Visiting

One Week Later

( Sasuke's point of view )

I'm laying in bed under the covers staring off into space. When I hear my bedroom door open, I look towards the door and see Itachi. When he sees me under the covers he sighs and walks towards me. He sits down on the bed, "Sasuke when was the last time you went out?" he asks in a disapproving voice.

I don't answer him, I don't even bother looking at him. Instead, I move to the other side of the bed with my back to him and stare off into space. He stands up and pulls the covers off, I glare at him. "Hey!" I yell.

"Sasuke get up. Go change were going out to lunch" he says with authority and walks out of my room. I sigh and get out of bed and change when I leave my room I see him sitting on the couch waiting for me.

When he sees me he stands up and we leave the apartment. During the car ride, neitheir of us say anything. We get there and order our food he looks at me and sighs, "What?" I ask him angrily. "Look at you, you're a mess," he says to me.

"Gee you sure know how to make someone feel special Itachi..." I say sarcastically. "You haven't even shaved," he says his voice getting a little louder in order to prove his point.

My hand unconsciously goes to face touching the hair that is starting to grow. "So," I say not seeing anything wrong. "So you have to stop locking yourself inside your apartment and go out... have you been to work since you found out," he says carefully toward the end.

Truthfully I went to work the day after it happened but when I walked into my office my eyes went straight to her desk, it felt empty without her there.

"No, I don't need to I'm working from home" I lie. I look at him, "Have they found out anything new about what happened to her?" I ask in anticipation. "Hanabi says they haven't found anything to even tell who did it," he says with his eyes cast down.

I slam my fist on the table making a few people from other tables turn their heads. "They have had a week! And they still haven't found anything!" I hiss.

"Calm down Sasuke," Itachi tells me. I sigh in frustration. My features soften, "How is Hinata doing?" I whisper. "She's doing good, no real change... but she's not getting worse which is a good sign" he whispers. I smile bittersweetly, "That's good..." I whisper while looking down.

The waitress comes and gives us our food. We stay silent for a couple of minutes none of us knowing what to say. "You should go visit her" Itachi suddenly says. I look up at him surprised, thinking he's joking, I see he's serious.

"How? Her family will be there" I say, I have only met Hanabi and shes a handful can you imagine meeting the rest of them. He shakes his head, "They leave after visiting hours, I can let you in if you want" he says to me. I nod my head, "I'll go visit her today then"

Currently, I'm standing outside Hinata's hospital room, in my hands I hold a vase of sunflowers. I take a deep breath and open the door.

Its empty which I'm not very surprised at, I walk further in and see Hinata laying in her bed. I put the flowers down on the nightstand next to her get well cards.

I pull up a chair next to her bed and hold her right hand. "I brought you your favorite flowers... I remember you telling me that there was a flower field behind your house when you were young and you and your mother would always go and pick sunflowers..." I whisper looking at Hinata.

"I'm sorry I haven't visited you... But your family is always here... I haven't ever been very good in social situations..." I say then chuckle.

"I wish you would hurry up and wake up..." I whisper, then sniff my nose as I feel tears in my eyes. "Please wake up Hinata..." I mutter sadly but her face shows no indication that she hears me.

I stand up and brush her bangs to the side and kiss her forehead. When I pull away I stand there a couple of seconds just looking at her, I feel tears sting my eyes again. "I'll visit you soon..." I whisper and wipe away the tears that threatened to fall.

As I'm about to open the door, another person on the other side opens it. I look at the doorway and see Naruto standing there, in his hand is a small Boquet of roses

"Sasuke? What are you doing here?" he asks me with a face that's a mixture of anger and confusion. I think fast, "I came because Itachi asked me to pick him up from work and I decided to drop by, why? Jealous" I smirk.

His features soften, " I was just wondering" he says then walks further into the room. "I thought visiting hours were over?" I say casually and sit down on the couch on the other side of the room as Naruto sits down in my previous seat. He sets down the roses next to the sunflowers, his eyes linger on the sunflowers for a couple of seconds before he looks away.

"They are but I'm her husband and I paid the nurse to let me stay longer," he says with a smile towards the end. I look at him, he seems perfectly normal.

No evidence of sadness or misery anywhere, a man whose wife is in a coma shouldn't look like that. "It's a shame what happen to Hinata isn't it?" I ask him while analyzing his every move. He tenses, "Yeah it's a shame, she is innocent," he says avoiding my gaze.

Interesting, "Do you know where Hinata was going?" I ask him. He looks at me confused, "The cops say she was mugged while going somewhere... you are her husband wouldn't you know where she was going?" I ask him.

"I-I wasn't there when she left," he says I see him start to get nervous. I keep my eyes locked on him, I stand up and smirk at him. "Well I should be leaving, it was nice to see you again," I say then leave the room.

I walk out of the hospital and walk toward my car. When I get in I smirk, "He knows a lot more then he's telling..." I whisper to myself.
I take out my phone and dial a number, I hear it ring 3 times before I get an answer. "Hello" I hear the other line say. "Suigetsu, its Sasuke, listen I need a favor"