Before I start I have one thing to say...BOB! Thumbs up to anyone who can figure out who that is! Anyways I do not own Transformers! To a guest review from yo- No Sunstreaker is not an OC, he is Sideswipe's twin. Hope this clears up any future confusion. Also I decided not to rewrite!
(Clare's POV)
My arms wrapped around my body shielding it from view. I was mortified. I was embarrassed. But on top of all of that I was NAKED! Why the slag was I naked?! What the pit happened last night?!
"D-Don't you dare look! Where-where is my armor?!" I stammered as I did some kind of weird armless backwards crawl towards the end of the berth. My optics shot around in every direction looking for my silver plates. I didn't see them anywhere.
Sides looked at me in amusement before pointing at the couch.
In a flash I was scrambling off the berth to run across the floor and hop onto the couch where my armor was laying discarded. I tugged it all to me and started snapping each plate into its proper spot. A million different scenarios ran through my mind about what could have happened. Did...did I interface with either of them? Did I do anything sexual at all with them? Oh my god what if I did?!
A furious blush sprung to my cheeks. "Please tell me that-that I didn't screw anyone!"
"Of course not. You and Sides decided to play truth or dare and he dared you to strip for the remainder of the game. But you passed out before it ended so I just let you recharge like that." Sunny informed me bluntly.
I whipped around and pointed an accusing finger at Sideswipe. "Y-you pervert! You better not have taken any pictures!"
"Nope I didn't. It was tempting but I didn't. And besides!" He gestured down at his pink finish. "You dared me to paint myself pink for an entire day so as far as I'm concerned payback is a glitch."
My jaw dropped some sound coming out that was like a mix between a squeak and an indignant squack. "So you got me naked just because I dared you to paint yourself pink?! What the freak Sides?!" Oh my helm was pounding so bad! I was embarrassed! And I had woken up naked with two mechs! Could this day get any worse?
"Yup!" Sides chirped happily. "I said that I was going to get you in your protoform sometime!"
Sunny reached out and smacked him over the helm. "We didn't do anything to you baby. The three of us just played truth or dare and some other game that you called two truths and one lie, and before we finished truth or dare you passed out. So I put you in my berth to recharge for the night."
Sunny looked straight at me as I looked him over closely to make sure that he was being truthful. He didn't look like he was lying to me. Plus Sunny wasn't the lying type. "Ok. Well damn my helm hurts." My aft met the hard surface of the couch while I rubbed at my helm slowly.
"It's called a hang over." Sides informed me helpfully.
Afthole. "Yeah well it's called the world busting my ass in my words."
"I got something that'll help you!" Sides hopped off of his berth and walked over to me with a small green gel capsule in his servo. He handed it to me to take. "It's a pain suppressor. Works good too."
I eyed it warily weighing the chances of it actually being what he said it was. After a moments deliberation I decided to just pop it into my mouth. Sides wouldn't be that mean to me when I was already feeling like crap.
It tasted bitter like a sour patch kid but without the sweet undertone. In other words it was freaking gross and bitter and nasty. "Cheese and freaking rice Sides this tastes like ass-aft!" I stuck my tongue out and coughed.
"Yeah they taste bad but they work. You're gonna need it to face Chromia in a little bit."
You know when you have those moments where you've completely forgotten about something and then it's like a bright blinding light shining down on you. Only instead of being relieved or inspired you're filled with dread? Yeah that's what I was feeling when Sides reminded me of that. "Damn."
"Damn is right. We should go and get you some energon before your lesson."
My lips pulled down into a frown as Sunny hopped up from his berth and scooped me up from the couch. He cradled me in one arm while we walked out the door of their room. Only as soon as we stepped outside we ran into my opi and he did not look happy.
"Hi opi." I murmured.
"Sparklet." He greeted me solemnly. "Where 'ave ya been? Ah was worried 'bout ya when ya didn' come back las' night. Ah couldn' even contact ya over da bond." I noticed that he was eyeing both twins warily.
"I was hanging out with the twins last night and it got pretty late so I crashed." It was a partial truth, just not the whole truth. I did technically hang out with them until I got so tired that I crashed...or passed out from being slag faced. Might be more convincing if I could prove it over the bond. But I was kind of scared to open it just in case he saw something that I didn't even remember.
He raised an optic ridge at us. "Ah kno' ya hung ou' wit' em. Ah checked da security cameras dis mornin' an' ah saw ya bein carried into da base by Sunny dere late las' night. Yo' were over charged."
