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The next morning, Lancex woke and once again, he found himself once again cuddled in two arms. He looked to his left and saw Jetfire, who was smiling, and then Lancex looked to his right and saw Optimus. Lancex blushed hard and softly moaned for just being this close to Optimus and Jetfire. He admitted, if only to himself, that he really liked this, but he didn't quite understand why and why he felt so strange when he spent time with Jetfire and Optimus. Confused, Lancex carefully got up and found himself heading for the med bay, hoping that Red Alert could answer the questions Lancex had.
Unaware that Lancex was headed to the med bay, Red Alert was fixing and overhauling Smokescreen with Scavenger helping the medic. Though working hard, they both hear a door opening and watch as Lancex walked in. Red Alert was curious as to why Lancex had come, but Scavenger had a feeling he knew why the bot was here.
"What seems to be troubling you, Lancex?" Red asked, curious, as the bot didn't appear injured.
"Well…I… I get a weird feeling every time I spend time with Jetfire and Optimus, or when I am just really close to them, and I don't understand it" Lancex replied, his confusion obvious. Red Alert and Scavenger looked at each other, smiled, and then looked to Lancex.
"Sounds like you, mage, are falling in love" Red replied, tweaking something else on Smokescreen.
Lancex was stunned. "Well, I am nothing special. They surely deserve someone better than I" Lancex muttered back.
Both Scavenger and Red alert looked at each other in shock. "Lancex, you may not realize this, but since your mysterious arrival, Optimus is much happier and less stressed than he has been in a long time." Scavenger was stunned at the statement. "Also, Jetfire is much happier and much less of a hothead" Red Alert revealed.
"All that because of me?" Lancex asked, trying to figure this out. Red and Scavenger both nodded and encouraged Lancex to give the pair a chance. Lancex thanked them profusely as he headed out.
Once Lancex was gone, both Red and Scavenger hoped that Jetfire and Optimus would confess their feelings towards the mage soon. But after that thought, they go back to fixing Smokescreen, as they were getting close to finishing, or so they hoped.
Meanwhile, Optimus and Jetfire woke up and both were disappointed that Lancex was no longer with them. Thinking and hoping that their crush was in the rec room, both got up and headed out. In the rec room, Lancex was sitting at a table, and reading a book, or at least trying to read the book as he drank his energon. He had trouble concentrating as his mind kept drifting back to the conversation he had with Scavenger and Red Alert. He truly wondered if Optimus and Jetfire really had a true crush on him. But knowing he needed to study this book, he shook his helm and refocused on reading the book.
