Sakura sat there on the roof, her gut churning from the silence. It had been almost 10 minutes or so since she asked if she could join Kakashi on the roof. He obliged…but then came the nothingness that plagued Sakura's brain.
'What the hell am I supposed to say? Oh yeah, sensei, did you know I could die any day now from now to the end of the month. Wanna do something together before I visit the big training ground in the sky, tee hee?' Sakura sat thinking and panicking on the inside while her outside remained calm and collected.
Hearing Kakashi sigh, she dared to peek out of the side of her eye at him. He looked bored and in thought. With that, Sakura tensed up all the more.
'I'm making him bored! Why the hell did I choose today of all days to do this? Oh yeah…'cause I could die any second…'
"Um…Kakashi-sensei…..how are you?" Sakura asked and smiled at him. It was the first thing she could think of at the moment to break the silence.
"Fine. And you?" he responded.
Sakura gaped. 'Shit! I shouldn't have asked that because my answer is that I'm doing horrible.'
"Um….perfectly existing at the moment." She grinned inelegantly. He looked at her and raised an eye brow.
"Me too. That's a great coincidence." He chuckled unenthusiastically.
"Ah hahaha…." Sakura rubbed the back of her head and looked away. This was harder than she thought.
A few more minutes went by and still nothing happened." Sakura, did you just want to sit on the roof for a while?" Kakashi yawned.
"N-no, not at all sensei. I well…..um….eheh?" she said as the corner of her mouth twitched a bit. Kakashi eyed her curiously.
"You might want to use complete sentences Sakura." He said and pulled open his book again. Seeing this Sakura knew she was losing his attention fast. She needed to get this over with or she probably never could muster this up again.
Placing her hand on her forehead she sighed apprehensively. "I'm…..in pain." She mumbled mutely and looked off to the side.
"Hm?" he said looking up from his book at the kunoichi.
"I said….'I'm in pain'" Sakura said turning back to see her teacher put the book down some more. Good, his attention was slowly coming back. And as soon as she filled him in on the details she would bolt like Naruto when he forgot to bring money to pay for his ramen.
"And why is that?"
"Mmm…for a lot of reasons I guess. Like I got a paper cut filing some mission reports a while ago, I haven't eaten in a while (she lied), I'll be dead in a month because of poison a nin put in me, I saw Kiba and Akamaru bit me, you know. The usual." Sakura said peculiarly fast.
"…"
'Why aren't you saying anything?' Sakura thought edgily.
"….Akamaru bit you?" he asked. Sakura gritted her teeth at this.
"No! I'm going to die soon." She saw his posture shift a bit at this statement. He wanted a clear answer from her, not a spout of lies. Placing his book down, he turned his full and complete attention to her. Sakura didn't like the serious atmosphere that was quickly overcoming the rooftop.
"Tell me about it." he stated.
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Naruto was pacing the hospital room. It had been 3 hours since Sakura had left to do her 'errand' and made him wait. At first he had been calm, then jittery, and now he was anxious. He had been pacing the same cycle in the room for so long he practically burned the ground down an inch by the friction.
"Ugh! Where is Sakura-chan?" he cried out pressing his nose against the window and looking outside. Normally he wouldn't have been this clingy, but this is someone who could die at any given moment so of course he was going to be around her as much as possible.
Suddenly the door to the room opened making Naruto turn around so fast his head might have flown off his neck.
"Sakura-chan! Where were you—and you aren't her." He yelled then stopped in mid sentence noticing it was just a nurse.
"You don't have to look so horror-struck." The nurse scowled at Naruto's expression. She set some medication down on the table and proceeded to leave.
"Wait!"
She stopped and turned to look at Naruto who looked besieged." What is that for?"
"It's for Sakura san. Make sure she takes this at 2:00pm. And I mean right on the dot." She explained before shutting the door.
Naruto picked up the shot in his hand from the tray. He looked over at the clock and his eyes widened nearly two sizes.
"Two? That's in 2 hours! For crying out loud, where the hell are you Sakura-chan!"
-
Sakura walked monotonously down the streets of Konoha. So telling her sensei she was going to pass on didn't go as well as it could have. But look on the bright side….first she had to think of one.
"Well I presume it would have come up any way." She snickered as if it would make all this go away. Rubbing one of her shoulders to relieve the tense feeling a few images of Kakashi's face flushed through her mind.
"Ugh….lets see. He gave me two 'I wish I could help' looks, one 'how could this happen so suddenly' looks, and about six 'you can make it through this' looks. Sigh, sensei, even though I couldn't see your whole face doesn't mean I don't know somewhat what you're thinking!" Sakura thought aloud making some people eye her conspicuously.
Finally noticing all the odd eyes on her, Sakura continued walking a little faster. Before she knew it she was heading off into the woods.
"I just need a bit of silence for a minute." She mumbled happily now being able to be alone and forget all her worries.
-
Sakura opened her eyes to be greeted with a pain in her back and the night sky. Sitting up slowly she looked at her surroundings then back at the sky. Rubbing her back, she looked at the stump where she had been laying.
Grumbling, Sakura picked up a pine cone she was laying on.
"Jeez…how long was I asleep?" she rubbed her eyes then stopped instantly." Asleep! I was supposed to be back at the infirmary hours ago!"
Sakura got up and started sprinting towards the hospital. She felt the pang in her side every step but overlooked it. She was late!
Making it to the hospital Sakura was about to grab the door when she saw the entrance swarming with nurses.
"Eh…" she made a displeased noise." They'll get real mad seeing me come back now…" Sakura mumbled then looked up to see her window on the third floor.
Smirking, Sakura backed up then took off sprinting toward the building. She leaped off her foot making her barely able to hook her hand and elbow around the window seal.
Very clumsily, Sakura pulled herself up but then fell ungracefully inside the room. Shooting up and casually dusting off her clothes Sakura smiled.
"Yep. I still got it."
All of the sudden, Sakura felt a sharp stab in her arm. She looked down and saw a shot sticking in it. The person pulled it out and flicked the light on.
"Oh yeah, you've got something all right." Naruto grumbled frowning at her. Sakura realized she promised she would spend the rest of the day with Naruto.
"Ah! Sorry Naruto, I lost track of time for a minute." Sakura clarified uneasily.
He set the shot on the nightstand and sighed. Sakura opened her eyes and looked at his slouching figure.
"Naruto?"
"It's all right Sakura-chan. I'm just a little exhausted today. Get some sleep." He muttered.
Sakura felt a bit guilty but nodded." I'll spend tomorrow with you I promise. Even if I have other errands I'll let you come." She beamed.
He smiled tiredly then left the room. Leaning his back against the outside of the door Naruto looked up at the ceiling and took in a breath.
"It's not that Sakura-chan. You don't get it do you?"
A/N: boring chapter I know. I'm in a slump yet I have nothing to do so I typed. It's rare for me to update within…three was it? I don't know, but so close to my last update. Hm….just in the mood I guess at the time
