The torrential rain bounced on the concrete and rattled on the roof of the workshop, Ryujin found peace in it as she tinkered with an old bike she was restoring to its former glory. Something she worked on when she had spare time if the garage was quiet or after hours.

It was dark as the spring rain pounded the concrete, a fresh chill danced through the entrance of the garage. Ryujin got herself to her feet going to the work bench glancing at the clock, she had lost track of time. "Ahh.....I should really head home." She sighed quietly feeling a dull ache in her shoulders from the long day of labour.

Due to the noise of the downpour she failed to hear someone trudge in, the person soaked to the bone.

"Hello! Excuse me!" The voiced called out sounding drained finding shelter from the elements outside startling the young mechanic. Ryujin rounded the corner laying eyes on the woman who had left a dotted trail of water behind her which was now pooling by her feet.

"Hi, can I help you?" Ryujin greeted politely.

"Oh thank god, I've been walking for about 30 minutes. My car broke down, there was a pothole.....I didn't see it because of the rain." The unknown woman explained dejected looking utterly pathetic. The thin anorak had done very little to avoid saturation. The charcoal business suit underneath was clearly damp through, Ryujin felt bad for the stranger.

Ryujin wiped off her oily hands as she spoke." Let me get my tow truck and I can bring it in. In the meantime follow me."

The dishevelled woman pattered along following Ryujin into a waiting room area that had a desk in the corner, a comfy looking sofa and on the opposite side it had a water and coffee machine. "Wait here I can turn the heat up and get you some dry clothes." The woman was about to protest but Ryujin had already disappeared.

Ryujin swiftly went to the small staff area, the garage itself only had three employees. Going into her locker she found a band tshirt and a boilersuit, taking a quick look at them she wondered if this stranger would even take them. Her attire looked expensive and smart guessing she was some kind of business woman.

On returning to the woman she was hugging herself and had shrugged off the anorak. "Here it's all I have I'm sorry it's not great, also it should warm up in here fairly quickly." Ryujin said as she held out the dry clothes along with a towel, offering a crooked smile in consolation which the woman found cute.

The woman glanced up her hair was down and now wavy due to being wet, a tiny bit of mascara had ran down her cheek, even dressed in the wet suit she wore it well clinging to all the right places.

"Umm thank you, honestly I will take anything right now." She gratefully received the items.

"No problem, what's your name.... miss? And where can I find your car?" The mechanic asked.

"Oh right, my name is Y/n. It's parked on the side of the road I'm guessing a few miles that way, it should be easy to find I barely saw any cars on my way here." Y/n explained pointing with her hands.

Right.....can I take your keys?" Ryujin requested gently. Y/n muttered an apology quickly pulling her keys out handing them over.

"Thanks, make yourself at home. Help yourself to tea and coffee I will be as quick as I can.....umm I will give you some privacy." The young mechanic kindly told Y/n who smiled and nodded.

Leaving the woman to her own devices Ryujin picked up the tow truck keys, grabbed a high powered torch then threw on a heavy duty fluorescent coat. Making her way back past the waiting area she accidentally caught a glimpse of Y/n who was changing. Momentarily seeing the flash of porcelain skin of her upper body. Her body halted on its own, eyes in a trance peering through the window from afar at Y/n attractive figure. When Y/n suddenly reached up to unhook her bra Ryujins eyes bulged turning her head marching off scolding herself for being inappropriate.

Managing to reach the truck in through the dismal weather she began driving in the general direction of where Y/n broke down. There was very few cars on the road the rain probably deterring most, curious to what Y/n was doing driving in such awful and dangerous weather.

Scanning meticulously through the windscreen wipers to locate the car, after ten minutes of driving she spotted a car on the side of the road. "Hopefully this is it." She mumbled to nobody. Pulling up beside it she took Y/n keys and pressed the fob pointing it towards the car out the window, not wanting to get soaked for no reason.

The lights on the car blinked indicating it was the correct car, now she maneuvered the truck in front of the womans car so when ready she could hawl it onto the back. Exiting the vehicle taking with her the torch, immediately bombarded by the rain she quickly inspected the outside of the car spotting one very obvious problem of a blow out but she suspected more damage than that.

