And since it was so needed after the last chapter, here's some fluff, that's all you get to know! ….I also think this is a long chapter…Heehee~
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Blanc Base
GunEagle's Room
Morning...
The morning found the two young gundams in pretty much the same position. Chaos had turn over sometime in the night but was still being held by GunEagle. The flier on the other hand just had his face pressed halfway into his pillow and was snoring lightly. It had been a good thing he was unplugged the alarm clock otherwise they would've had a rude awakening.
Chaos finally stirred awake. She wasn't sure what woke her up, his snoring or the feeling of his arm draped over her. "Hey, GunEagle... are you awake?"
Her response was a snort and more snoring. The flier barely moved from his position and he simply drooled more onto his pillow.
Chaos popped her head out from underneath the covers and rolled over to face him. She nudged him to wake him up, realizing just how late in the morning it was. "GunEagle, we should get up- Primus you're a heavy sleeper..."
Another snort came from the flier before he stirred slightly. His optics came online but were dull and heavily filled with sleep. "Hey, Babe..." He mumbled having no idea what he just called her. He yawned loudly before closing his optics again and sighing lightly as he settled back down, arm shifting slightly to the side of her waist.
"Babe?" Chaos would've corrected him right away if this were a few weeks ago, but she took it in stride. Honestly, she didn't mind being called that at all. She pulled her hand out and laid it on top of his arm- the one on her hip. "Hmm, getting bold now I see..."
"Hmm?" GunEagle hummed, still more than half asleep. He gave another yawn and opened his optics again. He smiled at Chaos, it being visible as his faceplate had been slipped back sometime in the night. "Hey there, Cammy...How you doing? Feelin' better?" His optics were still heavy with sleep but he seemed more conscious.
"Yeah, much better..." She scooted closer to him and nuzzled into his neck. She hadn't the slightest idea as to what she was doing, or why she was letting herself go with it, but she didn't want to ruin the moment. It was so peaceful. "Did you sleep alright? I know you're used to having this whole bed to yourself..."
He hummed again, waking up more and gladly accepting her getting closer to him. He hugged her to him and sighed lightly, "Yeah...I did. Heh...It was fine, wasn't hard to share at all." He nuzzled the top of her helm, happy she was doing better.
Chaos laughed lightly and looked up to say something to him, but stopped. She just stared at him, not even taking the opportunity to blink. Her optics locked onto his…
GunEagle's face fell into a sort of neutral expression as she stared at him. He started right back, wondering what was up and noticing that her optics looked really pretty and dark at the moment. He wondered if they always looked like that in the morning and what it would be like to wake up next to her every morning.
Chaos couldn't stop herself. She put her hands on his shoulders and used them to lean up towards his helm, her own helm turned to the side slightly. She stopped when they had gotten fairly close, wafted hot air onto his face. Her optics were darting around nonstop as her chest heaved…
GunEagle gulped lightly and stayed as still as he could, not wanting to scare her off from whatever she was going to do. He watched her carefully as his other arm came around her and he hugged her close. His breath mingled with hers as she lay close to him.
Chaos cautiously drew closer and closer, clenching her optics shut... and then it happened. Her lips pressed against his. She was rigid, have expecting him to pull away…
His optics widen, she was...kissing him. He felt a weird jolt go though him as it happened and then noticed how stiff she was. He slowly and gently began to kiss her back, hoping she'd relax. His optics closed and he moved his lips gently against hers, man this was...totally unexpected and just...great.
Feelings his lips move against hers made her relax. Her body almost went limp and she sighed, kissing him a little deeper. Her spark felt like it was going to explode and the heat building up inside of it was all foreign to her, but she liked it. She liked it a lot.
His spark jumped and fluttered as she kissed him deeper and relaxed in his arms. He too kissed her deeper and rubbed her back. Man...He never imagined they would be kissing, in his bed, with her having kissed him first.
Chaos wrapped her arms around his neck and chewed on his bottom lip lightly. She even pulled her body to his so that their chassis's were pressed together. She became more bold and opened her mouth as her kiss got more intense. She even reached behind him and massaged the base of one of his wings.
GunEagle felt her come closer and held her tightly against him, hand coming up to cup the back of her helm. He too opened his mouth and cautiously let his glossa enter her mouth. He tilted his lightly and moaned quietly as she massaged his wing. Damn, this all felt really nice.
Chaos didn't pull away. In fact, she didn't even flinch. She moaned into his mouth when his glossa brushed against hers. She cupped his helm with her hands and her engine purred loudly. She was enjoying every second this…
GunEagle explored her mouth before coaxing her glossa to play with his. His hand slipped down a bit and rest on her lower back, she still wrapped somewhat in the blankets, as his other hand continued to cup her helm.
