Sakura's eyes kept fixed on Sasuke. There the Uchiha laid. And there she sat beside his hospital bed. Certain wires were attached to particular areas of his body as he drifted into deep slumber. Although the experiments Orochimaru had proceeded onto Sasuke were practically mysteries, Sakura understood the outcomes clearly.

1. It affected a slight portion of his brain. She could smoothly operate through this operation.

2. A fraction of his heart had been imobilized. That explains the internal bleeding inside his chest a while ago. she realized

His condition was far crucial than she'd expect it to be. It was stupid to aruptly speak of promises without hesitation.

'You're not gonna die...I'm gonna do everything I can to save you'

A medic must never commit a promise to a patient. A medic must be prepared for the possibilty of a patient's death. You simply can not be one if you can't manage that.

Moments afterward, Sasuke's eyes twitched and slid open. His eyes met an exhausted green gaze. "Hey" he said wearily. "You okay?"

No.

"Yeah" replied Sakura. "I'm just really tired"

Sasuke nodded. It was about four days before the month closed. Sakura hauled him inside the hospital just yesterday, prepaing for anything. Though the nurses examined him every few hours--which he found quite annoying, he decided to remain. It was odd for him. For a while now, his life meant no value. Only Itachi stayed on his hit-list. But if life meant no value, then death wouldn't be so tragic. It would just be a phase. Sakura had given him a new purpose and could possibly retrieve his old purpose to regain his clan. Naruto as well. By helping him regain his memory and then obeying him once he demanded for him to stay in Konoha. They were his life.

"I want you to go to the Uchiha mannor" said Sasuke suddenly. "Go inside my bedroom"

She didn't exactly understand. "Why?" asked Sakura, "Do you need me to get something?"

Sasuke shook his head. "No. I just want you to go in there--you'll know why." Before she could protest, a nurse had called out to her.

"Someone wants to see you" she announced. Sakura sighed. Now was a bad time for more Hokage duties.

"I'll be back" she told Sasuke.

"No" he denied as if she needed permission. "Don't go back until you go inside the mannor"

"Fine" Sakura agreed as she stepped out of his room.

The elavator came to a stop. DING!

As the doors slid automatically, the face of Uzumaki Naruto appeared facing her. She let out a shriek. "Naruto-kun!!" his arms swung around the Hokage as she stepped out. "I thought you were dead"

Naruto released her and said, "So did I, Sakura" She missed his spiky blonde hair, his blue eyes, and his cheerfulness. She needed comfort at situation such as this.

"My goodness, how are you?" she asked.

Naruto smiled. "Well, I'm a lot better now" answered Naruto. "I had temporary memory loss"

Sakura was more than relieved to find out that her friend's death was a horrible misunderstanding. But she was even more relieved at his presence. He was exactly the way he was. And she wouldn't change him a bit. "Sasuke-kun told me that you were alive" she told him.

"Yeah. He called the hospital. They've allowed me to finally leave"

"How is he anyway," he asked Sakura. Sakura felt her face soften. She shook her head.

"I don't know," she replied with a frail voice. "It's too complicated. And aside from that, he could die at any given moment."

Naruto looked down at her, sensing her frustration. "It'll be alright" told her. "Sasuke-teme won't die easily." Sakura's heart lifted. Good-ole-optimistic Naruto was back!

"I'm gonna go see him" he assured Sakura.

"I have to go to his house" she told him. "He told me to look inside his bedroom" Naruto made a strange face.

"Well...okay.."

"Bye!" she called as she left. Though on her way out, she crashed into non other than Yamanaka Ino. "Where are you headed?" Ino asked with attitude.

Sakura didn't have time to explain--or get rid of Ino. "I'm going to Sasuke's house. Do you wanna go or not?"

"It's so...quiet" said Ino. And it was. The house was empty and a bit dusty. It wasn't necesary to whisper but the silence and calmness of the palace made it feel like you had to. The girls slowly crept upstairs. They heard little creaking noises.

"It's kinda scary" said Sakura as she stared blankly at Sasuke's bedroom door. She placed her hand on the golden doorknob. Once she twisted it and lightly nudged it open, she gasped at the sight. So did Ino.

A sea of only sakura flowers blanket his entire bedroom. The pink flowers sat prettily and innocent. The sunlight hit them perfectly at this time of day. They were everywhere. Pink pettles scattered on the floor.

"These were the sakuras he brought everyday" Ino spoke gently with her eyes lingering at the hundreds--maybe thousands of petals.. "I..I always thought he was giving them to you"

Sakura remembered Ino's words:

Flashback: chapter 7

"He comes to the flower shop every day and buys the same freakin flower but he never says anything about it..."

Sakura collapsed to the floor as she exploded into tears. "I can't...I don't...I can't...I don't" she searched for accurate words in between sobs.

"I don't want Sasuke-kun to die." Sakura manage to choke out with a desprate throat. She wept at the horrid thought of it.

A/N

Well, that's chapter thirteen for you. Look back on chapter 7. Yes, I had planned the whole flower scene--whatever from the very beginning too. My favorite was writing the medic parts of Sakura in this chapter. I wanna be a surgeon so it was pretty fun writing anatomy stuff like that. You can probably tell that this story is comming to a close end. There's maybe 2-3 chapters left! Next update will probably be around early April or late March. BTW, you'll find out why the flowers are in his room next chapter--kind of. Yea! I'm one review away from 200 reviews! HOW frikin awesome!

P.S. I made mistake last chapter. I titled chapter 12- The Expiration Date of Death. My bad. It was supposed to be The Expiration Date of Life. It was a careless mistake so just ignore it K?

P.S.S. feel free to point out any mistakes or misundertsandings. I kind of rushed through this. hehehe sorry..