"It's been two and a-half months and she hasn't woken up," the so called doctor stated, his voice void of any emotion. "If she doesn't wake up soon we will just have to release her from her misery. I'll give her forty-eight hours then we will take matters into our own hands." He finished with a cruel grin.
Gaara's eyes narrowed in anger, he grabbed the 'doctor' by the shirt. "How dare you say something like that? She is a human! Treat her like one. She will wake up," Gaara hissed, tightening his fist around the shirt.
The 'doctor' smirked. "Aw. Little Gaara-chan loves this thing? How cute," he mockingly cooed.
Gaara pushed the pathetic excuse for a doctor into the wall. "Shut the fuck up! You don't know shit about our lives and what we've been through." He ground the helpless man further into the wall. He punched him right in the nose before picking the man up and throwing him out of the room through the open door. He vehemently spat at the man, "SHE WILL WAKE UP DAMNIT!"
He slammed the door to signal he was done with the doctor. The stress ridden teen slowly walked over to the bed. His expression softened when he saw a seemingly peaceful Haru. He returned to affectionately stroking her hair. "Haru please wake up. I need you to wake up - NOW. I need you to be with me. You're my light. I can't bear the thought of my world going dark." He chuckled softly. "If I didn't know any better I'd say that you were doing this on purpose. You always were stubborn." He sighed softly and intertwined his fingers with hers; something that no longer felt wrong despite the fact he had a girlfriend. He spent the night sitting beside her and holding her hand while waiting and hoping that she would wake up at any moment and yell at him for bothering to care. At some point during the night he had fallen asleep, but never let her go for the fear of losing her was too great.
Morning came all too soon. It was a school morning so he reluctantly rose, got ready, and left the room. He hoped that she would wake up and also that she wouldn't wake up – at least not until he got back. Sakura, who he believed was still his girlfriend, had been keeping her distance since his little speech. The day went normally until he was joined at lunch by Shikamaru, Kiba, Naruto, and Ino. His 'girlfriend' refused to have lunch with him at his new found favorite place on the roof. When the odd little group sat down, Gaara looked up from his lunch and glared at them with suspicion.
Kiba's face hardened. "Don't look at us like that! You're not the only one this has affected. What happened to her?" he questioned Gaara, somehow not afraid of the 'I'm going to kill you face'.
Gaara's expression changed from perpetually pissed off to being void of any emotion at all. "They will kill her if she doesn't wake up by tomorrow," he said bluntly in a voice barely above a whisper. They experienced a series of quickly changing emotions. Disbelief passed through everyone first. Worry was next, followed by sadness. Finally, overwhelming anger.
"HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?" Naruto cried out.
"They just can I guess," Gaara responded bluntly.
"Okay, so how do we wake her up before tomorrow?" Ino asked worriedly. Everyone had already forgiven her for beating Haru. She was truly sorry and now thought of Haru as one of her dear friends. "I mean there has to be some way to get her conscious. It's been two and a-half months and she hasn't so much as stirred, if it wasn't for her shallow breathing, I'd think that she was dead." Guilt stabbed at her like a knife.
"We have tried everything logical. We even tried getting Gaara to kiss her. Nothing works. It's clearly up to her when or even if she wakes up." Shikamaru stated plainly.
"Well… Actually, that isn't the case; she has actually been quite restless." Gaara said felling slightly ashamed he had not told them earlier.
"What do you mean?" Kiba asked, clearly irritated.
Gaara looked up at him. "She has thrashed around few times and screamed. She's cried and called out for me and her parents. She even hit me a few times while I was holding her. That's about it," he said, staring at the ground.
"But she has never woke up once? Not even once?" Naruto inquired, astonished.
The bell rang signaling lunch was over and it was time to get back to class. They all dispersed without a word to each other. They all went through the rest of the school day wondering what they were going to do. When school was over they still did not have any ideas. They went their separate ways, leaving only Gaara headed to the hospital. When he got there the bed was a mess with Haru tangled in the covers in the middle. 'She had one of her nightmares while I was gone. I hate school. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE FOR HER,' he screamed mentally. He slowly walked over to the bed, untangled her from the sheets. After getting her situated again, he climbed into the bed beside her and hugged her to him protectively. He started thinking 'I should have held her like this a long time ago. I should have been protecting her this whole time. All of that nonsense at school. Her acting like she didn't care, like she thought everyone should go to hell. It was just so that she wouldn't get hurt again. She only wanted to be loved. She needed someone to protect her. She needed me, and I wasn't there for her. I'm not her best friend. I abandoned her. I did to her what others had done to me – what she saved me from. I could have prevented her darkness. I could have been her light. I should have been smart enough to figure that out a long time ago.' He stopped his barrage of thoughts long enough to whisper to her, "Haru wake up. I miss you. I miss you yelling at me for caring. I miss you hitting me and calling me an idiot for putting up with Sakura. I miss everything. I miss you. You saved me from myself when my father sent someone to kill me. My soul could have died that night, but you didn't let it. After that night, my heart stopped hurting. You were my cure. I want to be yours."
His eyes moved to the window seeing the small drops of rain that began to gather on the glass. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly to form a small smile. "The sky is crying Haru - just for you. Even the sky wants you to wake up," he said softly.
Haru moved. She wiggled a little in his arms. Her eyes opened slowly then widened in shock when she realized she was in his arms. When she struggled to get free, Gaara held her tighter.
"Gaara, let go of me damnit," she hissed, struggling a little more before she gave up. She looked around then asked in confusion, "Why the hell am I in the hospital? Why the hell are you holding me? I said get off damnit!" She started wiggling around again to free herself.
Gaara released her this time but didn't move from the bed. He stared at her silently, causing her to ask what was wrong. He didn't answer right away. After taking a deep breath, he informed her that she had been unconscious for two and a-half months.
Her eyes grew huge. "I have? What happened? Why am I in the hospital?" she questioned with no emotion.
"Yes, you have. Ino kicked your ass because you let pride get in your way. You passed out from blood loss, and I brought you here. You can't kick Ino's ass because she is your friend now," he replied.
Her anger in her eyes calmed a bit "How many new friends does that make? Five?" she inquired sarcastically.
"It would make four," he stated plainly.
"No, five. You're my friend, right?" she retorted.
Gaara answered quickly "Yeah, duh."
"Okay!" she said with mock enthusiasm.
"Alright. Enough. Stop being such a bitch. I'm sick of you acting this way," he said irritated now.
"JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" she yelled.
"JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, HARU?" he yelled back.
"Go the fuck away, Gaara. Just leave me alone, just like you have for several years," she growled at him.
"No, Haru," he hissed back. "Not this time. Not ever again."
K, I might continue this. That is if you all want me to. Well, do you? Review or PM me. Thanks for continuing to read this story. Oh and if you think that Haru is to much of a bitch PM me and I'll try to make her better. *gives out cookies* Thanks again for reading!
