I think I…

By: Bernadette

Title: I think I…

Pairings: Odd/Aelita

Squeamish: Nothing that'll totally blow. Only except that Odd's a ladykiller and a bit of a pervert.

Rating: Currently rated "T" for suggestive themes, choice of words and words altogether.

Dedication: No one in particular, unless you want the story to be dedicated to yourself, please review or send me a PM concerning it. So right now this story is currently dedicated to the readers.

Author's Note: This is totally AU. No super computer or anything. It's solely about drama and whatnot. I hope you like it and encourage me as I write this story, even though it's not highly recognized. In this chapter, since Aelita is originally from Japan (how'd I get that? Odd said she was in Italy (or Sweden) and Yumi said she was from Japan. If Aelita was in Japan there would be more than enough reason for her and Yumi to actually have a conversation, you know?

Summary: Odd's the all-time player at his boarding school and everyone knows it. Even though he's got it good with all the pretty little girls in his school (adding the young, weakly informed and naïve teachers to the list) Odd's still not happy with the progress he's getting with all of the relationships. Recently, his mother's sister had visited Japan and got married to a widowed man and gained a daughter in the process. Thinking that her new family should get accustomed with the rest of the family, Odd's aunt decides to move back to France ( I think that's where Lyoko takes place at) to introduce them to Odd and his family. Complications arise and jealously flares. What will they do next?

Odd – 16

William – 17

Yumi – 17

Ulrich – 16

Jeremy – 16

Aelita – 15

Previously on chapter three: "…but we're cousins." Odd's keeps on teasing his cousin and seems to have so much fun in it. What's his motive?

"Yes, just joking." Aelita seems a little disturbed on how her new cousin seems to treat her, but is that the only reason that she's a bit too shy around him?

Words to watch out for:

Chapter 4 Meanings

Aelita couldn't believe her ears. He…this boy, this boy who happens to be her cousin was teasing her! In the most weirdest way possible! She stared at her fumbling hands, a habit she developed when she was feeling an assortment of feelings or just the obvious 'shocked and at a loss of what to say' type. Even if he was just joking, it was so weird to hear someone joke so openly about those type of things. Sure in Japan there had been cases like those and they even published manga of those types of genres. The manga that centered on this incestuous type of romance that took the party and the cake was the one called "Boku Soru wa Imouto" or something around that title. Aelita shivered once she realized how intense the siblings' relationship was, plus they were actual blood-related twins! She didn't know what went through the manga artist's head at that moment, but after that manga, Aelita felt as if she was mentally scarred.

'But, that was only a manga, this is real life…but there are so many people that say those types of things. What happens if…I'm not real and I am in a manga or something?' Aelita thought frantically, faintly hearing the blonde-haired boys' assurance that he was simply kidding around and there was no reason for him to be physically and emotionally attracted to her. That gave a little bit of relief, but they weren't biologically related, they were only related through those papers her father and stepmother signed. Other than that, they had nothing binding them from actually loving each other, except of course taboo and whatnot.

'Aelita, please be rational, this type of thinking isn't doing much good, anyways, I'm a careful girl and even though it's judging at first glance I'm not the suitable girl for Odd-kun. Odd-kun seems to like girls that are frivolous and rather like those ganguro girls at Arashii High. Plus, we're cousins just like he said; he's not a devil-type, well he never said that directly, and he said I was stuck with a devil of a cousin, but he honestly couldn't be, like that…' Aelita paused and stole a glance at the blonde Italian, watching him slowly lick his lips, 'Right?'

"So Princess, why'd your dad marry my aunt? She's loud and once was a party girl, it's hard to picture her with your dad since he looks all calm and stuff, and he looks like one of those college professors."

Snapping out of her reverie, Aelita faced Odd, her expression wide and oblivious. He stared at her with a slighted expression; as if he was amused and annoyed that she wasn't exactly paying any attention to him. She nodded her head and stared out the window, she didn't feel completely at ease around him just yet, exposure to people like him could sometimes result in catastrophes.

"Father met her out on the street, crying her eyes out. Her friends had been secretly going out with her boyfriend of two years and she was going out with him for about …" Aelita paused, racking her mind for how many months did the woman go out with him.

"Six months." Odd offered both hands on the wheel and his eyes on the street. Aelita glanced at him and nodded her head. "Right, it was six months."

"After talking out her relationship problems they've kept in contact for the time-being and as time progressed, they both grew on each other," Aelita concluded. She stared at the rearview mirror, seeing a yellow Volkswagen follow close behind them. Twiddling with her burgundy-colored jumper, she felt the wind caress her roughly, the wind blowing her short hair in directions it was shortly limited to.

"Why'd you ask?" Aelita found herself asking. Well, she was curious, she heard Aunt Debbie talking on the phone to someone and Aelita thought that Odd's mother passed it on to the rest of the household.

"Yeah, I just wanted to hear what actually happened. I thought it would be something else, but they both sound the same," Odd said glancing at her for a split second before turning his attention back on the road. Aelita nodded, that was true…her father—at first had trouble telling her the actual story. Maybe he thought she wasn't old enough to know? Well, Odd was older but only by a year, he was older, so wouldn't they tell him the full story?

'Ahh…too many useless thoughts it's all and done with,' Aelita shook her head. Why was she getting all worked up over just a past thing? Was she too nervous to be around her new cousin that she felt like she needed to get her mind out of her current position? It certainly sounds like it, but Odd-kun was being so nice to her and making conversation with her that she felt a little guilty for thinking he was like one of those people back in Japan.

"Odd-kun, where are we going?" Aelita questioned, turning to face the blonde-haired Italian.

"Hmm? –kun?" Odd questioned, turning away from the road slowly to face her. He snapped his head back on to the road as the car beside them beeped.

"Oh that…" Odd interrupted her.

"Yeah, there were other words you said when we left the house. Something with a "I" and the other was with a "I" too. What is that? Japanese or something?" Odd asked. Aelita looked at him and nodded her head.

"You're right, it is Japanese. "Ittekimasu" as you heard me say earlier means "I'm leaving" and what my father said in response was "Itterashai" and that means "Please return safely"," Aelita explained, placing her hand on her ear, trying to keep her hair in place.

"Oh that's cool. But," Odd paused, "what does –kun mean?"

"As in Odd-kun?" Aelita heard a "mhm" in response and she stared out at the blue sky, "-kun is extension of a persons' name and it is usually used for the guys. The meaning in English is "Mr."

"Oh I see, I see," Odd murmured nodding his head, "are there other meanings?"

"Yes, it's also used for male pets," Aelita replied, not thinking of how that sounded to Odd. Aelita stared at Odd, his eyes bulging a little and his expression a little bit crossing the line of "WTF" as she seen many people explain it. Aelita didn't get it, it was used for male pets, and there was nothing wrong with that, right?

Author's Note:

Wow, another chapter since yesterday. You people have a way for an author to update as fast as they can. Maybe it's because that it's closing in on Halloween and the other holidays that I decided to be nice. Maybe you'll re-read "I think I" out of boredom on waiting those little brats (like those little girls that have been wearing the last installation of this era's "advertising for kid pornography" I mean honestly, fishnets and corsets? What's going through the minds of people these days? Nothing productive is coming out of today's television 'cept Animal Planet"

Oh well, just do the favor and review this poor soul's chapter and just maybe I'll update on Halloween night. :