Chapter 21
"Sasuke! He's awake!" Sakura ran over to me and shook me awake. Naruto had been out cold for the past couple of days, mostly thanks to the drugs, and I found myself so tired that I eventually passed out on the bed opposite his.
At the sound of Sakura's voice I leapt up from the bed and ran to his side, my eyes pinned to his and immediately they started to water, but no tears actually came as they had all been used from the other night. I cried so much, Sakura had to change her outfit as it was so soggy by the time we arrived at the hospital. The sirens were dulled out by my sobs and for once she cried too. I don't normally see her cry in this kind of instance but she couldn't hold back, she told me how she thought he was getting better, and that he would tell her how he kept imagining me outside the window and of course that made my heart break as I was actually causing him to hurt every time I got so selfish that I convinced myself that just one more time wouldn't hurt, when actually it was killing him.
"Hey there dobe, how are you feeling?" I asked him quietly not wanting to shout in his ear as soon as he woke. I kneeled down beside the bed and gently caressed his cheek with one hand whilst getting hold of his hand with the other.
"Yeah not too bad, I feel like I slept for a month!" He of course wasn't so quiet and I shushed him so he wouldn't wake the sleeping neighbours. "You are going to have soo much energy aren't you..." I bowed my head and smiled. At first it was awkward, kind of painful, I hadn't smiled in a long time, well not a real smile anyway, but I couldn't help myself as he's such a knucklehead!
"Probably, but that's a good thing! Now we can go back on missions! Doesn't that sound cool! The three of us back together, just like old times!"
My face was now grim and he noticed it. His smile also faded at the sight of me. "What's wrong Sasuke?" Sakura bent down beside him.
"The village thinks I'm dead, and, well no-one wants me here, after hurting you guys soo much, and...and..." There were more tears, I couldn't help it...I didn't even know where they were coming from but they were there alright. "I will not hurt you ever again, I swear to it, and so I'm going to leave, and you can move on and be happy without me there to cause you more pain..." His face was stunned and so was Sakura's. His eyes were welling up and the pain on his face was shredding me into tiny pieces until Sakura belted me in the face. "WHAT THE HELL SASUKE!" I was by now at the other end of the room rubbing my cheek where she had smacked me and now looked steaming mad, "First you leave and make things bad and now you expect them to get better if you leave again!" Naruto still seemed to be in shock and so I got up and walked to his side before leaning down and placing my forehead against his and whispered, "Whatever it is you want me to do, I will, whether it's leaving you to get on with your life or going to the moon and back...whatever it is that makes you happy I will oblige...I mean I'll even buy a lifetimes supply of ramen if you want...just name it, and I'll do it."
"Kiss me..."
I didn't need to be asked twice as my lips crashed down on his, moulding together in perfect synchronisation. His hand slipped up around my waist and gripped my shirt to pull me closer; I had one hand beside his waist and one hand held his neck. This was one of the sweetest kisses we had ever had, it wasn't strong and passionate or wild and reckless, and it was slow and meaningful. A year without this made me so happy that I finally had it back, that spark of electricity shooting up and down my spine making my knees feel weak, making my blood boil until it burnt, my heart rocketing out of control and my mind in complete peace.
The kiss wasn't even long yet it felt like years, I enjoyed every moment of it, until Naruto pulled back and my heart sank as I moved away from him, longing again for his touch, so I settled with holding his hand and gently caressing it once again. Then he smiled at me, the most beautiful thing in the world, plastered across his, it was so contagious that not only me but Sakura too was grinning like the world was going to end. I never felt so relieved to have him back, to know that everything would be alright if I was there to protect him.
"I won't leave you...not ever... never again." I said.
"Excuse me, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave as the doctor would like a word with Naruto..." I turned back to him and said, "I'll be back as soon as I'm allowed..." Then I whispered, "Maybe before but they won't know!"
I gave the confused looking Naruto a quick peck on the lips making the nurse turn away awkwardly and grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her out the door but turning back to wink at him before leaving his sight.
I continued to pull Sakura along the hall and stopped once we rounded a corner. "What the hell are you doing Sasuke?" The hall was still crowed so I leaned into her ear and whispered a few words then she started giggling and nodded her head in agreement. "Okay, but you must be quick before anyone notices!"
She wandered off down the hall and got a drink from the vending machine whilst I popped into the ladies and hid in an empty cubical.
"Okay, if Naruto can do this, then so can I! Sexy Harem Jutsu!
Naruto's POV
I sat up and waited for the doctor to come in, the nurse said she was going to discharge me today but needed a final check up and a visit from the doctor. I let her do all her tests and had a drink of water whilst I waited. Finally a man in a suit and a white jacket approached me.
"Hello there Naruto, my name is Dr. Peters and I'm here to find out what going on with your life.." I couldn't believe it, there was some dude saying he wanted to know why I tried to drown myself! Baka Physiatrist! I hate these people! They didn't once help when I was all alone living by myself but oh I try to down myself and there all over me...'Oooo don't kill yourself we want you to carry on living by yourself all lonely and that'...And now they've killed my buzz.
"I did it because my lover had left me all alone after telling me he loved me then he died and I went to his funeral, and now he's back and he's not going to leave again. Happy?"
The look on his face was priceless, he didn't know what to do! "I'm sorry sir, did you say 'he'?"
"Yes why?"
Then he started going on about how I must be messed up because I'm gay and so I yelled at him at the top of my lungs and at that he turned onto a different subject, about how he was back from being dead. About halfway through a sentence a nurse entered the room, she had short black hair and a cute button nose and she was slim with really big bo..."
"Naruto?" I turned my attention back to the doctor who had carried on talking. I bluntly replied yes and thankfully he started talking again. Then, out of no-where I felt something on my lips, something soft and warm and in an instant it was gone again. My suddenly shocked expression made the doctor double take and I assured him it was nothing but then my gaze was again turned to the nurse who smiled and winked at me. Then my mouth shot open and this time the doctor demanded to know what was wrong. I managed to make up something about ramen and surprisingly enough he bought it.
I then realised the meaning in Sasuke's words as the nurse just stood there looking at me and occasionally planting one on my lips so fast the doctor couldn't tell. Then the funniest thing happened, "Excuse me, nurse could you fluff my pillow for me." Some pervy old man had seen Sasuke or rather a beautiful young lady nurse and wanted an up close and personal look at the two huge... "Naruto are you even listening?" The doctor had stood up and I looked at him and said goodbye as I leapt off the bed having all my IV and such taken out earlier and grabbed the nurse and ran down into the mens toilets.
"Sasuke! Turn back NOW!" I yelled at him and he ignored my demand. Instead he pulled up closer to me and with a sweet voice said "But don't you like me? I though handsome men like you liked pretty girls..." He flashed his eyes and held onto me and hitched one leg up like a anime girl.
"Teme!" At that he, or rather she, turned back into Sasuke and before I had time to say anything he planted another kiss on my lips. After a while the need for oxygen took over and we pulled apart though still clinging onto one another.
"I love you." Sasuke whispered, and I replied with a peck on the cheek and said, "I love too teme". I winked at him and we both exited the bathroom and returned to a bored looking Sakura. Once she spotted us she ran over and started telling us how some nurse had just been abducted by a blonde boy and there was no sign of her and that no-one of that description even worked there! Of course we all ended up in fits of laughter and we managed to leave the hospital without anyone realising Naruto was the blonde boy they were after.
We all walked hand in hand back to the mansion and decided to forget the past and move on...over a bowl of ramen, except Naruto who had six. (He said it was to make up for the past three days!)