"C-Can...I sit here?"

Her shyness was more than apparent; upon catching my gaze, she appeared anxious and melancholic, attempting to feign a smile.

There was something incredibly alluring in those red eyes of hers, Not to mention her tall and slim figure with her long legs, What am I saying? She's a Deceptigal Y/N!

"Yeah sure go on ahead"

I said, She hurriedly sat in the chair in front of me with her head down and her hair covering her eyes so I couldn't see her facial expression.

While we both ate in silence, She was giving off gloomy vibes and even while she ate I could see her hands trembling while holding the utensils.

God this was almost painful to watch, It was almost like this girl was every other term for anxious combined, And so I decided to try and cut the silence with a simple.

"Hey, I'm Y/N nice to meet you"

I said whilst extending my hand over the table followed by a small smile, However the way this girl was about to react caught me off guard.

She looked up at me, And once her eyes looked into mine I could finally see her expression. Her face was pale and it looked like she was about to vomit and it sounded like she was muttering to herself.

" T-They probably left without me again...I'm such a burden to Megatron..W-Why can't I be normal.."

I retracted my hand and gulped feeling nervous now with the way she was acting, She looked back down at her tray of food and wrapped her slender arms around her stomach while trembling in her seat.

I needed to at least find a way to ease her down, and communicate with her. As much as I would like to say she was giving me the creeps, I was starting to feel bad.

I pushed the mindset of her being like the other Deceptigals and remembered what one of my friends did when I was still in middle school that started our friendship.

I pulled out my phone, And I went to text to speech using a funny voice of a chipmunk that squeaked out.

"Hi Hiya! Nice to meetcha!"

Fortunately it seemed to have snapped her out of her little gloomy trance, She blinked a couple of times at me while I typed my next response this time with a helium voice.

"My name is Y/N, Mind telling me yours?"

She placed one hand on the blouse of her uniform, Clutching it softly before finally opening her mouth, Her lips quivering as she said.

"S-Starscream.."

So Starscream's her name huh, I decided to try and get her to play along and so I showed her my phone screen and she immediately got what I was doing and she typed her message this time with a silly Yoda voice.

"Nice meet you Y/N"

I smiled at her choice of voice and Starscream's anxious expression was slowly beginning to fade with her lips close to forming into a smile.

And so we continued this silly little exchange of words, Even if it was random with different silly voices and accents using our phones with text to speech.

Until finally, She...began to giggle. She looked to the side and her quiet giggle became more audible to me as she raised her head, and with the sunlight streaming through the window giving her an etheral glow..

Ba dump! Ba dump!

She's a total hottie! When she finished laughing, She realized that I've been staring at her with a blush on my cheeks causing her to look away in embarrassment her face flushed twice as much as mine.

But her lips curved into another smile as she looked back at me, Her face dark red and her beautiful...crimson eyes looking into mine.

"Thank you, Y/N. For cheering me up like that"

She even leaned forward to bow, Maybe Deceptigals aren't all that bad as the others say they are maybe they're just...misunderstood.

However as soon as I thought about that, Starscream shot up from her bow when we both heard someone scream her name from across the cafeteria.

We both turned to look, And standing by the entrance was the entire Deceptigal posse led by Megatron herself with her arms crossed.

With a disappointed look, Starscream stood up and gave me one last look and a smile before hurriedly walking over to them, Leaving me alone once more.

For about 2 minutes because Jack, Cade and Sam all joined me for lunch one their periods had ended and all students were now taking their lunch.

I was already finished eating but decided to sit with them, And a couple tables away from ours were Megatron and crew with Starscream around their table.

I couldn't stop looking over her direction, I felt captivated to talk to her and to know more about her that I looked over at Sam and asked.

"Who's Starscream?"

I asked Sam and he looked at me with his brow raised and that same (are you serious) expression before suddenly blurting out loud.

"Dude don't tell me you've got a Deceptigal cru- mmph!!"

Luckily Cade who sat next to him shoved his bread roll in his mouth before anyone could hear what he almost said.

"Starscream is basically Megatron's minion, Although she's way too nervous and anxious to comply. She's a little mysterious other than she's not as hostile as the other Deceptigals"

Cade said, Sam removed the bread roll from his mouth and also added.

"But last year..."

His voice came down into a whisper while mentioning this.

" I don't want to point fingers, Because I didn't experience the 'Incident', Rumors said she was a part of it, So just tread lightly cowboy "

The incident? Principal Quintessa mentioned the points being revoked because of the 'Incident' without sharing much of the details as to what the incident was about

Looking over at Starscream again, It's difficult to see her as someone who was part of the 'Incident' that probably was bad as they were making it sound even without explaining anything to me.

But on the other hand, There was something about her, I can't put my finger on it but it was like a bad feeling or bad heebie jeebies.

Timeskip

After that lunch ended and next up was my final class, And surprisingly I got seated right next to Starscream who was also my classmate, And our teacher was Professor Windblade.

For the first half she was trying to encourage the class to open up about themselves, And her method to do so was far more efficient than what I've seen teachers try to do so far.

Until it was Starscream's turn right after mine, The chairs were formed in a big circle and the speaker had to stand in the middle when presenting.

I could tell Starscream was nervous, And since we were seated together I managed to slide my phone on her desk with the screen showing a 'You Can Do It' gif that Starscream saw which gave her a small boost of confidence.

She eventually walked up to talk about herself and I made sure to listen attentively, She explained that her hobbies are drawing clothes, playing the violin and her favourite type of food was ice cream and she loves watching drama and romance.

As she spoke in front of us, I observed her trembling demeanor gradually fade away. Her initially stuttered words became clearer, and her once quiet tone increased in volume.

