Wow I portray Trent as such a jerk lol. But hey he kind of is right? Anyways I think he got scared off for a good while thanks to Sunny. But hey who wouldn't get scared shitless by Sunstreaker XD. It's all part of why we all love him. Anyways on with the story! I DO NOT OWN TRANSFORMERS!

After school I arrived home with Bee, Sam, and Mikeala to find Sunstreaker already long gone. Sideswipe was sitting there in the space where the visiting bots just seemed to frequent. I felt a stab of frustration and pain in my chest... So he hadn't wanted to talk to me after all. It shouldn't have surprised me.

I felt heavy when I got out of Bee and trudged towards the house. After everything that had happened at school, surprisingly enough Trent had not gone to the Principal but I should have expected that because he was one of those guys that had to look tough. And well getting your ass thoroughly intimidated by another guy was not...well it wasn't very tough looking. So the rest of the day had passed in relative peave.

Only now my mind was in chaos all over again. I wanted to talk to Sunstreaker and ask why he had reacted so strongly to Trent. Not only that but I wanted to talk to him about what had happened the other day. But he didn't seem to want to talk to me about it if his early departure was anything to go by.

It left me feeling dejected and crushed. As spontaneous and outgoing as I could be, my feelings were often times just as easy to beat down in certain circumstances. Apparently being ignored by someone I was crushing on was one of those situations.

Sam and Mikeala left me alone to go to his room while I trudged upstairs to mine not even looking to see if Aunt Judy had left me a list of things to do today. I just wasn't in the mood to care about anything right now.

I entered my room and tossed my bag on the floor near my desk before I flopped down stomach first onto my bed. And I just lay there with my chin propped up against my forearms, thinking about everything that had been going on lately.

I lay there in dejection until I felt a weight plop down onto the bed beside me. "Sulking Clare? That doesn't really seem like you." Sides plopped down on his side with his head propped up on his right arm.

"Shut it Sides." I muttered tiredly.

"Sunny told me about what happened earlier." He continued on with a thoughtful look on his face like I had never even spoke. "He was really slagged off about what that fragger did to you. Then again I was pretty slagged off too. As was Jazz when I told him about it. I think that the next time he comes to see you here he's going to have a talk with that human boy."

I grimaced. Oh great...now my opi was going to do horrible things to Trent. Well maybe that wasn't such a bad thing when I thought about it. Maybe it would actually get him to leave me alone so that I wasn't runninng the risk of getting molested everytime I went to school. "Do I want to know what exactly a talk entails?"

A wide grin and a slow accentuated shaking of Sides' head was my only response. Then he abruptly switched topics. "So what's eating at you? Was it what happened at school or something else?"

The way he asked that made me think that he knew more than he let on and was only asking so that he could have a verbal answer to what he already knew. I glared at him for that thought. "Why does it matter what's on my mind?"

He frowned. "Well because we're friends of course." He got a strange gleam in his eye when he said that.

"Ok but I still don't understand why you're asking me when it's obvious that you already know what's bothering me!" I sat up abruptly until I was towering over him. He moved to sit up as well.

"Is it about what happened the other day?"

I growled and shoved him suddenly. "It's not funny!"

He recovered from my assault on his person and raised a brow at me. "I never said that it was. What I want to know is why it's bothering you so much. Not only that but it's bothering Sunny too but I know why that is. Not that I'll tell you until you tell me why you're so upset by it."

My jaw clenched hard as I felt my temper shooting straight through the roof. Was he really baiting me like that? Did he think that it was ok to talk about other people's feelings and thoughts when they weren't present? Was it only for his own amusement? No. Sides wouldn't do that! It was just my frustration at his twin that was making my temper so ignitable. "Why wouldn't I be upset by it?" I challenged him.

He smirked wickedly. "Do you want to hear my theory on why you're so upset by it?"

In my anger and frustration I just snapped. "Of course I would! You're obviously so far ahead of the rest of us that you must know so please enlighten me!"

"You like Sunny." He stated bluntly.

My jaw dropped like a ton of bricks. "What?!" I spluttered like a gaping fish as we stared each other down, me looking stupid and him looking smug.

