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Eyes stared down in concentration towards the large metal filled with all sorts of wires attached on every parts of the material, the Mechanic had been silently working inside his room taking up most of his morning time from finding out the cause of the damage gear of the vehicle, Norman's car to be exact, for the 3rd time this month, it was still a speculation how he would manage to always end up getting his car wrecked for just a few months
A small knock caused him to turn his head around towards the door, as soon as he saw the familiar shade of blue hair smiling behind the wall, his senses calmed him in a way
"You're busy?" Coraline asked, pearing her head as she looked down on the loose screws and bolts that scattered around his table, especially the large metal of unknown material to her knowledge on Wybie's hand
He nodded and sighed on his work
"His gears were busted big time, I was hoping that I could save it somehow..." Wybie chuckled as he watched the wires dangling inside the large hole of the metal just asCoraline stepped inside in wonder, looking around his room for a moment
She nodded and grabbed the wooden stool beside his bed, now that Coraline had taken the opportunity to Wybie didn't mind her prescence at all
Just as he was about to find out the damage, Wybie could felt his eyes starting to strain around the glasses that he had been using for looking on smaller and tight places on a machine
He surrendered, placing the screwdriver down on the table, let out a frustrated sigh and covered his face for a few minutes
"Your getting tense again...maybe you should take a break?" Offering a suggestion, Coraline gently rubbed his shoulder to comfort the straining feeling he felt all over his body
He admit, her touch made him felt a bit better
She smiled and lay her head on his shoulder, hands still occupied of wrapping around to comfort, watching his hands moving around to assembled the parts again, wire to wire, screw to bolts, covering all the damage areas, it was all a wonder to her head how his mind works..
But either way, it was still intruiging to look see how he manage to carefully figure things out, eventhough she had little idea nor had the interest of figuring most scientific let alone gears and machines if she was on his shoes she would definitely lose her mind in the process
But it was amusing to see someone who has in the better field of the job to work with such determination
With the last of his efforts and thinking every idea he could do, with Coraline's patience that she could muster at the situation, Wybie finally sighed, placed down the metal tools on the table as he slumped back on chair. Coraline pitifully watched his drained looking face
"Ahhh, I give up..." he groaned, closing his eyes to regain back his strength
Lightly chuckled to see his regretful face, she patted his back
"Don't worry it's Norman we've been talking about...it's not like he's going to force you to finish it..."
She had another point there too
"And besides..well.." Coraline stopped, sctatched her head with a coldsweat chuckle "I bet he's gonna destroy his car again...."
he didn't know wether what to react on that fact, only a mixture of dread and chuckle swirled around his mind with the thought of seeing the car again being wrecked after a couple of month's of fixing it all up
Wybie nervously laugh "ayahaaa...I-I still don't know how his car manage to survive with all those torture..." he stopped, remembering a random event "not to mention...we almost died inside on that vehicle..."
"Wait really?" Coraline's eyes widen in interes upon which made Wybie to shudder the expression his girlfriend had made
"Seriously, I felt like my soul was just about to leave from my body when it we smashed into a tree..."
"After that incident...Grandma insisted that I should bring a rosary whenever we try to ride on that car..."
"Oh my god Mrs. Lovat...." Coraline whispered, covering her mouth in shock "how bout the others? are they alright??"
Wybie shrugged nervously, eyes averted away from her gazr, the curly haired rubbed his neck as he replied
"Well....let's just say...we've been trying not to be obvious from bringing something that could ward off the negative energy..because I swear...I could felt like the car was haunted or something..."
"Kubo had to plaster one of those sutras he had under Norman's car and also to himself meanwhile Eggs decidee to wear a helmet.."
Unamused at the thought, Coraline reacted in opposite, she laughed at the image coming inside of her head from what had Wybie described
"You guys are the most craziest squads that I ever met, even in death you always find a way to look it as stupid..."
Wybie nodded, crossing his arms "Fun times...fun times..."
"But seriously, be carefully next time alright? Gosh I was just gone for six years and look how it goes for all of you..."
"Oh....it won't stop, I'm telling you that it won't.." he laughed back
Turning their heads back at the messy table, Wybie sighed and smiled
"But you know what? You're right...I shouldn't exhaust myself too much from this..."
Smiling at he looked down on her, his gaze suddenly dropped low when he noticed her eyes sternfully looked up with a small playful smile
"Well.." Coraline smirked, tilting her resting head towards his confused looking face, her eyes sternfully look towards him in a tease
His body grew warmer when her face moved closer to his face, feeling her breath brushed against his war when she whispered
"If you want to exhaust yourself that much, I think I could help you with that..." she smirked, with a suggestive grin plastering on her face while those hands gently stroke his shoulder intimately as her fingers brushed on the surface of his fabric
Wybie, with a little bit of his sanity left from what she had dragging into him, slowly pushed her body away from his
"I uh-" he breathe, unsure on what to say next
Well, most of the times he doesn't..
Especially not like this..
"U-um...tempting- but- i uh- I would have to decline that considerate offer-"
Wow, she's really good at making him feel spechless
She admit, seeing him caught off guard is amusing her in some way, to see a person openly vulnerable towards her, she could see how much their true selves were..
"Okay..." she whispered softly at his ear
"would you rather want to make me feel exhausted then?" She asked again
He could felt a small pressure contact against his skin, it felt soft and warm and that is when he realized as his mind processed-
Coraline had left him a sudden soft kiss on his neck
Wybie to his senses immediately jolted from his seat as he screamed in surprise, instinctly covered his neck, eyes wide open towards her
"WhY?!" He cried, flushed red as if he can no longer controll the tone and the force of his voice "sToP it!"
"Stop doing what???" She smiled dumbfoundedly on her seat, tilting her head like a confused child
A shock of disbelief ran through Wybie's face
"Stop smiling being all innocent as if nothing just happened!" He cried out almost streaking a tear from his eyes
Coraline laughed on how beet red his face was, no matter how much he covered with his hands, she could see right through them
But as much as her own amusement gets the best through her, she knew that was also a torture for him
"I could see that you're enjoying this aren't you??" He asked in a frown
"Yes, yes I do.." Coraline boldly answered "I just discovered that you kinda looked cute whenever you look like a tomato..."
"Gee thanks, Jonesy.." Wybie rolled his eyes and shoved the metal tool inside the old box with a still visible look of fluster
God, this woman does really know how to loose his screw..
As much he had known that a playful little flirt was just a part of their relationship, Coraline would not surrender, not until she got her sweet revenge from his previous teasing
And what's the best thing to do that?
Is to always caught him off guard
And she did it, again...
That is how snarky and mischevious his girlfriend really is
Coraline grinned in content, caressing his flustered cheeks and gave him a small peck on the lips as a sign of peace offering
That is one of the rarest things he really liked about her
"Now stop sulking there and let's go downstairs you geek!" She implied playfully slapping his arm and walk towards the door
"I brought us some tacos and a few drinks so that you won't get hungry...we don't want to food to cold now, aren't we?" She smiled as she waited for his reply
Wybie blinked for a few seconds and smirked towards his table
Finally choosing his decision, he hid back the box under the table and stood up, joining in Coraline as they went outside his room with a bright grin on his face
"I am taking those tacos, please.."
She laughed on how easily she had persuaded her boyfriend as they walk down downstairs together.