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You didn’t know how it happened, one minute you were driving with Noah, sitting in the passenger seat, the seatbelt snugged to your chest, pinning you in place as Noah peeled down the road. At first you were scared at how fast he was going, swerving between cars, sometimes nearly missing them, your hand pressing up against the roof, the other reaching forwards to press against the dashboard. But now you sat in the garage, both trying to catch your breath, adrenaline rushing through your systems still. You swallowed thickly, collapsing back into the seat, the hand slowly sliding off of dashboard to grip the seatbelt.
“Jesus fucking Christ, Noah, were you trying to kill us?” You asked, bewildered trying to ease your heart, you swear it was going to implode out of your chest. Noah, glancing over, just smiled, his goofy little smile before patting the steering wheel in four rapid, repetitive motions. “I got us baby,” he stated, causing you to roll your eyes.
“But, I got to bounce real quick, you stay right here okay?” He asked causing you to look at him in shock. “What do you mean stay here? Where are you going?” You hissed out as he swung the door open, and began to climb out. “Just stay, please” he muttered, causing you to sigh and nod, settling into the seat again.
You did not know these parts, you had a better chance staying in here anyway, than going after Noah, or let alone stepping out into public. Once he has left, you were left with your thoughts, your hand slowly stroking the seatbelt as you looked around. Noah left the car on, the keys in the ignition still, the drivers seat looking rather lonely, empty, beckoning you over. God did you so desperately wanted to drive the car, but you couldn’t, you couldn’t betray Noah like that. You already have without his acknowledgment it was only time before he found out, eventually.
So you decided, to drag your eyes away, to stare at the dash before you, you could hold out, Noah usually wasn’t gone that long. Soon a couple of minutes turned into 5, 10, 15 minutes, you were growing anxious. Slowly you looked over to the drivers seat again; maybe you could? He’s been gone for a while and maybe you could just sit in it, the car was running and already making you itch to feel the power. You slowly unbuckled the belt, climbing over into the seat, sliding down in it slowly and looking around carefully to make sure Noah wasn’t going to appear. It felt so right, the seat felt like it was gripping you, you slowly relaxed, your hands coming up to stroke the wheel, gripping lightly, “fuck” slipped out, “you feel perfect” you whispered into the air, the engine roaring at that. You blinked looking at the wheel, ignoring the engine, you assumed it just had to be the turbo or something just wanting to go and sitting idle was making it act up or something. Or something.
The seat was practically vibrating as you sat in it, making you leaned back into it more, your hand coming up to grip the headrest, knuckles turning white as you shivered the vibrations of the car making your stomach turn lightly. “Oh, you’re perfect, Noah is so lucky” you whispered softer your other hand gripping the wheel tighter to steady yourself. You paused, letting out a shuddering breath, “god what is wrong with me? Getting all worked up over a car” you cursed to yourself, willing yourself to calm down. The engine growled at the response, getting louder before you started to see the smoke in the mirrors, the tires squealing, in your panic your foot slammed on the brake, but it was already pushed to the floor.
“Oh fuck oh fuck,” you hissed trying to yank open the door but the locks where engaged, and you couldn’t pull them up no matter how hard you tried. You panicked throwing yourself back a few times before kicking at the door a little. It finally opened, letting you to crawl out. Well more like fall out, trying to crawl away quickly. You turned over, on your butt in fear as the car was still burnout before it quickly spun in two quick circles before stopping abruptly right in front of you. Your eyes widened before you scrambled to your feet.
“Noah!” You screamed, trying to run towards the door you thought he might have left through, you got halfway before he came flying in, a bent metal pipe in his hands. You lifted your arms quickly waving them around, “Noah run there something wrong with your car!” You shouted, finally reaching him and started to shove him back through the door he came from. “Let’s go let’s go let’s go,” you shouted getting angry and bewildered to see Noah laughing and smile. “Papo, relax it is okay,” he continued to laugh. “What are you laughing about? There’s something wrong with your car! It fucking moved on its own it’s possessed or something” you hissed, punching Noah in the chest, your voice lowering to the end as you fearfully looked over your shoulder to see the car still there, sense of being watched.
