Will muttered sniffling. he grumbled quietly, pulling the blanket tighter around himself.

"Will?" Sam ask walking over. Will shot him a dirty look, but it was more pathetic than normal.

"can you not talk so loud?" Will hissed.

"oh sorry." Sam said, lowering his voice some. "you don't look so good." Sam said. Will glared at him and muttered.

"I have a cold. keep your mouth shut. I don't want Ratchet or Ironhide to hear." Will hissed. Sam raised an eye brow at him.

"didn't Ironhide drive you here?" Sam ask.

"yes do you know how much energy it took to pretend I was okay so he wouldn't drag me to Ratchet?" Will huffed. "don't ruin my hard work." he hissed. he cuddled into the blanket, using it to try and cover the sound of his coughing. he looked miserable. Sam frowned slightly, shooting a look at Bumblebee. his holoform winked at Sam and disappeared. Sam nodded slightly.

"can I get you something?" Sam ask.

"death." Will grumbled. Sam seemed shocked.

"uh... I... I meant like soup... or something...?" Sam said nervously. Will grumbled.

"no. I'd really just like to curl up in bed and sleep." Will sighed, sniffling again. Sam frowned.

"oh. let me see what I can do." Sam said, walking off. Will curled up and started coughing. fuck these stupid coughing fits, he was going to end up getting caught if he didn't stop. as the coughing fit finally stopped and he looked up he internally groaned.

"busted." Will muttered, sniffling at Ironhide's annoyed looking holoform.

"you are so busted." Ironhide glared slightly. "you're as bad as Sam." Ironhide said. Will glared tiredly at him.

"you had things you had to do. you can't just drop everything because... because-" Will cut himself off with a sneeze and glared. "because I have a cold. shoo before Optimus comes looking for you." Will said, sniffling. Ironhide raised his eye brows looking unimpressed.

"I've already explained to Prime you're sick. come on. we're going to see Ratchet." Ironhide said, scooping Will up.

"nooo. put me down." Will groaned, going limp. he knew it wouldn't help, Ironhide's holoform was just as strong as his alt form. he wouldn't be stopped by a little extra weight.

"hmm." Ironhide huffed. he easily shifted Will and headed for the medbay, passing Sam and Bumblebee's holoform as they went.

"fucking traitors." Will hissed, shooting Sam the nastiest look he could manage. Sam smiled slightly at him.

"feel better Will." Sam waved. Will grumbled slightly, his head spinning. he groaned there was a reason he hadn't been moving.

"stop. put me down." Will said.

"no." Ironhide said.

"I'm serious Hide put me down." Will said, more urgently. Ironhide raised an eye brow at him and kept walking. "Hide put me down." Will said struggling slightly. Ironhide held tighter and stopped, glaring.

"Will you're going to Ratchet whether you like it or not." Ironhide hissed. Will lurched forward puking all over himself and Ironhide's holoform. "disgusting." Ironhide growled. Will dropped his head back and groaned.

"told ya t' put me down." Will mumbled. he groaned lowly. Ironhide sighed, clearly annoyed and continued on the medbay, puke dripping all over the floor.

"I don't care who does it, but I'm on my way with Will to the medbay, he's purged all over the floor. someone clean that up." Ironhide grumbled loudly over the main com. he received a few angry or annoyed coms before Bumblebee said he and Sam had it covered. he continued to carry Will to the medbay, where Ratchet was waiting. he appeared amused when he saw Ironhide. "frag off Ratchet." Ironhide said.

"Will." Ratchet said, walking over. Will muttered at him eye's fluttering closed. he started coughing again and Ratchet stepped back, not wanting to get thrown up on. he looked him over, talking with Ironhide as he did so. "best option, take him home." Ratchet said. "keep him comfortable." he added. Ironhide nodded slightly.

"could just shoot me." Will grumbled, they ignored him.

"can you do something to keep him from throwing up again." Ironhide said. Ratchet appeared to be thinking. he nodded slightly and walked off. he came back and gave Will something.

"that should help." Ratchet said. Ironhide nodded.

