"he's gonna be okay here right?" Will ask, seeming slightly anxious.

"he'll be fine." Wheeljack assured. Will nodded and yawned slightly, heading for his room. Ironhide was already laying on his bed and Will was getting used to it, except Ironhide was a bed hog. he was sleeping in the middle of the bed with his arms sprawled out. Will huffed and walked over. he tried moving the man but it didn't work so Will gave an annoyed sigh and simply curled up beside his guardian, resting his head on the mans arm. he was going to take up the whole bed, he'd have to deal with his arm being asleep. he yawned and fell asleep, ignoring Ironhide's grumbling in his sleep.

*later*

it was later in the day when Will woke up, on the bed by himself. he stretched and yawned quietly, looking up as the bathroom door opened.

"those don't look like my pants." Will said.

"because they aren't yours. some human soldiers brought us all some clothes." Ironhide said, drying his wet hair with a towel. Will watched him a moment before getting up and stretching again.

"what time is it?" Will ask.

"nearly 4pm. you slept for about 6 hours." Ironhide replied. Will nodded and stretched, heading out of the room. suddenly Ironhide slammed him against the wall.

"ouch! hey! be gentle you already hurt my-" Will was cut off when Ironhide suddenly slammed his lips against the soldiers. Will never got a chance to respond as suddenly his guardian was gone. Will looked around, but couldn't find him. the man was just gone, looking out into the garage, the borrowed truck was gone. Ironhide had left. the man had kissed him and run off. Will scoffed slightly and headed to the kitchen. Optimus was sitting in the kitchen, reading. "hey Optimus, did Hide come through here?" Will ask.

"left in a big hurry." Optimus shrugged. "he seemed... I'm not sure. I've never seen that look on his face." Optimus said. Will nodded.

"he was acting pretty weird." Will frowned slightly. Optimus looked at him and watched him shake his head and sigh. as the day went on, Ironhide didn't return. Will went to bed as it got dark outside and Ironhide still hadn't returned.

*a few days later*

nearly a week later and Ironhide was still avoiding him, but Will knew how to catch him off guard. he snuck quietly down the stairs and angrily grabbed Ironhide's shirt. the man quickly put his coffee down and was going to pull the arm off him, but realized it was Will's injured arm. he didn't want to hurt him again. he narrowed his eye's at Will slightly, confused, but yelped in surprise as the man tugged on his shirt and pulled him towards the stairs. he pulled Ironhide upstairs and slammed him against the wall, the same way the man had done to him.

"whats your problem?" Will glared. "you throw me around, break my wrist, slam me against walls, and kiss me. what the fuck is your problem?" Will glared. Ironhide didn't answer him, simply stared at him silently. "then you avoid the fuck out of me and won't even talk to me." Will hissed. Ironhide watched him his face growing red. Will slammed his lips against his guardians and Ironhide grabbed the collar of his shirt roughly, holding him closer. after a moment Ironhide shoved him back, glaring slightly, but Will could see he was embarrassed.

"hey I heard shouting. are you two okay?" Optimus ask, poking his head in.

"yeah Prime we're fine." Ironhide grumbled. the Prime seemed unsure but nodded and walked back out of the room. Will watched Ironhide silently.

"well?" Ironhide glared.

"don't well me, you're the one who didn't even give me a chance the other day. you just took off." Will glared. he shrugged slightly, but stayed quiet. "just use your words Hide." Will said.

"what words? I don't know anything of what this stupid feeling is. something I didn't feel until I became human!" Ironhide said.

"you avoided me." Will glared. he knew it was a slight chance Ironhide had felt this way before and simply pushed the feeling away and ignored it, like he'd seen Ironhide do with a lot of his feelings.

"I had too." Ironhide glared back. "I can't just transform and go for a drive anymore to think and let you have time." he hissed. Will looked at him quietly and stepped back. Ironhide stepped away from the wall Will had pinned him against. Will stepped back some more, giving him space.

"right. sorry. I just got angry." Will muttered. Ironhide sighed slightly.

"yeah I guess I am too." he said.

"Hide?" Will ask. his guardian looked at him with a raised eye brow.

"yeah?" Ironhide ask.

"is that.... is that what you've been trying to do this whole time?" Will ask. Ironhide's face lit up bright red.

"yeah, but you wouldn't shut up and kept pissing me off and then I hurt you and pretty much gave up." he grumbled.

"sorry. you were making me nervous just randomly slamming me around. if you had just told me 'shut up I'm doing something' I would've got quiet and let you." Will said. Ironhide huffed.

"liar." he grumbled. Will huffed slightly, but looked up.

"hey Will?" Wheeljack ask.

"whats up Jack?" Will ask. Wheeljack nodded slightly for him to follow him. Will followed him out of the room towards the garage. "whats wrong Jack?" Will ask.

"Jazz. he found something and is terrified of it. I was going to go to Sam but he and Bumblebee went out for a walk." Wheeljack said.

"so its organic?" Will ask. Wheeljack nodded and lead him to where Jazz was currently living. when Wheeljack opened the door, Jazz was pressed against a corner of the room. there on the bed was a small fluffy ball. "oh this?" Will chuckled walking over. "hi there. I thought there was something living in the garage when Ironhide wasn't home." he smiled.

"what is it?" Jazz ask.

"a cat Jazz. it's harmless." Will assured, reaching to pet the creature. it let him rubbing against his hand. "look I'll take it inside." Will said picking it up. Jazz relaxed slightly, letting out a sigh of relief.

"thanks Will." Wheeljack smiled. Will nodded and headed back inside the house.

"bet you're hungry hmm?" Will ask.

"what was wrong with Jazz?" Ironhide ask.

"a cat. seems pretty young. probably still a kitten." Will said. Ironhide walked over and looked at the cat, nodded slightly.

