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The rosette had arrived at the hospital's roof where Kisame was waiting for her. She turned to him with a raised eyebrow to which he just shrugged and motioned for her to follow him. "You do know I know my way around the hospital right?," she asked as she caught up to him.
" I know, it was just awkward in there," he shrugged to which she giggled. Before they reached the edge of the building Sano who had been quiet all along, taking in the blur of images that passed while his mom sped through the roofs, spoke up, "Are we going to see dad?"
"Sure are fishsticks," smirked the tall man before hopping down and landing on the windowsill of one of the many rooms. Following suit Sakura landed on the same windowsill with Sano clinging to her for dear life, before entering through the open window.
Once she entered she along with Sano where squished in a tight hug. "Sakura! I missed you so much! Is this your kid?," asked a medium height woman with short black hair while releasing Sakura and pinching the small Uchiha's cheeks, "He's cute! I bet his dad is handsome!"
The pinkettes eyes widened as she heard Shizune. So only Tsunade, besides Naruto and Kakashi, know that Sano is indeed Itachi's child. Should she tell her that the boy's dad is the man she just brought back from the brink of death, or should she wait s and see what Tsunade has planned.
"He is," replied Sakura with a smile, and ignoring the snickers that where coming from the somewhat childish overgrown man. But Sakura feeling out place, even though she had been welcomed with open arms from what used to be her handpicked family, cut down to the chase. "How is he?" she asked worry lacing her voice and her pink eyebrows knitting together as Sano held on to her tightly.
Startled with the sudden change of topic the woman fumbled with the clipboard at the edge of the bed, "Oh right. Patient first, greeting later. Well he's still weak, since he did loose large amounts of blood, but the healing process is going fine. The wound isn't infected thanks to the immediate treatment he received. And he should regain consciousness later today of sometime tomorrow. If he doesn't will have to check for intracranial hemorrhage."
So it wasn't entirely good news but it wasn't that bad either, she was sure he would regain conscious soon. He had to.
"Is da-" Sano was interrupted by a suddenly nervous Sakura. "Itachi is going to be alright. He just needs some rest," said the rosette while laughing nervously and sending her son a meaningful look to which he just raised his eyebrows and jutted put his lips.
"Yeah, he got hit pretty heard," commented Shizune while shrugging her shoulders, "But he's in good hands now.
And before anyone could comment any further Kisame and Sakura shared a worried glance when they felt a burst of chakra from behind the door that was across the room. So without a second thought Sakura leaped behind one the curtains closet to the window and placed Sano in between her legs motioning him to stay quiet, as Kisame stood in front of the curtain to hide any lump that could be seen. Just as she concealed her chakra even more the door burst open, revealing a voluptuous blonde.
"Ino!," exclaimed Shizune her face red and her voice shaky from almost being caught with the pinkette, "You should knock first."
"Where is he?" asked the blonde girl completely ignoring the warning the woman sent her, as well as the tall blue man across from her as her baby blue eyes zeroed in on the beautiful male specimen laying unconscious on the bed.
"What happened to him?," she asked her face paling a little and rushing to his side to inspect his bandaged wounds.
"Uh," fumbled Shizune with her hands, "He got into a serious fight." All the time Kisame resisted the urge to face palm, it was obvious what happened to him, it was part of the job.
Nonetheless the blonde nodded in complete understanding. She brushed her fingers against his cheekbones lovingly. "He will get better, after all we have a date to finish," she stated cheerfully before leaning in and planting a smacking kiss at the corner of his mouth, "Well I'll come visit later."
The black haired woman nodded dumbly, she didn't know what to make out of the event that just occurred. And Kisame glared at the girl, what the heck was she talking about. If got a say in the matter, which he did, what with him being the Uchiha's partner, he did not approve of the blonde. She was too flighty and frivolous unlike down-to-earth mother of his favorite kid, Sakura.
Once Ino was out of the room with a soft click of the door, Shizune rapidly picked up some papers and said, "Kisame I need to finish some paperwork, so I'll be back later." He nodded while he just stared at the door the blonde had just left through and before he noticed the woman had left.
Now it wasn't surprising for the Uchiha to have some fangirls, he was very handsome, but the reality of it had never hit her like it did just now. Maybe it was because their meetings were always private or the people town where she lived with Hana already knew he had a son with her, so he was basically off limits. She had never been to a big town, none the less a village such as Konoha with Itachi, so she hadn't seen girls reaction towards him. She knew it was real, she had experienced that with Sasuke, but he was always walking around the village, and Itachi didn't seem like that type of guy. She thought he tended to stay at the inn he was staying to read, or camp outside and meditate, not stroll around and unconsciously make girls fall for him.
She didn't know why she felt so angry at him, and so hurt. He had been nothing more than a good father for Sano and helped her when it was needed. But she couldn't get rid of thoughts that blamed him for everything she was feeling. It was his fault girls fell for him. It was his fault Ino was waiting for a date with him.
Yes it was his fault she confirmed, but she didn't have the right to feel mad and resent him for leaving her. They just had a child together. They were not lovers. He never told her he loved her.