"alright. I'm cleaning you up first. no way in hell you're getting in my cab like this." Ironhide said, heading for the human showers.

"I'll bring you some clothes for him." Ratchet said. Ironhide nodded. he stepped into the human shower rack. his holoform's shirt and pants disappeared, standing in his boxers. he held Will and turned on the water, standing Will up. he held him up watching the puke run off him. once his clothes were better, Ironhide stripped his charge down and cleaned him up. Will just kind of stood, leaned against him, and stared at the wall.

"hey I brought Will some clothes, but they're gonna be a bit big on him." Epps said, walking over.

"just set them over there. can you dispose of those?" Ironhide ask pointing to Will's dirty clothes. Epps nodded and did as he ask. Ironhide shut the water off and dried Will off the best he could. the man simply stood staring silently. his guardian dressed him and scooped him back up. "come on Will." Ironhide grumbled, carrying him out of the shower room. his alt form was waiting. the back door flew open and the holoform put his sick charge inside, before disappearing.

"bye guys." Epps waved.

"goodbye." Ironhide said, driving off. Will whined quietly as they drove. he curled up and whimpered. "do not throw up." Ironhide said.

"can' control it." Will mumbled, coughing quietly. he drove carefully, his holoform crouched in front of Will. Will sniffled and curled up, looking at him. it was a sad and tired look. Ironhide frowned slightly and reached over, rubbing his thumb over Will's cheek gently.

"you should've told me. we never would've come to the base today." Ironhide murmured. Will whined slightly and curled up.

"you had stuff to do." he mumbled. Ironhide frowned.

"yes, but as your guardian, you come before everything else. all I have to do is tell Prime you're sick and he'll find someone else do to the stuff he wanted me to do." Ironhide said.

"but its important." Will mumbled. Ironhide rolled his eye's.

"my duties as your guardian are more important." Ironhide said. he shook his head and sighed, running his hand gently through Will's hair. Will nuzzled his hand and murmured, sighing quietly. he coughed into his hand and whined. "you have a fever." Ironhide mumbled.

"s'okay." Will mumbled. he yawned slightly.

"rest." Ironhide murmured softly. Will gave him a sad look and whimpered, holding his stomach. Ironhide sighed softly and climbed up behind him, laying with him gently. "if you're going to puke say something. I'll pull over." Ironhide said.

"'kay." Will mumbled. he sneezed into his shirt and whines softly. Ironhide held him gently and tried to comfort him. the man was miserable. Ironhide was trying to be careful, but didn't want to take forever to get home.

he was careful as he pulled into the driveway. Will was asleep and he didn't want to risk waking him up. Ironhide gently scooped him up and carried him inside. Will shifted and whimpered.

"shhhh." Ironhide soothed gently. he carried the man upstairs carefully, trying as hard as he could not to wake him. he had almost made it to the bedroom when Will suddenly jerked up, shoving away from Ironhide and running towards the bathroom. Ironhide frowned and headed down stairs, hoping they had some sprite in the fridge. his internet research showed it should help. he headed back upstairs with a cup of sprite. he could hear Will getting sick in the toilet upstairs and headed into the bathroom. "Will?" Ironhide ask. Will sat back and looked at him whimpering quietly. Ironhide held the cup out to him.

"h-huh?" Will ask.

"sprite." Ironhide said. Will shakily took the cup and sipped the sprite.

"thanks." he mumbled. he slowly got up and flushed the toilet, washing his face and mouth. Ironhide watched him head to the bedroom. he followed Will, watching him set the cup on the nightstand, then curl up on the bed. Ironhide walked over and knelt in front of Will's face, reaching out and rubbing Will's cheek.

"can I do anything for you?" Ironhide ask.

"shoot me." Will mumbled.

"anything I can do that will help with your cold?" Ironhide ask, seemingly annoyed. Will shook his head slightly and winced.

"my head hurts." Will mumbled. Ironhide got up and headed into the bathroom. he came back with a bottle of Tylenol. he sat it on the nightstand.

