(Optimus' POV)
My optics widened as I made a soft sound of understanding and focused on her with slight surprise, rearing back in my seat immediately as what exactly she had implied settled into my processor.
"Well..." I started but trailed off as I didn't know what I should say in a situation like this with a human femme, my spark humming faster than normal as the thought of interfacing with her became more prominent.
"I'm not saying you have to help me or anything, just try to be less...desirable at all, if that's even possible." she murmured as a thoughtful look came on her face and I had no doubt she was thinking of me, my eyes closing so I could try and focus on what my spark wanted past the sweet smell she was emitting. Then my eyes snapped open when I realized that sweet smell was her arousal making itself known, my holoform's throat working to swallow down the groan that threatened to escape my vocals.
"I will...try." I said before leaning away from her and turning on the inner cooling while rolling down the windows, trying to get rid of her arousing smell to make it a little easier on us both on the long drive back to base.
(OC POV)
Well that was awkward I say to my self inwardly with a slight flinch on my face as we pull into the base a tense silent hour later, my body immediately launching itself out of Optimus' truck form the second he opened the door for me.
"Hey Aileen, we have to ta-" I heard Lennox start to mutter as he glanced down at a manila folder that was resting in his hands, my own hands rising as I waved him off and jogged past him in an effort to escape sticking around.
"Later Lennox, gotta go do something!" I yelled out before skidding into the hanger and booking it out of the back entrance towards the med bay, huffing and puffing as I slid into said building right before the doors closed behind the Autobot medic.
"Aileen? What the hell was the baseball slide for?" I heard a feminine voice call out as Ratchet turned to look at me incredulously from over his shoulder, a hesitant laugh leaving me as he stepped out of the way and a gorgeous brunette came into view.
"Just trying to escape an embarrassing moment. Please tell me you have something for me to do so I didn't technically lie to Lennox just now?" I said with a breathless smile as I came up to Ratchet's foot and tapped it softly to get his attention, the medic glancing down at me again before rolling his eyes and picking me up to put me with Mikaela.
"I'm sure we could find something for you to do, right Ratchet?" Mikaela said as she started reading whatever was on the data pad that was sitting in her lap, her eyes glancing up to give the chief medic a sharp look when air hissed out of his vents in irritation.
"Of course, you can do inventory while me and Mikaela check on some things in the back room." Ratchet said with a wicked glint in his eyes as he started at Mikaela below him and leaned forward more, the small female blushing as she looked away from him and brushed her hair behind her ear coyly.
"You mean have sex in the back room?" I said with a curious tilt of the head at the behavior that my new best friend was displaying towards him, both of them turning to look at me with wide eyes and slightly dropped jaws in surprise at my bluntness.
"Aileen!" Ratchet gasped out with a surprisingly expressive expression as he started at me in disbelief, Mikaela bursting out laughing at the sight causing the medic to turn and glare at her half-heartedly.
"What?" I said with yet another curious expression though I knew there was a mischievous glint in my eyes, Mikaela rolling her eyes at my tendency to tease the medic about his teenage horniness tendencies.
"Come on Ratchet, let's go 'check on some things'." she said as she stood up with a sexy wink towards the large mech who immediately glued his eyes on her, sliding down the pole to the ground before sauntering towards the other room with extra sway in her hips.
"Knew it!" I said with a quiet laugh as the CMO of the Autobot forces followed her like a lost puppy out of the room, the door shutting with a resounding bang and I once again thanked the gods that the room was soundproof.
(Later That Night)
A yawn spilled out of my mouth as I made my way down the hallway towards my room at the end of it, nodding to the rare soldier that was awake at this god-forsaken time of night on his way to someplace. I just got out of the med-bay after finishing inventory for all the lists of supplies on the medic's lists, a snicker leaving me when I realized that Mikaela and Ratchet never really did come out of the back. Before I could ponder on what exactly kept them that occupied I ran into somebody's chest, arms wrapping around my waist before I could fall back on my ass and make the situation embarrassing.
"Well hello there." I said when I realized that it was Optimus' holoform that I had run into and it was his arms around me, my eyes blinking as I tried to focus on his face through the tiredness as I ran my hand through my hair. He was unsurprisingly quiet and his gaze was on my fingers that were currently in my deep red locks, his head tilted curiously as a longing look appeared in his gaze making me pause and raise an eyebrow. Before I could question him a sharp trill was sounded throughout the hallway and his arms disappeared, a painful yelp leaving me when my body automatically collided with the floor because my support was gone.
"Bumblebee." I heard Optimus say and I looked up as what sounded like a mechanical laugh left the young Autobot, his eyes shining with mirth as he crouched down to our height and turned to look at me with a tilted head. He shifted before holding out one of his fingers as if to help me up from where I landed on the floor, a thankful grimace crossing my lips before I grabbed it and hauled myself up with a slight wince. While I was rubbing the pain out of my ass the scout turned to Optimus' holoform with a curious head tilt, clicks and whirls leaving him as he seemed to be talking with Optimus before the leader shot him a look. With another laugh Bumblebee stood and saluted me before continuing down the hallway with a smile, my eyes rolling at his antics before turning towards my door and keying in the pass code to get in.
"I apologize, Bumblebee caught me by surprise." the deep timbre of the largest mech on base sounded out as the click of my lock was heard smoothly, my body tensing up at the sound of the rumbling voice though I ignored my reactions for the moment.
"It's fine. Want to come in?" I added the question in after a moment of hesitation in which I thought about our earlier discussion, a quiet sigh leaving the leader as a thoughtful look crossed his face before he focused on me again.
"If I may." he said before stepping in after me while his alt mode parked in front of the door as I closed it softly, his large holoform seeming to take up the whole room as he stood in the middle and studied its contents.
"So did you need something?" I murmured as I moved into the kitchen to the fridge to grab one of the soda's that Mikaela and I have been hiding, her medic boyfriend sure to extinguish them should he find out the she's been drinking the unhealthy beverage.
"No." the holoform rumbled out as he stood at the bar and watched me with a curious glint in his blue gaze, my eyebrow rising at his curiosity though I brushed it off and popped open the soda with a smile.
"Are you going to tell me why you're here then?" I said after taking a sip of the carbonated sugar-filled unhealthy soft drink and moaned slightly in pleasure, Optimus shifting at the sound and looking away briefly before sighing and focusing on me once again.
"I...it is complicated." the might Autobot leader said after seeming to find no words in response to my quite simple question, a disbelieving laugh leaving me before I jumped up onto the counter to be at his height with a bright smile.
"I've got time." I murmured as I rested my elbow on my knee and then put my chin in my palm with a curious expression, the leader shooting me an exasperated look before yet another sigh left him and he stared at my fridge.
"I have been...thinking about what you said earlier on the way to base. I am...unsure what exactly you find desirable about myself, and I have found that I can not change who I am. But...well, that is...if you would like...I could, maybe, help you with your...sexual frustration." the Prime said after stumbling over his words and struggling to put his thoughts into sentences correctly, a soft smile on my face though a mischievous look entered my gaze at the sight of his flustered presence.
"Honey, the only one who needs help is you. If you're willing, then I'm down for it. Which means I would totally do it." I added in the last part when Optimus gave me an adorably confused tilt of the head at my wording, a frown coming to his face as he seemed to ponder on my answer before nodding his head somewhat.