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At their shared quarters, Aquaformer was curled up in the berth. She was exhausted from doing so much and then to seemingly realize her mate didn't seem to care. She wouldn't have normally felt this way, but being sparked made her emotions quite a bit off from what she normally was. Aquaformer had no idea that Ratchet had seen her or that he had commed Optimus and read the bot the riot act. Aquaformer felt cold as she shivered in the large berth. All she had wanted was some love and some time with her mate, but it appeared even that was too much to ask at times. She eventually fell into recharge, a restless recharge, but a recharge none the less. Her only hope was that he wouldn't reject her or the sparkligs.
Optimus made his way to the shared quarters. He felt guilty for what he had done. And Ratchet reading the Prime the riot act hadn't helped. Even though they had only recently bonded, Optimus was starting to realize that his tough as nails mate was way more sensitive than she let on. Of course, he realized that some of this was likely due to the fact she was carrying his sparklings.
Soon, he was at the door and soon went in. The quarters were quiet and Optimus feared something had happened to his precious mate. He searched the quarters and was only slightly relieved to see the femme trying to recharge on the berth. Aquaformer shivered as she recharged, obviously not recharging as well as the femme needed to. Optimus felt terrible. She had been so good to him, but he hadn't quite been as good to her. Hoping it would help, Optimus carefully laid down next to his mate and pulled her close.
And as he held her close, she seemed to recharge much better. Optimus quietly set his systems to react when she woke and then fell into recharge with his mate. She snuggled close into him, seeking out his warmth. The pair rested, hoping that when they woke, things would be better.
Meanwhile, Jazz had just seen Ratchet, who had told the bot something Jazz was going to have to explain to his mate. Jazz was sparked with three little ones, all apparent seekers. Jazz didn't know how to explain this as Jazz had no idea his mom was a seeker or that Prowl's parents were both seekers. Jazz, still stunned, headed for home.
Prowl spotted his stunned mate upon entering the quarters. "Are you ok, Love?" Prowl asked, concerned.
Jazz didn't respond right away, still stunned, but after a few minutes, Jazz came around. "I…I don't know"
"What's wrong? Is something wrong with the sparklings?" Prowl queried.
"Well, nothing wrong, per se, but they will have a unique trait" Jazz answered.
"Oh, what is that?" Prowl asked, wanting to know more.
"Ratchet stated that they have the data to be seekers" Jazz revealed.
Prowl nodded. "I don't care what they are as long as they are healthy and mom is healthy" Prowl responded.
Jazz smiled at that, but was curious. "I just don't know how they got that data" Jazz replied.
Prowl sighed, revealing something he had told no one before. "Both of my parents were seekers. They loved me, but I was taken from them because I was a grounder. I still miss them" Prowl sadly revealed.
Jazz went to his mate and hugged Prowl. For the moment, both were happy and content.