Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto at all.

Story Title: True Love.

Chapter 9: Poems and Pictures Part 2.

.:Start:.

"Yuukie-chan, what's this?" Naruto asked, holding the picture to the front of her face.

"That's a picture of me."

"This is really good! Who's the artist that made it? It truly looks exactly like you." He said looking at the sketch.

"I did." Sasuke said.

"Sasuke-san did." Yuukie said the same time with Sasuke.

"What?" Naruto and Sakura yelled. Sakura rushed to Naruto's side to examine the picture.

"Sasuke-kun did you really draw this?" Sakura asked not convinced.

"You heard what she said. You don't believe that I could create such a masterpiece?"

"Of course I believe you and it's really great!" Sakura said admiring the Uchiha's work. "Ano… Sasuke-kun, can you draw me next?" Sakura asked her crush, blushing slightly.

"Maybe…"

"YES!" Yelled inner Sakura.

"But I don't think your forehead will fit."

Inner Sakura and Sakura herself twitched their eyebrows. "Then draw my forehead smaller why don't ya! Oh sure! Let's just pun a sign 'BIG FOREHEAD' on my head and get it over with!" Inner Sakura yelled punching her fist into the air.

"Ma… I'm sure you can make it work somehow." Sakura said, smiling sweetly at him.

"Hn. I don't feel like it."

"I bet that I can do better!" Naruto said proudly.

"Of course you can." Yuukie said, in an encouraging tone.

"If you try hard enough. We'll see the progress in your work in about say… 10 years or so?" Sasuke mocked.

"Hehe… That's a funny joke Sasuke-kun."

"It wasn't a joke."

"Of course it wasn't, how silly of me." Sakura said giving out a fake laugh.

"Ne, Yuukie-chan what about this? What is it?" Naruto said holding out another piece of paper.

"It's a poem written by me."

As my heart beats faster, I feel like racing.

I feel better, when I'm crying.

As I fall, into your arms with a wound in my heart.

Won't you please, mend it with a kiss?

On the lips and I won't resist,

The love you are giving me.

Pulling me from my fall,

Giving me a hug so I'll feel warm.

The love that we share is what I call true love…

Naruto read/sang out loud (1)

"Naruto-kun, don't read that out loud!" Yuukie said snatching the paper from Naruto's hands.

"Oh so your heart beats faster and it feels like racing, eh?" Naruto said chuckling.

"Naruto…"

"Could it be someone from this room hmn?"

"What? No!"

"Aww. Come on Yuukie-chan…" Naruto whined giving her his infamous puppy dog eyes. "You can tell us we're your friends aren't we?"

"It's no one. I was just letting my imagination flow."

"A poem as good as this doesn't come alone with imagination, it comes from the heart." Sakura said scanning the poem.

"You were writing this poem a while ago and when you were alone… with Sasuke…" Naruto said giving her a mad grin.

"Naruto-kun…"

"Is Yuukie-chan finally falling into Uchiha Sasuke's charm?"

"Na…"

"Stop it Naruto! Go be dumb somewhere else!" Sakura warned.

"Hehehehe and you're getting all upset because?" Naruto shouldn't have pushed it now Sakura had finally snapped.

"Naruto you big idiot shut up and stop disturbing them!" Sakura yelled stuffing the biscuits into his mouth.

Naruto coughed and wheezed as the biscuits stuffed his esophagus causing him to spit out crumbs everywhere. Yuukie gently patted his back, fearing that he might choke and suffocate himself to death.

"Yuck! These biscuits are stale and sugar free!" Naruto yelled cursing the biscuits as he finally relieved himself from the cursed biscuits.

"Oh, stop being a crybaby!" Sakura scolded sounding like an old woman who had 17 children to take care of.

Yuukie poured some water to a new glass and handed it to Naruto. "Here, I think you'll need it."

"Thanks Yuukie-chan!" Naruto said in an almost girly voice, before gulping the water down.