He leaned forward into my space and grinned. "You like Sunny. You liked kissing him. But now you're afraid that he'll reject you so you're upset."

My entire body slumped in defeat. Was I really that transparent? Better yet what do I do from here? Because here I was being confronted by a mech that I was crushing on, about his brother who I was also crushing on...who would most likely reject me as soon as he was ready to talk to me. "It's funny to you isn't it?" I murmured in a dejected tone.

He looked at me oddly. "No why would it be?"

I shrugged. "Well because Sunstreaker would never give me a chance and you know it. So it must be funny right?" Each word I spoke made me want to sink further and further into myself in humiliation. Putting your own fears and insecurities out for someone else to pick apart was not something that was easy. If anything it was scary and demeaning.

Sideswipe sighed and scooted closer to me. "Clare Sunny is a bit hard to get close to. He's standoffish and cold to almost everybot around him, so I can see why you would think that. But let me tell you something, Sunny feels things for those around him too. It's just that it's hard for him to express it, so he generally just doesn't. That makes others think that he's cold and unfeeling which is not the case. Self expression is just hard for him."

"I know. I told him something similar to that as well last time he was here." I looked down at my lap and twiddled my thumbs nervously. "It's why I gave him that sketchpad to draw in...because I know that talking to express oneself is hard for him. So I gave him another way."

"He uses it a lot you know? It's almost filled up by now even."

That made me feel a little twinge of happiness, the thought that Sunny was finding happiness and enjoyment out of it. If that was the case then mission accomplished. "That's good then."

It got kind of awkward for a few moments after that cause he kept staring at me like a weirdo while not saying anything. I mean I wasn't really sure why he came up here if not to pick on me about everything that had happened with Sunstreaker and I. So I sat there on my bed trying to avoid looking at him for too long, to avoid being drawn in by his handsome face.

"He does like you ya know? It's hard for him to understand why or to tell you but he does. If you ask me it's because you treat us the same, spending equal amounts of time with both of us. And you don't just avoid him because he's so aloof. If anything you try harder to pay attention to him just for that reason. Nobot has ever done that for him before besides me."

If that was really true my spark went out to him. "Well that's not really fair if you think about it. Treating people like that is like expecting them to change or something, and no one should be forced to change to be accepted. Sure it may be just as hard to accept for some as it is to be accepted oneself, but everyone has the right to be comfortable being who they are. That includes Sunstreaker. I just happen to be one of those people that tries to accept and feel friendship for everyone."

"And that's a good quality." He smiled softly at me. "Sunny could use that you know?"

"Yeah and that's why I try to include him in things. Sometimes it really is hard but...well I'm not the type to give up. At some points I wanted to because he made it so hard just to be around him at times, but I didn't and I thought that we were actually making progress towards you know him not wanting to squish me. Then I fall on him and we swap spit ugh!" I flopped down onto the bed unceremoniously with a groan.

Sideswipe sat there silently obviously giving me time to think. "Let me ask you something."

"Shoot." Might as well get everything sorted out.

"What do you like about Sunny?"

Without really even thinking I answered, because I really didn't need to think hard to know why I liked Sunstreaker. The same way that I didn't really have to think to know what I liked about Sideswipe. "Well some girls like the whole I'm a total aft personality. Apparently I happen to be one of those girls that think it's hot." A furious blush crept up to my cheeks making me question why I was saying this to Sideswipe and not someone like Mikeala, you know a girl friend. "And then there's the fact that when he does show affection it's so much more meaningful than when most other people show it. It's hard for him but it means that when he shows it it's genuine. And he's honest...brutally honest but still truthful all the same and most guys aren't. They tell you what you want to hear to get what they want...and Sunstreaker just doesn't care. He tells it like it is and that's...well it's pretty hot." Oh my god had I just referred to him as hot multiple times in succession around Sideswipe? Oh god I had!

Sideswipe hummed thoughtfully. "I see. So you like the few qualities that ever actually get noticed."

"Yeah I guess so." Rolling over onto my back I stared straight at the ceiling contemplating everything, all the emotions whirling around inside me. "And well he's not bad looking either." I blushed harder if possible when I remembered the way he looked in his real form and holoform...and the way his lips molded to mine when I kissed him. "Don't tell him that I didn't say something like oh my god he's like Primus's gift to the femme populace because if you say what I actually said he'll either get pissy...well he'll probably get pissy."

