After their date in Notre Dame, they were peacefully walking back. But Git still felt bad about scaring him. I thought he wouldn't be scared as he was never scared when I sneak up to him to scare him. He thought as he peeked over at Remy. After few seconds, he found the right timing and asked, with a little guilt in his voice, "So, why were you scared when you weren't all the time?"

"I didn't know that you were gonna scare me," Remy sighed.

"But, when I normally try to scare you, you always catch me trying to scare you. How come you didn't know about it when I tried to scare you there?" Git asked.

"I guess it was because you were right next to me. Usually, I know that you're about to scare me when you crawl up to me. But this time was a little different."

"I see, Sorry about scaring you earlier," Git apologized.

"I'm okay." Remy seemed calm now.

They continued to walk quietly, but then, something slapped Remy's back of his head.

"OW!" Remy exclaimed, "Git, it's not funny!"

"I didn't do anything," Git said, confused. Then something slapped Git's back of his head. "Who's there? Why are you hitting us?" Git asked, startled.

"You guys must pay to go through our grate," a voice called.

"YOUR grate?" Git asked angrily. "There are no grates owned by anyone!"

"I guess we need to teach you some lessons there," the other voice said, kicking Remy in the stomach. As Remy fell in pain, other rat punched Git in a stomach. They both grunted in pain.

Remy and Git found two large silhouettes in the dark grate. "We're rats too, you know," Remy said. "We can see you in the dark."

"Come, let's get their rings!" One told the other. They were targeting their rings!

"Get them in the stomach!" The two silhouettes ran towards Git and Remy to attack them. All rats have great night vision. Git and Remy dodged the attack. Then Remy punched one in the back as Git kicked the other on the leg. They both fell, but didn't give up. Instead of attacking both of them, they decided to attack Git at once. They both tackled Git as one of them struggled to take the ring away from him. Remy saw a large stick from a distance. The two rats kept punching and scratching Git as they tried to take the ring away from him. "AAAHHHHHHH!" Git screamed as he struggled violently to escape their hurls. They even bit him hard. Those two rats were pretty strong and resistant. Remy quickly grabbed it and struck the two rats' back of their head as hard as he can. While the two rats fell and groaned in pain as they rubbed the back of their head to relieve the pain, Remy quickly escorted Git outside. Git tried to walk, but he winced as he was limping in pain as his face, arms, and legs were covered with scratches and bruises.

"Oh," Git winced, "they got me good."

"We need to get you out of here!" Remy said. Git nodded. But then the two rats grabbed Remy back inside the grate. They immediately struggled to get the ring from Remy. Remy and the two other rats got involved in a combat. Remy even kicked both of them in a face by luck, causing them to loose from Remy for a moment. At the fight time, Git quickly ran inside and struck both of their head with his arms. They both became unconscious immediately. Thankfully, they didn't hurt Remy as much as Git. When Remy got up, he felt the ring loose from his fingers. Git dragged the two unconscious rats as Remy picked the broken pieces of his ring. They were able to safely make it back to their colony. Git put their hands behind their backs and tied their wrists together.

"They attacked us on our way home," Git said as he tied them to the pole. "I knocked them out good, they won't get up for a while."

"Are you both okay?" Django asked concerningly.

"We're fine," Remy said.

"Oh, thank goodness," Emile said as he sighed.

"I'll walk him home now," Git said.

"Alright, be safe," Django said.

Git started to walk Remy back home. Remy looked at the scratches and bruises concerningly. "Those scratches look awful."

"I'm fine," Git said as he winced.

"What do you mean you're fine?" Remy said worriedly. "I'll put some medicine and bandages on you when we get home."

Remy escorted Git inside his home. He helped Git sit on the dining table. Remy placed the broken ring on the table.

"Did the ring break while you struggled with them?" Git asked as he examined the broken ring. It was shattered in four pieces, and two of them were bent. 

"Yes," Remy replied. "But I'm fine, stay here until I get hot water and the first aid kit." Remy microwaved the water to save time from boiling water and grabbed a first aid kit and brought them to the table. "Hold still, it will sting a little," Remy warned as he dipped the small towel in the hot water and squeezed the water out. Git winced as Remy carefully cleaned the wound with the towel. Then Remy dipped the cotton swab in the bottle of disinfectant and carefully tapped the wound with it. Git continued to wince even more painfully. He tightened his muscles to ease the stinging pain as Remy tapped his wounds with the disinfectant. "Sorry if that stings so much," Remy said as he withdrew the cotton swab from his wounds. "But endure it a little longer, okay?" He said soothingly as he continued to put the disinfectant on his scratches. When he was finished, he grabbed a bandage and wrapped it around his scratches. "There," he said as he finally finished treating him.

"I hope it gets better soon," Git said as he looked at the bandages. When he touched it, he winced again. "Oh ow..."

"Why would you touch it again?" Remy said as he slightly laughed.

"I don't know, because you did it, I guess." Git said as he continued to touch and caress the bandages. It felt very warm to him.

"Want something to eat?" Remy asked he walked towards the stove.

"Yes, please," Git said mellowly.

So Remy prepared ratatouille just like how he does to serve Anton Ego. He also prepared wine for both of them. Git enjoyed the satisfying dinner. "Mmmm," Git said as he savored the taste of Remy's ratatouille. They dined peacefully as they washed down the ratatouille with the wine that Remy prepared. However, Remy wasn't feeling at all happy as he ate. So, he filled his glass with more wine than usual. After Remy's wine glass reached the bottom, he started to pour more wine on his glass after he finished one, then another.

"Sometimes," Remy started suddenly as he drank his wine, "I wonder if you get tired of me and my cooking."

Git was confused. "What makes you say that?" Then he realized that Remy already drank three glasses of wine as he placed his elbow on the table and put his hand over his forehead. Oh, he's just drunk. Then he saw Remy passed out gently. Git watched him as Remy snored quietly. Wow, even his snoring is adorable. Git thought as he smiled warmly as he listened to him snore. Oh, what am I thinking? Git silently watched Remy snooze away. He must have been having a hard time, if he didn't drink so moderately that he became too drunk that he knocked out immediately.

Looking back, when they were in the previous colony before they sailed to Paris, Remy had no real friends to hang out with. Sure, other rats respected him for his sense of smell, but Remy tended to be isolated from other rats. He couldn't get along with lack of connections with other rats. Due to his loneliness, he had to isolate himself through cooking, improvising, and working in the restaurant. Being rat is already difficult enough. On top of that, he is pretending to be a human so that he can cook. Why does his dream have to so hard, even though he achieved it? Git thought. All these time he says he's enjoying it. But stress also comes with happiness, especially if you have unexpected downfall. Then he saw a drop of tear running down from Remy's eyes. Git gently wiped Remy's tears with his hand. Remy, you poor little thing... Git thought compassionately.

Git slowly picked him up, walked towards the windowsill, carefully placed him on his bed, placed his arms around the stuffed bear that he gave him, and covered him with the blanket. Git sat on the small cushion that was on the other side of the windowsill. Git sat down as he sympathetically sighed and watched Remy as he slept. I will make you a happy rat someday. I will. Just wait Remy. Git thought as he decided to take a leave. He then remembered Remy's broken ring. He took it, exited the apartment. Before he went so far, he turned back to the apartment and said, "I'm not tired of you, Remy," and disappeared in the darkness of the street. 

A/N: Can you relate with Remy? I surely can... Don't worry. You'll have someone to talk to and rely on, or even lean on. What do you think what will happen to the broken ring? Get ready for next chapter!