I Can't Hear You pt.4: Sound

Life was certainly wonderful. Since your first date with Chekov, you two dined together every night you could manage to. Bones seemed proud of Pavel for finally finding someone and he was also protective of you, making the comment every so often that if Pavel ever hurt you, he “might have to accidentally send him into a cardiac arrest.”
Chekov was bashful around you, still, but you were comfortable with him; he didn’t mind if there was no talking sometimes. He liked to gift you with roses every once in a while; you never could figure out where he got them.

Whenever you were on the bridge, he’d smile and wave; the crew didn’t mind at all. It had been two months on the Enterprise and Captain Kirk had explored two uncharted planets already, always ready and anxious for the next one.

Every moment of every day spent floating in space was worth something to you; it was worth more than all your years on Earth, that world where no one knew you existed and no one cared.
Chekov had been suspiciously secretive for the two weeks; you wanted so badly for him to tell you what he was doing but you had faith that whatever it was, it wasn’t devious.

You were busy at work near the ship’s hull’s center, enjoying the reverberation of the engines and fans in the core of your body. You’d been sent there to tighten things up and run a check on all the equipment because Scotty had a lot of faith in you and the overwhelming whirring and nose would not affect you.
Sometimes you had trouble remembering that there was a time when you could hear but when you tried to remember, all the memory sounds that would fill your mind were of shattering glass, electrical wires, and hallowed screams that you could only imagine were your parents’.
You shivered at the thought and continued working.

Bones had also been too busy to talk with you recently and it made you wonder if he was in on Chekov’s little plan, whatever it was.
The whole thing was mysterious and, quite frankly, very exciting.
You finished tightening the bolts near the hull’s center and gathered your tools, turning to leave. You felt the floor buzzing peacefully beneath your feet. You pressed the button to open the door and when you stepped out, you looked up to see Mr. Spock staring down at you from his towering height.
“My apologies for startling you, Miss (Y/LN),” he asked for you pardon upon seeing that he’d surprised you.
You smiled and signed that it was fine. He seemed to study you, as if you interested him but he didn’t look down on you.
“I have come to inform you that you are needed at the Medical Bay.” He worded delicately. You gave him a suspicious stare and spied a smile in the corner of his mouth.

Spock escorted you to Bones’ office, looking almost…excited? The Vulcan almost seemed to even have a bit of a spring in his step, if you were not mistaken.
Just what was going on?
You didn’t know Mr. Spock very well but you got along with him; you’d pay attention when he was instructing you to do something and he seemed to value that very much.

The two of you made it to Bones’ office and walked in. Inside, you saw, Chekov, Captain Kirk, Bones, Uhura, and Mr. Scott all standing and waiting for you; they all looked anxious.
“What’s going on?” you signed. Chekov walked up to you and led you towards Bones who was holding a strange looking head set.
Pavel turned you so that you were looking at him. You gave him a peck on the cheek and he blushed and instantly became very flustered.
“Bones end Mr. Scott end I hev woorked on eh device zat weell gif yoo yoor heering beck.” He worded.
You were stunned.
“My hearing?” you signed.
Scotty smiled and nodded.
“It’s a masterpiece!” he said proudly.
Chekov nudged you closer to Bones who fitted the headset on your ears and head.
“Now, don’t be too worried if this thing doesn’t work. And it’ll probably sting.” Bones said, after which he pursed his lips together in concentration.

“Ready.” Bones worded. Scotty walked over to a small but complex machine that the headset was connected to and looked over his shoulder at you then Chekov. Pavel nodded and Scotty flipped a switch and pressed a few buttons.
Suddenly a surge of power coursed through your head; it hurt a little. You shut your eyes and fisted your hands; you felt someone put their hand on your shoulder in a comforting way but it didn’t help much. The pain started to rise in your ears and you felt overwhelmed by dizziness.
Then it was all gone just as quickly as it had come.

You opened your eyes and took a deep gasping breath. Your heart skipped a beat. You could hear yourself breathing.
“(Y/N)?” a voice asked next to you. You turned sharply to see Chekov. You began to tremble and tears came to your eyes.
“Did it work?” another voice questioned and you turned again to see that it was Bones talking.
“Fascinating.” Another voice commented and you looked to see that Spock had just answered.
“I ken heer.” You said slowly, your voice sounding a bit muffled as you slurred the words together; after all, you hadn’t talked for ten years.
“Ё МОЕ!” Chekov exclaimed something in what you guessed to be Russian and he pulled you into an embrace.
You could hear the slight hum of the engines and almost every single little sound graced your sensitive ears like music.

You were shaking as you looked around quietly to see everyone looking relieved and happy. Scotty then hugged you tight.
“Enjoy your new life, lassie!” he whispered in your ear. Bones also hugged you, looking extremely excited for you.
“I’m so glad it worked.” He sounded amazed.
The tears began to fall down your cheeks and you looked at everyone.
“Th-Thenk yoo.” You said as clearly as you could manage. Captain Kirk smiled.
“It was our pleasure.” Bones and Scotty said at the same time.
You turned and kissed Pavel sweetly before you buried your face in his shirt, crying your heart out as you were overwhelmed with the new gift you had been given by these explorers of the night sky.