Here's chapter two... DuckyUchiha was the one to guess who the boy was...
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I woke up to the sun shining in my eyes. I pushed myself up weakly into a sitting position. I didn't even bother wondering how I had gotten back here. I looked at the calender, my eyes wide. It had been three days. Three days!? This was not good. I need to stop doing that, sleeping for days on end. I looked down to see an IV in my hand. I gulped and looked away. I hated needles. I hated them with a passion. I looked around the room. The flowers had been removed while I was out. It was so plain. So unbearable. I noticed that my breakfast tray was sitting beside me in hopes that I would wake up today. I looked down at the foot of my bed and noticed that my plushies were still there, I smiled softly.
There was a knock at my door and I jumped. "Come in," I croaked, it was barely audbile, even to me. I cleared my throat and tried again. "Come in." I said with a little more confidence.
The door opened to reveal my four best friends and my cousin.
I smiled, "Hello," I greeted them happily.
Shino was the first to speak, "Hello Hinata-chan," he said, I could see his small smile. "How are you today?" He knew the answer to his question, the one I always gave whether it was true or not, but he asked anyway.
I kept my small smile. "I'm doing rather well," I replied. I didn't know whether I was lying today or not.
Shino nodded, "I brought you something," he said. He was hiding something behind his back, they all were, like usual. They all seemed to have something really special, like they knew something bad was going to happen.
I smiled, "Really? Let me see," I said softly, much like a little child.
Shino's small smile turned into an actual smile as he pulled his hand from behind his back, revealing a Snapdragon. I remember him telling me about them back in our elementary Botany class. I took it gently and looked at it, realized it was crystal cut and painted to look like a Snapdragon. "So it will never die," he said surely.
"Thank you very much Shino-kun," I said softly, smiling.
"Me next!" Naruto exclaimed, practically pushing Sakura out of the way.
Kiba wasn't going to have it, "No! I'm next!"
A nurse stepped in. "Anymore outbursts and you'll be kicked out." She gave Naruto and Kiba a look and left.
I giggled at the embarassed looks on my friends' faces. "How about alphabetical order by last name?" I suggested, looking at Sakura.
The pink-haired girl laughed slightly at the two boys. Both looked a bit disappointed. She looked at me. "I know how much you listen to your CDs. I'm surprised you haven't worn them out yet." She got that glint her eyes that I hadn't seen in a while, it made me excited.
"Oh come on, Sakura-chan, show me," I pouted. I coughed slightly, shaking my head and smiling softly at my only female friend.
She pulled three CDs from behind her back. The first was Nightwish. The second was Nightcore. And the final one was Toybox.
I looked through them and smiled, hugging her as tightly as I could without hurting myself. I set the CDs on my table next to my portable CD player.
"Now I'm next!" Kiba punched the air and practically barked his statement.
"You. Out." That same nurse poked her head in and pointed at Kiba.
Kiba groaned and sighed, "Here Hinata, I remember how you always used to the puzzles in the middle of class..." he said, holding out a box wrapped in silver-purple paper and a purple ribbon.
I opened it neatly, yet quickly. It was a puzzle of a forest with mountains and a sunset in the background. "Thank you Kiba-kun," I smiled softly before the nurse poked her head back in.
"I told you to get out," she said.
Kiba nodded, he waved to me and left.
Naruto smirked, "Finally!" he sighed. He grinned widely at me.
I looked up at him, "What is it, Naruto-kun?" I asked. His gifts were always a bit off-the-wall, except for the daffodils. I cocked my head to the side.
"Close your eyes?" Naruto asked. "Hold out your hands?"
I giggled slightly and closed my lavender eyes, holding my hands out slightly. I felt something be placed in them, but I didn't open my eyes.
"You can open them now Hinata," I heard Naruto's voice.
I opened my eyes slowly, blinking a few times to make the room come into focus and stop spinning. I looked down at what he had placed in my out-stretched hands. I smiled softly. It was a small violet box. I opened it, revealing a woven necklace with a wooden sunflower on it.
"I made it in shop with a bit of left over wood. Granny Tsunade showed me how to weave baskets and I just used that technique to weave the necklace," Naruto smile, proud of himself.
I smiled at him and tied the necklace around my neck. "Thank you Naruto-kun." I said softly. My face contorted and I started coughing, unable to stop the pain going through my body. I gasped for air after the coughing stopped, but it wouldn't come.
