You woke up in the hospital next morning to a cheerful nurse who brought you breakfast.
"Good morning, sweetie. How are you feeling?" She asked, putting the small plate of pancakes next to you.
"Well, I'm alive. And awake. And my favorite superhero saved me from being kidnapped." You responded, shrugging as she checked your vital signs. You were hooked up to an IV and oxygen and a bunch of other wires and devices, so all she had to do was check the screen.
"That must have been exciting. The superhero part, not the kidnapping part." She let out a giggle, and you smiled back at her. You started to dig into the pancakes, forcing yourself to eat slowly since it was the first real meal you'd had in nearly a week.
The nurse had also brought you some fruit, some bacon, and some juice if you wanted it. "You do have a visitor waiting, by the way. Do you want to finish your breakfast first or is it ok if I go get them now?"
You gave her the ok to send them in, since you didn't really care who watched you eat the pancakes.
In came a man with silky black hair that you didn't recognize. He was carrying a big vase of flowers, which he set on the windowsill.
You stabbed another bite of pancakes with your fork.
"Hello, mysterious stranger. What brings you here?" You asked curiously as he drew the curtain of the window into the hallway.
"Hi. I'm Cisco Ramon, and I'm a consultant with the CCPD. I worked on your case and, well, I figured it would be nice if your first visitor wasn't for taking your statement about the whole kidnapping deal." He dragged over a chair and sat down.
"Thank you, that's really sweet." You smiled at him and offered him some bacon; your stomach was a little upset so you didn't think you could eat it all.
"How are you feeling?" Cisco crunched the bacon.
"Better than yesterday. IV fluids are a miracle of science." You spoke through a mouthful of pancakes, and it made him chuckle. His voice seemed really familiar, and you squinted to try and think of whether you knew him or not.
"Science is awesome." Cisco responded, nabbing a strawberry from your fruit. There was a few seconds of silence as you studied him.
"...have I met you before?"
That seemed to startle him a little bit, and you could practically see his brain working through a problem.
"You haven't met me, no." Cisco answered.
"That was an odd way to answer that, Cisco Ramon." He chuckled softly.
"Maybe. Maybe not. But still, it's a no. But I have been taking care of your cat for a couple days." You raised an eyebrow.
"Your house is really far out so when Detective West went in to take a look he decided to bring your cat so he wouldn't get hungry or lonely and stuff." Cisco responded after finishing his bacon strip.
"Thank you, that's so sweet." You took a sip of the juice, still staring at Cisco and trying to piece together where you've seen him before.
"It was my pleasure. He's a good cat." Cisco stood up, collecting himself. He took something out of his bag; it was your cellphone. "I do believe this is yours. Joe told me to take it since you probably want it right now."
You took it gratefully, turning it on as Cisco turned to leave.
"Wait a minute. You're just going to sweep in here all charming-like and bring me flowers and give me my phone and not give me your number?" You protested. Cisco just laughed and opened the door to leave.
"Already in there. You really should set a passcode."
With a wink, he left. You went into your contacts. Sure enough, there was a new contact, Cisco Ramon, with a goofy picture of him with his tongue out set as the picture.
You let out a giggle, but you face soon fell to mild confusion. You weren't the kind of person to forget a face, so why did he seem so familiar?
Perhaps it was the dehydration. Or the lack of sleep, you thought, turning back to your breakfast to finish it in peace.
Still, though, he was nice, and you were grateful for his visit.
Things were starting to finally look up.