Rats à l'amour <| Ratatouille

3 - Meeting again-

As Remi fell into the kitchen Sophia tried reaching him but couldn't. She watched him fall but them lost him. Her rage came up as she started punching the glass.

Finally she had met another rat who was like her. She could see it in his eyes. They weren't filled with survival but with ideas. And now she had lost him. She whipped away a tear she didn't knew had fallen and walked of to the roof.

Her first friend, gone.

She finally reached the bottom of the building. Another tear slipped from her eye as she jumped down into the sewers.

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Sophia was walking into one of the deserted alleyways. It had been a couple of days after she had last saw Remi and she had no idea if he was alive or dead.

She shuddered at that thought.

She was walking on two paws making the object she was carrying one her back shift. It was her most precious possession, her violin. It had taken her years to make it. She had learned herself to play it. It took a good year but she made a couple of songs that sounded good.

She walked a bit further, but was stuck to the ground with shock.

Their sat Remi on a red and white cloth eating grapes and cheese. She ran to him and hugged him.

He was stunned for a second but quickly hugged back. She let go of him, much to his dismay and looked at him.

"I'm so glad you are alright" she said with the accent he missed so much the couple of days. Not that he didn't hear the accent but her voice just made it special. "What happened"

He was taken back by this question. Should he tell her about Linguini? She would probably hate him for trusting humans. But he just couldn't lie to her.

"I have been helping in the kitchen" her eyes widened. Uh oh here it comes.

"And you weren't killed??" He shook his head. "Well that's great. How is it like?"

He just blinked. She was definitely something else.

"Great, it's just amazing." He stood up and made gestures in the air. He told her everything that had happened after he fell. She just looked at him with wide eyes and a smile.

When he was finally done he looked at her for some reaction. She jumped up from the ground and started spinning him around.

"That's amazing Remi, I'm so happy for you" he laughed at her and she laughed back.

He then noticed the violin on her back. "What's that??" He pointed to it. She smiled and pulled it of her back.

"It's my treasure, I made it" she was so proud of it. It was an amazing piece of craftsmanship.

"A violin?" Remi asked with eyes full of wonder.

"Yes" she smiled at him.

"Can you play?"

"A bit" he nodded and sat down on the place she just had sat and looked at her. She went turned a bright shade of red but raised the violin to her neck. She closed her eyes and started playing. (Music above)

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She finished the song and opened her eyes to see a stunned Remi. She smiled and lowered her violin again. He blinked a couple of times and started clapping.

"That was amazing!!" She blushed bright red again and placed her violin on her back. She sat next to him.

"Now show me what you can do" he stared at her unknown what to do but then it clicked so he stood up and grabbed a grape from the vine.

"Close your eyes" she did as told. He handed her a piece of cheese "And now take a bite out of this" she could smell the food in his hand so she took it and slowly took a bite. "Chew it slowly, only think of the taste." It was rich and creamy but also a faint taste of salt. "Can you see it, creamy, salty sweetness. And oaky nuttiness."

She could only nod. She was to intrigued by the taste. Remi on the other hand was thrilled. Finally someone who understood him. She just trust him. Like that. He didn't even knew her longer than two days and still here she was, sitting quietly while listening to him.

"Can you detect that?" She nodded and opened her blue orbs.

"Yes, it's creamy but still a little bit salty" he nodded at her with a large smile. He handed her a grape.

"Close your eyes and taste this." She nodded and took it in her other paw. She closed her eyes again and took a bite.

It was totally different. It was fresh and sweet. A little bit sour, but still sweet.

"Totally different, right?" She nodded again. "Now try them together." She swallowed and put them both together. It was amazing, sweet, sour, salt and creamy al together. Nutty but fresh, it tasted like heaven.

"Hmmm" what's the only thing she could mumble.

It tasted like her song. Soft bit with sharp edges.

Remi nodded with his paws clasped together. "And like this you can make infinite combinations like sweet and sour with nuttiness and saltines." She opened her eyes and smiled at him.

"It's just like my music. You can combine different notes with edginess to create different songs." She leaned forward just like him. There nose where now touching so they quickly moved away.

"W-want to t-taste some more?" He asked her. She eagerly nodded and so now they where both sitting on the cloth. Both eating grapes and talking to each other. Getting to know each other better.