"Sure, naruto Hinatas is gonna die!" sakura said in a dramatic voice reeking of sarcasm. "What?!" he shouted letting go of sakura. "But she's too nice to leave" he mumbled looking at his fingers as he poked them together. "Naruto, her room is just up there" sakura pointed out to him to see what would happen. He looked up and followed her finger then took off. Hinata felt a small odd breeze come into the room followed by a heavy weight on her body. Her eyes shot open as she almost screamed. Naruto lay on her with his feet still on the ground. He was hugging her stomach. "Are you feeling better Hinata-Chan?"He asked opening his eyes to look at her. "I – I'm f-f-f-f-f-f-fine" she stuttered out helplessly. Naruto lifted his head and looked at her. "Are you sure, I can go get you some ramen and we can eat it together!" before Hinata could answer him he was gone. Sakura walked in as Hinatas face burned from sheer embarrassment, "I told him you were gonna die as a joke and he actually took it seriously." Sakura declared as she walked over to Hinata and put a thermometer in her mouth. "Ssssakurra, am I?" asked a frightened Hinata. "No! If you were gonna die don't you think I would have the Hokage in here?" sakura said pulling out the thermometer and studying it. "Well, your fever has gone down. That means, if your fever has started to go down, you should be well enough to leave in 3 days." Sakura said. She drew some more blood and exited the room.
"3 days?" Hinata repeated as naruto entered the room. "They didn't have ramen so I got us some pancakes and thick shakes" he said as he rolled the wheelie table over to Hinata. They shared the table as naruto began to speak to Hinata as if she was going to die. He was trying to talk her out of dyeing every minute he got. She smiled at him and blushed all the same, if she was dyeing this is how she would want it to be. It's amazing how one boy could talk so much in 1 hour. Hinata hadn't said a word and she liked it when he told her about his life and feelings. He was currently telling her about his fight against orochimaru and kabuto when he was thirteen. "And I was almost dead when Tsunade healed me and took down kabuto!" he shouted waving his hands hysterically.
"Then-"he stopped and looked at Hinata. "You're probably board now" he acknowledged as Hinata shook her head. "No no nnnnnnarauto, I'm really interested pppplease continue" naruto nodded and smiled. "And –"he cut himself off again." Why don't you tell me about a mission you went on!" he smiled happily moving forward on the bed. The twenty year old male waited as Hinata searched frantically for an interesting mission they had been on. "Um" she began but just as she had found something sakura walked in. "she looked at naruto and beckoned him towards her. Hinata felt her heart sink as he walked over to the pick hair kanoichi. Sakura closed the door and looked at naruto. "You do realize I was being sarcastic when I told you Hinata was gonna' die right?" sakura said a little fed up that he was in the hospital all alone with Hinata. (A twinge of jealousy maybe?). "Yeah, I looked at the clip board on the edge of her bed." He answered blushing slightly. "I was sort of surprised but then I remembered how you said it and I sort of didn't want to make Hinata feel . . . "he stopped and smiled at sakura. " I think I like her" he said as he watched sakuras face turn into a relived face.
"Oh naruto that's great" she said in false sweetness. damn it! I really want to feel happy for him but I can't help but feel crushed" inner sakura chimed. Naruto hugged sakura and walked back into the room. Sakura distantly heard naruto saying that Hinata was asleep again. But he didn't come out; sakura peeked through the door as a tear rolled down her face. Naruto was sitting on a chair next to Hinata watching her sleep.
Sakura made her way back to her office and gazed out her window. She sighed heavily and turned back to her work. It was 9pm and naruto had only just gone home to have a rest. Next thing she remembers is falling asleep. She woke up at her desk as a small sun ray danced around the room. She looked up at the head of her desk to see kakashi. A small blush played his face when she looked at him. He was 28 now as she was 20. "Kakashi – sensei!" sakura squeaked. "I was a little late" he said sitting down on a chair lining the wall of her office. "Oh right, your physical. I'm sorry sensei" sakura said clearing her desk and straightening herself in the mirror. "Sakura, please stop calling me 'sensei'" he said walking over to her and fixing her nurses hat she wore. "Th-thanks kakashi" she said walking around him and grabbing his files. "let's begin" she said smiling.