Be My Love
Be My Pet AU-Starscream/Red Alert-Be My Love
Rating-T
A quick note: Anibots= Animals + Bots, they're basically regular bots with animal like features. They are able to take care of themselves to a point but they are part animal and can't take care of all their needs.
Red Alert loved his owner, he really did, the firefighter gave him the best of care and treated him like any other Anibot. He could remember how he was saved from the forest fire and bought back to the small apartment with injures, his wounds healed with the patience and kindness only the large mech seemed to posses. Unfortunately though, the wide spread fire caused a glitch in his system and he was unable to be returned to the wild…
Not that it was a bad thing, the little fox adored being a pet and tried to make up to his new found friend by doing what a normal Anibot would do. He would be so proud of himself when Inferno came home and saw that everything was cleaned, food was prepared and his favorite show was recorded and ready to watch.
Even the slightest of pats on the helm was a treat for the fox, being wild, he never trusted bots, so just the comforting touch was enough to make him happy.
Well…it used to be…
The multicolored mech sighed to himself as he curled up into the light coming from the window, he would be alone this evening…Inferno was out on a date with Firestar and it took forever for him to come back home. If he did, sometimes the big bot would just end up staying over at her place…she didn't like it here…saying that she had an allergy to Anibots.
He whimpered, if his owner decided to take the next step with her…he might be kicked out…the best case would be the Anibot company would take him in and he would go to work for them as a hired pet. But he really didn't have any skills like the ones besides being a companion…but that was enough for somebot, right? Worst case would be if he was left on the streets to fend for himself, it wouldn't be a problem, he was once wild…he was just worried that his glitch would make him vulnerable to predators.
His large fox ears stood up at the sound of the entrance door being opened, did Ferno come back early?
Yelping with joy, he practically bounded off his spot at the windowsill and ran to the living room…only to be met with the familiar form of their neighbor.
"Hi there," the shuttle got down on one knee, knowing that his height would scare the skittish bot, "Inferno wanted me to check up on you."
Red sighed and warily stared at the outstretched servo in front of him, seems like he would be spending the night with Skyfire…not that he didn't mind the flier, no, he was absolutely sweet and kind to him.
Staring back up at the happy face of the sizeable mech, he reluctantly climbed aboard and allowed himself to be carried to the apartment down the hall, he didn't like the other neighbors and the large servos covered his sight gratefully. He already got in trouble one time for trying to bite somebot when he was allowed to walk to the destination. Took a lot of convincing to the apartment owner to let him stay after that one, but it wasn't his fault…sorta…
The young scientist lived fairly decent but since he was just beginning his dream job, the apartment was just basic, if you ignored the papers here and there about formulas and other things the fox would never understand.
There was a reason why Red Alert was so wary coming here, by the looks of the place, you would never suspect another Anibot living here…but there was…
As soon as he was placed back on the ground, he was grabbed and hugged tightly to the chassis of the shuttle's pet, "Red, have you come to visit or have you finally decided to give into my charms and become my mate?"
"Let go of me!," the fox thrashed around, but was still unable to escape the hold of the cat holding him, he growled, "Starscream, I will bite you! And you know I will!"
A 'humph' was the only response he got before he was dropped onto his aft, his tail softening his landing. He glared up at the multicolored winged cat and growled again.
It just seem to make the other happy as he chuckled and reached down to pinch the guest's cheek, "Such a cutie, trying to be so tough," he leaned in closer, "makes me want to eat you all up."
And with that, the feline left him there, happily answering the shuttle's call for dinner, his black tail disappearing around the corner with a swish.
Oh, Primus, this is why Red didn't like coming here, Starscream was obsessed with trying to get him to be his mate…forget worst case scenario being left out on the streets…it would be coming to live here.
Being around the cat was bad for any bot's health…and he was already feeling a little sick as it was.
^-_-^Fox^-_-^
Oh, this was not good…Skyfire took a careful step, he couldn't get Red Alert to eat his meal, the poor thing looked sick and when he was just about to take him to the vet, Scree chased him off somewhere.
