"Yumi slow down or your going to dislocate my arm." Ulrich said as Yumi practically dragged him up the stairs. Yumi laughed, "Well if you weren't so slow I wouldn't have to pull so hard." "Hey I just realized I've never seen your room before." Ulrich said as he stepped into Yumi's room. "Well that's because you are not aloud silly." Yumi replied as she made quotation signs with her fingers. "My mom really likes you Ulrich and I think she sees a young her and my father in us for some reason." Yumi said as she sat on her soft bed. "You really think so Yumi?" Ulrich asked as he sat next to her. "Well sure what's not to like?" Yumi asked. Ulrich laughed, Yumi always had a way to make someone feel better about everything. Ulrich leaned over and hugged Yumi. After the embrace ended Ulrich got up and sat leaning against Yumi's huge pile of pillows on her bed. Yumi moved up on the bed until she had her head in Ulrich's lap. Ulrich's played with her hair and Yumi's hands explored Ulrich's chest. They both looked at each other and smiled, they didn't need to do anything they weren't ready for they just liked being in each other's presence. "So what do you want for Christmas Yumi?" Ulrich asked as he slowly drifted off to sleep. All that Yumi was able to say before she fell asleep was one single word, "This." Yumi woke up at nine p.m. She was shocked when she saw what time is was. "Ulrich, Ulrich wake up it's nine p.m.! My father must know we're in here." Yumi said with a groan. Ulrich sat up rubbing his eyes. "Well if it's this late and we're still not busted I guess he either thought we were out or he finally doesn't care." Yumi smiled, "No, I think my mom probably kept him from getting suspicious, like telling him we were at the store or something, my mom really does like the idea of us together you know." Ulrich smiled, " I always liked your mom better." Yumi got off the bed and stretched, "I'm going to go down stairs and see where my dad is, if you hear him ask where you are or what you are doing quickly go across the hall to the bathroom but do it quietly." Ulrich winked, "Can do." Yumi quietly opened her door and slowly walked down the hall to the wooden staircase. She could see that the fireplace was burning silently. She decided to go see who was in the living room. Yumi was hoping that it her mother or even Hiroki staying up late. Meanwhile in Yumi's room Ulrich looked around. He didn't look inside any boxes or draws though he had too much respect for Yumi. He turned the light on and took stock of the semi-large room. The room had two small windows that had deep purple shades and the room also had a large wooden closet. In the corner sat a bed with black/purple sheets and comforters. In the other corner stood a dresser that was wooden. Ulrich sat by the door so he could listen for Mr.Ishiyama. Yumi quietly slipped up to the doorway to the living room. In the living room was her mom, sewing. Yumi was shocked by this her mother never sewed. She quietly walked up behind the chair her mother was in, "Hey mom" Yumi said in a voice scarcely above a whisper. Her mother, shocked by the sudden voice behind her jumped, "O hello darling." Mrs.Ishiyama said trying to regain a normal heart pattern. "Is papa home yet?" Yumi said a frown suddenly took over her face. Mrs.Ishiyama looked up at Yumi with tears in her eyes, "No Yumi he's not" Mrs.Ishiyama took a second to regain her ability to talk, "You see darling while you and Ulrich were still asleep your father came home. I hadn't heard him come in since I was fighting with Hiroki to take a bath. Before I knew it he was already at you door. I had to practically run from the bathroom, soaking wet when your father opened the door and saw you two. He closed the door and looked at me with deep hatred in his eyes. I told him that it wasn't fair the way he was treating you and Ulrich when what he was doing happened to us when we were first dating. I remember he would sneak into my room at night just to say good night. Your father had thought that it was completely unfair that we couldn't be together and I think he has forgotten all about that time, I don't think he can remember how upset my father would make him when we were separated. But I in the other hand I understand perfectly that you and Ulrich are dating but you aren't stupid. Plus I'm not sure that you aren't even thinking about that yet, but anyways I told your father that I would not allow him to disturb you guys. He then just went down stairs and left a note that said that he was going to spend the night at a friend's house. I hope you aren't mad at me for making him leave Yumi." Yumi's eyes were swelling up with tears, "I can't believe daddy did this just because me and Ulrich are going out, I totally understand were he is getting his thing about me being his little girl but come on this is cruel punishment, just leaving us like that I promise that when he gets back he's going to get an ear full from me. And mom how could I be mad at you, you're the one who truly trusts me and Ulrich." Mrs.Ishiyama looked up at her daughter, "I'm glad you understand honey, now go back to bed I'm just going to sleep on the couch tonight, Ulrich can sleep in your room tonight if he wants I don't mind." Yumi smiled at her mother, "Ok good night mom love you" "Sweet dreams darling." Yumi quickly ran up the wooden staircase to her room. She found Ulrich inside looking at her odd cat stuffed animal. "Hey Ulrich my dad actually found us early but my mom stopped him from waking us he's sleeping at a friend's house tonight though. My mom is going to take the couch tonight incase dad gets home in the middle of the night." Ulrich felt horrible about Yumi's father leaving, he crossed the room and hugged her, "I'm sorry he left Yumi it's all my fault, tomorrow I'll talk to him." Yumi smiled, "You don't have to Ulrich it's my dad choice for acting this way, not your fault. Plus what could you tell him I mean he did see us." Ulrich sat on the floor and shrugged, "I don't know I guess I would just make a lot of reasons why we were in your room." Yumi laughed, "How would you explain us on the bed?" Ulrich smiled, "I guess I couldn't talk my way out of that one." Yumi smiled, "Since my mom has the couch tonight she said that you could sleep in here, that she didn't mind." Ulrich smiled, "Well where shall I sleep?"