Neji followed Tenten. She walked like she was in a hurry.
"Come
on Neji, walk a little faster." she said. Fear sounded in
her
voice. She
started running. Neji followed her example. Where are we
going?"
Neji asked but Tenten didn't hear it. They ran out of Konoha.
Neji
heard screams out of the forest.
Close
to the spot where he and Sakura had been yesterday laid Sakura.
"What
happened?" Neji asked. "She stepped on a snake."
Tenten said.
"Please carry her to a
hospital, I wanted to but I'm not strong
enough."
Neji
lifted Sakura up. The hospital was nearby so it didn't take
long
until they were there.
Tsunade
said that Sakura's foot would be swollen for a week or so, but
there
wouldn't be any medication needed.
Neji
carried Sakura to his house. It wasn't anything special; just
two
rooms, but it was enough for him
alone. He putted Sakura on the couch.
She had been unconscious
since he found her. He grabbed a cold,
wet
towel and put in on Sakura's forehead. She opened her eyes
slowly.
She
wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. Neji closed
his
eyes,
kissed her back and hugged her for a while. "I'm so glad
you
woke up."
Neji said. "Neji, do you love me?" Sakura looked
hopeless.
(…)
"Sakura…of course I do." Sakura's eyes were filled with
tears. "She
laid
her head on his shoulder and said: "Oh, Neji I'm so
happy."
Neji
smiled and said:
"You
should get some rest, shall I go?"
"No,
I want you to lay next to me."
"But
I can't. I mean I can but… I…I…I.."
Sakura
laughed.
"You're so shy."
Neji
blushed.
"Please,
please, please. I won't kill you."
Neji
had his doubts about it.
"Maybe….if
you promise that you stay here until you can walk again."
Neji
didn't know if he said the right thing and expected the worse,
but
Sakura looked rather happy.
"Ok,
I'll stay."
Neji
carried her to his bed.
Neji
watched Sakura: She was so sweet when she's asleep. Not much
later
he also fell asleep next to Sakura.
He
woke up with Sakura in his arms. Sakura was still asleep and she
held
him tight. Neji tried to get away without waking her up, but
that
turned out to be impossible. He stroked her hair.
Sakura's
respiration was calm but her heart was beating almost twice
as
fast as it was supposed to be. She moaned. Neji sneezed and Sakura
woke
up. She'd slept over three hours.
-
"Neji I'm hungry."
Neji
went to the kitchen to prepare some food.
It was around 9 o'clock when they finished dinner.
Neji
went to the bathroom to take a bath and Sakura grabbed a pencil
and
a piece of paper. She was a good drawer. She drew a squirrel in
the
sun playing with the leafs and in the bushes was a fox searching
for
the right moment to attack the squirrel. A snake was looking at
the
fox. Two swallows were flying in the sky. The drawing looked
peaceful
but there was also a strange
feeling of tension in the picture.
Neji
was finished in the bathroom. Sakura hid the picture under the
couch.
No one ever saw a drawing of her. She was afraid people would
laugh
at her.
Neji
opened the door of the bathroom. "I'm done, you can take a
bath
if you
want to."
Sakura stumbled
hopping past Neji into the bathroom. There was nothing
much in
there; a small bath top and a toilet.
The
water felt warm on her skin. Even if it was small she liked
Neji's
apartment.
She liked everything about him. His eyes, his voice, his
scent,
his hair, everything. She closed her eyes. She wanted him to
come
in, so he could take a bath with her and if he heard her thinking
it
the door opened. Neji covered his eyes. I'm sorry I had
totally
forgotten that you're in here. Neji turned around and
wanted to leave
again. "Wait! I don't want you to go away."
Neji was surprised that
Sakura said
that. "Why? You don't need me to take a bath do you?"
Sakura
was disappointed with the answer she got but she did not have
the
heart to ask it again and say that
she wanted to take a bath with him.
Neji
walked out leaving Sakura without saying anything.
Not
much later Sakura came stumbling back. Quick after Neji left
the
bathroom
she finished her bath. Neji sat on the couch watching at the
table.
When Sakura came closer she saw that Neji found her drawing and
that
he was watching it. She snatched it away. "I don't want you
to
look at it." "Why not?"
Neji asked. "I just don't want you to."
Neji
carried Sakura to his bed so she didn't have to hop again. He
turned
of the light and closed his eyes. He felt Sakura who wrapped
her
arms around his neck and pressed her warm body against his.
She
kissed him. She rolled under him. He
took of her shirt and he kissed
her
entire body. Sakura welcomed him in her warm body. She never felt
so
happy before.