The morning sunlight hit Remy's eyes through the window. Remy woke up as the sun kept hitting him in the eyes. Ugh, just five more minutes. Remy groaned as he put his face down on the pillow. He had a pleasant dream that he wanted to go back and continue his dream. What kind of dream was it that made him not want to wake up? Git. But the alarm rang for his clock so he had to get up and get to work. He hopped out of the windowsill, washed his face, and got off to work after leaving Linguini's breakfast on the table.

It was just like any other days. Only, he was still grooving on the starry night yesterday. Last night was incredible. Remy thought as he let out a deep sigh as he stirred the soup. After giving it a deep sniff, he had Colette pour it on a bowl so Linguini can serve it. For some reason, the soup was very popular before the lunch break. Though Remy wished that he can serve varieties, he was still glad that first time people gave him a little time of relaxation. Soup was the easiest food for him to cook. During lunch break, only Git came to visit.

"Hey there!" Git greeted as he walked in.

"Hey!" Remy greeted back as he waved.

"Last night was amazing, wasn't it?" Git asked delicately.

"Sure, it was," Remy agreed as he gently nodded.

Throughout the lunch break, Remy and Git talked about last night, Git's 'work' day with Emile, how the life it is in colony, how the bistro is running, and all of the fun things that they have experienced. In fact, they were having too much fun that, well, they didn't realize that the other problem was going to hit them for little while...

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After the closing hour, Git came by again to pick Remy up. They walked together arm in arm through the night street of Paris. As they were walking, they were talking about how the day went after the lunch break.

"Any problems in the bistro today?" Git asked.

"Nope, just the usual day at the bistro," Remy replied, "but it seems like it is getting busier since the customer is increasing as the soup is starting to taste better and the new chicken steak has good reviews."

"Well, I'm proud of you," Git said with a tender smirk across his chin. They they both started to laugh mildly as they continued to walk through the street. Then suddenly, a voice came from a dark pipe.

"Aren't you happy after dumping me?" a female rat said as she came out from the dark pipe. Git and Remy stopped. Git's smile disappeared. Remy looked at the female rat, confused. The female rat had a very rosy red lips, very purple eyelid, very pink-ish red fur, and very short and sharp nails.

"What are you doing here?" Git asked sternly.

"Who is she?" Remy whispered to him.

"Oh, just in case you don't know what my name is, my name is Rouge," the female rat said, "and just letting you know he was about to date me at some point. I was this close at accepting me, but I guess he was too shy."

"Wh-what do you mean?" Remy asked, confused.

"Remy, to make a long story short, she is the rat that Emile put me up a blind date with," Git said so that Remy would not misunderstand. "Don't worry, I'm not interested in her in any way. Trust me." Then he turned angrily at Rouge and said, "I thought I told you that I was not interested in you! Leave me alone!"

"Maybe you aren't, but I am," Rouge said, then she asked tauntingly, "By the way, who is that wimpy rat beside you?"

"He is my boyfriend," Git said as he let Remy go behind his back to protect him.

"So, you're, gay?" Rouge looked pretty disgusted. She clenched her teeth and tightened her eyebrows.

"You know, I don't care if you're against this type of romance," Git said sternly. "He is a much better rat to be with than you are."

"I get it, but wimpy rat like that?" Rouge asked.

"Don't you dare call him a wimp!" Git warned.

"My bad," Rouge said as she shrugged as if it was nothing, "It's just that you don't deserve that country rat. He has no charm in the first place."

"I want you to stop insulting him," Git said sternly, "he has great talent, and doesn't have disgusting personality like you do."

"Yeah, right," Rouge scoffed as she crossed her arms, "I don't know what else you like about him. He doesn't look physically attractive at all," Remy started to get very angry at her words. Then she noticed their rings. "You guys even have rings? You're behaving like humans, aren't you? Uggh! That's disgusting." She looked pretty disgusted and acted as she was about to throw up. Now that made Remy furious that he clenched his fists. Rouge snickered as she saw Remy clenched his fists. "Oh, look at you, trying to look strong."

"You better stop," Remy said murderously calm as he stepped forward.

"Ooh, scary," Rouge taunted.

"I warn you," Remy said even more sternly.

"I dare you," Rouge taunted him with even more insulting manner.

"Oh you asked for it, you sick little wench," Remy was about to insult Rouge very badly, and probably even punch her, but then Git quickly stopped him before the situation became worse. Rouge just stood there.

"Oo-kay, that's enough," Git said as he tried to drag him away, "let's go home, Remy." He turned to Rouge and said, "And you better leave both of us alone." He walked away angrily and quickly. He didn't turn back to look at her.

Rouge watched as Remy and Git walked away without looking behind. Just wait, Git. I will soon get you away from that wimpy rat that you don't deserve. You deserve a sexy rat like me. Rouge thought as she smiled slyly. She walked away. She kept walking... toward the direction of the colony.

Git and Remy eventually got in front of his house. Git peeked over at Remy's facial expression. He thought Remy would be furious, but he looked very depressed.

"Look," Git started cautiously, "I'm sorry. I didn't want you to be involved with this."

"It's okay," Remy said, "the blind date must have been hard for you based on my impression of her."

"Yeah," Git said, "believe me, I don't hold any romantic feelings for her."

"I know, I know," Remy said understandingly as they embraced each other.

"See you tomorrow," Git said, still embracing him, and gently kissed Remy before he left. Remy went back in, did all of his night chores, and climbed up to the windowsill to get ready to sleep.

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Remy was half asleep. He suddenly heard a sound. Psssssssssst! Remy, half awake, looked around to see what it was. When he looked out the window, Git was standing outside, trying to catch attention.

"What are you doing here?" Remy asked as he opened the window for him.

"Believe it or not, Rouge is staying at the colony," Git said as he walked in. "Your dad actually welcomed her."

"Oh my goodness," Remy said as he put his hand over his face. When he read the clock, it seemed to be around 9:30.

"So I sneaked out so that we don't interact," Git said, "she is too creepy."

"What is wrong with her?" Remy asked, a little irritated, "She never gives up!"

"Anyways," Git started, "may I spend the night here? I can't imagine what she'll do to me. She is too clingy to leave others alone. She even recognized Emile, and he might force me to talk to her and get with her."

"Sure," Remy said without any hesitation, "I'll get you something to sleep on,"

"It's fine," Git said before Remy was about to climb out of the windowsill, "I can sleep fine on the windowsill."

"All right," Remy said as he climbed back into the bed, "good night."

"Good night," Git replied. Then they stopped worrying for now and went back to sleep.

A/N: So who hates Rouge? I know I do. What kind of mischief do you think Rouge have in mind? Will she break up Remy and Git? Well let's find out on the next chapter!