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Hinata blinked back tears as she sat in the waiting room of Konoha Hospital.
Everywhere she looked, she could see doctors and nurses running around, either taking notes on their clipboards or treating patients. She placed her cold and pale palms to her face and tried to remain calm.
It wasn't easy. Gaara was in surgery.
It hadn't been long, but to Hinata the minutes stretched into hours.
She could hear footsteps coming towards her and she looked up expectantly. She was slightly disappointed at the sight of Kiba and not a doctor.
"How is he?" he asked, taking a seat next to her on the bench.
"I-I don't k-know..." her voice cracked because of the tears she was holding back. At last she couldn't and the warm tears dripped down her pale cheeks and down her chin.
"He'll be ok," Kiba said reasurringly. He wrapped an arm around her. Hinata did not push away, knowing that he did this only to comfort her and nothing else.
Hinata sniffed and hoped Kiba was right.
"You should've seen it coming you know..." Kiba said quietly after a while.
"S-seen what c-coming?"
"Him nearly killing himself. He didn't do it because his brother and sister died, anything would have set him off, he was loosing it," Kiba said.
Hinata didn't answer. He was right.
She should've seen it coming. She had noticed that over the past few days, Gaara was growing a bit more quiet, and pale. He was under so much stress, and never talked about it, they were both so busy with Shino and school. It was a matter of time before Gaara cracked under all the pressure.
"You ok?" Kiba said, letting go of her and staring into her glassy eyes.
She blinked and shook her head lightly. "I-yeah..."
Just then, a someone came out of the O.R. It was a doctor, he was in greenish scrubs and was heading their way.
"Are you Gaara's sister...?" the doctor asked, looking at Hinata's blueish hair and pale eyes.
"N-no. I'm his girlfriend."
"I need to see a family member first." the doctor said sternly.
Hinata felt new tears sting her eyes. Blinking them back she said, "He's got none, his remaining brother and sister died."
"Well, then I guess I can tell you." he said.
"Gaara is fine, he's recovering now. The wound was pretty deep, he'll be in bed for a while." the doctor said.
Kiba smiled as he stood up. Hinata let out a sigh of relief and hugged Kiba as she once again started to cry, she was so happy.
"Can I...can I go see him?" she asked, releasing Kiba and wiping at her eyes.
"Yes, but he's asleep so try not to disturb him, he needs rest." the doctor said. He turned and left.
"Well, I guess I have to go, I have to deal with Shino. Tell me how he's doing, ok?" Kiba said, walking away.
"Hai," she said, heading off towards Gaara's room.
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Hinata quietly closed the door behind her and turned around.
Gaara was asleep, a life monitor next to him, beeping. There was a needle in his arm and he was breathing steadily. He was pale.
Hinata grabbed a chair and placed it next to his bed and sat down.
She took his cold hand in her own and held it tightly. She stayed like this for who knows how long. Suddenly, Gaara gripped Hinata's hand tightly. She looked up, into his face, and saw that his mouth was moving, but there was no sound.
She didn't dare move a muscle. His grip on her hand relaxed a bit.
"T..m..ri...Kan..k..o..."
Hinata sat still, trying to listen as much as she could.
"Tema...ri...Ka...nkuro..."
Gaara was still asleep. He was frowning.
"I-I'm s..so..rry..." he mumbled. His face screwed up in what looked like anger but then tears began to pour from his eyes and run along the sides of his face. He didn't even seem to notice that he was crying.
Hinata wiped his tears carefully. The cuts on Gaara's face were now fully healed and were thin, white,
barely visible scars.
"Gaara..." she said soflty.
"H..in..ata..." he murmured, opening his eyes halfway. He turned his head slightly to the side so he could see her.
"You're awake," she said.
Gaara half smiled. He attempted to sit up but as soon as he was four inches off the bed, he screwed up his face in pain and dropped back onto the bed.
"What...happened?" he asked.
Hinata hesitated.
"Well?" he asked again.
"You...stabbed yourself." she said quietly.
"Oh..." Gaara said. He put a hand on his stomach, on top of his injury and winced. "I'm sorry..."
Hinata stared at him in confusion.
"I couldn't deal with everything that was going on." he said.
"It's ok, it wasn't your fault..." Hinata said, standing up. She reached over and hugged him. He raised his arm shakily and hugged back.
The door opened. Hinata didn't let go of Gaara, but turned around.
It was a nurse. "Excuse me, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave, the patient needs his rest."
Hinata nodded and gave Gaara a kiss on the cheek before standing up. "See you tomorrow Gaara" she said, and left.
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Neji stared at Hinata as she came in.
"Hi," she said quietly as she walked past him. She wiped her wet cheeks.
"What's wrong where's...Gaara?" Neji said, hesitating a little as he said the name.
Hinata stopped. "He's...in the hospital, he hurt himself..." she said the last part quietly as she stepped into her room and closed the door quietly.
Neji smirked. He knew that red-haired emo kid would crack soon. He felt like jumping up and down but then again...it made Hinata so sad...so he didn't say anything and left to the living room.
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T-T How sad...ah well, don't worry it will all turn out good. R&R plz? Thankies.