: nurse :

: to give special care or attention to (someone)

Sakura cursed under her breath as she jogged up the stairs.

She didn't know that a patient on strong anesthesia could take that much time to calm down.

She stopped in front of a hospital room and steadied her breathing, she cleared her throat and raised her fist to knock on the door.

"-And it's really cool, dattebayo!"

Sakura's ear twitched. Who the hell would that idiot be talking to? And who in their right mind would visit that moron so early in the morning?

Shaking her head, she knocked on the door.

"Oh, that must be Sakura-chan! Come in, Sakura-chan!"

Opening the door, she inspected the area while saying with a laugh "You're up early, Naruto. Oh, Hinata! What are you doing here so early?"

"O-Oh, um..." Hinata stuttered out as she blushed, sitting on a chair beside Naruto's bed, Naruto grinned and said "Guess what?! Hinata's kind enough to bring me real food! She cooked it for me, and it's super duper yummy, dattebayo!"

Sakura's mind then started wandering on its own, imagining how he could have eaten it.

She could imagine Hinata feeding him so sweetly as Naruto eagerly eats it whole heartedly.

Naruto and Hinata looked at each other with a shrug as Sakura chuckled behind her clipboard, giggling like Kakashi behind his Icha-Icha Paradise.

Then something clicked.

"Hinata, I just remembered" Sakura said with a mischievous smile "You're practicing to become a medical ninja, right?"

"A-Ah, not exactly" Hinata politely shook her head "I-I just learned the mystical palm for emergencies, is all"

"Well-" "Sakura! Think, quick!" "It isn't enough that you know only the mystical palm" Sakura raised a finger while she placed her other hand on her waist "You should at least know how to perform a check up"

Hinata looked up and wondered as she pressed a finger on her bottom lip, "I guess she is right"

Sakura grinned and clapped her hands together "Alright! That's it, I'm teaching you, Hinata!"

"Ah, thank you, Sakura-san. If it's no trouble" Hinata said while she gave the pinkette one of her cute smiles, Sakura nodded and said "No problem, Hinata! Let's start now!"

"N-Now?!" "Yep!" Sakura nodded again, then pointed at Naruto "Naruto, take off your shirt!"

"W-W-What?!" Hinata gasped, Naruto closed his eyes in confusion as he scratched the back of his head "Ehh?? But I don't remember having to take off anything during my daily check ups, Sakura-chan..."

"Well..." Sakura said "I forgot to bring my statiscope with me, is all, so, Hinata, I'll teach you how to check vitals manually, okay?"

"B-But isn't that you're statiscope on your neck?" Hinata asked, beet red and extremely nervous, Sakura flinched and then waved a hand dismissively "This?! No no no. This one's, uh.. Broken! Yeah! I got it switched up with my new one"

"Alright then!" Naruto said as he skillfully removed his top over his head with only one hand and then grinned at Hinata "No point of waiting around, gotta help Hinata with her training!"

Hinata let out a squeak as she jumped out of her chair and hid behind Sakura, avoiding looking at the shirtless man.

"Now, now, Hinata" Sakura said as she squatted down and slung Hinata over her shoulder and placed her down in front of Naruto "No need to be shy! It's just Naruto!"

Hinata's and Naruto's eyes met. Naruto gave her a reassuring smile. Hinata suddenly turned completely red, smoke starting to emit from her head.

"You can do it, Hinata" He said, sincerity laced in his gentle voice.

Hinata's heart suddenly fluttered. Then she nodded, determined to do it. Naruto's counting on her! She shouldn't let him down!

"R-Right!" Hinata nodded.

Sakura was surprised, to say the least. She's never heard Naruto so gentle, and Hinata so determined. But... It sorta reminds her of the Chūnin Exams.

Sakura shook her head and continued "Now, Hinata. Press your ear against his chest, on where his heart is"

"E-Eh?! C-Couldn't I just check it on his pulse??" Hinata asked as she averted her gaze from Naruto to Sakura, the pinkette shook her head and said "You'll get more accurate results if it's directly from the heart"

"O-Okay..." Hinata reluctantly agreed.

Naruto suddenly felt something soft on his chest. It sent shivers down his spine and his entire body was tingling.

Hinata has her hand on his chest.

Naruto felt very tingly. Feeling her hand on him, it felt so foreign. Yet... So...

