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"What exactly do you want to talk to me about?" Rebecca asked feeling a little nervous.
"You and Hot Rod." Kup replied.
"What do you mean?" Rebecca asked.
"I mean you're in love with him and I don't want you breaking his spark." Kup told her.
Rebecca just stared at him for a second debating whether to deny it, but she got the feeling she could trust him so she just asked, "How could you know that."
"Ratchet told me, as a medic he can scan any person and tell everything from pulse rate to the subtle chemicals that a body creates and he knows what all of that means. He said you showed all the signs of being attracted to Hot Rod. He was able to sense it before you two even knew we were there, but he wasn't completely sure until you found out about the holoforms being solid, then he said he was surprised you didn't pass out form an overload of excitement." Kup explained.
Rebecca blushed, "You must think I'm completely crazy." She said looking away.
"No crazier than Hot Rod is for feeling the same way." Kup told her.
Rebecca looked up at him, "What?" she asked.
"According to Ratchet Hot Rod is just as attracted to you as you are to him." Kup told her.
"He's sure about that?" Rebecca asked in disbelief.
"Well he hasn't been studying humans that long, but there's no doubt about Hot Rod." Kup told her. "But before you say anything to Hot Rod make sure you understand what you would be getting yourself into if you two were to start dating."
"What exactly do you mean?" Rebecca asked.
"I assume he's told you about the Decepticons?" Kup asked.
"Yes." Rebecca replied.
"There are still a lot of them around, we're still at war and the Decepticons will target any human friends and allies we have. Your friendship with Hot Rod has already put you in danger, if your relationship becomes more serious it will make you an even more valuable target for the Decepticons. Can you handle knowing that they could come after you at any time and possibly kill you?" Kup asked her.
Rebecca hesitated a second thinking about what he had said then said. "I'd rather be able to spend one day in his arms than live a long and lonely life."
"You just remember that, be grateful for what you have each day that you have it, that's how you have to think in war or you'll never survive. It's one of the hardest things to deal with during war, you never know if you'll come home from battle or if your family will still be alive if you do come home." Kup said sadly.
"You lost your family the same way Hot Rod did didn't you?" Rebecca asked.
"I was away fighting when I got back there was nothing left but ruble, the area had been bombed so heavily that it took weeks to find enough pieces of bodies to determine who some of the people who had been killed were, including my wife, son and daughter. It was about a year later that the town where I found Hot Rod was attacked, it looked just like when my family had been killed. I had just decided I couldn't handle it anymore and was heading back to the ship when I found Hot Rod. He's been like a son to me ever since, so if there's any doubt in your mind about being able to handle dating a soldier or someone who's not human just forget about what Ratchet said." Kup told her.
"I think I can handle it, I don't know what I would do if he were killed in battle, but I can handle the rest." Rebecca told him.
"You're sure about that?" Kup asked.
"Yes."
"Well then let's get back; you and Hot Rod have a lot to discus before we leave." Kup said as he headed back towards the house.
"Wait a minute; you want me to tell him right a way? Rebecca asked suddenly feeling nervous.
"You don't worry about being nervous when you're in the middle of a war. If you don't tell him today and the Decepticons attacked tomorrow and he were killed, would you regret not telling him?" Kup asked.
"Alright, I'll tell him." Rebecca said.
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"What were you and Kup talking about?" Hot Rod asked once Kup and Rebecca had disappeared into the forest.
"Just about what's going on between you and Rebecca." Ratchet replied smiling slightly.
"What do you mean?" Hot Rod asked then groaned when he realized what Ratchet was talking about, "I really don't like medics." He said.
"If you didn't have me around you would never get your transmitters fixed." Ratchet pointed out.
"Okay, I hate that you can tell what I'm feeling. You must think I'm crazy." Hot Rod said.
"Not at all, the humans may look somewhat different from us and their technology is incredibly primitive, but other wise we're not all that different. Anyways we don't even know if there are any females of our kind left, if you really think you could have a future with Rebecca go for it." Ratchet told him.
"She has plenty of human men to choose from, why would she ever be interested in me? Hot Rod asked.
"I don't know, but from the way she reacted to your holoform she is definitely interested." Ratchet told him.
"How do you know that?" Hot Rod asked.
"The same way I knew about your feelings for her." Ratchet told him.
"What if you're wrong? You haven't been around humans that long, what if you're misunderstanding the scans? What if she was just reacting to what my holoform looked like?" Hot Rod asked.
"I may not have been around humans that long, but I've been around them enough to know what my scans indicate and there's no way she was reacting to the appearance of your holoform. When I scanned you two before you knew we were there the scans were already indicating that you two were attracted to each other. Your holoform did affect her, but I don't think it had anything to do with what it looked like, because she didn't really react to it until she realized it was solid." Ratchet explained.
"You're sure about that?" Hot Rod asked.
"Yes, but before you go telling her how you feel there are some things you need to know about humans." Ratchet said.
"Like what?" Hot Rod asked.
"Humans don't live anywhere near as long as we do, usually only eighty or ninety years on rare occasions a hundred years. You will barely age and she'll be old and dieing, could you handle that?" Ratchet asked.
"I'm sure it would be hard to deal with, but if you are right about the way she feels about me then it would be harder not to try to make it work out between us." Hot Rod replied.
"Of course I'm right. Now let's get you fixed so we can head back to meet the others before it gets too late." Ratchet said.
"Do we have to leave that soon?" Hot Rod asked.
"Optimus wants us back as soon as possible. I guess we can give you an hour or so to tell Rebecca how you feel and let you two have some time to talk about it, but we still need to get out of here as soon as possible." Ratchet told him.
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