"Hey", Xanh dryly replied as she faintly recognised someone calling out her name, more instinctively than in an active effort to greet the visitor. At this point she had not even fully processed that someone had dropped by, and just kind of guessed it by the sounds of the door opening and a chair being moved around quietly. Not that she cared very much.
Things like that happened from time to time. At some point every morning somebody came in to clean the table and swiftly wipe the floor, not really paying attention to the occupants of the room. Once or twice a day one of the nurses usually dropped by to check on the two girls and, occasionally, reminded Xanh to not miss her next therapy session. Sometimes that annoyed her a little, but by now she had figured out how to more or less ignore her. One afternoon a few days ago her brother had come by to pay her a visit without announcing himself beforehand. But she had not known what to answer to his questions about her well being and he had not wanted to poke further, so they both just...sat there for about an hour. With him looking at Xanh, and her staring past him out the window. So for all she knew or cared the person could be anyone doing anything. And, somehow, counting the little irregularities in the room's ceiling was a little more compelling than bothering with that new entry.
At least for a little while.
It took a bit - a minute, maybe two - for Xanh to consciously make any connections. But eventually, while still staring at the ceiling a faint frown found its way on her face. Wait, what was that? Somebody came in and sat down, then called out her name... As if the information had finally made its way through the mist of thoughts her mind was surrounded by, the voice resounded in her head once more, clearly addressing her in a short greeting. But it didn't sound like anyone the girl would have expected to just quickly drop into the room or come by for a visit. And yet she could not shake the feeling that she very well knew, just maybe not in quite this tone.
Slowly, Xanh leaned forward a little, using her arms as supports to get herself into a slightly more upright position. From there it did not take much time looking around to spot the culprit, right next to the other patient's bed. Of all the people she could have imagined to drop in here for whatever reason, he was the last one she expected.
"Wait...you?", was the first thing that came across her lips. She did not sound angry, or irritated, or in fact very much touched in general by no other than Juno being the person to come here, just...slightly surprised by this unexpected turn of events. "What are you doing here...?", Xanh added, moments later, even though it did not take great observational skills to figure out that he was here for the other girl., and not her at all.