" Well..." Jazz spoke up through the silence
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" It was Sideswipe's fault" Jazz and the others pointed their digits at the silver frontliner. Aria sweatdropped, almost, the keyword ' almost' felt kinda bad for Sideswipe as the silver bot squawked in protest but stopped when he caught Aria and Sunstreaker's glares. Sunstreaker knew his brother was chaotic but he didn't expect the whole team to have a mini dirt battle and more surprising how Optimus somehow got dragged into the mess.

Aria rubbed her temple, frustration building up in her head as she forced a sweet smile at them but they weren't fooled by the smile as they could sense her dark aura seeping through as she listened to what happened while she and Sunstreaker were shopping.

Couple of hours before...

The mud ball misses the distracted yellow and black Autobot but unfortunately hits bullseyes on the face of the grumpy medic. Everyone was silent besides the organic bumblebee buzzing away from the flower into the clear, blue sky. Ratchet became blank for a second before shifting into a pure rage which made Sideswipe gulp.

" H-hey doc, um that shot was meant for bumblebee and..." Sideswipe stuttered, ignoring Bumblebee's angry protest of being the original target. The others sensing a war, slowly backed away, not wanting to be in the way of Ratchet the angry Hatchet.

" You better fragging pray to primus that you will be in one piece by the time Aria comes back from shopping!" Ratchet growled as he grabbed another wrench from primus knows where and started throwing at the silver mech.

Sideswipe trips on a large branch which makes Ratchet topple on top of him but Ratchet accidentally makes Ironhide face plant onto the pile of dirt too. He slowly lifts his head before snapping his head at the pile of Autobots on top of him " Get your fragging afts off me"

Optimus tried to stop their fight but Jazz doesn't hear him and throws one that was meant to be at Sideswipe but hits the leader instead, thus continuing the soil war. Sideswipe, Jazz, and Bumblebee ran away from the two cranky mechs as they ran into the house, hiding behind the couches.

Optimus sweat drops at his team, entirely done with everything. " Dear Primus give me strength" he muttered, rubbing his temple on his helm.

" So while I clean, you guys should probably freshen yourselves up," she said, emphasizing that they are covered in dirt and grime. One by one they went upstairs, saying sorry to her until Aria and Sunstreaker were the only ones in the living room. Aria sighed as she walks over to one of the laundry rooms and grabs a mop and fills the mop bucket with soap and water.

" Here, let me help" Sunstreaker grabbed the mop and started to wipe the dirty floor.

" You don't have to" Aria slightly protested but he cut her off, " I insist since you bought the art stuff" he softly smiled a bit before mopping the floor. She started to rearrange the furniture back to the original spots as she vacuums all the soil from the couch and the rug.

It was quiet between them but it wasn't uncomfortable as they focused on cleaning the living room. She had to put Waffles outside since he was covered head to paw in the dirt. " I'll finish the rest so you should wash your dog," he said, Aria nods and picks up Waffles and washes him.

After cleaning her dog, she hops in her shower and lets the hot water soak off the grime and dirt on her body. She hopped out of the shower feeling refreshed as she wrapped the towel around her body. She was about to grab her clothes when she jumped at the sound of the door opening.

She stared dumbfounded at the door at the intruder and saw Ironhide standing at her bedroom door.

" Aria are you don-" Ironhide cuts his words when he sees her wearing only a towel and her hair dripping wet. He was in shock. Aria sees his eyes staring up and down. Gulping.

" WHAT THE HELL IRONHIDE! HAVE YOU HEARD A THING CALLED KNOCKING!" she shouted at him, trying to cover her body. Her face was blushing hard.

" A-aria I d-did-" The brave, trigger happy Ironhide tried to explain but she started throwing things in her room that she could grab. The poor mech tried to dodge but a hairbrush hit him straight in the faceplate.

" GET OUT!" she screamed at him. And he immediately scrambles to the door, shutting it. After calming herself down, she wore a white tank top with light, grey shorts with a matching jacket. After she got out of her room, she jumped in fright when she saw the weapon specialist still standing beside the door frame. She walked closer to him.

" Let's forget what happened, okay?" she tells him while staring at his electric blue optics.

Ironhide nodded, feeling his faceplate heating up and his fanning system trying to cool him down. " Don't worry A-aria, I won't tell anyone that I saw you in your towel" Ironhide flinches and covers his intake. She frowns at him.

" Ironhide. What. Did. I. Just. Said?" she asked him slowly, with her eyes closed but wearing a sweet smile as Ironhide gulped again in fear.

" Forget what I saw. Sorry" Ironhide apologized as he looked down on the floor. Aria sighs and gives him a light smile. " It's fine Ironhide, accidents happen but don't mention this to the others" she asked him as she tugs up her limp jacket sleeves over her shoulder.

Ironhide nods again. He suddenly looked at her eyes which were a rich, dark honey brown " Her eyes are so pretty" he thought in his processors.