I laughed nervously. "Ummm I plead the fifth."
All three bots looked at me curiously, not understanding the statement. "You plead the fifth of what? What does that mean?"
"I'm pretty much saying that it is my right not to speak. It's the fifth amendmant. So we say I plead the fifth when we don't want to admit that we did something stupid."
"So if I don't want to admit that I did something stupid all I have to say is I plead the fifth?" Sides grinned boyishly.
I smiled at him despite the situation. "Umm Sides you're an alien from another planet... I don't think that the amendmants apply to you. You weren't raised in America under the guidance and protection of them. So I don't think...well I mean you can and humans will probably know what you're talking about, but the bots will have no idea, well besides Sunny and opi. And do you think that Hide is going to let you off the hook just because you say that?"
He instantly deflated. "No probably not. It just sounded fun to say."
A soft laugh escaped me. Some days I just loved Sideswipe and his boisterous demeanor. "I guess you could try it and see what happens."
Opi and Sunny just looked between the two of us curiously, the former centered in on me almost exclusively after a moment. "Abou' ya bein over charged sparklet..."
I tensed in Sunny's arms. "Opi it was my fault."
He raised an optic ridge at me. "Oh? Ah ain' mad at ya mah spark. Ah'm jus' gonna ask dat ya at leas' tell meh when ya are gonna be ou' overnight. Yo'r mah responsability, mah sparklin' an' dat means dat ah 'ave a right ta know where ya are."
"Ok I will. Sorry."
"S'okay. Ah jus' get worried 'bout ya some'imes." Opi reached out and took me from Sunny who looked reluctant to hand me over before settling me against his chassis. His helm met mine in a gentle nuzzle that had me purring.
A throat clearing caught both of our attention. "I don't mean to break up the bonding moment but Clare needs to refuel and get to the training room or Chromia will turn her into scrap metal for being late." Sides informed us with a cheeky grin.
I bolted upright. "Oh snap! Yeah the last time I was late she beat the scrap outta me!"
"Goo' ole Mia..." Opi sighed quietly. "Well ah guess ya lucked ou' cause Mia had ta take care o' some las' klik business. So ah get ta train wit' ya today instead."
An excited trill escaped me. We actually got to spend time together doing something?!
[Yea we do. Though ah t'ink dat we can find a mo'e family unit oriented activity ta do togetha. Ah guess trainin will 'ave ta do fo' now.]
[Are you gonna beat my aft all day long?]
[Nope. Ah won' baby ya, bu' ah won' go all ou' on ya eitha.]
With me still locked securely against his chassis my opi turned and started for the rec room. Sides and Sunny trailed along behind him the former making silly faces at me. I giggled and stuck my tongue out at him spreading my lips with one clawed finger on each side. Sunny just looked between the two of us exasperated.
I was sat down on a table once we reached the rec room so that Sides and opi could go fetch energon for the four of us. Sunny sat down close to me giving me the perfect opportunity to scramble up onto his joined servos. He gave me a look which I responded to with an innocent look of my own. "So how bad of a drunk am I?" I asked conversationally. For some reason I had the mental image of myself naked and dancing the I'm sexy and I know it dance. Come to think of it...that was so Sunny's song! Sides would totally agree with me!
"I've seen a lot worse...like Bluestreak or Flareup. You just...laugh a lot, and chatter a lot. Sides certainly had a good time watching you stumble around spewing conspiracy theories about gravity wanting to lick your valve."
My jaw dropped. "WHAT?! I DID NOT SAY THAT!"
"Say what?" Sides plopped down besides Sunny.
"Don't say anything Sunny!" I threatened. Conspiracy theories about gravity licking my privates? REALLY?! Opi just sat down so please dont say anything!
"Wha'cha talkin 'bout sparklet?" Opi glanced between the three of us, Sides who was grinning, Sunny who was smirking, and me! I'm sure that I was looking beyond mortified at this point!
"Oh Clare was telling us that she thinks gravity-" Before Sides could finish his sentence I lunged up and kicked him in the lower part of his chassis. "OUCH! What was that for Clare?" He rubbed at his chest plates tenderly. A small pout was on his face.
"Shut it Sides or my little pony will pale in comparison to the next prank I hit you with!" I hissed.
Sunny snorted. "And if I say something?"
I turned to him and put my fists on my hips. "Don't test me Sunny!"
He smirked. "Bring it femme."
"Don't you dare!" I lunged at him but he caught me and pinned me down on the table, not with enough pressure to hurt me but still enough to hold me down. "SUNNY YOU JERK! DON'T YOU DARE!" My entire body was shaking with my desperate attempts to free myself.