The rain that Ryujin thought was peaceful before in the comfort of the workshop was now very inconvenient and troublesome huffing as she climbed back into the truck with said car secured on the back.

In total it took around forty five minutes, she reversed up by the workshop entrance atleast allowing a reprieve from the rain as she lowered the car down off the truck.

Before going any further the mechanic walked back into the waiting room to notify the woman she was back. She knocked before entering seeing the woman with a hot cup of tea and now in Ryujins clothes. Y/n hair loose and over one shoulder, the tshirt hung loose on her body noticing the faint outline of her breast Ryujin immediately cast her eyes elsewhere. The boilersuit on and baggy, the top half of the one piece tied around Y/n middle.

Clearing her throat to compose herself back into professional mode. "I have your car safe and sound, I will inspect it and let you know the damage. Was everything okay?"

Y/n gave a content sigh as she swallowed the hot liquid, her whole body temperature had returned to normal and the items of clothing were so much comfier than her work suit. "Thank you so much, I appreciate this. It's late and I'm sure you want to get home. Yes I'm no longer an iceicle....." ending with a light chuckle.

"I'm glad to hear and it's really not a problem, you're actually lucky I was here. I lost track of time......working." Ryujin scratched the back of her neck.

"I know the feeling.....oh do you have a charger? My phone is about to die just incase my friend gets in touch." Y/n questioned already feeling guilty that she'd completely taken over this lovely mechanics evening.

The mechanic gave a nod, retrieving it and bringing it to her. Leaving her to it, she returned the job at hand. Now having a chance to look at the vehicle, she saw it was a fairly expensive make and model, a Jaguar XF from briefly glancing over it, it was high spec. Easily a £45k car new, it wasn't going to be cheap to repair if there is more than just this blow out.

The machine raised the the car so she could stand underneath to inspect better, with her head torch now on she found the damage.

"Hey Miss Y/n? I have the extent of the damage, do you want to come have a look?" Ryujin said in a friendly tone.

Y/n stood up sighing praying it was going to be a quick fix. "Just Y/n is fine, sure.....hit me with it. It sure as hell sounded expensive when I hit that damn pothole ." She followed the young mechanic to her car, Ryujin took off the head torch to not blind the poor woman instead holding it up shining it to part that needs repaired.

Y/n listened intently and observed, Ryujins arms flexed in front of her, the two were kind of donning similar outfits except Y/n was clean and Ryujins was covered in grease, oil and god knows what else. Seeing Ryujin up close the woman was attractive, she had a ruggedness but also feminine, the dark brunette shoulder length hair up in a claw clip.

"So you have a blow out, that's a simple fix. There may be damage to the rim aswell depending on how hard and fast you were going. Then right here is the worst part, the ball joint has shattered and the suspension strut has structural damage." Ryujin described taking a glance at the woman beside her who was clearly frustrated.

Y/n ran a hand down her face and ruffled her hair then sighed. "You can fix it right?"

"Ofcourse I can fix it......but it's not simple I will need to order parts......" Ryujin carefully answered sensing it's not what she wanted to hear.

"How....how quick can you turn it around? I have another business trip next week." Y/n questioned anxiously.

"If we werent busy.....probably under a week."

"What's your name by the way?"

"It's Ryujin..."

"Listen Ryujin......If you can have it fixed in six days I will pay bonus!" Y/n sounded almost desperate, she couldn't be without a car for long due to her job.

With her arms resting against the car, her forehead fell onto her arms. Ryujin truly felt for the woman, but the deadline she gave was an upheaval. "I can't make any promises. We are pretty busy, but I will try my best okay."

Y/n reached for Ryujins arm. "Please you would be a life saver!"

Another body had wandered into the workshop, shaking off the umbrella the person tentatively explored the area. Spotting two people standing by what looked like her friends car, their faces blocked by the raised vehicle. She eyed the two mechanics, seeing rather appealing specimens in front of her.

Heading over to introduce herself she had to do a double take once she saw their faces. "Y/n!? What the hell are you doing in that uniform?"

Y/n got a shock jerking her hand back. "Li...Lia God you scared me." Meanwhile Ryujin didn't flinch leaving one of her arms on the body of the car casually casting her eyes over the new presence. The girl looked filthy rich head to toe in designer brands, she had a adorable face contrasting Ryujins usual views on how she perceived people who had unlimited funds.