"How do you call a fox?"
He didn't bother trying to call the feline…really, no cat came to being called and Starscream never listened to begin with.
He paused, there was a whimper…okay…just follow the sounds…
There! He pushed the door open…and quickly shut it with a blush, "Well, that clarifies a lot…"
How was he going to explain this to Inferno…oh, mech, he banged his helm against the wall, "He could have warned me he was coming into heat…"
A loud keen erupted from the room, great…this would do wonders for the damn cat's ego…
^-_-^Fox^-_-^
"You are a smug bastard, aren't you?"
Red glared at the cat that was currently standing in his way of watching the tv, not like he could clean, Inferno said the chemicals from the cleaning supplies would be bad for him to accidentally inhale if he was to use them to clean. So instead, he had plopped on the couch and had decided he was not moving for the rest of the day…and it was all going to plan until Starscream showed up.
Skyfire thought it would be good for them to see each other after the…incident…at the apartment.
Fragging wrong he was.
"Of course I am, Red, why wouldn't I be. I'm gorgeous, intelligent, a feline of Primus like proportions-"
"I think you're an idiot."
A chuckle and the cat was suddenly on the couch curling up to him from behind, damn cats and their ability to bend…but he was not moving, the fox had planned on not moving and that was what he was going to do.
An arm draped over him as he felt the other place his helm in the crook of his neck…he refused to move…
He could feel the tail of the other beating happily in a slow rhythm against the couch, his own was just hanging loosely off the side…it would have been peaceful if he wasn't so damn angry.
"Five."
The helm shifted and he felt the gaze of those red optics on him, "Five?"
"The vet said five."
A deep purr and he was being nuzzled against once more, "Not bad for our first litter, our next will be larger."
Silence…
"I'm going to kill you when I get the energy to."
"Heh, that's just your hormones talking."
"I'm serious."
"…"
^-_-^Fox^-_-^
Inferno sighed as he waved at the last bot to come and adopt a kit, all of them had made sure each one had went to a good home to both Red Alert and Starscream's standards. Seems as though little Percy was going to go live with one of Skyfire's friends, the bitlet took Screamer's ears with Red's tail but was mostly red and was the runt so they were all fond of him. But the shuttle said that Wheeljack would take care of him and that his fellow scientist wouldn't stop talking about getting a companion to chat to and to further ease their processors, the kit would NOT be allowed to labs until he was older.
The explosion prone mech wouldn't allow it, thankfully.
"Well, that was one adventure I never want to experience again."
It was true, coming back to find out his little friend had…gotten busy…with Starscream was horrifying to them all.
At first he was sure the cat would just leave the fox Anibot alone now that he got what he wanted, the firefighter didn't count on him sneaking in to curl up to the carrying Red Alert in the middle of the recharge cycle, or bring him gifts, or nuzzle up to him at the weirdest of times. All in all, the damn feline turned out to be good sire…but Inferno was glad it was over…Skyfire on the other servo was upset that there were no more little kits running around.
It was time for everything to return to normal…and for him to Starscream proof the apartment cause the cat kept getting in some how and he did not want another incident.
Turning and heading back into the apartment building, he hummed happily, Firestar refused to come over with so many Anibots running around and he couldn't just leave his neighbor to take care of them all, though he was sure the flier would have been thrilled to, he wasn't able to spend much time with her. Maybe he could get one of the bots at work to watch of his lovable Red while the two of them caught back up.
Finally making back to his door, he glanced over to Skyfire come out of his before staring at the firetruck with wide optics then running back into his own apartment.
"Wonder what that was about?"
He shrugged and opened the door and nearly fell backwards from the sudden shock of what he was seeing.
He just ended up screaming, "Damn it, Starscream, get off of him!"
Starscream: :3
-Screamer wants babies…a lot of babies…poor Red… At least Skyfire's happy, he gets to play with more kits, I have the image of him sitting there in the floor with them all over him and him giggling happily. He likes his cat's offspring, they are adorable…Inferno though isn't as thrilled.