A Small Situation

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Bumblebee's pov

I slowly open my optics. Ugh, everything hurts. I turn my helm to the side and see Ratchet typing on the computer. I slowly sit up and look at him.

"Hey Ratch." I beep. He looks over at me and smiles. Wait, Ratchet smiling? He must've really missed me.

"You're finally awake. What do you remember?" He asks. I think for a moment.

"All of it." I say and he nods.

"Okay, that's... good, I think." He states. I nod my helm.

"Sorry for waking you up at like, 5 in the morning a few days ago, haha... I couldn't really control it." I apologize. He just rolls his optics.

"It's fine, just don't make a habit of it." He says and I laugh. I don't remember the last time I heard Ratchet try to crack a joke. I get up and walk into the main room. Everyone but Optimus is there. They all look up when I enter and next thing I know, they're all smiling.

"Bee!" Smokescreen yells and next thing I know, I'm being hugged quite hard.

"Smokey... can't... breathe." I wheeze out. He steps back a bit.

"Oops, sorry." He laughs and steps back.

"Hey buddy, how're ya feeling?" Bulkhead asks.

"A lot taller haha." I joke. Bulkhead smiles. "I'm feeling a lot better, thanks." I say more seriously. He smiles and punches my shoulder as he walks past. Arcee walks up to me. She opens her mouth to say something but I cut her off before she can speak.

"To answer your question, the last time I put myself before someone else, they ended up dying. So, yeah..." I trail off and she frowns.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I know how that feels, to lose someone." She says. "Just remember though, you should always be the most important person to you. You gotta put yourself first sometimes or else you won't be there to help someone else later on." She says and I nod. Good point I guess.

"I'll keep that in mind." I say and she nods.

"By the way, Smokescreen and Bulkhead both know about you and Optimus." She says and I nod. Well then, that's that I guess. Suddenly, Optimus walks into the room. When he sees me he stops walking. We stare at each other for a moment before he walks towards me. Suddenly, he's hugging me, which I didn't expect since we never show any kind of affection towards each other in public. Slowly, I hug back.

"You're too much like your carrier, putting yourself before others." He says to me and I smile.

"Yeah, but it's more fun that way. You get to experience more adventures." I reply and he releases me and walks over to Ratchet to talk a few things over. I sit down and think about everything that has happened in the past week. Suddenly, I remember the deal I made with Megatron to get myself back to normal. Shit. I walk over to Optimus and Ratchet.

"So, what are we gonna do about the "relic" for Megatron?" I ask and they look at me for a moment.

"Well," Ratchet starts, "there's a few things we could do... you could either not show up which will probably get you killed, we could send him something fake and let him think he won or we could tell him that you lied... which will definitely get you killed... or worse." Well, I guess I've only really got one option if I don't want to die... man I've gotta stop digging myself into these kinds of holes.

"Alrighty then... I guess we could just tell him that he fell for something that stupid, just to see his reaction." I say and they both glare at me.