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Flashhback

The music blasted through the club, lights flashing different colors. His heart racing, dopamine running through his veins, it was just another typical night; a way to release all of the tension from his father's expectation of him. He inhaled the rose scent coming off of the crook of the woman's neck. His hand tracing over her naked thigh, slowly reaching up to her buttocks. His lips over hers, he could feel her hands over his member.

Nights like these always become a blur, a molly popped and multiple shots of hard liquor to start and a couple lines of cocaine to give him the high he absolutely needed. It was his escape, it was his routine and norm. "Sasuke Kun, please fuck me" the girl in his arms pleaded, he was quiet, his lips aggressive, hands grabbing onto her blond locks ignoring whatever she said. A model he had met at one of the shows he attended.

Even with all the substances he took, he felt the need for more. He grabbed his glass of whisky and gulped it down and took another line of his favorite drug, afraid his high would settle down. The woman's bare skin was soft, her plump lips felt fantastic on his tongue.

"What are you doing?" the voice was engulfed by the blaring music, he didn't care for whatever was happening around him, all he wanted was to fuck the woman he was with, after all it had been a long day. "What are you doing here?" he could hear one of the girls responding to the other.

"I could ask you the same question, do you have any idea where I've gone to go look for you?!" she tried her best to speak over the music. "Leave me alone" he could hear the annoyance in the girl's voice.

"I am not leaving until you come back, you shouldn't be here. You're still recovering"

"You're embarrassing me!" she screamed.

"I don't care, let's go now" her voice firm. He was in a high where his mind was not thinking straight, even with the conversation around him, he couldn't care less about anything but the girl in his arms. The girl seemed to give in, she exhaled and apologize to the group, only to be stopped by one of the men. "Sweetie, where are you going? You can't leave. I spent all this money buying you these shots, you're not going anywhere until you finish these shots" the man said to her.

"You're a sick fuck for forcing a girl who is fucking recovering from the hospital" the voice was familiar, but he couldn't focus properly.

"She came here first, I don't like my money going to waste. If i'm going to spend the fucking money on it, then someone better fucking drink it"

"Tamaki get up, we're leaving."

"Did you not hear what I just fucking said?" his voice was angry. Sasuke still was only focused on his hands travelling over the model's body. It wasn't uncommon for commotion to happen during these events.

"I'll fucking take the fucking shots. You're a piece of work"

"Dr. Haruno!" it was that name that caught his attention, he ripped himself away from the woman he was heavily making out with and stared at the woman taking the multiple tequila shots in disbelief.

"Sakura, what the hell are you doing here?" he had only seen her just hours ago on her 20th hour. She was angry, he didn't know weather she had seen him the whole time during the ordeal, and if she did why did she not ask for his help. Then again, she never asked for anyones help.

She had finished the last shot, she ignored him. Her focus was on one of the girls that was at his booth. He was embarrassed to have had to see her in this sort of situation, but worse what she had done to herself. "Temaki, we need to leave now" she ignored the clap coming from the man and the snickers from the other women.

He dizzily got himself out of the booth, ignoring the calls from the woman he was just with. He stumbled and followed the woman who quickly managed to find her way out of the VIP Club.

"Sakura! You found her!" Sasuke recognized the nurse Ryu.

"Take her back with you I cant go back" she quickly said, anxious that the alcohol could kick in any minute. "What happened in there? You reek!"

"I know, that's why I cannot go back to work" Ryu looked at her waiting for her to further explain herself. "The sick fuck in there wanted her to drink, so I did it for her"

"Sakura, you're going to get suspended."

"I get that, just go. I'll deal with that." She opened the door for Tamaki to get in the passenger side. "Well, what about you? How are you going to go home, the alcohol is going to take affect any minute now." Ryu was concerned for his doctor, they have been working together for months and the connection they had was strong and chemistry worked well.

