You were Human, He was a Rock Human

By all Means, someone so Organic and something so inorganic couldn’t possibly work, right?

So why did his chest ache whenever he saw you in your Hospital Bed? Curled up and coughing even with the two extra blankets he’d fetched for you?

You two had known eachother for quite a while, before you were even admitted to the hospital. He knew your health wasn’t doing too good, which was really why he was a volunteer in the first place

Toru came up behind you, unsure of how to comfort you as he wasn’t sure how to handle Human emotions, True emotions, but he rubbed your shoulder with a hand as you stirred from your short nap