After she was finished, She let out a deep sigh and went back to sit in her seat right beside me, I gave her a smile while she pulled out her phone showing a 'Couldn't have done it without you' gif which made me chuckle again.

Wow, She's really not as bad as the others say.

...

My final class was now over and as I was packing up my things to go, Starscream walked up to me holding her bag, She was looking down with a blush trying to avoid eye contact with me.

I raised my brow, Curious as to what she wanted to do as I picked up my bag and tried to test something.

I began to walk towards the door, And just as I thought she was following me. This was probably her shy way of asking me to walk in the halls together, And so I gave her a smile and a small nod.

Her reaction was cute, Her eyes lit up and she immediately stood by my side as he left the classroom, Walking shoulder by shoulder along the hallway as we reached the lockers.

While I put my book away, Starscream stood right next to me swaying side to side to keep herself busy while waiting for me to finish. She was looking down at her hands and her lips kept the small smile with Rosy cheeks hidden by her dark hair.

Clang!

The sound of my locker closing startled Starscream out of her little trance causing her to let out a cute squeak while covering her ears.

I blinked a couple of times before beginning to laugh at her reaction, Starscream on the other hand turned to me and puffed out her cheeks into a pout while her blush grew.

"So, Where to next Star?"

I guess calling her by a shorter version of her name was too much that she turned away from me, Her ears visibly red while she stuttered.

"I-I..could show you my drawings?"

Starscream asked while I smiled and gave her a nod, Again the reaction of her suddenly lighting up into a smile was..euphoric and amazing.

Unfortunately, Just as we were about to leave together from the end of the hall we both heard.

"Starscream there you are! Where the hell have you been!"

Both of us turned to look and it was Megatron literally huffing as she walked over to us, Starscream instinctively froze and her legs began to tremble from where she stood.

Megatron stopped in front of her, Placing her hands on her waists while snarling as she looked at her.

"What the hell are you standing there for, Let's go!"

Megatron yelled causing Starscream to flinch, The nearby students decided to scramble away so it was just us three at that part of the hallway.

Her hand suddenly grabbed onto Starscream's wrist trying to drag her away when Starscream yanked her arm free from her grip.

"W-We made plans..M-Megatron, I'm not going this time.."

Starscream spoke up, Though her words were a trembling mess and she tried to stand tall to this silver haired Tyrant of a woman.

"Is that..so"

Megatron's tone was laced with venom as she spoke, Her purple eyes looked ready to kill as she looked up at Starscream because of their height difference.

Slap!

A loud slap echoed throughout the hallway, And Starscream let out a yelp of pain as the slap by Megatron sent her on the floor.

I couldn't just stand by and do nothing so I stood in front of Starscream and grabbed onto Megatron's wrist.

"Hey! You don't get to hurt her like that, Especially because she's a teammate"

Megatron just looked into my eyes, Again with her murderous gaze before slamming me against the lockers with one of her hands on the collar of my uniform pinning me then and there.

"And who the hell are you?"

H-Holy shit this girl was strong, I could feel myself a couple of inches off the ground while she held me up by the collar of my uniform with just one hand!

"M-Megatron..p-please leave him out of this..!"

Starscream pleaded but Megatron looked at me and then back at Starscream, And with a wicked grin she said.

"Aww, Is he your little boyfriend? Is that why you two are so close now?"

Megatron giggled menacingly before laughing, Licking her lips while returning her sinister gaze toward me.

"I'll show you what happens to those who try to distract the Deceptigals"

Her free hand grabbed onto my wrist, And my eyes widened realizing what she was about to do. Her grip was tight and it gradually became tighter..and it was starting to hurt.

I was trying to get her to let go of my wrist, Thrashing around in the air as discomfort was present on my expression at the impending doom that she would break my wrist.

But before she could tighten her grip even more, She suddenly stopped and let me go as I dropped to the floor.

Looking up I realized why. Starscream was standing right  beside Megatron and she was grabbing onto her arm which held me by my collar earlier, and her eyes...her crimson eyes had a dark glow as she spoke.

"Megatron..I said leave him out of this"

Starscream's tone was serious, And for a brief moment I saw fear in Megatron's eyes as she pulled her arm away from Starscream.

"Tsk"

With that Megatron gave me one final glare before walking away, Starscream crouched down beside me and helped me sit up as she reached down to gently feel my wrist.

"Thank goodness it's not broken.."

Starscream sighed, Her eyes were no longer glowing and tears began to form in the corner of her eyes.

"Let's get you to the nurse"

Starscream said as she gently helped me up to my feet, Still holding my hand and my wrist as we began to head to the Infirmary.

Timeskip

"It's not even a full semester yet and you've ended up here twice, You really gotta be more careful"

The nurse, Ratchet said while inspecting my wrist which was thankfully not broken or bruised internally.

While Ratchet applied muscle relief cream on my wrist, Starscream stood by the side looking guilty while looking down.

As she turned away to write on her medical records, I walked over to Starscream and said.

"You were awesome earlier"

I said which made her smile a bit as she looked back into my eyes, She extended her hand to reach into my pocket grabbing my phone and typing something in it.

"If you're in any kind of trouble like that again, Or...you just want to accompany this lonely girl. Give me a call okay?"

Starscream said, Handing me back my phone with her number on my contacts this time, She gave me one last smile before excusing herself and leaving the Infirmary room.

My first phone number from a girl, Score!

Once I was allowed to leave, Ratchet gave me a tube of pain relieving cream if my wrist started to hurt again.

As I left the clinic however, I bumped into a student who was holding her notebook and books causing them to fall on the floor, as she groaned.

"Ugh! Watch where you're going will you?"