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Ralph grunted as he tried getting comfortable underneath all the bricks. His partner wasn't making it any better, they just laid down and cuddled his chest. He tried his best not to accidentally pinch or smush them as he shuffled around.
After a long moment of cautious shuffling, Ralph finally found a comfortable position. He let out a deep breath and looked down at the little rat. They looked back up at him with big eyes reflecting through their glasses.
The corners of their mouth suddenly crinkled into a smile. He saw the playfulness and let out a scoff. "What's up with you?" They didn't even answer, just flopped over like a pancake. Their feet then shot up in the air as they laid back. "I got new socks.." They mumbled, their feet shaking happily.
Their pants folded up a little, showing their yellow patterned socks. Cherries were sloppily copy pasted all over the place, a stark contrast to their usual black socks. He quirked an eyebrow. "How? You don't have money," His words piled out quicker than his thoughts reached his brain. "I- I uh, I didn't mean it like THAT.." Immediately his shoulders went stiff, trying to backtrack.
Able just lifted their head back and looked at him, upside down. "It's ok, Ralphie," Their smile stayed put as they reassured him. They looked back to their feet, tapping their heels together. "I actually made them, with the coding stuff, Y'know?"
Ralph's eyes shot wide at the confession, but he quickly took deep breath. "Oh yea?" He already knew Able was messing with their own code through Fix-It Felix Jr's. ..At first he was worried it would turn into a second Turbo situation, but he trusted them to not hurt his game or anyone inside.
But even then, ever since the whole ..incident he can't help but flinch when someone mentions coding in general.
"Yeah they're the same socks, all I did was make a new skin for them.." They explained, although they didn't entirely understand what they themself were explaining. They're still very new to it. "I just made them yellow and drew some cherries on the skin, then I copied them all over." He nodded along, looking at the cherry design.
They looked up at him again, blinking slowly as they mumbled. "Do you like them? ..I can change it back if you don't-" Ralph quickly shook his head and looked back at them. "No no," His gaze softened at the clear self-doubt in their eyes. "I like 'em, you should too,"
The look in their eyes shifted, they furrowed their eyebrows. "Really?" He smiled. "They're your socks. Do you wanna change 'em back?" They slowly put their legs down and flipped themself back around, their stomach now on his chest. "No- I... I'll keep them." They answered with a hesitant, but genuine smile. "I like cherries,"