Momento : Hospital Room
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto because I'm poor and untalented enough.
Author's Notes: Ah yes, the calm before the storm. A short chapter once more, but the secret will be revealed in the next two chapters. XD
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Sasuke opened his eyes only to be blinded by the untainted white room. He rose from a bed, looking at his surroundings, seeing that everything was white.
"Is this a…."
"Hospital? That it is."
His head followed where the voice had come from, as he expected…it was a female nurse standing beside his bed. She smiled at him sweetly, while laying down a food tray.
"It's good to see you're awake."
Sasuke could only nod in response. The woman's gentle aura reminded him too much of his dear mother.
"Your friend is still unconscious though."
His body responded the way it should. He was shocked. "You mean…Naruto? Is he…going to be okay?" The nurse smiled once more. "Of course he is. It's just that he's sleeping." Sasuke was relieved. He let out a deep breath, resting his body back on the bed.
"I'm glad."
The nurse stroked his face and smiled for the third time. "You're very lucky. That boy Inuzuka found you on the streets." Sasuke looked back at her, a bit confused.
"Does she mean Kiba?" He thought.
"He's keeping your Naruto friend company as we speak."
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Kiba slumped his back on the wall, Akamaru was sound asleep.
…Naruto was sound asleep.
In the middle of the night, while going out to by Akamaru food…Kiba had come across them.
Sasuke and Naruto.
"They were…probably together…like always." He murmured.
He pulled the small wooden chair behind him so he could sit beside Naruto's sleeping form. Placing his elbows on the free side of the bed, he rested his face on his palms, staring at Naruto.
"You're a really lucky bastard, do you know that?" He teased, lips forming a smirk.
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Kiba's POV
Why did you…always…make everyone laugh?
I never got the chance ask you that…even…before. But you weren't like that before. You were…
You never needed to make me laugh to make me like you.
I hated what you were doing to yourself.
You were making a fool of yourself.
I hated everything about it.
Because, you're not.
I liked you.
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Kiba leaned in closer to Naruto, his breathing increasing pace, his face flushed, in a perfect shade or red.
"I liked you back then, Naruto. And I still like you…even now."
"Back then, you would hold on to these hands." He rose up those two hands he spoke about, waving them childishly in front of the sleeping Naruto.
"You held to them, but you always talked to someone else."
Kiba felt himself pause, thinking so deeply that his face had a large frown plastered on it. He was startled when he heard a large "Bang!" on the door, though it may have been, intentionally, a knock.
The loud bangs kept on coming until Kiba finally decided to open the goddamn door.
"Finally…"
Kiba raised an eyebrow, his hands placed on his hips.
"Oh, it's you…Uchiha."
"Get out of the way."
Sasuke pushed him aside to run to Naruto's bedside. Kiba could only stare back at Sasuke's ample bastard qualities. But then, he saw Sasuke's worried expression…and the way the other boy had held Naruto's hands tightly.
Kiba wanted to disappear that very moment….
Just like five years ago….
Five years ago.
Kiba's session with self-pity was cut short when Sasuke's lips began to open, his eyes glaring at Kiba.
"You're not supposed to be here."
Kiba twitched at Sasuke's words.
"What happened five years ago…was your fault." Kiba retorted. Sasuke's dark eyes opened as wide as they could possibly be, he had let go of Naruto's hands and walked towards Kiba.
"Do you actually think I wanted it to happen?" Sasuke grabbed Kiba by his jacket still, glaring at him with his ebony eyes, gritting his teeth, Sasuke looked was if he was ready to spit at Kiba. The Inuzuka child could only glare at him back.
"Me and Naruto didn't have to be involved, it was your own goddamn problem."
Sasuke brought up his clenched fist drawing it back and preparing of a blow, as his hands had sped onto the direction of Kiba's face, Sasuke was surprised to feel a strong force holding him back.
He looked up, seeing a tall man holding his arm tightly, Smiling at him.
"That's enough, Sasuke."
The two boys looked startled at the man who stood before them.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI?!"
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Author's Notes: I'm sorry if this chapter came out late, but a lot of things had come up and well---yeah, I couldn't finish it on time. And so, hopefully, I could post chapters six and seven before classes start.