Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers. Just the plot and OCs.
Arcee, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker. 147. "Because I love you."
On a level deep inside the two of them, the truth was, they still didn't fully comprehend it. No matter how many vorns it had been or how much had changed they still didn't think it was right.
It was a piece of them that would probably always feel that way. No matter how far they had come there was still that dark piece inside that had learned what life was far too young. The part of them that was still those shivering younglings locked up in the depths of the Rings.
That learned that it was kill or die, and that anything besides each other could never be counted on. Only they were fully truthful.
Everything else was never for sure.
Not even all these vorns with the Autobots could fully take that away. There were still that haunting hesitance. There always would be.
And yet, they found themselves where they were sitting now. Under the dim lights of an empty medical bay counting out stock with Arcee like they didn't have anything else to do.
But they weren't there because they had to be, they were there because they wanted to be. To the darker side that itself was a very odd thing.
Sideswipe wasn't completely sure why he said it. He just knew that he did.
"Thanks 'Cee."
The soft pink femme glanced up from the pile of wires she was sorting. Pale optics distracted with her thoughts for a moment before she processed what the red twin said to her.
"For what?" She asked in response.
Sides paused for a klick when he realized he spoke. A glance shared with his golden other half that sat next to him. Their dark optics meeting before Sunstreaker answered.
"Doing what you do."
"All of what you do."
"You and Ratchet both."
"I guess we don't know why you both bother with us some of the time."
"But we wanted to say thank, anyway, that you do."
She watched them. Pale blue optics shining brightly as she stared back at them as she finally smiled.
"Because I love you, silly mechlings." She smiled. "Ratchet and I both do. Like it or not. You're stuck with us now. You've got creators whether you like it or not."
They smiled back at her in response. Because believe it or not, they were okay with that.
-Jaycee