The Love of Naruto and Sakura, CH. FOUR:
RECOVERY
Naruto opened his eye's...Got out of bed, and went to his front door to answer the knock that had woke him. He opened it to see Shizune.
"Naruto your awake already?" She asked.
"Yeah why, how long was i asleep?" He asked.
"A few days" She replied.
"How's Sakura?"
"She's um physicly fine...but she is suffering from mental trauma." Shizune stated.
"What?" Naruto said shocked. But before she replied he was already down the street.
He stopped at Sakura's house, jumped up on the balcony and peered in the glass door. She wasn't there. That meant...she was in the hospital! He ran much faster this time.
"Hi, how may i help you?" Said the lady behind the desk.
"Sakura Haruno, what room?" He said quickly.
"Floor 2, room 211" She replied.
"207...209...211!" Naruto counted to himself then rushed in. Upon opening the door he seen Kakashi, and Tsunade standing beside Sakura's bed.
"Naruto its good to see you" Tsunade said.
"How's Sakura" Naruto asked not paying much attention to Tsunades comment.
"She is a little shook, but she'll be fine." She replied. That's when he got his first glimpse at her. She had bags under her eyes, and at the moment she was staring of into space. He approached her.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Ill be alright." She told him.
"Well were gunna get going." Tsunade said looking at Kakashi.
"Yeah, we'll let you two talk for a bit." Kakashi said. Then they left.
Naruto pulled up a chair. "How long do you think you'll be in here for?" He asked.
"Ill be out soon, iv been here for a couple days already so.." She answered still not making any eye contact.
"Im sorry" He muttered. This made Sakura turn to him.
"For what?" She asked.
"I could have protected you better." He continued.
"Naruto you Saved me, i could have actually been raped..." She responded.
"I know but i should have stayed by your side, instead of hiding in my cabin." He confessed.
"Naruto its not your fault" She told him. Then someone knocked on the door before entering. It was Ino.
"Hi Naruto, Sakura i have to check on you. Are you doing okay?" She asked taking her pulse, and feeling her forehead.
"Im doing fine" She replied.
"Good then you should be out by tomorrow." Ino stated checking off something on her clip board.
"Tomorrow?" Sakura asked.
"Well yeah, we have one more night to insure you arent still having night terrors." Ino informed.
"oh..." Sakura mumbled.
Naruto and Sakura just sat there quiet for awhile after Ino left. Then Sakura broke the silence.
"Well its getting late, you better get going"
"No, i wanna stay here with you" Naruto told her.
"No Naruto you can come see me tomorrow, you only just woke up. Go do something." Sakura instructed.
"Ok" He replied a little depressed. Then he got up and walked towards the doorway.
"Wait" The girl called. He turned to see her arms open. He stared for a moment until he realized her gesture. He walked over, wrapped his arms under hers and around her back as she draped hers around his neck and they both pulled each other close as they locked into a long, warm hug.
"Ill see you tomorrow, ok?" Sakura whispered in his ear.
"Yeah." He replied as they pulled apart. He then walked back towards the door, but before he left he looked back at her. "Thanks" He said. Then he closed the door.
Naruto got a bite to eat before heading home for more sleep, but he ended up lying in his bed awake for hours. He was thinking of Sakura of course, he thought of how she was doing, how she'd be, How great it felt to hug her, and then his mind wandered onto how happy he'd be if she were his. As he dreamed he drifted into a deep sleep.
Naruto woke with a start, he had to go see Sakura as soon as possible. He made some instant ramen and quickly left. He ate his food on the way, slurping his last noodle he entered the hospital. He through his noodle cup in the garbage and went right upstairs and entered the room Sakura was in, he began to open it. Then he heard Sakura shout which made him pause in place.
"I'm changing" She called from the other side. He quickly apologized and closed the door. A moment later she opened it. Naruto flinched awaiting his beating, but it never came. He opened his eyes slowly and seen her leaning against the doorway with a smirk on her face. "Were you trying to peeeeeek?" She asked sarcastically.
"No, are you feeling ok?" He asked, puzzled on why she hadn't blasted him yet.
"I feel great." She replied a little more cheery than normal. "I'm allowed to leave today..." she was about to say something but Naruto cut her off.
"Do you wanna go get something to eat?" He asked sounding a little unsure if he should have asked.
"sure" She said again with an unusual amount of happiness in her voice.
Naruto and Sakura ended up at, you guessed it Ichiraku.
