As I arrive at the hospital I check in to go see Chase. The nurse leads me up to Chase's room. Apparently they forgot to remind me of something.

"Don't forget, patients like yours tend to respond most frequently to the touch of someone they trust. There is no way to tell who they trust, but he did move the one time with you, I really do think that hug helped!"

"Thanks," I mutter. I walk into the room, seeing Chase sitting where he's always been. Instead of sitting on the chair I normally choose, I sit next to him. I start speaking. Asking how he is, telling him about lunch, talking about Alice. After a while I realize it isn't working. I remember the Nerf gun and the picture Marvin got him.

I put my hands around Chase to see if I could get him to shoot his nerf gun, hoping the memory might help. I put his right hand around the trigger, and carefully pulled his left hand to cock it. I then had him pull the trigger, and I could hear the nerf gun go off. I held his hands in place and said "Bullseye."

I felt him lean into me a little and say whisper "Trick shot." I smiled, had him set the gun down, and put my arms around his waist as if he could really feel me. Maybe he could.

This was the first time in weeks I thought he might wake up. He was still very stiff, but you could read just a little bit of a smile on his face. And unlike last night, it didn't fade immediately.

I felt my eyes water a little and spill over.

This one is extremely short, but I can't make it longer for everything to fit the way I planned it out, so it'll just be short. At least I uploaded!