"Clank? Is this really you?" Ratchet asked in a surprise.
The grey Lombax just nodded and slowly held away his hands from his friend's wrists.
"Wow…," The yellow Lombax gasped as looked down his mate's new body. Clank had the grey fur and white stripes, the large Lombax's ears and tail as same as Ratchet.
"This is…amazing, I guess-…!" Suddenly Ratchet's face turned red when his eyes caught his friend's grey stick. Pushing Clank away, the yellow Lombax stood up as stumbled little.
"What? What is it?" The grey Lombax asked with a puzzled look and gazed down his body.
Clank wanted to know why his friend blushing so deeply, however there was nothing what he thought strange…Except the what placed between his legs. He had never seen the thing in his life despite he had been living with an organic friend; Ratchet. Because the Lombax always wrapped a towel around his waist when he got out of the shower, so Clank had had no chance to see what was there behind the towel. Watching the grey stick, Clank felt nothing more than touch it.
"Ratchet, what is this?"
Ratchet was greatly shocked when his friend's hand reached his grey stick.
"C-C-CLAAAAAANK!" The yellow Lombax exclaimed as flushed his face and quickly pulled the other's hand away from the thing.
Looking at the grey Lombax's bewildered eyes, Ratchet said in a serious tone. "Do NOT touch it in front of people ever! Okay?"
"Why?"
"W-Why!? Umm, because-…umm…well…, J-Just search on the Internet!" Suddenly Ratchet grabbed the grey Lombax's shoulders and leaded to his room.
"But first, you have to dress yourself."
When the two Lombaxes stepped into Ratchet's bedroom, Clank paused and looked over the inside of the room as if he had seen it for the first time.
'Wow…, so this is the view from Ratchet.'
The whole view was very different when he was a little robot. A bed, a stand lamp, a closet and all thing seemed so small. It was a quite nice view for the grey Lombax. He could not help but smiled.
Clank had enjoyed his new experience until Ratchet called him to come in front of his closet.
"Here. This is yours. I hope your shape is same as mine." Ratchet handed over his clothes to his friend and watched him how they work.
However, the grey Lombax did not try to put on the clothes, but just stared at them with a confusion look. Ratchet immediately realized his friend doesn't know how to wear clothes. A sigh escaped the yellow Lombax's lips ,he offered to help and dressed his friend.
After Ratchet finished dressing Clank, a smile crossed the yellow Lombax's face. "Now, you're the better looking."
But for Clank, it was uncomfortable to stick something to his skin.
"Can I take this shirt off?" Picking his shirt, the grey Lombax groaned.
"No. You have to get used to them." Ratchet said and stared at the other's body until Clank asked curiously.
"What are you looking at?"
"…Creepy."
"What!?" Clank exclaimed and that snapped at the yellow Lombax.
"Oh! No no no!" Shaking his head as laugh a little, Ratchet explained.
"I mean you're horribly alike me. You know, your body shape, face and hight… Well except your fur color."
First, Clank looked down himself and then he looked his friend.
'Ratchet is right. If my fur color was same as him, nobody could not tell us apart…Wait, if so, the liquid must be-…'
Before the grey Lombax wrapped in thought, Ratchet snapped at him.
"B-But you are NOT creepy of course! You are just-…umm, well… you are just-…cute? Y-Yes! You ARE just cute, Clank!" Ratchet said as laughed weekly.
Suddenly, Clank's cheeks covered with a red. 'Am I …cute?'
Ratchet noticed the other was blushing and he smirked as he looked into the grey Lombax's peridot eyes. "Clank, you do not have to be embarrassed for I said you are cute."
"W-What !? I-I am not embarrassed! What are you talking about?"
Clank tried to hide his feeling , but unfortunately, his cheeks flushed more and that made Ratchet laugh frantically. The grey Lombax could not understand why his friend had could see through his mind until he realized his warm cheeks.
"What an unnecessary function Lombaxes have !" Clank covered his face in shame.
"Well, more to say, most of organics have." Ratchet snickered but many question started appearing in his mind.
What kind of liquid was in the bottle, and why it had not exploded when he held it ? Clank turned into a Lombax but why a LOMBAX? What purpose the beverage made for?... Ratchet wanted to know answers for those doubts in no time. However, it was too late at night so he thought it would be better go out tomorrow morning. After all, there is a lot of thing that Clank has to learn as an organic form before they go to sleep.
Walking closer to the grey Lombax, Ratchet gave him a pat on his back. "Come on, pal. It is almost time for dinner! I'm going to make something tonight."
Suddenly an uneasiness formed the grey Lombax's face somehow and grasped his friend's hand before he could walk away.
"Ratchet, you do not have to make dinner FOR me. I-…I do not want anything."
"Why? You're not hungry? Ratchet asked in a concerned voice.
Actually, Clank slightly could feel his organic's body was craving for foods for making energy but the grey Lombax himself wanted to avoid eating or drinking something as far as possible; otherwise he was afraid of it.
As if Ratchet read his friend's mind, a soft sigh escaped his lips and gave him a warm smile. "Everything is going to be okay, Clank. I will teach you how to eat, drink and everything that you don't know. So do not worry too much."
Clank's eyes widen in a surprise. He had thought his friend would tease and make fun of him as like a baby, but he did not. It was astonishment for Clank that Ratchet offered to help him. Clank could not help but smiled.
"T-Thank you."
A genuine smile left Ratchet and the duo headed to the kitchen as take each other's hand.
