Although he didn't want to help Megatron, Starscream was in the persona of loyal second, for now. He guided Knock Out to the medical bay where Megatron was laying immobilized and relied on Knock Out to heal the leader of the Decticons.
Starscream would never have guessed that was the beginning of a new perspective on life. After working with Starscream on a couple minor assignments, Starscream started to subconsciously be... more agreeable. It was just some unintended effect of working with their medic.
Enjoying playing with minds and plotting against other transformers began to take a back seat to working with Knock Out, who also was happy to work with Starscream. As time passed, the two were send on a scouting mission in the Arctic.
Starscream was overjoyed that he would not need to hide from pesky humans, who infested this foul planet. However, out in the tundra with no vehicles other than themselves Knock Out wanted to punch every large piece of Ice he could see.
Starscream flew through the arctic winds gleefully and after a while landed near Knock Out to chat with his newest - and only - friend. "Oh bot, you don't know what your missing, Knock Out!" Starscream gleefully exclaimed after he transformed out of his jet.
Knock Out smiled at him, glad that his decepticon friend was finding so much pleasure in an abandoned environment. Starscream noticed how far away he was for had landed 20 feet away from his companion and strode to close the distance. "I appreciate this planet's automobiles, Scream. You appreciate flying vehicles. Just because I'm better at valuing quality -"
Familiar with this kind of taunting Starscream had reached his companion and thought of a way to quiet his friend in a split second, but as he jerked just in time, a kiss was planted firmly on Knock Out's vocal unit.
Starscream's mind quickly went into panic mode! What had he just done? How will Knock Out react? Should he transform and fly to the Nemesis? And after these notions rushed to his circuts, Starscream stopped suddenly when he was unable to pull away.
Knock Out had held Starscream's vocal unit in place, sticking his tongue straight back to Starscream's vocal units. If bots had a gag reflex, Starscream would positively choke.
Knock Out kissed Starscream passionately, toying thoroughly and knocking at Starscream's tongue. When he finally let Starscream escape his grip, the jet took a step back, in shock and watched Knock Out grin, pleased.
"I knew you couldn't get enough of me. Was this your plan all along, my Star?" Knock Out grinned and waited knowingly as Scarscream was, for the first time, not sure of what to say. Starscream stopped staring and blinked before letting air into his body so he could cool down.
This new pet name did not enrage Starscream, but instead, this feeling of being wanted was enough for his spark to start a chill that spread throughout Star's body.
"Knock Out... I..." stuttered Starscream as Knock Out stopped walking and turned back to the seeker. "You what?" Knock Out shot "You've been fantasizing about me for a while to make such a bold move no matter my response."
Starscream knew Knock Out was right. How had he guessed that Starscream thought about Knock Out every day. Every night. For orns since the bulky confident bot joined Megatron's team. He knew.