100 Days with Mr. Arrogant
Day 10
Ending of day 9
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Numbness…
That's all she felt. It was as if something had taken over her body – right from the impact from a vehicle – or vehicles, it seemed, happened to take away the right for her body to feel.
There, she lay in Rei's arms, as they were hit, and Sasuke's gaze on her and Rei, with Ino panicking in the passenger's seat.
Once she could hear the loud crashes, not crash, mind you, she looked up from where her head lay on Rei's chest, and looked at Sasuke in the eye, even for the briefest moment before they were hit and their world was black.
And now, as she peered one eye open, feeling the blood trickling from somewhere on her head, she saw people gasping – police men and women trying to keep them away, and as she rolled her eyes so she could see more – fighting her lids to stay opened, she saw not 1 ambulance, but 3 more, as she was loaded into one.
She saw Rei being lifted into one, his face cradled with some kind of brace, and there was Ino, looking more damaged than Rei. Her body was limp – as if she were dead, but she couldn't be, because she was Ino. Then, there was Sasuke, who was somewhat like Rei. Not as bad as Ino, but something still bothered her.
And that's when she wondered – why?
What had happened in the first place? Why had Sasuke missed that red light?
She moaned sorely, trying to clutch her head but her arms were strapped to the bed she was on as she was being loaded into the ambulance. A doctor rushed to her, telling her that it was alright and she should stay still.
But it wasn't alright. She was hurt, her friends were hurt – her loved ones were hurt.
She couldn't think straight anymore as her vision began to get hazy, and her head was throbbing, now. She let the unconscious-ness take over her body, the black that once almost swept her from life and into permanent darkness, daze her to uncontrollable sleep. And as she was loaded onto the ambulance, a quiet murmur escaped her chapped, bloody lips.
"Sasuke…"
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Day 10
Sasuke peered through one eye, fighting his lids to stay opened. He was stupid. And he knew it.
He hurt these people that surrounded him – he was the cause of all this. Why hadn't he focused on the road? Was he that stupid to miss a red light? And 'surprisingly' they were going through one of the most busiest streets in town…
But now as he lay here in his hospital bed, watching his companions go into surgery one by one, as he was first, he couldn't help but wonder what could have happened if they were in a more dangerous position.
Not to mention that one of these people could have died – Sakura could have died.
He still couldn't bring himself to forgive himself, because what he did caused a large amount of changes in things. In relationships – in lives. He gingerly lolled his head to the side – so that he could see Rei being rolled in into the hospital room, across from him, that was large enough for the 4 of them.
Rei was paler than ever – so pale that his skin could have matched to Sasuke's. His head was bandaged up – so that only a peek of brown hair came over his forehead – and even though Sasuke would hate to ever admit it, he was sorry. Because Rei, in a way was innocent, and even if Sasuke hated his guts – he could have damaged him permanently.
Sasuke closed his eyes tightly – somewhat afraid of the dark that he could only see.
And when he heard the door being pushed open, a mess of pink hair drew into the door, her bed being rolled over to his, and across from Rei's. Sasuke was now alert – and hoped that she was okay.
He looked at her, as his face lay on the pillow – he could feel the heart strings pull, and he knew that this was his fault. Because he couldn't protect her, and because he was the one who caused her this pain.
He couldn't ever forgive himself for this. Not ever.
He closed his eyes once more, and when he heard a familiar kind of whine and mewl, he opened his eyes, fighting for them to stay open.
"S-Sakura," his throat let him say weakly, so weak that it was hoarse.
Sakura was now squinting, her brain telling her eyes to open, but some how her body not wanting to. "S-.. Sasu.." Was all she managed to say, croaking through her throat.
Sasuke panicked, "Sakura… Stay still…" Was all he could say, as Sakura almost thrashed in her bed from the pain that her body was giving her.
"Sakura… relax, please!" Sasuke whispered to her, and as Sakura calmed, he looked her in the eye as she hammered them open.
"I'm sorry." He whispered, and for once, Sakura heard emotion from Sasuke – emotion so real that the tears that lined her eyes caused her vision to blur – and suddenly, she heard him calling out to her, telling her not to cry because it would be just too damn troublesome.
"Sasuke," she managed to choke out through uncontrollable sobs.
"Where's Ino?" Sakura asked, her gaze traveling over Rei and back to Sasuke, seeing that they were now located in a normal hospital room.
"Still in surgery…"
"Was she hurt the most?"
Sasuke frowned, "Sakura…"
"Tell me, Sasuke. Is she alright?"
Sasuke blinked innocently, alarmed at the panic in her voice.
"She…"
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"What happened to him? Sasuke – what! Sakura? Both of them? What about Ino and Rei?" Naruto boomed through the receiver – talking to Sasuke's mother.
"Yes, we're on the way to the hospital – we're going to come there and pick you up, alright?"
Naruto was now alarmed, his heart beating quickly. "A-alright," he said, clicking the phone off and went to go get some extra clothes and ramen cups. Because he was the one that was going to stay 24/7 with the ones that he loved.