"for your headache." Ironhide murmured. Will reached his hand out for it. Ironhide opened the bottle and handed him a few pills. he sat up slowly and took them. he used the sprite to take them before slowly laying back down. he curled back up and looked at Ironhide. the holoform nodded slightly and pulled the blanket over him. "I'll be back." Ironhide said, leaving the room. Will's eye's slowly fluttered closed and he curled up into the blanket.

he woke up a few hours later, assuming he'd been asleep a while. Ironhide's holoform was sleeping in a chair beside the bed. he and the floor were covered in puke. the cup of sprite from earlier was knocked over all over the nightstand and the floor. the blanket wasn't on him anymore. it was on the floor covered in puke. so more had happened than Will remembered. his stomach wasn't as upset as it had been before, he felt slightly better. he shifted and slowly sat up. Ironhide immediately stirred.

"Will?" Ironhide muttered.

"Hide? what happened?" Will mumbled.

"you had a bad coughing fit and started puking everywhere." Ironhide muttered. "I stopped cleaning up because you just kept throwing up." Ironhide said, getting up.

"m'sorry." Will said.

"you feel any better?" Ironhide ask.

"a little yeah." Will said. Ironhide nodded and started cleaning up. Will slowly got up and started helping him. his room smelt awful and he opened the window to let some air in. "my room smells." Will groaned.

"it will air out in a bit." Ironhide assured. Will sighed slightly as he helped clean up. he still wasn't moving very fast, so Ironhide was pretty much doing most of the work. he'd even moved Will out of the way and told him to clean up the sprite. by the time he was done, the rest of the room was mostly clean and Ironhide was picking his blanket, and disgusting clothes, off the floor. "I'll be right back. stay here." Ironhide said. Will nodded slightly and watched him go. he looked at his bed, his sheets had been changed.

"when did that happen?" Will muttered. he shuffled over to his closet, looking for a blanket to curl up with. when Ironhide came back he frowned and looked around.

"Will? I told you to stay right here." Ironhide said. Will shuffled over from down the hall.

"I needed a blanket..." Will mumbled. Ironhide turned around, Will had taken the blanket from the guest room and was heading back down, wrapped in the blanket. Ironhide frowned and walked over, scooping him up gently. "Hide?" Will ask.

"I told you to stay here. I would've gotten you a blanket." Ironhide said.

"I got cold." Will said, sounding slightly pathetic.

"you could've said something." Ironhide said, laying him on the bed.

"did you change the sheets?" Will ask.

"I had to earlier, before you woke up. you threw up on them." Ironhide said. Will nodded slightly and cuddled into the bed. "would you like to get a bath?" Ironhide ask.

"it'll be cold." Will said.

"you can take a warm bath while I work on the smell in the bedroom." Ironhide said. Will seemed hesitant. "come on." Ironhide said, scooping him up gently.

"b-but Hide...." Will tried.

"hush." Ironhide said, setting up the bath. "get in." Ironhide ordered. Will sighed but stood, slowly removing his clothes. he struggled a little with his shirt, Ironhide helped him gently. Will wiggled his pants off and slowly got into the water. Ironhide nodded and walked off. Will sank into the warm water and sighed quietly. he was going to end up falling asleep, but that was okay. he knew Ironhide would keep an eye on him and keep him from drowning. he muttered quietly, allowing himself to just fall asleep. Ironhide was quick to come and scoop him up, drying him off, dressing him, and putting him back to bed. his holoform flickered, but he couldn't risk putting it away. if Will needed him and he wasn't there it could be bad. he could sleep with the holoform, it wouldn't be that much help but it would keep him here. he sat back down in the chair and muttered quietly.

"Hide?" Will mumbled. Ironhide sat up.

"huh?" Ironhide ask.

"lay with me?" Will murmured. Ironhide smiled slightly and got up, walking over and laying down. he held him gently.

"are you okay?" Ironhide ask.

"m'cold. keep me warm." Will murmured. Ironhide smiled slightly and raised the temperature of his holoform, holding him tightly. he could sleep on the bed, it might help him. besides, if he was going to be using it for a few days, he'd need this rest. he closed his eye's and held Will tightly, falling asleep.