After tragedy occurs, the remaining members of Team 8 is left to mourning. Hinata who takes it hardest of them all, decides to end it all there... Bidding her last farewells she kills herself, in hopes of being reunited with the one that was ruthfully taken away from them. But fate being so unkind, wasn't done with her just yet and had different plans in mind for her...
Chapter 3
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"speech"
'thoughts'
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She swept her bangs to side and let out a deep breath before entering through the hospital entrance while clutching the basket of food in her hand, going to the reception desk she asked if the patient in room 483 was in. Only to be told they were wandering around the hospital again, she almost let out a frustrated sigh but smiled at the nice receptionist instead before leaving for the empty room.
Ever since he had returned to Konoha after killing his brother, she had been assigned his nurse to heal the wounds he had gotten from the intense battle. After three months of spending time with him, she had grown closer to the onyx eyed boy and would visit him whenever she could after her missions but even with wounds that seemed to miraculously always return after disappearing he still had the habit of wandering off on his own.
With her hand around the door knob she contemplated whether she would wait for his return or just leave the basket on the bed, leaving early would really help her in finishing her tight schedule early but it would be rude if she were to just leave without even saying good bye.
She sighed opening the door, upon deciding to just leave the basket and leaving, fingering the small envelope inside her pocket.
'There's no turning back, I have already gotten so far.'
"Hinata?"
She looked up to see Sasuke just entering the room through the window "Sasuke, I was just looking for you," she lied.
Hinata bit her lip, this would definitely get her behind schedule again, she had already spent most of her time putting together the basket, so she couldn't afford to waste anymore of the time she had left.
"Is that basket for me?" he was already sitting on his bed and was pointing at the basket she was holding. She shook her head, his voice having pulled her away from her thoughts, he quirked an eyebrow at her taking her shaking her head as a "no".
"Soo those aren't for me then?"
"Oh wait! Yes they are for you".
"Sorry but I was just thinking of something" she gave him an apolagetic smile but he only gestured with his hand for her to sit beside him on the bed. Sitting beside him she worriedly looked to and from the clock, so focusing soley on the time she didn't notice as he would squirm at how close they were sitting. Blowing at a stray lock of hair in his face, he looked at his companion and ignoring the fact that their shoulders would brush against each other, he hoped to start a conversation to ease the tension between them.
Smiling at her he then focused his attention on the basket again, "So what do you have for me this time?"
Hinata looked away blushing, afraid that she had been caught staring at him but pulling her eyes away from the clock she focused all her attention on the boy in front of her. All her problems and worries pushed to the very back of her mind, no longer able to bother her for the time being...
The Uchiha boy often smirked but rarely offered others a smile, so upon seeing the sincere smile he offered her, she suddenly felt selfish for even thinking of leaving without as much as a goodbye. So giving him a smile of her own she took out a fresh tomato from the basket and handed it to him, who gladly took it and tasted it, finishing it in 5 seconds flat.
"Is it good?" she asked leaning forward and studying his features as he licked at his lips for whatever else was left of the vegetable/fruit.
He shrugged, "Aren't the ones you pick always good?" she blushed at this and he smirked having gotten the reaction he had wanted from her.
"Are they all tomatoes?"
In response she handed him the basket "It's not like you'll eat anything else I get you".
She beamed innocently at him...
And this time it was his turn to feel embarrassed but he didn't show it and just pretended to inspect a tomato, ignoring the teasing grin the girl in front of him had.
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"Sasuke?"
He looked at her intently, the tone in her voice when she had called his name puzzling him....
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry but I can't stay long, I have to go" she looked to the clock, noticing that fifteen minutes had already passed.
"You're not going to finish these with me?"
"No, I'm sorry but I haven't the time" he only sighed getting up from the bed as she turned to leave with a wave, hoping to get away quickly.
"Hinata?"
He quickly grabbed her wrist before she could walk out the door.
She wouldn't look at him as she bit her lip, her tears close to spilling, "Y-yes Sasuke?"
