Taciturn (Niall Horan)

CHAPTER 16 - Reunion

Nona’s POV

"That's for today, Nona. You’re progressing faster as I expected. Just keep it up and soon enough, you can rap like Nicki Minaj." my doctor said and I can't help but to chuckle.

"Thank you." I carefully spoke.

I left his office with a smile on my face.

It’s been a month then after we got back home from Australia. Everything's normal.

I continued my therapy that stopped for the two months hence I was in the land down under. When I got back, my doctor was surprised that I could actually utter a few words. He would be in pure shock because for a year I undergo his treatment, I can't even make a sound. He calls this a miracle for me. Laura keeps teasing me that Niall is the cure. She's back with her loosing mind.

As I was saying, I’m trying my very best to be normal again. I don't force myself to speak like a normal person does. I talk slowly and carefully. And I believe that someday, I could rap Super Bass in high-speed rate.

"Aren't you tired of smiling that way?" Luke approached.

"Never." and I smiled even more.

"It’s better to see you like that." he smiled back. "Where next?"

"I wanna go..."

"Nightingale Asylum." he finished.

I pout at him with a frown. He always cut me off when I try to speak. He treats me like I'm a child learning how to talk.

Niall never cut me off the way Luke does. I remember our very first phone call. He was patient enough to wait for the words I was saying.

Luke lacks it. Well, I can't blame him. I could utter a word for the minimum of four seconds. But I know I'm improving a lot so he should stop treating me that way.

"C'mon! Think of those kids you're excited to see again and stop burning a hole in my head." he cracked up.

I stop glaring at him and shake my head in disbelief. No doubt, he's twined with Laura. Actually, I could set up Gail and Louis with them and they could be quadruplets in terms of being crazy kids.

Okay, I'm quoting Ke$ha in there.

We walk out the hospital receiving a few 'Hi' and 'Hello' from young nurses. They're greeting Luke, not me. I must admit it. Luke is attractive. With his chocolate brown hair and feline blue eyes, he can be mistaken as Zac Efron.; except, Zac is a sex god. Oh my. What am I talking about?!

Luke opens the door for me and helps me in. He jogs on the other side and takes the driver seat. He starts on the ignition and off we go.

If you're wondering what is 'Nightingale Asylum'; it is a charity school for youths with disabilities. I studied sign language here together with Laura and Luke. They needed to study too at that moment so I could have someone who could understand me. Ever since I became an orphan, Luke is my legal guardian so he was required to attend classes with me. Actually, the twins' mother was my actual guardian but since she also passed away six months after my parents death, Luke took over the responsibility.

Back to Nightingale Asylum, I volunteered there to encourage other blinds, crippled, deaf and mutes; just like me, before. Most of them are inborn with the disability. So whenever I'm going to tell my story, they would say mine is an unwonted case; rare in other terms. I guess I'm blessed because I'm given a chance to talk, again.

"We're here." Luke announced as he pulls in the front of an old building.

A smile on my face appeared. I'm gonna see those kids again.