"Have you got any-" Kirk began to ask walking into McCoy's office.
"You only got me the Sharp Juice yesterday night. Dammit Jim, no I haven't created a miracle cure, less figured out how this works." McCoy said. Kirk sat on the chair opposite McCoy.
"So, how is he?"
"I'm sorry Jim, but I've got to be brutally honest with you" Mccoy said sitting up and looking Jim in the eye. Kirk sat bolt up right.
"What is it?"
"It's Spock he's… He's pretty cute."
Kirk grinned "no, really? You think he's cute? Can I see him?"
"Well this isn't helping me find a cure at all" McCoy said standing up and pulling his blue jumper off, leaving on the black undershirt.
"Um?" Kirk asked at his stripping
"You might want to take that off, it's pretty hot in there." McCoy said, as they both walked out his office towards the private area. Nurse Chapel walked greeted them as she exited the room fanning herself.
"Any change?" McCoy asked.
"No, he's just been pulling the toys apart. I'm going to take a brake."
"Of course, don't forget to get a drink." McCoy reminded her.
"I'm more than capable of remembering that, Sir."
Spock was sitting in a mostly empty room but that of a med bay bed and the toys around him. There was a large, plastic tree that at some point was supposed to make noises, but had been split in half. The electronics had been gutted from the toy and laid neatly to the side of it in a row, as well as the screws. A pad, for children designed only to play games had similarly been pulled apart. The only thing that hadn't been pulled apart were several puzzle's ranging from six pieces, to one hundred pieces most which had been put together. One which Spock was still in the process of putting together.
"Hello Spock" Kirk said kneeling down in front of him "my names Jim." Spock looked up at him with huge dark eyes, that seemed, almost a little too big for his face. Then he went back to the puzzle.
"As far as I can tell he's healthy, he's got some pretty extensive medical records for while he's a child, as he is the first human vulcan hybrid. Although some of his records have gone missing because of the, you know, with the um…" McCoy trailed off eyeing Spock and he motioned his hands in a way to show an explosion.
"Oh - right-"
"Yeah. But what I can find of his results are showing up the same." McCoy nodded.
"Well, at least the juice isn't reacting badly with him" Kirk said "are you having fun?"
Spock looked up. He tilted his head to the side for a moment and gave a tiny nod.
"Okay." Kirk said quietly.
"Spock, why've you taking this apart?" McCoy asked picking up the pieces of what was an electronic pad. Spock looked up for a moment but again only nodded and returned to the puzzle.
"He's not very talkative" McCoy said to Kirk who was staring "three and still not talking are you?" McCoy asked Spock in a fatherly voice that couldn't help but make Kirk smile.
"Although he might just be shy. I don't know, if vulcan children get shy, but I guess so."
Kirk wiped the sweat from the top of his "yeah. Weird. God it's hot. I should go."
"Yeah" McCoy nodded as he stood up "I'll bring you some more games in a moment Spock."
Kirk walked out the room followed by McCoy "it would sure be a hand if you could send down me ensigns to help watch him, it's hard to be in that room for long."
"Sure thing Bones."