I just realised that this story has over 50 reviews and want to thank you all so much! This chapter is the start of the drama and there may some swearing in the ones to follow, but I promise it will be kept to the bare minimum, so if you are offended by swearing, you don't have to stop reading.

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Waking up to the heat of the blinding sun, Yumi groaned before rising. Reaching up and running her fingers through her hair, she frowned when she felt the moisture on her fingers. Finally realising that she was covered in sweat, she jumped up and walked to the bathroom. Before stripping of her night clothes, Yumi saw something catch her eye in the mirror. The black jacket hung loosely on her thin figure. She smiled and hugged it closer to her body before slowly taking it off and neatly folding it.

After removing the last of her clothes, she stepped into the warm shower and sighed with relief as she felt her sticky skin return to it's normal state. Finishing washing her hair and body, Yumi turned off the shower and wrapped a soft towel around her.

Returning to her room, Yumi began searching for something to wear to school. Picking up her usual black clothes, Yumi bit her lip in confusion. Ulrich was now her boyfriend, should she wear something different? Did she have to impress him? Being her first boyfriend, and knowing she wasn't prepared to have one for a very long time when she first arrived, she had no idea how she should act around him.

No, she thought, shaking her head, he said he liked me and I was wearing what I always wear.

Changing into her usual outfit, Yumi packed her bag and headed down the small staircase. Walking into the kitchen, she smiled when she saw Hiroki and her dad laughing as her dad tried to make pancakes.

"Dad, I don't think you should try to flip one again." Hiroki warned, trying to suppress his laughter.

Takeo shook his head, "No, I think I can do it this time."

Proceeding to lift up the pan, Yumi watched as the pancake was thrown into the air and landed perfectly, if it was meant to land on the floor.

Joining in with Hiroki's laughter, Yumi picked up the pancake which had landed by her feet and passed it to her dad. Takeo smiled and took it out of her hand, placing it in the bin- which held his earlier dozen attempts. Turning back to Yumi, he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"So... who was that boy last night?"

Yumi froze, "Um.. it was Ulrich," she mumbled, trying to keep her voice down so Hiroki didn't hear, knowing he wouldn't shut up about it later. Even though he had never actually met Ulrich, Hiroki had seen him around school and hanging out with Yumi. Already Hiroki could see the popularity Ulrich held, and he began to be an idol to him, "You dropped me off at his house yesterday. I know you must of seen him when he opened the door, you wouldn't just leave me there all alone." Those words, coming from most teenagers, would be a hint for parents to give them more privacy and freedom, but Yumi felt safe and proud that her dad would never leave her if he thought she was in any kind of trouble.

"Yes, I know Ulrich walked you here last night. But I meant the other boy."

Yumi frowned at her father, "The other boy?"

Takeo removed his arm and began to rummage through a pile of unopened letters and pieces of paper, "Yeah, he looked around you age, maybe a bit older, it was hard to see him properly but," he picked up a brown letter and handed it to Yumi, "he left this for you."

Yumi tentatively grasped the letter and looked down at it in confusion.

Takeo looked at the letter then back her, "Are you going to open it?" he asked, returning back to his pancakes and taking the syrup off Hiroki, who had proceeded to make a sticky swimming pool for his pancakes.

Yumi shook her head and shoved the letter into her bag, "Maybe later. I better go, Ulrich said he would walk me to school and he's probably waiting."

Hiroki shot his father a knowing look. Takeo smiled back. "Don't you want to have some breakfast first?"

Yumi declined, "I'm not hungry." Not anymore, she added, already worried about the mysterious letter. "See you later, Dad."

"Bye." he gave her a small wave as she left the kitchen, "And Yumi?"

"Yeah?" she replied, fingers already curled around the front door handle.

"I know you're a smart girl but..." he tried to choose his words carefully, "be careful."

Yumi made out the silhouette of Ulrich standing by the door, smiling to herself she turned her head to reply, "I promise."

Quickly opening and shutting the door, Yumi felt the butterflies pound harder as she turned to meet Ulrich. Her smile soon turned into a frown as she saw his expression. A horrible mixture of melancholy and even anger was itched upon his face, making Yumi step back in shock.

"What's wrong?" she whispered, not knowing how he would react, never seeing him like this before.

Ulrich was jolted out of his thoughts and turned his head to face hers. Forcing a smile and reached out and took her hand, "Nothing," he lied, "Don't worry about it."

Yumi knew he was lying but decided to not push him, knowing he never pushed her, "Okay."

Ulrich sensed something was wrong, "Are you alright?"

Yumi began to nod, but decided against it and shook instead, "I- Can we talk about his after school? My house?"

Ulrich nodded, "Guess I had to meet your dad sometime, huh?"

Yumi let out a soft laugh and laced her fingers through his, still not believing that he was her boyfriend, that she had finally let someone in.

During free period, Yumi excused herself from the rest of the group, saying that she needed to go to the library to finish some homework. Ulrich offered to some with her, but she refused, she needed to do this alone.

Sitting down at an empty table in an extra quiet corner, Yumi reached in her bag and instead of taking out any books, she pulled out the brown envelope. Yumi was simple scribbled on the front. Taking a deep breath, Yumi carefully opened the letter, unfolded the white paper and began to read.

