Roach was nonverbal, has been for the whole portion of your friendship. You were always talkative and he'd listen and write back to you. He would use sign language around others who knew how to sign, but since you never knew how he stuck to writing notes.

Until one day, you decided you were going to surprise him with the sign language you've been learning. Roach was sitting on top of the fridge, eating cookies when you walked up to him with a huge smile on your face.