"Why didn't you leave?"
Sideswipe looked up from his place beside her on the giant billboard in the east side of the scrapyard. She turned her bright aqua colored optics to meet his. Seeing his questioning gaze, she quickly continued. "I mean, you could have gone back to Cybertron! There isn't a reason to stay now since the decepticon threat is over." She looked back at him. He looked really deep in thought. Which was unlike him, usually they couldn't go a nanoclick without making some sort of jab at each other. He took a deep breath before adding to the conversation.
"I thought about it. I realized after we almost lost Earth because of Megatronus, how much I missed Cybertron. Earth is great and all, but it's just not the same, you know?" Strongarm was shocked to hear the red delinquent talk so honestly. It was kind of comforting to have someone you could confide your feelings to. It was, dare she say it? Charming.
"Yeah, I felt that way too, but then I realized home isn't where Cybertron is, but where my team is." She gazed back in front of her, noting the starry constellations shimmering in the night sky. She caught Sideswipe out of the corner of her eye take her servo in his, like a missing puzzle piece reunited with its other half. He smiled at her heating faceplate, before gently kissing her digits. Her blushing increased tenfold as he pulled her closer to him, against her squeal of protest, snaking an arm around her waist. "You're the second reason I didn't want to leave, Strongarm." Her arm tried to put distance between her and the mech. She gave him an incredulous glance. "You didn't leave because of me?"
He put his servo on her shoulder, only managing to increase the blueish hue on her cheeks. "I really like you Strongarm. I know I annoy the slag out of you, but only because I've never had much luck with femmes, and I guess having your servo punching me in the face is better than being ignored. I didn't want to leave because I want the chance to get to know you, maybe take you out on a date, since I have no other competition trying to steal you from me? Unless you have no interest in me and are probably going to beat me to scrap after this?"
Strongarm was shocked to hear the red mech's confession. She could only stare at his now bright blue faceplate, looking sheepish. "Aw scrap, you don't feel the same way about me do you? Ugh, I'm such a glitch-head, aren't I? I shouldn't have-" He was interrupted by a pair of blue lips pressing against his in a gentle kiss. His CPU glitched for a second, before he closed his optics and pressed back to hers, his left servo gently caressing her cheek. Her arms wrapped around his neck as they're sparks thrummed strong and in sync with each separated after a while, but still remained in each other's embrace.
"Sideswipe, while it's true that you are really annoying, I would hate that my secret crush left me alone without at least letting me confess my feelings to him. I don't know why I like you, you're the complete opposite of me, but that just makes me like you even more.", she said, staring at his optics, smiling at the happiness that illuminated them. "And I would love to go on a date with you, if you want?" He grinned widely before kissing her once again, her kissing back just as eagerly.
"I could definitely get used to this.", he mused out loud. "I can't let you become a basket case without me, now can I?"