Sides laughed. "Yeah he probably would. But hey maybe it would take his ego down a bit."

It was silent. "No way." I deadpanned with a grin overtaking my features. Sunstreaker not wanting to feed his ego was not even a plausible thought to me!

Sides grinned at me before we both busted out laughing so hard that he had to lean against the headboard of my bed to keep himself from falling. "You're right Clare. That would completely destroy his ego."

"I know it would."

"So do you want to know how I know he likes you?" Sides asked after we had both calmed down considerably.

I immediately sat up and invaded his personal space. "Sides if you don't tell me then the next time I pull a paint prank on you it'll be worse than my little pony... I'll paint you up in barbies of every color."

He shifted back slightly giving me a false wary look. "Down femme!" He joked. "I'll tell you if you promise not to paint me barbie colors."

In a second I was right in his face so close that I could feel his breath fanning across my own lips. "Only if you stop screwing around and tell me!"

That gleam came back to his eyes that one that told me he was contemplating teasing me more. Instead of following through with it he took mercy on me. "Well Clare there are a few reasons that he likes you, the first being that you accept him no matter how he acts. Then there's the fact that you give him all of the attention he won't admit that he needs and you don't quit on him even when he's being an aft. You're also very attractive with a nice shape even with your organic covering." He leaned in towards me with a look of mischief on his face. "Then there's the fact that you're so innocent in everything sexual. Any mech would find that incredibly hot."

"Sideswipe!" I smacked him upside the head while furiously blushing again. Hell at this point I was going to have a permanent blush no matter what I did so might as well get used to it! "You're so perverted!"

"It's an art." He shrugged.

Oh I bet it is...and you do it so well. I smacked myself for thinking that. "Ok so what should I do next time I see him? He won't even talk to me." With an exasperated sigh I flopped back down beside Sides to go over the things that I could do to make up with Sunny...and maybe get him to stop being so difficult. "Maybe bribe him with car washes?" I suggested.

"Maybe if you give him a wash while wearing that bikini again."

"Sides!" Oh my god he was horrible!

He held up his hands in surrender. "What? It was just a suggestion."

"I want to get him talking to me again not go all white snake music video on him jeez!"

I saw his eyes dim signalling that he was searching the internet, most likely for a white snake music video. When he found it he choked out a laugh. "You should do something like that! Like when he's in recharge you should crawl up on his hood in a skimpy outfit and sprawl yourself out on him!" He busted out laughing.

Me? I was so not laughing! "Sides I am not doing that! He'd throw me off in a sparkbeat! God I want to get him to talk to me again not piss him off!"

He suddenly bounded up from the bed and pulled me along with him. "Then let's go find him! He's on patrol for the rest of the day so we can track him down and you two can make up!"

"NO!" That was the last thing that I wanted to do right now! Well not really but being rejected didn't sound like too much fun! Before my protest had even fully passed my lips I was suddenly hanging upside down over his shoulder as he charged from the room like an overexcited puppy. "SIDESWIPE!" I bellowed angrily when we went racing down the stairs past Sam and Mikeala who both gave me wide eyed looks.

"BEE!" I shouted when we made it to the backyard. Sides threw me into his real form before Bee could react, then without even a breath in between his holoform disappeared before he gunned it and raced from the backyard. "Sides!"

"Shhh! Sunny's actually pretty close by! If we're quick he won't have time to get away!"

Had I really been taken prisoner by Sideswipe? Yup. I had. No doubt about it. Tentatively I poked at my bond with Jazz to find it shut tight. So no help there. I didn't want to comm. Ironhide or Optimus because somehow I doubted that Sides kidnapping me would be acceptable to them. Ratchet and the triplets were a no go as well for obvious reasons. That only left Sunstreaker and Bee and the latter was supposed to watch over Sam too so I didn't want to keep him from that. And Sunstreaker? Well he was the whole reason for this mess in the first place.

So I was going to comm. link him! :Hey Sunstreaker!: I shouted through the private link.