" Let's go down now since probably the others are waiting for us," she pointed out while walking. That woke Ironhide up from his thoughts and followed after her.

She noticed all the bots were clean and waiting for her. "Since you guys can eat human food, I'll whip up a nice dinner so please do whatever you want beside destroying my home...again" she explained.

" But I wanna help Aria cook" Sideswipe butted in but the rest of the Autobots knew better to let Sideswipe cook in the kitchen, he could burn the whole kitchen down without even trying.

" How about we play some video games instead huh? Aria just taught me how to work the Nintendo switch" Jazz said as he and Sunstreaker dragged Sideswipe away from the kitchen, ignoring the silver twin protest. She chuckled and sweatdropped at the sight as Ironhide and Ratchet facepalmed.

All the Autobots were scattered around the house as Aria went to the kitchen. She tied up her hair, she bought plenty of food while she was thinking about what food to cook for the Autobots. " I've been kinda craving Italian food for a while, so pasta..." she mumbled, not realizing a man was behind her.

She turned around and jumped to see a man there out of nowhere. He had dark raven hair and she saw his rich blue eyes which almost seemed to glow. She noticed that he was wearing a white shirt with a red and blue flannel jacket along with dark blue jeans.

" Sorry didn't mean to scare you" the man apologized, Aria froze as she recognized the baritone voice. " Optimus is that you?" she asked as the man nodded.

" Need some help?" Optimus asked, peeking over the counter. Aria nodded as she grabbed an apron. She tried to tie the strings but she ended up fumbling, the Autobot leader saw her struggle to tie the apron. " Here, let me help" he said as he gently tied the string into a ribbon knot, she felt his warm breath on the back of her neck, sending a shiver as a goosebump appeared.

" Thanks" Aria said as she tried to ignore the feeling she felt a second ago. Optimus followed her instruction as he put in the pasta in the hot, boiling water. Aria kneads the dough as she flips it up in the air, spreading the dough in a circle shape. Optimus watched in amazement as she moved around in the kitchen, chopping the vegetables to adding the toppings for the pizza so swiftly and smoothly as if cooking was second nature to her.

" If you don't mind setting up the table please?" Aria asked, after putting the pizza in the oven. Optimus nodded as he grabbed the plates and cutlery and headed to the dining room.

" Guys dinner ready" Aria called out as she placed the food on the table.

She saw five men arriving at the dining room. Bumblebee had dark, blonde hair with rich sky, blue eyes. He wore a yellow, champion hoodie with black, Nike shorts. Sideswipe had brown, medium wavy hair with electric blue eyes that matched his twin. He was wearing a grey tank top with matching gray, track pants. " Smells damn good here," he said.

She saw Jazz and he smirked at her. " Take a picture it'll last longer lil lady" he flirted as Ironhide rolled his eyes smacking him at the back of his head. Jazz had tan skin with cyan-colored orbs and curly black hair. He wore a gray hoodie and basketball shorts. Jazz yelped as he glared at the trigger-happy mech.

Ironhide narrowed his electric blue eyes at Jazz. He wore a tight, black shirt and cargo pants. Jazz huffed but sent a wink to Sun Hee, her cheeks slowly blushing a light pink. She saw Ratchet, he was wearing a cream-colored sweater and black jeans, as his hair was a short, dirty blonde with bright blue eyes. Sunstreaker was the last to arrive, he wore a yellow tank top with similar track pants as Sideswipe.

Everyone settled in the dining room as Aria and Optimus brought out the piping hot dishes. All of them were drooling over the sight of the plate of pasta and pizzas, as Sun Hee placed down the salad.

" Thank you for the food" everyone said and dug in. The younger Autobots picked up the pizzas and took a bite into the cheesy goodness. Their eyes widened as they licked their lips and took another bite. Ratchet helped himself to the spaghetti bolognese as Ironhide took a bite of the pizza too.

" This is very deletable Sun Hee" Ratchet complimented her, Aria's cheeks blushed from the compliment, giving the medic a shy smile.

" Oh thank you, I'm just glad you guys enjoy my cooking" she shrugged as she ate a piece of meatball.

" This is amazing sweet spark, please don't stop making food for us, fragging delicious ", Sideswipe said as Bumblebee nodded in agreement.

Smiling, Aria ate her spaghetti, looking at the Autobots enjoying their meal, feeling the homey atmosphere. She glanced at Optimus where he looked at his team enjoying the meal, he looked at peace and his eyes reflected gladness as he ate his pizza slice.

The Autobots finished the meal and sighed in content, truly enjoying the Italian meal very much." How about we watch a movie tonight before we hit the hay" Aria asked which they agreed, content after having a hearty meal.

A/N: Chapter 8 is done! I'm sorry for the wait for this chapter. I've been really busy and was writing the chapter.

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