[Ishu]

December 6th, Chicago. Base.

Her eyebrow kept quirked and she was nothing short of displeased with his tone. Crossing her arms against her chest, she mulled it over. the surface? Why would any care what he looked like? Why would he need to have any kind of eye contact other than to make people uncomfortable. Whatever, this was obviously not her concern.

"She'll do what she wants. She doesn't attack things at random. There are reasons for what she does." Though, it wasn't often that Evan really "thought" about anything. She wasn't the type to weigh options until something was no longer in her favor. "But I'll put her on a tighter lease." She plopped down onto an old chair and relaxed, sighing to herself. when he started to leave, she commented, "Lose the shades. They look horrible on you."

December 7th, Chicago. Base.

She perked up when he came in, licking some yoghurt off of her lips and grabbing at a napkin. Her movements were still slow as she raised it and dabbed at her mouth. By the time she was done, he seemed to already be gone. Her hand lay back down on the stand holding up her tray of food and she lay back on the pillows. The nurse would have no trouble getting at her long, pure white hair.

The nurses words were... strange. They were reassuring but she could feel a part of her chest tightening. He didn't really seem very interested in being around her. Normally, he fell asleep in the room or read to her all day. It couldn't be the physical therapy. He didn't work on it all day and he didn't seem to be in much pain- quite the contrary, it seemed more like he wanted the pain. Something was wrong but she didn't know what.

When Ryan visited her more times that day, more often than not she was asleep. He may have perceived it as her being relieved to not struggle to stay awake around him all of the time or, perhaps, that him being away was all around relaxing. But that was not the truth. It had only been one day since the seeming rejection and already she was struggling, though it was considered normal by the medical physicians.