"If you don't mind may I ask on why you two are here?"

"Couldn't visit a friend and not be accused could we! We didn't mean to barge in and disturb you two lovebirds or anything! We just wanted to visit but NO we have to be blamed!" That came out totally wrong! It was just a reflex due to the quarreling with Sasuke over the past 6 or so years.

"Naruto, I didn't mean it like that." Yuukie looked slightly hurt but tried really hard not to.

"Naruto you big idiot how can you be such a heartless person!" Sakura yelled nearly permanently damaging Naruto's ears.

Naruto didn't really mean it. She glanced at Yuukie who looked like she was rejected or something but unknown to them she was thinking if her question to Naruto was wrong. Naruto felt guilty and gave a meek smile.

"S-sorry Yuukie-chan but I got umm…" Naruto gave a nervous chuckle. "Well to answer your question… Wait I already answered that." Naruto was talking gibberish and really wasn't making any sense! He glanced at her again, she still had that look! Damn! What to do! God, he was guilty as charged! He felt as though his relationship with Yuukie became very distant.

"Yuukie-chan I'm really so…"

"No use trying to apologise dobe." Sasuke said smirking.

Naruto didn't manage a good comeback. Everything, everyone was putting too much pressure on him! He can't take it! He bolted to the door. Yuukie seeing this stood up.

"Naruto!" She called out but he was already out of hearing range. She sighed and slumped back into bed.

"Yuukie-chan are you alright?" Sakura asked unsurely.

"I'm going out for a while." She said standing up and leaving through the door.

As soon as she was out of the door she began pacing back and forth. Argh! This whole thing is just a big mess! She didn't exactly know what had happened since she was thinking about stupid things! Yeah a really great mess she's gotten into! Now Naruto thinks that she's mad at him!

"Maybe some fresh air will calm me down." She said going to the direction of the staircase.

The hospital garden was marvelous! Will all it's nice flower bed arrangements and Sakura trees, it can even make the sickest of people happy. She passed an old woman on a wheelchair guided by a nurse and waved. The woman waved back and she felt a little happy. Just a tad, what she did was terrible! She might not even forgive herself for this!

She sat on one of the benches and forced a smile on her face but it collapsed and went into depression. She buried her face in her hands and began to sob lightly. Naruto was her first friend and this is what she did to him? And she destroyed it with her own stupidity! Hell, if her cries could mend their friendship back she'll forget about her promise to Daisuke about crying!

"Here." Said a so very familiar voice, handing out a handkerchief. She refused to take it but the person insisted so she took it anyway.

She buried her face into the piece of fabric. She then realised that something wasn't at all right, where exactly did this handkerchief get into her hands? More importantly, who's its owner?

She felt very uncomfortable when she felt weight on the bench and body heat next to her. She lifted her head to see that there was a blurry shape of symbol or crest embroidered on the handkerchief. As the blur from her eyes slowly disappeared from her tears, she now noticed what it was…

The Uchiha crest… Then that means that this handkerchief belongs to… She turned her head. …Sasuke.

"What are you doing here?" She asked wiping her tears.

"That's the second time you asked me today but the answer is still the same; What do you think I'm doing?"

"I need my alone time if you don't mind."

"Do whatever you do just pretend that I'm not here."

Yuukie sighed out loud, making her face look even more depressing.

"You really shouldn't make your face like that. It doesn't suit you, crying and depression. You looked better when you're smiling and happy."

"Where's Sakura-san?" Yuukie asked trying to change/avoid the subject.

"She went home, saying that she had something to do and she didn't want to disturb me while I'm doing my duties." That was a lie. He had to convince her to go home by telling her that if he had time he'll draw her a portrait of her face, which worked.

Yuukie sighed again and stood up, not exactly knowing where she should go to have some alone time but anywhere but here.

"Wait. Where do you think you're going?" Sasuke asked.

