On a busy night in a hospital room, were the cries of a women. She was in the process of giving birth, her face showing lots of pain.

"Push! Push! You're almost there! The baby's almost out!" A nurse cried to the women as she saw the head of the baby.

"Come on honey! Our child is almost out! Keep pushing!" A man seeming to be her husband said while tightly gripping her hand.

As the man said that, the women giving birth took several quick breaths and pushed with all her might. With that the baby was out. Relieved, the women almost lost consciousness but fought to stay awake to see if her newborn is well.

The nurse holding the baby was about to say that the baby's a boy, but then she noticed a pair of eyes staring at her, surprisingly it came from the baby. She couldn't describe how she felt when she stared into the baby's eyes but she knew that there was something wrong with him.

She shook off the thought and quickly called over the doctor to see why he acted like this, the other nurses and even the doctor thought like this seeing the baby open his eyes but not make the slightest of sound.

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The doctor then quickly examined the baby, to see what was wrong. The baby's breathing and heartbeat seemed normal so he thought there was something wrong with the baby's brain, so they had to do further examination.

After two hours passed, Emily the mother of the child and Jonathan restlessly waited in a room where Emily could rest. The door suddenly opened and with it came the doctor. The doctor sat down and said not to worry because their child is fine. He then continued,

"Your child has a case that we've never heard before, somehow his body can't produce certain chemicals that allows him to express emotions. He will still think like a normal person but the lack of emotions might affect him."

Both Emily and Jonathan are shocked about this fact. Emily started to cry while Jonathan as he comforted his wife asked the doctor if they could see him.

The doctor came back with their son and left the room after handing the baby over. The baby that was being held by Jonathan could be mistaken as a doll if not for the fact that he struggles slightly when carried. Not a noise came from him, as Jonathan and Emily looked into his abyss like eyes they got chills but shook the feeling off because they decided that they will care for their child with all they've got. They also agreed on a name for him.

"Hi, Shawn" Emily said as she kissed the baby that fell asleep.