Kiba's POV. Okay, to tell the truth, I'm finished with this story. So all I have to do is update, maybe one chapter every 5 days or so? It depends on the reviews, really.
NO OWN NARUTO
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Chapter II: Falsehood
She was smiling right here, right next to me. She didn't look sick since morning. But…… but there she was, lying next to me on the floor, unconscious. It just looks like something took her away… And now, we're at the hospital. We wait outside as she sleeps in one of the many rooms.
"Kakashi… How is Sakura…?"
"I'm not even so sure. Tsunade-sama should be coming soon, so don't worry"
"……Okay…" They say that the doctor here is superb at what she does. That should be good, right? Right…? But… somehow, I can't get over this feeling… This bad feeling of something…
"AH! Tsunade-sama!"
"…!"
"Sorry I'm late, where is she?" Kakashi pointed to the room Sakura was held in, and she went in, closing the door behind her.
After what just felt like hours, the Fifth comes out and eyes Kakashi, "……Kakashi, come here for a sec,"
"Yes"
"……" My heart is aching…
"……"
I don't want to think about it.
"……"
That there might be something wrong with her… I don't…
"……"
------I just want to get this thought out of my head. That's all I want.
"---So, Kakashi, can you tell him?"
"………Yes"
"……Kakashi. Just… don't mention that"
"………Yes, I know"
The walk between the two adults seems like it's finished. The Fifth walks away back into her office to do some other work. It's just too bad I eavesdropped part of their conversation…
…………'that'…………
Damn it, I don't want to think. I don't even want to be here. There can't be anything wrong with her, she was laughing just a few minutes ago! There can't be anything wrong…
"Kiba. I need to talk to you…" Kakashi stands over me.
"………Yeah"
"Sakura is in some kind of sickness right now. Tsunade-sama said she would operate on her later, soon"
"………Yeah"
"Don't worry. Sakura will surely be helped"
'Surely'? What's that suppose to mean? Of course she will be helped! Fuck that stupid sickness or whatever! SHE WILL CURE OUT OF IT. It's just some temporary thing. Maybe she's low of blood or something. Yeah, that's it…
I can say things like that everyday from now on. I can think it that way… But… why? Why are tears coming out of my eyes…?
"She'll be waking up soon. Don't say anything to Sakura about this, okay?"
"Yeah…"
"I'll come again. Until that time, promise me you'll be by her side, always"
"………Yeah"
I can only say so much. I won't even believe that she has this 'sickness' in her. I won't believe such crap like that. And the only thing I can do right now is walk into her room.
The only thing passing by is time.
I sit on the chair next to her bed. I can only stare at her with concern.
-------!
"Uh…..Nnn…."
"Sakura?"
"…………Ah… Kiba………"
"Sakura, are you okay?"
"Yeah. I feel fine now. I'm okay"
"…………Okay……"
------I'm glad.
"……I'm sorry. I'm so sorry to cause so much commotion…"
"Don't worry about that"
"But… it's bad… for everybody. They prepared a party for us and…"
"……It's not on purpose. It can't be helped"
"I have to apologize. ………I wonder when I can get out of here…"
"----Soon, Sakura, soon"
We waited not long before Kakashi came back. Like he said he would. But something else came along with him. The truth. He told me everything. Not in front of Sakura, of course. But he told me. Her 'sickness' is now a deadly disease. It takes a long time to cure it, and only 30 percent chance of it getting fixed if she's going to be operated. Would this be the……… end……… of her…?
"Will Sakura not be helped…?"
"I can't answer that"
"Please help her……"
"Kiba"
"Please help Sakura! ………PLEASE……!"
The only thing I can do right now is to pray. To pray that she'll be cured. To pray that she'll be back in smiles and laughter. That's the only thing I can do right now. The rest is up to the doctors… But I want to do more than just stand around and pray. I want to help, PHYSICALLY help her… But… what can I do…?
"Kiba… the thing you can do for Sakura right now is……"
"…"
"Is to always stay by her side. Promise me that. Never, ever break it. You will always be by her side, always"
"…"
I know that. I was planning to do that even before Kakashi told me. This is what I can do right now, as her husband… I'll never let her go, not until……
"Kiba, am I sick?"
"…!"
"……I thought so. I was wondering why I kept coming back here…"
She left the hospital, she got out f it. But from time to time, we would always have to come back for her check ups. Like today, we came back to this place, the hospital. She may already know… I mean, she already figured out that she's sick. But… I can never say anything about that…
------What can I possibly do…?-------
"Don't worry. It's only a temporary thing. They're only checking up on you every so often just to make sure it's fully healed"
"…Really?"
"Yeah"
"That's great! I was so worried that I've gotten into some deep disease or something… I'm so relieved now!"
"………Oh"
My heart is aching again. I lied to her. I just lied to Sakura right in the face. Eye to eye. But… what can I do? There's nothing I can do but lie to her. Her smile, her laughter… It's all for a lie…
In a problem like this, it would be Sakura to know first. To know the truth. It would be her…… It would be her……………------
"Sakura"
"? What's wrong, Kiba?"
"Are you free tomorrow?"
"Umm…… I can't think of anything I have to do?"
"Okay, then lets go to the beach tomorrow. Just to bring up that happy mood back,"
"The beach? Okay! We haven't gone to the beach this year yet, so okay!"
"………"
"I wonder if it's going to be a perfect weather tomorrow… I'm so happy! It's so surprising that you, Kiba, has to be the one that invited me!"
The Sakura that's being joyful,
The Sakura that's laughing sweetly,
It's all the things I love about her. Forever and ever. I want to see her forever, I want to protect her forever. I can't live where there's no Sakura.
"Sakura"
"Yeah…?"
This feeling, this emotion. Always.
"-----!"
I want to always be by her side like this, embraced like this. I don't know, it just feels like she would disappear if I let go. That's just what it feels like…
"Wha! W-w-w-w-w-what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong. I just wanted to… you know… this"
"……You're so weird, Kiba…"
She laughed. How relaxing.
"-------Haruno Sakura"
"Ah, that's me! I'll be right back, okay?"
"Yeah. I'll wait here"
Her appointment was only fifteen minutes, and she came right back out, like always. But to me, it would always feel like an hour. And until she would come out again, I close my eyes and look downwards.
-------Am I running away…?