Okay, I don't own rave master or any of the characters except for Trent and Fifi

Chapter 4

Fifi and Trent got off the bus right in fount of the apartment complex Elie lived in

"How do you know where she lives?" Fifi asked as she eyed down her best friend suspiciously.

Trent blushed. "Uhh… Lucky guess?"

Fifi decided she didn't want to know and walked forward into the building. They rode the elevator to the third floor and went down the hall to room number 31A. Again Fifi didn't want to know how he knew where to go.

Trent knocked on the door and patiently waited for someone to reply. Unfortunately It was Elie's guardian Musica who answered the door.

Trent's face went pale almost immediately and palms began to sweat profusely. Uh oh. What was Trent going to do now? He completely forgot about him. "Okay don't panic" he thought to himself. He went over in his mind all of the out comes this could result in.

A.) Musica would slam the door in his face.

B.) Musica could physically hurt him and then slam the door.

C.) A black hole would randomly open up and save him from this situation.

Trent was about to go over some of the other results. Ones that got more absurd the more he went down the list, when an outcome he didn't see coming at all occurred.

"You Elie's friends from school?" Musica asked

Trent tried his best to answer but when he finally summoned the courage to open his mouth the only thing that came out was a pathetic girly gasping noise. Once again Fifi came to his rescue.

"Uh Y-yes." she spoke a little intimidated herself. What could she say. This guy had the face of someone ready to dish out trouble for anyone who looked at him wrong, like a gang banger or a criminal. Not that it was a scary face, it was just….Tough looking. Yeah that's the right way to describe it. Unlike most of the posers at their school who would act all tough and cool but probably turn tail and run at the first sign of a real brawl, this guy looked like he could back up his attitude.

"Alright, she's in the living room. I gotta spit, seeya." Musica said so casually that he surprised them both.

"Really? you're leaving us alone in your big cozy old apartment with her?" Trent said out loud. Then he caught himself, fully realizing that was probably the wrong thing to say. He tried to save himself. "Because you can trust us completely! It's not like we'd do anything uh y-you know…" Trent decided to end it there. It way like every word he spoke dug his grave a little bit deeper with every syllable.

Musica didn't seem to notice, either that or he didn't care. "you won't be alone, Haru's here too. Heh, it's about time I can finally have someone I can trust around her. I can't wait till she's safe and sound at his place on Garage island. I mean it's not like I'm not gonna miss her, but it will be a relief to know she's with someone like him." After that Musica just walked right past Fifi and Trent and left.

Trent was about to spazz out. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA FOR THEM TO LIVE TOGETHER!? THE WORLDS MOST PROTECTIVE GARDIAN?! The only good thing about Musica being here was that Trent was sure he'd be on his side. Is there a gas leak in this building?

Trent was about to shout out at Musica's fleeting form when Fifi stopped him. "Nice meeting you!" She called out.

They went inside.

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Inside Musica's apartment, It seemed like a relatively nice place. It wasn't the palace of Versailles in France, but it seemed like a sweet place to live for two people, and just so long as those two people were Elie and her guardian, Trent would be satisfied. Now all he had to do was prove how great this place was to her and Maybe Elie would stay.

boxes were stacked up one on top of another. Elie stood in the middle of the livening room struggling to keep her balance while carrying a very large box that she could not see over.

Trent ran over to her. "Oh, let me help you with that Elie." Trent exclaimed as he took one of the sides to the box to help her steady it.

"Thanks." Elie replied. However her grateful expression turned into a confused one when she saw the face of the one helping her. "Trent? What are you doing here?"

He blushed at her, "Oh, I was just thinking that you would need some help with moving and all. Being that moving can be such a hassle. Some would even say it's just not worth all the trouble."

Fifi sighed, still standing in the doorway. "Very smooth Trent." She thought to herself.

"How did you know where I live?" Elie asked innocently.

Trent's once rosy face quickly lost all color as he tried to come up with a good, not creepy sort of answer for her. "Uh……… You told me?"

"I don't remember telling you." She said thoughtfully as if she was trying to remember if that was true or not. After a few seconds she just shrugged it off. "Then again, it wouldn't be the first time I forgot something."

Trent's face filled with relief. She bought it.

"Well that's very sweet of you to help me. Here take this box for me." She let go of the large box and handed it off to Trent. Now that it was just him carrying the box, he realized how heavy it was. It felt like it was breaking his back!

He took a deep breath, suppressed all noises of discomfort and put on a happy face, although it wasn't hard to spot his misery. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and his cheeks turned red again, although not for the same reasons as before. However, he sucked it all up until Elie left the room to get another box.

Finally he dropped it, hoping that nothing fragile was in there. As he was caching his breath, he notice a little stuffed animal sitting on top of the television. Trent recognized it from when Elie had brought it to school with her a few times in the past. It looked like a little stuffed snowman.

Trent had never seen it up close before, but now that he got a good look at it, it seemed kind of cute. "Aww." He muttered to himself. He reach out to touch it to get a better look when all of a sudden.

"Puun."