"I'll take care of that" Sasuke intervened. Ryu looked at Sasuke, surprised to see him there. He hadn't been paying attention much, only to Tamaki and Sakura. "Just go, I'll take care of her" Ryu looked at Sakura for a moment, "Ryu, just go. She needs Dialysis soon" he nodded and gave Sakura a hug, "Message me when you're better" he knew he wasn't giving Sakura away to a complete stranger, he had also been working with Sasuke's Mom and knew him well enough to trust Sakura with him. Ryu got into the driver's side of the car and drove off, Sakura staring at the road the car disappeared to.

"Sakura, you shouldn't be here" he had spoken to her this evening already, for a follow up on Mikoto's health. She was upset, he could see it in her facial expression. Even through the high he currently felt, he could still see the anger in her face, the same frustration she'd get when a patient wasn't doing as well as she wanted. He tried his best to appear sober for her, although she already knew he was hopped up on drugs she was impressed how he could keep his composure. Knowing him, he probably had a high tolerance to whatever he took.

"Uchiha San, I thank you for your concern, but I can take care of myself" he hated that she called him that, they had been on first name basis for a while now, suddenly now she was going back to calling him that. His insecurities came out, perhaps it was her seeing him in this state. "why the fuck would you do that to yourself? You've been working so hard to get where you are and you do something stupid as that and get yourself suspended?"

"Uchiha San, this has nothing to do with you." Her emotions were getting to her, she was disappointed. She didn't want to judge but seeing him the way he was annoyed her. The last time she saw him this way was when she first met him, it was just a hard wake up call that he wasn't any better as she suspected.

"Sakura, stop calling me 'Uchiha San', I don't care if you think you can take care of yourself. As a fucking doctor, I'd think you'd have enough brains to know the amount of alcohol you took you're not going to be well to take care of yourself." He placed his two hands on her shoulders, he looked down on her, his body hovering over hers. They stared at each other silently before Sasuke pulled out his phone and called his Chauffeur over, he'd have to leave his car here. He couldn't risk driving high and risking her life.

"I told you already…I can take care of myself" she felt her words slur and the floor starting to be unbalanced. He held her, "You can be really stupid for a fucking doctor." He was angry at her, he didn't understand this feeling he had, but he was angry that someone could be this stupidly selfless. His Chauffeur arrived within minutes, he tried to help her in but she again stubbornly insisted she could go home on her own. "Sakura shut up and just please get in," he was already an impatient man, and she wasn't helping her case, eventually she went in.

"Where do you live?" he asked the girl who was starting to endure the affect of the tequila shots, "live? I live anywhere I want to" her words slurred, he couldn't hold in his smile. "Sakura, that doesn't help me, where do you live?"

"Why? So you can stalk me?!" she lifted her finger and pointed at him. "I don't even know why I try, Lucas, please take us to the nearest hotel"

"Hotel?! Who do you take me for? A slut?! I am not going to sleep with you Uchiha San! Just because I am a tiny bit tipsy doesn't mean I don't know what's going on"

"Tiny bit…sure…" the adrenaline that rushed through his body from all the drugs had subdued, suddenly he felt like he had to take responsibility for the woman in his arm's life. He took the water bottle he had in the limousine and chugged it down, hoping to dilute the alcohol intake and whatever he took.

"Fucking hell…I am going to get into a lot of shit tomorrow"

"It's your fault for being an idiot and doing what you did" he muttered. "Hey! Don't call me an idiot! I for a matter of fact am a very, very smart woman!" he couldn't handle how absolutely cute she was and laughed. It was then that he realized sitting in the car was actually more entertaining and satisfying then what he had done just 15 minutes ago. Much more satisfying…

"Do you know what an Aphtous stomatitis is?! Huh?" her face inching closer to his, closest he's ever been to her. He analyzed every inch of her face, the beautiful glowing emeralds under thick eyelashes, her perfect plump pink lips and perfect little nose he never noticed before, or the strong strawberry scent that filled his nostrils.

