He pressed his face against the cold body of his beloved. This time he let his tears flow from his eyes. "S-sakura..." he let out a painful moan. He continued to hold the bleeding corpse even after the ambulance arrived. He lay there, kneeling as they took her away, unable to move. Soon his vision blurred and his world went dark.
He slowly opened his eyes to a brightly lit room, and raised a hand to his aching head. Where am I? He wondered, staring around at the white walls. He tried to rise from the bed he was in, but panicked when he saw the I.V. in his arm. What happened? The last thing I remember is... He clutched his head in pain. Sakura...
After a while, a nurse came in to check on him. She made her way around the room, checking on everything, and eventually realized that Sasuke was awake. "Oh, you woke up. How are you feeling?"
Sasuke struggled to find the words he needed to say. "W-what happened? Where am I? Where's Sakura??" His words fell out of his mouth in a panic.
"Relax, relax, hun." The nurse tried to sooth Sasuke. "You're in a hospital, don't worry, you'll be fine. You just need a few more weeks of rest and..." The nurse went on cheerfully, assuming that he'd be fine if he was reassured he'd live.
Sasuke cut her off. "Where's Sakura? How long have I been asleep??"
"Hun, don't worry! You're fine. Anyway, you've been unconscious for about eight days."
"What?" Sasuke was lost in confusion, he tore at his hair trying to think of what to do.
"You were in quite bad shape, hun. The doctor said it must've been a combination of severe emotional stress as well as something that may have triggered bad experiences in your past. Is there anything you need to talk about? I've also taken some psychiatric classes. I have a psychologist license. What's hurting you, hun."
Sasuke lost control. "WHAT DO YOU KNOW? YOU'RE JUST A STUPID NURSE!! NOW STOP ASKING WHAT'S WRONG AND TELL ME WHERE SAKURA IS?" He couldn't take it anymore. He needed to see her, hold her, taste her just one last time. It wasn't fair. If he hadn't been so upset none of this would've happened.
The nurse backed of, surprised at how a patient in the state he was in, had enough energy to yell like that. "Okay hun, you need to calm down a little or you'll get sick again. Now about this... Sakura." The nurse assumed she was just a made up person or hallucination. "What do you remember last?"
"I-I need to see her." He choked on the tears he still fought, even now. "I was..." He couldn't go on. It was so painful. "Holding her, blood. Street." He collapsed on the bed."
"Oh." The nurse stopped, realizing the person he was talking about was real, and who she was. "Well..."
"WHAT HAPPENED TO HER??" He couldn't keep his cool anymore.
"Well hun, lemme make a deal with you. If you're good, take your medicine, and don't cause any trouble, I'll take you to her room in a few days. She's not in any condition to see anyone now." She said nervously. "And right now, neither are you."
Sasuke clenched his fists painfully tight until a small trickle of blood dripped down his fingers. "I need to see her now." Anger flowed through his veins.
"Hun, please just rest now, you're very ill." The nurse tried unsuccessfully to calm him.
"Listen, I need to see her now!" He rose shakily, ripping the I.V. out of his wrist, allowing blue fluid from the cord as well as his blood drip from his arm.
"What are you doing???!!" The nurse stared at him in disbelief. She hurried over to him trying to coax him back to the bed.
He looked at her viciously. "Don't touch me." He continued to move to the door, weakly. "Just tell me what room Sakura's in!"
"O-okay hun. Please let me call for assistance." Sasuke collapsed onto the floor, breathing heavily. The nurse grabbed the phone on the bedside table, calling for some help. She then left the room briefly, coming back with a mobile I.V. and helped him up. She gently bandaged up his wounded arm.
"I need to see her..." A tear fell from his eye.