He drummed his finger silently on the window as he waited for the Mikoto to drive up with Itachi. His heart jumped as they pulled up, bounding to the car with one swift move with closing the door.
"Come on, Mikoto-san, Sasuke's waiting… And probably worrying like a wart over Sakura." He frowned.
Itachi looked back at Naruto, who was obviously sad. "Don't worry – I'm sure that Sasuke wouldn't let anything happen to that girlfriend of his."
"But Teme's not…"
Itachi shook his head. "I'm his older brother – of course I know."
Naruto just ignored him, focusing on how fast they were going to get there.
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"Troublesome…"
"Damn you, Shikamaru! We have to go see Sakura and Ino, you brat." TenTen said, Neji and Hinata standing beside her.
"Do you not care of your 'troublesome' girlfriend?" TenTen asked, impatiently. "Come on! Sakura's mother is waiting out in the car, let's GO!"
Shikamaru sighed, lifting up from his chair, trailing after the 3.
And as they rode silently in the car – all nervous about the previous news that they were hit with, Hinata silently prayed.
"Sakura-chan… Sasuke-kun… Rei… Ino-chan…"
And the thing that worried all these people, was what had happened to them – and the cause of it.
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"She what, Sasuke. She what?" Sakura asked impatiently, the sobs somehow taking over her body – so now Sakura's grip on the medal beside her bed tightened – and the monitor of her heart rate suddenly sped up - her body was quivering.
"Sakura, please, settle down." Sasuke tried to sooth her.
Sakura closed her eyes, listening to him as she nestled back down into her pillow. "We… don't know yet. But she's the one that's been most damaged – she's been in surgery before us, and she's still in there."
Sakura frowned, "What happened anyway?"
Sasuke gulped discreetly, not knowing how to explain this all.
"The doctor will come in with Ino, and he will explain everything." Was all that Sasuke said. "Get some rest – Naruto and the others will be coming soon. I'll wake you up," he said as he settled back down in his own pillow.
Sakura frowned – knowing that he was the one that missed the red light – but was still hiding something. She could only comply to what her body and Sasuke told her to do.
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"Sakura!" Sakura's mother came bounding into the quiet, and once calm hospital room, throwing her arms around a sleeping figure of Sakura.
Sasuke shot Sakura's mother a glare, as if to say not to bother her. Sakura wriggled under her mom's grasp, whining. "M-mom…" She whined. "It… hurts."
Sakura's mother gasped, and backed away. "G-gomen, Sakura." Sakura cracked her eyes opened. She smiled. "Thanks for coming…"
Her mother smiled. "Are you okay? Please, Sakura. Tell me you're okay…"
"I'm fine mom. Just wait until the doctor comes…"
And just at that moment, in came Naruto, bounding in like he was a ball, rushing over to Sasuke. "Teme, what did you do!" He gave him a stern look.
Sasuke snorted. "Just what makes you think that I did this?"
Naruto 'tsked'. "Obviously…" he said under his breath. Sasuke glared at him.
The rest of the group came in silently, Sasuke's mother coming over to Sasuke with a such worried look on her face. "Sasuke… what happened?" She asked, cupping his face in one of her hands.
Sasuke shivered under the warmness of her hands, and looked her in the eyes. "I just…" And that's when Rei's parent's came in.
"Rei! My darling, what happened to you!" Her mother that had seemed all dressed up, his father in a 'perfect' suit came strolling into the hospital room.
"It's just a… car accident, mom, dad…don't worry," he flinched as he spoke, the bandage wriggling around uncomfortably on his face.
His parents shot the people on the other side of the room a bad look. "Just what have you done to my baby boy!" She pointed out an accusing finger aimlessly.
Sasuke's mother look hurt. "Excuse me, but my boy didn't do anything."
"Neither did Sakura," Sakura's mother spoke up, the kids looking confused.
And that's when the other group spoke up.
"W-where's Ino?" Shikamaru asked – as if he weren't Shikamaru.
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When Ino had finally come into the room – her arms bandaged up, her neck braced, her face bandaged, her right leg bandaged, and her left ankle twisted and sprained, the people in the room could only gasp.
Shikamaru didn't even think twice when he rushed over to her side, taking her left, un bandaged arm.
"I-ino…" He choked out. Ino cracked open an eye, and a smile took over her face. "Shika-kun… you made it." She smiled warily, her eyes opening altogether.
Shikamaru smirked with his laziness. "I never even wanted to come, babe."
Ino smiled. "Love you too," she winced at how the hurt of her body was so hurtful. She took a side glance beside her, looking at her mother who looked at her worriedly, but smiled at her anyway for assurance. Her father sat beside her mother quietly, taking her mother's hand.
And beside them, was Rei's family, still giving glares. And on the other side of the room was Sasuke's and Sakura's family, looking worried… but okay.
The doctor cleared his throat to begin.
"I'm sure all of you want to know what had happened. I've been told that Uchiha Sasuke, had missed a red light." He looked over to the worried faces of his mother, and wondered how on earth he could have missed one.
