Chapter Four~

Hinata's POV

When I opened my eyes I was staring at a white roof. I screamed at the pain I felt in my leg and suddenly Sakura was there beside me holding my hand.

"Sakura?" I looked at her confused, then the pain in my leg came back and I screamed again, tears were streaming down my face; I must have looked like a mess.

"I'm here." Sakura whispered to me, "I'm here."

"Sakura, w-what h-happened?" I asked her.

She looked at me with her beautiful, green eyes, but there was sadness in them, and then the memories of last night came flooding into me and I gasped for the breath that was out of my reach. My heart felt like it had just exploded.

"Hinata? Hinata, are you alright?" Sakura looked at me with a worried look.

I couldn't speak, I felt like the air I needed was gone. Then Sakura shook me, and I breathed in a rush of air.

"S-sakura?" I whispered.

"What is it Hinata?" Sakura asked me.

"I r-remember, I remember w-what h-happened." I looked at her and I could tell that my eyes must have showed all the fear I felt, because as soon as she looked in my eyes she pulled me gently into a hug.

"It's alright; I won't let anyone ever hurt you again." Sakura told me, "I promise."

"Sakura?" I looked up at her hopefully.

"What is it Hinata?" she smiled kindly at me.

"I-if I t-told you s-something," I could feel the blush rising too my face. "and you th-thought it was, well b-bad, c-could you forget I ev-ever said a-anything?"

"Hinata, you sound so nervous." Sakura told me, "And you can tell me anything."

"O-ok." I looked down to my fingers twiddling, "I, umm, well, I . . ."

Sakura's POV

I knew what Hinata was going to say, just by looking in her eyes I could see it and I couldn't hold back any more. I leapt up onto the bed and straddled Hinata. I saw shock in her eyes but also, I saw a dash of hope and the hope in her eyes grew as I leant down towards her. When I kissed her she looked at me in a way, she usually looked at Naruto with.

"I love you Sakura." When she said that, and didn't stutter my heart leapt inside my chest, I kissed her forehead and brought my mouth down to her ear.

"I love you too." I whispered and I felt her relax under me.

I stayed with her that night. I held her in my arms and watched her sleep, I watched her enter her perfect world, a few times she whispered my name in her sleep and I would hug her slightly tighter.

I slept well that night knowing that Sasuke being gone would not make me as miserable as I thought it would, I had Hinata, and her cute little face was all I needed.

AN: Hey guys, sorry it's kind of short but I promise the next chapter will be longer. PLEASE REVIEW! It's not that hard really and it doesn't take long. Sooooo PLEASE!