Yay! Chapter 2 is up! Well, almost. So, anyone have an idea of what'll happen? "grin" Ideas are appreciated, but reviews even more. Let me answer the lot of you eh.

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And that's all of them. So now, without further ado, chapter 2!

Hugs and sneakiness

"Good morning, Lee." Lee looked at the door as it slid open, a pink haired girl stepping inside. "How are you feeling today?" Lee frowned. What was wrong with his flower? Her eyes were red, as if she had been crying. "What is wrong Sakura-chan?" Lee asked worriedly. Sakura looked up from the clipboard she was holding, a pen in her hand. Lee was looking at her trough those big, round eyes. The softness of his voice had been mesmerizing and his worry for her almost brought her to tears again. But she coughed and regained her composure.

"Nothing's wrong Lee, now please, answer my question." Lee watched how Sakura grasped the pen a bit tighter. She was acting really weird, but of course, why would she confine in him to say what's wrong. It's not like the two of them had anything special going on or anything. Lee realized he was invading and decided to just answer the beautiful sakura flower. He sighed before answering. "I am feeling less weary then yesterday, and the pain seems to have left my body, but I still cannot really move any part of my body, except perhaps my toes." And he wriggled his toes, while smiling, trying to humour the girl in front of him a bit.

She did not smile though. "I'm sorry, Lee." Sakura suddenly said. Lee looked up at her, rather confused. What could she be sorry for her? She hadn't done anything wrong. "You have nothing to apologize for." Lee said honestly. Sakura looked at him, distress visible in her emerald eyes. "I gave you the wrong kind of painkillers yesterday." Sakura explained with a quavering voice. Lee sighed as he understood her troubles all of a sudden. "You do not have to be sorry, Sakura-chan, your concern for me was a painkiller itself. And one that worked." Sakura seemed to frown a bit at this statement. Lee wondered if he had said something wrong.

"Why didn't you tell me the pain didn't go away?" Sakura asked. Lee blinked. Should he have said something? "I am sorry Sakura-chan, I did not think I should have." Sakura threw her clipboard to the ground in a furious sweep. Lee didn't know how to respond. It seemed that every time he opened his mouth, something wrong came out, but he didn't understand that himself. Why was what he had said so wrong? "Stop apologizing!" Sakura said loudly, but not loud enough for Tsunade to come and get her again. "Nothing is your fault." She said, a few tears now falling down her face. Lee's eyes shone with compassion. He made an attempt to go to her, to wipe away her tears, but a sharp pain in his leg sent him back down.

Sakura had noticed as he gritted his teeth and was standing next to him in mere seconds. She put a hand on his shoulder, keeping him from trying to get up again. "Why must you always pain yourself for my sake?" she whispered furiously. Lee didn't know if he should smile or cry right now. He chose to smile at the girl. "It is because I love you Sakura-chan." It was not that Lee had expected an answer out of the kunoichi, and thus he was not at all surprised when he didn't get one. His heart flinched a bit in disappointment though, for the boy did have his hopes, but this had not been visible in his smile.

Sakura carefully sat on the edge of Lee's bed and stroked his hair. Lee blinked in confusion. "Stop bringing pain to yourself, Lee." Sakura said. She pulled him into an embrace, his head buried in her right shoulder, her left hand caressing his hair. It didn't take long before Lee wrapped his own arms around Sakura's waist, even if it was merely to comfort her. What he couldn't do though was lie to her, and so, he did not promise to stop hurting himself. He was a genius of hard work and that was all that he could be to prove himself. He could not drop that just because it might sting here and there.

Finally, Sakura stood up again. She fluffed up Lee's pillow one last time. She herself had realized that Lee hadn't told her he'd stop hurting himself, and this angered her slightly. But she thought it would be best if she let it rest for now. If he tried to escape this room even once, she'd strap him down. Sakura was about to walk away when Lee called her back. "What is it Lee?" Sakura asked. "You threw your clipboard onto the ground." Lee said. He would've pointed at the thing, had his hand not been bandaged and numb. "Oh, thank you." Sakura said, ducking to pick it up. It had a little crack in it, and Lee was glad she hadn't thrown it at him.

