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[planate]

Who: pipe and mayday and ???
What: ANOTHER WEENIE DATE
When: grunts
Where: around
Warnings: gay

Pipes was probably not as bothered about the pollen as he should be. He's not in denial about it like he is with several other things - that would involve invalidating the other people involved - but at the same time he's not entirely sure how to deal with it all. Miria had run away when he'd tried to apologise for acting so strangely but... not much he can do about that.

He stands at the bottom of Mayday's elevator, looking up and wondering if he's even doing the right thing. Pipes didn't realise feelings were so hard. He really hopes none of this happens again.

Taking the can tied to string hanging down, Pipes stares at it for a moment then gives it a tug. He's not entirely sure how this works.

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[scaredybot]

Tugging on it works. There's more cans attached to the other end in the ship, and they jangle cheerfully as Pipes pulls it. There are probably better ways to do this, but Mayday is a spaceship engineer, not an expert on primitive communication devices.

After he checks who's at his 'door', Mayday rides valiantly down in his creaking bin to meet him. Leaning out carefully, we waves down. "Pipes!"

Several deer jump out when the elevator touches down. They'll be back.

[planate]

Pipes watches them go. Bye deer. That's weird. Mayday is weird. And so cute. Pipes greets him with a Big Hug when he's out the elevator.

"Listen," he pulls back. "These last few months have been mega weird. I thought it might be time to get away for a day and relax."

[scaredybot]

"Mmm!" Mayday is getting very used to Pipes hugs now. He doesn't even feel the urge to wipe down his plating after one anymore! Progress.

"Haha! Ha. Heh. Yeeeah..." It's been really weird. He never expected to have to tell his boyfriend that he, uh, boinked a few people because he needed to get snacks for his deer and mistakes were made. Only slightly less awkward knowing that Pipes had done the same thing for similar reasons. Except not involving deer.

He beams at Pipes. "That's sounds great. Relaxing sounds great."

He doesn't do that very often.

[planate]

Oh my god Mayday WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE DEER DON'T TELL PIPES THAT

"Great! I found a nice spot that's got a great view of the crater. I know that sounds depressing but when the sun sets it glints off the energon crystals in there and it's really pretty like the sun glinting off your visor!"

He claps. "It'll take about a half hour to get there, though."

[scaredybot]

WOW IT WASN'T WITH THE DEER IT WAS FOR THE DEER. He went out to get deer snacks and sex with people happened gosh.

"O-oh!" Mayday places his hands on his visor over his cheeks. "You think it's pretty?"

He is so very charmed by small boyfriend. He rarely got compliments like that before Pipes. "That's fine, I don't mind a bit of a drive."

He might have to take a break at the other end to clean up a little if the road is too dusty, but what's a little clean up time between friends?

[planate]

"Very shiny," Pipes nods, the little charmer he is.

Judging by what happened before... Pipes still thinks it was just the pollen. He transforms, revving excitedly.

"Not long at all!"

[scaredybot]

Gosh, well now he's just glowing again! "I-I do try to keep it clean..."

Some of it was the pollen. Some of it was definitely just the cleaning though. He doesn't always get, um, revved up while he's cleaning, but he does always enjoy it. Some of it was just that Pipes is super cute.

Mayday drops back into his own transformation, treaded bike joining small truck. "Let's go!"

[planate]

Pipes is so glad he's figured out Mayday's Glowing Spots. It's so nice to make him happy.

Spinning his wheels and kicking up a load of dust, Pipes takes off while yelling something about breaking a speed record. Who knows with this idiot, honestly.

[scaredybot]

It's easy for Pipes to make Mayday happy. Just being with Pipes makes him pretty happy!

Yelping and avoiding the cloud of dust, Mayday chases after his boyfriend, kicking up his own dust. For someone who's preferred environment is a hermetically sealed clean room, his alt-mode is actually quite all-terrain capable.

[planate]

Pipes zooms along ahead, keeping an eye on Mayday's position on his radar. It wouldn't be proper to let him fall too far behind. Not with all this dust and muck around.