"What is going on in here?"
Everyone looked to the door where Optimus was standing watching the situation with bemusement. "Optimus! Help the little person!" I pleaded.
He cocked his helm at me. "Little person? Do you mean to say little bot?"
Really? He wanted to give me a lesson on proper terms to use when referring to myself? I squealed and kicked as hard as I could in outrage. "YES I MEANT THAT! NOW PLEASE HELP THE LITTLE BOT!" Preferably before Sunny spilled all the embarrassing stuff I said in my drunken stupor last night!
"Sunstreaker is that really the way to be treating your femme?" Optimus scolded him sternly. There was still a hint of amusement in his blue optics though.
Sunny's smirk only broadened. "Only when she's misbehaving." Was he really showing emotion with other bots around?
"You are all getting so much enjoyment out of my situation aren't you?"
"Yup!" Sides grinned, and when Sunny moved his servo a little the red mech started poking my stomach plates making me giggle. His grin widened mischieviously as he started tickling me harder.
I giggled giving a vigorous series of kicks at the afflicting servos. "SIDES STOP IT!" A shuddering gasp rattled my vents forcibly intaking more air in preparation for another laughing spree.
"Maybay ya shou' give mah poor sparklin a break." My opi interjected calmly. "She does need ta refuel befo'e trainin today."
Both twins leered at me mischieviously, looking like they wanted to keep me there anyways. Finally Sunny relented and let me go allowing me to spring up to my peds where I promptly pointed at both twins, and Optimus. "I am so getting you back for this!"
Both twins grinned. "Bring it femme."
Optimus only shook his helm before taking a seat next to opi.
I ignored him so that I could glare at the twins. "I know where you recharge."
Sunny snorted. "We know where you recharge." He shot back.
"I'll stuff manure up your olfactory passage."
Their optics dimmed when they looked up the term to see what it was. Identical looks of horror passed through their optics when they found what they were looking for. "You wouldn't dare." Sunny hissed.
I narrowed my optics in challenge. "Oh I would buddy."
He leaned in close and growled low. I puffed my chassis up and growled back. Sides just looked between the two of us curiously. And then in a lightning fast movement I sprung up flicking my glossa from Sunny's chin to his olfactory passage AKA his nose. He reared back and swiped at his face at the same time that my peds his the table top again.
"Femme!"
Too quick for him to react I raced across the table and plopped down near the safety of opi. "Mech! See I can do it too!"
"She got you Sunny!"
"Shut up Sides!"
The twins started bickering with each other while I sipped at my energon and watched. Well I was certainly feeling better this morning! No more helmaches! No more being pinned to the table by my boy...mechfriend. I got out of training with Chromia. Yup today got a little bit better.
After a few kliks of watching the twins argue I managed to finish my energon off.
"Ya ready ta go sparklet?"
"Yup!"
"Good luck Clare."
"Thanks Optimus!" I chirped as I bounced by the Autobot leader. Opi picked me up once I reached the edge allowing me to climb up onto his shoulder. "Bye Sunny! Bye Sides!"
The mechs in question turned to me in surprise.
But opi exited the door before either could comment on my sudden departure. "So ho' are t'ings goin wit' Sunstreaker? He treatin ya righ'?" He asked once we were out of audio range of the rec room.
The symbolic meaning of the situation was not lost on me. How many times had I wondered if I would ever have a father questioning me about things of importance. Sure Uncle Ron had his moments where he would question me about school and stuff like that, but never had he or Aunt Judy taken much of an interest in whether I was interested in a boy or not. But opi cared enough to ask about it. "He treats me well."
"He betta."
"Overprotective much opi?" I giggled.
"Yo' betcha sparklet. Yo'r mah baby spark."
He nuzzled our helms together sending a wave of protectiveness and love through the bond. I returned it in full much to his amusement.
Unfortunately we reached the training room at that moment so I had to pull back so that he could sit me down on the floor. I stretched my arms over my helm feeling my back struts give a satisfying pop. I wondered how training with opi was going to go?
The bond dulled on his side as he led me to the center of the floormats. "Ok sweetlin' today we are gonna spar a bit. Mia tol' meh dat yo' are still hesitatin in yo'r attacks so today we are gonna work on dat. Until ah see some serious improvement in yo'r attacks ya can' leave. Ok?"
