Chapter 2

A surprising morning

On Sargasso the Sun began to rise and the wild life started waking up as well. This means that Rivet in her bed will wake up soon. Ratchet was putting the last screws in the wall and he will be finished. "Ok last one and this will survive anything." He worked hours on this and he was exhausted. But he wanted to surprise Rivet and do something good for her too. He believed that she earned at least this wall and the freedom from Emperor Nefarious too. He used his Omniwrench to twist the last bolt to its place and with that he finished.

"Whew, that was fun." he wiped his sweat away and packed his tools away. He was sleepy but he managed to stay up all night. He wanted to eat something before heading to the couch at the garage so he made his way to the fridge and looked into it. The fridge was almost empty with only just a little cereal and milk remaining. He reached for it but stopped and thought about Rivet for a second. She would probably be hungry too if she woke up and he didn't want to do that to her, so he grabbed the milk and cereal and put both of it into a bowl and left a note saying: "You deserve it more, I will go shopping, be back in a minute. :)" and instead of going to sleep he went to the ship and flew to Corson V for shopping.

Rivet started waking up but she was feeling dizzy and tired somehow. She looked around and found Clank and Kit next to the bed. She spoke to them: "Guys, can you hear me?" Clank and Kit's eyes started glowing and they answered to her: "Yes we are here, we were just in sleep mode." answered Clank and both of them stood up. "Are you feeling ok?" asked Kit worried about her friend.

"Yeah just last night was a little wide, eh?" answered Rivet who still yawned and wiped her eyes from yesterday's adventure. She thought about having a refreshing shower so she could think with a clear she got up from bed and headed to the bathroom.

"I'll hit the shower guys until then please make my bed." and she opened and closed the bathroom's door leaving both robots alone.

" I will make the bed you should check up on Ratchet." Kit said to Clank in a helpful way. .

"Thank you, I appreciate it." and he marched down looking for Ratchet. If Kit was a living person she would blush from that comment, but instead she felt some tingly feeling in her body. Guess that's how robots feel when they are in love. She then begins making Rivet's bed clear.

Clank on the other hand is trying to find Ratchet in the bunker. He entered the garage and stopped looking at the new wall that Ratchet built. "Ratchet did a good job." He examined the wall closer admiring the structure behind it, but his eyes catched something in it and then he saw it. "Ratchet, how did you do that?" But he was not here to ask him so he searched further until he saw a table with the cereal and milk in the kitchen. He climbed on the chair and saw the note. He read it then he decided to wait for the others, he definitely didn't want to miss this moment.

Rivet was taking hot and cold showers not just for clearing her mind but this is for her fur too. It makes it smooth and delicate not just on her skin but on her tails too. She wanted to make sure she always looked good when she fought enemies or traveled between planets. But what about her metal arm? She thinks that's a bad tumor that she will have to live with. She preferred the original because she doesn't have to repair it if it is damaged. She doesn't hold Kit responsible for this but it already happened and what can you do about it? She will try not to talk about it if it ever comes up.

Kit finished with the task and waited for Rivet. After a while she entered the room and looked at Kit who was sitting on the well-made bed. "Thanks Kit you are awesome." she petted her head and smiled down on her.

"It was really nothing." She liked when her friends appreciated her for little things.

"Why don't we go to the kitchen? I'm hungry like a beast." suggested Rivet.

"Sure lead the way." and they both made their way into the kitchen.

Rivet progressed through the kitchen but something caught her eye when she wanted to enter the kitchen. "Wait…" she looked down to the garage where she remembered that the wall was destroyed by a giant robot but all she saw was a new wall. She didn't know what happened during the night so she asked Kit: "Kit what happened here last night?" pointed out to the wall.

"Ratchet happened. He stayed up last night to repair it. He wanted to surprise you and I think he succeeded." Kit giggled at her reaction.

Rivet didn't believe her first that Ratchet would do something like this, but there was no reason why she wouldn't believe her. She was stunned by what Ratchet did, she should be grateful when she meets him.

"Where is he?" asked Kit.

"I don't know but I sent Clank for him." responded Kit. "Let's go to the kitchen, maybe they are there." suggested Kit and they moved to the kitchen.

When they entered the room they found Clank next to the table and they questioned him: "Did you find Ratchet?" asked Kit.

"I think you should see this." answered Clank showing what's on the table to Rivet.

Rivet moved to the table and read the note: "You deserve it more, I will go shopping, be back in a minute. :)" she was confused by this and sat down.

"I checked the fridge and it was empty so he went shopping." added Clank.

