The rapid succession of clicks and beeping was followed by a punctuated honk of his horn, at which point the vibrant yellow mech and his young human charge both burst out in peals of laughter. The brunette clutched his sides as he sunk into the couch, gasping for breath after a moment and moving his glasses aside so he could wipe a tear from his cheek.
"Good one, Bee!"
Tess strummed her fingers awkwardly on her knees, elbowing Jack as she asked, "Does anyone else understand what he's saying?"
Pushing a hank of straight black hair from his face, the teenager shook his head in the negative.
She blinked owlishly at him before frowning. "And everyone has just accepted that this kid can magically decipher a language that I can only describe as 'audible wingdings'?"
"Yep," Miko cut in, poking her in the side. "Your turn."
Blowing a raspberry, the older female straightened up, sifting through her head for a joke. Snapping her fingers, she piped up, "Oh! Okay… why did little Johnny drop his ice cream cone?"
Her audience sat in silence for a second, shaking their heads or shrugging as they awaited the punchline.
"He got hit by a bus," she finished, cackling quietly to herself and slapping her knee.
All of them looked mildly horrified, aside from Wheeljack, who let out a sharp bark of laughter before calling from across the room, "That's a good one!"
"Concerning," stated Ratchet flatly, his expression dour.
She waved him off, "Oh c'mon, that's not even that bad! You should hear the one about the cucumber."
Miko perked. "What about a cucumber?"
Tess grinned, opening her mouth when she was abruptly cut off by the medic who tutted, "Bup bup bup! There are children present!"
Raf huffed. "I've heard dirty jokes before, Ratchet."
He shot them a perturbed look. "I was talking about Smokescreen."
"HEY!" the bot bristled.
All of them tried to hide their snickering for the sake of his pride, but Miko couldn't help but comment, "Would you look at that… Ratchet does have a sense of humor."