SasuHina Month Extra #4
A/N: This is kinda a sequel to my "Awkward Meetings: Day 6 of SasuHina Month 2016
Hinata honestly couldn't remember the last time she woke up on Valentine's Day with her heart hurting. Figuratively or literally. Most years, as a silly teenage girl, it was because of an unrequited crush and the fact that other people had a Valentine and she didn't. But she was older now, more mature. She let go of that unrequited crush long ago and focused on herself and growing successful and independent as a woman. She surrounded herself with people she loved and who loved her and it made her happy. So she couldn't understand why her chest was kind of in pain today.
But it was work day, and she had to make her way to Konoha Medical Center for another shift. She brushed off the pain, put on her cute heart-littered pink and red scrubs, threw her hair into a high, messy bun, and grabbed her coffee. After texting her cardiologist, "Dr. S. Uchiha, would like to make appt with u. Please call as soon as u can. Thx, Hinata Hyuuga," she made her way out the door.
After Hinata's first awkward meeting (1) with the physician, she actually became one of his patients. Dr. Sasuke Uchiha became concerned after she had a loss of consciousness during that fainting spell. She brushed it off as nothing unusual, since these incidences had been happening since she was a teenager after an accident she had with Neji, but he had made her go to the emergency room and take the day off of work. Dr. Uchiha advised her to make an outpatient appointment with him when Hinata adamantly refused to stay in the ER.
Turns out, she had a condition called arrythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (2). She had to get a whole bunch of blood tests done for her heart and an EKG and other imaging tests done to make sure she was stable. Hinata herself was kind of in between shock and denial that she had a heart condition, and it was highly likely she had inherited it from her mother, which would have explained her mother's own early death. Dr. Uchiha started her on medications and made her schedule routine appointments. She had to be careful with any kind of physical activity and had to be prepared for the fact that she could die anytime.
Dr. Uchiha apparently loved learning, on top of being a genius, and as a new doctor and her as one of his only patients with the disease, Hinata found herself conversing with him more frequently, especially about how she was doing. He kind of treated her like she was going to drop any moment, which only embarrassed her even more, considering what had happened during their initial encounter. During appointments, during work hours at the nurse's station, during lunch time at the cafeteria, even outside of work when she had questions about whether or not anything was 'safe' to do, they would talk. Lately, their topics of conversation were expanding to more than just about her condition and more about each other. Sasuke Uchiha, although a little bit stiff and with the potential to blow up in anger anytime, actually cared about his patients and their wellbeing and seemed to tolerate Hinata pretty well as a nurse and as a person. Hinata was pretty comfortable herself with the doctor who had just as many words for other people as she did.
"Ino-chan, have you Dr. Uchiha around?" Hinata called to her blond coworker as they hurried past each other during their early morning med pass rush.
"Unfortunately, no, I have not been able to feast my eyes on his goodness today," Ino frowned apologetically. "Maybe when comes up to do his rounds?"
It was like that all day. She would textpage, e-mail, or leave a voicemail for him for her patients, but she would never get direct response from him. Orders that she needed somehow magically appeared at the exact moment she needed them on her computer screen, but none of the nurses saw him that day. Ino said that it was probably because he would be swamped with all these Valentine's day gifts and chocolates or overrun with the amount of girls hoping he'd be their Valentine.
"Like you, Ino?" Tenten had teased.
Ino snorted. "Of course." She waved her boxes of chocolates in the air. "I have one for everybody, doctor and nurse alike. Even you, forehead-chan." She leaned over to kiss her best friend on the cheek sloppily.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Sorry, Ino, I'm taken tonight." She shoved the blonde off of her as she tried to continue her charting.
"Ah, bummer," Ino sighed, plopping onto her own chair. "Whatever, Sakura. I know you already mailed your gift to your dear, Doctor S. Uchiha. And I. Uchiha, probably."
"Shut up," Sakura stuck out her tongue at Ino. Her green eyes sparkled with laughter though as she caught Hinata making her way into the station. "Hinata, are you okay?" she asked, noting how Hinata was huffing a little bit in exertion as she ran from patient room to patient room.
"I'm okay," Hinata assured. "Although I think that huge bouquet of flowers with legs is for you in the waiting room," she giggled, nodding her head in the direction of the lobby where one Sakura's admirers stood waiting patiently.
Sakura groaned. "Oh no, should I get security?"
It was another hectic day filled with heavy patients and the chest pain was small squeeze in the back of her mind, its priority long forgotten. She just wanted to go home, take a bubble bath, drink some wine, watch cheesy romantic movies, and go to sleep. She would worry about seeing a doctor later.
Hinata turned on the lights to her apartment and gasped, dropping her keys, work bag, and lunch bag on the floor. On her kitchen table were roses surrounded by the soft light of a candle. Rose petals lay scattered on a set table with prepared food. She slowly made her way to the table, reaching for the small card in the center with trembling fingers, lightheaded with shock.
"Happy Valentine's Day, from the one who knows your heart more than you do." (3)
Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion, because ha! who would know her own heart better she did?
"Hey, nurse. I have some orders for you," a voice rumbled from behind her.
Except maybe... her heart doctor.
