Raindrops - IV

Disclaimer: I do not own Ratchet and Clank or any of its characters. I have a heckton of work for these next few weeks and I might not be too happy through them, but I've got these two, so they can help brighten my day when I need it.

Raindrops

IV

As Ratchet threw another pair of underwear into the washer, the Lombax sighed.

Clank sat by the dryer, lifting shirts out of the open tumbler. The robot tilted his head as he put the green work-shirt on his miniature folding table. "Sigh?"

Ratchet dug through the heap of laundry behind his legs, fishing out more pairs of underwear to throw in. "I'm just kinda bored. We only got through the shirts, but we still got pants, underwear, and socks left to go."

Clank gave his friend a soft smile. "We could make this entertaining. Would you like to discuss the impact of Florianian moss on the delicate ecosystem of the planet?"

Ratchet choked out a laugh as his eyes involuntarily widened in shock. "I... dunno if I'm up to speed on that topic, pal."

A giggle came from Clank. "No, I suspect you are not too interested in that particular subject." The robot took the folded shirt and set it neatly in the clean laundry basket next to him. As he looked back to Ratchet, he asked, "What would you like to discuss?"

The Lombax dropped several pairs of underwear into the washer, and another sigh echoed out of his mouth. "I wish we could be outside doing something, but the rain's keeping us penned inside."

"And we have multiple chores to complete that we did not do earlier."

"That too," Ratchet replied as he reached for the laundry detergent.

Ratchet measured out a healthy amount of detergent before drizzling it over his underwear and socks. "Man, I really wish this would just go faster," he grumbled as he shut the washer door. He jabbed the large button on the washer as his head thunked against the top of it.

The robot hummed. His hands grabbed another shirt for the folding table. "It will go faster than you think, Ratchet," he said somewhat absentmindedly. "I guarantee that you will be in the garage tinkering before you know it."

Suddenly Clank froze as the robot realized his mistake.

Ratchet's head shot up, ears high and alert. "You're totally right, Clank."

"Ratchet, no."

"It'll just take a minute." The Lombax's legs were already moving. "I've got a spare warp drive in the garage and if I dig around for some parts, I'll have the washer working faster than me on a hoverboard!"

As Ratchet's tail disappeared around the corner and the sound of the door shutting reached Clank's audio receptors, the little robot shook his head and smiled. He grabbed another shirt as he thought over all the closest laundromats in the area. "Oh Ratchet..."

It was a tad bit annoying when Ratchet wanted to tinker with something that worked perfectly fine, but then again, Clank loved seeing excitement on the face of his friend more than anything.

It was worth it.

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I wrote this one and the previous drabble one right after the other, so yes, they do run along similar lines. I can't remember what the next one is planned to be (I might switch the order around if one gets done before another; I'm not too picky on the order of when these come out), but it will be different from this one.

And one idea for an AU came so I'm going to find a way to get out an AU of one of these drabbles as to not pile them all in at the end.

Hope you guys enjoyed, and I'll see you all in the next drabble (it's either one with video games or one with pirates ubibijb whichever motivates me more)!

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