“Papo, it’s really okay,” he laughed, tossing the pipe aside. “Yo, Mirage,” he called out, the sound of a low rumble, mixed with a high sound, and other you couldn’t placed sounded behind you. You slowly turned, your eyes widening more as you saw the very car you sat in change, taking a human form. Your breath caught in your throat as you stared up at the humanoid.. thing?
“Oh my fucking god,” you wheezed out, hurrying to hide behind Noah. “What the fuck?” You gripped Noah’s shoulders, your mouth gapping in awe and fear.
“I have already went through this with Noah, but I know this is shocking for you,” the thing spoken. “Mirage, don’t say the same thing you said to me,” Noah laughed, the car, or Mirage just smiled, laughing, rolling his shoulders to flex the car doors there.
“He’s..?” You trailed off, not sure how to say it. “My car?” Noah asked for you, making you nodded, still hiding behind him, before the realization hit you. Oh god, if the car can talk that means he was always there whenever you broke in and sat in him. You turned red, immediately letting go of Noah in embarrassment and shame. Mirage laughed, shaking his head, eyes(?) staring straight at you. “Don’t worry,” he chimed, “you secret is save with me” he grinned, winking at you. Noah spluttered looking back at you in question wondering what it meant, but you didn’t answer, nor did Mirage, you were grateful, at least you know that Noah doesn’t know. You weren’t sure if that made you feel better or not.
You adverted your eyes from .. Mirage, looking at Noah. “What the fuck is going on?” You asked, slightly calmer, but internally still freaking the fuck out. Noah sighed but nodded, “alright I’ll tell you, but it’ll take a while” you nodded in return.
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“So that’s what happened,” Noah stated staring at your reaction. You looked between Mirage and Noah, before accepting the fact that you had to believe them. “Wow,” you smiled, “big Mr Hero huh?” You asked grinning at Noah to tease him. He smiled, that stupid loving smile and shrugged, “yeah I’m that guy” he boasted.
“Let’s get you home though,” Noah stated. “This can be a bit much for anyone, you handled it quite well though,” you nodded in agreement before pausing, watching Mirage transform back into that car the door opening. You didn’t think about the fact you would be driving in him again to get home. You hesitated, looking at Noah for encouragement or guidance you couldn’t tell what, maybe both. He simply gestured to get in, you say in the passenger, curled up trying to not touch as much of the seat, even keeping your back from the seat and headrest.
“You do know you can treat this like any ride back” Noah voiced but you shook your head, silencing anything else. “No he’s .. alive?” You questioned. “Makes it weird with how much I caressed the door, seats and whatever, god I’m so fucking creepy,” you whined only earning a chuckle from both of them, Mirage’s chuckle coming from the radio. But, the car ride was in silence.
They drove into your alleyway, stopping and letting you climb out. You began up the ladder, getting help from Noah with a boost. Once you got to one of the platforms you looked down, in amazement this time as mirage transformed into that humanoid appearance, him staring up at you along with Noah. “I hope this doesn’t make it awkward,” Noah called up in a hard whisper. You stared down unsure how to respond, your fear, embarrassment still present. “No,” you whispered back, trying to smile, but it felt forced. Though, Noah smiled, seeming to relax, shoulders sagging. “Hey, sugar” Mirage whispered, or at least tried.
“Next time, let me do all the work, I’m not just some car” he purred causing you to blush down to your chest, thank god it was dark. You bite your inner bottom lip before slowly sneaking into your window not responding. You couldn’t give him the satisfaction that he got to you. You collapsed on your bed, shoving your face into the pillow and screamed, slamming your hands on the bed beside your head. God you thought you could combust with how embarrassed you were. You literally snuck into Mirage a few times and even fucked your self in the front passenger seat, allowing the vibrations go the car to reach your claim, with your fingers deep inside. Now you know Mirage was purposely doing that, helping you, probably watching you.
Noah gave him a puzzled look before stepping back so he could transformed to his car to drive home. “What was the about?” He asked. Mirage only responded with speeding up, causing Noah to fly back into the seat, a silent command to shut the hell up about it.