After a few minutes of driving in relative silence, he pings Mayday's internal comm; "So, uh. Are you okay? After that. Thing. I mean."

[scaredybot]

Mayday swerves a little at the question, but his tread is very grippy and he doesn't crash into anything. Great success!

"Oh, um. You mean the, uh. That. Nh. Yeah." That thing with the pollen and the shower with Pipes and when he went out to get deer snacks and things got really weird. His voice over the common is squeaky when he replies, "I'm fine!"

After a little pause he adds, "I guess I'm a little, mmmn... Embarrassed?"

[planate]

Mayday is so good and perfect, it's unbelievable.

"...Yeah, same. There are a few people I'm not sure how long I should avoid." Mayday obviously wasn't one of them. "It was so weird. Uh. I'm... glad you're okay though."

[scaredybot]

"It was so weird!" Mayday agrees. "I'm usually a lot more..." He doesn't have hands to wave vaguely in vehicle mode, but you can be sure he's flailing them in his head. "...um, hesitant about touching people. Who I don't know well."

He's much more comfortable touching people he likes. Like Pipes.

[planate]

"Yeah, I feel that. You know, especially as a minibot. It's like, woah, where did you come from? Then you get elbowed in the face and it's not fun."

Not entirely what Mayday meant, but thank you, Pipes, for that brief yet bleak look into your life.

"I guess that won't be a problem here. Cause there's like five people."

[scaredybot]

Mayday can't help but laugh at that, even though he feels bad for the imagined Pipes and the elbow in his face. Pipes is a funny guy. He makes Mayday laugh. He makes him happy.

Speeding up, he pulls up alongside Pipes, just two little vehicles going for a drive.

"Mmhm. Not to mention with the humans around people better be keeping their eyes a little lower."

Otherwise there'd be a real nasty mess to clean up.

[planate]

"Oh jeez, I forgot about them. I haven't seen any of them for ages."

... Woops.

"I hope they're okay. Wasn't there one in the medibay?"

[scaredybot]

"Huh, me neither." Then again, Mayday doesn't exactly get out a whole lot.

"Um, maybe? I try to kind of... Avoid the medbay. When I can."

Not mentioning that time Pipes made him faint.

[planate]

"Oh, that's right..."

How could he have forgotten? So careless!

"We're almost there, by the way. You see that big outcrop? Up there."

[scaredybot]

It's okay Pipes, he forgives you.

"Oh!" Mayday says, looking up at the aforementioned geological feature. "Do we have to climb?"

He prefers not to climb things, since it gets his hands all over their grubby surfaces, but he will definitely climb this out crop for Pipes if asked to.

[planate]

"I thought about that! There's a little path leading up. No climbing, but we'll have to walk."

He transforms, skidding to a halt, then holds his hand out. Damn, he's romantic.

[scaredybot]

Pipes is literally the most romantic anyone has ever been to him. Though he hasn't exactly had a lot of romances for comparison.

Flipping to his feet Mayday's face glows a little as he takes Pipes's hand. "Walking is fine."

But please catch him if he trips on a rock with his weak ass ankles.

[planate]

"Good! 'Cause I'm not sure I can carry you and climb at the same time."

Pipes pulls him up, it's gonna be a bit of a walk. Mayday can probably clearly see why Pipes opted not to drive - loose rocks! Oh no!

[scaredybot]

"I don't know," Mayday says, shyly squeezing Pipes's fingers. "You're pretty strong..."

Carried him all the way to the medibay and doesn't afraid of anything. What a cool guy.

The loose rocks make him a little nervous BUT HE'S DETERMINED TO DO THIS. Without making a fool of himself. He'll just... watch his steps. Very carefully. Very very carefully.

[planate]

"Oh, pshaw."

One day, Mayday, one day you will learn Pipes is not that. Possibly today.

"Take your time."

[scaredybot]

It's okay Pipes. You're dating one of the few people on the planet weenier than you, he won't hold that against you.

He will hold onto you tightly, though, as a loose rock slips under his foot and he finds himself toppling over like a bundle of sticks tied with silly string.

"Ah, nuts-!"

Most graceful.