:What?!: Came his gruff reply. :I'm patrolling femme I don't have time to be bothered!:

I ignored the hurt that his response engineered in me. :Well your brother kidnapped me so excuse me for comm. linking you to demand that you help me!:

Silence. :He kidnapped you?:

:Yes!:

:Fragging fraggit to the pit.: He cursed angrily. :Hold on I'm coming towards him now.: The link cut after that.

Only a moment later that sleek golden alt came screeching around a corner ahead of us dodging between traffic. I scowled as he cut Sideswipe off forcing him to turn to avoid crashing into him. Both pulled into an alley with Sides in the front and Sunstreaker trailing behind.

Right when I thought Sides was going to stop he suddenly sped out of the other side. "Sides what the frag are you doing?" I heard Sunstreaker's angry curse through Sideswipe's speakers. Though I hardly paid it any attention as the two broke out into a frantic game of cat and mouse in which Sides was the mouse obviously, and Sunstreaker was the cat. And Sides, the lovable idiot that he was dragged the three of us all through the entire city into the outskirts of the city limits.

Then we left the city of Tranquility behind to venture into the desert surrounding it. By this point there was no cars around so both of them stepped their chase up until they were pushing over 200MPH. Let me tell you it was freaking fast as hell and exhilarating too.

I would have really enjoyed it if it weren't for the fact that I had been kidnapped by Sides, or for the fact that Sunstreaker was cursing up one hell of a storm as he chased us. He was going to be so pissed when this was over.

Or I was going to be because no sooner has I thought that then Sides, the fragging lovable jerk suddenly stopped, swung his door open and undid the seatbelt before throwing me out. Then while I was sitting there on the ground dazed and confused he took off leaving me there with Sunstreaker who had just pulled up. "Sides you aftcake!" I yelled angrily.

:Catch ya after you're done!: Was his cheeky reply. Oh that fragging aftmonkey!

We were a good distance away from the road and any civilization, even so I was surprised when Sunstreaker shifted into bi pedal mode. His face was set into a scowl as he approached me. "What was all of that about?"

"Ummm Sides being an aftmonkey...?" I squeaked. Oh I was so going to kill him for this later! Slowly and painfully after I painted him barbie colors and dedicated the 'I'm a barbie girl' song to him! Ugh!

His optics narrowed on me. "Sides being an aftmonkey does not explain why he dragged us both out here before offering to cover the rest of my patrol until I take you home. Spill femme."

"MY NAME IS NOT FEMME! IT'S CLARE DAMMIT!" Ugh the nerve of this mech! "And don't tell me what to do Mr. I'mtoogoodtotalktoClare!" I snarked angrily. This isn't exactly how I wanted to do this but my temper was already frayed from everything that had been happening lately, and the way that he referred to me as femme just pissed me off for some reason.

A deep reverberating growl resonated from deep in his chassis coming from his powerful engine. He plopped down gracefully and snatched me up like a doll dangling me in front of his face. "Ok Clare tell me why I was dragged away from my patrol to have some important conversation as Sideswipe put it."

"Why do you have to put it like that?!" I snapped. God whenever he talked about me it was like a constant bout of putting me down every chance he got! The worst part was that for some reason it didn't make me hate him! Quite the opposite really apparently I liked him treating me like crap! God why did I have to be one of those girls? Or was it just because I was new at this and had never been in a situation like this before? "When you talk like that you make it sound like talking to me is such an inconvenience on your perfect little existense!"

"Well maybe it is!" He snapped back! "Maybe everytime I'm forced to come and talk to you for any reason I feel like I'm doing something pointless!"

My entire body snapped back as if I'd been physically struck. Tears welled up in my eyes as rejection tore into me sending the droplets cascading down my cheeks one after the other. Sides was so wrong about him! He didn't want anything to do with me. And I...

"Why are you leaking?" He looked disturbed watching the tears dripping down my cheeks. Or maybe it was disgust who could ever tell with him?

"Put me down." I demanded in a raspy tone. My spark felt like it had been physically shattered leaving me feeling something that I have never felt before. Sparkbreak.

"Why? You two were the ones that wanted to get me out here so that you and I could talk. About what I still don't know, and now you're leaking like a sparkling." He sneered.