Strange.

Strange, again, the word that always describes Hinata to him.

Strange, but right.

Yeah.

"Shanaro! Hinata!" Sakura yelled, making Hinata jump back with an 'eep', "What are you doing?!"

"I-I-I-I just thought I would get the s-same results if-" "No no no! Hinata!"

Naruto was still frozen in fantasy, he could still remember the feeling of her hand on his bare chest. It makes him feel so right. So happy. So perfect.

Hinata shyly looked at Naruto, then noticed that he has that same look he gets if he's lost in his own mind. She saw his left hand slowly place itself on top of where she put her hand on, then watched his eyes as it stared at the hand she used to touch him there.

Naruto felt his cheeks go warm. Is it possible for her to do it again? Besides, he thinks that his heart's beat changed.

"Look at the poor guy" Sakura exaggerated "He won't get out the hospital sooner if he doesn't get proper check-ups, Hinata"

Then Hinata felt extremely guilty. Naruto's gonna be stuck here a little bit longer because of her not giving her a proper check up.

Sakura was amazed on how easy it is to spark determination in Hinata's gentle heart.

Naruto suddenly got snapped out of his fantasy world when he felt a familiar feeling on his hand.

Naruto's blue eyes saw Hinata's hand on his, then she gently guided his hand back down to rest on to the side of his bed.

He then watched with wide eyes as he watched her sweep her hair to over one of her shoulders as she put a knee on the side of his bed for support, her eyes half lidded as it burned with determination.

Her hand then placed itself to where it was a few moments ago, then she slowly leaned down, replacing her hand with the side of her head.

Naruto could feel her skin on his, her head pressed on his bare chest.

Hinata was surprised.

She could hear and feel his heart going abnormally fast.

"Naruto-kun..." She whispered his name

Then there. His heart skipped a beat.

Hinata looked up and supported herself by placing her hands on his shoulders, her eyes stared into his, "Naruto-kun, your heart is going too fast and it even skipped a beat. A-Are you alright?"

Naruto couldn't even find words right now.

Hinata gasped as she noticed that blood was rushing to his face, his cheeks red. She then gently pressed two fingers on his neck, which confirmed to her that he was having a difficulty in breathing, and she could also see and feel his adam's apple constantly bobbing up and down as his imagination started to run wild.

Also, his temperature was rising by the second.

She then swept her bangs to the side and lifted Naruto's hair off of his forehead. She then pressed their foreheads together to compare their heats.

She gasped, keeping their foreheads together, she looked into his eyes with utter worry then whispered "Naruto-kun, a-are you coming down with a fever?"

Then his lips started to quiver. She tried pulling back, but he kept pressing closer. Was he searching for heat? Did he feel cold? Was it because he woke up too early and slept too short?

Hinata quickly sat back and looked at Sakura with alert, "I-I think Naruto-kun has a fever, Sakura-san! I-I'll run and get some medicine, I'll be quick!"

Hinata suddenly turned back to Naruto and wrapped her arms around him, giving him a reassuring and loving hug, then she whispered, not sure if it's for him or for her, "I'm gonna make Naruto-kun feel good"

Oh, and did I mention how Naruto's shirtless and his imagination was running wild? Yeah... Things aren't going good for him.

Hinata didn't know Naruto catches colds, but that doesn't mean she won't help him get through this!

She jumped off the bed and rushed out the room.

Sakura just had her jaw dropped as she watched the bluenette scurry out.

Then she heard a loud thump, Sakura gasped when she saw that Naruto fainted.

His face was extremely red and his open mouth was slightly curved into a smile.

Sakura tisked and thought "That's no fever"

She then giggled.

Naruto fainted because of Hinata.

The tables turned, Sakura guessed.

She's glad that her plan turned out to be successful. Well, the results were great since Naruto felt all the symptoms of being head over heels, but Hinata mistaken it with a fever or something.

But either way, Sakura can't wait to tell Ino.

Welcome back! Hahahaha, you must know who this is by now

I wanted to mess around a bit and tease Naruto. I mean- It's not my fault he doesn't know what he's feeling! It's funny to poke it because of that very reason hahaha

Anyway!

You can comment a prompt, scene, suggestion, or whatever, and I might do it!

See'ya soon!

-OrenjiRabenda