Pairing two: Aelita x Odd

Author's note: also a well known and often-used pairing, the two with the weirdest haircuts.

Dedicated to: Kitty, for your review-spam.

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Summary: Aelita's past has been discovered. She takes it quite badly that her father got stuck or perhaps died on Lyoko while her mother disappeared. To make things worse, Jeremie's been bad to her – he ignores her quite often, spending more time on his computer.

The hermitage. Her previous home. The only place where she felt safe. The only place where she got the rest she needed sometimes. That's why Aelita went to the forest, into the old mansion, to go.. crying. Jeremie Belpois, the person who brought her to Earth and who she thought liked her, refused to help her in the search for her dead father, let alone spend any quality time with her. No, his computer was way more important. It was as if she didn't even exist!

The walls were old, the couch tattered and was more dusty than anything else, but she found comfort anyway, holding her dear Mr. Pück. Slowly she calmed down, but the conflict inside of her continued. Why was Jeremie so rude to her?

An unexpected visitor disturbed her thoughts. "Aelita, you okay?" Odd Della Robbia, the most noticeable member of the group walked inside the room. His purple clothing made him an even more outstanding sight amid a nearly-collapsing building.

As if by instinct Aelita made herself as small as possible, cuddling up against the bench. "I don't want to talk now."

Despite her denial, Odd came over and sat next to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulder to soothe the girl. Females surely were extraordinary creatures: even when they were crying or sulking as if their whole family died, they still would say they were all right or just refuse to talk. However, they surely appreciated some companionship in those times. "You miss your father, don't you?"

The pink-haired girl threw a sidelong glance at Odd, before turning her attention back to the little gnome – or goblin – or whatever it was. "Yes, that as well," she replied eventually. Odd didn't really know what to do in circumstances like these, so he just soothed the petite teenager with sweet verbal skill, telling her it all would turn out just fine.

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It was just a few hours later. Aelita was walking – no, more like something between walking and running – trough the corridors of Kadic, a well-known boarding school in France. One chance. Just one chance would she give to Jeremie. He could be very gentile if he wanted to – the problem was he nearly never wanted it. He'd rather marry his computer!

In front of his room, Aelita stood still and inhaled deeply a few times to calm down. He'd do just fine. He'd apologise, she'd forgive him. Everything would be all right, as Odd told her. She knocked gently on his room. "Come in."

Aelita sighed one more time and stepped into the room, blushing for no reason at all. "Hi," she started imperceptibly.

As expected, the blonde boy sat in front of his computer, trying to make his keyboard burn. "Ah, Aelita, there you are! You're just in time – I need some help with this program over here. You see, if we manage to run it, we can fully upgrade our armoury!" he cited agitated.

Aelita blinked, kind of surprised by his behaviour. It was as if nothing happened at all. "Well, okay.. But, Jeremie, what about.. You know. What you said to me during lunch?" For some reason she started biting her lip, slightly too hard.

Jeremie didn't take the effort to turn his chair and look at Aelita. Too bad, since he now couldn't witness the pitiable girl was practically in shock. "What did I say?" And those four words were exactly the words he should never have said.

Aelita rushed off, crying and screaming. Jeremie didn't care at all about her. To him, she just was a test object. But now she was out of Lyoko, now the mysteries were solved, she wasn't special to him anymore. It was clear enough. "Aelita!" a voice echoed – just a second too late. A big BAM and two kids ended up falling to the floor. One being a crying girl, and one being Odd.

No words were needed to make out what took place. Odd crawled over to the whining girl, hugging her and whispering adorable words. "Everything will be all right, Princess."

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Author's note: Make sure to check out the forum at cl.yourbb.nl/index.php ! Advertise your stories there, enjoy the games, discuss things and way more! Note: it's possible the forum starts up in Dutch thanks to an annoying little bug, but I can fix it for you when you pm me.

Note 2: Beta-read by: WeaponFanfic.

Note 3: The beginning of a nice romance? Heh, still was kind of lame – but I hope the 'special' pairings will turn out good.

Note 4: First time I'm in the romance, much practising is needed.. Tell me your tips.

Note 5: I'd like to have at least 2 reviews for the next chapter.