Unattainable

One kiss will change a friendship. One night will change a life. An AxJ and AxO oneshot. Rated M for subject matter and descriptions.

Disclaimer: Code Lyoko was created by Tania Palumbo and Thomas Romain. It was produced by Antefilms and then by MoonScoop. It is aired in France by France 3 and in America by Cartoon Network. The author is neither employed by or affiliated with any of the above companies or entities. All characters, locales, and other non-original entities are property of the parties mentioned above. All rights reserved.

It started with a kiss.

When Odd heard that both Herve and Nikolas had infiltrated the factory and were dangerously close to finding out the secret that he and his friends had hidden away for so long, he came up with a fool proof plan to get them away from the property as soon as possible. The plan was to have the duo catch him and Aelita kissing in the factory, causing them to go away, embarrassed that they interrupted an intimate moment between two people. There was no way it could fail. Odd and Aelita had just renewed their friendship after a big argument earlier in the day. Considering that the fate of their secret was at stake, he thought that she would gladly agree to do this one thing for the good of the team. In his mind, the most difficult thing to do was to convince Jeremie it was a good idea.

To his surprise, Odd found that it was not hard to convince Jeremie that the plan would work. He knew that he would get some resistance out of him. After all, Odd knew that Jeremie was madly in love with the pink-haired princess. The very thought of another man even thinking about laying his lips on hers, even if that man was a good friend of his, made his blood boil. However, for the good of the mission, he knew that sacrifices had to be made and that this was one of them. Against his wishes, he agreed to Odd's request and had Aelita come back to Earth to execute the plan.

While Odd found it rather easy to convince Jeremie the plan was good, he found it much harder to convince Aelita the same thing. Like Jeremie, she knew that keeping the secret away from Nikolas and Herve was important. Having them know about the factory would put themselves and the world in jeopardy. She took Jeremie's feelings into account, however, and thought about what this would do to him. She liked him as more than a friend and she knew that he felt the same way. Despite her desire to just come out and tell him how she feels, she was always told by the other girls in Kadic that the boy has to be the one who proclaims his feelings first. With that knowledge, she chose to wait and wait until he would say something. His timidness, however, prevented him from saying anything, leaving their relationship in a silent state of limbo. In her mind, if Jeremie saw her kissing another man, even a close friend like Odd, he would be left heartbroken and may never seem like the same person she fell in love with again. Jealousy could drive him to change from being innocent and sweet to being bitter and angry in seconds. That was a risk she was not willing to take. After some convincing by Odd, however, Aelita's mind began to change. In her head, she saw that there was a way to get what she wanted while protecting the secret. She had decided to go forward with the plan.

The duo got themselves composed then headed for the freight elevator. Odd hit the elevator button that led to the ground floor. As the doors closed, he placed his hands by his side and sighed loudly. "Are you ready to do this?" he asked.

Aelita looked at the corner of the elevator where Jeremie had placed a security camera. Ever since rescuing her from the digital world of Lyoko, Jeremie had made it a point to install cameras all over the factory to alert him if anything shady was going on. She then turned to Odd and nodded. "Ready."

With one more floor to go, Odd prepared himself for the big act. "Alright, on the count of three. One... two..."

Odd's count was stopped when Aelita stood in front of him and planted her lips against his. The move caught the Kadic Casanova by surprise. The way he saw it, he was supposed to embrace Aelita before locking her into a kiss. Instead, with her being bold enough to make the first move, all he could do was stand there with his eyes wide open and his arms almost flapping on his sides. To call the move unexpected was being kind.

Herve and Nikolas stood there motionless as the elevator rose to the ground floor and revealed the two friends showing them that they were more than just friends. They were confused. After all, everyone knew that Jeremie and Aelita were head over heels for each other. Yet their eyes saw that it was was Odd that had captured her heart first. All they could do was stand there in disbelief.

"So, you guys enjoying the show?" Odd teased as Aelita finally moved away from him.

The two friends looked at each other, trying to find some kind of answer to give to Odd. In the end, they had nothing and simply walked away without saying a word.

Aelita and Odd waited for a bit before bursting into laughter. As she hit the elevator button to go back to the control room, Aelita turned to Odd. "That was a good plan, Odd. It really worked well."

"Yeah," he responded, "a bit too well?"

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, nothing," he said, trying to drop the subject. The truth, however, was that Odd didn't just say something without any merit towards it. Odd felt something moments ago that he had never felt before. That kiss wasn't just a meaningless kiss. It felt magical. It sparked up feelings that he had never felt whenever he kissed all those girls he had met during his long dating career. What was just supposed to be a ploy to drive Herve and Nikolas away gave Odd a side effect he was not expecting. Looking at her eyes and her face as the elevator made the descent deeper into the factory, Odd was certain that he knew exactly what he was feeling that very moment.

Odd Della Robbia was in love with Aelita Schaeffer.

That was one year ago.

Yes, one Chapter of a fic that's incomplete. Not something you usually see from me but I'm trying something new here. Enjoy this one. A new Chapter is coming soon.