After the Lyoko trip, Ulrich didn't have much time to talk to Yumi to make sure everything was okay between them. It was late and Ulrich, Aelita, Odd and Jeremy had to get back to the dorms as well as Yumi had to get home before her parents got worried.
Ulrich showed and changed, now he was laying on his bed staring up at the ceiling thinking about everything that had happened today, the fight Yumi and I had, plus making up and almost kissing. "Ulrich, Are you okay?" Odd asked coming into the room, he had his towel around his neck as he plopped onto his own bed.
"I almost kissed her today." Ulrich blurted out.
"Sissi?!" Odd chimed shooting up from the bed and looking at me. "Were you drunk? Did Sissi drug you?" He was worried.
Ulrich shook his head no. "I almost kissed Yumi." He answered as Ulrich sat up in a criss cross position. He looked over at the shocked Odd who seemed intriqued at the confession.
"I know, I was only teasing. Why didn't you, I mean I can see the way she looks at you, she wants you." Odd said.
"I regret not kissing her, I really should have...Do you really think she would have wanted me to?" I questioned.
"For sure, Dude. As I've said she wants you." Odd answers.
Ulrich stayed quiet as his thoughts ran around in his brian, he thought about it hard, did she want him, Did she want the two of them to be more than friends after all this time. Ulrich took a deep breath and looked over to Odd to find he was asleep, his red back to him. Ulrich sighed and smiled to himsel as he laid back down and stared up at the ceiling, Yumi on the brain.
"I'm going to tell her tomorrow, I'm going to tell her I'm in love with her." He whispered to himself.
During class while she listened to the teacher talk about the test they were going to have Friday, Yumi couldn't help but take a peak at her phone after hearing it vibrate. She smiled seeing it was Ulrich texting her. He wanted to meet in the Gym.
Yumi texted him back with an Okay.
After the bell rang, Yumi quickly made her way out of the classroom before she could be stopped by any classmate or even the teacher. She directed herself towards the Gym, determinded to meet up with Ulrich. That determination went down the drain for she was pulled back all of a sudden. Yumi looked to see it had been William Dunbar, a quirky smile on his face lighting up his blue eyes.
"Hey Yumi, I'm sorry to bother you." He said.
"You're not bothering me...What's up, William?" Yumi questioned, she peered over seeing the Gym in her sights. William was interrupting but she didn't want to say anything to make him feel bad, it was her nature for being a nice girl at heart.
"I need your help studying for our test since I missed some of the lessons because I was sick." He answered.
Yumi really wanted to decline at this time but instead she came out with. "Sure, Let's go sit somewhere and I'll let you look over my notes."
Yumi sadly looked over to the Gym again before walking off with William, The two sat at the picnic table, she placed her bag on the table next to her taking out the notes, She gave them to William. While he prepared to write them down, Yumi took a second to herself to text Ulrich to tell him that she couldn't make it and something had come up.
"Yumi, Are you okay?" William asked bringing me out of my thoughts.
"Yeah, I'm fine. How are you doing with the notes, Do you understand them at all?" Yumi asked. She rested my elbow on the table as she rested her head on one of her palms.
"Now that I've gotten them written, I will understand them by Friday., Thanks again, Yumi." He replied getting up grabbing his stuff and stuffing it into his bag
"Anytime." Yumi replied getting up and doing the same with her stuff, She was ready to walk off but she was caught off guard when he pulled her back. "Is there anything else I can help you with?" She questions.
He grabbed her hugging Yumi tightly, Yumi hugged him back. What she didn't expect when she pulled away from him was him placing his lips on hers, kissing her passionately.
After getting her text, Ulrich was disspaointed that she wasn't coming. He understood that she had things to do, After waiting he exited the Gym after getting a workout lecture from Jim. Ulrich decided to stroll around campus.
Ulrich turned the corner, coming across the picnic tables his eyes went wide seeing William and Yumi sharing a kiss.
Rage filled his beating heart and without thinking Ulrich stormed over just as they pulled away from each other, Ulrich angrily shoved William back away from Yumi and got between the two, Ulrich looked at Yumi.
"So this is why you cancelled on me, So you can go and make out with William?" Ulrich. snapped.
"Ulrich, you got it all wrong." Yumi said, her brown eyes glossed up.
"Yeah, If you would just calm down you would get the answers you want." William joined.
"Shut the fuck up, William." Ulrich snapped, he glared at him. Ulrich was about ready to punch him but Yumi pushed him away from William.
Yumi couldn't believe how he was acting. Yumi already knew it was wrong for William to do what he did but I didn't need Ulrich standing up and acting on it. Yumi stared at Ulrich before looking at William apologetically
"William could you go, I need to talk to Ulrich alone." She said.
"Fine, I'll go...I mean It will always be Ulrich..." William said walking off not even bothering to look back.
Yumi watched him leave and then turned to Ulrich and glared at him.
"See this is what I'm talking about, you never care to listen to the other side of things, you just react." Yumi says.
"I'm sorry, I can't change over night it takes time...If you want to be with William then that's your decision, I should go I'm sorry I bothered you..." Ulrich said, he was about to walk off when Yumi pulled him back.
"William kissed me, I never said I wanted to be with him. I'm sorry I couldn't make it, he needed my help...But I'm here now." Yumi answers hoping to calm him down.
Ulrich stared at her, he wanted to tell her, the words that were on the tip of his tongue but they never came so he held back once again. Now that it all sunk in, Ulrich felt stupid for acting the way he did but he couldn't help it, William always got under his skin, expecially when he was always around Yumi, always getting in the way of everything trying to be the better man.
"It was nothing...I need to go study." He said retreating walking off to the dorms.
Yumi stood there confused of how Ulrich just shut down, she watched him walk away, Yumi was fed up with Ulrich always hiding what he was going to say. She followed after him because she wasn't going to let him get away with this, Yumi knew he had something to get off his chest.
Yumi followed him up to the dorms and opened the door to his room and slamming it behind her. Yumi stood at the foot of the bed while he sat facing away from her. Yumi knew he wanted to avoid the conversation or the war.
"Come on, Ulrich. Spit it out..." Yumi ordered.
He just looked at her like he couldn't speak, She continued to stand and wait hoping he would get the courage to open up to her.