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"I know exactly where we are." Starscream's smile betrays him.
"You're a pit-bound liar and I'm going to smack you."
Starscream was not taking this as seriously as he should. But to be fair Skyfire jinxed them by saying it'd be funny if they couldn't find their new dorms after living on this campus for 50 years.
Seriously, how did they get lost? Starscream even visited the dorms with his trine the day before.
Of course, Starscream was the one who threatened to smack Skyfire when he first realized they were lost. It was as empty as Skyfire's threat.
"Look, we're in the physics wing. I know things!"
"You haven't been in the physics wing since you were a freshman. We're going to die here."
"We AREN'T!" Starscream all but squeals, "Why don't you believe in me?!"
"Because you are inspiring zero faith in me," Skyfire can't help but smile. The way Starscream's voice teeters between yelling and laughing is a bit too funny.
But they do need to find the dorm.
"Give me the map."
"No! We don't need a map! You need to trust me!"
"I trust in your ability to hand over the map," Skyfire leans over, hauls Starscream onto his shoulder in one hand, and wrenches the map free with his other hand. The freshmen around him are thankful that they now have room to get to their classes.
"You're so mean to me!!!" Starscream wails, putting a hand to his forehead.
"We're going to the Cafeteria; I'm not following you on your hapless quest to find our dorm without a break first."
"If you buy me a gold malt I'll love you forever and ever."
"You are in no position to be bargaining."
Skyfire bought him a gold malt.
The Cafeteria was easy to find. And now that they were upperclassmen, they barely got flack from sheltered grounder students who didn't think flight-frames should do anything besides flying. If that happened, Skyfire usually let Starscream sic 'em.
"All of the dorms are northwest of the cafeteria, Starscream; the Physics wing was in the complete opposite direction."
"Scrap me; I was hungry," Starscream bats his eyes and hides behind his shake.
He's incredibly goofy today. But if the alternative is him whining that his pedes hurt and he's tired and hungry and needs to empty his tanks, then Skyfire can handle Starscream insisting that they're not lost while dragging them all around the campus.
Skyfire begins to get the suspiscion that Starscream's behavior is a little more sinister when he notices his seeker companion stealing peeks at his commlink.
"Who you talking to?" Skyfire leans over to have a sip of Starscream's malt.
"Nobody." Starscream says, incredibly unconvincingly. He offers up his drink for Skyfire to enjoy.
"Mmhmm," Skyfire murmurs around the straw.
Damn, that's a good shake.
Starscream's eyes dart to the right again, indicating he's getting some kind of message on his HUD. Skyfire elects to ignore it; he's content to have a moment to rest his legs before Starscream inevitably gets them lost again.
Eventually, Starscream sits up and declares they can try to find the dorm again.
"Okay, but it's getting late; if we can't find it in a joor then we're going to ask for help."
"Good God, whatever."
Skyfire makes sure nobody's walking down the hall behind them before he gently swats Starscream across the aft.
His indignant shrill is totally worth it.
Surprisingly, Starscream does manage to lead them in the right direction. But he seems to be...stalling. He makes Skyfire go get the key, before he remembers he doesn't have one either, and asks the shuttle if he wants to see the common room first. At this point, Skyfire's grown very curious about what the heck has gotten into his little jet.
"You haven't gotten into something you shouldn't have, right?" Skyfire purses his lips. He's patient, but he's also tired, and wants to get some sleep.
"Since when have I ever gotten into trouble?" Starscream puts on his best pouty face.
"Starscream," Skyfire says in a low tone, but his smile is obvious.
Starscream transforms and belts down the hall, but not before snatching Skyfire's key right out of his hands.
"Star, get back here! The student rep is gonna kill us!"
Skyfire hustles after him, very thankful for his ability to practically plug up a hallway.
This results in Starscream as a pile of giggles outside their door, while Skyfire gathers him up and tells him that other students are trying to sleep.
Finally, he can get some rest of his own.
Skyfire opens the door to find that everything is not on fire, which is what he was most worried about.
In all honesty, it looks perfectly normal.
"What in the world has gotten into you?" He accuses.
"I'm FINE!!" Starscream hooks his arms around Skyfire's neck. "You're the one acting all crazy."
Skyfire drops Starscream to the floor, and rolls his shoulders.
"I'm going to bed."
Starscream scrambles to his feet, and decides to visit their wash racks.
He stifles his laughter up until he hears Skyfire scream "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" from the other room.
Looks like he found the googly eyes Starscream asked his trine to put on all their belongings in the bedroom.
Skywarp wasn't so bad after all.