewhere and he found her nipples. His mouth was so warm to her, she could barely contain herself from screaming in ecstasy.

She moved him onto the bed and position herself between his legs. She took him into her mouth and she began to move up and down, up and down. She loved his taste and she couldn't help herself from letting her tongue stroke the tip. She couldn't get enough of him.

She moved him onto the bed and looked at him predatorily. She moved him on top of her and moved him even closer to her. "Please Ulrich, you know I want it" she moaned.

As he was about to slide into her she heard a faint sound coming from the outside of the room, it sounded like voices. "Yumi, wake up, it's time to go" said Ulrich. But he was right here, then she looked up to Ulrich and there was, not Ulrich, but her father.

"WHATTHEFUCK" she screamed as she shot out of bed, startling both herself and Ulrich. "What's going on" she screamed, looking at Ulrich. He was in his pajamas, looking at her with confusion.

"You had a nightmare, that's all. It's ok" he said, putting his hands on her shoulder to stop the shaking. She calmed down eventually and she looked at the clock, 11 o'clock. She moved it over as a coincidence and forgot all about it.

"I'm ok, I'm fine now" she reassured herself in her mind. "I'm fine, just a nightmare, just a nightmare."

"Do you want to talk about it" he asked with concern, "you're in a cold sweat."

"No thanks, I'm fine, I just need a shower" she said as she grabbed a towel and hurried to the shower rooms. "Wait, I almost forgot" she said as she came back into the room and kissed him good morning.

"Have a good shower, I'll see you at the usual spot. Hurry up though, we're already late." He began to dress himself in a collared shirt and pulled a pair of baggy pants out of his drawer.

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"I feel so dirty, I need to get clean" she said frantically as she scrubbed herself everywhere, trying to get the memory out of her head. "Ulrich will be there for me, I'll talk to him about this. I need to tell him, he needs to know" she thought. "I'm going to tell him" she assured herself. She was lucky no one was in the shower room with, lest she get reported to the nurse for acting insane. "Ulrich'll be there" she whispered.

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WELL, I HOPE YOU RETURN TO CONTINUE THIS STORY. I GENUINLY ENJOYED WRITING THIS CHAPTER AND I'M GLAD TO BE WRITING AGAIN.

CODL