You ever think about how this is probably the first time Bumblebee has been given a hug or are you normal
Bumblebee was born during the war, so his entire life has literally been stress, death, and fighting, so his interactions with other bots usually tend to be about war; not really easy to form close bonds when everyone you know could be killed. Team Prime isn't really that physically affectionate with each other either (except Bulkhead and Wheeljack but they're special).
Ik a lot of people say Bumblebee didn't have a personality in Prime (and we could really have a convo about how he didn't really do anything until he got his voice back, which is very abelist-) but I lowkey think he was just traumatized. He's a scout, so he's expected to never mess up, bcuz if he does, the incorrect information could harm the entire team. With the mindset of "one mistake could mean everyone I know could be killed", he probably just learned to shut up and do whatever his superiors tell him to do, as it's the safest option. And since he's expected to always do his job correctly unless he wants somebody to die, I don't really think he got praised much when he did his job well (Optimus loves him, but I think at most he would get a, "Good work, Bumblebee" before moving on. And eventually those would dissappear as time went on).
I'm getting off topic. That whole rant is basically to say; he never really gets praised for doing his job correct, as it's just what's expected of him. So, being praised so dramatically by Blades and being admired by him so much probably really caught him off guard. This post also goes into what I think some of his mindset is.
I think Bee looked confused at the beginning of the hug because he has GENUINELY never been hugged before, nor has he ever been admired so strongly before. It's honestly really cute. We all know that Bee is super cool, and Blades is showing him how cool he is, lol.
Anyways, all this to say: Bumblebee got hugged once, and now I think that, when him and Blades are courting/conjunxed, they are going to be super gross and super physically affectionate with each other. Bee was probably embarrassed to ask for hugs and kisses at the beginning, but he quickly stopped being embarrassed after he saw how excited Blades was to give them.
Love languages are fake and were made by a guy who wanted to force his wife to clean and have sex with him, but Bee and Blades's love languages are definitely Quality time, Acts of service, and Physical touch.
(Look at Bee's hand on Blades, lol. "At least one limb has to be touching, or we aren't close enough," ahh Bumbleblades, made worse by the fact that it's a long-distance relationship 💀)
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