"No I don't know what that is"

"Ha! I knew it! It's basically a mouth sore. So whose the idiot now?!" she raised her perfect pink eye brow at him. "The idiot is still the one who goes into a random club and takes 6 shots of tequila. That's the real big idiot"

"What idiot did that?!" she was definitely drunk now. "A very big one"

"I'd have to agree. Who takes 6 shots of tequila?! That's just ridiculous!" he'd never seen this side of her, it was expressive and hyper. Her expressions quickly changed, "You know, I don't feel very well" Sasuke sat up, his face matching her serious tone. "Should we pull over?"

"Okay, I'm not a little bitch! I'm just a bit sick."

"You need food in you and water." he passed her another water bottle, "Huh…Fiji…whose the rich bastard that owns this car? So snobby…you know Fiji water is just basically fucking tap water. So really they're just flushing their money down a drain. Ha…dumbasses"

"Sakura, shut up and drink. Please." he placed the water against her lips, she took a sip. "Ew!" she stuck out her tongue. "You're drinking Fiji water, not shit…"

"Gross…" she slipped out, he couldn't believe how entertained he was from her nonsense. "Hey, you know whats not gross?"

"What?" he asked, genuinely curious to what she would say. "Tostitos…mmm, I can go for some of those right about now"

"No. You're just gonna yack. Just drink up. We'll drop by and get you some bread"

"Bread?! What the actual fuck? Do I look like a boring plain Jane to you?" she bickered. "What does bread have to do with being plain Jane?"

"Well because bread is plain…Doofus!" He couldn't believe someone was talking to him the way she did. It was then that he realized something. He realized that he can absolutely feel good, without having to have sex or being high on whatever drug that was in.

End Flashback

He sobbed, his body slumped over the uncomfortable hospital chair thinking about her. How someone as selfless like her can go through something this horrendous. For a woman to love her patient enough to risk her dream job, something she's been working on for years. He cried, thinking of that night, the feeling she gave him. That breath of fresh air that never withered away until now, because suddenly now he felt choked, gasping for air. How could he be dumb enough to let all of this unfold?

It had been a blurry 6 hours, he knew it was bad. Her room was filled with over 15 Doctors and Nurses trying to stabilize her. Doctor Smith was quick when he explained she needed emergency surgery, passed him a prayer and told him to read it, pray that she would make it.

Never in his life had he been this scared and helpless. Money can't buy you everything, and finally this was the simple hard lesson he had to learn. That he can't win every battle, that sometimes he'll have to lose. Tonight was one of those nights that he had surrendered, that he was desperately begging for her life, he was absolutely vulnerable.

His shaking hands took his phone out of his pocket, he did what he knew he needed to do. He needed a shoulder and he needed someone to keep him sane, sane through these moments - because finally he realized that he couldn't face this beast alone. The phone rang and finally;

"Hello?" her voice was enough to tip him over the edge, words choked, he couldn't manage to tell his mother what happened. He was in shock and it was all too much to handle. "Sasuke…What is going on?! Are you okay?!" His mother's voice was nervous. She had never heard him as distraught as he was. She couldn't make up the words he was trying to say.

"Sasuke, where are you? I am coming right now!"

"Sakura…" he managed to blurt out before he broke down again. "Sasuke, you need to tell me where you are. I am coming there immediately"

"Manhattan Hospital"

"Hang on tight, I'm coming now" it was some sort of comfort knowing that his mother was coming, although it would still be hours, he needed her.

XoXoXoXo

20 hours had passed, and no one was telling him anything. He was restless waiting for someone to update him on her status, his anxiety pent up. He hadn't moved from the seat, his eyes flickering back and forth watching the other patients, and workers walking past him. He could feel the glances, it was either with pity or curiosity on why he was as terrorized as he was. Drained from the emotional trauma, he didn't realize that his mother had arrived, her hand on his shoulder.

"Sasuke…Sweetheart what happened?" out of tears he looked at her drained. He quickly looked back down, ashamed to even tell her what had happened and how he was responsible for Sakura's misfortunate events. Never in Mikoto's life had she seen him this destroyed, he looked like he was going through physical torture, tormented for hours. His eyes were baggy and swollen, his eyes dull and lifeless.

