Reward

I was utterly dumbfounded.

"How did you do that?" I asked, wondering if I actually imagined it all but I wasn't.

"Paintbrush." He asked again and I reached for the paintbrush on the ground as well as the white sheet. He reached for Birdie by the window, placed the sheet close to it and started painting.

I inched closer to him so I could get a better view of what he was drawing, he was actually painting a picture of Birdie and my eyes widened at how beautiful his work was starting to look.

I refused to let myself show how impressed I was and glared at him instead.

"Showing off!!"

"No." He casually replied and it made my earlier words sound like I was trying to put up or fight but I wasn't.

Was I?

"How are you able to move quite freely though, doesn't your injury hurt?"

"It does but I'm used to feeling such pains."

"That means it's not the first time you've nearly lost your life?"