Why did she care so much for him then? That was not logical. Then again when have feelings been rational. She just had to fall for him, and fall for him hard. So hard that she had to suffer this much and keep it all in so that her son would be happy and not worry about his parents. This time. This time she just can't hold in her feelings.
Everything was accumulating. Her worry for sano while kidnapped, her distress when Itachi fell unconscious, her anger with Sasuke, her regret with Naruto and Kakashi, her uneasiness in coming back, her sadness in hearing Ino. It was just too much.
She needed something. No she needed him to wake up and tell her everything was going to be okay.
He was so irritated with what had just happened that he wanted to punch a wall. That is until he felt a tugging on his cloak. Looking down he saw two concerned big green eyes. "Yeah," he said his eyebrows scrunching up.
"Mom is crying and she isn't listening," replied the boy as he pointed at the curtains he had just being hiding at.
Kisame turned his black eyes towards the curtain before calmly taking the two steps to reach it. He gently pulled the raspy material to the side revealing a stiff as wood rosette. He touched her shoulder gently and didn't receive any response. He called her name several times and she still didn't give any indication of hearing him.
He was starting to worry. The girl had tears streaming down her face, and her mouth was open as if she wanted to scream. And the boy didn't help at all, since he was on the verge of tears too.
"Sano you go sit next to Itachi. I'll be back," he ordered.
He stood up and roughly picked up the boy before placing him with a loud thump on the chair next to the bed, "Stay."
And without a second thought he picked up the rosette and disappeared through the window.
Why did problem after problem follow him?
"Sakura," he gruffly said as he sat her down on the roof hospital.
Still no response and he was reaching the peak of his patience. So without further ado he gathered chakra in his right hand before sending a stimulus through her left shoulder, effectively snapping her out of her state, but unleashing emotional drama.
With a choked sob and confused eyes the rosette turned everywhere before her gaze landed on the man sitting beside her. "K-Kisame," she whispered and just as soon covered her face with her hands, "I'm not good enough am I?"
She continued crying as he just stared at her. What the hell was she talking about?
"I don't know what you mean Kitten," he replied patting her tangled mess of pink hair.
"I'm not good enough. I always make Sano worry. I left the village afraid everything that might happen," she hissed before a sob took over and her eyes filled with new tears, " And…and I can't even have a relationship with the father of my child."
Okay so he was confused now. First of all why was she at an all time low. And second what kind of nonsense what she spouting about.
"What the hell," he muttered while harshly taking her chin in his hands to look directly at her eyes and verify if this was just some lame joke.
"Itachi doesn't love me! He's going with Ino or maybe some other woman. He will always just be Sano's father. I will be alone in the village. Nobody is going to accept me back. Hana might be lost in the forest somewhere. And it just hurts! It hurts to know that the person you love doesn't love you back!" she shouted random things before getting to the core of the problem.
Gosh how he abhorred the blonde now. First she makes everyone uncomfortable in the room. Second she made his headache go sky high, he could swear it was on the migraine scale of hurt. And third she just plants unreasonable doubts on one of the few people he considered a close friend almost family.
"Sakura listen to me," he said shaking her shoulders none too gently.
"No! You're his friend! You're on his side and I'm just a burden to you too. You knew from the start that it was just a onetime thing and it all just spiraled down from there," she retorted new tears springing from her eyes.
"SHUT UP!" he yelled effectively shutting the girl up, "You ARE my friend, or else I wouldn't bother. You're not a burden but you're getting pretty annoying right now. What the hell happened to the confident and kick-ass Sakura I know. And-"
A small smile tugged her lips but was soon replaced by the hurt she was feeling.
"Has he ever told you he doesn't love you?"
"He hasn't told me he loves me either," she replied a new wave of tears threatening to spill.
"Don't you think it hard for him to say he does indeed love you. You know Itachi, if he didn't care at all he wouldn't even glance in you direction."
She nodded but sniffed, "It because of Sano."
"Didn't something happen before Sano came to be?," he asked sincerity lacing his rough voice. A very un-Kisame moment that he wished to never repeat. Women were so complicated.
Sakura nodded once again, but found another glitch. "Then what about the date with Ino? Maybe other women."
He sighed before standing up and pulling her to her feet. "I think you should ask him, everything you want to know."
"It's hard," she insisted, trying to her him to reply.
Exasperated he sighed running a hand through his blue hair. It was a long day and it was barely about 5 in the evening. He looked at her and she was about to continue but he raised a hand, "No more. It between you and 'Tachi."
"But," she pleaded clenching the front of his cloak.
"No," he stated before raising his hand and pressing a pressure point on her neck knocking her out. But before she completely lost consciousness she glared at him. "You need to rest too."
Catching her midway she carried her to the room to meet a worried Sano.
"Sakura is alright, she's just sleeping," he answered picking up the few of their belongings and giving them to the boy, "I'm taking you to Naruto's to rest."
"Dad?" asked the boy as he climbed on the man's back and held on tightly.
"That bastard needs to wake up soon," he muttered before jumping out the window and leaving the still unconscious man on the bed.
Well here ends this one.
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