Haiyo! Here's my fluffy chappy 4 for ya! Hope u like it as much as Helena likes Yoyo!

Yoyo: Get her away from me!!!

Helena: Yoyo!! Come back!!!!!!!!!!!!

D14: let's get on with the story ;

Chapter 4: The sounds of music

Beat sat in his dark and desolate room, thinking about the day before. What was really bugging him was the sight of Rhyth and Corn snuggled up together on the couch. He didn't understand. Why was he ticked off over something like that? Rhyth was just weird and giddy. Beat growled quietly as he pouted on the bed, his hand resting protectively over his wound. "Stupid Rhyth…" He glared at the wall in disgust. Corn didn't deserve Rhyth. Nope. She was way too cute- "AUGH!" Beat sat up. "Rhyth isn't cute… is she?" It was then that he realized that he was still wearing his goggles and headphones from the night before. He pulled them off and let out a yawn. "Man… what's with me today?"

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"Hey, Rhyth!" Yoyo ran up to the small girl and hung his arm off her neck. "Happy Birthday." He added quietly.

"Thanks." Rhyth messed up Yoyo 's hair as he let go of her.

"Hey." Yoyo wore a wide grin on his face. "Guess what I got."

Rhyth looked at Yoyo suspiciously. "What."

The grin on Yoyo' s face just got bigger. He pulled the girl over to the kitchen. There was a plate with a metal bowl over it. Yoyo lifted the bowl to reveal a large slice of vanilla cake. There was white, pink and blue icing on the top and was bedecked with those crunchy icing roses. "Tadaaa!" Yoyo said in a singsong tone. "Do you like it?"

Rhyth stared at the cake for a few seconds. Then a smile started to form. "Thank you, Yoyo!" Rhyth ran over to the boy and hugged him. "You are such a good friend!" She then gave him a kiss on the cheek and let go. Yoyo blushed furiously. "Sorry, Yoyo." Rhyth started to blush too. "Do you want a piece of cake?"

Yoyo 's face started to go back to its original colour. "Sure."

Rhyth opened one of the drawers and started to rummage through it. She found a knife and put it down on the counter. She then found two forks. Rhyth walked over to the cake and cut it in half.

"I'm going to go to my room, okay?" She looked down at her bare feet. Her Indigo hair fell over her eyes. "Beat looked mad last night…Maybe I should go visit him… it would make him feel better…" Rhyth then smiled. "Thanks again, Yoyo! I promise to repay you!" She said cheerfully. She then turned on her heel and walked out of the room with her piece of cake in her hand.

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"Beat?" Rhyth tapped on the wooden door gently. "It's me, Rhyth. Can I come in?"

At first there was silence, but then he heard the sound of a muffled "Sure" coming through the door. She turned the doorknob slowly and crept into the room. It took a few seconds for her eyes to adjust to the darkness. There was paper everywhere. She placed the plate down on a dresser and lifted up one of the sheets from the floor. There was nothing but lines, squiggles and dots. She then realized that this was music. Rhyth hummed the music quietly. It was pretty good.

"You can read music?" It was only then that she noticed where Beat was. She dropped the paper and turned to him.

"Sorry." She said quickly. Her cheeks turned a rosy shade of pink once again. "I didn't know it was private." She closed her eyes, waiting for him to yell at her, but nothing came. Rhyth opened an eye to see Beat smiling. It wasn't the usual smirk that appeared on his lips and his eyes didn't flash with hatred at her.

"It's okay." Beat leaned forward. His brown eyes shone despite the fact that they were in the dark. "You must be the first girl rudie I ever met that could read music."

"Oh…" Rhyth looked down. "It was good. Do you play?"

"Yeah." Beat gestured his head to the guitar in the corner. "I play a little." He then looked over at the plate that Rhyth had placed down on the dresser. "What's that?"

"It's cake." The girl replied happily. Rhyth had now become comfortable around Beat and could say things without thinking them over.

"It's your birthday, isn't it?" The boy leaned back onto the wall.

"Oh yeah. You heard." Rhyth said smiling. "Do you want a piece?"

"Uh… no thanks."

"Oh… okay." Rhyth took the plate and headed for the door.

"You can stay if you want." Beat said quietly. Rhyth turned around, shocked about what she had heard. Beat just gave her a look that made her stop staring. She finally walked over and sat down on his bed.

"So. You can play?"

"Yeah." He looked over at the guitar and smiled slightly. "It's been a while, though…"

Rhyth and Beat ended up sitting with an uncomfortable silence surrounding them. They sat quietly, listening to the sound of their breathing and the music downstairs. Rhyth finally broke the silence.

"Could you play something for me?" She asked timidly. She blushed and curled up into a cross-legged position looking at her bare feet.

"I guess…" Beat ran a hand through his hair. He then reached over and pulled the guitar over by the neck. It was a pretty guitar, nothing special, just a regular wooden guitar. It was in fine shape though, and the gloss finish made it shine slightly. Beat rested it on his lap and plucked one of the strings. It was a little flat. He twisted the peg until it was in tune again. Beat did the same with the other five. Rhyth watched this with interest as he strummed the strings with his fingers. Beat finally noticed and looked up. "Where did you learn to read notes, anyway?"

Rhyth looked down at all of the paper on the ground. "My… dad used to play in a band. It was called RYU." (It means dragon for people who didn't know)

Beat was interested now. "Who was your dad?"

"Ren." She replied quietly. "He was the nicest father a kid could ever have. He would always spend time with me despite the fact that he was famous. Dad even gave me my own nickname that I use now. He even took me and mom with him on his world tours." Tears started to form in her eyes. "At the last concert of one of his world tours… my mom and dad were assassinated along with the other members of the group. My dad died when I was in his arms…" Rhyth finally broke down and started to cry. She covered her face with her hands, trying not to let the tears flow out, but she was failing miserably. Rhyth suddenly felt a pair of warm, firm hands rest on her shoulders.

"I'm sorry, Rhyth." Beat said quietly. "I didn't know…" She looked up to see those familiar warm brown eyes. Rhyth had never really seen Beats eyes like this because they were usually hidden behind his goggles or filled with hatred.

Before Rhyth could stop herself, she through her arms around him, leaving them both in a state of shock. Rhyth started to let go when Beat wrapped his arms around her. They sat together like that for a long time, never wanting to let go.

Tada! Chapter five will be up very soon! Review please!!!