I looked around, I couldn't hear anything, my eyes were moving on their own. I could see Shino, Sakura, and Naruto being escorted out of the room. Neji was only allowed to stay because he was family. I soon fell back against the pillows. I couldn't hear anything and my eyes had slid shut.
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I woke up. It was dark outside. I looked around my room and sighed softly, no one was there. I looked down at my hand, the IV had been removed. I could hear voices outside of my door. It was my cousin speaking with the doctor.
"You need to keep a better eye on her. If my uncle loses his oldest daughter it will hurt him greatly. She is like a sister to me," I heard Neji saying in a hushed tone. He knew I could come to my senses at any moment.
"She is stablized. She does not need to be watched at this time," the doctor replied sternly.
"You call having random fits stablized!? I would love to see what unstablized is to you people!" Neji snapped. I heard a nurse come up to him and tell him that he had to leave. He came back into my room and kissed my forehead. "Rest well." And, with that, he was gone, the door shut after him.
I looked at the foot of my bed, something was different. There was a white teddy bear sitting between the butterfly and puppy plushies. It had golden eyes and a black nose. It was holding a plush balloon that said 'I Love You' on it, there was a card in it's paw.
I slowly reached for it, opening it.
'We all love you Hinata. We miss having you at home. We miss your tea and homemade jam. We ran out just last week. It's still so odd not having you bustling around the Manor. Hanabi says hello. I wish we could see you, but I am so busy with work and your sister is off with her friends. Hinata... My first child... I love you... If anything happens, tell your mother I say hello... I know you won't give up easily, you have my blood running through your veins. You are stubborn. My little fighter. My little sunflower...
Love,
Your father, Hiashi'
I felt the tears rolling down my cheeks. I shook my head and wiped most of them away, still, more fell. I folded the card and set it back with the teddy bear. I shook my head once more. It must've been what Neji was hiding from me, the teddy bear at least. I knew the card was from my father. I slid off of the bed, falling onto my knees. I winced slightly, but pulled myself up shakily. I slipped my whtie sandals on and walked slowly to my door, listening for more voices or footsteps, there were none.
I stepped out of my room and made my way down the hall like had done just three nights before. I made my way outside, taking in the summer breeze. I walked over to that same little swingset. I sat down on the blue swing and went back and forth slightly.
"Why the blue one?" came that same voice from beside me.
I looked up. "I'm not supposed to t-talk to str-strangers..." I replied softly.
"I'm Sasuke," the boy said plainly. "What's your name?" There was no emotion to his voice.
"H-Hinata..." I stuttered.
"There, we aren't strangers anymore," he said certainly. "Why the blue one?" he repeated his previous question as he moved back and forth slightly on the red swing.
"I l-like the c-color blue," I said softly. I looked up at the half moon in the sky and smiled softly. "Blue is..." I paused, lost in thought. "Blue is a calming color. It can be peaceful like the night sky or devastating like the color of the waters that destroy the land... Almost like two different people... All in one..." I finished.
Sasuke's chuckle broke my train of thought, I looked at him, cocking my head to the side.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Your definition for the color blue," he replied as if it were obvious.
My eyes narrowed slightly. "How is it funny?"
He shrugged. "I don't know..."
"Alright then mister, why the red one?" I asked.
He smirked slightly and then it faded. "When I was at this hospital..." he smiled softly, sadly, and then continued. "The red one was my favorite." He finished. He looked at me with that soft, sad smile.
I smiled back slightly and then started shaking, my body froze up. I started into a coughing fit. I wanted to ask him when he was at this hospital. I had never seen him before and I had been here almost my whole life, but I couldn't get the coughing to stop. I couldn't move my hands over my face to stop the blood from hitting the ground. Red liquid spattered on the ground adn the boy jumped away from it, grinding his teeth together.
I managed to stop the coughing, but I couldn't move. My eyelids slid closed over my pale purple eyes. He had caught me again, I could feel his cold skin against mine. It felt so... Relaxing. I could tell he was tense, something was wrong with him, but before I could force myself to ask, I had slipped completely into unconsciousness.
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There's chapter two. Hope you enjoyed it. If anyone can guess what our dear Sasuke is, I'll give you a cookie! R&R? Kthxbai.