That little tidbit of information made me nervous. I didn't really like causing harm to my friends, or even people that I didn't like. I mean I had a temper and an aggressive streak but I wasn't really the type to actually hurt someone. On top of learning how to use certain movements during sparring this was where I was having the most problem. Actually attacking someone. Superficial hits against Chromia didn't count since I usually did not try to land a direct hit. "Ok." I shuffled nervously.
He dropped into a fighting stance, his size being almost twice mine was rather intimidating compared to Chromia. My nervousness spiked at the same time that I fell into my own crouch. I accessed my battle computer the way Chromia had instructed me.
The first time I had done so was overwhelming when the various battle formulations, combat protocols, individual fighting moves flashed across my HUD. It was only through several training sessions that it wasn't overwhelming me now.
Taking his lead I dulled down our bond and allowed my battle computer to calculate the best course of action against an opponent his size. He was built for speed and flexibility as was I, but his mass gave him an edge over me since I knew from what little I had seen that it did not tamper with his ability to move. My battle computer deduced that taking away that speed advantage by damaging the legs was my best course of action. His armor was not thick nor well protected at the seams so if I could take his legs out I had a chance.
He seemed content to just watch me patiently. As if whatever I chose to do would be fruitless. Maybe it would be. It still made me mad that it seemed like he was disregarding me as any real threat.
My systems heated up loosening my joints in preparation... I felt my peds twitch just before I decided on my course of action. With a small growl my body lurched forward with inhuman speed my ped swinging out at the sensitive knee joint.
He spun around me forcing me to spin and dodge a swift jab aimed for my face plates. I jumped back and he followed hot on my trail swinging at me left and right, forcing me to have to weave in between them to avoid being hit. It was overwhelming dodging so many attacks at one time each one coming closer to me than the last. Finally I ducked and rolled between his legs bringing myself up as fast as I could to kick out at his lower leg.
This attack landed my claws digging into the armor but only doing superficial damage.
"Ya need ta stop pullin yo'r punches an' kicks so much sparklet." Opi informed me mid way through a quick spin kick.
It almost hit me straight in the helm had I not ducked under it just in time.
"Ah kno' ya can hit harder den dat! So do it!"
His fist lashed out and knocked me back faster than I could respond to. I dug my claws into the ground to keep myself from falling down from the impact that sent me skidding a good distance away. My stomach armor throbbed from the hit. Damn.
He rushed me again so I lunged and then feinted left sweeping out as hard as I could at the leg landing the hit with the heel of my ped. It left a good sized dent and made him stumble a bit.
My battle computer instantly computed the action and deduced a swift follow up attack. Spinning around my servo claws sharpened like a cats claws would lashing out at the weakened armor and tearing into it. I ripped the plating but a swift kick sent me reeling again.
My peds left the ground this time ending when my back slammed into the ground. Ouch. Another dent to my stomach and some skid marks to add to the collection I was accumulating. I quickly sprung back up into a crouch so as not to leave myself vulnerable to attack. My vents were rattling with exertion already. Chromia and I never sparred this hard. Then again she was not my opi who I did not want to disappoint, nor did she ever say that I could not leave until I hurt her. That was pretty much what opi had said. Fight hard or you can't leave.
Well I didn't want to disappoint so I would fight hard.
With another low growl I tensed and lunged again...
My body was sore from helm to ped aching in places that I didn't know could ache. I lay on the cool cement floor panting from exertion while opi stood near my side grinning. He was barely even winded and here I was spent from only a few hours of sparring. "So...do I get a passing grade or do I fail?"
"Pass." He lowered a servo to help me to stand only letting go when he was sure that I could support my own weight.
My legs were shaking. My body burning all over. It was a good thing that he said that otherwise I would probably have raised a flag and flopped to the ground in defeat. "Good."
"Le's walk it off fo' a bit ok? Den ah gotta take ya ta da twins so dey can take ya 'ome."
"Ok. Wait both of them are coming? What happened to one at a time?"
"One is gonna patrol today as soon as Hide is done, den da otha is gonna patrol tomorro'."
Well that was convenient I guess. I didn't comment on that though during our trek back to the rec room. I needed to top off on energon or snacks. At this point I didn't care which.
"Prowler is gonna be prou' of ya when 'e gets 'ere." Opi commented cheerfully. It seemed like there was a hint of longing in both his voice and coursing through the bond though, along with a flash of a mech's face. He had red horns kind of like a bull. I couldn't see much else from the brief flash.
"Who's Prowler?"
"Mah sparkmate! Dat makes 'im yo'r otha creator. Ah'm sure he'll like ya when 'e gets 'ere."
