Finally in love. major problem
Duo didn't understand. How could he possible be in love with Red Alert? The mere thought of it was ludicrous. He was an Autobot with two different genders. falling in love when you were designed like that was. illogical.
Oh, dear. love and logic totally contradicted each other. didn't it? Of course it did, that was why he was so confused, so totally scared. What would the others say if they found out. when they found out? Nothing could stay a secret among the Autobots very long.
Duo was more terrified than ever. When the others found out they would hate him even more than they did today. Next time he wouldn't be just beaten up and loose a limb or two, he would be ripped apart, torn to pieces, reduced to dust and blasted into oblivion.
Should he tell anyone about his problems? No, they would either laugh at him or. laugh at him. He couldn't risk anyone getting to know his pain. The only one who could possibly understand him right now was Hound. Should he tell him? Hound was the victim of falling in love with someone he could never have himself; maybe he could help him get over this? Maybe they could help each other get over the heartache of not being able to be with the one they loved?
What if Hound just thought he was gay and shied away from him like he was a contagious disease? Wait a minute. him being in love with Red Alert wouldn't that fall under the category "gay"?
What was he to do? He couldn't just sit there and feel sorry for himself; he had to do something about the situation, but what? He made a quick decision, hoping by Primus it was the right one.
***
"You what?" Hound just stared at the other Autobot with his mouth wide open. "You WHAT?" He exploded in fits of laughter.
"It's not funny," muttered Duo.
"Of course not," replied Hound, drying up a tear as he tried to control himself. When he thought he could hold the laughter at bay he looked back up at Duo, but the sheepish look on the other Autobot's face made him spurt out in laughter once again. "I'm sorry," he said. "But the mere thought of ANYONE being in love with Red Alert. it's just so."
"What am I going to do?"
Hound looked up at him. "There's absolutely nothing you can do. You just have to let nature take its course."
"What do you mean?" Duo started to panic.
"I mean that no matter how much you want this to stop there's no way it will stop until either Red Alert tells you to piss off, which will metaphorically speaking break your heart because you realize what big doofus he really is or when you stop being in love with him because you find someone better." Hound started laughing again. "Preferably the last," he said between tears.
"What's wrong with me?" muttered Duo.
"What makes you think there's something wrong with you just because you're in love with Red Alert? Personally I think it's something wrong with you. but what do you mean?"
Duo suddenly tensed again.
"I'm sure we didn't mean the same thing. Relax, you're among friends here."
"Really?"
"If I didn't want you here I would have tossed you head first out of here. Now, why do you think there's something wrong with you?"
"I'm. male. it's so. wrong."
"Let me tell you what I think; I think that when they fused those two personalities of yours the strongest somehow more or less took control, meaning the female part, and that makes you fall in love with males. You are more or less a female trapped in a male body. That's my opinion anyway. You're not gay, you're just in a lot of trouble."
"My entire life has been nothing but trouble, I'm destined to lose."
"Why do you feel that way? You don't seem like a loser to me, not in your female mode anyway. Your male mode is however pathetic, excuse me, but I think one mode has a future and the other not. You need to get someone to completely remove one personality and preferably give you a new body."
"Who would do that?"
"Don't you know anybody crazy enough to do something like that and at the same time manage to keep it from Prime?"
"You mean.?"
"I would have tried if it was my life and my body."
"I'll do it!"
***
Andrea was sitting in her chair by the computer when Duo entered.
"I know," she said as she swiveled the chair around. "We have failed."
"Big time," muttered Duo. Then he smiled. "You have done nothing wrong, it's just that. that. I find myself. in a situation where. I am in love with Red Alert."
Andrea, who had taken a sip of her coffee nearly choked. "What? How did THAT happen? I thought you were. you know."
"You KNEW?!"
She shrugged. "You know what they say about nothing slipping away from the ones who don't close their eyes two long."
"Not really, no."