Something inside of me just snapped. "I'M LEAKING BECAUSE I'M A FUCKING IDIOT WHO DEVELOPED FREAKING FEELINGS FOR AN AFTCAKE LIKE YOU! THEN YOUR BROTHER MADE ME COME OUT HERE AND TALK IT OUT ONLY YOU'RE TOO ABOVE ME TO EVER ACTUALLY HAVE A CIVILIZED CONVERSATION! SO THAT YOU AFTHOLE IS WHY I'M LEAKING! NOW LET ME DOWN SO THAT I CAN IGNORE YOU LIKE YOU SO OBVIOUSLY WANT ME TO!"

:Sides come get me!: I sobbed over the comm. link.

Immediately I got a response as Sunstreaker slowly lowered me to the ground. :What happened? Did he say something stupid?: I could hear his worry.

:Yes! He pretty much said that everytime he has to speak to me he feels like he's doing something pointless! Then he said that I was leaking like a sparkling and he sneered at me! He's the one that made me cry in the first place!:

As soon as my feet hit the ground I stalked off without a backwards glance feeling my tattered pride throbbing with each step. I knew that this would happen and yet I still put myself on the line only to be destroyed. Maybe I was being overly dramatic but it still hurt. Now I knew what Sam felt like being rejected all of the time. At least now he had Mikeala. Me I had nobody.

"Why?"

The hesitant question made me stop in my tracks. "Why what? And does any of it matter now?"

"Why do you like me? Only Sides actually cares about me."

Slowly I turned around to face him with tears still streaming down my cheeks. He looked like he always did, cold and aloof. Yet there was a less guarded look in his optics than usual. I sighed not knowing why what I thought mattered when he had crushed me already. "Because I just do. You may be an aft, no you really are a total aft." I said seriously when he gave me a scowl. "But there's a lot more to you than meets the eye Sunstreaker. You're mean and rude but I know it's just because you're awkward around others. And you're honest to a fault to the point that many consider it plain old rudeness but in my mind there are worse ways to be. You never lie to get what you want...and well you've been supportive with me if a little crude about how you encourage me sometimes. I also think that there's a soft side to you that most don't see or they don't look close enough to see. Like when you're with Sides you're so much more relaxed and you show your feelings easier. When the three of us have fun together we all have a blast like that day that we had the food fight in my kitchen!" A small smile struggled to try and lift at the corners of my lips at the memory. "I like your attitude even though you hurt my feelings sometimes and I don't always understand why. But it isn't like we can't get along either! We had fun together when we pranked Sides, or at least I had fun. And these last few days before I umm accidentally kissed you I had fun being around you. You're a handsome arrogant afthole with an ego larger than life itself but..." At this point I turned to stare at the dim desert landscape so that I didn't have to look at him.

"Well I like you anyways. Even if you don't like me at all. I just can't help it for some reason." Might as well come clean completely right? He was going to turn me down anyways no matter what I did. "And I...I liked it when I umm kissed you even if it was your holoform. It's just that I'd never kissed someone before so I was embarrassed, and I ran away and ignored you. So I guess in a way you have a reason to hate and dislike me. But I thought that you should know that I don't hate you even though you hurt me and made me cry. I don't think I could ever hate you."

A deadly quiet fell over us once the last word escaped my lips. He said nothing to me and I kept looking away so that I didn't have to look at him. The tears were still leaking from my eyes no matter how hard I tried to stop them.

Then I got the shock of a lifetime in the form of a surprisingly gentle caress on the side of my face. My head whipped around so fast that I almost headbutted Sunstreaker who's face was now very close to me.

He just stared at me silently, one digit coming up to caress my face again. Still he said nothing, just touched me with a gentleness that surprised me.

"Sunny?"

He still said nothing.

"Look if you're going to turn me down just do it please?"

Still nothing. He just kept up that soft caress.

"Umm Sunstreaker? Are you just going to stare at me?" And make my spark beat like a freaking bongo drum in my chest? He was so close to me...and it was making me itch to just press my lips against his metal ones just to see if they were as smooth as I thought they were. My tongue flicked out over my suddenly very dry lips seemingly without my consent. I noticed his optics shoot down to follow the movement and without any thought whatsoever I leaned up, placed my hands on his face, and pressed my lips over his metal ones.

