June didn't understand what was going on with the Autobots. Optimus was avoiding her, Bulkhead was always taking Miko out on longer and longer trips that were cleared by Optimus, and Bumblebee was hiding in the RecRoom, somewhere June didn't want to go in because poor Bumblebee had no escape.

What was different about her that scared the Autobot mechs? She thought Arcee would talk to her, but the blue femme would always back up, keeping five feet between them.

"I'm sorry," she had said. "But I cannot tell you." The blue femme would then hurry away, glancing back at Ratchet.

She sighed and climbed back up to the catwalk. Raf was researching the symbols.

"The first one is love, the second is adore, the third is respect, the fourth is honor..." He listed them on and on.

How is any of this bad? Why would any of this warrant the Autobots to leave and act weird?

Raf finished, showing her the list.

Love

Adore

Respect

Honor

Mine

Always.

She blinked at the list, going through the list several times. The last two burned into her mind. Mine. Always. She looked at Ratchet, who was watching her with dark optics. He was glaring at Raf.

June pushed the human five feet away from her and watched his optics lighten. He blinked and fixed his gaze on her.

She frowned and turned on her own laptop, hacking into the Autobot network. Ratchet had created a sort of a wikipedia on the Cybertronians, and she immediately went to contents.

Courting stood out to her and she clicked on it.

Different Cybertronians court another different ways. Some mechs create jewelry and become extremely possessive of however receives such jewelry. Other mechs sing, make noises, and huff, attracting femmes that way. It depends on when the Cybertronian was created or born and what the creators did/what the sparkling is exposed to...

The bracelet around her wrist burned and felt heavy. She looked back up at Ratchet, peering at him through her lashes. He looked at her, tipped his helm, then transformed. His passenger door opened, waiting for her. She slowly crawled in.

"Is that why Optimus ran away?" she asked in greeting.

"Yes. Mechs are extremely...aggressive when they claim a mate. Optimus didn't want to get in the way, and neither did anyone else. They will settle down when I have gotten over the...aggressive stage."

"And when will that be?" June couldn't stop laughing. "Optimus was afraid?"

He chuckled himself, and June imagined him nodding. The ambulance pulled out of base and drove down the dirt roads to the small town of Jasper, then went passed it. She watched the town go by. "Yes, he was. I have not been able to scare him that bad for years." His chuckling faded. "It will stop when we are mated."

"Mated?"

"When you approve of me," he said softly. "When we are bonded."

"I can't bond with you," she said. She remembered reading that days ago. "I have a heart. My heart just pumps. Your spark, it pumps, holds memories, transmits memories, receives memories..." She leaned back in the seat, sighing.

"Of course we cannot bond, but we can come close." He pulled over, his door swinging open. "We have moved Cybertronian artifacts to your world." He transformed, scooping her up and holding her on his shoulder.

She gasped at the trees. They were old, majestic and towered high above her, and even Ratchet.

"We could not bring our 'trees', but we did find these trees and we brought them here. We put the same carvings that were on Cybertron in these trees..." He touched a carving as he spoke.

N+S

He produced his surgical blades and he carved "R+" into a tree. He looked at her, and she nodded. "J" was carved into the bark next.

She hugged his helm and smiled, pressing her face into his cheekplate.

Ratchet made a quiet sound that she didn't understand, but it sounded happy.

ooo

When Optimus saw Ratchet returning with June climbing out of the passenger seat after he was safely parked, he prepared to run. He found it slightly amusing that Ratchet could still have him running, but overall he was terrified. He remembered when he fought over Aleta's spark with him. He still had those scars. He didn't feel like adding to them.

But Ratchet was...calm. He transformed and helped June onto his shoulder. Then, instead of working on whatever he desired, they walked to the medic's quarters with a human pillow and a human's blanket.

Bumblebee chirred and whistled.

"Indeed, Bumblebee. It appears we can stop running." He smiled down at the scout. "Unless you decide to claim someone."

Bumblebee's servos flew up and his helm shook vigorously. Optimus laughed and stroked his helm fondly.

"I know, Bee...I know."

ooo

June held onto Ratchet, letting him kiss her, kiss her face, her head, her hands... She smiled and stroked his faceplates, kissed his lips, between his optics. They learned each other, petting and stroking and kissing. They would never part.

After their cuddling, they laid together, June held against his chest as if she was a fragile piece of glass. The bracelet, bound around her wrist, bound them together, and would for years.

Haha! Did I do it? Did I? Is this good? X3