Part One:
Sideswipe was in a mood, Starscream and Thundercracker had been sending him mixed signals for a while now. Just looking at him funnily or smiling softly. Optics always going dim and their helm tilting in a way different from each others'- Starscream liked to tilt up, lifting his chin, while Thundercrackers helm tilted down, almost as if he were nodding.
Sideswipes spark stuttered each time and he keened. Internally that is. No way would he ever let that sound escape him aloud. Except when with his twin. Now though he was seated in his usual spot with Prowl and Jazz across from him. That had been funny the first time the trio- or rather quartet with Sunny having been there too- sat together. Prowl and Jazz had just been sitting together with no one else. Prowl quietly doing his work and Jazz forlornly looking at others in the room, wishing to go socialize but not willing to leave Prowl no matter how much the SIC said it was okay.
Sideswipe and Sunstreaker had gotten cubes and sat. Sunstreaker took out a pad- much like Prowl- and began to work on a sketch he was thinking of painting for later. Sideswipe instantly began chatting Jazz up. It was odd at first but clicked into perfection. The two anti-social mechs got to work without much distraction and the two socialites got to socialize. Not only that but they got to stay where they were most happy, next to their bondmates.
Sideswipe shook off the memory when he realized Jazz was talking to him still. "-and you know what that slagging seeker said? He said-"
"Wait, I missed something. Who are you talking about?" Sideswipe interrupted, optics flickered to the table that two of the trine had moved to. They were watching intensely and neither was smirking or smiling at him like normal.
Jazz covered his face in exasperation, now he would have to tell the entire story all over again! "Sideswipe," Prowl said before Jazz could utter another word, "perhaps it's time you actually talked to them? You watch them every orn when fueling and Sunstreaker has taken up not joining us complaining of his spark struck twin. You've even had to go to visit Ratchet when others have perceived you to have glitched."
Sideswipe tensed and was immediately defensive. "Spark struck?! Slag it I am not! Sunny knows it's just been to calm around here! I need action! Since those glitched defectors came here Megatron has been in hiding and there's nothing to do!"
Jazz let his helm hit the table with a loud clank. "Shoulda listened ta mah story Siders." THe two of the trine that was in the rec room stood up. Looking absolutely ticked off.
"If you didn't want to be courted you should have just said so." Thundercracker rumbled and led his spark broken trine mate away.
"W-what?" He squeaked.
Prowl stood up with a sigh. "He's glitching. Slightly. Thundercracker, please give him a chance. Reading from his field and spark are telling me they are unaligned. He likely hasn't merged with his twin in a while and when he doesn't he gets scared, defensive, and he attacks with his words to hide how fearful he is. How broken he feels."
"Glitching?! Broken?! You are the one that can't comprehend how to even feel and show that you care! I am not the one with a glitch!" He twitched and looked around with optics that could have rivaled Red Alerts in looking paranoid. "What is everyone looking at?!" No one was looking until he yelled that.
The seekers seemed to understand and Thundercrackers wings lowed from hurt and confused to relaxing. He understood and it made sense. "How is he to fix the glitch?"
"I am not glitched you- you groundpounder!" Then Sideswipe ran out of the room. Hitting into and pushing Skywarp away.
"What did I miss?"