The feel of his lips was firm yet soft and smooth, and so incredibly warm. If I had thought that an electric current had shot into me when I kissed him in holoform well it was nothing compared to the zap I got from him this time. It felt like my entire body was tingling magnificently...and when he actually pressed back I felt like I was flying! I had not expected him to respond at all.

And the sudden move from him had me snapping back and ducking my head shyly. My hand was shaky as I brought it up to run across my still tingling lips my tongue snaking out along the side to collect some of his metallic taste. It was surprisingly addictive to the pallet.

The shrill sound of a wolf whistle caused us both to whip around in the direction of the noise where unsurprisingly Sideswipe was standing there grinning like an idiot...and looking so handsome at the same time. I snapped my gaze down to the ground to hide my blush.

"And here I was expecting to have to drive a crying femme home after you hurt her feelings Sunny." He wiped away fake tears and gave his brother a mocking proud look. "I'm so proud of you bro!"

Sunstreaker growled at him. "Shut up Sideswipe. She kissed me."

So he didn't want me to? Then why did he kiss me back?

"I didn't see you push her away brother." Sides taunted him.

Before Sunstreaker could comment back I interrupted the building argument between them. "I'm sorry if you didn't want me to do that. I won't do it again."

His helm snapped down in my direction optics wide and frustrated. "What? No that's not what I meant! Primus fraggit everytime I say anything at all femmes always take it the wrong way!"

"Well how else could you have meant it?" I challenged him.

"I meant exactly what I said Clare!" He growled in frustration. "You were the one that felt that I was angry when I said it! I was merely telling the truth about what happened! So for the love of Primus stop assuming slag!"

My spark skipped a beat in what I deduced was hope. "So you aren't mad?"

He floundered a bit. "No. You're still annoying but..." He growled in frustration before suddenly scooping me up from the ground. As he stomped past Sideswipe he flipped him the bird. "Frag you Sides! And stop following me around!"

"I didn't! Clare commed me crying because you upset her so I came to pick her up and take her back home. Only now I guess I don't have to."

I blushed harder when Sides winked an optic at us. Sunstreaker carted me past and shifted to alt mode with me inside him before I could say anything to Sideswipe though. He said not one word to me as he took off leaving his twin behind.

"Umm where are we going? And what about your patrol?"

"Away from Sideswipe before he angers me to the point that I have to beat his aft. As for patrol he'll cover for me until I get back."

Ok so he didn't really answer the first part of that question. I figured that he wouldn't answer even if I asked again so I just sat quietly as he drove further away from the city. We reached a plateau a good ways away from the city that overlooked it from a distance. Once there Sunstreaker parked and let his systems idle.

His holoform appeared in the driver's seat in a flash startling me a bit since I hadn't expected it. I took in his dark wash jeans, black vans, and the tight black t-shirt he was wearing. When my eyes drifted back up they locked with his slightly lighter colored ones. He really was male perfection in any form.

"What exactly do you want from me Clare? I know what Sides told you, but I don't know what you want exactly."

I looked out the window at the night sky filled with twinkling stars. "Well I don't know. I've never done anything like this and well I have no experience with this type of situation. All I know is how I feel. It's what I'm going off of right now."

He didn't say anything for a long time. Not until I turned back towards him to find him watching me. He sighed in frustration looking like he was aggravated by something. "I've been here before but I'm still no good in these situations either. Like you said I'm an aft and I'm proud of it."

My lips twitched up in a small smile. "True. I doubt that you're as bad at it as I am. At least you've had a girlfriend before. Me? I've never even thought about having a boyfriend before all of this."

"Are you saying that you want that from me?"

I flushed insanely both from the intensity of the scrutiny he was giving me and from the question. I gathered my courage and forced myself to respond. "Only if you would consider it. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to...I am tiny compared to you. Not only that but I can be a real handful sometimes."

He grunted. "Obviously."

I leaned forward feeling a swell of irritation course through me. "Don't you obviously me Sunstreaker! You can be just as big of a pain in the aft as I can!"

