It was a quiet and peaceful day... until it wasn't.

Y/n and Heatwave really got into it this time as they got into a screaming match, both spitting hateful and spiteful things at one another as the other bots backed down and let them yell it out. Tensions were high after recent storms and the whole team had been working nonstop to help restore the town from the floods and damage, it had been a whole week with another week load still to come.

"AT LEAST WE'VE BEEN HERE THIS WHOLE TIME! WHERE WERE YOU!? OH THATS RIGHT, OUT SUCKING UP TO OPTIMUS!"

"AT LEAST I DO A BETTER JOB THAN YOU, YOU BLOW HARD! I GOT US BETTER EQUIPMENT THAN YOU EVER HAVE!" Y/n snapped back sharply

"AND JUST HOW MANY OF THEM DID YOU HAVE TO SLEEP WITH TO GET IT??"

"YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS!"

"IM BEING RIDICULOUS!? WHO WAS OUT THERE SLEEPING AROUND WHILE WE WERE OUT HERE WORKING OUR AFTS OFF TO REBUILD THIS TOWN!?!" Heatwave was absolutely livid and his top finally popped

Y/n clenched her jaw and bit back her glossa as her fists clenched tightly also.

"HUH!? TELL ME!" He snapped yet again

She went quiet as she stared at him, her frame started trembling out of anger and sadness. Her own lover implied that?

"WELL?? SAY SOMETHING!"

Y/n stared straight into his optics, he still had yet to realize the line he just crossed as tension just built up thickly around y/n.

"Shut up..."

"SHUT UP!??" He growled at her "We are done here y/n! Not even close!!"

Y/n turned around as lubricant sprung from her optics, she tried to walk away but Heatwave roughly grabbed her by the arm "Y/N!"

She spun around and clocked him in the helm as she screamed "DON'T TOUCH ME!!"

It was in a whole other octave that even Heatwave never heard before now.. it was full of pain, panic and sadness.

He stopped as he looked at her, rubbing his helm a bit with a quieter scowl as he looked over her.

"Leave me alone..." she murmured and turned back away from him

It was then that heatwave actually realized she was crying as he started to cool down, seeing her cry was so rare and.. quite unexpected. They've fought like this before but for him to imply she was cheating it took it to a whole new level.

"Y/n.."

She took a deep breath into her intake "I think we need a break.."

His optics widened in surprise though glanced down, both falling quiet.

Y/n wiped her optics though folded her arms, hugging herself. She never thought she'd have to say that but it was true.

She listened as his ped steps came closer, he was right behind her for a full minute before his steps backed away and he went back to the top leaving y/n to bawl quietly to herself as she got to her knees, holding herself tightly as she cried.

Cody eventually came downstairs, the teen was surprised to find her crying as he ran over "y/n?? Are you ok? Did he hit you??"

"N-no, cody..." though if she looked at herself in that moment she would have saw why he thought that, she was a mess, energon stained her face from her tears as he came and placed a hand on her shoulder quietly.

"What happened?" He asked softly

She spilled everything to him, all those hateful things they've said, she never would have said anything if she gave it an extra thought, he was only a child and to hear these things must have been terrifying.

Though he looked very concerned as he hugged the arm supporting her "y/n.. I'm sure he didnt mean that.. you didnt mean any of it.."

"Yes, cody.. it is true.. because in heated battles like this you say what you truly think with no way of stopping it.. we may say hateful things and they can be true at times but only last so long, we do love each other.. he needs to rethink how he feels. I've may work my way with optimus but that is professional, not personal.." she explained softly, rubbing the energon from her optics.

He was quiet as he held onto her, just hugging her and trying to comfort her as much as possible.

Meanwhile heatwave was no where to be found. He stormed off in the middle of yet another storm and his team has yet to see him resurface as they left the door open for him to return but all they saw was the rain. It frightened them. They had no idea what happened.

Soon boulder, chase and blades went downstairs just as Y/n told cody "Cody... don't repeat this to the other bots.." she said softly before getting up as the machine stopped, they walked over "y/n, what happened?" Blades jumped for an answer first .

"A fight.. it is none of your business.." she muttered "now excuse me while I go off for patrol.."

The two were gone for hours. Heatwave came about after about 3 but y/n stayed out til midnight, roughly 9 hours after their huge fight. When she walked in she was soaked as she transformed and walked in slowly, her frame dripped as she walked in but didnt bother shaking off or drying.

"And where the frag have you been?" Heatwave snarled seeing her come down into the bunker

"None of your business.." y/n murmured as the machine clicked once it hit the bottom, she looked up at him with a small glare

"Yes it is! We were trying to contact you earlier but you turned off your comm-!"

"There was a reason you aft!"