"I already said that I need my alone time. I want to go somewhere where no one can bother me so I can think." She said taking a step forward.

"Hey, listen here." Sasuke said grabbing her arm to stop her. "You are not going anywhere without me. Even if you need your so called 'alone time'."

"Just leave me alone!" She said yanking her arm but it was useless with the iron grip Sasuke had.

"And what makes you think that I'll just listen to you?"

"I- well… I… Oh, very well." She said sitting back down on the bench.

"I thought that you need to be alone?" he asked sarcastically.

"It wouldn't make much of a difference from here to there because I still won't get my alone time with you being with me all the time."

"Do you want to talk about it? It'll help believe me. You can tell me anything. "

"No, no thanks. I'm fine, really."

"And why exactly don't you want to talk about it?"

"I don't know… I started to have these weird feelings about something but I just can't put my finger on it. Ever since Daisuke left I felt insecure and lacked in confidence. I was always being picked on when he left. And to top it all off…" She paused, taking a deep breath and wiping her eyes with the handkerchief.

"I had an argument with Naruto and it wasn't really his fault! It was because of my own stupidity! I have no clue what happened but I fell really guilty about it. The feeling keeps coming and going. I have no idea how to tell anyone and… and… Hey, how did you do that?" She asked looking at the smirking Sasuke.

"Hn. Amazing aren't I?"

"Truly amazing! I thank you. I feel so much better."

"I told you talking with someone would help."

"Thanks a lot Sasuke-san I-I just don't know what to say."

"No sweat. Why are you all upset about Naruto anyway? He's just a dobe."

"You really don't understand, do you? He was my first friend I ever made except for Daisuke. It really hurts you know."

"Yeah, yeah. It's lunch time." Sasuke said looking at his watch. "Let's go inside. Besides, you really shouldn't be out here."

"You're being very nice to me today. I thank you. You know, I kind of like the new you. Would you like to join me for lunch at the cafeteria? I'm sure the food isn't all that bad. I know, the biscuits were really that good as Naruto-kun pointed out. But please join me. I insist."

"Sure I'll give it a try. I'm up for a new challenge."

"Let's go then. Oh, here. I believe that this is yours." She said handing him the handkerchief.

"You can give it to me when you've already washed this."

.: Cafeteria :.

"So, Sasuke-san. How's the food? It's not all bad right?"

"Yeah, not bad at all. You're right."

"See, not all hospital foods are yucky. You really shouldn't judge a book by its cover."

"Okay, I stand corrected."

"I bet you're thirsty. I'll go get some drinks." She said getting up. "Here." She said handing him a can of Soya bean.

Sasuke looked at her to the can and back to her. He took the can and set it on the wooden table.

"Is anything the matter Sasuke-san?"

"How did you know that I like Soya bean?"

"Umm… Lucky guess? Honestly, I don't know. I just picked it because I like it and from what I think, it's the only decent drink available. I wouldn't recommend coffee, fizzy drinks and prune juice." She explained, sitting.

"Coffee is bad for you and you could get high in caffeine drive. Fizzy drinks are just plain bad, especially for the teeth and prune juice? It just tastes bad! Besides, it would leave a bad taste on my tongue."

"You're right."

"I really enjoy your company more that anybody else except my team."

"Thanks, it's an honour."

"I'm not playing around here. I'm dead serious."

"I know that and what I said was true."

"I like you…"

Yuukie looked at him in disbelief and nearly dropped her can. She turned pink and stared at her plate.

"As a really great friend… You're a really nice person. I now count you as equal as Naruto and my team."

"You're now so bad yourself and thanks."

"What do you mean? I thought I was the rich, cold hearted bastard?"

"Yeah, you are. But you're only like that in the outside, but inside I see a different side of you, the warmer and gentler side. The side that sets you apart from your outside. I can see that Sasuke-san and I think you're a really great person…. I guess that's why I like you too. It's really amazing how just one day could change everything between us. We've now become friends and I hope that we'll always will be."