His face morphed into a smug smirk. "I know that but apparently certain femmes think it's hot that I'm such an aft. Right baby?"

My spark stuttered when he called me baby sending blood and energon shooting straight to both my metal cheeks hiding under my skin, and into the fleshy skin covering it. "B-baby?" I stammered somewhat unintelligently cursing myself for sounding so stupid in front of him.

He frowned at me then reached over to pull my head over so that this time he could plant his lips on mine. I squeaked into the kiss we shared unsure of what exactly to do. I really wasn't lying when I said that I had no clue what to do in this situation. Well besides blushing and stammering like an idiot. Yeah that worked.

His warm lips melded to mine moving slowly to try and coax me to react. I did so clumsily trying to match his movements as best I could, but I was no experienced kisser. It made me nervous that I was disappointing him or something but he just kept gently moving his lips against mine sending that warmth seeping through me. It felt so good. But at the same time I really wished that I could do this with his real form. Of course I knew that I couldn't because he couldn't afford to reveal himself too much but it was still a nice thought.

The contact came screeching to a halt when a silky tongue glided over my bottom lip causing me to jolt back with an embarrassed squeal. I stared at him with my spark hammering away in my chest. Had he just tried to use tongue on me?

"Clare?"

"I-I'm sorry for jumping back like that...it's just that I'm not used to this yet. You startled me when you licked me like that." I tucked my bangs behind my ear nervously while he watched me. "Umm it still felt nice. I think that I actually like kissing the real you better though." As soon as the words were out of my mouth I ducked my head in embarrassment. I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

The frame around me suddenly shifted, the seat AKA the servo I was being held on lifting as Sunstreaker changed to bi pedal mode. Thankfully we were far enough away from the city that I wasn't worried someone would see him. When he finally finished changing into his real form I really wouldn't have cared if anyone had. I wasn't sure where we stood, but what I did know was that I could stare at his gold finish and his smooth armor all day.

And I would have too if he hadn't lifted me to face level to press his large metal lips against my own soft ones. Some would probably think it awkward to be kissing a giant robotic male, his mouth was a good deal larger than mine, but it was able to meld surprisingly well to my own. And the sensations that it caused, the electric current that the contact sent screaming through me was amazing. I tried my best to follow his lead albeit clumsily as I was not used to kissing.

His lips, as firm as they were, were also so soft and smooth unlike what I would have expected if I had not felt them myself. He moved against me softly, not pushing too fast or hard for me. Sunstreaker spoke with this contact in a way that his words just never matched. His frustrations, sorrows, joys, affection, all of it being conveyed through action and not words. This was no different. I could sense a tentative happiness intermingled with annoyance and frustration. Truly it was an interesting combination but it was Sunstreaker of all bots, I had probably annoyed him severely before all of this. Now he was just trying to sort his emotions out. I wondered what exactly this kiss meant?

The need to breathe forced me to draw back first. "So umm does this mean that I'm not being rejected?"

I took it as a yes when he swiftly claimed my lips, speaking once again through actions and not words. This kiss was harsher if it were even possible for him to be forceful with me when I was so small, really though he moved much faster and harder against my lips. I had no chance of keeping up so I just tried to respond the best I could, hoping that it was ok for him.

It felt like a strong static charge was building inside of me, jolts of electricity shooting straight down from where we were connected to envelop me. And this time when his glossa slid across my bottom lip I tentatively opened my mouth so that it could snake inside. His entire glossa was almost as big as the inside of my mouth so it was a little challenging to accomadate him. Eventually I was able to position myself so that I could hesitantly brush my own tongue back against his glossa. He rumbled softly and I just blushed in embarrassment, still not entirely believing that I was technically making out with him.

But damn his glossa tasted like aluminum and spice with a slightly sweet tinge just like his lips only stronger. It was a weird combination but I guess since I was a bot I really enjoyed the strange flavor. I moaned softly before I could help myself, suddenly jerking myself away to bury my face against his cheek. I could not believe that I made that sound!

A deep rumble of a laugh escaped him. Well it was good to see that someone was finding amusement from my embarrassment! "Umm I need to get home soon I have school in the morning." I stammered without turning to look at him.

