Ulrich slowly wrapped his arms around Yumi and tried to calm her down. "It's ok I'm not going to leave you." Ulrich slowly tried to maneuver themselves so that they were sitting on the white snow that surrounded them. Once they were on the cold grass Ulrich started to slowly rock back and forth trying to get Yumi to calm down. It took Ulrich a couple of minutes to realize that Yumi had run out of the house without shoes, socks, or a coat. He pulled her close to him and wrapped her in his coat. Yumi slowly calmed down and eventually got a normal breathing pattern back. "Ulrich I don't want you to leave. We can forget about my parents we go somewhere else for the rest of the break." Ulrich knew Yumi was going to say something along those lines, "No Yumi you have to get back to your parents, you can't do something this silly, it's going to ruin your life." Yumi looked into his eyes, "I don't care I just want to be with you." Ulrich pulled her closer. He knew he couldn't talk her out of it so he went along. "Well come one let's at least get you some warm clothes before we leave." Yumi smiled at Ulrich, he finally wasn't going to worry about her parents, they weren't his problem, they were hers and hers alone. The couple slowly made their way to Yumi's house, but before they got there Yumi's phone rang. "Should I answer it?" Yumi asked Ulrich as she showed him the caller id. "I think it would be a good idea to." He said. Yumi slowly pushed the answer button and put the phone up to her ear, "Hello?" Mrs.Ishiyama was glad that her daughter had enough sense to answer he phone, "Hello, Yumi dear?" "Hi mom." Yumi said quietly. She hoped that her mother wasn't going to tell her to come home and to make up with her father again. "Hello sweetie, I know that you probably don't want to and you probably won't, but your father has left, so you can come home now." Mrs.Ishiyama hoped that her daughter would come home; Yumi was the only thing she had left other then Hiroki. Yumi looked at Ulrich who had his ear next to hers. Yumi put her hand over the mouth piece of the phone, "What should I do Ulrich?" Ulrich looked at Yumi, his eyes pleading with hers, "Yumi your dad is not there, I would prefer not to sleep in a box tonight, but it's if you want to or not." Yumi looked down and bit her lip, she couldn't decide. "Yumi, darling are you still there?" Mrs.Ishiyama asked worry in her voice. Yumi turned back to the phone, "Yes mom I'm here Ulrich and I are on our way back home we won't take long." Ulrich looked at Yumi in surprise he honestly thought that she would turn down going home. "Ok honey see you in a minute." Mrs.Ishiyama said her voice had calmed. "K mom I'll be home soon." Yumi hung up the phone and shoved it in hr pocket. She turned to face Ulrich who was smiling. "Come on I'm freezing." Ulrich laughed, "I wonder why." Yumi laughed, she was glad that Ulrich was coming back. She remembered that split second that she thought that she had lost Ulrich and shuddered. Ulrich saw her shudder and looked at her worried. "You still cold?" he asked as he wrapped his arms and around her and walked slowly from behind her. Yumi turned around. She looked at Ulrich seriously, "Ulrich, I don't ever want to have to suffer that moment that I thought I was losing you for a second time." Ulrich looked at Yumi, her eyes were slowly filling again. "Yumi I know and I'll never do that again, I never meant to hurt you I just wanted to stop the fighting in your family." Yumi looked into Ulrich's eyes, "Stop worrying about it Ulrich it's not your battle to fight, its' not even mine." Ulrich looked at Yumi and smiled, "Ok I'll stop." Yumi smiled and leaned towards Ulrich to give him a peck on the check. Ulrich saw this coming and decided to give something to think about. Before Yumi knew it Ulrich was kissing Yumi with passion that she had never felt from him before.