"You didn't answer my question." Lia raised a curious eyebrow taking a glance at the actual mechanic.

"Right, well my clothes were soaked. Ryujin kindly had some spare. I couldn't explain fully my phone was about to die, I didn't think you were coming." Y/n answered calmy.

"How kind of her...." Lia let out with a teasing undertone.

"Very. Can we go?" Y/n said giving Lia a warning look.

"That's why I'm here isn't it?" She let out sarcastically. Y/n sighed and gently shoved her shoulder as she started to walk to get her wet clothes from the waiting room not before turning muttering a sweet thanks to Ryujin.

"No problem....." Ryujin she breathed out watching the two friends wander off.

The pair were about to leave before Ryujin shouted, forgetting she had no way of contacting Y/n.

"HEY! Wait Y/n!"

They halted, Y/n faced her direction confused while Ryujin jogged over. "Can I get your number?"

"My.....number?" Y/n questioned.

"I need to contact you about your car." Ryujin stated pointing at her own phone. Y/n blushed embarassed she thought Ryujin was hitting on her.

"Ofcourse, sorry it's been a long night." She fumbled trying to not make it obvious.

Ryujin picked up the faux pas but kept it to herself, putting Y/n number in her phone. "No worries, I will be in touch. Goodnight Y/n......you too miss." Not forgetting the other woman offering friendly smile this time her whisker dimples made an appearance. Spotting it Y/n chewed the inside of her cheek to stop her from breaking out into too much of a smile herself, for such a rough and labourous job Ryujin had, her features were soft in comparison she was a little smitten at the mechanic.

The two returned the goodbyes departing the workshop, once in Lias car the smirk that graced her face was priceless.

"Shut up Lia."

"What I didn't say anything......" She chuckled revving the engine of her luxury car and pulling away as Y/n let her head fall back against the seat.

"Shes cute.....and obviously good with her hands." Lia teased navigating her way through the rain which was still falling.

"Lia....she was just being courteous and a decent human being don't jump to conclusions." Y/n tried to correct her friend although had to be honest with herself, there was an initial magnetic pull towards the mechanic.

"We will see, you're saying you didn't find her attractive? Christ I even found you hot in those overalls before I realised it was you." Lia probed and chortled.

"I never said that, I'm a customer though she just was being nice. Wait you checked me out!?" Y/n cackled.

"Well I didn't know it was you! I couldn't see your face and I've never seen you wear clothes like that in my defence." Lia replied finding it funny.

Ryujin got straight on the task before leaving the garage ordering the parts, she was on a tight schedule which more than likely wasn't going to make.

"Hey, this car wasn't here yesterday." Changbin said puzzled when he entered the workshop the next morning going over to the car examining it.

"That's because it wasn't.......someone had an emergency last night. I was working on my bike lost track of time and some stranger came in looking like they fell into Niagra falls. Hence the car." Ryujin explained appearing out of nowhere.

"Okay, well we have bunch of jobs to tick off today." He said, Changbin was the owner of the car repair shop, any heavy lifting he was your guy. Alot of people thought he was crazy having a woman as a mechanic, ignoring the prejudice he hired her anyway. It turned out to be a good business move, she was a fantastic mechanic, she had smaller hands for the more fiddly jobs and on top of that the women who came in here felt more at ease knowing a male wasn't going to make them feel stupid, rip them off or mansplain anything to them.

"About that.......is it possible to prioritise that car please?" Ryujin hesitantly queried scratching the back of her neck.

"And why is that? Is it some demanding big shot or something? Did he intimidate you into fixing it quicker?" Changbin questioned getting a little defensive of the younger one.

"Not exactly......" Ryujin let out and paused figuring out what she could say.

"Ryu what is it?" He asked curious seeing her hesitancy.

"Well she did kind of demand it be done but she said it a nice way and.......she needs it fixed for a business trip. I said we were quite busy but I would do my best, I felt bad for her cos she got annihilated in the rain and she walked for ages...." As Ryujin revealed her story from last night a sly smirk gradually made its way onto her bosses face.

"So it's a she?......interesting. Sure Ryu you can tinker with that one we will leave it alone."