He frowned at this instantly pulling her to him, her head now resting on his chest making him flinch as he felt the wound concealed by his bandages reopen.
"Is there something you should tell me?"
Her eyes widened at this but she only shook her head but he was stubborn.
"Hinata you're clearly hiding something because for one, this is the first time you've stuttered around me. And two, it seems to me that my blood isn't the only thing that's soaking my bandages right now" he said flinching.
"I'm sorry!", her eyes grew wide in realization before quickly pushing herself away from him, her troubles once again forgotten as she focused on what was more important.
"Eh?" he remembered having her in his arms but now he was on his bed lying flat on his back.
"H-hinata, what are you-" his face grew hot as she placed her hands over his chest but soon calmed down when he saw the serious look on her face.
'Hinata...' he felt his heart race and he almost panicked at the thought of her actually hearing it, from it being so loud in his ears but dismissed the thought and watched her work.
She quickly focused some chakra to the tip of her finger and quickly cut through the soiled bandages before her hands were engulfed in light as she healed the bloody gash.
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He relaxed and felt his eyes grow heavy as she closed the wound completely, "Hinata?"
"Yes Sasuke?" she smiled as she watched him look away with a childish pout.
"I...I uh appreciate... Well um yeah just thanks for you know-"
"It was the least I could do" she giggled cutting him off as he was finding it hard to come up with the words.
"And if you want you can leave" surprising her, she cocked her head curiously at him
"I won't stop you", he sighed giving her his permission knowing he had no right to pry into her personal life, since they were only friends after all.
"Sasuke are you sure?" she was unsure upon noticing the Uchiha's downcast eyes, had she upset him?
"No, but I trust you" he told he tiredly so she wouldn't worry.
"So just go before I change my mind", he said turning on his side away from her and just gave her a small wave, leaving no room for her to argue.
"Okay, good bye but please enjoy the basket..." having spent a lot of time with the Uchiha, she knew better than to argue with him since he wouldn't give up until he won. So smiling at her stubbon friend once more she quickly dropped the envelope meant for him in the basket before leaving.
Hearing the door shut, he sighed turning on his side again to face the door before taking both his hands and placing it on his burning cheeks, "Naruto gets everything he has ever wanted and more, so how come..."
"I can't have just this one thing?"
He groaned, "Kami, what the fuck am I saying!?" grabbing the pillow from under his head and covering his face with it, he screamed...
"Damn hospital and its medicine!"
"Probably messing with my head"
"No way am I in... love with Hinata", he sneered throwing the pillow across the room and away from him. Just the word "love" alone made him sick to the stomach, so how the hell was it possible for him to actually have feelings for another living being? Hinata no less, who was his friend...
'If I'm not in love with her, then how come I'm still in here?' he stopped, his eyes glazing over in thought
Taking the kunai from under his pillow he tapped lightly at the place Hinata had just healed.
Her fingers had made him shiver as they glided across his skin unlike the pain of the cold metal of his kunai ripping through his flesh. But too tired to do that now, he figured that he would get to it later
Staring at the ceiling he absently asked himself the same question again, "Why AM I here still?"
He glanced at the kunai still in his hand, remembering the pain he would inflict on himself everyday just so he would remain a patient at the hospital...
'Is it so she'll come to visit me?' he asked himself, confused.
'Or is it because I have nowhere else to go?' thinking of both his old apartment and the Uchiha complex, he frowned knowing full well that no one would be there to welcome him home.
'Maybe because she knows my favorite food?' he then smiled thinking of the baskets of food she would always visit him with, taking comfort in how she knew what he liked.
'No it's because I want to...' pausing he glared at the ceiling before giving up and letting out a sigh.
"make her mine" letting out a deep breath he covered his glowing face with his hands but it was true though...
She would make the perfect mother for his children and oddly enough he had pictured it countless times on the lonely nights he spent in the hospital.
Upset at where his thoughts were going again he went to reach for a tomato when he noticed something else in the basket.
'A piece of paper?' he thought as he felt it brush his fingertips before taking it out and getting a better look at it...
"An envelope?"
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Sasuke- 19 years old
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