"They were on one of the busiest streets – and unfortunately, 3 cars were coming their way. Obviously, the cars that were coming towards them didn't have time to stop, because Sasuke was coming onto them fast, as they were coming fast, too." He shook his head, and looked over to Sakura.
"Sakura's fine, but she does have a few broken bones. Her right side is okay, as she was on the right side with Rei. So Rei is fine, too. A few broken and fractured bones, but these two will heal and are fine. Same goes to Sasuke."
The doctor then looked over to Ino. "Unfortunately, Ino was the only one on the right. There were two cars coming her way, so the impact on her was harder than any else's. She's the one with the most broken bones, and will take longer to heal. She's lucky that… she made it." The doctor nodded, and proceeded to each parent and explained what's needed to be done.
"Sasuke… tell me, now." Sakura looked over to Sasuke, her head still lying on her pillow.
Sasuke shot her a glare. "Sakura…" he growled.
"You have to tell me Sasuke, you can't just hide this from me." She frowned. Sasuke sucked in a sharp breath, his arms resting limply at his sides now balled into fists as he gazed into those shallow jade eyes.
"I… was just distracted."
Sakura raised a brow, and snorted. "Sasuke, that's not like you."
Sasuke shrugged. "Sasuke I know you're hiding something." She frowned. Sasuke could only frown, also.
"Sakura… it doesn't matter okay? Just… leave it alone."
Sakura pouted, her bottom lip sticking out. Sasuke then rolled over on his other side, and tried to ignore her.
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Sakura woke in the middle of the night by a scream. When she snapped her eyes opened, she looked around her to find Ami by Rei's side. She frowned, and pretended she was sleeping also.
Ino was still asleep on the other side of the room – her peaceful face haunted Sakura. Sakura rolled her head to her right side so that Rei and Ami couldn't see that her eyes were opened.
"Who did this to you!" Ami shrieked, taking Rei's hand. Rei scowled at her. "Ami… shush, will you? Someone might here you, damnit." He growled. Ami pouted, but placed a kiss on Rei's lips anyway. Sakura winced.
"But who did this to you, babe?" She whispered, leaning over Rei. Rei frowned, pointing his gaze to a sleeping figure of Sasuke. Ami growled. "Him?" She raised a brow. She snorted. "Don't worry, I'll do something about it."
Rei looked uneasy. "Don't… take it too far, okay?"
Ami nodded. "Anything for you, babe. But… why wouldn't you want me to hurt him? Look what he did to you…" she pouted. Rei frowned, his muscles tensing as he did so. "Because… even though it doesn't seem like it, he cares for… the people around him. And people care for him too." Ami snorted.
"Psh, like who does he care for?" She asked, her attitude going back to the way it usually is.
Sakura's ears perked up – not even minding now that Ami was all up on Rei.
Rei looked over to Sakura. "Her, and even though it doesn't show… he likes her… and I mean likes her." Ami snorted once more.
"How would you know?"
Rei frowned. "Because that's how we got into this accident," he sighed.
"Then why are you with that big forehead-girl anyway?"
"Because… I liked her for awhile, but I got tired of her. Sasuke and Sakura deserve each other anyway," he shrugged, then pushed Ami away.
"Now go, I need my sleep."
Ami frowned, but complied anyway. She placed another kiss on Rei's lips, and proceeded to walk outside of the large hospital room. When Sakura was sure that Rei was fast asleep, was then where her thoughts came rolling in.
She thought of the conversation that was shared between Rei and Ami. She wasn't sure if she should be mad at Rei for just using her like that – like she was his toy. Because she wasn't. But she still was thankful of him because she didn't 'literally' hurt him like she would've hated him to do. And he understood others' feelings. Like Sasuke's. He knew that Sasuke cared for her, and he knew that they deserved each other.
The thinking got to Sakura's head and she thrashed in her bed violently, yelping out. She took in a large breath, sucking it in, and once again feeling the familiar pain that was starting in her head and going through out her body.
She tried to calm herself so she wouldn't wake anybody, but she was unlucky.
"Sakura?" Sasuke asked beside her. Sakura tensed, and looked beside her.
"S-sasuke…"
"Get some sleep, Sakura."
"Why should I listen to you?"
"Just shut up and get some sleep. So then you wouldn't have to bother us anymore," Sasuke scowled.
Sakura frowned. "I can't Sasuke – it hurts."
Sasuke frowned also. "What hurts?"
Sakura shut her eyes for a minute – then opened them and looked over to Rei. Then to Ino, and finally her gaze met Sasuke's once more. When Sasuke had asked the question once more, she looked at Sasuke straight in the eye, and placed her right hand where her heart was located.
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Sorry this is so short. This chapter is dedicated to my dear Kasu-chan. I love you, darling :)
I'm sorry that I'm not getting the chapters as fast as I would like to. I have been hell'a busy getting ready for school. Damn school. But anyway, I will need to focus on my studies.
But I am not forgetting about this story. When I forget about this – is when I die :D Alright, so I am sorry this is short and is kinda sucky – please no flames.
I promise you a great chapter for the next one, okay? I love you all.
OBJ Thanks you for your support !
- OBJ