A/N: There will only be one or maybe two more chappys after this one! OMG my first story is almost done!! BUT if you guys want me to do a squeal then tell me coz I already have a few ideas for it. Well anyway, here is the next chappy.

Disclaimer: Nope. I don't own Naruto.

Will You Be My Friend?

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Chapter 14: Come Home

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One Week Later

It has been a week. One whole week since that day and there is still no change in his condition. He has been in a coma ever since that terrible night and there is only a 50/50 chance that he might awake... Let alone survive. And that information is killing me slowly inside.

I haven't left his sight for the whole time he has been in the hospital bed. I want to be the first one he sees when and if he finally comes out of his coma and opens his eyes. I want to tell him how sorry I am that I was not able to do anything when the bullet went off. I hadden't ate very much, only a small sandwich in the past two days and a bottle of water. Not to mention I hadden't slept for the week he had been in here too.

I took Yahiko-chan's small, white hand into my larger hand and closed my eyes. I leaned back in the chair next to his bed, eyes closed and thought about what had happened that dreadful night.

When the gun had gone off, I had known straight away that it was aiming for Yahiko-chan. I had fainted a millisecond before it had hit him. Gaara-kun had told me everything that happened after that.

Apparently, Gaara-kun had knocked my Father out cold and he was still out cold until the police came. They had taken him to hospital quickly to look at the damage Gaara-kun had caused. I hadden't bothered to ask Gaara-kun if anything was wrong with him because I don't care for him anymore. He had gone back on the only promise he had ever made to me, which was to leave Yahiko-chan and Hanibi-chan alone. He was not aloud to lay a finger on them... I wonder why I had even believed him in the first place... Anyway, after the hospital, Gaara-kun told the police everything that happened and my Father was finally where he belonged, 'In jail' as Kunkuro-san had once told me.

When I had fainted, Yahiko-chan was shot and the bullet went straight through his left shoulder. Gaara-kun had rushed to help him while Temari-nee-chan had phoned for the police and the ambulance. Once the ambulance had gotten to our house, Gaara-kun had woken me up. I had woken up to the sight of Yahiko-chan being lifted into the ambulance and I had gone into complete and utter panic. Flashes of my Mother's death kept appearing in my mind as I rode in the ambulance to the hospital.

Once at the hospital, Yahiko-chan had been rushed into the emergency room, leaving a worried Gaara-kun and myself in the Waiting Room. I had cried into Gaara-kun's chest, until I couldn't take the pain anymore and fell unconscious.

I had woken once again to Gaara-kun's concerned face. After I had reassured him everything was fine, we had sat in complete silence, just holding each other and I melted into Gaara-kun's warmth, while listening to him whisper sweet nothings into my ear. Trying to reassure me everything was going to be alright and Yahiko-chan would be fine. I had almost believed him, but something in the back of my mind still made me panic...

The last time I had been in a hospital was when my Mother was dieing. I had actually blamed the hospital for a while for letting my Mother die... I knew I was being stupid because I knew that the doctors and nurses had done everything the could for her... But I needed to blame someone else apart from myself for my Mother's death. I hate hospitals.

I remember the nurse that had taken my little brother away from me, walked into the Waiting Room and came up to Gaara-kun and myself. "Are you family to the little Hyuuga Yahiko?" She had asked and both Gaara-kun and myself had nodded quickly, both forgetting that Gaara-kun wasn't a real family member. The nurse had nodded back to us and had made a hand gesture for us to follow her. Once we were outside Yahiko-chan's door the nurse had told us. "I'm afraid he is in a coma... But we found the wound was not life threatening, the bullet had just missed his nerves. He is very lucky, but there is no way of knowing when... and if... he wakes up."

The nurse had left us after that and I had to use all my self control not to break down there and then once again.

Gaara-kun had taken hold of my hand and squeezed in reassuringly, before taking hold of the doorknob and opening the door and pushing it open. Gaara-kun had let me go first and I silently thanked him for that.

I shakily walked into the small room and my legs gave out on me once I looked at him. Gaara-kun had to hold me so that I wouldn't fall to the floor and carried me, bridal-style, toward the chair nearest to Yahiko-chan. He set me down on the chair but I didn't let go of his hand, if anything I squeezed it as tight as I possibly could. I needed comfort and knew I could only get it from my Gaara-kun.

He had kissed my hand and stood by the chair I was sitting on, and I finally took another look at Yahiko-chan.

I had wanted to scream and shout at the doctors and nurses that they had made a mistake and this was not the bubbly, always smiling little Yahiko-chan that I know. He was as white as a ghost and was so still. He had ugly tubes in his nose and mouth and going up his arms and briefly thought that they looked like snakes. Snakes are another thing I just can't stand. He was breathing Slowly... Deeply... And Evenly, his little chest going up and down with each breath.

Another image flashed in my mind. Another of my Mother. It showed my Mother in a hospital bed with tubes also on and in her body and how pale and thin she looked. That was the first real time that I had started panicking about the fact that Yahiko-chan could die just like my Mother did. And so I took his pale hand into my own and had secretly and silently promised him that I wouldn't leave his sight until he woke up. And until then I was going to make sure that he was treated good enough for him to get better.

I opened my eyes once again and fought to stay awake. Yahiko-chan wouldn't like it if he woke up to me sleeping.

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I stood outside the hospital room that had Yahiko-chan and my Hina-hime in it. I had a bunch of flowers of different kinds in my hand from Temari-nee-chan to give to Yahiko-chan.

I almost didn't go inside. Ever since Yahiko-chan was rushed into hospital, my Hina-hime had not left his sight. I know she isen't looking after herself properly and I just want her to come home so that I can make her better. But she is too stubborn. She mumbles under her breath, something about her Mother and not being able to leave his sight. I'm afraid that this whole experience is bringing back old memories of her Mother's death.