I trilled curiously. "Mech on mech isn't frowned upon in Cybertronian culture?" Gays or homosexuals of any kind didn't bother me like it bothered the rest of society. I was only asking because it was something I was curious about.
"Naw. Bots can mate wit' whoeva dey wanna mate wit' an' nobot cares. We're allowed ta find love whereva we wanna an' i's all ok." He tilted his helm at me visor covered optics staring at me. "Ah heard dat some humans don' like dat kinda stuff. Why is dat?"
I shrugged. "Most just think it's weird to like the same gender in a sexual way. Me? I don't care either way about whether a guy likes guys, or a girl likes girls. Personally I've never understood why it's such a big deal to everyone else. As long as the person's happy does it matter who it's with?"
"Nope."
The loud sound of shouting echoed from the rec room growing louder the closer we got to it. It sounded like Sides. Probably him playing a video game or something. My speculation was quickly proven to be true when we stepped foot inside the room where he and Sunny were huddled in front of the only flatscreen tv on base. It looked like they were playing Soul Calibur 5, and Sides was getting his aft beaten by Sunny. "Ouch Sides you're getting your aft kicked!"
Said mech turned to regard me only to shout in outrage when Sunny took his distraction and pummeled his character into the dirt ending the fight. "What?! Sunny you slagging afthole that was so cheap! You can't even beat me when I'm paying attention!"
Sunny reached out to cuff Sides over the helm violently. "Shut it Sides! I was kicking your aft even before you got distracted!" My mechfriend turned towards me lips tilting down into a miniscule frown.
Sides took notice too. "Primus Jazz did you beat your sparkling hard enough?" He slid over to me and looked the both of us over closely. "Looks like she got you a couple times too though. You deserve it."
"She did get meh goo' a couple times. Ah t'ink dat Ratch needs ta 'ave a look at mah leg." He gestured down at where several cables were hanging out of the joint, which I had torn into a few times. Other than that he only had a few gashes here and there on top of some dented plating. I was rather proud of myself for the progress I had made, if not a little guilty for hurting him.
Sunny made his way over to kneel down next to where I was standing optics trained closely on the multiple dents covering my frame. He looked like he wanted to reach out and touch me but didn't. With so many others around I didn't expect him to.
I nuzzled his servo briefly, uncaring that Sides and my opi were watching. He attempted to press back discretely but from the looks we received from the other two I knew that they had noticed it. Sunny must have noticed it too because he snapped back like he had been burned. I didn't let the action bother me since I knew how he felt about PDA.
Neither Sides nor opi commented on it either.
[Well sparklet Boss Bot needs meh fo' some'hin so ah gotta get goin. Ah t'ink dat ah'm comin ta watch over ya afta da twins leave. T'ink yo' can get on wi'out meh fo' dat long?]
I gave him a fake pout. [Yes. I wish you could come more often though.]
[Ah do too. Maybay afta ou' numbers increase a bit da Boss Bot will le' meh come 'round mo'e often.]
[Maybe. Until then can we at least talk a bit more?]
[As often as ah can.] He promised me.
We shared a quick hug before he turned and left me with Sides and Sunny. The bond pulsed once with a quick wave of reassurance and affection then went quiet. Silence engulfed me sending a pang of loneliness through me. Everytime he blocked me out I missed his presence.
My shoulders slumped slightly as hard as I tried to concentrate on something else to make me feel better. The more I got used to the bond the more the silence got to me everytime our mental link was blocked. I tried not to let it bother me as I trudged over to the dispenser and hopped up onto the counter to fill one of the small energon cubes that Ratchet had started fashioning for me. For some reason energon didn't really sound good right now. What I really wanted was some sunkist or something. Guess I'd have to settle for energon until I got home.
Sides, Sunny, and I took a seat on the couch while I topped off on my energon and rested my weary body. My protoform was aching from the harsh strikes that I had been subjected to earlier. The sensation only served to make me more irritable.
Both twins sat there quietly watching me refuel until I finished. "Sunny and I can fix your armor before we take you home." Sides offered.
"Won't my nanites do that on their own?" I mumbled without looking at him.
"Well yeah but it's less work for them if you have your armor repaired by somebot else."
My first response was to grunt at him. "Do I have to get naked again so that you can fix it?"
"We'll give you something to cover yourself with." He offered.
Well that answered my question... I wasn't keen on stripping naked in front of them for a second time in twenty four hours... But if it was easier on my body, and so long as I was covered I would do it. "Ok let's do it. Just don't peek."