"It's an old Amshean saying, but ok, it doesn't concern you anyway. So, you have fallen in love? That's really strange considering the fact that you are not able to fall in love." She thought for a while. "I heard about what happened in that bar, I also heard you claim you never saw anything. do you remember what happened after that, when you came to?"
"Nothing except seeing Ratchet's ugly face." It kind of surprised Duo how he dared to speak his mind around this person and always receive a positive respond. All in all there was no wonder Hound had fallen for her, but his new friend's secret was safe with him.
Andrea smiled at him. "Well, there's only one way to find out what has happened and that is to ask the good doctor."
"In the meantime what am I supposed to do?"
Andrea looked at him, feeling so sorry for him. "To fall in love, Duo, is not easy, you'll find that out very soon. There are so many things that have to match in order to get a relationship to work. You will probably think you're hurting now, but I'm afraid I can't pat you on the back and tell you it's all going to go away or be better in a heartbeat because it won't. I wish." she sighed. "I wish I could give you some good advice, but I can't. In love there are no rules and what works for one doesn't necessarily work for the other."
"But how can I make this go away, how can I be cured?"
Andrea had to fight hard in order to stifle a smile. "I'm afraid it's not that easy. The best thing you can do is to tell Red how you feel."
"Are you MAD?"
"I didn't exactly mean that you should tell it to his face, merely write it down on a piece of paper or something, just to get some of those feelings out."
"That will work? If I do that will I fall out of love with Red Alert?"
"I'm afraid that's not how it works. When you have chosen yourself a source of affection it doesn't pass easily. You have to be patient, give it time. till we can come up with a way that can benefit you the most."
"Can't you just give me a new body?"
Andrea held her index finger to her lip. "All good things to those who wait. Now, run off I have work to do."
"But-"
"Duo, it's not usual to provide Transformers with new bodies unless their old ones are severely damaged. It's a lot of risk involved in such operations."
"You did it to Ironhide!!! Prime approved!"
"Not exactly, I forced my opinion on him and that will never happen again."
"But Ironhide lives! Why can't you give me the same opportunity to live a full life?"
"We'll see... that's all I am going to say."
Duo didn't understand. How could he possible be in love with Red Alert? The mere thought of it was ludicrous. He was an Autobot with two different genders. falling in love when you were designed like that was. illogical.
Oh, dear. love and logic totally contradicted each other. didn't it? Of course it did, that was why he was so confused, so totally scared. What would the others say if they found out. when they found out? Nothing could stay a secret among the Autobots very long.
Duo was more terrified than ever. When the others found out they would hate him even more than they did today. Next time he wouldn't be just beaten up and loose a limb or two, he would be ripped apart, torn to pieces, reduced to dust and blasted into oblivion.
Should he tell anyone about his problems? No, they would either laugh at him or. laugh at him. He couldn't risk anyone getting to know his pain. The only one who could possibly understand him right now was Hound. Should he tell him? Hound was the victim of falling in love with someone he could never have himself; maybe he could help him get over this? Maybe they could help each other get over the heartache of not being able to be with the one they loved?
What if Hound just thought he was gay and shied away from him like he was a contagious disease? Wait a minute. him being in love with Red Alert wouldn't that fall under the category "gay"?
What was he to do? He couldn't just sit there and feel sorry for himself; he had to do something about the situation, but what? He made a quick decision, hoping by Primus it was the right one.
***
"You what?" Hound just stared at the other Autobot with his mouth wide open. "You WHAT?" He exploded in fits of laughter.
"It's not funny," muttered Duo.
"Of course not," replied Hound, drying up a tear as he tried to control himself. When he thought he could hold the laughter at bay he looked back up at Duo, but the sheepish look on the other Autobot's face made him spurt out in laughter once again. "I'm sorry," he said. "But the mere thought of ANYONE being in love with Red Alert. it's just so."
"What am I going to do?"
Hound looked up at him. "There's absolutely nothing you can do. You just have to let nature take its course."
"What do you mean?" Duo started to panic.
