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Tahou : Different Direction
AN: this story came to me when reading Bestial by Coiled Iris, but it has nothing to do with it! So it is not stolen or borrowed calms mob of lawyers it is Shino x Sakura and entirely from Sakura's pov. Present tense. Unless stated otherwise. Anyways…ENJOY and don't forget to fuel my writing via REVIEWS! Heaps and heaps of 'em
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Shino and I have dated on and off, nothing too intimate. Holding hands, a hug now and then, nothing special…so of course nothing had prepared me for the feelings that have arisen between us.
Maybe I should rewind a bit.
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It was…probably a month ago. I was on call, so I decided to train. Not fifteen minutes into it, I was called by Tsunade-shishou. I remember she said it was urgent. So I rushed to the hospital, careful not to use up my chakra. I rushed in, out of breath, some nurses directed me down a long white hall smelling of alcohol and disinfectants.
I walked into a room with the door slightly ajar. I froze and gaped, had Shizune not pushed me hard towards the patient I would have been useless.
There was this guy on the bed, a jounin, his dark hair messy and matted with blood. But I could tell right away that, had it been clean, it would be the nicest brown in color, soft with light curls…I yearned to touch it. His brows were fixed in an angry scowl. His chin came to a slight round point; it wasn't overly feminine but not quite masculine either. There's a light dusting of dark hair on his chin. Yes this is Shino, but I didn't know that, I didn't figure it out until almost two hours later.
"SAKURA! Stop staring, and start healing! I'll keep him asleep." Tsunade-shishou barked.
I jolted out of my reverie and looked at the wound. A gaping hole in his stomach. It was still bleeding but not too much, I could tell it was causing him pain. Pain makes it harder to put the patient to sleep.
I pushed chakra into my hands and cooled the wound, slowing the bleeding and dulling the pain. He visibly relaxed and Tsunade put him to sleep easily. Together we worked, for a good hour and a half, healing the wound. Putting together all the severed muscles, regrouping bones, repairing organs. I was nearing my limit when Tsunade announced we were finished. She looked at me with a level face.
"You're going to watch him until he's well. You're the judge for when he's allowed to be discharged from hospital care."
"Hai, Shishou." I murmured, slumping in the bedside chair. Tsunade's eyes softened.
"I'll have food and water sent to the room for you." She gave my head a light pat before leaving.
I looked at the jounin again. He was familiar. I stood slowly and took the clipboard from the foot of the bed. I looked over the paper, looking for the name. Aburame Shino. There was no way. I was determined this was a mistake. Of course, I couldn't be sure, I had never seen his face before. And now there was no sign of his sunglasses, and then I realized that his kikaichu should have been able to heal the wound, or at least stabilize it some. I pushed more of my minimal amounts of chakra into my hands and scoured for his insects.
They were in a comatose state. That's why they couldn't help him with his wound. I pushed my chakra into him, working down his body, healing the kikaichu, hopefully this would earn him a faster recovery.
When I was finished I slumped in the chair, my head falling forwards and resting on the bed. I fell asleep like that, weak from using up my chakra.
I woke up later with a kink in my neck, Tonton on my lap, and someone's gentle fingers running through my hair.
Three guesses who it is. Tsunade…no though her pig was there. Shizune…no. Shino…why yes, how'd you know? Inner sarcasm gets the best of us all.
I was ready to fall asleep again when a soft, utterly male, voice whispered, "I thought medics were supposed to take care of their patients, not sleep on them."
I was confused; I had been pillowing my head on the side of the mattress when I fell asleep. I sat up quickly, his arm moving with my head, it seemed he didn't want to let go of my hair. Indeed I had been laying on him, my head resting on his stomach.
"S-sumimasen!"(1) I bowed my head. He chuckled. He had never laughed when he dated me! I was upset and my expression showed so. His laugh was so undeniably sexy, why was this the first I had heard of it?
He laughed even harder when he glimpsed my face between his fingers. He had his hand covering his face. Seemingly trying to hide it from me.
"Donai..?" I murmured, reaching down to pet Tonton.
"How?" He looked at me oddly, his laughter dying as his hand moved to rest on his stomach.
"You never laughed or seemed happy when we dated, how could you now?"
"Honto desu ka?"(2) He looked at me, his almond shaped, brown eyes wide. I nodded, looking over at the tray of food on the bedside table. When did that get there? "I didn't mean to…" He all but whispered.
"Aho."(3) I said as I picked up a chunk of bread. I bit into it, chewing slowly…thinking. I knew I still liked Shino; this development of knowing what he looked like wasn't part of it. I've always liked his mysteriousness. I was always the one who broke it off between us. The lack of intimacy gets to me.
I finished my bread and set my hand on his shoulder, pushing him into a sitting position. He groaned in discomfort.
"Gomen"(4) I set up some pillows behind him.
"…'S fine." He grumbled at me.
There was a sponge in a small vat of warm water next to the food. I picked it up, squeezing out the excess water; I took it to his hair.
"Oi! Oi!" He shouted at me.
"Hush. I'm washing your hair." I gently worked the blood out of his hair. It took a long time and when I finished I realized that his arm had situated itself around my waist, and that he had fallen asleep. I sighed and sat down, his arm slid up and stopped at my shoulders, I pulled my chair closer and rested my forehead against his chest. I closed my eyes, and dozed off. This is what our relationships had been missing.
oOoTBC…Maybe…
Translations:
1) Sumimasen - I'm sorry
2) Honto desu ka? - Is it true?
3) Aho - Baka in Kansai dialect - Donai is how in Kansai-ben..
4) Gomen - I'm sorry
A.N. Okay…experimental…should I continue it? I donno…you guys tell me…please…review…I'm trying to write more of FaD but I'm stuck with it O.O…