Sunny rolled his optics at me. "We already saw you naked. What's the big deal?"
"Because I'm not wasted now!"
"Alright alright. We'll be gentlemechs."
I nodded once and clambered up onto Sunny's shoulder where I got comfortable for the duration of our trek back to their room. Sides chattered with me a fair bit while we walked his cheerful mood brightening my spirits by just the slightest amount. He had a demeanor that made it hard to stay angry or irritated around him.
Sunny just walked quietly listening to the chit chat we exchanged with an impassive expression. He stayed like that until we entered their room.
Upon entering he sat me on the berth, and after Sides handed me a sheet to cover myself with ordered me to strip my armor off. I gave them both a raised optic ridge to let them know that I was not stripping with them watching me. Sunny turned without a complaint after giving me an exasperated look. Sides was a whole other story. He pouted at me, like really pouted in what looked to be a ploy to get me to let him watch me. I only shook my helm and pointed at the opposite wall.
He turned away with a small whine of displeasure. While they were facing away I stripped my armor in a hurry before tugging the sheet around my shoulders. "Ok I'm done."
Both mechs turned back towards me raising identical optic ridges at me when they saw that I literally had every inch of my metal protoform covered by the sheet. Neither said anything much to my relief. Instead they opted to grab my armor and several small tools from their subspaces to work on it.
By work I meant that they literally just beat the dents out and smoothed them over. It wasn't a particularly long process either.
Sides did attempt to make some small talk with me while he worked. "So Clare what do you want to do when we take you home? We should have a little while until the other bots on patrol get done."
"Another movie night?" I suggested.
Sides shook his helm. "Let's do something else! How about we all go out and do something?"
Sunny looked aggravated by the suggestion but otherwise stayed silent. What was that all about? "Like what?"
"Dunno. How about we go to one of those theaters and see a movie?"
"If Sunny doesn't mind going we can. Do you have any idea what's playing right now?"
"Nope."
Well that was helpful. Only Sides. "Well we can figure something out when we get there. There has to be something worth watching right?"
Sides perked up mid strike on my abdominal armor. "I want to pick what we watch!"
Sunny frowned. "Whenever you demand to be allowed to pick something that we do something stupid happens."
"Sunny that's not-well it seems to be true but jeez! You don't have to be so mean to him!" I admonished him.
"Yeah Sunny you don't have to be so mean to me!" Sides agreed. More for the sake of angering Sunny than actually agreeing with me.
And just like the comment was meant to it caused Sunny to pause in smoothing out several large dents in my knee plate so that he could glare at us. Sides hastily pointed a digit at me as if to say 'she did it.'
"Don't you point at me Sideswipe! You're the one that's antagonizing him!"
"You're the one that said it first!"
"Yeah but you only agreed because you knew it would piss him off!"
"You only said it because you wanted to piss him off!" Sides shot back.
"How about both of you shut it!" Sunny snapped between one astrosecond and the next. "Primus you two behave like sparklings!"
"Hey!" Sides and I protested simultaneously. We turned towards each other in a flash, me pointing a finger at him. "Jinx you owe me a soda!"
Both mechs looked confused. Ah pit not another explanation on Earth phrases... "What does that mean?" Sides asked curiously.
Could they like read my thoughts or something cause everytime I didn't want them to ask me about something they had to do it anyways. Almost like they just knew that I was hoping that they did not. But of course they always had to anyways. With a sigh I did my best to explain it. "Well Sides and I said the exact same thing at the same time, so the phrase that I used is something that someone would say...well it's like a game. Whoever says it first wins! But you can only say it when the other person says the exact same thing as you at the exact same time. Like a timing game. Yeah a timing game."
"So do I have to get you a so-da?" Sides cocked his helm at me.
I snickered at the way he pronounced soda. "If you want! It's mostly just an expression Sides."
Both mechs seemed like they didn't know what to think about that. "Humans are strange." They murmured at the same time.
Sides turned to Sunny in a lightning fast move and pointed at him. "Jinx you owe me a so-da!"
I laughed when Sunny just growled and smacked his twin. "Idiot you can't even have soda! And why do you keep saying it like that anyways?!"
Sides pouted. "It sounds funnier this way."
"Idiot..."
I giggled at the two of them. Hopefully the little movie outting that Sides wanted to go on would ease some of the bickering. It wasn't like it was possible to screw up a movie night right?