"Where is Sakura?" her heart raced, it had to be bad news if he was this torn. She wanted to be strong, but she couldn't hold her tears. It was hard to watch her son be this distraught, and the thought of Sakura hurt killed her. She wasn't ready to hear the bad news. It was in that instant that the man in a white lab coat with salt and pepper black hair came out. He quickly looked at Mikoto and introduced himself, "Hi, I'm Dr. Smith" he stretched his hand out to shake hers, "Mikoto, it's a pleasure to meet you" her voice leaked urgency. Dr. Smith had watched Sasuke from being a difficult man who wanted to treat the Super Model first and foremost, to a man who seemed to have lost everything all in a couple seconds. "If you both could come to my office, we can have a private discussion" Mikoto looked at Sasuke, whose face was menaced, he froze and didn't want to accept the fact that Sakura in the emergency was reality. "Come on sweetheart" she coaxed her son up. They both walked into his office, it was surprising more welcoming that expected with wooden walls and a wooden oak table to match, the lamp in his office emitted the comforting hue. Sasuke sat beside his mother on the much more comfortable chair that he had been sitting on for the past 20 hours. There was a mystery regarding the whole situation, he was clueless as to what happened to Sakura, only that she was in a life threatening condition. The only thing he knew was that he had abandoned her.

There was already a man that sat in a seat beside Doctor Smith, he was in a clean, well fitted black suit. His face firm, an ear piece placed on his left ear. A folder in his hand, a pen in the other. He quickly stood up to introduce himself to Sasuke and Mikoto with a shake of their hands.

"Good Evening my name is James, I am the head of federal criminal investigator. My deepest apology that we meet in this circumstances, but I am here to make sure that we prosecute the accused. However I do need some information on all victims involved and any relations to the accused." Sasuke remained quiet, blood boiling at the thought that perhaps this was not an accident and there were intentions.

"If I have your permission, I'd like to stay and collect injury report as Dr. Smith provides them to you. Before Dr. Smith proceeds we will fill you in on any information our department have collected so far" Sasuke nodded.

"We have Ms. Shizuka Tomoyuki as the accused, I understand there was a restraining order against her brought up by our other victim Karin. Ms. Shizuka attended the Victoria Secret show at approximately 7:30 PM with a loaded gun. I understand Karin is in the hospital as well. Mrs. Karin had been poisoned and suffered from Warfarin poisoning, we strongly believe Shizuka was responsible for the poisoning."

"Karin?" Mikoto asked confused, surprised by the news. "Yes, Karin attended the hospital with massive GI bleeding and intracranial haemorrhage, these are strong signs of Superwarfarin poisoning, her blood tests confirms that." Dr. Smith explained before James intercepted, "With Shizuka being around, we believe she got her hands on the Super Warfarin given the history between the two"

"What does this have to do with Sakura?" Mikoto noticed his white knuckles from his fist, his own nails digging into his palms in anxiety, this was his nightmare. His past was slowly catching up to him, coming with a vengeance.

"Sakura suffered from head trauma, falling off a 50 ft cliff into ice water - however the damage from the head injury was not from the fall but what looks like the pressure of the wave pushing her against the rocks. There is a contusion which is a bruise of the brain near the Occipiral lobe associated with swelling, causing an intracranial pressure. There is evident laceration to the skin with a fracture to the skull. The impact from the fall caused a direct impact to her left leg causing the tibia bone, which is commonly known as the bone located at the shin area to have a complete 2 point complete break with multiple shatters." Sasuke's vision blurred, he chocked on his own breath, his heart beating hard causing his stomach to churn. This was all completely bad news, although the terms used were unfamiliar it definitely was not any news he was expecting to hear. He grabbed the garbage bin next to him and threw up nothing but clear liquid. He had eaten nothing, yet the pain in his stomach was severe and the feeling of nauseousness was uncomfortable. "Sasuke" his mother's trembling voice could be heard through the echoes of his own heart beat. He felt his mother's hand on his back, she was as distraught by the news as she was.