She walked back out without another word. And that is how Lee found himself staring at the daffodil again. He had forgotten to ask Sakura who had placed it there. What was he supposed to do now? Just lay here an entire day? He sighed. He wished he was able to walk, then he could go and see what was bothering Sakura so much, for it was bothering him right now. "Lee!" Lee was so shocked because of the sudden appearance that he raised his right arm in a quick defence. "Oh, Gai-sensei!" Lee said, partially overjoyed, partially still shocked. Gai frowned. "What's that Lee, letting your guard down?" Lee simply smiled at the comment.

He didn't have a lot of energy right now, and strangely wasn't in the mood for striking poses and hugging in the sunset. Not that he was capable of doing that right now anyways. Even Gai seemed to understand that. "Forgive him, Lee." A female voice said. Lee peeked from behind Gai to find Tenten standing there. "He really wanted to scare you." She gave her sensei a glare. "He even snuck here to his best abilities." Lee laughed. His sensei was still the same as ever. His laughter was quickly muffled though. He opened his eyes to see Tenten clutching to him, drawing him into a way too tight and energetic hug.

"I was so worried about you, Lee!" she cried. Lee smiled, feeling sorry for the girl. "I am sorry Tenten, I did not mean to worry you, but you are kind of suffocating me right now." Tenten immediately released Lee when he said this, blushing and obviously feeling embarrassed. Lee smiled at this. That was his second hug today, and the second hug given by a female. "Gai-sensei, may I ask why you are not training today?" Lee asked curiously. "To see you of course, Lee!" Gai said dramatically. Lee blinked. "What did Neji think of that?" He didn't think the Hyuuga liked cancelled trainings so much. "He didn't mind." Tenten said. Okay, so maybe Lee really was the only one who minded. "He didn't want to come today, he said there had been too much drama yesterday." Tenten continued, obviously seeking an explanation.

Lucky for Lee, Tenten was quickly distracted though. "Oh, what a beautiful daffodil! Who gave it to you?!" They spent a lot of time in talking about various things, and even though Lee was unable to move, he was still able to flash his sensei and his team-mate an occasional trademark smile. Eventually, that too came to an end though when Sakura entered the room, telling them they had to leave. It was obvious she felt sorry for having to announce it, but rules were rules, and so, they said their goodbyes. Gai, of course, didn't leave his number one pupil without a hug, a soothing, yet crushing one.

And then they left. Sakura didn't though. "I er…" she seemed nervous. Why though. "I'm going to have to give you a shot." She said, showing Lee a long, thick needle. If Lee had been capable, he would've jumped up and ran off, even if Sakura was here. If there was one thing he hated, it was needles. Sakura seemed to laugh at Lee's angsty expression. "W-Why Sakura-chan?" he asked, hoping there had been some kind of mistake. "It's to help you sleep, silly." Sakura responded, preparing the needle. "But Sakura, I can sleep fine!" Lee argued. But Sakura wouldn't hear it. "You don't wanna wake up in the middle of the night because you're hurting, now do you?" she asked him. "I do, I really do!" Lee said, hoping this would result in his safety. But it didn't. Sakura rolled up his sleeve, her touch sending shivers trough Lee's body.

"Now, hold still." Sakura whispered. Lee swallowed a lump in his throat, but held still. Then, Sakura plunged the needle not too softly into his arm, then emptied the liquid attached, into his arm. The pained expression on Lee's face drove her crazy but she chose not to show that. She pulled back and wiped the hint of blood away from Lee's strong, muscled arm. She mentally slapped herself for her thoughts and smiled at Lee. "Now, that wasn't so bad was it?" Lee shook his head, as if unable to say a thing. Sakura sighed and she watched how Lee drifted slowly to sleep. She looked at the daffodil and smiled. "Day two" she whispered and put another daffodil in the vase.

She then walked back to Lee's bed, grabbed a chair and sat there, eventually putting her head on her arms that were resting on the bad, crying once more. Lee just seemed so peaceful and so sweet. He didn't deserve this, not any of this! So why did it have to happen? Because he loved her? How unfair was that?! She caused the boy even more pain, and that needle had been a shot trough her own heart as well. She clenched her fist and the sheets with it while silent tears steamed down onto Lee's sheets. "Lee, I love you two." She whispered in between two sobs, knowing many more would follow that night.

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Eh, voila! This story is updated as well. Please do review people, and tell me what you think. What are your expectations for this story anyways? Er.. do tell me please, and now, buh-bye!Hy