Chapter 7:
When Sai woke up from his rest I served him some food and watched him take small bites of it. He was done with it in a matter of minutes. I tried getting him to eat a little more but he wouldn't budge toward it. So I took it back to the kitchen and cleaned up. I was hoping by the time I was finished with cleaning then Sai would be back to sleep. If he was asleep then we wouldn't have to talk about my parents or anything like that. Once I was done I went to check to see if Sai was resting or not. I was surprised to see him wide awake. He caught me at the door and motioned me to come closer.
I did and sat at the end of his bed. "We need to talk Ino" Sai said low.
"No we don't, I don't want to talk about it Sai."
"Ino" he said my name like I was in trouble.
"Please Sai, let it go" I begged.
He brushed my hair behind my ear so he could see my eyes fully. "I can't though, I care about you and I want to be that person you can talk too about anything. Isn't that what I'm here for, what this relationship should mean?" he challenged. I hated it when he made sense to one of our arguments, it wasn't fair. "Ino?"
"I'm just trying to fight to stay with you" I confessed.
Sai placed his hands on both side of my face and made me look up to him. "Ino, you don't have to fight to stay with me. No matter what I'll be there. Even if have to wait, you know you can find me right here for you." I lowered my head and tears slowly went down my cheeks. Sai rested his head on mine and wrapped his arms around me. "Shh...It's okay Ino. It's okay, I'm here" he said tenderly. I cried in silence all night on Sai's shoulder and not once did he let go of me. When I thought I was all dried up for tears I finally looked up at him. Sai still had a gentle smile on his face. So many feelings were running through me and I wanted it to slow down before I lost it.
Sai leaned down and kissed me with all the love I believed he had for me. That love which I knew was an amount I could hardly imagine. He didn't kiss me for long because of the weakness he still had in his body. I laid next to him till he fell back asleep for the night. His face looked so peaceful when it was relaxed. I tried not staring at his face but it was so irresistible I couldn't help it. I almost laugh but kept myself quiet so Sai wouldn't be woken up. I felt tired myself and I knew Sai wouldn't want me to sleep on the sofa but it was the right thing to do.
I headed to the small living room and found a thin blanket for me. I glanced down at the hall before I closed my eyes to sleep. It's been so long since I've had a good night sleep. It was probably noon when I woke up from my long slumber. My body weighed heavy though. I tried getting up until I felt something hit against my back. I looked behind me and found Sai cuddled closely beside me. He shouldn't be here; there was barely any room for me alone. His body was warm and heavy against me. I tried getting up without waking him up but I failed. Sai slowly started waking up when I rolled out from under him.
"Unbelievable" I mumbled to him. He stretched and gave a tired grin. "You're supposed to be in your bed, not on this small couch."
"I couldn't sleep there."
"Why not?"
He pondered a few seconds before answering "I wanted to be next to you."
I rolled my eyes "come on; let's get you back into your bed."
"Wait" he said pulling me down next to him again, "can we just stay like this for a little while longer?"
I sighed "fine, for a few more minutes then I really need to get you back to your bed." Sai wrapped his arms back around me and snuggled closely to me. I rested on the corner of his neck and listened to Sai's deep breathing. It sounded soothing to hear for me. It was a reminder that he was still alive, he was never going to leave me. When I finally got Sai back in his bed I tried getting him to stay there while I fixed something to eat for him along with his medicine he needed to take.
Sai gave a face about the medicine but did eat a little more today than he did yesterday. Slowly he was approving on his health. The health that shouldn't have been hurt in the first place. I stayed close to his side the whole time though. One reason was because I felt guilty if I did leave him and the second reason was because Sai didn't want me to leave him even for a second.
After a few days we returned back to the hospital to get Sai checked on, see if he was progressing like he should be doing. Sakura checked his temperature and started checking his heart beat until she got a knock on the door.