"I know this was not what you wanted to hear, but we will work our hardest to make sure we know we've tried our 're at the best hospital" Dr. Smith's hands were folded together, rested on the oak table. It was never good news when the doctor tells you that they will only hope for the best. "We managed to do a complete repair on her left leg using a metal plate and a couple staples. This is very common and will allow her to walk properly given consistent physiotherapy, make sure she gains strength on that leg." Dr. Smith was thorough in explaining Sakura's injury.

"Looking through her CT and MRI scans, the Frontal, Parietal and Temporal lobe are all great and in tact. If I am basing it on imagery result we don't need to worry about any paralysis, speech or motor skills. Her memories should be in tact, I mean we won't fully know until she is conscious. She didn't break her neck from the fall or her back, again motor abilities should be fine."

"Conscious?" Mikoto repeated in question. "Sakura is unfortunately in a coma, CT and MRI scans can help us determine major brain trauma, however because the brain is a very intricate organ, it's hard for me to truly tell you she's in the green. It will be impossible to accurately see how she is until she wakes from her coma."

"When would that be?" He could hear the nervousness leaking out in his voice.

"I cannot tell. I am hoping that her coma lasts around a couple of weeks and full neurological recovery within a year. I cannot predict when she would actually wake up, we just have to think positive" Sasuke couldn't hold it in, he broke down at the horrendous news. Dr. Smith let Sasuke take another breath before continuing, " Although she does not have any permanent brain injury to those specific areas I mentioned, the one part I am worried about is the Occipital Lobe, a big bleed there from the trauma. This can cause vision problems, I won't know how bad it is until she wakes up. It could be something as simple as blurry and can be something as bad as blindness." He took a moment to let Sasuke grasp all the information given, Sasuke's body was shaking at this point. But as a doctor, he had to keep professional and provide all the information.

"I still don't understand why she was on a cliff or how this Shizuka situation has anything to do with her" Sasuke spoke through his tense jaws, confused why Sakura has any relations to any of these. "We also had Izumu Hakichi as our witness, he provided us with a statement. He stated that Shizuka was at the venue where he and Sakura were. She seemed very disturbed, Sakura hoaxed her out of the venue. Unfortunately by the time he had security searching for the two, Shizuka had pushed Sakura off the 50 ft cliff." James explained, his eyes focused on the angry Sasuke who was unable to hold in his tears. "Now I know that I've been giving you an overload of information regarding Sakura however I do feel important to share that by coincidence of this situation I have been able to diagnose Sakura with Hashimoto's Encephalopathy"

"Wh..What?" He had no idea what the doctor was saying, his reaction cloned by his mother's.

"An autoimmune disease, she had over 5 seizures last night, and I am sure she had them in the past as well, her blood results show that she was taking something to subdue them, but of course with the trauma from yesterday it did not help. Do you recall any Seizures in her past?" his heart sank, he had no idea if she did before. But he knew her well enough to know that she would have hid it from him to lessen the burden.

"No, not that I'm aware of…"

"Hashimoto's Encephalopathy is a rare aggressive autoimmune decease that causes the immune system to target it's body's own organs, glands and tissues, almost like lupus. It very hard to diagnose, but not impossible. They do attack the neurological system which can cause acute and mal seizures. It causes concentration and memory problems and extreme fatigue. Lung and heart inflammation is a big possibility in the near future."

"Is there a cure?" he carefully asked the doctor, "there is treatment to make sure she is as stable as possible, but there is unfortunately no cure"

"What does this mean for her?" Distressed was a loose term compared to what Sasuke felt. "She will be okay, it just means that she has to be diligent with her health. Well rested, less stressful environment…regular check up on vital organs to make sure they are not getting attacked."

"What do we have to do?" Mikoto's hand held Sasuke, her voice more collective than those of her son's. She had to be strong for her son who was clearly distraught.

