Chapter 6

It was in the afternoon that day, when the sun was already setting and the town looked peaceful in its yellow, orange and red light that Sasuke finally returned from his mission.

When he entered his house he stopped.

Sasuke could feel the presence of someone else. It couldn't possibly be Sakura he considered. She was still working at the Hospital at this hour.

Slowly he made his way up the stairs, following the presence of the person.

It was leading him to the bedroom. With one hand around his sword, he went in ready to attack whoever dared to break in his house.

As he entered he stopped, letting go of his sword again and relaxing his tense body again.

It was Sakura. She was sound asleep in the bedroom coiling up like a cat.

Why was she here? Wasn't she supposed to be working today? Is she sick?

A lot of questions shot through the Uchiha and at the last thought he walked up to her and sat at her bedside quietly and carefully put his hand on her head to check if she had a fever.

When he was sure she didn't have one, he let out a sigh of relief.

Sasuke was surprised at that. When did he start to worry about her so much?

Thinking about that, he kept sitting there and watched the pinkette who seemed to look so comfortable in her sleep.

Sakura felt someone stroking her head but thinking she was still dreaming, she didn't expect to see someone when she opened her eyes.

She was already feeling much better than she had this morning but seeing the raven haired so close after such a long time almost gave her a heart attack.

"Sa-sasuke-kun you're back!" she said, trying to sit up. But Sasuke was holding her down.

"You okay?" he asked seriously. Surprised at his question it took her a while to find the answer "Yeah I'm fine. I was just feeling sick this morning on my way to work. Probably from overeating" Sakura blushed a little of embarrassment but Sasuke didn't seem to take any notice at all "Kakashi found me and brought me home" she finished quickly.

"You must be hungry! Let me make you something quickly" Sakura said, trying once again to stand up. But Sasuke still hadn't let go, pushing her to lie down again "Stay here. I'll make something myself. Just keep sleeping" and with that he left the room.

Sakura couldn't explain why but she felt so happy and relieved.

She was glad Sasuke was finally back and looked fine.

She was always afraid that he would get hurt even though she knew well that it wasn't easy to hurt someone as strong as Sasuke.

As she lay on her back and watched the ceiling getting darker and darker due to the sun vanishing, she noticed that she was smiling the whole time and covered her mouth with her hand as though she shouldn't have.

At that moment she heard Sasuke coming in again and looked up, putting her hands down again.

He was carrying a tablet with a bowl with soup and two cups of tea.

"Have something to eat too" were his words and Sakura couldn't help to laugh a little at his uncomfortable expression.

He was obviously not used to this.

"Thank you Sasuke-kun" she said gratefully and sat up so she could accept the food.

Sakura assumed that he would leave again but he didn't.

He sat on his side of the bed and took a cup of tea.

There was no talking. The silence was only interrupted by the slurping of the soup and the sipping of the tea from time to time.

But it wasn't a bad silence. It was like a silent understanding and Sakura appreciated it.

When Sakura was finished Sasuke stood up again and left but came back shortly after he took a shower only wearing his long shorts and showing his naked torso again much to Sakura's pleasure.

It was after he climbed in bed again that he turned to Sakura "I'm turning off the lights".

"Alright" she replied a little confused but lay down nevertheless.

It felt as if he never had left.

The next morning came when Sakura was abruptly woken up, feeling sick again.

This time it was even worse than the day before.

She got up and ran to the toilet to only make it barely on time.

When everything from yesterday evening was thrown up again, Sakura cleaned her mouth when she saw Sasuke coming up from behind trough the mirrors.

"Unless you snuck out last night and stuffed yourself with tons of food, I don't think it's because of overeating" he told her calmly as she turned around to face him.

"Maybe you did catch a cold" he said, feeling her head while Sakura blushed.

Looking at her face he continued "You do seem to be a little red".

'That's not because of a fever' she thought now blushing even more.

"You shouldn't go to work today either!" he decided firmly.

Although she was touched by his kindness, Sakura didn't like missing work two days in a row.

"I'm fine! Really! Besides if I'm really sick then there's no better place than the Hospital to go to, right" she said, trying to convince him to let her go.

"It's not about where you go, it's about what you do there" he replied, still with a serious expression.

"Then how about you accompany me there?"

Of course that wasn't a serious question because there was no way he was going to do that.

So when they were making their way to the Hospital together, Sakura's jaw was still dropped in disbelief and surprise.

Sasuke was sitting in the waiting room, waiting for Sakura to finish her check up.

It was Shizune that checked her.

"It's not a cold right? I mean I should know since I'm a medic ninja myself but I don't know why I can't keep my food down" Sakura consulted with her older Senpai.

"No it's not but don't worry, we will find the reason just let me run some test"

When they were finished, they had some free time before the results came out.

Feeling a little weak because she didn't have anything in her stomach, Sasuke and her went out to have something to eat.

On their way they met a lot of people. Among them also Kakashi whom Sakura thanked for yesterday again and even Sasuke seemed to be grateful.

It was already time for the results so they made their way back to the Hospital.

As they arrived, Sakura saw a panting Shizune running towards them.

Why was she so out of breath? Sakura couldn't help but feel a little worried.

What did the results of the tests say?

Even Sasuke couldn't help but wonder.

That was chapter 6. Hope you liked it.

Sorry it's so short again. I'll soon have more time to write again.