Starscream forced himself to remove his gaze off of Knockout to look at the blue mech standing beside him. He put his servos behind his back and stood straighter, "Breakdown. Leave. Now. I need to speak with Knockout in private."

Starscream didn't notice the look of surprise on the red medic's face but the ex-wrecker did.

Something clicked in Breakdown's mind and he grinned down at the medic, "Ahh, so he's the one."

Knockout snapped his helm to him rather too quickly and Breakdown knew then that he was right. Just by the look that the red mech had and how he began moving his mouth to try and deny it was all it took. The slight blush that started to creep up on his faceplate didn't help either.

Breakdown chuckled and patted the mech's shoulder, "Things will be fine. Just remember what I told you," he left it at that and walked towards the door. As he walked passed Starscream, he grinned at the Seeker and winked before he walked out.

Starscream frowned at that and turned to watch him leave. He was really confused. He turned back to look at Knockout and saw him looking down from his gaze. He wanted to say something to the medic but he couldn't think of anything.

Knockout took a deep intake, calming his systems before glancing up at the Seeker. He was about to ask why he was there but then he noticed something and frowned. He groaned, "Starscream," he whined.

Starscream's brows furrowed, "What?"

"I just buffed you not that long ago and you went ahead and decided to ruin my work?"

The Seeker looked down and touched his scratched chassis, "Well, actually no. It's was, sadly, a gift from Megatron."

Knockout frowned, "What did you do this time?"

Starscream shrugged and looked back up at him, "Late to the bridge."

"Oh. So, is that why you are here?" the red medic asked.

Starscream nodded his helm, taking that as an excuse instead of his other reason why.

Knockout ex-vented heavily and slid off the medical berth. He patted it, "Come lay down."

Starscream did what he was told and walked over to the berth, situating himself so he was laying down comfortably. While Knockout went to a shelf to get more wax, he started to feel rather... awkward. Well, how else is he supposed to feel just after figuring out what his feelings from earlier meant.

The Seeker groaned and placed his servos over his optics. He couldn't believe that he had fallen for him. To top it all off, the medic was a grounder. He had bad-mouthed the red mech for choosing a land vehicle and now he was actually feeling guilty about it.

"Uh, something wrong Commander?" Knockout's voice broke his thoughts.

Starscream glanced at him from between his finger-digits and he cursed his spark when it decided to skip a pulse at the sight of the red-medic's worried expression. He groaned and looked up at the ceiling, "I-it feels like something is in my optic. Either that or Megatron scratched it," he lied. He didn't want to tell him what was on his mind then. Yet.

Knockout frowned and stepped closer to him, "Here, let me see," he said and placed a servo over the Seeker's, tugging them down gently from his optics.

The Seeker lowered his servos enough for just his optics to show and he pretended as if one was hurting by closing it. He kept his gaze away from the medic as he began to gently pry it open with a few digits. He flinched when the red mech shined a light into it.

"Look the other way," Knockout said. Starscream did so.

"Down."

"Up."

"Now at me," Knockout said then. Starscream hesitantly moved his optic to look at the red medic above him. Oh slag! The Seeker felt his faceplate heating up then rather quickly. He didn't realize how close he was when he was inspecting his optic.

Knockout kept staring at his optic until he couldn't handle it any more and turned off the light, turning away, "Your optic looks fine. You could be imagining it," he said. He placed a servo on his chest as he put the light down on a table with the other. With how loud his spark was pounding then, he was pretty sure the Air Commander could have heard it if he tried.

He glanced at the buffer and picked it up. It should be able to drone out the noise of his spark beating. After taking a few seconds to compose himself, he turned back around with the buffer. He walked back over to the Seeker, "Alright Herr Kommandant. Lay still while I get rid of these horrid scratches."

Starscream nodded and lowered his servos from his face but kept his helm turned away from the medic as he began his work.

They were silent. Knockout buffed the Seeker while he lied still on the medical berth with his gaze and helm turned away from the other. There was an awkward silence hanging in the air and it was heavy.

Knockout really wanted to say something but he couldn't figure out what. It would be for the best for him to just finish up with the buffing. The Seeker was there for that reason.

Knockout paused in his work then. Starscream never comes to the med-bay for a buffing by his own accord. The only time he ever got buffed was when he was injured enough that he needed to be sent to the med-bay. Knockout or Breakdown would buff him then, after his wounds were welded shut.

The red medic turned off the buffer and stood straighter. Starscream was there for another reason and ordered Breakdown to leave because of it.

Starscream frowned when the medic stopped in his work. He sat up enough so he could lean on his elbows comfortably as he looked down at himself. He noticed that the medic wasn't finished with the buffing, there was still quite a few scratches. He looked back up at the red mech, "Knockout?" he asked, worry could be heard in his voice.

Knockout half lidded his optics before glancing at the Seeker, frowning, "Why did you come here?" he lifted a finger-digit as he watched the Seeker's mouth open to answer. "And don't say you wanted to get buffed, you never come in here just to get buffed. What's the real reason?"

Starscream closed his mouth and lowered his gaze along with his helm, thinking of how to word it properly. He bit his bottom lip before answering, "C-can I not just come in for a visit?"

Knockout's frown grew, crossing his arms, "I'm not buying it. Tell me the truth."

The Seeker's spark pounded hard as he tried to figure out some lie and not the truth but the truth kept popping up. He would like to say the reason, tell the medic how he feels but he couldn't figure out how to word it.

Knockout couldn't stand the cute and frustrated look the Seeker had as he tried to think of something. He rolled his optics, venting heavily as he checked his internal chronometer to keep his mind off it for a bit. He watched the seconds go by slowly, the time gaining another minute. Just before he returned his mind to his surroundings, he felt something... against his cheek.

He was pretty sure he just stalled then as his optics grew wide at the realization. Once it disappeared, Knockout turned his helm slowly to look at the Seeker. He was just pulling away from him and he laid back down on the medical berth, propping himself back up on his elbows. Starscream kept his gaze away from him, a highly noticeable blush covering his faceplate, "I... uh, c-couldn't figure out how to put it in words."

Knockout stared at him, still blinking. He lifted a now slightly shaky servo to his faceplate, lightly touching his cheek. He finally looked away, the shock finally hitting him.

Did... DID HE JUST KISS ME!?