It’d been a while since you’d seen another child of your age in the lab. And when they decided you’d be kept in the same cell, it came as a relieving break from the nonstop isolation.

Chuuya hadn’t seemed to trust you at first. Consistently shying away, with wide eyes and furrowed brows. Gradually though, he had grown accustomed to you. And you two had become somewhat of a friendship.

He’d just been harshly returned to your shared cell, following a particularly rough experiment.