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Today felt weird.
Bumblebee had woken up, still feeling exhausted and like something was wrong. He wasn’t entirely sure what was wrong, and there was never a day he wasn’t tired, so he went to work anyways.
As the day went on, though, he was getting progressively worse, and barely any of his work had been done, as by the end of the day, he was practically sweating, everything hurting and he felt more exhausted than ever.
He was ready to just go home once his shift was over.
“Bumblebee! Hey!” Cheetor had just finished his shift, patrolling over a section of Iacon, and entered the building.
“Hey, Cheetor.”
Cheetor raised an optic ridge. “You okay, Bee?”
Not really. “Ya, why?”
“You don’t sound okay.”
“I’m fine, just tired. I’ll take a nap once I get this finished.”
Cheetor sighed. “Alright then…I’ll stay behind to make sure you get home in one piece.”
“Do you really have that little faith in me?”
“Yes,” Cheetor deadpanned.
Bumblebee laughed as he tried working again. Having Cheetor there helped his morale a little bit.
Only a little bit.
“Hey, is it just me or is it really warm in here?” Bumblebee was practically sweating his plating off at this point.
“…Bumblebee.”
“Ya…?”
“It is freezing cold outside.” Cheetor gestured towards the window, where it was snowing out. “How are you warm? What are your secrets?”
Bumblebee laughed. “Uh, not sure…”
Cheetor laughed as well before he turned serious. “Seriously, are you okay? Cause I don’t think it’s normal to be sweating when everything is cold.”
Bumblebee decided to give up on his work, making it a future problem, and tried to stand up. “I’m fine-“
He collapsed on the ground.
“Bumblebee!” Cheetor rushed over to Bumblebee. “Are you okay?”
Bumblebee was breathing heavily, and his face was pale. “Ya…ya…”
“Clearly not, c’mon.” Cheetor grabbed Bumblebee’s shoulders, and picked him up. “I’ll bring you to Maximal base.” Bumblebee nodded as he tried to walk, putting everything he had left within him to make it to Maximal base. It wasn’t that far of a walk, anyways.
“Rhinox was basically our medic when our healing pod got broken, I’m sure he’ll figure out what’s going on!”
“Probably…just sick…”
Cheetor gave him a concerned look. “Are you sure?”
Bumblebee shook his head. “No…”
“C’mon, you can stay the night at the base.”