Four hours later and I was being proven wrong. Sides had picked the new Spongebob movie because he wanted to know what a Spongebob was. When I explained that it was just a cartoon character he then wanted to know what a cartoon was. So Sunny and I were dragged into an empty movie theater and forced to sit through Spongebob Sponge out of water.
Or at least as much as Sunny had been able to stand before he had jumped to his feet and took a menacing step towards the movie screen. I had to latch onto his arm and drag him back into his seat before he did something damaging to the theater's property.
Sides looked happy at least. He was hardly paying us any mind in fact as he sang along with the movie like it was no one's business. Optics competely riveted on the screen. Body posture relaxed.
The complete opposite of his twin who was tensed and glaring at the screen like he just wanted to kill it. It was surprising that he was still sitting here watching the movie an hour in. I kind of felt sorry for him cause he was obviously hating every moment that he spent sitting through it.
Maybe I could...do something to take his attention off of it? As soon as the idea of sucking his face to distract him came to mind I blushed and looked down at my lap. What was even going on in my mind lately?
It might actually work though I reasoned. But I had only instigated a kiss once...and the rest had been all him. What if he didn't want me to kiss him with Sides sitting beside us? Worse...what if he pushed me away?
I nervously licked my lips to wet them not realizing that the action caught his attention. I was too busy warring with myself to notice it when he moved his face in close to mine. When I did look up and notice how close he was my tanks did that crazy fluttering thing again. My spark sped up increasing both blood and energon flow until both rushed to my cheeks staining them a bright purple.
My sparkbeat was thundering in my audios head tilting back in a barely conscious movement... And then I swallowed my nervousness and leaned in to press my lips against his. As much as I tried to get a handle on it I was still shaking, fearing that he would push me away as I started moving slowly.
There was no response from him.
A pang of regret and sorrow hit me pretty hard in response to his lack of a reaction. Maybe I just wasn't a good kisser?
Just when I was about to pull away he finally moved to clamp his hands down on my upper shouders holding me in place. A muffled squeak escaped me when he jerked me forward until my chest smacked into his roughly, one hand tilting my head to the side so that he could kiss me senseless.
It was a kiss of frustration and anger, rough and demanding just like him. I had no hope of ever keeping up. He just forced his lips over mine hard and fast, holoform tongue forcing itself into my mouth. All I could do was follow along clumsily fumbling to keep up.
His hands fisted my hair and tugged at it in what was most likely anger. The small pain was nothing to me, though it did make me whimper. I wasn't sure whether it was because I liked it or because he was being rough with me. What I did know was that his tongue was everywhere in my mouth, licking my every crevice, at times almost sliding down my throat.
My own hands flew up his hair digging into his scalp. By this point I didn't even care that Sides was sitting beside me, most likely watching us. If he even noticed over the movie of course. A burning in my chest had me pulling back to pull in a large gulp of air, and then his mouth was back on mine. What...it was like he was trying to eat me! His tongue surged back into my mouth making me moan. Something wet dribbled down between our chins.
The world around me shifted in a lightning fast move that ended up with me sitting in Sunny's lap my legs on either side of his. One of his hands slid down to my right thigh and rubbed it. I immediately stiffened with uncertainty hands coming down to rest on his shoulders. He kept kissing me anyways despite me slowing down.
"Relax...I'm not going to do anything you don't want me to." He pulled away to mumble.
"I know. It's just that...I don't even know if I'm doing ok. I've never...and I don't think I can...you know?" I was rambling and none of it made sense. I was nervous, scared, unsure, anxious.
"You're doing fine stop worrying." It was more of a demand than anything. His eyes were heated and smoldering chest rising and falling faster than normal. He surged forward and took my lips again faster than I could react to.
His hands slid down touching my curves sending tingles through me as we kissed. Both of them locked over my aft and pulled me forward.
Something hard slid over my core sending a sensation akin to a surge of...well it almost felt like intense static electricity. Only it wasn't only inside of me...sparks danced along my skin making me gasp.
He released a rumbling growl and forced me to move over the bulge again. Only this time sparks danced across his skin.
"Oooh somebot is getting a little frisky!"
I froze briefly before scrambling off of Sunny's lap with a startled squeak. "SIDES!"
Sides only laughed. "You two have been all over each other for over a half hour now! When you started sparking I figured it was time to tell you to cool it down a bit... Not that seeing you two ravage each other would bother me." He grinned cheekily at us.
My entire face was burning bright purple like a freaking eggplant! He had to go and say that didn't he?! "Sides! Don't say stuff like that! And why were you watching anyways?!"
