Sparrow wished herself happy birthday on the 13th year of her life, as soon as you reached 13 you would get relocated to another room with the adult patients, and that would become your room for as long as your staying there.
Sparrow smiled as she saw Leslie in the other room across from her, thanking Lady Luck that she wasn't far from him.
Leslie had become Sparrows best friend at the hospital, they got along well even though she said nothing he seemed to appreciate her silence.
Being the same ages helped as well, the grownups didn't understand anything.
Her new room wasn't anything special, a small bed with a thin mattress and a sink nearby but Sparrow didn't see a toilet anywhere.
"Birdy, birdy birdy birdy birdy" Leslie started to repeat over and over causing the girl to walk up and try to peer through the bars of her door but she was too small. Her door was locked and tears began to cling to the edge of her eyes, she felt obliged to look after Leslie as she saw the nurses and doctors neglect him.
Suddenly her door clicked and opened to reveal a man covered in bandages. She smiled instantly knowing Ruvik would be ok with letting her stay in Leslie's room for a while. Ruvik was like the doctor who treated you differently to the others, like giving you two slices of the cake when everyone else got one, he made her feel like she was getting the special treatment.
She pointed to Leslie's room and he smiled at her before lifting a burned black finger to his lips.
"Shhh, don't tell anyone I did this" Ruvik said, smirking afterwards knowing she couldn't speak anyway. He strode towards Leslie's room and checked down the corridor before opening the door and letting her in.
Before she stepped in, he took the key off a hoop that held a lot of other keys and handed it to her.
"Don't let me find out you've been irresponsible with it" he winked at her, earning a bright beaming smile in return. Once she got the key and went inside the room to comfort Leslie, Ruvik walked down the halls towards his lab before Jimenez stepped out, halting Ruvik in his steps.
"Getting fond of one of the patients Ruvik?"Jimenez said smugly but got no reaction out of him.
"You said I could converse with whatever patient I desired"
"I did you are correct however, I did not think you would go soft on one" Ruvik stiffened at the accusation.
"I'm not going soft, I just pity her, she can't talk as she's stuck here" Ruvik growled before shoving past Jimenez.
"My family, my family are coming to get me soon, soon soon" Leslie whispered as they lay in his single bed. The following months after Ruvik gave Sparrow the key that allowed her to access Leslie's and her own room Sparrow had been keeping him company whilst he tried to sleep, Leslie had trouble trying to get to sleep and the staff weren't exactly helping so Sparrow would stay with him throughout the night and cuddle him, which made him comfortable.
"Family family, soon soon" he repeated as he stared tiredly at Sparrow. She just started to stroke his hair which made him flutter his eyes closed. Leslie would sometimes talk about his family to her, about how they would come back and get him. She was surprised about how similar they're backgrounds were.
She wish she could tell Leslie about her family, and that his would probably never come back, but for once she was thankful for being mute, as that would break poor Leslie's hopes and he may not have anything to live for.
7 years later
Sparrow loved the rain, she had never gone outside when it was raining, they would only be allowed out during the day when it was sunny and they were allowed to wander around the small garden the hospital had but it was barely anything.
She had also been seeing Ruvik around more recently as well and she felt closer to him as a result, he would just bring her to his room and he would talk to her, even though she never said anything he seemed fine with her just listening.
She learnt a lot about the human brain and how it functions, and that it was actually possible to live without the frontal lobe. She learnt a lot about his past as well, sometimes he would babble on about his sister Laura and how his father was a stuck up swine.
He admitted he would like to find out what stops her from talking by analysing her brain but reassured her that he wouldn't poke around in her head, laughing at her horrified expression.
"CUTTING MY HEAD CUTTING MY HEAD" loud shouts echoed down the hallway catching Sparrows attention, immediately recognising the voice of her repetitive friend. Rushing to the door and pressing her face against the bars she saw Leslie trying to get away from two doctors who were trying to restrain him, she didn't know what they wanted him for but his yells of fear pained her heart.
Running back to her bed she lifted the mattress and got the key from under it, running back to the door she fumbled and tried to fit the key through the door, her hands shaking as Leslie's screams got louder and more terrifying. She had never heard him scream this bad.
"BIRDY BIRDY BIRDY" he started to scream, it pained her more that he screamed for her yet she wasn't there yet.
Finally swinging the door open she ran towards Leslie, nearly slipping on the sleek floor.
Pushing both doctors out of the way she immediately embraced Leslie, putting her arms tightly around him and using one hand to stroke his hair, calming him immediately.
He sniffed for a while after calming down before wrapping his arms around her waist and burying his head between her neck and shoulder.
"Doctors, doctors hurt me, hurt, hurt, pain pain pain pain" he tried to tell her.
Sparrow immediately glared at the two doctors who backed away, one of them she recognised to be Jimenez.
"Sparrow, listen to me, for the well being of Leslie he has to be taken away for tests! It's imperative for his mental health" Jimenez tried to convince her.
Sparrow however was no fool, she had noticed the patients disappearing under the name of 'tests' and promised herself nothing would happen to Leslie.
Giving Jimenez a hard look she let go of Leslie but took hold of his hand and led him away from them, he waddled behind her and felt at ease knowing birdy was taking him somewhere away from the pain.
"Sparrow! Get back here now and get in your room!" Jimenez yelled at their retreating forms.
"Jimenez" Ruvik's voice dominated the chaotic corridor,"leave them be, we can always choose another patient"
Jimenez narrowed his eyes at Ruvik before walking past him, bumping into his shoulder along the way.
"You are going soft" Jimenez muttered.
Ruvik stared at Sparrow who stood at the far end of the hallway with her back towards him and a shaking Leslie holding her hand. She turned her head to the side to look at him before giving a nod of thanks and carrying walking down the hallway and around the corner.
Ruvik didn't know why he was acting this way, from the moment he met her he had been unable to act like the cold hearted scientist everyone else thought he was, and in a way he appreciated acting different around Sparrow.
Laura, the only person he felt loved him for him, and not because he was an intelligent child, got burnt alive along with his heart. He took it as a sign to not waste the life Laura had given him. But that child with the Aqua green eyes.
It changed him and he suddenly wanted to feel, happy again, and so he did every time they were alone together, she would say nothing, but always seemed interested in his research and he laughed at her expressions, laughing, something he hadn't done in a long long time. Would she change if she found out he had been using the same patients who have been sleeping just down the hallway, for his research?
Ruvik could only wonder. For the first time in a long while, he didn't know what was going on inside a brain, her brain was a sunflower among bluebells, and like any other flower, he just wanted to pick it.
AN/ hey guys so just wanted to say that I've made a cover for this story actually bit I'm uploading chapters through my phone and it's kinda awkward cause I can't upload an image of it right now so I'll have to go on a computer and do it I dunno, anyway hope you enjoy the story so far please REVIEW thanks!