"Before we do anything about this disease we have to make sure she heals properly from the traumatic events from last night. So we're going to focus on her recovery before I even think about doing a rigorous treatment for her illness."

"But what if her organs are being attacked? or if she has a recurring seizure?" he fidgeted, uneasy from the ongoing new information.

"The good news is she's in one of the best hospital in the world. We can overcome any of the obstacles we expect her to have to deal with. With the head injury, I will can assure you that she'll have more seizures, it's just how quickly we act upon it. I guarantee you we will be monitoring her 24/7."

"More seizures?" he repeated weakly. "Yes…but nothing out of the ordinary. I have been doing this for over 30 years of my life." he tried his best to comfort Sasuke by providing his credibility. He couldn't believe that his nightmares were becoming real, it was almost impossible to grasp the fact that she was in danger, genuine danger. His paranoia was becoming reality.

"When can I see her?" he was on the edge of his seat, his voice shaky.

"You can go in and visit her, she's not awake. We had to incubate her so she has an endotracheal tube in her to help her max out her oxygen usage." Sasuke was trembling, a part of him not wanting to face reality, it had felt unreal up until this point. Seeing her might break him. But his mother's hand was what gave him the strength to face his demons. Dr. Smith nodded before proceeding to get up and walk them to her. His heart was racing, he felt as though it was going to beat out of his chest. He felt unsteady, his mother held him up. "Unfortunately with her condition, we're limiting 1 person per visit" he looked afraid, lost. He needed someone beside him, Mikoto nodded and told him it'll be okay, she reassured him that he was strong enough to fight this on his own. "I'm going to call your father and brother, they are both anxious for me to return their call and fill them in." His father and brother were probably on the edge of their seat as much as she was when she told them that she had to take an emergency flight. She was the only one that could pick up and leave, Fugaku had major international meetings and so did Itachi along with taking care of his family.

They reached level 15 of the hospital in silence, the only thing he heard was the sound of his breathing and his heart beating out of his chest. His mother was waiting downstairs in the waiting area, and although he declined she went to grab him a drink and something to eat. She insisted that he needed his health to be there for Sakura, she wasn't wrong. The walk was dreadful through the white halls and passing other ICU rooms, but finally they reached her room. His legs felt weak, the feelings lost in his toes. There she was, laying on the white bed, her left leg hung on a support bandaged and bloodied. Her hair cut short to a little past her shoulders, she looked like she was wired up on so many different machines he couldn't follow. There was a tube shoved down her throat helping her breathe. It was too much to handle…his knees buckled, it was all too much to handle. He fell to the floor and sobbed by her side, clutching onto her limp hand against his forehead and cried. This was real, it wasn't a nightmare. This was his reality. He couldn't bare to cry out anything audible. The pain was unendurable and uncontrollable.

Dr. Smith gave Sasuke time to let his pain out, he allowed him to cry on the floor begging Sakura for forgiveness, to wake up. "She can hear you, it's always helpful to talk to her." he suggested. "I'll leave you two" he pulled up a stool for Sasuke to take a seat before leaving the room.

"Sakura…" his voice was raspy, "Please, I love you and I am so sorry…" he whispered, his shaking hands ran through her pink hair. "I'll never leave you again. Please sweetheart, please be okay. Please fight this…I'll answer all the questions you have in this world, I'll do anything…just…please" he continued to cry, he had never felt this insecure and scared in his life. He had never so badly wanted anything in his life.

XoXoXoXo

A lot of things can happen in two weeks. Naruto had flown in from Japan. He called Sakura and Sasuke multiple times, worried when no one had replied for the first couple of days. He called Itachi who gave him the update. It took Naruto a millisecond to drop everything and leave to be by both Sakura and Sasuke's side. Not a lot of things took Sasuke down, but as his best friend Naruto knew exactly what Sasuke wouldn't be able to handle, and it was watching Sakura slip away from his fingers. They had their bar nights and their man to man confessions, he knew exactly what Sakura meant to him.

