Aiden glanced over at the people behind him talking, they took it as a sign of needing to shut up and leave. That wasn't really what he was intending to do, but he couldn't exactly just say that he was eavesdropping because he was enjoying the praise. He just sighed and looked back at his work. He should have taken some time off to sleep, but he didn't want to skip work because he wasn't able to sleep as much as he used to. He had to make both of the jobs work, it made him less suspicious if the police ever decided to after him for vigilantism. He also enjoyed this job way too much to give it up, even if most of his other coworkers weren't really happy with him because he didn't like talking to anyone or gaining other friends. He had two other people that still even reached out to him and treated him like a friend rather than just another person that they worked with. Everyone else just ignored his existence unless the needed something from him or needed to talk to him for work. He was absolutely alright with that.
"Alright, Aiden, time to move. Let's get something to eat and some caffeine for you," A female voice ordered from behind the young scientist. Aiden turned to see a young african american girl, with freckles dotting all over her face and long, extremely curly, burgundy hair. She grinned at Aiden, who just stared back at her confused on her decision. "I'm not joking, we need to get something in that stomach of yours and get you to wake up. You're working too slow today." She put her hands on her hips as she waited for a response from her coworker.
"What are you talking about? Didn't you just have lunch, Annie?" Aiden asked.
"I did, but you skipped it, so I'm going to have second lunch and you're going to have lunch. Come on," She grabbed the young boy and pulled him up from his chair. "We'll get some hospital food or something."
"I-I'm not really hungry," Aiden muttered as he tugged back.
"You're not hungry? That's a lie, you need energy, Aid. Now get up, I'll pay," Annie sighed.
Aiden shook his head, "Seriously, I really don't need to eat."
Annie rolled her eyes and looked over at the others in lab, "We're going out for lunch break, anybody going to stop us?" There was complete silence from everyone else, including the higher ups. "I thought so. We'll be down in the cafeteria if anyone else needs anything." Annie then grabbed Aiden's wrist and pulled him to the elevators. Aiden didn't really argue, Annie sort of did her own thing no matter who told her no. The only time she followed what anyone told her what to do was when it was a higher up telling her how to do her job.
"Hey, Annie, I've been meaning to ask you something...Do you know who Dr. Jude Maxwell is?" He suddenly asked as the two of them got into the elevator alone and Annie pressed the button to the cafeteria.
"He's one of the head surgeons, I believe. Or something close to that, I've heard people talk about him before that's about it," Annie shrugged, "Why?"
"Oh...nothing, I just saw his name somewhere," Aiden muttered. He didn't want to go through the whole Annie teasing him about having a crush. She loved teasing him about it, and that was just something he didn't want to deal with. Ever since she found out that he was still single and that he was gay, she's made it her mission to find someone for him. He couldn't tell her that he couldn't date, that would have been rather difficult to explain and there wasn't a good enough lie to keep under control that would explain it for him. Though, she did look over at him, like she already knew that what he said was a lie, and she knew that something was going on.