Blonde hair, scarred cheeks, long lashes, soft breathing, tanned skin. Sasuke couldn't stop staring at his boyfriend. He gripped onto Naruto's hand a bit tighter but not too tight but he wanted to feel Naruto's pulse, to know he was alive. Sasuke took in a deep breath taking in all the hospital smells, wishing he could just smell Naruto and hear his laugh. He shook his head trying to not to get too caught up in his thoughts. He deeply exhaled and leaned his head against the hospital bed. Soon there was a knock on the door.
"Yes?" Sasuke said defeated.
He expected to see Naruto's nurse or doctor but was instead greeted by Naruto's parents. Though, he's never met or seen them before he knew instantly they were Naruto's parents, he looked just like them. He began to greet them but they hurried over to their unconscious son. Sasuke hated to part with Naruto but knew his parents deserved to have their time with their son. Kushina heard him get up.
"You can stay there. He wants you here, please." She sadly smiled at him.
Sasuke sat back down.
"Thank you and I'm sorry." Sasuke apologized.
"No, thank you. You've stayed with our son the whole time. There's also nothing to apologize about." Minato reassured them. Minato stood at the end of the hospital bed, watching as Kushina spoke softly to Naruto. He was trying to hold back tears.
"Naruto, my boy. I know you can hear me. Please, wake up." His mom begged, tears dripping down her cheeks and she held tighter onto Naruto's other hand. Sasuke began choking up witnessing it. 'This is too much.'
The tension was broken as a doctor came in. "Excuse me, sorry to interrupt. But hello, I'm Tsunade. I'm the neurological doctor." Minato moved near Sasuke as she walked into the room, Sasuke felt a bit relieved. Maybe because he looked just like Naruto.
"We got Naruto's scans back."
Everyone looked up and listened as she spoke.
"He does have some damage to his brain."
Kushina gave out a choked sob.
"But, it's not as severe as we thought. He should have all function in his limbs and motor skills."
Kushina covered his mouth with her hand, trying to contain her excitement.
"We don't know for sure yet but he may have memory issues. The area of his brain that received the most damage was his memory. He may have short term or long term memory loss but nothing is for sure until he wakes up and speaks."
Kushina and Minato shared a terrified look between them.
"Once again, I'm sorry for this news but it is a lot better than we thought. He could wake up any minute now or it may take a few days. He will definitely need some recovery time since his brain did go through quite a bit plus even more time if there is a chance of memory loss. I'll check back in later this evening. If you need anything please just tell one of my nurses. Thank you, get some rest and I'll talk to you all later." She bowed before leaving
"Thank you" The group replied in unison almost.
The room got quiet again besides the machines monitoring Naruto's breathing and heart.
"Your name is Sasuke, right?" Kushina asked as she got up to let Minato have time with Naruto. She traded seats with her husband and sat next to Sasuke.
"Yes." He replied, surprised she knew his name.
"Naruto talks about you." She smiled.
Sasuke blushed.
Kushina chuckled a bit.
"You guys seem like polar opposites but at the same time the same. Thank you for taking care of Naruto."
"Thank you for being his parents. He talks about you guys often too."
Kushina beamed and looked at her son.
"He's our joy."
Minato looked away from Naruto for a moment and smiled at his wife.
"How long have you two been going out for?" She abruptly asked.
Minato gave out a short laugh.
"I-uh?" Sasuke was caught off guard.
"Don't be shy. Naruto came out to us a while ago and we already guessed by how much he talks about you, that you guys are more than likely dating."
"About a year and ½ ." Sasuke replied.
"Oh wow. Congrats!" She beamed.
Sasuke smiled.
'Why did I have to fight with him? What is wrong with me?'
Kushina was about to speak again but she heard her husband speak her name.
"Kushina, look."
She and Sasuke looked over.
Naruto's eye lids were twitching slightly and the hand is dad was holding onto was twitching.
Sasuke had kept his eyes only glued on Naruto most of the night but of course when his focused changed Naruto began waking up. The group came in closer and Kushina sat by Minato. She placed her hand on top of Minato's and Naruto's. Sasuke held on tighter, watching intently as his boyfriend's eyes flickered open, revealing his beautiful blue eyes. He blinked for a bit and his heavy head rolled over to his parent's. They both began crying.
"M-mom? Dad-d? What're you doing here?" Naruto asked groggy, his voice a bit hoarse.
"Sweetheart!" Kushina beamed, kissing Naruto's face all over.
She stopped and sat back down near Minato. They watched as Naruto realized another presence was to the side of him. He turned his head to the other side to look at Sasuke. His eyes squinted and they went wide.
"Naruto" Sasuke smiled.
Naruto slipped his hand out of Sasuke's.
"Who are you? Mom? Who is this?" He asked scared and confused.
Sasuke's face went pale.
Minato and Kushina's face's also dropped.
'He doesn't remember me?' Sasuke could feel the tears starting to well up. 'No, there's no way. He's just playing right?' He asked himself.
"Naruto, please don't play around right now." He begged hoping Naruto was being his usual Naruto self.
Naruto only gave him a blank look. Naruto's eyes looked glazed as he looked at Sasuke. No memories whatsoever came up.
Naruto ignored Sasuke and turned back to his parents.
"Should I know him? Who is he? What am I doing here?" Naruto began asking so many different questions.
"Dear, you had an accident. A tree branch fell on top of you and you luckily survived. You were immediately rushed to the hospital. Sasuke, over there, is your boyfriend."
Naruto looked back at Sasuke. Nothing.
"No way. No way"
"Honey, the doctor said you didn't have severe traumatic injuries to your brain but you seem to be suffering from memory loss." His mother explained.
Naruto could remember his parent's and other memories from back home but everything else was a blur.
Minato went and called for the doctor so they could determine what to do now and to inform them that Naruto woke up.
Kushina tried to get Naruto to remember but his memories were gone from the present to 2 years ago. 6 months before he met Sasuke or any of his college friends. The doctors and nurses came in doing numerous tests and analyzing him. Sasuke sat. He wanted to cry. He wanted to leave but he didn't want to leave Naruto. That's his everything. All he has. Kushina sat next to Sasuke again as the doctors ran more tests.
"I'm sorry." She apologized, squeezing his hand.
Now Sasuke's eyes were glazed over as he watched Naruto on the bed.
"Where do we go from here?" He asked Kushina.
She looked at him and shook her head.
"I don't know."