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Optimus stayed with his precious mate for a while, as he could feel in her spark that she desperately needed this. He could feel something else but wasn't sure what it was. He didn't realize her spark was trying to tell him two other things – 1, she was sparked, and 2, she felt like she was a very low priority to him, but he didn't like what he sensed from her spark. "Are you okay, my love?" Optimus asked, trying to figure out what was going wrong.
Fearing that he would leave if she said the truth, Aquaformer tried to deny anything was wrong. "I am okay" she replied but there was little force behind it. In fact, Optimus sensed fear. He wasn't sure why she was fearful, but he could sense she was afraid.
"Has someone hurt you?" Optimus asked, trying to figure things out. Aquaformer didn't want to answer that, as she felt slighted by her mate, and so she shook her helm. She was not acting like herself. Optimus didn't like this guessing game and soon called for a medic, as he wanted to first make sure his mate was functioning as she should be and Ratchet soon came.
"What's wrong?" Ratchet asked as he looked at Optimus and then Aquaformer. Ratchet knew something was off.
"I'm not sure, but she is not being her usual self" Optimus replied. He wanted answers and felt like he needed them yesterday.
Ratchet began to scan, but Aquaformer seemed to make it difficult without even trying. "Stop it, Aquaformer" Ratchet announced.
"Stop what?" She asked, not realizing what she was doing. Her body was doing things she didn't quite understand.
"Stop squirming and let me do my job" Ratchet responded. Aquaformer sighed and tried to get her body to stop squirming. It wasn't easy, but she did it. Ratchet found what Aquaformer's systems were trying to hide. "She's sparked."
"Sparked?" Optimus asked, a bit stunned, though it explained a lot. She always was off when sparked, but that didn't explain the other feeling that Optimus was picking up. Then he recognized it…it was her feeling like he no longer saw her as a priority. Optimus felt bad but was determined to make it up. All he had to do was figure out what to do with their 10 sparklings and hope she would enjoy it.
Ratchet soon left, leaving the pair alone. Aquaformer looked down and away, fearful her mate would not want these sparklings. She should have known better, but with her systems being out of whack, she couldn't help but wonder. Optimus went to her. "We will love him, her or them just like we love all our precious sparklings" Optimus soon said, trying to soothe his mate. Aquaformer let out a sweet smile and snuggled into Optimus, hoping everything would go well.