DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Naruto characters.
AN ANGEL'S LOVE
She was contented with what she has despite her illness UNTIL HE CAME. She has a loving parents, amazing and supportive friends, and a decent light job to keep her as normal as possible.
Sakura Haruno, when she was still in high school, was diagnosed to have brain cancer. At first, of course, she was heavily devastated. All her dreams crashed. But later on, she has accepted that, no amount of treatment or therapy can cure her and that no matter how much she cries and curses, these will not cure her. It took her a while to realize but to her, it was better to accept things as early as they are and to fully live her life as much as possible. Unlike most of the people diagnosed with such illness, she has fully embraced and accepted the idea that unfortunately, she was not blessed with the gift of time. Her living days are numbered and any time, the life that has been given to her can be over with just one fatal attack.
Being rich and an only child, of course, her parents has exhausted all the resources and means to have her treated. They have sought the best doctors they can find in US, Japan, and Europe. At first the operation was successful. The tumor detected was removed but four years later, it recurred. Such case is neither isolated nor shocking. She has tried radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but they were hell. She gave both a shot but sad to say, it was a lost cause. It was declared that the tumor was fast growing and multiplying. Her team of doctors and neurosurgeons who have examined her case have assessed that she can no longer have another operation because it is impossible to remove all the tumors. The only option she has is to undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy and to faithfully continue her maintenance of medicines, steroid shots, and etc.
To Sakura, those were no longer an option, much to her parents and closest friends' dismay. She doesn't want to continue undergoing therapy but she is willing to continue her maintenance in medicines and shots.
She still remembers the day she drew the line between determination and desperation.
"Mom, I don't want to undergo those therapies anymore. Why can't we just accept that there is no cure for this?"Sakura told her mother.
"Sakura, honey, please don't be like that. We're not giving up on you so please do not give up on yourself easily. We know it's not easy but please, we love you so much. Seeing you that way kills us." Her mother cried.
"Mom, I'm so tired of fighting this already. Let's not waste our time and money anymore. I'm tired of having false hope that I can be better. If there's something I want to do while I still breathe, it's that I want to live my life to the fullest and as normal as possible. So please, just give me this one." She pleaded her parents.
Her parents nodded reluctantly. They remembered the doctor's advice that it's better to have it her way. Sakura is not allowed to get frustrated, to feel pressured, or to feel too much emotion. It may trigger an attack.
Ever since that day, Sakura has tried to live as if nothing's wrong. She finished her college and she gladly works. Her family is into real estate business and she works at the Support and Social Services division. Her parents wouldn't allow her to work in a division where she would feel so much stress. In the Support and Social Services division, all she has to do is to take care of the foundation and charity that has been established supported by their company.
Being the generous lady she is, she has no problem sharing her blessings with the less fortunate ones. She genuinely loves her work and despite this not being her dream job, she open heartedly accept it.
For Sakura, as she reflects everything from past to present, she thought she has everything figured out. Live her life as much as she can, not fearing death. However, all this changed when he came into her life.
When she thought she was ready to die, he gave her all the reasons to live. When she thought her life was not worth fighting for anymore, he became her beacon of hope and strength.
UCHIHA MANSION – Present time
A twenty-three year old deathly pale Sakura was lying down on her bed. She was in deep sleep after taking her medicines and various shots. Her breathing was heavy that an oxygen mask was attached to her. The couple's room doesn't look like a typical room at all because of the various hospital equipment residing in their room. Beside their bed stood an oxygen tank, monitor, pills, injection, capsules, and tubes which are all prepared and ready just in case she has an attack. She actually refuses to get confined in the hospital saying that it actually just makes her feel very weak and vulnerable.
Her husband was sitting beside her watching her intently; not blinking, not wanting to remove his gaze on her. He looks at her longingly wishing it was him who was suffering the pain, not her. Tears fall from his onyx eyes as he lovingly held his wife's fragile hand.
A knock came and he tilted his head to check who came in.
Another look of despair came into his view as he looks into Sakura's mother. "Shisui, son, I brought some food. You haven't eaten nor rest since her attack." Haruno Mebuki placed the tray on the table near the bed.
"Thank you, Mother. Sorry to burden you at all but somehow I don't feel like eating seeing her like this. How I wish I'm the one suffering and in pain rather than her."
She gave him a small smile as she stares at him. Noticing that Mebuki's eyes have not left him, he shot a questioning look at her.
Understanding the meaning of his stare, Mebuki explained, "I'm just thankful that you're with my daughter. It's been so hard for her, for us, but when you came into her life; it's like she has found another reason to fight and live. Even if you have a hundred reasons to leave her, you chose to stay with her and you hold on to her as if she is your life."
"She IS my life…my everything."
Realizing that Shisui wanted to be alone with his wife, Mebuki gently placed her hand on Shisui's shoulder and said, "Thank you so much, son…For everything…and please eat. Sakura will not wanting you getting sick because of her. Just give me a call in case anything happens."
Shisui nodded and grabbed an apple from the tray and rested once again beside Sakura. To Shisui, it felt like an eternity has passed since Sakura has woken up. Closing his eyes, he was silently praying and pleading to every divine being for Sakura to make it through.
No matter how tired he was, sleep won't come through him. His physical being is so tired but his mind won't shut off and sleep. He strokes her cheeks and kissed her forehead. Staring at his wife's face as if he's memorizing every single detail, his mind wandered remembering how they first met… he gave a small smile as he reminisces how his tenshi came into his life…
To be continued…
A/N: It sucks that there are very few stories with ShiSaku pairing so here's a treat to all the fans. This story will just be 3-4 chapters the most. I've learned my lesson never to write long and multi-chaptered ones as this situation makes me more prone to having writer's block.
I'm sure my Shisui-chan (lol) will never appreciate having another unfinished story. :P
So there, please READ & REVIEW.
