(Kerwan Metropolis 5:30am)

Ratchet rolls off of the couch in his sleep only to wake up feeling even worse than the night before, Ratchet slowly got up with a limp figure making his way over to the kitchen for some breakfast. Ratchet got milk out for his cereal but missed the bowl by a few inches.

"Oh of all the fucking things it would be this?" Ratchet growled to himself as he grabbed a cloth from the sink to wipe up his newly made mess.

He didn't even know why he ran from Rose even though one part of him is falling for her whilst his mental side is fighting his feelings about her; Ratchet was having a civil war with himself about loving her and being logical about how things would end up. He also knew that she must have liked him somewhat but now only thinks of him as an angry weirdo although this is not true Ratchet continued to doubt himself over his small breakfast meal, when he was cleaning up he decided that leaving would be the best option for now….

(Starship Phoenix 9:32am)

Rose had been worried about what Ratchet was doing and where he actually was, Clank had rebooted only a few minutes ago and quickly got to making breakfast for them both, While Rose continued to ponder about Ratchet Clank brought in her breakfast ten minutes later snapping her out of her trance.

"Oh hey Clank, Thank you but you didn't have to do this for me." Rose smiled at the little robot.

"I wanted to do this for you, Rose you should be able to walk around again freely in the next day or two once the wound has healed." Clank explained to her.

"Good, I'm sick of this damn bed heh heh." Rose and Clank both chuckled.

(Kerwan Metropolis 9:32am)

Ratchet had packed his ship and was just taking off from his apartment before entering the coordinates for his home planet Veldin, after a few moments Ratchet was out of Kerwan's atmosphere and making his way to Veldin he engaged warp speed everything became a blur stars planets asteroids were just flicks of light as he surpassed them all across the Solona Galaxy heading for his lonely home on Veldin. After a few hours of travel Ratchet disengaged the warp speed and piloted his ship down into Veldin's atmosphere he continued to fly at a few thousand feet until his radar picked up the little garage he called home. Ratchet landed just outside of his garage to see it was still half destroyed thanks to those little tyrhnoid assholes that blew it up whilst fighting the wimpy Galactic Rangers. Ratchet jumped out of his ship and sighed before equipping his Omni Wrench whilst walking up to his damaged garage, Ratchet slowly dawdled into the garage looking miserably at his surroundings of what was once his home now being a neglected mess, Ratchet decided to just leave it as his memories rather than create a new memory of something which he could no longer possess, Ratchet exited the ruins got back in his ship and took off, he had no intention of returning to the Phoenix anytime soon so he decided to go see an old friend.

(Starship Phoenix 2:48pm)

"Where is he?" Rose asked aloud rhetorically.

"I do not know Rose, Ratchet does not usually disappear for this long normally a few hours at most but not a full two days." Clank replied to Rose with as much worry as a robot could emphasize.

Rose and Clank continued to worry throughout the night, Rose fell asleep and Clank retracted his limbs to begin hibernating for the night.

(Ratchet's ship 10:59pm)

Ratchet had taken off from Veldin not really certain of where he was going but during his flight he had stopped off on Kerwan Metropolis again to get meal from Galaxy Burger where he sat alone in a small booth at the back of the restaurant, he slowly ate his meal of a Whopper with large fries once he had finally finished eating he paid and slinked out into the parking lot to get into his ship and resume flight to his new destination. Once Ratchet had reached his destination he landed his ship hopped out to look at the peaceful landscape in front of him. Sighed in despair as he took in the views before heading up a flight of steps leading onto a large wooden door with an irregularly large knocker on the front, Ratchet knocked on the door three times who answered was surprised to see him and at such a late time of the night, they ushered Ratchet inside closing the door behind him quickly to keep the colder air out of their warm home.

The being led Ratchet into their lounge and sat him down then heading into the kitchen to fetch him something to drink, Ratchet stood up and followed them into the kitchen speaking to them once he turned the corner only to see them jump and drop coffee beans over the wooden floor boards.

"God dammit, why'd you sneak up on me like that?" They quoted with annoyance.

"I'm sorry; I should have not bothered you in the first place I just needed someone to talk to." Ratchet spoke softly nearly whispering to the other.

"It's alright Ratchet, but seriously you made me wait this long before I get to see you again? You could have visited me at work you know." They clearly stated to him with a slight hurt in their voice.

"I'm sorry I just thought you would be too busy and that I'd just be a nuisance." Ratchet was nearly whimpering with his speech.

"Hey, it's alright and you are not a nuisance Ratchet you're my friend so don't be so hard on yourself, now what was it you wanted to talk about?" They were assertive yet kind with their tone this time.

"Well, a cazar girl much like yourself boarded the Phoenix and had received severe injuries to her right oblique, Clank and I treated her wounds and I got to know her quite well over the few days she was recovering. I found out she was an orphan like me, we both had many things alike aside from a few minor things but the main thing was…." Ratchet's speaking lowered then slowed to a halt.

"Then what Ratchet? What happened?" The cazar asked bluntly.

"God dammit, Sasha I found myself falling for another woman aside from you!" Ratchet cringed at himself in disgust, after yelling at Sasha.

"Wait, you loved me? And you hate yourself for loving another girl?" Sasha was in shock she knew he had a crush on her but not loved her.

"I'm sorry Sasha, I should have told you rather than bottling it up." Ratchet now seethed at himself for being so stupid and cruel to the girl he loved.

Sasha stepped towards Ratchet placing her hands either side of his face forcing him to look into her brown eyes.

"Ratchet you listen to me, never ever bottle up your emotions like that again okay? And another thing if you are in love with this other girl then that is your choice why would I be mad at you for secretly loving me then falling in love again years later?" Ratchet's lip was quivering at Sasha's truthful but wise words.

"Thank you Sasha, I should just leave you alone from now on…."

"No, You and I are friends Ratchet don't you get it? You and I may have had something back then but you think I stayed single this hole time? Look we are friends but if you don't want to be then that is fine just remember I'm here for you and you did nothing wrong to me apart from make me drop coffee beans heh heh."

"Yeah um sorry about those, Thank you Sasha I owe you one and thank you for being such a good friend even after all these years." Ratchet removed her hands from his face turning away as he did so.

"Hey, you're not flying out just yet are you? I could use a lift to work tomorrow my ship is there being repaired now."

"Uh, Nah I can stay I guess and yeah I'll give you a lift tomorrow morning Sasha thank you." Ratchet smiled slightly at her before cleaning up the mess in the kitchen and heading back into the lounge for his new bed of the night being a couch.

"I'll get some blankets for you Ratchet." Sasha yelled out from the kitchen before she made her way to the laundry for a few blankets.

"Thanks Sasha." Ratchet took the blankets and made himself cozy amongst the couch and said blankets, Sasha smiled at the Lombax then kissed him on the fore head before heading down to her bed room for the night.