My friend is a psychopath -Sunstreaker fanfiction-

• Chapter 17. Not doing very well

Apparently, the femme is more stubborn than I thought she would be. Despite she started working again and didn't had Ratchet to talk to, she completely ignored me, like I didn't exist. She took matter in own hands and started to follow her old classes again, even she wasn't scheduled in. 'It's hard, huh?' I jumped. 'You could talk to her, Optimus added. 'Talking? She doesn't talk to me anymore. She ignored my existence. She pretends I am not here. Last time, she slammed the door shut in my face so I don't see why she would be willing yo talk to me now.'

'Sideswipe would know what to do though.'

I looked down at the ground. 'Did you hear anything? Did he contact you or... anything that makes me believe he's okay?' I asked. Prime shook his head. 'I am sorry, Sunstreaker. I tried to contact him, but he doesn't respond to our calls.' I sighed. 'Right...' I looked back at the femme again. 'Maybe you should let it go. You know she never wanted it in the first place. You forced her in a difficult position and lied to me.' I rolled my eyes but I knew it would be the best to stop trying. I guess I screwed it up... again.'

'Fine...'

'I think Sideswipe would tell you to stop trying too. In fact, I think he would've stopped you from doing it in the first place.' I grunted. Prime was right but I hated to admit it. He patted my shoulder before walking off. The femme glanced at me. It was the first time since she slammed the door shut in my face, that she glanced at me again.

She turned her head away and walked off. I guess it's something she looked at me. She never really did that before. It could rather mean she wants to keep an eye on me or she wanted some company and was curious about my mood.

Later that day, when she was ready to go home, she was waiting for the rain to pass. 'Shall I give you a ride home?' She turned her gaze to look at me. 'Fine, but only because I am tired, not because you asked me,' she snapped. I raised my hand and gestured to her to follow me. We walked up to my alt-mode and she hopped in. She seemed quite tired indeed.

Throughout the ride, she said nothing and stared out of the windshield. 'Is something wrong with your arm?' I asked as I pulled up in her neighborhood. 'No.'
'Are you sure? Seems like it hurts,' I replied. 'It's fine.' I parked and turned to look at her. 'You have done it again, didn't you?'

She shot me a glare. 'Agreeing for this ride was a mistake. Stick your nose in your own business, Sunstreaker.' She removed her seatbelt and tried to hop out but I locked the doors. 'What do you want!' She yelled. 'An fair answer, that's all.'

'What do you want me to say! I once trusted you, but not anymore. Trusting you was the biggest mistake in my life,' she spat. 'Are you sure about that? You still agreed with this and if you hated me as much as you say you do, why did you agree?' She became quiet. 'That's what I mean.'
She snorted and shook her head. 'Gosh, you're a jerk.'
'It's not a surprise. Shall I pick you up tomorrow?'

'Oh, no. I won't let you pick me up. I rather arrived all soaking wet than sitting here with you one more minute. I have better things to do,' She snapped. I allowed her to hop out. I sighed and watched her disappear. She slammed the door shut with a lot of force. 'Great,' I muttered before heading back to base. Maybe this ride was a mistake. As soon as I point out my concerns or ask her about how she's doing, she shuts me out. I do kinda recognize myself. I react the exact same. It only means I am on the right track and she's not doing good at all.

I didn't even try an attempt to pick her up the next day. She was back to her usual self,— ignoring me. For once in my life I had good intensions and it's not appreciated. She doesn't understand how rare it is for me to open up for someone. I guess I opened up for the wrong person.
I kept an eye on her without disturbing her. She probably beats me up again if she figures it out.

Around the afternoon, she started to act a little weird. I know she hadn't eaten, barely dranken anything and along with the intense work outs she performed today, I doubted her body was responding positively on it. All the color had drained from her face. Even her lips seems to have a grayish tint. I caught her. She wasn't out for long, only lasted for a few minutes, but she still didn't seem to be doing fine.

I gently picked her up. It felt like I was holding a skeleton. Squeezing my hands a little, my fingers wrapped around bones. Because she wore her uniform, it wasn't very visible for the naked eye. I walked up to the medbay and laid her down. I gave her an water infuse for dehydration and some sugar to get some color back on her face. She wasn't talking, just eating what I gave her. 'Are we back?'

Her lips started to turn back pink again and even her eyes seemed to have their familiar sparkle back. 'I feel fine.' I snorted. 'Yeah, I bet you do. You fainted but despite that you're doing perfectly dine, isn't it?' I mocked and rolled my eyes. She didn't respond. 'Stay here. I will ask Jolt to check you up when he got some time,' I said and turned around. 'Thank you.'

I hadn't expect her to thank me after all. I turned my face but she had closed her eyes and wasn't paying attention to me anymore. I guess I just had to take the 'thank you' without questioning.