.: Back to Yuukie's room :.

"What do you want to do now Sasuke-san?" Yuukie asked.

"Hmn… Just give me another piece of paper and I'll thinks of something."

"Do you need other art supplies? The hospital gives out crayons and colouring pencils too."

"Yeah, anything at all. I'll work something out."

"What are you going to draw anyway?"

"Maybe a vase of flowers or maybe even you again."

Yuukie blushed and handed him the box of crayons, colour pencils and a few pieces of paper.

"You know, everything I say makes you blush."

"Do not. It's not like I blush to every comment or insult that escapes your lips." She said turning around to see Sasuke inching his face closer to her.

"I never noticed that you have pretty eyes until I saw it at this range." Yuukie blushed even harder. "I told you." Sasuke said as he pulled away, starting to sketch.

While Sasuke was sketching, Yuukie one again was writing her poems. Sasuke finished the sketch perfectly. He started to do another sketch but he didn't show it to Yuukie instead he hid it under his chair. Yuukie looked at him curiously but shrugged it off. He did yet another sketch but this time it was just a still life picture of a vase of flowers. He handed the sketch to Yuukie who yawned.

"Is it really that dull?" Sasuke asked looking at the paper. "Or are you just doing it to criticise me?" He growled.

"Oh, sorry Sasuke-san… It's really great. I'm just :yawn: really tired… Umm… Do you mind if I sleep? I'm sorry…"

"Go ahead, I'll just leave later." Sasuke said starting another sketch.

"Hmn… Uhh… Thanks. I'm sorry to bore you and :yawn:…" Yuukie tried to manage her words sleepily.

"Just go ahead and sleep." Sasuke said as he waved his hand.

"Okay, okay." Yuukie said before yawning again. She turned around and pulled the covers to her neck before entering sweet slumber.

.: A few hours later :.

Yuukie turned around in her sleep. She grumbled from the tiredness and her eyes flickered. As she opened them, she saw obsidian eyes reflecting her face. She sat up and held her head. She started to massage her head as though she had been knocked out.

"Had a bad dream?" Sasuke asked ironically.

"Urgh… Sasuke-san, what are you doing here?"

"That's the third time today! Does my face make you sick or something?"

"But it's… Wait… What time is it?"

"6 pm." Sasuke answered after looking at his watch.

"Yeah… 6pm." She said sleepily. "Why are you still here? I thought you went home."

Sasuke shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Well, it's not like I have anything better to do at home. So I thought that I should just carry on with my duties."

"So you'd rather stay here and watch over me than go home? That's so sweet."

"Hey, don't take it the wrong way!"

"I know. I just wanted to scare you. Like your rabid fan girls."

"Che. By the way, the nurse brought you this." He said reaching down to grab a tray and handed it to her.

"Umm… thanks. You want some? I'm not hungry. You're not going home anytime soon right?"

"Yeah but this is your food."

"And I say that it's okay for you to have it."

Sasuke looked at her dangerously before picking up the chopsticks. As he ate Yuukie was staring at the white hospital ceilings. After he finished he was about to leave but not before giving her the sketch he made.

"Thanks. Hey, what's this one?" Yuukie asked, reaching for the one under the chair.

"No. You can't have that. This is mine." He said as he snatched it before Yuukie got a chance to grab and look at it.

Yuukie looked suspiciously at him before saying a good bye.

.: End :.

A/n: Phew! Sorry it took so long! I was so busy! I'm entering too many competitions. Not like I have the choice! My teachers made me! Huh… Okay once again… Sorry if there were any spelling or grammar mistakes that I wasn't aware of. I admit that Sasuke was very OOC in this chapter but I hope you understand. And if there are any flamers out there don't flame me just click the back button. That's what it's there for. Umm… Thanks to my reviewers! Much love. If it weren't for you I wouldn't stay up late just to finish this!

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