Mike woke with a start as he felt someone sit down next to him on the sofa. He tried to sit up but felt the pain in his head and let his body crash back down onto the pillow.

"Hey Mikey, you feeling any better?" Charlie ran her fingers through his hair

"mmm" Mike felt himself drift back asleep

"No, come on kid, you gotta eat something"

"Not hungry" Mike mumbled from where he was facing down on the pillow

"You haven't eaten anything the whole day, c'mon man Charlie made soup and she won't let us eat any of it until you have some!" Johnny whined. Mike actually thought back to the last time he ate and realized that it was probably more like 2 or 3 days ago when he was able to eat without throwing it back up.

"mmm ok" Mike tried to sit up again and felt a stronger pain in his stomach, he hadn't told anyone yet because having a flu meant no work at all, unlike a cold which still allowed him to be working his cases.

"You ok man?" Of course they could all see the pain written on his face, and Mike noticed that now Johnny sounded less like he was joking and more concerned.

"Yeah" He was sure they all had heard how hoarse his voice was, but he was only sent a skeptical look from Johnny as he pulled himself up despite the pain and felt himself shaking from the effort.

Charlie got up from where she sat next to him, and he found himself struggling even more to sit up without having her to lean on. It felt much longer than 30 seconds when waiting for her to place the soup in front of him, but he figured that if he could hold up long enough to eat a couple spoonfuls they would leave him alone.

"You sure you ok? You look whiter than usual" Now he felt Paige, Briggs and Charlie study him more closely as he attempted to pick up the spoon.

He tried to tell them that he was fine but it came out as more of a croak. Mike tried to reach forward and tried to focus on the bowl of soup and hiding the pain he currently felt.

"Levi, seriously, are you feeling alright?" Briggs must have noticed how shaky he was and at that moment he heard a thud and realized he was on the floor. All he could hear was someone saying his name as the rest of the living room faded into darkness.

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He was confused by the antiseptic smell and unfamiliar bed when then the events of what he assumed was earlier that day flooded back to him. He felt increasingly stupid for not telling anyone how shitty he felt but in his defense none of them needed anything or anyone else to worry about

Mike slowly opened his eyes, allowing them to adjust to the bright room. When his vision was completely focused he looked around the room to see the smiling faces of Charlie and Paige and saw a doctor leaving the room

"Hey Mikey!"

Mike grimaced as he sat up too quickly which earned him another concerned look from both of his roommates

"You scared all of us earlier"

Mike couldn't respond, only try to avoid their gazes as he tried not to let himself cry in front of him. No one has ever cared about him like the people at graceland had, even his own family. And here he was lying to them about everything, they all trusted him and he didn't deserve people like them in his life.

"Mike you ok? You need me to get the doctor?"

"No...I just...sorry and umm thanks for being here" Mike couldn't hold back the tears much longer so he tried to take the focus away from himself, "so...uhh what happened?"

"Nothing too major, you have a stomach virus and passed out from undernourishment"
"Next time tell us when you don't feel well, then we can stick someone on 'Mike-watch'...why didn't you tell us?"

"Didn't want you guys to worry" Now Mike felt the tears begin to stream down his cheeks and watched as Charlie and Paige's faces were full of worry, which was exactly what he didn't want to see, so that backfired a bit.

"Mike, what's wrong?" Paige took a seat in the chair next to the bed and Charlie took a seat on the edge of his bed.

"Look, I know when you first got here not all of us made you feel welcome, but kid, you're family, you can tell us anything" Charlie did not help at all with his guilt of lying to all of them, instead it made him want to sink into the sheets of the bed and never come out.

"I'm just glad that you guys care" Mike looked up and saw the smiles on their faces and at that moment he forgot about his guilt and decided to relax for as long as he could.