"Kyaaaa" Trent squealed as he pulled his hand back startled. It spoke! It was alive!

"Heh heh, Don't worry, he won't hurt you." Trent looked behind him to see who it was who just said that, and wouldn't you know it was the reason His and Elie's relationship was in trouble in the first place. Haru just stood in the door way in fount of the kitchen, holding a few boxes himself, just smirking innocently at Trent making a fool of himself.

Trent's reaction even got Fifi to giggle from the other side of the room, and just to make things even more embarrassing, Elie choose that time to reenter. "Plue's just a Dog, even though I think he's a bug." she said as she smiled at Trent. Great, could she hear him the whole time?

Not knowing what to say, Trent just gave an awkward smile and replied "Heh Heh, Uh yeah , Uh the little guy just startled me is all". Trent looked back to Plue. Now that he knew it was alive, Trent thought it was more creepy than cute.

He took a step to the left. Plue'e eyes followed him. He took a step to the right. Plue's eyes followed him. No matter what he did, Plue watched him expectantly The little thing refused to break eye contact. How could anyone not think that was creepy?

"Hey I've got an idea, Trent. How about the girls pack, while we take the boxes down to the car." Haru suggested with a smile on his face as he picked up the box that Trent was having trouble holding.

Poor Trent was both embarrassed and amazed at how much stronger Elie' new boyfriend was compared to him. Not only could he pick it up with ease, but he also stacked two other heavy looking boxes on top of it. Haru looked like he wasn't putting much effort into carrying what felt like a trillion tons to him.

"Yeah right, Trent couldn't carry one of those boxes out the door, let alone all the way down to the street." Fifi joked.

"Perfect than you and Haru can carry them down to the street while me and Elie can stay up here by ourselves and pack." Trent said as he forced a smaller box onto Fifi hands.

Fifi was a little taken back by Trent's rude request. "W-what? No, I don't-

"Alright, Fifi is it? Lets get going." Haru cut her off and walked out the door..

Fifi was more than ready to refuse when Trent gently shoved her out the door and closed it behind her. "Thanks Fifi! Trent exclaimed as the door slammed.

"Grrr." was all Fifi could mutter as she turned to follow Haru. The whole walk down the hall to the elevator all she did was grumble under her breath about Trent being dumb and insensitive. Either Haru didn't hear her from how far ahead of her he was, or it didn't bother him enough for him to speak up about it.

As they got to the elevator Haru waited patiently for Fifi to press the button. He would have done it himself but seeing as how his hands were full and it would be rude to just go on ahead without her he waited for her to catch up.

By the time they were in the elevator Fifi ceased her grumbles and just moved on to sulking. It was very quiet in there. There wasn't even that tacky music that usually played in elevators. So to break the silence Haru thought he'd strike up a conversation by asking Fifi a question he'd been wondering for a few minutes now.

"So is Trent your boyfriend?"

Fifi"s face turned pink at the question. It wasn't the first time anyone had asked her it. When your best friend happens to be a boy it's a question you're asked pretty often and just like always she responded the same way she normally would when asked it.

"W-w-what!? We-W-we're not uh well I um…" Finally she got a hold of her words. L-look, me and Trent are very close and I happen to not believe in labeling a romantic relationship in such a stereotypical way like using terms such as 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend'. I mean, not that we have romantic relationship, and by we I mean Trent and me, n-not you and me. S-so no, we're not an item, or a couple, and we do not like each other, like-like each other, love each other, or any other way normal people would put it."

"Okay." he simply responded.

Man, this frustrated Fifi. She was usually so witty and good at coming up with what to say. Why was it that whenever she thought of that subject, her words came out like puke. She looked back at Haru. She didn't know why, maybe it was because he seemed like a good guy to talk to (even about this subject), or because she didn't feel like she made herself clear, but she opened her mouth to speak more on the subject, despite the embarrassment she was risking.

" I mean maybe if Trent manned up a little. You know, maybe if he ever gets more mature, then he would be -" Nope. She suddenly realized. She shouldn't have said anything. It could have saved her so much embarrassment. "It's not your business anyway!" she finally decided.

"Alright! Alright! Now are you coming or what? He answered.

To top off Fifi's embarrassment, She just now realized the elevator had stopped and Haru was already off and waiting for her. She stepped forward just before the doors shut again and let out a big frustrated sigh.

As they walked out the lobby and made their way to the an old pick up, Fifi thought it would be better to say something else to change the subject. "So all of this is Elie's stuff? It's gonna be a bitch moving in." She said as she helped Haru load.

"Naw. I mean it is all her stuff, but we're not taking it all with us. All of the things we're packing up are going to be delivered to a charity. See, we figured since she'll have every thing she needs on Garage that she could just take her favorite clothes and stuff, and the bare essentials with her, and the rest of her stuff will go to people who need them." said Haru.

Fifi's Jaw almost dropped. I guess Elie wasn't as high maintenance as she thought, and Haru….Sweet, strong, good looking, and thoughtful.

Ha Ha, poor Trent doesn't stand a chance.

Hey, long one this time, huh?