He didn't make any sort of rebuttal, only changed back to alt mode so that he could take me home. The drive was silent for which I was secretly grateful. I had a lot on my mind...like the thought of whether all of this meant that he was technically my boyfriend now. Should I ask?

My mouth kept falling open and snapping shut during the entire drive but no words would come out. I just could not voice my question. We arrived back at my house and I still had said nothing.

He opened his door to let me out only for me to hesitate. I paused in getting out to force myself to speak the words that were eating away at me. "Umm Sunstreaker? Does this mean we're umm boyfriend and girlfriend now?"

"Mechfriend and femmefriend are how our kind would refer to their partner." He murmured.

Well that didn't exactly answer whether that was what we were... "So do I call you my mechfriend now?"

He sighed. "Are you going to leak again if I say no?"

I frowned before actually getting out and starting towards the house without looking back. "No." I answered softly knowing that he could hear it. But I didn't turn back since I knew that if I did I would probably leak. He could hurt me and make me happy then hurt me again in astroseconds.

Right when I reached the door his voice froze me in my tracks. "Yes you can call me that."

My spark soared! I turned back to him with my lips spread in such a wide grin that it hurt! "Really?"

"Yes really!" He snapped irritably. "Now get inside and get some recharge baby!"

I couldn't help but to race over to him and lean down to kiss his hood while squealing softly under my breath. Something occurred to me while I was doing that and I pulled back contemplating something. "Umm I wonder if they have spousal car insurance for giant alien mechfriends that change into a sleek sexy sports car?"

He only sighed. "Femme..."

But I was too happy to really pay attention to it! I had thought that I honestly had more of a chance with Sideswipe who hadn't actually shown what I considered a genuine interest in me, over Sunstreaker who acted like he wanted to pretend that I didn't exist half the time. And here he was telling me that I could call him my mechfriend. My mechfriend!

Nothing could get me down right now!

(Sunstreaker's POV)

The turn of events that had transpired today still surprised me. When I had come out of recharge this morning I did not expect to have the femme confess to me due to Sideswipe's influence, nor did I expect to discover that the feelings I thought were solely Sideswipe's were actually some of my own too. It turns out that she had broken through my barriers and I had no actual idea when it had actually happened.

What I did know was that she had annoyed and forced her way into a place that no one besides Sideswipe had ever been before. Not even any of the femmes we had partnered up with on Cybertron. None of them had ever paid me half the attention that they had paid Sides outside the berth. Yet Clare was constantly worming her way into my space, making sure that she spent time with both of us. It was obvious to me that she was still a little more comfortable around Sides, but she made an effort. She didn't let my demeanor push her away, when I knew it could make others uncomfortable not that I cared.

Maybe Sides was right about her.

(Of course I am!) Speak of the devil and he shall pull in beside me. Which he just did. (So when do I get to take her out and make her my femmefriend too?)

For some reason I didn't like that idea so soon. Every other instance where we had dated a femme came to my processor. Each instance we had started dating them around the same time flashed through my optics, and each time even if I made an actual effort and opened myself up as much as I could they still flocked to Sides only wanting me in the berth. I didn't want that to happen with Clare. I wanted her for myself until I was sure that she wouldn't be the same as every other femme I had met. (Sides...let me have some time with her first.)

I felt his confusion. (Why? Sunny we always share everything especially femmes.)

(Because I don't want to be tossed aside again!) I snapped. (Everytime we do it like this the femme decides that she only wants to be with you outside of the berth! Is it so much to ask that I get a little time to prove to Clare that I can be worth something outside of it? If you're in the picture right away she'll never see it!)

(Sunny that's not true. Clare is different than the other femmes. She's innocent and sweet, she cares about others too much to do that to anybot.)

(Please Sides...just a little time first. Besides we don't want to overwhelm her right?)

(...Fine. I'll let it slide just this once! But you better not keep me waiting forever because I want her too!)

My engine revved angrily. (Fine!)

R&R! So there you have it Sunny and Clare are taking their first steps into dating. I thought that making Sunny have somewhat of an inferiority complex when it came to actually dating femmes would be a good way to make him act. That and this way there can be some one on one time between him and Clare before Sideswipe gets involved.