Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, they are owned by Hasbro. This is a really off the wall pairing from the TF animated world. This has implied slash and will have more slash and M preg as the chapters go on. No like – no read. This is strictly a fan fic. No flames or harsh comments. Constructive criticisms welcome. Enjoy!

Bee had just crashed yet again, his body was heavily damaged, but he had caught the bad guy and Bee figured that Ratchet could just patch him up yet again. Bee also figured that since was so small, no one really noticed the effort he put into everything he did. Yes he was cocky and loud, but that was only to hide the fact that he was so much younger and much more sensitive than he dared admit. He always felt like he had to prove himself with everything he did. Bumblebee often got frustrated with himself. He was not brave like Optimus, he was not stealthy like Prowl, he was not big and burly like Bulkhead, and he was not skilled like Ratchet. He felt like he was a nothing, a nobody on a team full of bots who seemed to have their processors all in order. And so, in trying to prove himself, Bee often found himself in the med bay to repair this or that or for a complete overhaul.

In fact, Bee came in so often, that when Ratchet did not see Bee in the med bay he felt 2 ways, relieved that Bee was not out causing trouble but also extremely worried that the next time Bee would come into the med bay, Ratchet would not be able to repair the bot, and would end up losing him. Ratchet feared that most. But some of the times Bee came into the med bay, Ratchet wished the bot had learned to leave well enough alone, but being the curious young bot that he was, Bee just had a knack for ending up at the wrong place at the wrong time, hence he more often than not ended up having to see the doc bot after almost every adventure.

And though Bee did not know it, there was one particular bot on the team who kept a sharp optic on the yellow speedster, not to parent the young one, but out of another kind of love, the love usually shared between sparkmates. But this other bot could only watch as the young one did his own thing again and again, as this bot was not able to get the young one to listen. But little did this older bot know that something was starting to grow inside the little yellow speedster's spark.

This day Ratchet came out of the med bay to find Bumblebee trying to put on rocket packs that Sari had give the young bot. Ratchet was concerned, not just because the young bot was accident prone, but also because Ratchet could tell the rocket boosters were put on incorrectly, even though Sari and Bee had used Sari's key. It still was not a good idea, as Bee had no idea what he was doing. Ratchet growled as he watched the little subcompact try to transform between his bipedal and his vehicle mode. The placement of the rocket packs had thrown the yellow youngster's transforming off. Sari had left a while ago, and so it was just Bee that was practicing how to transform with the rocket packs in place, unaware that he was being watched by the grumpy old medic.

After failing to transform accurately several times, Bee was suddenly thrown off balance when Ratchet spoke to him.

"You glitch, you have those in the wrong spots. No wonder you can't transform" stated Ratchet, confident in his assessment.

"No, that's not it, I am just not used to them yet" replied Bee, who try as he might, could not transform properly with the rocket packs attached as they were, but still having his pride, Bee was not going to give in so easily. "And I s'pose that you could do any better."

Ratchet winced slightly at the challenge. He was not here to pick a fight, as it was not worth it. He was here to make sure that Bee did not end up offlining himself by having improperly placed equipment, even if it was not standard issue. Ratchet continued to watch as Bee tried yet again and again, and still was unable to transform fully to vehicle mode without a hiccup due to the bulky rocket packs that had not been installed properly.

Finally, after exhausting himself fully, Bumblebee finally swallowed his pride and asked Ratchet for help. Ratchet smiled inside, as he had finally seen Bee acquiesce. Bee followed Ratchet to the makeshift med bay. Once there, Ratchet ordered Bee on to the all too familiar med bay berth. Bee laid down on his stomach, as the rocket packs had been attached to his back. But something strange happened to Bee as he lay across the berth. As Ratchet was moving his hands around the rocket packs to get them off without hurting the yellow youngster, Ratchet had no idea that he was touching a very sensitive portion of Bee's body.

Bee tried not to squirm as the medic removed the rocket packs from where they had been wrongly attached. Ratchet for his part, felt something strange in his spark as he removed the rocket packs, almost as if he was nervous for some reason. Ratchet tried to shake it, but the feeling continued to grow as the youngster tried not to squirm under the medic's hands, not understanding what he was feeling in his body and in his spark. Something was just plain weird.

Finally Ratchet finished attaching the rockets properly, and Bee, after testing out transforming and finding it much easier now, fled the med bay. He fled not in fear of the medic, but in fear of his own feelings growing inside him. Ratchet, for his part, was sad to see the bot go, but happy as well, as the pulsing in his spark seemed to tone down after the young one left the med bay. iI must be getting old /i thought Ratchet, trying his best to deny the feelings he had felt. i But his chassis was so warm and smooth and….no no no, stop it /i thought Ratchet and he went to go do some paperwork, anything to get the youngster off his mind.

Meanwhile, Bee was being quiet, which was highly unusual for the bot, as the youngster was deep in thought. Prowl walked by and was surprised as the yellow bot did not make a peep or even seem to notice the ninja-bot. Prowl was curious as to what was going on, and so settled into a quiet hidden place and continued to watch the yellow bot. Prime and Bulkhead talking, but went unnoticed by the yellow bot staring off into space upon the couch. In fact, it seemed like Prime and Bulkhead did not even notice the youngster was there, as Prime asked Bulkhead where Bee was and Bulkhead said he must have been with Sari as he had not seen the subcompact in sometime.

After the two left, Prowl approached the yellow bot again, and had to spend 10 minutes to just try to get Bee's attention. When Prowl finally got the yellow bot's attention, Bee refused to answer the ninja bot's questions, as Bee was not even sure if he knew the answers himself. Prowl tried to be a good listener, but Bee just walked away, making the ninja bot wonder what in the world had just happened. And since Bee was floating down a river in Egypt, Prowl was going to go to the medic, Ratchet, to see if something was wrong with Bee, but Prowl never got far enough to ask a question as he found the medic lost in his own world, and floating down the same river in Egypt as Bee. Prowl was now really curious, was something going on between those two, and if it was, what exactly was it?