Dear Yumi,

It's been a long time, hasn't it? I can remember fondly our last encounter, can't you? No, you probably tried to forget, move on with your life. I haven't, nor do I want to. You see, Yumi, you were my favourite, as such, such a perfect body, such a co-operating girl. I miss you and need to see you, to feel you. I've been watching you for some time now, since you arrived here. Isn't is funny how we both came to the same place? I've seen you move on, find some new friends, a boyfriend as well. As I said before, I miss you and I will see you again. Prehaps tomorrow ate seven o'clock? In the park? If not, well, let's just say that your new boy will find himself in a bit of trouble.

Can't wait to see you.

The letter was signed but Yumi knew who it could had been from, she remembered them all so well, too well. Her whole body was shaking, a river of tears threatening to fall down her trembling face. Folding the letter back up at shoving it back into her bag, Yumi ran off to find the one person who she felt truly safe with.

Ulrich.

Almost sprinting down the corridors, Yumi sighed with relief as she saw Ulrich by his locker, all alone. Without warning, Yumi wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her head into his shoulder.

After the initial shock, Ulrich freed his arm and wrapped both of them tightly around her trembling frame, drawing her closer and allowing his to cry into his chest.

"What's wrong, Yumes? What's happened?" he whispered into her hear, rubbing his hands up and down her back, trying to give her comfort.

Yumi cried harder and Ulrich knew they had to get away from here. With only one lesson left, and that lesson being health, Ulrich decided to best option was to skip school and try to calm her down. Pulling out his phone and pressing one of the speed dials, Ulrich waited patiently for the other voice to appear.

"Hello?"

"Odd, it's Ulrich. Look, I need you to cover for me and Yumi in health. It's important!"

"Um... okay. Why?"

"I'm not sure yet, but something's wrong with Yumi and I need to figure it out."

"Sure, man. What should I say?"

Ulrich tried his hardest to come up with some excuse, "Well... just say that... I don't know, just make something up!"

He heard sigh on the other side, "Fine. Just be careful, mate. Don't push her if she's upset."

"You know I never would."

Odd didn't reply, instead Ulrich heard a click and the line went dead. Putting the phone back into his pocket, he re-wrapped his arms around Yumi and softly whispered into her ear, "Let's get out of here."

Yumi nodded against his chest in reply. Keeping her body as close to his as possible, Yumi and Ulrich walked together out of the gates and to a quiet, secure place behind the small park. Yumi felt tremors run down her back, knowing that she may have to return here later that day.

Sitting on the dry grass and placing Yumi carefully in his lap, Ulrich began to run his fingers gently through her soft hair.

"Please tell me what's wrong, Yumes?"

Yumi titled her head and stared at him with cloudy eyes, "He- he's back." she sobbed, making Ulrich even more confused.

"Who?" he encouraged.

Yumi reached into her bag with shaky hands and pulled out the letter, handing it to Ulrich. Slowly taking it out of her hands, his eyes scanned the paper, anger building up inside of him with every word.

"Is this from John?" Ulrich spat in anger, causing Yumi to jump and pull away from him. Noticing his mistake, Ulrich relaxed his body and embraced her again. "I'm sorry, but please, you have to tell me. Is this from him?"

Yumi ripped him tighter and began to speak, "It... it could be." she muttered.

Ulrich frowned, "What do you mean? He was the only one," suddenly a realisation hit him, "Yumi, please tell me it was just him."

Yumi shook her head, "I'm sorry, Ulrich. I should of told you before but I just couldn't." Yumi closed her eyes as she felt his hands run down her arms, providing her with the comfort and protection she needed, "At the start it was just him. Then, about a couple of months after he first... you know... he-"

"You don't have to say it." Ulrich cut her off, resting his forehead against hers.

"He invited a few friends around. At first I thought that they were just there to get drunk with him, but I was wrong. He came up and into my room, then they followed behind. I was so scared, Ulrich. I couldn't fight them, I just couldn't." more tears fell as the held onto Ulrich tighter, needing him to be close to her.

Ulrich looked down at her in shock. He knew that getting raped by one man was scarring, but his friends as well? Ulrich felt disgusted that anyone could do that to a girl- to anyone- especially Yumi.

"Yumi, look at me." he calmly said into her ear, trying to keep his anger towards the men at bay.

Slowly, Yumi turned her head and stared deep into his eyes.

Caressing her face, Ulrich placed a delicate kiss against her wet cheek, "Listen to me, Yumes. They will never hurt you again, no one will. Do you want to know why?" Yumi nodded her head once, "Because I'm here. I swear on my life that I will protect you," his mind went back to the paper his father handed to him, "no matter what."

Yumi gave him a small smile before returning her head to it's original position against his chest. Biting her lip and shutting her eyes, Yumi knew that whoever wrote that letter wasn't joking when they said those things about Ulrich. He was willing to protect her, and now she knew that she had to protect him. But could she go through with meeting him and going through it all again? If it meant keeping Ulrich safe, Yumi knew she would do anything.

Ulrich stared down at her, oblivious to her thoughts. All he could think about was the promise he just gave her. He knew he would keep it for as long as he could, but with paper kept replaying in his head, what if he didn't get the chance? What if something happened and it was too late? He couldn't live with himself if his parents decision meant that she would get hurt, or even worse.

Both teenagers sat in silence, both deciding what they would do next. Both knowing that it could change everything.

Bit of a cliffhanger and I told you that you should make the most of the fluffy chapters! So, what decision will Yumi make? Will we finally know what was on that paper Ulrich's father gave to him? I know the answers, you'll have to read to find out!