Her glossa intertwined with his playfully before she slowly, hesitantly had to pull away. She needed to take in some extra air for her over heating engines. Despite that she kept her helm close to his, giving him a small, shy smile. She could barely believe at what had just happened, at what she started.
He let her pull away and smiled back at her. His breathing was heavy, like hers and he didn't care. He let his smile turn to a small grin, "Wow." It was really all he could think of to say.
Chaos' expression matched his words. She just stared at him with her mouth gaped open slightly, looking almost dumbfounded. "Did... we just...?"
He chuckled lightly and breathlessly, "Yeah...I think we did." He suddenly flipped them over and hovered over Chaos. He smiled at her before nuzzling the side of her helm, keeping a polite yet still intimate distance from her. He kissed the side of her helm gently before looking into her optics. "You're not freaked out about it are you?"
Was she? She had to think about it, determining if it was fear or nerves that was tugging at her spark. She inhaled deeply and locked her violet optics to his green ones. "No... I don't think so. I just surprised myself- that happened so quickly."
"Heh. Yeah...but it was nice. You're rather good at it too." He placed his forehead against hers. "Sure you haven't been secretly practicing?" He chuckled before kissing her forehead, "As nice as this is...and believe me I don't want to say this...We should probably get up. I'm gonna be big trouble with the Chief for leaving the med bay like I did." He kissed her again, softly and lightly, before sitting up. He sat on the edge of his bed and realized as he looked at Chaos still laying there that he really wanted to see her laying in bed next to him every morning.
Chaos seemed stunned. She couldn't even begin to process what happened- what she started. GunEagle's voice snapped her to attention and she slowly sat up. "You're right. I should probably get cleaned up anyways..." She swung her legs over and climbed out of the bed, stretching. "I've probably got grass stains and dirt everywhere. Chief Haro will want a report about my reconnaissance... I'll be leaving a few things out though."
He watched her stretch and couldn't help but think she looked amazing, even with her mussed armor. He nodded, "Your choice..." He got up and popped the pistons in his back sighing heavily afterward. He then turn toward her, "...You will let me know if you need to talk about that though...right? I'll help anyway I can."
"Hmm?" She stopped mid stretch and turned to him. Chaos, for the first time since her run in with Thiesel, gave GunEagle and sincere, timid smile. "Of- of course. I don't think I got to say it yet," she hummed as she scratched the back of her helm. "But thank you for showing up when you did. It... wasn't my best moment, for sure."
"Hey...don't blame yourself, alright?" He walked over to her and brought her into a hug. "And...I told you I'll do anything to protect you. I meant it and I mean it now. I'll keep you safe." He pulled back and cupped her cheek in his hand. "Anytime you need anything, just say the word. And if you ever need company during the night feel free to come in, door will be open for ya." He winked playfully at her.
The smaller femme lightly rubbed her cheek against his hand, engine purring. "Thanks, Gun. I don't know what I'd do without you..." She gave him a playful nudge on his chest, laughing. "You might want to get going before Chief sends someone to check your room. They might assume things... if you know what I mean."
"Then they'd know not to interrupt." He chuckled lightly and placed his forehead on hers again, smirking. "But you're right, I better go..." He really didn't want to so suddenly, he rather stay here with her in his arms, trying to get her to kiss him again.
"You're going to have to let go of me to do that..." Chaos laughed as she wiggled out of his arms and opened his door. She stepped out first with the flier close behind her. "Well, YOU go have fun talking to Haro... you wouldn't mind keeping that incident between you and me for now, do you?"
He smiled at her before snapping his faceplate into place, "Believe me, Cammy. My lips are sealed." Before she could go any closer to her room and farther from him, he grabbed her one last time and kissed her quickly, hoping to see that cute blush across her cheeks. "And you have fun cleaning up." He finally let her, letting his door close behind them.
Luckily for him she did blush, and rather brightly at that. She backed away, but still faced him as she made for her room. "T-thanks. I'll see around later... don't- get into too much trouble..." And with that she quickly slipped into her room and shut her door behind her.
He grinned behind his faceplate, just loving to see her blush and went off to the Chiefs office. He hoped he wouldn't be in too much trouble.
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He was partly right. He was in major trouble for leaving the med bay like he did and as such after a, painful, fix up for his wing via Kay, He had to mop up the hanger. So that's where he was now, three hours later. But he had stopped mopping the moment Chaos had come to mind. So for the past twenty minutes he had been leaning against the mop, thinking about their kiss and what it was like to wake up next to her. His spark was racing slightly and he wondered just why it was doing that.
"Goddess GunEagle, you're making the floor slick!" The flier turned his helm. Zero was entering the hanger, frowning at the younger Gundam. "Honestly, I believe you're supposed to cleaning the whole floor, not JUST that one spot..."
"Huh?" He then looked down and saw the puddle in front of him, "...Oh...right." He then began to slowly push the mop around, still not quite with it.
