You'd joined the Decepticons a few years ago and had, surprisingly, grown pretty close with Soundwave's blue-ish purple demolition Cassetticon: Rumble.

You worked with him a lot now, and decided to tell him how much you honestly appreciated his help and friendship with you, even if he was a giant jerk at times.

"..."

You'd gotten silence when you'd told him, so you looked up from your data pad to look at him- his visor was glistening and he was frozen, then-

"...You...You appreciate me...?" He asked quietly.