"Well when you started glowing it kind of distracted me from the movie."
Glowing? My eyes shot down to my left side where my marks were glowing through the material of my long sleeved black shirt and even my jeans! "Wha-what?! How am I supposed to leave the movie theater when I'm glowing?!" I started beating at my arm to try and make it stop. "Stop it! I'm not a glow in the dark sticker!"
Sides completely ignored my flailing instead leaning over his seat so that he was as close as possible to me. "And when I saw you straddling Sunny, well the movie wasn't so interesting anymore. So how was it?"
"How was what? Stop! Stop!" Oh my god it wasn't stopping!
"Feeling the sparks of love!"
Sunny just glared at him.
Me? I just turned towards him slowly. "Really? Sparks of love? Really Sides?"
He grinned and nodded excitedly. "Sparks were jumping all over both of you! You must have reeeaaallly like it."
"So everytime I get off I'm going to have sparks shooting all over me?"
"Yup. Well when you actually overload it'll be a lot worse than that." Sides informed me with another cheeky grin. Bastard was obviously enjoying this.
I grabbed my popcorn container and whipped it at him to get him to shut up. "Sides! Aggh my poor virgin ears!" My marks had stopped glowing by now so I stood and marched down the stairs to exit the theater.
Sides' laugh echoed signalling that he and Sunny were following me. I didn't turn around to face them though. Just kept looking straight ahead.
A large arm slung itself around my shoulders red hair tickling my cheek. I glared at Sides.
"C'mon Clare! You're dating my brother that means I get to tease you two."
I elbowed him in the stomach. "Well when you get a girlfriend...er femmefriend I get to tease you!"
He looked back over his shoulder at Sunny for some reason. After another moment he turned back to me with a boyish grin. "Oh I don't think you'll want to when it does happen."
What the heck was that supposed to mean?
Before I could question it we exited the cinema. Sunny came up beside us and tugged me away from Sides. "I have patrol first so Sides will take you home."
"Ok. Be safe."
We were in public so he gently touched my cheek as a way of saying goodbye before he turned and strode over to his alt mode.
Sides and I were left there after he revved his engine and drove away. "Well let's get you home so that you can get ready for school tomorrow."
I didn't protest Sides' actions when he dragged me over to his alt mode and helped me into it. The seatbelt snaked over my chest as his holoform came around to the driver's side and got in. "You know what's not fair Sides?"
"What?"
"You guys can turn into cars and I can't. I wish I could be a Lamborghini. That'd be so cool."
"Wanna drive?"
All of my earlier disturbing thoughts fled my mind. "Really?!" I squealed and practically jumped into the driver's seat without even giving his holoform time to disperse.
Sides chuckled. "As long as you promise not to damage me." He whispered in my ear making me shiver.
"Would-I ever do something like that?" I stammered.
He chuckled before dispersing into nothing. Well that was a weird answer. Of course as soon as Sides let his engine roar I forgot all about everything. A soft moan escaped me as I ghosted my hands over the steering wheel. This only made him laugh harder.
"Hey don't laugh at me for having aspirations to drive a Lambo in my life!"
"I would never do that."
I huffed before switching him into gear...which was a weird way to word it. It kind of made me sound like a car freak that named their car or talked to it. Anyways I shook those thoughts off and pulled out of the parking spot.
People gawked when we drove by some even snapped pictures. Sides' ego was literally being inflated from the attention I could freaking feel it. He even revved his engine loudly near a group of teenage girls making them swoon. "Sides! Only the driver can rev the engine!" I joked.
"It's my engine."
"Touche. But I am driving you." As soon as I said that we hit the road so I gunned it until we hit fourty five. "Speed limits suck. If I had an alt I would always get busted for speeding."
"Too bad you don't otherwise we could race."
Too bad was right. I had the feeling that Sides would leave me in the dust though. So maybe it wasn't such a bad thing. Driving him was good enough. For now. He sure was a smooth ride though!
We made it the rest of the way home without much conversation. Both of us content to let me fully enjoy driving Sides...and him letting me drive him. Why did that sound so...sexual when I said it? And why did I have to blush like an idiot when I thought that?
Fortunately we made it back to my house before I could fully contemplate the implications of being inside of him in a perverted light. Therefore my timing saved me from dying of embarrassment or wrecking.
"Well Sides I'm gonna shower and get around for bed. I'll see you later."
"Night Clare."
Was it just me or did he sound lonely when he said that?
What was that all about?
R&R! Time skip in the next one possibly! Until then!