She came over.

"Does it hurt?"

She didn't speak.

It almost started me. The sound of my own voice.

It was me who disrupted our silence.

It was me who initiated a conversation.

"No." Her tone was cold, it made me flinch.

"O-Oh...." Oh? Am I stupid? Say something better! "I-I...uh..hope it gets better...?"

Silence.

I didn't talk anymore.

We fell into our normal routine.

Work and silence.