"Well, it's better than the hospital's food." She said looking over at Naruto as they received there bowls. She slurped down some, then continued. "Don't you ever get tired of eating the same thing?"
"Ramen, no way it's the best thing ever." Naruto responded.
"You're crazy, you need to eat more vegetables." Sakura said sounding concerned.
"Nah, ramens all i need." He told her.
"*Sigh* You'll learn one day." She said. Then he ordered three more bowls. Sakura watched as he ate two like it was nothing. "How can you eat so much?" She asked.
"Well I'm eating for two people, ya know." he informed pointing to his stomach.
"The kyuubi eats?" She asked surprised.
"Noooo, I was joking" He said finishing with a laugh.
"Oh" she said feeling stupid.
They soon finished and Naruto had decided to walk Sakura home, she couldn't go back to work for a week or so because of the incident. Naruto felt like Sakura was acting strange today, but he wasn't about to say anything... he had no problem with it. Even now she was walking a little close to him. They arrived at her house, walked up the steps and Sakura turned the knob and opened the door. she paused about halfway through the doorway. "So, are you going to come check on me later?" She asked oddly
Naruto told her that indeed he would come back later and see how she was doing. He then started towards home. On the way he thought about why Sakura would want him to come back and visit her...that's one of the last things he'd expect her to ask. He decided to stop by the flower shop to ask Ino, maybe she knew.
Naruto entered the store with the sound of a bell above his head getting Ino's attention.
"Naruto, what are you doing here?" Ino asked.
"Did you notice anything wrong with Sakura?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" The girl said raising a brow.
"She's being a lot nicer to me than normal." He stated.
"Oh? She's probably just on her period." She said shaking her hand in the air.
"Her period?" Naruto asked.
"You idiot I'm not explaining it to you! get out of here." She yelled raising a fist.
Naruto didn't know what to do, he never had parents so it's understandable that he not know what a period was. He had a pretty boring day until he found himself going back to check on Sakura.
He got to her house and knocked on the door. After a moment he knocked again...still no answer. He walked back to the road, looked up then jumped up onto her balcony. He peered in her glass door, but he seen nothing through her blinds. He then knocked. Quickly the door opened and a pink haired head popped out.
"Naruto? Your early" She said, and she was right he had only been gone for a few hours.
"Yeah I didn't have anything to do, ya know." The blond answered giving a grin, and lifting a hand to scratch the back of his head. Then His expression turned more serious. "Can i come in?" He asked. Sakura's face turned bright red. She had just gotten out of the shower and was only wearing her bath robe. Of course Naruto couldn't tell because she was hiding her body with the doors hanging blinds.
"Uhm actually I'm not dressed yet" She informed. "Give me a minute." She disappeared after closing the door. Naruto could hear her shuffling around in her dresser.
Sakura thought as she looked for something to wear. She wondered if Naruto would try and steal a peek while she was naked not five feet away from him, with only glass and cheap blinds breaking the line of sight. Would he be able to resist? Would he even try to stop himself from looking. Would he look? Sakura started to feel as though she wanted him to look. She turned to see that the blinds had a space open at the end. She decided to test both him and herself. She untied the robe and it fell to the floor, leaving her exposed. She then walked over to her closet that was perfectly within sight of the open blind. She paused for a moment and glimpsed over to check on the other teen. He was turned around looking at the street below. Sakura quickly grabbed an outfit and got dressed, She was soon joining Naruto on the balcony.
"That took forever." Naruto stated as Sakura joined him in his gaze.
"I'm a girl what can i say." She answered avoiding eye contact.
"Are you ok Sakura?" Naruto asked turning towards her.
"I'm fine, why?" She responded.
"You've been acting weird." He informed.
"I haven't been feeling well, I'm having bad dreams.'' She said looking at him.
"Are you going to be ok tonight?" Naruto asked with worry.
"I should be ok" The pink haired teen informed.
"Well, I'm getting assigned to a new mission tomorrow so ill be gone for a few days." Naruto told her.
"What's the mission?" She asked.
"I dunno, Kakashi Sensei is putting it together. I'm meeting with him at the gate first thing tomorrow morning."
"I'll be ok, Ino will be checking on me anyway." She stated.
"Well ill um cya later, Sakura." the blond said scratching his head.
"Ok" Sakura responded walking back inside.
Sakura watched as Naruto left. Then she flopped onto her bed. Did i really just do that? She asked herself noticing how awkward that made her feel.
A/N I hope you guys didn't find them tooo out of character, but let me know what you liked vs what you didn't THX again.
