I almost stumbled out of my quarters after my nice surprise. His lips were soft like a feather, set upon mine so lightly it was as if he was stroking them. It seemed nearly impossible that a mech so strong and demanding like Optimus could be so professional and amazing and gentle at kissing; after he had pulled away, he looked down into my glazed optics and gave one of those beautiful, sweet as sugar, dreamy smiles that no one (aside from me) had ever seen before; his lips were warm yet cold, I felt so privileged to have kissed Optimus Prime, it was unbelievable. My cheeks heated up incredibly afterwards that my cooling systems were working overtime to cool them down.
"Where have you been? Arcee and Bulkhead and I have been waiting for you for sparring!" Bumblebee yelled from behind me.
"Uh?" I snapped out of my daydream hastily as Bee came up to me and pulled me by the arms towards the Training Room. I was dragged lazily behind the scout as I dreamed about what had just happened.
"What's the matter? You look like you've just had the best thing in the universe happen to you?" I sighed knowing I could never tell them what had happened between Optimus and I. Bumblebee rolled his optics and we carried on to the Training Room.
Arcee and Bulkhead were already sparring in front of Miko, Raf and Jack. The clangs and clashes of metal still sounded a bit strange and unsettling in my audios but Bumblebee and I were soon set up and sparring too.
Duck, dodge, high kick, uppercut, backhand, weave, dodge, jump, duck
I was doing fine until I caught a flash of sanguine red and cobalt blue outside the Training Room. I paused as Bumblebee aimed a kick at me and I failed to block it. I was sent sprawling to the floor; Arcee and Bulkhead came running over as Bumblebee sat me up apologising again and again.
"Oh my Primus! I'm so sorry Emerald! Are you ok?" Bumblebee said worriedly as I rubbed my head. Miko, Raf and Jack came over too, concern painted on their faces.
"Are you ok Emerald?" Arcee said as I wobbled on my feet dangerously. Bumblebee darted to my side to steady me.
"Yeah, I think. I'm not sure!" I said as Bumblebee pushed back upright. Arcee raised an optic ridge.
"I'll go and get Ratchet to check you out, I don't think you're ok at all." Said Bulkhead as he wandered out the room.
"Emerald, you were late by at least 15 minutes for training, you failed to block Bumblebee's easy kick and now you're not sure whether you're fine or not?" Jack said, somewhat bemused.
"Ok Emerald, what happened?" asked Arcee
"Nothing happened!" I replied a little bit too hastily.
"Liar!" chirped Miko, dancing around my feet. I sighed again, massaging my forehead.
"Spill the beans, Emerald. We'll find out sooner or later!" Bumblebee buzzed.
"I just slept in late. Ok? Happy now?" I huffed.
"Liar!" Chirped Miko again. I almost growled at her when she didn't stop dancing around my feet.
"Optimus was checking up on me!" I snapped angrily and annoyed. Bumblebee wolf-whistled-ish at me; I glared at him.
"He was checking up on you! O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-h-h-h-h-h-h-h!" Miko said. This time I did growl at her, they were getting too close to uncovering the truth!
"Well, he took an awful long time "checking" on you, didn't he? It doesn't take him ten minutes to check on someone!" Arcee said.
"I know what was going on!" Miko yelled excitedly. I stared at her in exasperation and desperation, begging her not to say what I think she was going to say.
"What?" everyone else chorused, dying to know what Miko's ridiculous idea was.
"Optimus kissed Emerald!" She exclaimed ecstatically. My spark nearly stopped. The others' faces were unreadable as they shifted their glances in my direction, my thermal plating heating up immensely. I quickly averted my optics from them to the floor and shifted guiltily from one foot to the other.
"No way Miko! That's sooooooooo not gonna happen! Optimus isn't the kinda bot that'd do that!" Jack and Raf exclaimed simultaneously, "Right?"
"Yeah, Optimus hasn't been one to show his emotions like that, or in fact, at all. He's usually exceedingly stoic about everything!" Bumblebee put in. Raf then translated for the others.
"She's right," I whispered ever so quietly. Everyone then stared at me like I'd lost my processor during our battle with the 'Cons.
"What did you say?"
"I said she's right." I said shyly. My internal cooling systems were seriously working overtime. There was a huge CRASH! From behind me; Ratchet and Bulkhead had come in just as Miko had suggested her idea and I'd agreed. Ratchet had dropped to the floor, his CPU overheating again. The others, however, just stared at me with their mouths wide open.
"NO WAY!" exclaimed Miko and Arcee simultaneously. They looked somewhat amazed and Arcee looked jealous. I rolled my optics at the two of them, willing this to end already.
"Optimus kissed you?" Bumblebee cried, absolutely dumbfounded. If I were human, I'd be blushing like hell.
"Optimus and Emerald, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" sang Miko as she resumed dancing around me like a chimp. I was getting seriously annoyed at them and was about to storm away when Ratchet woke up.
"If I heard what I think I heard, it better not be true!" he hissed at me warningly. Miko continued to sing when I snapped at her to shut the hell up; she closed her mouth pretty sharpish. I sighed.
"Look, I wasn't expecting it. Optimus kissed me. Big deal!" I said, thoroughly annoyed. Ratchet looked like he could throw something at me.
"Emerald, I hope you understand this, but the last person Optimus ever fell in love with was targeted by Megatron for millenia and, eventually, she was brutally murdered." Ratchet said in a low, almost afraid, voice, "Elita One was kidnapped one night, mutilated and suspended from a spire of Kaon's tallest building. She wasn't found until three weeks after it had happened when one of our scouts reported it." A stunned silence poisoned the air around us and even Miko was afraid to speak her mind for once. I stared at the old medic with wide emerald optics, unbelieving of what I'd just heard.
"That really happened?" I said in a small voice; not only was I terrified for Optimus and the others, for once, I was afraid for myself. Ratchet nodded grimly.
"That is why Optimus keeps to himself all the time, that is the main reason he hardly ever shows his emotions for anyone." Ratchet explained. I couldn't believe it at all; this was why Optimus' emotions were constantly kept locked up? I was speechless.
"Are you ok, Emerald?" Bumblebee asked me seeing my face. The room was spinning as I tried to get my head around what Ratchet had just told us.
"Now I'm really not sure." I replied faintly, "But you guys cannot repeat CANNOT let Optimus have any idea what I've admitted to, if you did I'd never forgive you. Got it?" They all nodded and, on that rather grisly bombshell, training was dismissed.