grown together

chapter VII: the accident

the last thing naruto remembered was the weightless feeling of being carried and the raven's sweet words "shhhh, everything will be okay." and then a loud crack, then darkness

And the next thing he knew he was waking up in the hospital, a worried and crying raven by his side. he tried to speak but all that came out was a painful gasp before he fell back into darkness, it was a week before the blonde regained consciousness, and the raven never left his side, not even at sakura's wishes.

"sasuke, go home, you havnt moved in 8 days, not even you can last much longer, don't worry, i'll let you know immediately if he wakes up, please im begging you." sakura begged

"No, i said id always be there for him and i meant it, im not moving until he wakes up."

"but that could be weeks or even months, and you making yourself sick isnt gonna help him."

"no, im not leaving."

"fine, but at least let me bring you something to eat, you must be starving." and with that sakura left.

she came back a few minutes later with a bowl of miso soup, she placed in front of the unmoving raven, "sorry if its gross, all the food here is." and left to grab a new saline bag for naruto

she was gone not even 2 minutes, and when she returned, the empty bowl that once held the miso, was sitting on the counter.

"honestly sasuke, have you even slept."

"ive been too worried to sleep."

sakura went to the other side of naruto to hook up the new bag, but as soon as the new saline started to flow, narutos eyes opened just a bit.

naruto opened his eyes, seeing doubles, so until his vision cleared, he tried to move his hands as the smell of disinfectant and the musk of an unwashed raven burned his nose. his vision cleared and he tried to speak, so all that came out was a croak of sasukes name.

sakura rushed out of the room and grabbed a bottle of water, handing it to sasuke.

"here, give him this,"

so sasuke opened the bottle and lifted the blondes head, cupping his chin, the blonde opened his mouth as sasuke slowly poured the water down his throat, making naruto cough, and as soon as he stopped, the raven knew what he was going to say.

"what happened?" naruto asked, his head still spinning.

"do you remember the picnic?"

"yes, it was only yesterday."

"no hun, the picnic was 8 days ago, i haven't moved since they brought you here."

shock and disbelief crossed his face, but those feelings were quickly put to rest as he looked at the look on the ravens face.

"what?!"

"yes, while i was taking you home from the picnic, we we're attacked, i was able to fight them off, but not before you were stabbed in the stomach."

hearing the words 'stabbed in the stomach' scared the blonde as he asked the question sasuke dreaded,

"what about...Kibo?" naruto asked, with tears in his eyes, he wiped them away and looked through his eyelashes to the raven, though by the tears streaming down his normally stoic raven's face, he didn't need an answer.

"you *sob* mean *sob* he didn't *sob* make it?!"

A/N: noooo, not Kibo. And nurse sasuke? i wonder if well be seeing anymore of him