"Oh right, I'm sorry, you were out fragging one of the autobots from team prime.." he frowned

Blades and chase gasped softly as y/n clenched her fists

"Drop. It."

"Because you know I'm right! Admit it!" Heatwave demanded

"YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING SO SHUT UP!" Y/n shouted at him "THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I DIDNT COME BACK, BECAUSE THEN WE'D FIGHT AGAIN AND ONLY BECAUSE OF YOUR IGNORANCE!" She seethed

Heatwave bit his glossa with a growl at her

The elevator whirred as chief came down with a soft yawn "C'mon bots... it's time for sleep, no more fighting. Heatwave, why dont you stay up on the first floor.." he was clearly tired "you two need to separate for now.. one of you on the the main now"

Y/n looked away "yes, chief..." she murmured softly though pushed past heatwave back to the machine "I'll take top.. " she mumbled though was looking forward to just being alone for the night.

Though she stayed awake talking to bee all night, she could trust bee as she spilled everything, bumblebee was horrified by his accusations though comforted her as she sought advice and he gave her a great one.. so she took it.

By morning y/n was already out on patrol, she stayed away from the firehouse as much as possible while also planning.

For the month to come y/n grew more and more secretive as she planned out her surprise, she told no one at her station, she was going to wait and it only pissed heatwave off even more as she grew to avoid him and ignored him when he tried to start fights.

Heatwave was a huge fireball by the end of the month so that's when y/n came in to cool him off, she sucked up to him a lot, toying with him and playing coy, seeming innocent at the moment.

She managed to cool him but it was only so much as she finally told the team in the last few days but had told chief a week into the making.

They all were excited but had to keep quiet and it only pissed him off more that they all knew something he didnt, he could just feel it. How they would talk in whispers or go quiet whenever he came around..

Soon the night came as y/n strolled along the docks with heatwave with a soft content sigh everyone and everything was waiting in a warehouse a good distance away, they were all patient and quiet as they slowly drew near

"Y/n.."

She looked up at heatwave with a wide smile "yea?"

He frowned at her making her smile somewhat fade, confused

"I've made a decision.."

She slowed down more and looked at him curiously "oh? And what's that?"

He stared her straight him the optics as he said "I'm transferring you."

She blinked "what do you mean?"

"I'm sending you away, you're no longer apart of the rescue bots."

"Sending me away?" She paused mere feet from the warehouse

"I spoke to optimus and he told me to do what I felt was right and I said I can't keep you around, you're going to Japan to be with quickshadow, salvage and a few others."

"Why??"

"All this secrecy.. I'm sick of being like the talk of the station and I know it's because of you.. What did you say, hm? Try twisting it to seem like I'm the bad bot? I somehow hurt you? Cheated?"

The word cheated crashed into her like a tidal wave

"Heatwave... it isn't going to be a secret much longer if only you'd come over here.." she tried to remain composed

"What? You got a secret little hideaway for when you frag the prime team?" He scoffed though walked over only to freeze.

He saw all his teammates, team prime, every single autobot and their human counterparts... with a surprise party banner..?

"Happy creation day you aft.." y/n turned and ran off letting her optics leak freely

The look of horror and shock that came to their faces.. the fact they had to hear that... it was a huge hit to her value, the shame and humiliation for them all to hear what he really thought. She should have shut him up sooner.

She ran as fast as she could before transforming and speeding out of the dock area, she didnt care what they did to heatwave at the moment. She cried all the way up to the mountains where she found sanctuary in the underground cavern, she sat in the darkness and sobbed, her spark throbbed in pain as she cried out her optics, knowing no one could hear her she let out her screams of frustration and anguish.

The minerals in the cavern kept out all commlink reception and it was exactly how she wanted it as she cried herself into recharge that night, haunted by heatwave in her dreams.

By time morning came she was weak as she slowly sat up, she looked terrible since she beat up some of the rock walls and vice versa, they made some damage on her as she looks rugged and she had energon leaking from her optics still, even in her sleep she never stopped crying as a pool laid where he helm had rested .

It took days before she even left the cavern only to hear a message from heatwave on loop.

"Y/n, if you're hearing this I'm so sorry.. I was horribly wrong and I should have never have said those things. I need you... y/n, I was a complete idiot, a fool. I spoke with optimus and he told me everything you have ever done for us, even the things you've never told me you did.. you truly are amazing which is why... I have to admit it now, y/n I love you.. please come back to the firehouse"

Y/n felt her optics tear up again, he sounded so sincere.. his voice even cracked a couple times meaning it was all genuine as y/n looked down but eventually did head home.

When she arrived she was met by blades and boulder who immediately hugged her, blades checked her up as the family came down to see her but she didnt see chase or Heatwave anywhere..

