"Hahahahahahaha!"

"It is NOT that funny."

"Yes it is, pal. Haha. Yes it is."

The robot pulled a face, glowering at Ratchet as he continued to laugh. But how could he not, with those large ears now glued to his best friend's head. Best. Prank. Ever.

"This is quite possibly the closest you have ever gotten to earning my contempt," Clank frowned, pushing one of the large, drooping faux appendages out of the way of his optics, "Are you actively trying? Because congratulations. You are succeeding."

"Ah, c'mon, pal," One hand moved over to bring the robot closer to Ratchet in a sort of half-hug, "You can't seriously hate it that much."

Never had there been a glare to contain as much contempt as the one Clank shot Ratchet at that moment, "Believe me, I seriously do."

"Hey, c'mon, you promised you'd let me get away with ONE," Ratchet's smile fell, barely noticeably, "So just deal with it."

Clank gave a sigh, but ceased his arguments in that moment. It had probably been cruel, Ratchet thought, to bring up how Clank totally owed Ratchet. But Clank had continued and continued to bring it up himself. Frankly, it hadn't been that big a deal. So he took a shot for the robot. He'd do that any day of the week for Clank. And yet Clank seemed so determined to make things 'even' between them (were they ever even? How many times had they saved each others' lives?) that Ratchet finally made a deal: Clank would let him get away with one prank, of his choosing, and then they would be 'even' again. The glue would come loose tomorrow and that would be the end of it. Back to normal life. (Normal? What a mockery of the word.)

And, to be honest, the large, drooping ears glued to Clank's head were... cute. Was that weird?

...yeah, probably.

But, Ratchet decided, taking a second glance as Clank attempted to fiddle with the fake attatchments, trying to find a balance from where he could see. Except the polymorphic material kept bouncing back into place, leaving Clank to huff in annoyance. Chuckling, the Lombax took mercy on his friend and flipped them back, pinning them to the back of his head with a non-magnetic adhesive strip. Before he could reach away, though, Clank grasped at his hand and pulled him into a surprise hug, whispering one final apology – as if he hadn't been telling Ratchet the same thing over and over again since – before walking off onto the balcony.

He didn't even peak outside when he heard Aphelion's high-pitched laughter in response to Clank's new additions. The security cameras would catch it all, anyways.

Disclaimer: Ratchet and Clank and the OTP Challenge do not belong to me.

Authoress' Notes: I had zero inspiration. All I wanted to do was make something light-hearted to make up for yesterday's angst. You can see how well that turned out. -_-

What did I do good on?: Finding a way to make this prompt (Animal Ears) apply at all when the pairing was of a robot and a large-eared character.

What did I fail on?: I failed on the no-angst. Whoops.

Random Question for Reviewers: Do you like the sound of your own voice?