Sophie was awoken several times in the night to nurses coming to check on Keefe. By morning, sleep deprivation of the last couple of days was setting in.
When woken up for the fifth time at seven, she decided that sleep was a lost cause. She glanced around the room. Ro wasn't there. Surely she hadn't left.
Sophie was correct. Ten minutes later, Ro came back into the room with a McDonald's bag. She placed a bagel sandwich on the table near Sophie.
"Got breakfast," she informed her. "Couldn't sleep, and I was hungry."
"Thanks," Sophie said, grabbing the sandwich and taking a bite.
A while later, Keefe stirred. Sophie helped him adjust the bed and propped him up.
"Thank you," he murmured.
"Of course," she told him. She pointed over to a tray on one of the counters. "Do you want to eat anything yet? They brought you a tray a bit ago."
He shrugged. "I guess I'll try."
Sophie brought him the tray over and helped him get settled. He ate a couple of bites of grits before making a face and setting the spoon down.
"Everything alright?" She asked.
He nodded. "Just not hungry."
"That's ok. If you wanted something later, I can go out and grab it. What do you want to do right now?"
Another shrug as a response. Sophie pursed her lips. She knew he wasn't himself right now, but it didn't take away how much it hurt seeing him in that bad of a funk.
"We can watch TV," she prompted. "Or you can draw. Or we could just talk. It's really up to you."
"It doesn't matter," he mumbled.
He looked back down to his lap. He fiddled with his nails. He refused to make any sort of eye contact.
Sophie decided to turn the TV on. Keefe looked up at it. Slowly, he started to lean over in her direction. She scooted to him, wrapping an arm around him.
They separated when a fleet of nurses came into the room. They were going to take out the chest tubes.
Sophie was intrigued, yet squeamish about the thought of watching it. After giving Keefe a heafty dose of drugs for pain and relaxation, they began.
Sophie watched as the doctors took out the two tubes. The both of them went all the way to his heart. She crinkled her nose when the first one came out. Then the second. She didn't want to watch, but she couldn't look away either.
Keefe didn't seem to mind, nor be paying any attention. He was staring up at the ceiling in his own little world. Ro could be heard giggling every time his eyes turned in awe for whatever he was staring at.
Eventually, the nurses finished up their job and left. Sophie sat back down and ran her hands through Keefe's hair. His eyes flicked from where he was staring out at the ceiling to her.
His eyes gave that dreamy look all over again. His lips finally quirked up a bit for the first time since he woke up. That made a huge grin spread across Sophie's face. In turn, his smile widened, even if slightly. It made a world of difference to her.
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Broken Heart/Broken Mind
Random(Human AU) Sophie and Keefe met in the children's hospital when they were little. Because of how long they were confined to the four walls of the hospital, they became very close during their stay. As the years pass, they wind up being in the same c...