So she finally asked where they were. They explained heatwave left yesterday and hasn't been heard from him since, he was so spark broken he had stopped drinking energon and caring for himself like normal polishing and wouldn't even let kade come near him with a sponge. They sent chase out a few hours ago to go look for him.

Y/n looked away not letting blades continue checking her over as she curled up tightly.

It took a few hours before y/n sent out a message to heatwave, wherever he was..

He must have heard it right away because it wasnt long before he showed up at the fire house

Heatwave came running in only to be told that she left and went to the docks and he quickly went there to look for her and it wasnt hard as he saw her standing out near the edge "y/n!!"

Y/n perked upon hearing her name but then the bot .. heatwave, she looked back at him as he ran up to her at full speed and didnt even slow when he tackled her down into the water and smashed their lip plates together.

They slowly sunk together in a lip lock, full of passion as they sunk together in peaceful silence

Y/n wrapped her legs around his torso, clinging onto him as they soon hit the bottom, heatwave landed on his feet holding them up as they stayed in a lip lock for quite some time before pulling apart.

"I love you too.." y/n said to him as it brought a small smile to his face and he leaned in to give her another soft kiss. "Good.." he cupped her cheek and stared into her optics, a certain sadness embedded in his optics, he felt horrible for the way he had been treating her as of late only to find out all the trouble she went through to throw him a party that he single handedly ruined..

In those days he spent away, he beat himself up constantly for his poor judgement. Optimus and Bumblebee had a few words to exchange to him, Bumblebee tore him apart at how he could possibly treat her so terribly, how heatwave didnt even deserve her and he believed it. How he could ever deserve y/n's patience and love was beyond him and he planned to give her back every single ounce of love and affection she could ever want as he leaned in to kiss over her like she was a goddess.

Y/n blushed as she watched him kiss her, down the neck and down her arm toward her servos before back to her lips.. then repeat down the other side before back to her lips once again. It was all genuine as he showered her in his love.

Y/n offlined her optics as he did so, she let him treat her like a goddess.

She only looked up when he had stopped and held her servos tight, he was staring at her lovingly but still had that hint of sadness.

"There's no amount of apologies that will make up for what I've said... is there?" He asked softly

She glanced down quietly "no... I dont think so.. but there is one thing that can make up for it.." she said glancing up at him with a glimmer in her optics making his somewhat widen and awkwardly look away "well uhm... " he stammered

She smiled sweetly "it's fine, Heatwave.. just forget I said anything."

He suddenly frowned and shook his helm "if that's what you want, I shouldn't deny you, y/n... we've been together long enough."

She smiled more and cupped his face, a happy and excited glimmer in her optics as he had a look of defeat, it was the least he could do.. and it would show how far he was willing to go to make up for his inexcusable behavior recently. He always shyed away from the suggestion but now.. how can he this time?

"I um... a warning.. I may not be very good.. it's been awhile." He murmured

She giggled softly and clung to him tighter letting their frame press together.

It took awhile before they resurfaced and came back to the fire station where they were going to do as suggested.

They waited til night fall, the others fell into recharge allowing the two love birds to run off into the underground caves, Heatwave already took the initiative and prepared a spot for them.

She followed him to the spot, they exited the caves ontop a hill side, her optics widened to see what he did.

A large blanket or rather.. tarp laid out over a bed of flowers, a few torches were lit around the area to set a mood and finally, a radio sat nearby as she lightly cupped over her mouth with a soft gasp. It was lovely. Heatwave picked up a thing or two on how to be romantic by kade.

Heatwave gently took her servos "you sure you want to?" He mumbled to her

She didn't hesitate in nodding "yes, I want to."

He softly sighed and his face darkened "fine.. let's begin then.." he murmured letting the radio begin to play soft piano music.

He leaned in to give her a kiss before slowly guiding her in a circle, and carefully stepping to a rhythm with her letting her press into his chassis.

The two quietly danced along the flower bed, heatwave made soft irritated grunts whenever he lost his footsteps and accidentally stepped on hers making y/n smile. It was the perfect revenge.. letting him suffer the same humiliation as she did.. well.. at least he wasnt infront of the other now that would just be plain torture.

Y/n giggled softly when he dipped her back though his optics widened as his footing failed and he slipped, falling to tower over her as she stared up at him with shocked optics as he began stammering "I-I'm so sorry- I slipped- I uh-"

She merely laughed at him, a hysterical fit yes it was as he stared at her, first in shock and horror then in defeat and softly grumbling to himself. But at least she was happy. Yes... that's all he wanted.

They then stayed out in the peaceful silence, he long since turned off the radio and the two blocked out any outside noise as they stared up at the stars, laying out on the tarp both smiling and having a good time. It was nice to finally air out all the bad things. Now there will only be peaceful nights.