I can when we get back after he's had time to burn off some energy. [ This is going to suck. ] You didn't do anything wrong, but I was hoping he would have heard it from Megatron. I don't know I just figured...it would have been easier that way.
Would you want to put him in that position? [ There was enough blame to rest on Megatron's shoulders to fill the annuls of Cybertronian history, but what Rodimus felt wasn't his fault. Even Drift had to admit that. ]
Last we spoke...Rodimus wasn't in a good way. I got him to spend the not watching movies with me in my room instead of drinking, but now? I don't know what kind of headspace he's going to be in.
And...that night I might have gently tried to nudge him towards Thunderclash.
Envy? I don't know about that, but this is Rodimus. He's been aimless for the better half of the last few centuries, and suddenly Megatron is back in his life. You're either competition, something he's going to meticulously compare himself to looking for his own shortcomings, or both.
[ Drift makes a noise that's almost pained as it was tired out ] Either way what he thinks is that he lost.
[The similarity to Minimus's thoughts months ago does not go unnoticed. Minimus had a lifetime of comparing himself to others, and Megatron having recently been with Drift was immediately seen as just another part of that pattern.
But Rodimus? Feeling that Minimus is the better one?]
Competition? For Megatron's attention? [But they're already friends. They are already partners with complimentary leadership styles. It's not like Minimus demands that they spend time throughout the entire day. They spend time together like they used to on the Lost Light; their nighttime schedules are the only ones that have changed.]
...Oh no. [A terrible realization.] By "lost", do you mean in the sense of.......
[His voice strains until it settles into a whisper.]
[It's like a plot from one of his romantic novels that he locks away in the deepest of files. Would that mean Rodimus will attempt to sabotage Minimus's life as revenge for "stealing" his man? Does that mean he has to watch out for seduction plots?
He does feel a horrid twinge of pride at feeling that he's "won" at being someone's favorite.]
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[ Deep inhale, and a long drawn out vent follows. ]
Shit.
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This has all gone to pot. Again.
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Drift, is there something I should know?
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Last we spoke...Rodimus wasn't in a good way. I got him to spend the not watching movies with me in my room instead of drinking, but now? I don't know what kind of headspace he's going to be in.
And...that night I might have gently tried to nudge him towards Thunderclash.
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Do you think he envies us?
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[ Drift makes a noise that's almost pained as it was tired out ] Either way what he thinks is that he lost.
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But Rodimus? Feeling that Minimus is the better one?]
Competition? For Megatron's attention? [But they're already friends. They are already partners with complimentary leadership styles. It's not like Minimus demands that they spend time throughout the entire day. They spend time together like they used to on the Lost Light; their nighttime schedules are the only ones that have changed.]
...Oh no. [A terrible realization.] By "lost", do you mean in the sense of.......
[His voice strains until it settles into a whisper.]
----romantic rivalry?
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What's more of a zero-sum game than love?
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[It's like a plot from one of his romantic novels that he locks away in the deepest of files. Would that mean Rodimus will attempt to sabotage Minimus's life as revenge for "stealing" his man? Does that mean he has to watch out for seduction plots?
He does feel a horrid twinge of pride at feeling that he's "won" at being someone's favorite.]
Did Megatron know?
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[ Not that Drift can speak it only took four million years and near annihilation of the universe for him to choke out the big L word. ]
Minimus.
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[But Minimus mostly just asked because he is, once again, worried about what this means for their blossoming relationship.]
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The other one.
He hasn't been picking up and I can't find him.
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[He moves away from the café, out towards the plaza.]
I've explored most of the city, if I have a description...
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We're talking about Rodimus now anyway.