A/N: I wanted to make a romance scene for valentines day. It ended up being a preview of the next few chapters because of its placement. So know that this story is canon within 'Caleb's Revenge'. I will also have this story in 'Caleb's Revenge' But it will have more context to it.
It was a nice cool evening on Kerwan, both Ratchet and Rivet were sitting on the balcony of Ratchet's apartment. They were both sipping on some white wine Ratchet had bought earlier from the lombax dimension.
"So… Ratchet, it's a nice evening" Rivet stated nervously with an obvious stutter.
"Hmmm...? Yeah it's nice," he responded as if was just pulled from his train of thought.
She swirled the contents of her glass and downed it before counting her train of thought, "have you given it some thought… about our future?" He nodded in acknowledgment. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves, "would you be opposed to being mates?" she asked nervously.
To Ratchet's credit, he didn't even bat an eye, "No, I wouldn't be opposed per se, I just want you to know that when you're ready, I am too," he stated calmly with a comforting smile. Rivet nodded and leaned closer to him, and rested her head on his shoulder with a sigh. They sat like this for a few minutes just enjoying the moment. Without saying a word both moved in unison to face each other, just as they were about to kiss they were interrupted by a high-pitched EWWWWW followed by raspberries. Both adults sighed in defeat knowing they were never to be allowed peace with a 3ft tall gremlin they called a kid on the loose. Rivet sighed, "I thought you went to bed?"
Caleb grinned in a way only a child could do, "I was thirsty." Both adults just shook their heads in amusement.
Rivet asked Caleb, "so, did you find a drink?" Caleb nodded and held up a glass of what appeared to be water. "How did you get it?" She asked curious as to how he got a glass from the cabinet.
Caleb responded with a big grin and stated proudly, "Kit did, she got me the drink."
Rivet gave him a doubtful look as Caleb went to chug the drink. He paused for a moment when he heard Kit come running shouting at Rivet to stop him from doing so. But before she could act Caleb already had the glass empty. It only took about three seconds of him having the drink in his mouth before he stopped and spat it out gagging. Kit gave a regretful look before she explained that she had mistaken the vodka bottle for a water bottle because it had blue stripes with no label.
Rivet and Ratchet just sighed, before they split up the task of comforting the boy and cleaning up the mess he had made. Once done, they gave the kid some grape juice as he wasn't very trusting of clear water-like liquids. After a few minutes, Caleb had gradually become more tired to the point he fell asleep in the lap of Ratchet. With a little help from Rivet, Ratchet got up and carried the boy to what they now considered his room. Once Caleb was tucked in they went back to the balcony to continue their chat.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this short preview of chapter 6. Sorry I was a bit late for valentines day (oh well) till next time bye.