"Wait no it's not like that! She said she would pay bonus. I'm waiting on parts aswell so all hands on deck today......anyways shes probably straight, theres no way she is single someone is definitely wining and dining her." Ryujin replied sheepishly.

Changbin still had the fond and teasing smile as he walked towards her putting a hand on Ryujins shoulder and bent down slightly. "Was she atleast cute?"

Ryujin cleared her throat. "Her friend she was cute, she......she was really beautiful." She felt her cheeks get hot only making her boss chuckle. "Well alright then, you never know.......you said her friend picked her up, if she was taken why didn't her boyfriend come. Oh and tell Felix to report to me when he clocks in please." He gave a pat on the shoulder then left her to get on with work leaving Ryujin to ponder.

The components for the repair of Y/n Jaguar were delivered the next day meaning Ryujin could finally make a start, it left here with four days to complete the job. However she had other vehicles to repair among servicing aswell, the tasks piled up and finding a way to juggle it while trying to prioritise this car was going to be tough.

Ryujin tentatively pressed the call button on Y/n contact, a wave of nerves came over her and she felt jittery.

"Hello?" The voice on the end of the line greeted cautiously and dismissively.

"Uhh Hello is this Miss Y/n?" Ryujin unsurely spoke.

"Mhmm it is her." Y/n then said in a more professional manner feeling like she recognised the voice.

"Great, it is Ryujin here from Binnies autoshop." Ryujin revealed who she was and a small smile rose on Y/n face remembering the woman. "Hope you are well, I am just calling to update you about your car."

There was a pause as Y/n became unsettled hoping that nothing untoward had happened, she really needed the car back asap.

"The parts came in for your car and hoping to get to it as soon as possible as a priority Miss Y/n."

"You rang me to tell me this? And it just Y/n please Ryujin, although the way you say it makes it sound more pleasant." Y/n tone was light.

Ryujin was a little caught off guard by the comment but shook her head before speaking again. "Yes, as it is quite an extensive repair its common courtesy to keep the customer informed."

"Well I look forward to you hearing from you again and I hope only good news Ryujin." Y/n returned adding a flirtatious undertone.

"No worries.....I will be in touch....byee."

"Byeee Ryujin......" Y/n let roll off her tongue, upon hanging up Ryujin just stared at her phone with furrowed brows.

"You know you can't control that thing with your mind right?" Changbin interupted her mindless thinking.

"I......think she just flirted with me."

"Huh?" Changbin replied unable to understand the context.

"The Jaguar......I just rang her to give an update and I swear she just flirted with me." Ryujin clarified.

"Ohh Miss beautiful damsel in distress?" Changbin playfully smirked.

"Zip it and her name is Y/n. God I hope you never meet her." Ryujin replied exasperated.

Her boss just chuckled amused. "Relax Ryu and hey the attraction looks mutual." He wiggled his eyebrows and walked off again.

Some time later she managed to work on the vehicle carefully taking it apart, meticulously working making sure not to cut corners. Over the next few days Ryujin worked hard to meet the deadline, she doesn't know why she wanted to do such a top job, motivated to get praise from the woman who was essentially a stranger.

On the morning of the day before the deadline she finished the job proud of herself, she started the car up giving it a small drive down the road and back to make sure it was running smoothly, then parked it back up. Giving it a spruce up washing it making it sparkle for when Y/n would come pick it back up again, she was going through the extra effort for this woman.

Ready to make the phonecall again she felt a small tremble in her fingers. "Calm down Ryu....." She mumbled to herself as she held the phone to her ear.

"Hello Ryujin, I hope you are calling with some good news?" Y/n greeted sweetly making Ryujin swallow thickly the womans voice was attractive.

"Good morning Y/n, I believe you will like what i'm about to tell you." Ryujin said.

"Is that so care to share it."

"Your car is ready to be picked up, it's running as good as new I double checked it myself." Ryujin smiled through her words.

"You're a life saver Ryujin, I've been anxious all week. What time do you close?" Y/n appreciated Ryujins work ethic and doing her a favour knowing the garage was busy.

"We close at 5.30pm."

Y/n sighed drumming her fingers on her office desk. "I am working late tonight I have a few reports