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Recovery period

Not being able to move sucked. Literally.

As soon as you woke up, you wanted to stretch your legs and move around. Unfortunately, Knockout was very insistent that if you did move around, it would reopen your wound and cause even more problems.

So you spent most of your waking hours staring at a wall, messing with your claws, or flicking your tail to annoy the absolute scrap out of Knockout when he was in the lab working. It was boring, but it passed the time pretty quickly.

The thought of Soundwave hadn't hit your mind until now, when you realized that he wasn't there. You kept asking Breakdown or Knockout about his whereabouts, but they just said he was busy working.

"What a lie..." you spat, glancing longingly at the door.

"What was that I heard? Don't tell me, you want to know where Soundwave is." Knockout said sarcastically, rolling his optics and swirling the energon around in his glass.

"Just shut up and tell me, you piece of scrap!" You hissed, wishing you could scratch up his pretty finish. "I deserve to know where my master is!"

"Your master? Is that what you call him? Hah! Dearie, we aren't in the Stone Age anymore." Knockout laughed, setting his glass down on the table.

You dug your claws deep into the metal table you were laying on, a horrible screeching sound filling the room. You snarled, your fangs fully bared and visible. "Just so you know, Doctor, these claws were meant to gut my victims from the throat down. And these fangs? They were meant to crush metal and rip it to shreds. If you would be so kind as to release me from this stupid medical equipment, I would love to test out my new method of gutting victims..." Every word was spat like venom from your mouth, which shook Knockout to his core.

Knockout's optics were widened in shock and fear and he ducked behind a table. "Okay okay! I'm sorry! Soundwave is busy doing something for Lord Megatron, I'm sure he'll show soon!"

"Y/N?"

Soundwave's voice caught your attention and your audials perked up when you spotted him standing in the doorway.

"Soundwave!" You purred happily, watching him dash over to you. You only expected a pet or a few words of greeting, but you were completely surprised when Soundwave wrapped his long arms around you and hugged you tightly.

"Hug increases satisfaction levels sufficiently. Conclusion: worry and longing deleted." Soundwave droned on, still holding you close while also being very gentle.

You purred loudly, rubbing your head against his head. "I'm glad to hear that, Soundy. You were worried about me?"

Meanwhile, Knockout was really scared now. He had never heard Soundwave speak in his entire life and after hearing that, he was gone like the wind.

"Affirmative." Soundwave simply replied, finally releasing you from his grip and standing up straight. "Diagnosis?"

You chuckled, flicking your tail a little. "I'll be fine. I should be good to go in a few days or so."

Soundwave tilted his head like a curious sparkling would, his blank screen blinking to life. Several images blipped through until the image of a heart appeared.

You tilted your head in confusion. "What does that symbol mean?"

"Explanation: human object known as a 'heart'. Used to show emotions such as love and affection." Soundwave relayed the definition to you, the heart on his screen blinking into color now.

You smiled a toothy grin at Soundwave. He was so sincere and you loved it. "So that means... you love me as your companion?"

Soundwave nodded, the heart disappearing afterwards.

"Well... I love you as my master then!"

A smiley face appeared on his screen and you laughed. Man, it felt good to be back with Soundwave again.