"What's with him?" Bakunetsumaru asked as he showed up behind Zero, arms crossed.
"I'm not sure," Zero replied. He crossed his arms and gave the flier a curt glare. "It's not unusual for him to get... distracted like this, though..."
"That is true," Captain added as he joined them. "GunEagle is usually more alert than this. Perhaps he hasn't recovered from his injuries fully."
Baku nodded, "You may be right, Captain. It wouldn't be wise for him to continue if he were in pain."
GunEagle sighed as he mopped and gave the three a lackluster glare, "I can still hear you guys, you know. And I'm just fine. Physically..." He had mumbled that last part to himself.
Captain, unfortunately, was sharp enough to catch that. "What? You're fine 'physically'? Has your mental health deteriorated..."
"I don't think he's always been quite with it, Captain." Zero jested, laughing to himself as the flier became more and more flustered.
Baku chuckled, "Yes. Are we sure Sir Kao-Lyn included everything?"
GunEagle sighed roughly and glared at the trio. "I'm fine!" He bit out before mopping harder. He soon slowed down again before sighing and leaning on the mop, head dropped down, "I just don't know what to think..."
"When have you ever?" Baku asked.
"Yes, we haven't seen you as of late, and Chief Haro mentioned about you leaving your infirmary bed yesterday..." Zero added. The Winged Knight gave him a suspicious glare.
"Yes," Captain stated flatly. "That was against protocol, GunEagle. Where did you go to?"
The younger mech sighed, still not looking at the other three, "I went to save Chaos. I had this odd feeling that she was in trouble and just couldn't ignore it. I had just made it in time too..."
"You went to save the Axian girl? Why?" The samurai was still untrusting of Chaos and couldn't comprehend the friendship between her and GunEagle.
"Cause I had to." GunEagle glared at Baku.
"Valiant as it sounds..." Zero drew closer to GunEagle and tilted his helm upwards. "I don't see how you could've known that she was in trouble. Did she hail you, GunEagle?"
Captain seemed shocked. "I did, but I didn't get an answer from her. GunEagle, what happened? I heard that a gunperry picked her up, but the details were scant."
The flier shook his helm, "She didn't hail me. I just...had this bad feeling the pit of my fuel tank that she was in trouble and I had to save her." He glanced at Captain, "She was the middle of dead zone. I noticed that the orders for me to come back got cut off when I got there. Yeah...A 'perry picked her up, I was with her."
Zero frowned and was about to dismiss the flier's claims, but stopped himself. A dumbfounded look overcame his face. "GunEagle... you said you had this- feeling?"
He nodded, "Yeah...I can't really explain it. I just got this sudden sensation not long after she left that she was in trouble and I had to help her. It's a good thing I went too...she was losing badly to the guy attacking her." And that was all he was going to say about that, they didn't need to know how she had been losing.
Zero remained quiet, deep in thought. He was wondering if he should even bring the notion up…
GunEagle's statement caught Captain's attention. "Was it a new enemy? I thought we had everyone covered yesterday. I had Destroyer Dom, Bakunetsumaru had Grappler Gouf, and Zero had Zapper Zaku. There wasn't supposed to be anyone else."
"There was..." GunEagle tried to pull up an image of the guy in his processor. He shook his head, "I have no idea who he was. But he had dark armor, this red...thing on his head and...hey, He kind of looked like a knight. Cape and all."
"Was there any knights to turn evil, Zero?" Baku asked, somewhat shocked at the news. If Kujakumaru could turn to the Dark Axis, a knight could too perhaps.
"None that were Lacroan, if I do remember." Zero tapped his chin as he dug into his CPU. It then came to him and his optics brightened. "There was a Royal Gundam on loan to my King when I was but a squire, but he was from Aruelia, NOT Lacroa. Sir Thiesel Thyme, he was released from his duties before I was knighted... but he wouldn't be with the Dark Axis- I think?"
"You think? Well that doesn't help! For all we know it could be him!" The samurai continued to rant but the other somewhat ignored him.
"He never said his name. You may have to ask Chaos..." GunEagle fell silent again before quickly glancing at Zero. "Hey..uh..h-how...how do you know if you have feelings for someone?" He might as well ask now while they were talking, instead of waiting and possibly embarrassing himself had he asked the knight in front of Shining.
"What?" Zero wasn't expecting that to come from GunEagle.
Captain, oddly enough, seemed unfazed. "That's an odd question for you to ask, GunEagle. We all have feelings for each other, do we not? That's was friendship is..."
Baku stopped his rant and looked over at GunEagle. Had he really just asked that? "Uh...n-not those sort of feelings, Captain.. I-I mean...I think I like someone...more than a friend." He felt his faceplate heat up in a blush. This was so uncool!