Dr. Sasuke Uchiha made his way out of the shadows looking less like a doctor and more like a creep (okay, not like a creep, maybe like a sexy vampire arising from the shadows or something ready to devour its prey) (4). Although, he looked casual in his soft black v-neck sweater and jeans, instead of his usual lab coat and professional suit.
"What are they?" Hinata asked patiently, halfway trying hard not to faint dead on sight at the sight of his good looks and halfway restraining the adrenaline that had kicked in from the instinct to defend herself. Heartthrob, indeed.
"Be my Valentine?"
They stared at each other in silence for a moment before Hinata coughed and smoothed down the front of her scrubs. "How did you get into my apartment?" she asked.
"Neji," he answered smoothly and abruptly. "I needed to tell you something."
"Something that you could've told me at work?" she crossed her arms.
"No."
"Text? E-mail?" She waved her phone. "I've been trying to reach you."
"I know. I'm sorry. I was busy."
"You were busy?" She raised her eyebrow and motioned to the Valentine's decorations on the table. "I can't believe I'm hearing this from you right now, Doctor."
The doctor rolled his eyes. "Forget it. You can drop the professionalism now, Hinata."
"Yes, Doctor."
Sasuke huffed and strode over to her, sticking his face close to hers.
"Hey, Hinata, I like you."
Hinata blinked. "I didn't know you could be so... romantic."
"Are you being sarcastic?" Sasuke sighed. "You're killing me."
"Doct-Sasuke." Hinata was shaking her head back and forth. "W-What are you talking about? Isn't t-this...kind of illegal? Or, like, advised against?"
"What is?"
"Oh, I don't know," her arms sweeped across her, motioning towards him and then towards her. "This doctor to patient, doctor to nurse relationship?"
"We're friends too, aren't we?" Sasuke shrugged. "People don't have to know. Yet."
"Well," she swallowed. "Aren't there other-"
"Other what, other girls?"
Hinata shrugged. "Nurses, girls, I don't know, doctors-that are smarter, better?"
"You're one of the only people that hasn't treated me like a trophy or some kind of god like other people do. I see the way you take care of your patients, your caring heart, just how sickenly sweet you are-but in the best way possible. I like talking to you. I like going to work because I get to see you there." Sasuke stuck his hands in his pockets, one shoulder going up in another shrug. "You didn't even try get me anything for Valentine's Day." He sounded kind of miffed at that point.
Hinata was staring unseeingly at his face in disbelief and silence was the physician's only answer. She was literally at a loss for words.
"You gotta help me out here, Hinata, I've never done this before," he ruffled his hair anxiously with one hand and waving one hand in front of her blank stare.
Hinata blinked rapidly as she was shaken out of her shock. "I've never been told anything like this before."
Sasuke took a deep breath and positioned her straight in front of him. "I've thought about it for a long time, okay? And all I've come up with is just one thing." His dark, onyx eyes were smoldering as he locked his gaze on her. "I like you. And I'm not going to just sit around and do nothing about it."
Again-Jesus. He was attractive. She tried not to faint again as she took on the sight of his dark slightly mussed hair framing his freaking perfectly freaking angled face so close to hers. That jawline! That nose!
"Hey, Dr. Hearthrob," Hinata whispered back, one hand reaching up to clench at her chest. "My heart hurts."
Sasuke's eyes widened and he grabbed her shoulders. "Are you okay? Why didn't you say anything all day? Do we need to go back to the hospital?"
She smiled at his concern, reaching up to put a hand on his cheek. He stilled at her touch. "No, Doctor, I think you made it all better."
His lips turned up just the slightest in the corner and leaned his face closer. "So is that a yes? Will you be my Valentine?"
Hinata pretended to think about it. "Hmmm..." She pursed her lips. "You're not going to randomly start resuscitations on me anymore, will you?"
"Even better," Sasuke smirked, closing the space between them and capturing her lips with his in a gentle kiss.
Hinata closed her eyes, savoring the moment before she pulled away to take a breath. She felt him lean his forehead on hers and her eyes fluttered open, staring at him shyly. He was still smiling softly at her.
"You know, your heart is healthy enough for sex," he deadpanned. "Doctor approved."
Hinata blushed a furious red and she stepped away from him. "You are-" He stopped her from running away by grabbing her hand.
"Ah yes, red. A healthy color," Sasuke noted.
"Is that what you've been researching?" Hinata asked incredulously and shook her head, a few soft tendrils falling down from her bun. "Let's just have some dinner," she sighed, pulling him towards the table. "And then you can try to romance me."
"Happy Heart Day, nurse."
She grinned as he kissed her forehead. "Happy Heart Day, Dr. Heartthrob."
In the following years they celebrated Valentine's Day together, it became one of their favorite ways to say "I love you."
A/N 2: This was kind of rushed, but I hoped you all liked it! Just wanted to get it out there in the Valentine's day spirit. Love you, SasuHina fam. Happy (belated) Heart Day.
(1) Waddup, sequel reference (Day 6 SasuHina Month)
(2) ummm I just kinda threw this out there for story sake, don't know much about it, sorry
(3) Cheesy, right? lol
(4) Probably not gonna write a vampire AU so here's a cameo
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