"it's never seen this one around before." Ironhide said.

"I'm gonna feed it and take it up to the vet tomorrow, maybe it's chipped." Will said.

"chipped? its not glass Will." Ironhide said. Will snorted.

"no, like microchipped. people chip their pets in case they get lost." Will explained. Ironhide nodded slightly.

"why is it vibrating?" Ironhide ask.

"he's happy." Will said going through the cabinets. he found something he could give to the kitten and put it down on the floor for him to eat. Ironhide watched.

"what are you going to do with him if he is not chipped?" Ironhide ask.

"not sure. I'll figure it out." Will frowned slightly, he looked up. "hey Optimus." Will waved. the Prime looked down at the creature.

"the creature from Jazz' room?" Optimus ask.

"yeah. its a cat. I'm gonna take him to the vet tomorrow." Will said. he stepped away from the animal. Optimus nodded slightly.

"he was scared of that." Optimus chuckled.

"he's never seen one. I don't blame him." Will shrugged. Ironhide was watching Will again. "Hide you okay?" Will ask. the man grabbed Will and dragged him back upstairs. Will followed willingly. however he was surprised when Ironhide pulled him to Ratchets room. "what are you doing?" Will ask confused.

"stay here." Ironhide said, an odd tone in his voice. he pushed the man into Ratchets room. Ratchet looked surprised.

"Will?" Ratchet ask quietly.

"yeah Ironhide's acting weird. told me to stay here." Will said.

"Wheeljacks being weird too, must be Decepticons." Ratchet mumbled. Will heard a sound against the door and opened it.

"I said stay." Ironhide glared, leaning against the wall beside the door. Will looked down.

"I heard something." Will said, kneeling to grab the kitten. "probably this little guy." Will said. he closed the door holding the kitchen

"what is that?" Ratchet mumbled.

"a cat." Will said. he put the kitten down and watched it immediately run over to Ratchet and curl up with him, purring.

"what is it doing?" Ratchet said.

"purring and cuddling you. it's fine. he likes you." Will assured. Ratchet winced slightly. "just get some sleep. if something was wrong Ironhide would say." Will said. Ratchet glared at him slightly.

"no I'm fine. I'm tired of sleeping." he muttered. Will poked his head out.

"Hide? whats happened?" Will ask.

"Hot Rod had optics on Bumblebee and Sam, but now he's lost it and they can't trace them." Ironhide said.

"they're missing?" Will ask.

"for now. Wheeljack went out to help find them." Ironhide said.

"so why are you here guarding Ratchets room?" Will ask.

"because, Prime's orders." Ironhide said, arms crossed over his chest.

"and why am I here?" Will ask.

"Wheeljack wants you to keep Ratchet company." Ironhide replied.

"where's Optimus and Jazz?" Will ask.

"out helping with the search." Ironhide said. Will seemed semi confused.

"but why would they leave you behind?" Will ask curiously.

"Wheeljack made a shield so no Cybertronians can transform, they have to use their holoform. I'm here to beat the fuck out of anyone who dares break in." Ironhide said. Will nodded. he turned to look behind him, Ratchet was snoring.

"he's asleep." Will said, walking out of the room. Ironhide grabbed him and pulled him back to the room. "hey." Will glared.

"I said stay." Ironhide said.

"I'm hungry, unless you want me to take a bite of your arm, let go." Will glared. Ironhide let go with a frown. Will headed to the kitchen. he made himself a sandwich and brought one up to Ironhide. "here." Will said. Ironhide looked at him, boredly. "look I know you haven't eaten and you're in soldier mode, but you still have to eat." Will said. Ironhide took the sandwich and grumbled. Will ate with him and paused as they heard something at the door. Ironhide shoved Will into the bedroom and closed the door. Will yelped, landing face first on the ground and winced. Ratchet shifted and mumbled, opening his eye's.

"Will?" Ratchet mumbled. Will got up from the floor quickly and searched through his dresser drawers. he pulled out his pistol quickly.

"Ratchet, the holoforms take damage to your real bodies right?" Will ask.

"yeah why?" Ratchet ask. Will nodded and slowly opened the door, poking his head out. Ironhide shot a glare up at him from beside the door, holding one of Wills shot guns in his hands. Ratchet stayed silent, he wasn't entirely sure what was happening but knew to be quiet. the door opened and Will quickly ducked out of the way, he honestly couldn't think of any Autobot with that specific shade of hair that he'd seen.

"stupid Autobots hiding in this house in their stupid fleshling bodies." Starscream grumbled. Ironhide waited until Starscream was in front of him before swinging the gun hard at him and hitting him in the back of the head. Will leaned hard against the door, gun clutched to his chest, making eye contact with Ratchet. the medic winced and tried to sit up, but Will shushed him and made a motion for him to sit up.

"just stay-" Will tried. a gun shot rang out and the noises from down stairs stopped. it was quiet for only a second before a second shot rang out. Will opened the door slowly and poked his head out. someone was moving around.

"you stupid Autobot!" Starscream hissed. Will inched over to the stair railing to look down. Starscream was standing over Ironhide, who had a knife in his hand and what appeared to be a bullet hole in his shoulder, on the floor. Will glared at Starscream.

"get off me ya slaggin' Con!" Ironhide growled. Starscream grabbed the shot gun grinning as he pointed it at Ironhide's head.

"you stupid Autobot." he smirked. Ironhide glared at him, unafraid. he was a soldier, death was bound to happen in battle.

"get off me!" Ironhide growled trying to shove him off. Starscream laughed cocking the shotgun, pointing the barrel between Ironhide's eye's. 

"say goodbye Autobot." Starscream grinned. Ironhide closed his eye's as Starscream pulled the trigger and a shot rang out.