Sakura was moved to a private ICU room, a suite in the hospital for people of wealth like Sasuke. The best comfort for patients and their loved ones. It was a fully furnished suited with a marbled bathroom, living area and a bedroom that had all the necessary medical machinery needed in ICU. He had not left the room, Naruto provided him with all the fresh clothes needed and other toiletries that fitted Sasuke's need.

Mikoto made sure to take care of the two just like when they were younger and Naruto would come over and stay with Sasuke. He was like her third son, another light that kept Sasuke grounded. She will forever be thankful of having someone like Naruto in his life. "I just finished speaking with Tsunade from back home and filled her in with everything. Dr. Smith will be sending over the documents to her to review." Naruto said, he pulled a chair and sat next to Sasuke whose hand held on to Sakura's.

Naruto gave a light squeeze on Sasuke's shoulder, "How are you holding up?" he asked, he didn't want to admit the fact that Sasuke looked like a disaster. He looked like he was slowly being eaten away, his eyes were lifeless. The bags under his eyes were big and heavy, dark from his sleepless nights and the hours of crying. Sasuke kept quiet, he couldn't lie and tell his best friend he was doing okay, because he was not. The anxiety did not settle down, the knot in his stomach was only getting tighter and bigger with every day that Sakura did not wake up. He couldn't eat properly, nothing appetizer him, he was a living in a shell hoping for a miracle. How much he'd hope and wished that he took her spot, how if anyone deserved the torment, it would be him not her. She did nothing wrong in this world to deserve this. "She's going to wake up Sasuke, she will" Naruto comforted Sasuke, but he knew that nothing would make him better until the day he sees those emerald eyes again.

Naruto wanted to break down himself multiple times, but he had to talk himself out of crying. He had to be strong, he had to be there for his best friend. He watched Sasuke just stare at Sakura, he's never wanted anything so bad and not be able to get it, but here he was watching her fade away, wanting so desperately for her to wake up. His lips trembled, he went limp on Naruto's shoulder's and cried again. Naruto had never in his life witnessed Sasuke this vulnerable. He consoled him the best he can by just sitting there letting him cry out his pain.

XoXoXoXo

"Mikoto…" Karin's eyes were blurry with the tears that had been forming every single night. "Karin sweetheart" Mokito did what she had to do to protect her son and Sakura. "Is Sasuke coming?" she cried, she was also in a private patient room. She had prayed every night that Sasuke would just visit her once in the past two weeks of her recovery, but he had not even made any sort of contact with her.

"He's still very busy" Mikoto spoke softly and sat on the leather chair next to Karin. "He left me…you know, he left me when I was in pain and I could have died…" she started to sob. "Why would he leave me like that? I've done everything I can for him, and he still left me for her" she was bitter with the thought of Sakura.

"What does she have that I don't Mikoto?" Karin asked between her hiccup. "Karin, you need to have proper rest and not think about Sasuke, it's unhealthy" Mikoto forced herself to not break down and cry at the thought of Sakura in the ICU room. "Did she sacrifice anything for him? I don't think so, at least not the way I did" wrong. Mikoto thought, Sakura has sacrificed more than anyone should.

"I've been poisoned! Poisoned by Sasuke's crazy fan girl, and here I am in this hopsital. He doesn't even come visit me?!"

"I am sure he will eventually Karin" Mikoto's voice was soft, her mind elsewhere. She thought about how Sakura would react, it would have been completely different, she would probably ask if the other person was okay and to tend to them first. "I've never asked you this…but I haven't seen you say anything about that life stealer Sakura. What do you think of her?" Mikoto's heart skipped a beat, she needed to tread carefully. "Sasuke loves her a lot and unfortunately things happened between your mother and hers but I promise you she has no intention to hurt you." She flinched when she watched Karins face twist in anger, she felt betrayed. "You too Mikoto? What did she do to get you to be so brainwashed?" tears running down her cheeks, "You know all the hardship and bullshit I went through with him, how much pain and torment, but I stuck by him!" she continued, her voice louder.