"More than a frie-" Zero stopped. His optics bugged. "GunEagle... NO."
GunEagle was taken aback, "'No?' What do you mean 'no'?" That hadn't been the reaction he was been expecting. Shock maybe but that...
Baku looked at Zero oddly, what was that about?
"You like her, don't you? That is a dangerous position to be in, GunEagle," Zero said firmly.
"Like 'her'?" Captain hadn't caught on yet. "Who are you talking about, Zero?"
"Yeah. Wh-" It then hit the Arkian gundam. "You like the Axian?!" He cried at GunEagle.
"So what if I do?! And how is that dangerous?! I think it's pretty obvious she isn't evil like the rest of them!" GunEagle cried, clearly not expecting this sort of reaction from the knight. His wings puffed out some in his frustration.
"No, she isn't 'evil', GunEagle. It is still highly risky to have such relationships when on duty, though." Captain's voice was cool and collected, but he began to grow nervous for his young counterpart.
Zero stepped in next, trying to calm the worked mech down. "Yes, and your relationship could be used as leverage against you in battle. It's a weakness... but if you truly like her in that fashion then we can't stop you, I suppose."
Baku sneered at the flier, "What Zero says is true. It could be a liability."
GunEagle still couldn't help but glare at the other three. "So what? You have a relationship!" He said, gesturing to Zero. He hadn't seem to notice the rest of Zero's sentence being as worked up as he was. "And it's not like I can control it!" He wound up dropping the mop before beginning to pace, "I've been like...drawn to her since I met her! And I really have no idea why! And then when I figure it out I get told 'no'!" He was gesturing wildly now, not caring that he might of looked like an idiot for admitting he had no idea what he was doing.
Captain fell silent. He hadn't even the slightest idea on how to approach this situation so he let Zero take the lead, considering he was better these matters than he was.
"We're not trying to make it difficult GunEagle, we're just worried," the knight admitted. Zero spoke again, more soothing this time. The last thing they needed was for the emotional mech to get off his kilter too much. "I'm sorry, but you said you felt like you were being drawn to her? Are you saying that figuratively, or is it a matter with your spark?"
GunEagle sighed as he finally stopped and his shoulders sagged. "I-I really don't know...I do know my spark seems to..pulse faster and flutter whenever I'm around her." He placed his hand on his chassis, above his spark chamber, feeling it beat just thinking of the femme they were talking about. Baku stayed silent and simply watched.
"... your spark is drawn to hers." Zero let that sentence slip out hesitantly, not wanting to alarm anyone. It was painfully obvious that Captain hadn't the slightest clue as to what he said.
"Wait, what does that mean?"
Zero's faceplate flushed slightly. "It means his spark's, erm..." He had no idea how to put this without alarming anyone.
Baku watched the Winged Knight with an odd confused expression before his optics widen, "You don't mean..."
"Mean what? What do you mean?" GunEagle asked not really sure what was going on and what it had to do with his spark.
"It's-erm... Oh Goddess- I suppose it's reaching out, more or less, to Chaos' spark to see if you two are compatible. It's not an uncommon thing in Lacroa, everyone goes through that stage at first," Zero elaborated. He wasn't sure how GunEagle would take that information, but he was hoping that he'd be graceful about it.
Captain blinked. "Zero, are you sure?"
"It's the only thing I can think of, especially with you rushing to her aid without a formal call for help. You said that something told you that she was in trouble- it was your spark. It's not unusual to sense things of your potential bondmate this early on. It's almost like a partial connection, if you will. She was in trouble and her spark was calling out, your spark picked it up. Need I go further?"
"Sooo...does that mean if her spark is doing the same thing and she's attracted to me...we could...be together in the future?" He..rather liked that idea.
"Did the same thing happen to you, Knight, with Shining?" Baku couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, that is what happened to Shining and me," the Winged Knight replied to the samurai, lightly ruffled. "The only thing that's stopped us from bonding is the war. It'll be one of the first things we do when we go to Lacroa." He looked to GunEagle. "In theory, yes. That is if her spark is pulling towards yours, though. The only exception to that rule is a Forge, but that's not something you'd be doing."
"Ah...okay." It seemed the flier was somewhat gone into his own world. He kept wondering what it'd be like if she did have feelings for him, which he sort of suspected given that mornings kiss, and what it would be like to be bonded to her...
The Common Room
Chaos sat on her favorite couch reading yet another book, or, trying to at least. She just stared at the pages blankly without turning them, or reading. She thought about what happened between her and GunEagle that morning and she liked it. She kissed him and liked it. It was all very confusing for the small femme and she just didn't know what to think anymore…
"Soooo..." Came the voice a certain young super genius, "How's the book? Or rather how's that page?" She smirked as she suddenly slipped down over the back of the couch, laying upside down, legs over the back, as she looked at the Axian Gundamess. Kay smirked, "You doing okay, Chaos?"
