Six Days Left...
Chapter 4: The Warning
He stares at me with eyes wide with shock for a while. We both stood there in silence both shocked at the words that came out fo my mouth. Did those words come out of my mouth?
"What did you just say?" he asks me as if the apocolypse is to come.
I answer him, "Baka. Don't get all nervous over that."
He hugs me. Sasuke-kun embraces me with his own free will. You don't get to see this everyday… I think of what Ino would do at this situation… I get shivers down my spine. Sasuke stares at my face. He gets close to my face just like that kiss. He… FLICKS my nose instead of the kiss.
I yell while rubbing my nose,"What was that for?!"
"For being stupid," he answers.
"Ow… that hurt," I said.
He smirks. Now this is the human ice cube I know! That little emotional scene was…
"Ah!" I scream in pain.
My head pounds as if a hammer was banging my head. He stares at me strangely.
"I didn't flick you that hard. Are you okay?" he asks me.
"My head… it… hurts…" I tell him feebily.
Everything turns black again. Through the darkness, a warm light shines through. What is this? As I enter the bright world, ballerinas come into view. Why are there dancing ballerinas?
"Sakura-chan…" a creepily fmailiar voice calls.
The voice was soft at first.. then it got louder and louder.
"Sakura-chan… Sakura-chan…" the voice keeps repeating.
I look up and see a Naruto with a halo, wings and the whole angel getup. What is going on? He has a big smile that makes you walk away and comes closer and closer. Why is he coming closer with that huge smile of his? He is coming too close and then I punch him right across the face.
He weakly says, "That's the Sakura-chan I know…"
He stands up and tries to wipes his bloody nose, "Sakura-chan, I have to tell you something important. Something that will change your life forever."
"What is it baka?" I ask him while rolling my eyes.
"There is a… new ramen shop called Ichiraku Ramen… umm… do you want to go with me and eat ramen?" he asks me shyly.
"No," I refuse his offer.
"Why?" he whines.
"Why are you in my dreams Naruto?" I ask him trying to relieve myself from his annoying presence.
He says, "I don't know, but its time for you to wake up."
My eyes flicker open by each flick my vision gets clearer. As my vision started to get clearer I hear my name…
"Sa…ku…ra?"
"Saku…ra?"
"Sakura?" the voice says.
I blink for a couple of seconds and look up to see Sasuke and dad. They both have pained expressions because of my fainting spell. I try to sit up, but the banging slows my movements. Sasuke helps me up while I recap for a moment.
Then I tell my dad in a weak voice, "Dad… I have to tell you something… come closer."
He responds desperately, "Anything for you Sakura."
When Dad is now right next to me.
He asks, "Sakura are you okay?"
I answer him by yelling at the top of my lungs, "You are so going shoe-shopping for locking Sasuke-kun and me up in that room!"
"I'm so sorry Sakura. Please forgive me," he begs me,"I'll do anything for you… just not shoe shopping… Wait! Did you just call Uchiha-san 'Sasuke-kun'?"
Dad changes his pained expression to a shocked expression on his face while Sasuke smirks. Sasuke's mom walks in and pulls dad away from his dear daughter.
"Now, now Haruno-san, don't you want Sasuke and Sakura-chan to bond?" she asks.
She gives me a quick wink and leaves out of the room. I guess Sasuke filled her in about my incident last night. An awkward silence takes over the room.
"Armadillo," I say as a feeble excuse to escape the silence.
He turns around and stares at me strangely.
I continue, "My mom would say that every time there was an awkward silence."
"I know," he responds and stares into the distance.
The awkward silence must have gotten to him cause he left the room. I look around the largely vacant room. It's silence was sp tranquil until noise interrupted my inner peace.
"Sakura-chan!" an all to familiar and annoying voice calls my name.
Naruto makes a grand entrance into the room by crashing and tumbling. There goes my couple of minutes of silence. He tries to recover himself by dusting off invisible dirt. He runs toward me and holds my hands to his chest.
"Sakura-chan," he says in sobs, "I heard that you are very sick. Don't worry! I brought you my extra special…" he motions to the door and Hinata brings in a huge bowl,"HEALING RAMEN!" he exclaims in joy.
I start to twitch and say, "Um… thanks... I think?"
"Don't mention it Sakura-chan!" he says in joy.
He has a big grin on his face, just like my dream which causes me to shiver. A huge mob of friends enters the room stomping over Naruto. Ino comes up to me yelling, while Tenten fights her way to greet me. It was a loud mess until…
"SHUT UP!!!!"
Everyone turns around and stares at the direction of the voice. Sasuke has a very irritated face.
"If you all have something to say to Sakura, then get in a line. You guys are too noisy," he growls.
With this said, everyone gets in a straight line in a military fashion. Lee is first in line he takes out a box of Chinese medicine.
"Sakura-san, this is Chinese medicine that is good for the youth. Take one every day. It will heal your health in no time," he says and flashes his famous smile.
"Uhhh… thanks Lee," I thank him.
I put on the best smile for him. He blush and takes his leave. Ino comes forward. I put my hands over my ears, getting ready for her little lecture. After about an hour of her lecture I try to calm her down so she could leave, she looks convinced and leaves with a 'I have a date' excuse. Typical Ino… Jeez what is with all these people? It is like I am going to die! I only had a headache! What is going on here? After the last person leaves, I go out of bed and stomp toward him.
I say, "Okay, Sasuke… what is up with them? It is like I caught leukemia or something!"
He looks down and fiddles with his fingers.
"The doctor says that you are in critical condition right now. He says that your brain cells are slowly and painfully dying. The headaches are going to happen because of the brain cells are dying. He says that you can die at any moment. You might have until spring to live."
"What? You're joking right?" I ask him.
What a bad joke...
He answers seriously with no hint of a lie, "I'm not joking Sakura. I am serious. You can die at any moment."
