Skyfire could only look up at Starscream in awe, he'd never seen a plushieformer take off so fast before… or go so high. Before he knew it, the altitude had caught up with him and he started panicking in the seeker's arms. Starscream wobbled before hovering sturdily to stay steady.

"Hey, what's wrong with you!?" he snapped, startled by the Autobot's antics no more than he was himself.

"N-Nothing! Can we just, l-land? Please!?" Skyfire whimpered, putting his servos over his optics. Starscream felt the shudder run through the Autobot's body, giving in and slowly dropping to the ground. Soon they'd landed in the backyard of the house; Starscream leading Skyfire into a hollow tree-log where no one would find them. It wasn't as big on the inside as planned, but it was big enough for them to sit side-by-side, facing each other. Skyfire was still trembling; Starscream noticed, and, even though he hesitated, gently rubbed his servo along the shuttle's wing.

"… You're afraid of heights, aren't you…" he guessed. Skyfire brushed his servo away, swallowing his fear and hastily shaking his helm.

"N-No I'm not!" he protested. Starscream smirked.

"Then we should do that again…"

"N-No!" Skyfire warned, sitting back in embarrassment. "I-I mean-…"

Defeated, the Autobot put his helm in his servos; Starscream sitting back in satisfaction.

"I never thought I'd see the solarcycle…" he laughed. "A flier, afraid of heights!?"

"… You're not making me feel any better, Star…" the shuttle muttered, keeping his helm down as he cut off Starscream's laugh. The seeker fell silent and awkwardly reset his vocaliser. Skyfire was partially right…

"… So, um, how'd you get so scared of them anyway?" he then asked, not wanting to make the situation any more awkward than it already was. "Cause… didn't you get shipped in only like, a decacycle ago?"

"I… I don't actually know…" Skyfire admitted, giving in and finally looking up. "I guess… I'm just scared of heights in general, but… You won't t-tell anyone, will you!?"

Starscream shared a whole-hearted smile with the Autobot and nodded.

"Sure I won't, as long as you don't tell my Trine a secret I gotta keep."

"… Your Trine? Are they, even around?"

Starscream grimaced; unnoticed to the Autobot, but nodded his helm anyway.

"Yeah, Thundercracker's with my previous owner, and Warp's… somewhere in your clan 'round here," he explained, feeling a little more confident to talk about his painful past.

"Huh… I'll keep an optic out for them in the future…"

Starscream then looked away; his thoughts drawing back to his Trine. Skyfire had looked so happy to see the Autobots again; would that be the case if he had found his Trine?

"… I need them, Sky…" he said softly; said-plushie glancing over in confusion.

"You mean your Trine?" he concluded, glancing at his pedes in understanding. "Yeah, I… kinda get where you're going there…"

"Starscream! Skyfire!"

Both plushieformers weren't expecting Skylar to locate their hiding place so quickly; one of the others must have suggested bringing the search outside. Skyfire looked at the seeker.

"S-Should we let them know we're here?"

"I guess…" Starscream admitted, getting up and crouching in the hollow of the log. "You first."

Skyfire began to crawl out of the log, pausing briefly as he looked back at the Decepticon.

"You better keep our promises," he warned, continuing on before straightening up and giggling as the grass tickled his legs. Starscream smirked and crawled out after him, half-ignoring his warning but keeping true to his word. Skylar took two steps down the stairs before she spied them; jogging down cautiously and walking over to them as she picked them up.

"Don't scare me like that, guys; I thought I'd lost you," she said softly, holding them close. Skyfire nuzzled into her, looking up with an apologetic glance.

"S-Sorry, I… I just needed to ask Starscream a few questions," he explained, on-the-spot thinking up a lie to hide the real reason. "But, I didn't want, anyone else to question him..."

"That's fine," Skylar admitted with a small smile as she headed back upstairs and down the hallway. "But next time, tell me okay? Even if I am distracted with something else…"

"Can do!" Starscream and Skyfire chorused, exchanging a grin.

So far; so good, Starscream thought. Skylar had already shown she accepted him, but the day was still to reach its end. Would things change then?

Would they? *derp-face* But anyway, all's well that ends well!

Next chapter the girls go out again... to the park with their plushieformers! And no, it's not a public park, it's their own private, secret park; down an alley out the back of Nikki's house… yeah…
Let's go on with it! ^^