"Wha- oh!" Chaos' faceplate burned a bright pink and she shut her book. "That page was just fine, and so am I. Thanks Kay..." There was something different in her voice, something just seemed off. SHE seemed off.
"What's wrong?" The girl asked, instantly hearing something off with the femme. It was then that Shining walked into the room and noticed the other two. "Is everything okay?" She asked, tilting her head.
"Everything's fine and NOTHING is wrong!" If Chaos wasn't jumpy before she sure was jumpy now. She sat back in the couch and folded her arms, trying to cool her sputtering engine. "I've just been- thinking a lot is all... nothing else."
Shining nodded, "Uh-huh..." She walked over and motioned for Kay to move over. Once the half-demon had adjusted and moved over, the Knightess took the seat next to Chaos. "Want to talk about it? All that stuff you're thinking about? Promise just to keep it between us."
"Same here." Agreed Kay.
Chaos paused, but she finally gave in. "As long you won't tell anyone... I have been thinking a lot... about GunEagle. Things have changed between us, but I'm not sure what. It's all just confusing..."
"Oh-ho! Really? How so?" Kay asked, a wide smiled gracing her face.
"Kay. Don't pry." Shining scolded lightly before turning to Chaos, "I see...What's changed? Is he still being nice to you?" She would knock the flier over the head if he hadn't been.
The younger femme was off put for a few moments. Where was a nice pillow to hide under when you needed it... "Of course he's being nice. In fact, he's being more than nice. Yesterday, he said that he seemed to know that I was in trouble without me calling him, and he saved me. Oh, and this morning..." Her cheeks suddenly burned red. "Primus..."
"Oh yes. I remember. He ran out saying something about feeling like you were in trouble." Kay said, clearly still annoyed with the flier for that stunt.
"I see.." Shining nodded before noticing Chaos's blush, "And this morning?" She asked gently, having a feeling she knew what happened.
"We uh-" Chaos hesitated, until she slowly and quietly let it spill out, her face red. "We kissed?"
Kay blinked and looked at Chaos in surprised, already? She didn't think it would happen so soon. Shining meanwhile smiled at the younger gundamess, "Oh congrats, Chaos~" She giggled, remembering acting the same way after her first kiss with Zero. "Did you enjoy it?"
Congrats? Chaos had no idea as to why she'd get praised for that, but she wasn't going to argue. "I'm... not sure if I enjoyed it to be honest. It felt right, but then again- I was nervous..." She sighed and rubbed her helm. "My spark is doing flips in its casing and I don't know why..."
"Flips huh..." Kay smirked to herself, having a feeling she knew what was happening.
"Hmm..Really? Does it also feel light and jumpy whenever you're around him?" Shining asked.
"Light and jumpy?" Chaos echoed. She thought about it and tapped her soul stone briefly, humming. It really was how it felt, but what it meant was beyond her. "Yeah, that's how it pretty much feels. I've been thinking about having Kao Lyn look at it, there could be something wrong with it..."
The Knightess giggled, "There's nothing wrong with it, Chaos. It's simply trying to tell you something. And it's also probably trying to see if yours and GunEagle's sparks are compatible. Which could explain how he knew you were in trouble."
Chaos' optics bugged. She stared at Shining and Kay and it wasn't clear to either of them if she were scared or just in shock. "Compatible? Compatible for what?"
Shining hummed for a moment trying to figure out how to word it without scaring Chaos. "Well...Most times it's to see if you could one day bond, other times...it's just to see if any kind of relationship is possible."
"To- bond?" Chaos' expression fell. When she heard the word 'bond' she automatically thought of Thiesel, but sharing something like that with GunEagle sounded so much- better. It was still a scary concept, none the less. "So my spark is seeing if his spark can mesh. How do I know he feels the same- that he's the one?"
"Well...you could pay a little more attention to how he acts around you." Shining said, smiling at Chaos.
"Or you could take the direct approach and just ask him." Kay put in.
"But she has to be careful when phasing that if she did..."
"Point."
"I have been paying attention, but it's hard to tell," the younger femme said, twiddling her digits. "I can't tell if he's just being nice or if it's... something else. Besides, he seems like a natural ladies-mech anyways. I'm sure he's been with other femmes before."
Kay let out a sharp laugh, "Ha! GunEagle's simply a flirt with most femme's but he's never had a girlfriend or anything else."
Shining giggled, "Yes, from what I know that's true. Plus..I think there's something there. He really does seem to like you like that. I've never seen him act so clumsy or determined to make someone happy as he has with you. He even came to me and Zero to ask for help on how to cheer you up when you hadn't come out of your room for a week."
