When the couple got home they quickly went inside to find Mr.Ishiyama at the kitchen table, waiting for them. When Yumi saw her father she started to go upstairs, completely ignoring him. Ulrich pulled on her arm trying to get her to talk to her father. "No." Yumi said in a flat tone, "If he can't take it it's his own fault." Ulrich looked from Mr.Ishiyama to Yumi, "Yumi come on, I think he's going to apologize." "O fine, but if he kicks you out it's not my fault." Yumi timidly as she made her way to the kitchen table and sat in a chair across from her father next to Ulrich. "Now Yumi I think we all know why we are here." Mr.Ishiyama said with no expression on his face. "Papa I won't stop seeing Ulrich just because you are protective." Yumi said flatly. Mr.Ishiyama acted as if he hadn't heard his daughter, "Now Yumi I'm sorry I left like that but I didn't know what else to do other then break something over the top of my head. Yumi you're my little girl and I don't ever want to lose you over something like a guy, no offence to you Ulrich, but you just don't understand what it felt like for me to have to worry about you going off in the middle of the day and not being back for hours while your with a guy." Yumi's expression faltered a little but soon she was hard headed again, "Well Daddy why don't you look at what kind of pain you caused Mom, she worried about you all night, I don't know when you got back but why didn't you at least call once. You worried even me. And you think that you had it hard and you thought I didn't understand things, look at it from our point of view." Yumi crossed her arms and looked at her father, fire was in her eyes. "Now Yumi don't even go there me and your mother already talked about that." Mr.Ishiyama said as he leaned back in his chair. In his mind Ulrich was trying to come up with something to say but just couldn't find the right words. "Daddy if you really cared you won't have left just because I like Ulrich and Ulrich likes me." Yumi said trying to get her dad to crack. Mr.Ishiyama seemed offended by this but wouldn't stop talking until he got his point, "Yumi now don't even think like that." Soon both daughter and father were in an all out war. Finally Ulrich had enough, "I really hated that I caused all this trouble, please forgive me I'll just go get my things and leave." Yumi looked at Ulrich with tears in her eyes. She could only manage to whisper one word, "Ulrich" Mr.Ishiyama looked at Ulrich in surprise he didn't think that he could really get Ulrich to leave that easily. "Goodbye Yumi, see you at school." "Ulrich no stop." Was all Yumi could say through her tears, but it was too late Ulrich had already gone. Yumi hurriedly made her way to the door, but as she grabbed the doorknob, she turned to look at her father, "I hope you're happy." Was all she said as she turned back around and slammed the door behind her. Mrs.Ishiyama was just turning the corner to finish dinner when she saw Yumi's face fresh with tears, and then she heard the door slam. Mrs.Ishiyama walked up behind her husband, "Takeo what did you do?" Mr.Ishiyama was still in shock. "You are so hard headed Takeo I wish you would just forget about you pride for two seconds." Mr.Ishiyama turned to look at his wife a smile spread out over his face, "It's not about pride Cheryl it was about getting rid of Ulrich and I finally did it." Mrs.Ishiyama looked down at her husband, she was very upset with him, "Well I hope you like sleeping in the car because that is where your going to sleep until Ulrich comes back." Mr.Ishiyama looked up at his wife like a lost puppy, "But honey it's just a guy Yumi will get over it." Mrs.Ishiyama was very disappointed with her husband, "Takeo you know all too well Yumi will never forgive you for this." Mr.Ishiyama looked at his wife like a child in a toy store, "Yeah but Ulrich is gone." Mrs.Ishiyama finally lost her patience "Out!" was all she said as she pushed her husband out the door. Mr.Ishiyama finally became aware of what his wife was doing, "O come on now tulip don't be like that you know I just didn't like the kid." Mrs.Ishiyama held the door fast so her husband couldn't force his way back in, "Don't try to sweet talk me Takeo or I'll leave too." Mrs.Ishiyama slammed the door in her husbands face and walked over to the table. She picked up the phone; she knew that Yumi had her mobile on her at all times. Yumi was trying to catch up to Ulrich but he was walking too fast. Hot tears where silently flowing down Ulrich's face but he didn't show it. Yumi called his name time after time trying to get his attention but he was acting as if in a trance. Finally Yumi caught up to him and held on to him so he couldn't keep on walking. "Yumi go home I don't want to cause you family any more pain." Yumi was openly crying now, "But Ulrich it's my dad's problem not mine," Yumi took his hand in hers and squeezed, "Not ours." Ulrich looked up into Yumi's eyes. He knew that she really wanted to be with him no matter what even if that meant following him to the end of the world. Ulrich brushed his hand through Yumi's raven colored hair. He loved her, he knew that he couldn't leave.
