A story in blue and purple

Maccadam's

- This is the place I told you about - Shockwave said, guiding Soundwave

It was truly great, the orange lights were intense but soft at the same time, the atmosphere was calm and enjoyable. All the bots there seemed happy. 

- Do you want a drink? - Shockwave asked.

- Uh... yes sure - The blue one was tense, once again 

- Sour or sweet? - 

- Sweet and soft, please, I can't handle high grade -

- Right, take a seat, I will be back in a moment. - The purple mech left.

Soundwave sat and waited. They put their backpack under the table and looked around them. A lot of femmes and mechs where there. Flyers, grounders, short ones, tall ones... behind their mask, they smiled. But then, they looked at themselves, they didn't looked as a femme, neither as a mech, but they was happy.

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Shockwave went to the bar.

- Who's that mech I see?? - A voice said - Shockwave? -

He turned around - Wheeljack?! - He was surprised to see him there, too 

- Long time no see you, my friend -  The white mech said, with a hand on Shockwave's shoulder. - How have you been? -

- The usual, I got a job -

- That's good for you - 

Wheeljack is, at least, 7 megacycles older than Shockwave. He was really experienced and was like a mentor for the purple mech. 

- Who gave it to you? -

- Someone called Megatron, his place is near here, on Vos -

- You should have called me, I have labs, I would give it to you easily -

- Don't worry, I'm fine -

-... Why are you here, by the way? - Wheeljack took a sip of his drink 

- I met someone, is a friend of mine -

The older laughed - Is a femme? -

- No -

- Shockwave.. I didn't know that side of you... but you are my buddy and I won't judge you -

- What do you mean? Is not a mech, neither. And is only my friend - Shockwave hadn't been in love never in his life. Yes he felt kinda attracted to a few femmes, but not precisely in love. His mind was always somewhere else.

- Then what is it? - 

- ... I don't know - Shockwave was feeling odd, that's not a phrase he would say - It doesn't matter actually, It's not like we are getting conjunxed, right? - 

- Right, but you don't feel curious, at least? - As a scientist, Wheeljack knows that curiosity was Shockwave's weak point. 

Shockwave stared at the distance, he actually was looking at Soundwave, but without letting Wheeljack to know it. He was analyzing them, as a being. Not a bot, just a being. He knew that would be mean, even unethical, but he did it.

- What happens? - Wheeljack said, looking at his almost hypnotized friend 

- I'm thinking about my work - Lies. He was lying. He put more attention at Soundwave. He observed their body. Their pedes where bigger than femme's, but somewhat tinier than the mech's. Same with their hands, as he remembered from days ago. He looked at their helm, looking for any difference. But no, they was like no-one else. Shockwave then observed their chest. It was flat, so he guessed they was a mech, but then noticed that the "chest" was actually an armor-like plate, the chest was under that and he couldn't see. His sight was now on their hips, again. He didn't want to see, because it should be misunderstood as harassment, but his lack of face could help him.

Wheeljack was talking to him, but he was so focused, his audials were receiving the sound but he wasn't listening. Shockwave was still looking at the polyhexian. He looked at their hips, the lower part, he didn't want to see their crotch. He stopped. He shouldn't be doing that. He didn't do that to his other friends, why he was doing that? 

- Hey - A deep voice said. - Here are your drinks - It was a tall, orange mech. 

- Oh, thank you Maccadam -

- You look stressed, young one -

- I am -

- Oh, don't worry, everything will be okay. Now, go with your friend and relax -

Shockwave took the drinks - Okay, thank you - While he was walking to where Soundwave was, he thought "Wait...how he knows..? Was he listening?!?" He stopped walking "no..no way, he wasn't there!! "

He arrived with Soundwave, who was reading their datapad. 

- Oh, Shockwave! You took so much time -

He was lost in his own mind. -...Uh, sorry what? -

- You took so much time, are you alright? -

- Yes, it was.. a friend, he is here, I said hi, that's it - He said while sitting down in front of Soundwave. 

- Oh, I see - Soundwave took a straw out of their backpack. A long, silly straw. It was one of those with silly loops, the ones that kids use. Their opened a tiny hole in the lower part of their mask.

Shockwave was surprised. Soundwave somehow always avoided to show their face. 

- Do you want one? - They asked.

- Uh... - He didn't know what to say. Now he was the ashamed one. He remembered what Maccadam just told him a few minutes ago "go with your friend and relax" - Yes, sure -

Soundwave took another straw, it had silly loops too. Shockwave put it on his drink and laughed. It was funny to see. Two adult bots using straws with silly loops. It was illogical in all ways, but Shockwave was happy and Soundwave was confident, both of them were relaxed and enjoying the moment.

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