~ "Grrr, it is so boring here" a disgruntled growl echoed through the children's ICU ward of the Arc'Corre Hospital, "I though being sent to a hospital outside the valley in a larger city, there would be more kids here but it seams but it seams they are all the same" the growl continued coming from a young fennec fox as he laid back, his head hitting his pillow on his hospital bed. "I hate being alone in this place all the time" the fennec fox continued with a pout as he placed a hand on his chest, feeling the scar beneath the hospital gown he was wearing from the surgery on his heart almost a week ago, "why am I the only kid that has a heart like this? To have to keep coming to these places, to keep having these 'procedures' that are suppose to fix it, yet I keep ending up here to only under go more... why can't I just be like everyone else? the fennec fox kit finished placing a hand over his eyes as tears started to form. The fennec boy eventually drifted to sleep, only to be awoken a bit latter by the sound of the doors to the ward bursting open with a commotion of doctors following in, "what is it this time?" the fennec boy said with a sigh as he sat up seeing the shadows coming towards him from the other side of the screen next to his bed, "I better not have to go back to that operating theater, my heart feel fine at the moment so I hope they let it be for now" the fennec boy continued remember back all the times he had been wished back to the place he hated due to 'complications' coming up even though he felt fine, but tests and instruments said otherwise that serious conditions were bearing their teeth and immediate intervention was needed, most of them so fast that half the time he was awake to see the first cut into his chest. The fennec boy curled up as the shadows came close but stopped before coming around the screen as a small squeak from wheels of a gurney followed as Flint started shaking, "that's it, they are here to take me awake again... I don't want to go back... I don't want another operation..." the fennec boy cried into his arms while starting to shake, as the squeaking of the gurney stopped, though instead of the doctors coming to place him on the gurney, the fennec boy looked over to see the shadows placing a smaller shadow on the bed that was on the other side of the screen before the squeak of the gurney wheels could be heard again as the swarm of doctors as well as the gurney left the ward as the door closed behind them. The fennec boy took a deep breath as his shaking slowly stopped after he realized they where not there for him, but to bring another here. The fennec boy slowly rotated his body so his feet hung off the bed, he looked at the screen seeing the small shadow of another laying on the bed, the sound of the heart monitor's soft beeps filled his ears as a small smile appeared on his face, "another kid, here? Finally?" the fennec boy thought as he continued looking a the shadow on the screen, "should I go over? Should I say hi? No, what if they need rest? What if they don't want to be bothered?" the fennec boy continued to think, "Ahhh Flint! Come on now, no need to be shy, no need to be nervous, they are a kid just like me... maybe... maybe they are as lonely as I am but... what if they are not? What if they want nothing to do with me? No, got to get these thoughts out of my head, the least I can do is just go and see them, just a quick peak just to see, it can't hurt can't it?" Flint finished thinking before working up the courage step down off the bet, he placed his hand on the post of the screen before leaning over and taking a look around the side.
"Another boy! Well I think he is a boy and another fox as well" Flint said in his mind as his faced beamed looking at the small arctic fox with orange accents laying on the bed, Flint gave the other boy a quick look over before noticing the large scar down the centre of the boy's fluffy chest. "He's got a scar just like mine! Flint whispered excitedly as he came out from behind the screen, placing his hand on the other boy's bed while standing on his hind legs trying to get a better look, his nervousness and anxiety almost fully washed away, "I guess he was here for heart surgery as well... but his scar... it looks a lot cleaner then mine, was this his first time? Poor kid, but at least I can....." Flint continued whispering until he felt a shiver down his spine as he looked down to see the eyes of the other boy staring over towards him as he met the stare back, freezing up and getting nervous again, Flint started to back away slowly as the other boy's eyes followed his movements with an almost sad stare in his eyes. Flint could see him open his mouth slowly to take a small breath or maybe he was trying to speak? Trying to say something to him? "Calm yourself now Flint, he is not going to hurt out" Flint thought as he took a gulp and slowly went back to the end of the other boy's bed, their eyes meet once again, "It... it is best... is best if you don... don't try to speak... just... just focus on... focus on taking small breaths" Flint said nervously as his body was shaking a bit, "this is your... your first time having this sort of operation ri... right? I have been... been through this more times then I... then I can count, so think... think of this like advice... advice from a big brother" Flint continued on nervously, "so... so just stay calm because there is... there is no need to be afraid" Flint finished cracking a nervous smile as the other boy just continued to breathe softly, if he was nervous or afraid, he didn't seam to look the part. "Ahhh Flint come on now, telling him not to be afraid? I should be telling that myself, he seams to be interested in what I have to say, come on now keep the conversation going" Flint started thinking as a few minutes of awkward silence followed as their eyes continued staring at each other, "na..m..e..." a soft moan like tone came from the boy on the bed as Flint was still stun locked, "Ahh I am such a dummy, I didn't even introduce myself, well at least that can get the conversation going again" Flint thought as he nervously started opening his mouth, lips shaking, "my... my name? Well... I am Flori....." Flint started to say in a Shakey voice as the doors to the ward swung open again which startled Flint and in a panic he hid back behind the screen, sitting back on his own bed.
The squeaky sound of a gurney could be heard once more, along with some doctor arguing, "sorry, I didn't realize he was suppose to go to the executive floor" one of the doctors said as the gurney was placed back beside the other boy's bed, "well you should have, you know who his father is, and who 'he' is, we have special facilities for someone like him, it was written on his chart, Doctor Yggdrasil was not happy to find him absent from where he thought he was when he went to check on him with the boy's father" the other doctor said in a more angry tone as Flint saw the shadow of the boy being placed back on the gurney as the squeaks of the wheels were heard once more as the gurney and the doctors left the ward once more with the door closing shut. With the room now silent once again, Flint jumped off his bed once more and peaked around the screen to disappointingly find that the boy who once laid there now gone, well he knew he was not going to be there from what had just transpired but it was still disappointing all the same as he knelt down on the floor feeling defeated, some pain in his chest started radiating as he placed a hand over his scar, though it was not the scar that was hurting. "Dam it, I blew my chance, if I was just more confident, I could of..." Flint started thinking before he shook his head, "no, he would of been taken away at one point or another, and he was too weak to even speak so getting his name might of been impossible but I should of been quicker to give him mine as maybe he could of eventually asked to see me if he only knew who I was" Flint continued thinking as he started standing up, he took one more stare at the door before making his way back to his bed and lying down, "but maybe I can ask to see him? Doctor Yggdrasil is the one who operated on me, I am suppose to see him in the next day or two to get my staples out and for him to check on my recovery, maybe then I can ask about the boy who was in here, he should know who I am talking about as it is not like there are many kids here to get confused about, maybe I can get a second chance!" Flint finished thinking as he closed his eyes and went to sleep but when the time came for him to see Doctor Yggdrasil, the surgeon didn't seam to acknowledge what Flint was talking about, that there was another kid here that he had operated on or that had even been in the children's ward which frustrated Flint to no end, he hated the fact he missed out on his chance to maybe make a friend, one who could possibly feel the pain he was going through, one who he could bond with over their shared experience, maybe one day their paths would cross again, it was something Flint wished would come to pass, even if it took a lifetime, though it wasn't long for fate to give them another chance meeting..... ~