Chaos was flabbergasted. "He did that for me? I've never had someone treat me so well. Of course, you two know him better than I do, I just assumed that's how he acts all the time... except with Thiesel yesterday... he was so intense-"
"Yeah..he can get pretty 'in the zone' when on a mission...Wait...what happened yesterday?" Kay asked, "No one really explained."
Chaos bit her bottom lip. Slaggit. "I engaged an ex-Knight Gundam yesterday and was struggling with him. GunEagle showed up right in time. I put it in the incident report…"
Shining nodded, "I see." She saw Chaos seemed to get a little nervous and chalked it up to her not being use to losing a battle or something like that. "Well then...if he came so quickly to your aid I think that may say something. I know Zero's managed to save me when I've been...in some unsavory incidents. And...Ex-Knight Gundam?"
"I wasn't even aware there were Ex-Knight..." Said Kay.
"He's loaning himself to the Dark Axis for now. He must be desperate for food- he's a vampiric Gundam. I'm not even sure if GunEagle was aware of that..." Seeing that Shining was being more open with her, Chaos decided to return the gesture. "I was going to be forced to bond with him, and he didn't take that to well, from what I could tell."
"What? You were going to be forced to bond? That's horrible."
"No wonder you left...Wait...There are vampire gundams?!" Kay seemed excited about the new info.
"I'll explain later Kay."
"Alright..."
"As I saying...That must of felt awful to be told you were going to have to bond with someone you didn't know or love."
"Yeah, it did. But I'm here now and much happier... I'm not going to let him spoil my mood while I'm here." Chaos nodded to them and smiled, engine thrumming. "Thanks for listening you two, and the advice was nice. If this is all true then I hope he feels the same way... it'd be disappointing if he didn't."
Shining smiled at Chaos, "Good. And you're welcome. Anytime you wish to talk just come find me, I'd be happy to listen."
"Same here. Also if he kissed up back it's a pretty good indication he likes you that way too."
"Thanks, I really appreciate it..." Chaos smiled to her new friends, but her processor was racing. How would she talk about this later with GunEagle? Should she mention it to him? It was a lot to think about and she hoped that she'd make the right decision...
Later that evening…
GunEagle walked toward his room, still thinking about the conversation with the guys. To be bonded to Chaos? That would be...fantastic. He could see them together and the thought made his spark flip. Now if only he knew she felt the same…
Chaos was coming around from the opposite end of the hallway, on her way to her own room. Even though she was able to keep herself busy for the majority of the day her talk with Shining and Kay left her... speechless. Being bonded with GunEagle was a shocking thought, but it seemed so right. She was sure if he felt the same and was nervous that letting him know would ruin the friendship they already had. It was a strange situation at best…
Once GunEagle had turned the corner he spotted Chaos. "Oh...hey, Cammy...How you doing?" He scratched the back of his helm and hoped she didn't see the light blush suddenly on his face plate. Primus...just seeing her now made his spark race and she wasn't even doing anything but walking.
Chaos stopped and her spark lurched. That conversation with the girls- and knowing what her spark was doing- it made their interactions all the more nerve wracking. "Hey Gun, I'm doing... good. How are you? I haven't seen you since this morning."
"Uh...fine! I've been mopping the hanger all day as punishment for leaving the med bay. So..uh...what have you been doing all day?" Damn...it was like they were back at square one with all this nervousness.
"I just read, as usual. You're day was probably more exciting than-" Her mouth gaped open and her expression dropped when his word of his punishment sank in. She began rambling and apologizing at an exhausting rate. "Oh Primus, GunEagle! I am so sorry! If I could've held my own against Thiesel then you wouldn't have had to do such a horrible job! I'm a hopeless cause sometimes, I swear-"
GunEagle was shocked when she started rambling, "Hey, Hey, Hey! No! It's fine! It wasn't your fault! I was happy to help! If I hadn't-" He stopped short not wanting to remind her of that. "I mean...hey if I hadn't you would have been captured and...I don't know what I'd do..." His head hung lightly at that thought.
She stopped instantly and studied his expression. He seemed to be honestly upset, would he really miss her that much? "You'd- really be that upset if I didn't come back?"
"Of course! You're like...becoming my best friend and..." He paused trying to come up with a good description of how he felt without scaring her. "And...I...Well I-I care a lot about you..."
"Best friend?" Chaos blushed, enough to feel her faceplates warm. "You-you too, Gun. I'm glad you're okay, Thiesel could've really hurt you. I would've been really upset if you got hurt..."
Primus...he loved it when she blushed. She was just so cute when it happened. "Well...hey..I'm sure I would've been...alright." Geez it was suddenly hard to act all tough around her. He felt his face plate blush at hearing she would've been upset had he gotten hurt. "Um..so...yeah..." He scratched the back of his helm, not sure what to say suddenly. Primus he wanted to tell her how he felt.