She needed a minute to understand what Ratchet did for her. She started eating the breakfast and questioned the robots: "What happened last night? And why did he do all of this?"

First Clank answered: Well last night you were pretty drunk and almost threw up on the floor in front of people but Ratchet saved you with a backpack. I think no one wants that backpack anymore." laughed Clank

Rivet had a puzzled look at first but she understood what he said. Next was Kit: "And you passed out after your incident and Ratchet carried you all the time, from the club to the ship and from the ship to here. He even tucked you in the bed when we arrived."

Rivet looked down to the cereal and thought about all of this. Ratchet did all of this for her? It's like a dream for her and she didn't want to believe it at all. She must really thank him all of this, she wanted to see him now but she knew she had to wait for him.

"I am….. I can't believe it!" said out loud Rivet and she held her head.

"I think you should and one little thing: the wall he built has a protection system that even survives an asteroid impact." responded Clank to Rivet.

Rivet was on a breakdown, she needed him right now. She will explode from this stuff, so much happened. Rivet finished her breakfast and went to the garage to look at the wall again. She was happy and somewhat confused, but she should be happy and grateful for a person like Ratchet. She doesn't know how she can repay him?

"Hey, Good morning there!" Rivet turned around, seeing Ratchet holding bags with food. He was not away for long and he even smiled for her even she saw his fangs too.

" I saw the problem and I fixed it." He started going to the kitchen slowly and talked to Rivet.

" You know I was thinking about what I should do to make it, you know, more effective, so I was looking through my blueprints and I found that particular one that should be perfect for your wall. He placed both bags on the table, started packing in the fridge and continued: "I had some problem with the wiring but I solved it with a little lombax thinking." He pointed to his head and put the last food in the fridge as he closed the door with it.

Rivet was listening all along and followed him inside the kitchen. She wanted to cry how he sounded like it was nothing for him, but for her it meant a lot more. She then decided how she should respond. She ran to him and hugged him tightly like she never ever hugged someone like him before. Ratchet was surprised by this but he hugged her back. Tears started rolling down on her cheeks while she felt Ratchet's hands stroking her back.

"How can you do this for me? Like it was nothing?" asked Rivet from Ratchet who was still crying from all this kindness.

Ratchet laughed and then answered:" It was really nothing for a friend like you. I think you deserve this and don't think about it, just enjoy it, ok?

Rivet slowly released from the hug and looked in his eyes. She couldn't believe how someone like him has such a big heart and didn't want anything in return. She saw Ratchet moving his hands to her cheeks and wiped her tears away gently. Then he looked into her eyes and said: "Rivet you are looking really beautiful today." Rivet stopped crying immediately and blushed madly at his words. " And those sapphire eyes, I could watch them all day." Rivet was blushing like hell from his words. She watched as both hands touched her cheek and smiled at her. Then he hugged her and said: "I am proud of you and grateful to have you by my side." She was speechless and confused but she wanted this moment to be longer so she remained silent.

After a minute they both released from the hug and they both blushed and smiled at each other. Then Ratchet yawned, he didn't sleep all day now and was tired from the work.

"You can use the bed if you want." offered Rivet.

"Really?" Ratchet asked with a confused look.

" Yes, I want to give you this at least for being a great person.'' said Rivet with a kind look.

"Thank you" said Ratchet looking into her eyes, lifted her metal arm and kissed it like a gentle lombax. This made Rivet blush and giggle.

Ratchet headed to the bedroom with Rivet behind him. What they didn't know was that Clank and Kit were next to the kitchen's the whole time and they heard the whole conversation. They didn't have to hide and Ratchet almost tripped on Clank.

"Buddy what are you doing here? And Kit?" asked them with a curious face.

"Well we just…..Kit wanted to find an excuse but she didn't find any.

"Well you see, we just wanted to see if you came back and what a lucky coincidence that we stumbled upon you." responded quickly Clank.

"Oh really? Lucky coincidence?" asked Rivet who could not be deceived so easily. She looked at them with a serious look and that made them chuckle in fear.

"Well I'm here now and I'm going to bed now, so see you later." he quickly waved at them and went upstairs. Rivet followed him and gave one last "not a word" look to the robots before she disappeared.

Ratchet entered the room and didn't wait to change his clothes; he just laid down and fell asleep. Rivet entered the room and went next to bed. She put the blanket on his body and looked at his sleeping face. Then she crouched down and gave him a kiss on his cheek and caressed his cheek where she kissed him. Ratchet smiled from the kiss and giggled a little.

Rivet then slowly left the room and made her way down to the robots for a little talk.