"Bring him to my house," Lily tells Sunstreaker, "no one else will be here all weekend. You could tell Prowl you and Sideswipe decided to stay at my house."
"I'm not sure if that'll work. We'll be there in ten minutes."
Lily rushes to prepare the guest bedroom and her room for the twins. Uncertain if Sunstreaker wants to stay with his drunk brother overnight.
Sunstreaker couldn't believe how drunk Sideswipe is. Usually, his brother doesn't drink enough to get drunk. He watches Sideswipe struggle to walk.
"Come on, I'm taking you to Lily's house."
Sideswipe complains while stumbling.
Lily couldn't believe how drunk Sideswipe is. Is Sunstreaker holding him up or supporting him? She shows the brothers the guest room.
Sunstreaker argues with Sideswipe to get him to take his boots off and get into bed.
"Oh, I can't wait for you to deal with tomorrow's aftermath."
"He's going to be fun tomorrow," Sunstreaker comments, "maybe he'll learn not to drink so much. I have no idea how much he had. At least he called me."
"Oh boy, I can hear Prowl yelling if he finds out."
The two go to sleep.
Sideswipe wakes up with a list of symptoms of a hangover.
He's tired, but also his dry mouth has him thinking he needs to get water. He tries to get out of bed, but the room is spinning.
"Frag," he mumbles as he lies down
"Stupid fragger!" Sunstreaker scolds.
"Go away," Sideswipe whines.
"Fine."
Sideswipe hears Sunstreaker leave. He tries to sleep.
Just as he's about to fall asleep, someone headbutts him.
"What the —?"
Sideswipe realizes that it was a cat headbutting him. Sideswipe tries to get out of bed, but sitting up is challenging. He sees Sunstreaker left water and pain relief. He takes the pills and lies back in bed. He didn't think the cat would lie beside him, though not under the blankets. The cat starts purring.
"Awe," Sideswipe hears Lily, "good kitty. We'll be downstairs if you get out of bed."
"Hey, just wait until you're old enough to drink."
Lily laughs as she leaves the room. The cat falls asleep with Sideswipe.
"... we'll be back tomorrow," Lily hears Sunstreaker as she goes downstairs, "well, Sideswipe likely won't be in trouble."
"Awe, but now you're here. You could stay until Monday."
"Oh, come on, Lily, I would have come over if you asked, and so would have Sideswipe."
Sunstreaker hugs Lily.
Lily decides to go back upstairs, curious if Sideswipe and her cat are sleeping.
Sunstreaker waits for Lily, uncertain what she's doing. He didn't think he'd be shown a picture of Sideswipe and Lily's cat. He's not surprised Lily asks that the two paint the photo she took.
"Painting from a photo is still weird but fun," Lily comments.
Sideswipe wakes up feeling better. He gets his phone that's on the bed, seeing it's two in the afternoon. The cat is not happy he got out of bed.
"I don't want to get out of bed either. Sunstreaker is likely pissed."
Sideswipe goes downstairs, not looking forward to seeing his brother.
Sideswipe thought he could sneak into the kitchen until he's slammed into the wall.
"Do you have any idea how much trouble you could have been in?!" Sunstreaker scolds, "what if they called the police?!"
"I was having fun."
Sunstreaker slaps Sideswipe.
"I should have taken you back to the bar to get yelled at. Then maybe you'd learn!"
"Ok, Sunstreaker, he gets it," Lily argues.
"I don't think he does, but fine!"
Sunstreaker lets Sideswipe go. Sideswipe goes into the kitchen.
Sideswipe gets food but goes back upstairs to avoid Sunstreaker. Though he doubts he'll be able to until Monday. He can't leave now since his alt mode is still at the club.
The cat is happy to see Sideswipe returned and demands to be patted as Sideswipe eats.
I could take a bus to the club and get my alt mode now. Sideswipe thinks. I'll still be dealing with Sunstreaker whether I leave now or not.
Lily is worried about how hard Sunstreaker will be on Sideswipe. She believes Sideswipe is being punished enough with the hangover. Add what Sunstreaker just did.
"I think he learned to be careful when drinking," Lily argues.
"Maybe, and next time, maybe I won't be nice and bring him here. I hope you'll be responsible when you can drink."
The hangover symptom worsens as the pain relief wears off at four in the afternoon. Sunstreaker is concerned seeing Sideswipe's struggle to sit up.
Ah, frag, I hope we don't need to call Ratchet.
Sunstreaker searches hangovers on the internet. Knowing he's possibly risking Sideswipe's health by not contacting Ratchet. What he reads has him partially believing Sideswipe is ok. He decides to watch Sideswipe for the concerning signs of something more serious. For now, Sunstreaker gets Sideswipe water. The three decide to order Uber Eats. Sideswipe just wants to go back to bed.
"No, you need to eat," Sideswipe tries to find a way to deal with the returning headache, light sensitivity, and dizziness. Sideswipe rests his head on the arm of the vouch. The cat finds Sideswipe and rubs on him, "I think you have a friend."
Sideswipe pats the cat but doesn't look at the cat.
Sideswipe struggles to eat. All he wants to do is go to bed.
Sunstreaker decides half of what Sideswipe has is enough. He helps Sideswipe to bed.
Sunstreaker didn't know Lily followed them.
"I don't know if he'll wake up, but we should leave these for him."
Lily shows Sunstreaker she has a couple granola bars and water.
"He could be asleep all night, but good idea."
Lily puts the items on the nightstand and leaves the room with Sunstreaker. The cat jumps on the bed and gets comfortable next to Sideswipe.
"Good cat," Sideswipe pats the cat and falls asleep.
Sideswipe wakes up at six in the morning, feeling much better. He knows Lily and Sunstreaker aren't up. He eats what Lily left for him and pats the cat.
Sideswipe didn't think he'd fall asleep until he sees it's ten fifteen on his phone. His cat friend isn't around. Sideswipe takes a shower before going downstairs.
Lily and Sunstreaker are eating breakfast when Sideswipe gets downstairs.
"Feeling better?" Lily asks.
"Yes," Sideswipe replies, not hiding that he's not looking forward to dealing with Sunstreaker.
"Leave him alone. He's been punished enough," Lily insists.
Sunstreaker doesn't say anything as the three eat. They decide to stay at the house until three. That's when the twins will go back to the base. No one there will know what happened Friday night that led the brothers to stay at Lily's house.