Chaos suddenly felt that this wasn't a good sign, for whatever reason. He seemed to be nervous around her and she didn't know how to take that. "Is there... something wrong? You seem awfully quiet."
"No! Nothing's wrong! I-I-" He couldn't lie to her, that's what. He sighed heavily, "Look. T-there's something I-I sort of want to tell you but I don't want to make you uncomfortable and I-I've never had to tell someone this before so it's sort of nerve wracking and...uh...yeah..."
He was shaking like a leaf and it made her worried for him. What he said- it honestly made her nervous, but she wanted to know what was on his mind. She didn't want him to go keeping it to himself if was making him jittery like this. Chaos reached out and took his trembling hands into her smaller, warmer ones. "You can tell me anything GunEagle. I won't feel uncomfortable, I promise..."
Man...she was...amazing. He tried to calm down as held his hand by taking a deep breath. "Alright..." He looked straight into her optics, those beautiful violet optics, and took another breath. "I-I...Well...I think I like you...More than a friend..." He squeezed his optics shut. Oh Primus please don't let her get uncomfortable or hate him.
Chaos' optics bugged. This could be what Shinning and Kay was explaining earlier... She sighed heavily and looked right back up to him. "GunEagle, do you-you want to hear the truth? Honestly?"
GunEagle cringed, Oh man...here it was! She didn't like him! He had just ruined their friendship! He couldn't seem to say anything so her just nodded, optics still closed ready for her rejection.
"I..." She fumbled and her face burned BRIGHT red, like her helm could just burst into flames. "I feel the same way... EXACTLY the same way."
GunEagle optics flew open. He stared down at her blushing face, shocked. He...hadn't excepted to hear that. "Y-you do?" His voice came out small and with a slightly squeak as his spark raced.
"Yeah- yeah I do." She fumbled shyly as she felt his optics stare at her. She, of course, was staring at the ground. "It took me a while to figure it out, but I'm positive on what I feel- what my spark is telling me. Sorry if that sounds... odd to you..."
"No..." He hooked a finger under her chin and brought her head up, "It's not odd. I-I think my spark has been doing the same thing." Primus...she liked him the same way? He felt his spark jump and flip with happiness.
Chaos' optics widened as her violet optics met his emerald green ones. "So our sparks... have they been?" Her spark, as if on cue, lurched in its chamber and fluttered, pulling towards him like a magnet.
"I-I think so..." He leaned down toward her face. "I mean...mine flutters and jumps whenever you're near and...I think that's how I was able to tell you were in trouble and..." He finally just kissed her, wafting hot air into her faceplate.
The kiss took her by surprise, but she melted right into it. Of course only their facemasks were touching, but the warm air was enough to make her fuel tank flutter. She pulled away from him and bumped her helm to his. "Mine's been doing the same thing. It's kind of doing it now, actually. Primus, it just feels so good when you're around..."
"Yeah...same here, Babe. I-I mean Cammy." He chuckled nervously, knowing she didn't like to be called that. He then pulled her into a hug and rested his helm on top of hers.
"You know, I'm fine with you calling 'Babe', Gun." Chaos revved her engine happily as she was pulled into his warmth. She laughed lightly and rubbed his back. "As long as you're the one calling me by that..."
"Really?" He smiled behind his faceplate, "Well if you say so...Babe." He chuckled before nuzzling her helm. His engine purred as he tilted her head up before pinching her neck, opening her faceplate. He opened his before kissing her deeply, as he wrapped his arm around her waist.
Chaos yelped when he pinched her, but it was out of surprise more than anything. She moaned into the kiss and pressed her smaller frame to his and held him as close as she could. Her engine sputtered loudly, excited and flustered by the activity and her spark was doing flips. This felt good... VERY good.
He smirked against her mouth before opening his and running his glossa across her lips, trying to coax her mouth open. He gently pressed her against the wall, hand in her waist beginning to knead her back. Primus he loved kissing her.
Chaos obliged and slowly opened her mouth, his glossa brushing against hers. Being between him and the wall would've scared her into stopping if this had happened a few days earlier, but not now. She knew that she was safe with him...
She groaned when he kneaded her back and her hip, unexpectedly and uncontrollably, arched forward and bumped his. Her body was running on pure instinct…
He groaned lightly as her hips bumped his before he pulled back. He smirked at the flushed, dazed look on her face. "We should...probably get to bed, Babe, before anything else happens tonight." He said breathlessly, "Or at least move out of the hallway before someone catches us making-out."
"That sounds like a good idea. Perhaps we're not ready for 'that' yet, anyways..." The smaller femme rubbed his chest lightly and smiled contently. "I'm glad that you told me. Knowing me I would've never brought it up."
He nuzzled her, "It's fine, Babe." He pulled back slightly and held her hand as he stood in front of their doors. "Soo...Gonna sleep alone? Or do you wanna keep me company again?" He winked playfully at her. Happy everything worked out better than he expected.
