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The next morning, Lancex was the first to wake. And upon rousing, Lancex felt arms around him. He looked and noticed that Optimus' arms were wrapped around the Prince's waist with Optimus seeming to hold the bot like an earth child might hold a teddy bear. It was cute. Meanwhile, on the other side, Predaking had one arm over the bot and snuggled close. Lancex smiled as this didn't seem to be such a bad way to wake up. The thing was that while Lancex liked this, he wasn't sure what his friends back home would think. The might have a different opinion about Predaking and Optimus courting the Prince. So, Lancex would step lightly for now, though he really hoped his friends would approve of these two.
After a few more minutes, Optimus roused, though he was a known early riser. He smiled upon seeing Lancex, awake and ready for the day. Feeling in the mood, Optimus planted a heated good morning kiss on Lancex, causing the bot to moan deliciously. And after what feels like minutes but really is only seconds, Optimus broke the kiss off and instructed Lancex to wake Predaking up. Lancex nodded and tried to shake the dragon bot awake.
Instead of waking, the dragon bot growled about wanting five more minutes to sleep. Lancex decided that there was then only one way to wake the bot and so planted a hot morning kiss on Predaking. Predaking woke in an instant and enjoyed the morning kiss. He even kissed back with his own fervor, causing Lancex to moan. "Did you enjoy your alarm clock? Are you awake now?" Lancex asked Predaking.
"Yep" Predaking answered. He wanted more but there wasn't time.
"Come we must clean up and meet up with the rescue bots before we leave" Optimus reminded them. The other two nodded and all three cleaned up, made themselves presentable, and then headed out.
Soon enough, Heatwave saw Lancex, Predaking, and Optimus headed his way. "Morning, sir, Lancex, Predaking" Heatwave stated, always respectful.
"So, what are your plans for today?" Boulder asked.
"We are going to meet with an old friend of mine – High Tide" Optimus replied.
"I can take you to him" Boulder replied.
"Are you sure? He usually is hard to reach" Optimus replied.
"I am sure. He docked up in our harbor yesterday" Boulder replied. Optimus nodded and agreed to allow Boulder lead the way, as Optimus had need to speak with High tide. Lancex and Predaking had no idea who this bot was, but figured Optimus would explain later. Boulder led the three to the harbor. Optimus just hoped High Tide would be accepting of things. Only one way to find out he figured.