"I mean that no matter how much you want this to stop there's no way it will stop until either Red Alert tells you to piss off, which will metaphorically speaking break your heart because you realize what big doofus he really is or when you stop being in love with him because you find someone better." Hound started laughing again. "Preferably the last," he said between tears.
"What's wrong with me?" muttered Duo.
"What makes you think there's something wrong with you just because you're in love with Red Alert? Personally I think it's something wrong with you. but what do you mean?"
Duo suddenly tensed again.
"I'm sure we didn't mean the same thing. Relax, you're among friends here."
"Really?"
"If I didn't want you here I would have tossed you head first out of here. Now, why do you think there's something wrong with you?"
"I'm. male. it's so. wrong."
"Let me tell you what I think; I think that when they fused those two personalities of yours the strongest somehow more or less took control, meaning the female part, and that makes you fall in love with males. You are more or less a female trapped in a male body. That's my opinion anyway. You're not gay, you're just in a lot of trouble."
"My entire life has been nothing but trouble, I'm destined to lose."
"Why do you feel that way? You don't seem like a loser to me, not in your female mode anyway. Your male mode is however pathetic, excuse me, but I think one mode has a future and the other not. You need to get someone to completely remove one personality and preferably give you a new body."
"Who would do that?"
"Don't you know anybody crazy enough to do something like that and at the same time manage to keep it from Prime?"
"You mean.?"
"I would have tried if it was my life and my body."
"I'll do it!"
***
Andrea was sitting in her chair by the computer when Duo entered.
"I know," she said as she swiveled the chair around. "We have failed."
"Big time," muttered Duo. Then he smiled. "You have done nothing wrong, it's just that. that. I find myself. in a situation where. I am in love with Red Alert."
Andrea, who had taken a sip of her coffee nearly choked. "What? How did THAT happen? I thought you were. you know."
"You KNEW?!"
She shrugged. "You know what they say about nothing slipping away from the ones who don't close their eyes two long."
"Not really, no."
"It's an old Amshean saying, but ok, it doesn't concern you anyway. So, you have fallen in love? That's really strange considering the fact that you are not able to fall in love." She thought for a while. "I heard about what happened in that bar, I also heard you claim you never saw anything. do you remember what happened after that, when you came to?"
"Nothing except seeing Ratchet's ugly face." It kind of surprised Duo how he dared to speak his mind around this person and always receive a positive respond. All in all there was no wonder Hound had fallen for her, but his new friend's secret was safe with him.
Andrea smiled at him. "Well, there's only one way to find out what has happened and that is to ask the good doctor."
"In the meantime what am I supposed to do?"
Andrea looked at him, feeling so sorry for him. "To fall in love, Duo, is not easy, you'll find that out very soon. There are so many things that have to match in order to get a relationship to work. You will probably think you're hurting now, but I'm afraid I can't pat you on the back and tell you it's all going to go away or be better in a heartbeat because it won't. I wish." she sighed. "I wish I could give you some good advice, but I can't. In love there are no rules and what works for one doesn't necessarily work for the other."
"But how can I make this go away, how can I be cured?"
Andrea had to fight hard in order to stifle a smile. "I'm afraid it's not that easy. The best thing you can do is to tell Red how you feel."
"Are you MAD?"
"I didn't exactly mean that you should tell it to his face, merely write it down on a piece of paper or something, just to get some of those feelings out."
"That will work? If I do that will I fall out of love with Red Alert?"
"I'm afraid that's not how it works. When you have chosen yourself a source of affection it doesn't pass easily. You have to be patient, give it time. till we can come up with a way that can benefit you the most."
"Can't you just give me a new body?"
Andrea held her index finger to her lip. "All good things to those who wait. Now, run off I have work to do."
"But-"
"Duo, it's not usual to provide Transformers with new bodies unless their old ones are severely damaged. It's a lot of risk involved in such operations."
"You did it to Ironhide!!! Prime approved!"
"Not exactly, I forced my opinion on him and that will never happen again."
"But Ironhide lives! Why can't you give me the same opportunity to live a full life?"
"We'll see... that's all I am going to say."