"Karin, I am very angry at my son" Mikoto was now upset, her eyes welled up. "I am very disappointed and saddened of the decisions he's made. I am embarrassed…" she confessed between her tears. "But he's my son, as much as I try to hate him or be mad at him longer, I cannot be. I love him, I know he may seem so dark inside, but I know my little boy. I know his heart, I know it better than him" she took a quick gasp of air before she continued, "Karin, the light in him is finally surfacing. My son, he's kind hearted and finally he smiles and he's clean of all his drugs and sex. He's finally clean because of Sakura." her hand clutched her chest, at the mentioning of Sakura. "How can I ever think badly of someone who brought my son to the light?" she asked Karin, her hand now holding onto Karin, almost asking for forgiveness. "I know that Sasuke hurt you and I am so sorry. It hurts me to know how damaged you are because of him, but please be angry at Sasuke or even me…don't be mad at her" she almost asked for permission. Karin grabbed her hand back she looked back at Mikoto, she was hurt. Hurt that someone who she felt was her second mother was siding with the cruel woman who stole Sasuke away from her. "no…I will never forgive Sakura for what she's done…" she could feel her face flushed when she stared at Mikoto's hurt face. "I will never understand how you can like someone who stole the only thing good in my life. She stole Sasuke away from me, just like her sick mother. I will never be okay with that"

"I do apologize Karin, I hope that you can at least accept that Sasuke will be with Sakura"

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It had been three weeks, he was on his toes every single day, three weeks felt like years to him, it was longer than what Doctor Smith expected and that made him very cautious of the situation. He sat there the way he had every single minute of the day for the past three weeks.

His heart ached, he tried to be strong but each day that passed by, his hope faded slowly. What if she never woke up, how could he ever live with that?

Naruto had left again, he tried his best to give Sasuke some time on his own. His mother had been staying and making sure both Naruto and Sasuke were fed and taken care of. She made sure the hospital suite at least felt a little like home, doing what mother's do best. She had promised to see Karin at least once every couple days to make sure she was okay after the incident, she had known Karin after all since she was a child. Sasuke laid there alone with her during the days, earning the privacy he needed and wanted.

Like any other day, he stared lifelessly out of the window and watched the leaves from the tree slowly dance off the branch. He expected another repetitive day, waiting for her to wake only to watch the sun set and rise once again. But, today was like no other day.

His heart raced when he noticed the twitch from her slim fingers, her chest heaving and choking from the tracheal tube shoved down her throat. He quickly got up from the seat next to her and ran out the room "Somebody! She's choking!" A nurse fled in followed by another doctor that had also been looking after Sakura. "Emily, help me take the tube out of her" the doctor firmly said, her acting quickly. Sasuke stood at the end of the room, holding his breath unable to hold in any of his broken down emotions. He prayed, he spoke to Sakura's mom in his head, begging to give Sakura a chance with him and promised to take good care of Sakura, that nothing like this would ever happen again as long as he's breathing and living.

They successfully removed the breathing tube, they watched her weakly grasp for air, her hands weakly clutching the soft white fabric of the hospital sheets. Suddenly her moving body calmed down, the Doctor used her stethoscope against her chest, she motioned the nurse Emily to get Dr. Smith.

"Whats wrong?" Sasuke weakly asked but he was ignored as she continued to listen to her breathing. Dr. Smith took less than a minute to come rushing in, he used his fingers to look at her eye, flashing a light on her pupils. "Please, someone has to say something to me" Sasuke in tears, begging for an answer. Hoping that she makes it through, that she's strong enough to fight. To not give up now…Dr. Smith motioned Sasuke over, his face surprisingly relieved and almost excited. He stumbled over right in front of the Doctor, "She's breathing on her own, she's waking" suddenly, as if all of his prayers and his dreams came true. His desperate plea was heard. Emeralds slowly fluttered opened.

Author's note: Hi Guys! Hope you liked this chapter, I'm sorry that it's sad, but I wanted to really portray Sasuke's pain. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review!