I took a deep breath in and opened the white door, numbered 239.

I walked into the privet room and felt my heart squeeze itself painfully as I see my Hina-hime. She looks so ill, and the bags under her eyes almost make her look like my own eyes. She's so pale and fragile looking and I just want her to go back to the Hina-hime I remember, before her fucked-up Father ruined all our lives. I can see her shoulders shaking and know she is crying... I hate it when she cries.

I slowly walk over to the bed were Yahiko-chan is and I'm relieved to see some colour on his face. He wasn't so white anymore.

I stood in front of the small white table on the left side of Yahiko-chan's bed, opposite my depressed Hina-hime. I took the empty vase and quickly filled it up with water in the bathroom and came back out and put Temari-nee-chan's flowers into the vase. After I had finished that, I turned towards my Hina-hime and walked around the bed toward her.

I stood in front of her shaking form. Her head was downcast, her greasy hair covering her angelic face from my view and her hands were clasped together tightly, trying to stop her hands from shaking. Just looking at what the bastard had done to cause my Hina-hime such heartache, I wanted to go to his jail cell and toucher him slowly until he cries out from so much pain and is begging me for death. I quickly shake my head and kneel down in front of her.

I took her entwined hands in my own and pull them apart with no difficulty. I brought them to my lips and gently brush my lips across each of her knuckles. When I finished I looked up to see that she was watching me, still silently crying. I placed her hands back on her lap and cupped her face with my tanned hands and I smiled softly at her when she closeed her hypnotizing eyes and leans into my touch. "Hina-chan..." I whispered to her. She opens her eyes tiredly and that was when I knew for sure that she has had hardly slept this passed week. "Hina-chan, come home, please?"

I see her bottom lip starts to quiver and she closes her eyes tiredly and shakes her head as well as she could with my hands still cupping her face. "No." She whispers just as softly.

But I wasn't going to give up this time. It's not healthy for her to stay beside him, hardly eating and sleeping. Hell, I've hardly gotten any sleep from worrying about her so much.

I lowered my head to her own until my forehead was lightly touching her own. I closed my eyes and savored the feeling of having her so close to me. It's been a whole week since I've been able to be this close to her and I vaguely wondered how I was able to go so long without telling her how I felt about her. "Please come home... Everyone misses you. Kankuro-nii-san, Temari-nee-chan, Hanibi-chan... But not as much as myself."

I opened my eyes to see her lavender tinted eyes staring at me, her tears gone by now. "I can't." Her voice was a whimper.

I gently nuzzled my nose with her own. "Why?" I asked her, searching her eyes for the answer, although I think I know her answer. She's afraid to leave his side. Afraid that the same thing that happened with her Mother might happen with Yahiko-chan. She's afraid he will die. "We told the doc to phone us as soon as something happens to him, so you wont miss it if he wakes up. Just come home, everyone's worried about you, love." I reasoned with her. I didn't want to go another night without her in bed. I never realized how much I needed her until that one week ago.

"B-Bu... B-But..." She tried to get out her sentence but then burst into tears, wrapping her fragile arms around my neck and nuzzling her head into the crook of my neck. My arms instantly went around her and held her close to me, trying to ease her pain the best I could. I rubbed my hands in circler motions up and down her back and whispered "Shh..." Now and again into her ear.

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We stayed that way for a while longer. Maybe for around half an hour, but I didn't mind. I just wanted to give my Hina-hime as much comfort as she could possibly get. Every sob that escaped her lips tore at my heart and I found the thought of sneaking out into the night and torturing my Hina-hime's Father all the more exciting.

She quietened down after another five minutes and I gently rubbed my cheek with her own to get some response from her. When I didn't I became slightly panicked, but when I felt her relax I knew that she was finally in a well deserved sleep. I smiled softly to her and kissed her ear and whispered "Sleep well." I leaned her back against the chair she was sitting on and as quickly and quietly as I could, I removed my arms from around her and took out my mobile.

I flipped it open and looked for Temari-nee-chan's number. When I found it I pressed the small green button and it started ringing.

"Hello?" Came Temari-nee-chan's voice on the other end of the phone.

"Hey, Nee-chan, it's me." I whispered into my phone.

"Gaara-chan? Why are you whispering?"

"Hinata-chan has just fallen asleep and I need you to come pick us up."

"Us? You mean Hina-chan's finally coming home?"

"Yeah... But not willingly, but seeming as she is asleep now as may as well come home. She will be more comfortable in her bed." I reasoned not only with Temari-nee-chan, but also myself. I heard a sigh on the other end of the phone.

"She's not going to like it when she wakes up... But I really want her home, so I'll go through with it." I smiled.

"Thanks Temari-nee-chan!"

"Yeah, yeah. How's Yahiko-chan?"

"Looking better than the last time I came to visit him. I think he might even wake up soon."

"That's good. Well, I'll be there in a few minutes, Bu-Bye!"

I hung up and put my mobile back into my jacket pocket. I walked back over to my Hina-hime and gazed down at her. She really did look exhausted. I ran my index finger up and down her smooth cheek loving the feel of her beneath my fingers. I shook my head and moved my hand away.

I bent down and planted a soft, loving kiss on her forehead before picking her up as gently as I could and carried her bridal-style over to Yahiko-chan's bed. I looked down on him and whispered to him "You'd better wake up soon Yahiko-chan, not just for Hina-hime's sake, but for everyone else's too." And with that I left, closing the door silently with my foot behind me, carrying my Hina-hime back home.

Was it good? I kinda got stuck on this chappy so I hope it turned out good enough for you guys. Please R&R! Thankies!!