Bumblebee sat quietly in a wooded area drawing patterns in the soil with his finger. He left his home base wanting to have some time to himself after an unsuccessful battle with the Decepticons, which he felt was his fault. Bumblebee always felt like the weakest link on his team because of the many times he has lost against the cons. This made him feel insecure and a bit ashamed to be apart of Optimus's team. He didn't understand why his tiny self even bothered fighting with those cons. Especially Blitzwing.
He's scary, and those unpredictable changing faces don't make him any pleasant, is ruthless in battle, has immense strength, and the no hesitation in crushing him into a little yellow cube if he wanted to. There were times where Bumblebee felt a little intimated by the huge bot. The thought of his passive peds stepping on his body and crushing him made him shiver. I hate being small. he thought sadly.
He rose to his peds with a sigh and walked a little deeper into the woods. He spotted a large rock a few feet ahead of him and decided to sit on it. The rock was a little uncomfortable against his backside but sat on it anyway. He looked up at the star-lit sky taking in its beauty but then tensed when he saw and heard an all too familiar jet. Sliding off the rock, he kept his optics on the jet as it neared the ground.
Bumblebee swallowed nervously as the jet transformed into Megatron's top lieutenant, Blitzwing. The triple changer made a ground shaking landing and spotted Bumblebee. He walked up to him making the small bot brace himself for a potential fight. Blitzwing stopped a foot away from him and smiled nastily.
"Well, well. Fancy seeing you here, autobot." Bumblebee took a few steps back and prepared to call the others in case Blitzwing decided to attack him.
"What do you want, Blitzwing?" Bumblebee tensed up when he heard the con let out a dark chuckle.
"Well, I've come here to rub me defeating your team today in your face. It was hilarious and quite sad. Your puny autobot self didn't stand a chance." Bumblebee glared at him and looked around wanting to throw something at him.
"If you've come here just to poke fun at me about it, I'm going to leave because I'm not in the mood." Blitzwing, being the cold-hearted con that he is, teased Bumblebee more.
"Whether you are in the mood or not, autobot, I'm still going to make fun of you for it. Why Optimus still has you in his team is a mystery."
"You are a weakling and so puny! I could crush you with one hand!" Random laughed crazily making Bumblebee clench his teeth.
"Shut your mouth, Blitzfreak! I'm not weak or small! I'm strong and a good fighter!"
"Today says otherwise, little one. You hardly left a scratch on me with those pitiful stingers of yours. It was actually quite adorable seeing how harmless they were."
Bumblebee felt his optics stinging. He refused to shed tears in front of his enemy and glared into his face.
"Go away or I'm going to call the others!"
"Why? I thought you were strong and a good fighter."
"I am!"
"Then you don't need the other autobots. You can defeat me all on your own. Am I right?"
Bumblebee growled and activated his stingers. "I'll show you; you jerk!"
He shot a few bolts at Blitzwing's chest and abdomen who merely stood there unfazed.
"Honestly bug, is that all you got?"
Bumblebee deactivated his stingers and ran at Blitzwing with his fists bared. With a yell, He threw furious punches to his leg followed by a few kicks which did nothing to the con. Icy made way for Hothead and he grabbed Bumblebee by the arm and threw him into a tree nearly breaking it in half. Bumblebee slid down with a pained groan. He wobbly rose to his peds and ran towards Blitzwing again.
He wasn't about to lose. He curled his hand into another fist and right before he hit his target, a large hand wrapped around his arm and hoisted him up from the ground. Bumblebee was now face to face with hothead which made him recoil a little. He kicked at Blitzwing's hand yelling at him to let go, but this made the con squeeze his arm tighter and shake him. Bumblebee hissed in pain and grew scared that hothead might rip his arm off.
"You autobot scum! You are no match against me! I will tear your pathetic autobot build to pieces and eat them!" He roared in his face.
Blitzwing carelessly let his arm go and watched Bumblebee hit the ground with a loud thud. Bumblebee let out a painful yell and laid there for a minute. His arm throbbed in pain as he sat up. He chocked back a sob and pulled his knees to his chest, burying his face in them. He's right. I am weak.
Silent tears fell from his optics making him hide his face more. Blitzwing stared down at the distraught little bot and didn't know what to do. Comforting wasn't exactly his thing and if any Decepticon were to show kindness to an autobot, Megatron would be none too pleased.
But his master was not here meaning he could provide Bumblebee with some form of comfort. Blitzwing noticed tears running down his yellow cheeks and felt something in his spark that made him feel a bit guilty. Perhaps he was a little too harsh on the younger bot. He was just a scout after all. Not believing he was doing this, Blitzwing slowly lowered himself to the ground, so his legs were folded under him. He spoke in a gentle tone, not wanting to scare Bumblebee away.
"Autobot. Autobot look at me." Bumblebee raised his face from his knees and looked at Blitzwing. The con let out a sigh and said a word he hasn't used in his vocabulary in who knows how long.
"I'm-I'm sorry, little one. I didn't mean to make you this upset." Bumblebee sniffed and wiped at his optics.
"You're lying. You Decepticons are never sorry about anything."
"But I am. I would never apologize to someone I don't feel pity for. Especially if that someone is an autobot." Bumblebee felt more tears spill out of his optics and he wiped them away on his arm.
"You're right, Blitzbrain. I am weak. I'm just a weak, tiny autobot.."
Blitzwing's eyes softened with a sudden urge to hold Bumblebee. Raising his arms, he opened them to Bumblebee and beckoned him to come to him.
"Come here, Liebling." He cooed. Bumblebee looked at his open arms and shook his head backing away some, not trusting the con.
"It's alright. I won't hurt you. Come on." Bumblebee stood up and cautiously walked up to Blitzwing.
"That's it. Come to me."
Once Bumblebee was within arm's reach, he picked him up from under his shoulders and placed him on his lap. Bumblebee tensed up not feeling comfortable being so close to the con, but then relaxed when a hand carefully pressed his head against a warm chest. Soft rubs on his sore arm made Bumblebee look up at Blitzwing who gave a little chuckle.
"I told you I wasn't going to hurt you." He rubbed his thumb under Bumblebee's optic wiping away any leftover tears. A small smile spread on Bumblebee's face as he cuddled closer to Blitzwing. Words of apology were whispered soothingly into his audio receptor making him close his eyes.
"I'm sorry for hurting you and calling you weak and puny. You are none of those. You are the bravest autobot I know."
"B-but I didn't beat you. I am weak.." Blitzwing shook his head and started to rock slowly.
"Shhh. You are not. It doesn't matter if you didn't defeat me. You continued to fight and didn't give up." Bumblebee started to feel a little better and pulled away some from Blitzwing's chest.
"Thanks, Blitzbrain for your apology and.. holding me like this. I never expected it from you."
"Your welcome, sweet one. I surprised myself doing this."
Blitzwing blew a little raspberry on Bumblebee's cheek making the yellow bot erupt with laughter. Blitzwing hummed and gave him another.
"S-stop Blitzwing! Hahaha!" Blitzwing laughed a bit himself and pulled away. He lifted Bumblebee off his lap and rose to his peds.
"I must be on my way now, autobot."
"Yeah same here. Thanks again Blitzbrain. I guess you're not that bad.. for a Decepticon."
"I appreciate your words, little one." Before taking off, he gave Bumblebee a pat on the head and a small kiss making his face turn red.
"Until next time."
Bumblebee watched him leave and went his own way. He touched the spot where Blitzwing gave him a kiss. Maybe he did have a spark after all.