Chaos looked between both doors, but it didn't take her long to come up with an answer. She blushed and shyly smiled. "I- uh... my room would be horribly lonely. I didn't realize that until last night..."
He smiled back at her and pulled her close, "Well then..." He opened his door, "After you." He couldn't believe he'd get to sleep next to her again so soon and get to see her wake up in the morning. He kissed the side on her helm.
She stepped inside and stood by as he shut his door, waiting for him. Chaos didn't want to move without his permission or climb into that bed without him. She never thought that she'd be doing this so soon, or, at least sharing a berth like this. She felt lucky though... lucky to have him.
He chuckled lightly as he watched her stand in the middle of his room. "Go on." He kissed the top of her helm before playfully pushing her toward the berth. "No need to be shy, Babe." Man...Who would have thought that almost a month after meeting her they'd be...well where they were now.
Chaos let him guide her to his berth and she, slowly, climbed in. One month ago and this would've horrified her to no end, and she wouldn't admit to herself that she was a little nervous about all of this- what was going on between them. This all, however, felt like it was meant to be.
He let her climb in first before getting in beside her. He noticed she seemed a little shy about it so he grabbed her gently and brought her in close to him. He nuzzled her helm and revved his engine. "It's alright, Babe. This is new to me too." He gently kissed her helm and found that having her in his arms while laying in bed felt more than right.
"Mmm, are you sure you haven't done this before?" She chuckled as she burrowed into him and kissed his chest. She ran a hand up and down his sides lovingly, digits touching every dip in his armor. "You're way too good at it..."
He chuckled and shuttered slightly as she rubbed his sides, "I'm sure, you're the first and only femme to be here.. And hey, hands to yourself, Babe. Else I can't be responsible for anything that may happen." He gave her a playful heated looked before kissing her gently.
She smiled against his lips and failed to remove her hand. Chaos returned the look when he pulled away and laughed softly. "Are you sure that's what you want? My hands are comfortable right where they are..."
He gave her a look that had he been human he'd have an eyebrow raised. He chuckled before suddenly turning them over and trapping her lightly under him. "I'm sure. And believe me, Babe, I never thought I'd say 'no' to that." He nuzzled the side of her helm, "But we're not until we at least have a proper first date, alright?" He kissed her cheek lightly.
"Mmm, sounds good to me~" She turned her helm and kissed his jaw, squirming lightly underneath him. She hoped that he wouldn't mind her staying with him every night. "You want to take me on a date? You're such a gentleman..."
"Hey, That's what's couples do." He turned back over and let her lay her head on his chest. He rubbed her shoulder, "And yes, I intend to take you on a date. Well...actually a lot of them since we're you know...sort of together now." He suddenly felt a light blush on his cheeks as he grinned. He...actually had a girlfriend, and a kickass one at that.
The smaller femme smiled deeply. She liked the sound of that a lot. She had a mech to call her own and he was so perfect- it was like they were made for each other. Chaos, with a stupid grin on her face, reached up and held the hand that was on her shoulder. "So... does it mean that I can stay here with you every night? If you're okay with that..."
Wasn't it just that morning he had wished he could wake up next to her every morning? He grinned widely at her, "Yeah...It's perfectly okay. I'd love it if you were here with me." He wrapped his other arm around her and hugged her. He kissed her forehead lightly.
Chaos snuggled right in and placed her hands on his chest. For the first time ever she felt untouchable and invincible. She had the greatest mech she'd ever met by her side and that made her feel good. "Good. My room would feel very lonely compared to this."
"I bet..." He watched her snuggle into him and couldn't help the soppy smile that came to his face. He lightly rubbed her shoulder with his thumb and didn't seem to notice what he said next, "Primus...I think I love you..."
Chaos shuttered slightly, but it wasn't from fear or shock. What he said, it just warmed her spark. She couldn't help what slipped out of her vocalizers next and went with what felt right. "I think... I love you too, Gun..." She kissed his chest and her engine purred loudly. It was obvious that she felt good.
GunEagle's spark flipped in its casing. She..she thought she loved him too! He chuckled and kissed the top of her helm before nuzzling her. He then grabbed one of her hands and kissed it before playing with her digits slightly before yawning widely.
Chaos' optics became heavy as he played with her hand. She watched him intently, lovingly, before slipping into recharge. Between the extra heat of his engine and him kissing her hand, she slipped into her recharge cycle quickly. She was out like a light, purring like a content cat.
He watched her fall asleep before pulling the blankets around them and joining her. He honestly didn't care what the others thought, they would make this work and he'd make sure to protect her even more now. There was no way he was losing her.
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And behold! A month after meeting they become a couple! Woot Woot! Can't fight destiny sometimes~ Now if only we knew what was going to happen next….
