-Hours Later, late evening-

Optimus And Megatron had managed to recharge the entire day without waking up. It was probably the most sleep Megatron had ever gotten since he became a warlord long ago.

When he finally woke up, he was mere inches away from Optimus's peaceful face. He blushed a little bit and gently nuzzled his nose, giggling when Optimus smiled and snuggled closer to him.

"Mmm..." Optimus mumbled, drowsily kissing Megatron on the cheek.

"Wake up, sleepy head.." Megatron whispered, stretching his arms and yawning. He checked his internal clock and almost flipped out. They slept an entire day?!

"But I'm comfortable..." Optimus whined, clinging to Megatron's larger frame.

"It seems like we've managed to recharge for an entire day, Optimus." Megatron chuckled, gently prying Optimus from his frame and sitting up.

"What? Really?" Optimus giggled, rubbing his optics and yawning. "What time is it? It feels so early..."

"It's 7 pm. I wouldn't even be thinking of recharge at this point." Megatron sighed, swinging his legs over the side of the berth and standing up. He stretched his legs and yawned again, scratching the side of his face.

"Gosh, that means we haven't had energon in over a cycle!" Optimus exclaimed, hopping up and clicking his faceplate on. He grabbed Megatron by the hand and dragged him out the door. "Come on!"

Megatron had to duck quickly so he didn't bang his head on the doorway. He walked alongside Optimus, matching his strides perfectly. He smiled slightly, squeezing his hand tightly. "What's the big rush?"

"If we don't get there soon, someone will probably steal my rations again!" Optimus replied, whipping around a corner and almost running into Hound as he walked the opposite direction.

"Someone's been stealing your rations? Heh, that would be highly punished if I were in charge..." Megatron chuckled, remembering how he caught Starscream stealing energon and beat him over the head with it. "They wouldn't dare steal anything in my presence. Don't worry about it."

"Oh Megatron...." Optimus sighed, smiling as he shook his head. "You're so overprotective."

"Always will be, love." Megatron smirked, following Optimus into the lounge.

All optics were immediately on him as soon as he entered the room. Not everyone had really adjusted to the fact that Megatron was living among them now and they were still wary in his presence. Megatron didn't care though. He didn't have that wretched cannon, which took a huge weight off his shoulders.

Optimus pulled Megatron over to where the energon would be and groaned, smacking himself in the face. "Gone like always!"

"Well it is 7 at night, Prime..." Ironhide mumbled to Optimus, taking a swig of engex from his glass. "I think I know who's behind it, though."

Megatron stepped in front of Optimus with an interested look on his face. "Who?"

Ironhide smirked, telling them all about it.

-A few minutes later-

Ratchet nearly jumped out of his frame when he heard a blood-curdling scream echo down the hallway. He ran down there to investigate what made such a horrible sound.

When he turned the corner, he came face to face with Megatron, who was holding Sideswipe in a light chokehold. "What are you doing?!" He exclaimed, about to get angry.

Optimus's laughter stopped him and he tilted his helm, seeing Optimus walk around Megatron and stand there.

"Megatron be careful!" Optimus said in between giggles, feeling bad that he was laughing.

"I am being careful. This one's just too weak to break my grip." Megatron chuckled, flicking Sideswipe's helm with his finger.

"Oh yeah?! I'll teach you a lesson Megatron!" Sideswipe growled, trying to break free from Megatron's iron grip.

"Just what exactly is going on here?" Ratchet asked, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Ironhide informed me that this young upstart has been stealing Optimus's energon rations for the past month! I felt like he deserved punishment." Megatron replied, snickering at Sideswipe's futile attempts to escape.

Ratchet gasped, surprised at what he just heard. "That was you?! Sideswipe you know better!"

"Whatever..." Sideswipe grumbled, pouting like a whiny sparkling. "Can ya let me go now, big, tall and scary?"

Optimus composed himself and glanced at Megatron. "Let him go. I think he's learned his lesson."

"Psh, softies..." Megatron huffed, releasing Sideswipe.

"Lesson learned: do NOT mess with Megatron." Sideswipe rolled his optics as he said that sarcastically.

Megatron growled loudly at him and he shrieked, running away down the hall with Ratchet close behind.

"Megatron.." Optimus sighed, a bright smile underneath his faceplate.

Megatron blushed and glanced away. "Sorry... old habits die hard..."

"I wasn't talking about that." Optimus said, removing his faceplate. "I just wanted to say thank you for trying your best and changing who you are. I'm proud of you." He smirked, standing up on the tips of his pedes and kissing Megatron's lips gently.

Megatron chuckled lightly, bending down and returning the kiss. "I'm glad someone understands. But we still have unfinished business..." he mumbled, starting to walk away.

Optimus trotted after him and tilted his head. "What do you mean?"

"Starscream and his petty followers are still at large... I would love to see how well he's handling things without me..." Megatron grinned evilly, his red optics gleaming.

"But isn't that dangerous? We can't just waltz in there and expect to be welcomed! I thought most of the decepticons went neutral anyway..." Optimus mumbled to himself, clicking his plate back on.

"Not all of them. We need to eradicate them before they build a force large enough to destroy us. I know exactly what to do." Megatron growled, walking faster down the hallway.