Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko
Author's Note: So I got bored and decided to write a cute fic that wasn't all happy…idk why. Anyway, I know it's summer, and if you live in Texas like I do, it's like 100 degrees, but I wanted to write a wintery scene this time. I hope you enjoy
Frozen
It was freezing. Ulrich tried to focus on the cold, the way it bit into his skin and made his fingers ache. He tried to see the tiny specks of snow that were falling and melting before they even hit the ground, or to glance at the gray sky. He'd rather focus on the outer cold then his own inner cold.
Her stuff was packed in several suitcases that were piled outside the red station wagon. Although the rest of the Ishiyama family was already sitting in the car, Yumi stood in the cold, staring around the group.
Idly, she messed with her scarf, braiding together the dangling bits of fabric at the end. Then she cleared her throat and set her dark eyes upon the group of forlorn teens around her.
"I'm...I'm really going to miss you guys."
"Don't worry," the ever-cheerful Odd muttered. "We'll just have to come visit you in Japan."
For the first time that day, Yumi smiled too. "Of course."
With Odd and Jeremie's help, she loaded her luggage into the back of the moving truck parked out front. Ulrich stood frozen, both inside and out, watching.
"Promise to write," Odd said.
"Only if you promise to learn to read," she joked. They embraced, then she turned and hugged Jeremie. Aelita, who was silently crying next to Ulrich, ran up and threw her arms tightly around the Japanese girl.
"I wish you didn't have to go."
Yumi sighed. "Me too..."
Ulrich stuffed his hands idly into his pockets, sighing. This was the moment to tell her everything; everything he had been meaning to say to her in the years since they had met. What was stopping him, now that she was leaving?
Still, he couldn't do it. When Aelita stepped away from Yumi and Yumi turned her dark eyes on him, Ulrich stared awkwardly at his feet.
"I hope you find happiness in Japan," he whispered.
"Thank you Ulrich."
She closed off the distance between them with a hug. Her arms wrapped around his neck tightly, as if she was afraid to let him go. After a few seconds, he pulled her close and rested his head atop hers.
"Yumi...there's something I should say-"
"Yumi!" Mrs. Ishiyama stuck her head out the window. "We have to go now or we'll miss our flight!"
She pulled away from Ulrich quickly, jumping at her mother's stern voice.
She reached down to pick up her bag, slinging it over her shoulder. "Well guys...I guess this is bye."
Everyone was teary-eyed, even the strong Yumi. With one last look, she turned and crawled into the car.
"Sorry man," Odd whispered to Ulrich, putting his arm around the other boy.
"I couldn't tell her..."
As the car pulled out the driveway, Yumi stared out the back window, watching her friends. Her eyes locked with Ulrich's, and in the fog caused by the cold, she drew a heart into the glass.