Love That Can't Be Broken (Optimus Prime Love Story: TFP/Bayverse)

Words, Words, and More Words

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(Time Pass: Bobby's PoV)

I woke up to metal boots walking the hallway. Sitting up on the pillow I found Optimus in the doorway.

"Good Morning," he said, smiling.

"Hey," I replied," could I have a little help here?" Optimus walked over to me and gently picked me up.

"Thanks," I said, looking into his big, blue eyes.

"You are very welcome," he said looking into my eyes. He stood there, looking at me for a second, before I broke contact to sniff the air.

"Is that.... food," I asked him turning back to face him. My tongue was lolling out. He chuckled.

"Yes it is food. Agent Fowler bought you some from a place called Denny's."

"Isn't that a restaurant," I asked him, curious.

"You tell me. You are the hu-," but he was cut off by the frown on my face. I turned around to look where we were going, then put my head in my free hand. "I-I am sorry.... I did not mean to......," he apologized kindly. I shook my head in response.

"It's ok..... I just wish it didn't hurt so much when people say something like that," I said.

We entered the main silo, as the Autobots called it, and I sniffed the air once more.

"Mmmm.... Bacon," I said to myself.

"What is bacon," asked Optimus, walking towards the bag of take out sitting on one of the computer keyboards.

"You don't know what bacon is," I asked him, abruptly turning to face him, "Ow." That hurt.

"Oh, are you alright," he asked me, hovering a hand over me in case he needed to run and get Ratchet.

"I-I'm fine," I replied rubbing my neck. Optimus stopped at the platform and put me down next the the food. "Thanks," I said, as I took out a piece of bacon, "and this is bacon." I held it up for him to look at it. He looked at it quizzically.

"What's it made of," he asked finally.

"Pig - or meat - if you don't know what pigs are," I said, putting the bacon in my mouth.

"Oh," he said simply, watching me eat. I smiled at him, my cheeks bulging from all of the food in my mouth. He smiled back at me and chuckled. "Well. I must be off scouting for energon," he said walking towards what looked like a controller of some sort.

I swallowed, "Be careful.... and come back soon! I don't want Ratchet bugging me with his sarcasm!" Optimus laughed as he pulled a lever. The swirly circle appeared and he stepped into it, saluting to me. I smiled and took a bite of bacon as Optimus disappeared into thin air.

Ratchet then came in from the hallway. He looked at me and rolled his eyes.

"Well it's true," I said to him. I thought I saw him smile at that, but it could have been a trick of the light.

(Time Pass)

After I finished my meal I slowly got up on my good foot. I walked over to the computer Ratchet was working on, holding the rail. Ratchet looked up and stared at me. After a couple seconds he went back to his computer.

"What are you looking at," I asked him as I sat in a rolly chair.

"Can't you tell," he said pointing to the screen.

I shook my head shamefully, "I...I don't know how to read." He looked up at me, his face looked somewhat shocked, but his mouth wasn't hanging open like those who usually found that out or saw me as a matter of fact.

"You don't?" He seemed surprised.

"No I can't. I've never had the time.... or anyone who could teach me....." Ratchet looked down as if ashamed he had been so stupid as not to realize this.

"Well.... We- I could teach you," he said after a long moment of silence. I looked him in the eyes.

"Yes, please," I exclaimed. He nodded and picked me up, then placed me delicately on his shoulder, facing the computer screen.

"Ok," he said as he typed something in. He pressed a button and the screen changed. It showed a whole bunch of markings I couldn't understand.

"Are these.... letters," I asked him, squinting at the markings in order to try and decipher them.

"Yes," he replied.

And so he began teaching me about the english alphabet, words, spelling and grammar.

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