Hmm... I haven't but a disclaimer on these in a while! Well, Disclaimer: I STILL don't own Naruto! Or hospitals! D Daaang...
He hadn't known that Sai was so… broken. He had had no idea. But… now that he thought about it, the signs were obvious. His smiles had always been so… fake. So, why hadn't he noticed before? Sai used to be a happy little boy… why hadn't he noticed when that changed? Had he been so blind as to not notice? Or… did it simply choose not to acknowledge it? Perhaps it was the second… he hated the mere thought of any of his friends being broken… but it would be so easy to ignore he was.
Naruto sobbed, rubbing the dark haired teen's cheek, wiping his eyes. Did he even have the right to cry? It was probably his fault Sai had done this to himself… He didn't start getting depressed until he… started dating Haku. The blonde bit his lip, leaning forward and pressing his forehead into the other's pale one.
Sai slowly opened his eyes, staring into the sobbing blue eyes of his love interest. Of course, this surprised him… but it was a good way to wake up. He leaned up and pressed his lips against the soft one's of the other's, something he expected happening. The tan boy gasped, and sat up.
"I… I'm sorry! I didn't know you were awake…" Naruto covered his mouth, tracing his fingers over his lips. Needless to say, he was glad when someone else came into the room. He stared at the ground, walking past him with a bright red face, and closing the door behind himself.
Itachi thinned his eyes at Sai; sitting beside him in the chair Naruto had just been sitting him. He crossed his legs elegantly, leaning forward and staring at the boy. "Sai… You're getting awfully close to that blonde boy… aren't you?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "You know, he won't be nearly the same person once we're done with him… So, getting close to him at this point will not only be pointless, but it will hurt you as well. And it'd be a shame to see a member, secret or not, to be hurt."
Sighing, he sat up and ran a hand through his hair. It was pretty greasy… but that was because he had yet to shower as of yet, and he still had a lot of product in his hair. "…I know. I can't help it. I've liked him for so long… And I didn't know you were going to go after Gaara or Naruto! I thought they would be…"
A cold laugh filled the room, and Itachi leaned forward, staring into charcoal eyes similar to his own. "Ah… so, you simply figured that it would be people you didn't know?" He asked, a smirk slowly widening over his face. "How very selfish of you… After all, think of it this way… had it been someone else, that person would still be important to someone else. And so on and so forth. Besides, Gaara and Naruto are the only ones compatible with the gene…" Itachi smiled, patting Sai's shoulder. "Unless you magically find a way to get someone else compatible with the gene… Which, is impossible, seeing as you would need to replace bone, blood, flesh, nerves, and all his genes with that of another and place them in someone else…"
Sai growled softly, knowing full well that that would be impossible. Itachi was just… toying with him. "Isn't there another way? Other people in general that would go with other genes… surely they have some relatives that you could put the gene into!" He begged, trying not to struggle too much. That would be bad, seeing as a few of the cords and such attached to him might fall off.
Itachi glared in a fashion that would make the polar ice caps melt. Sai's blood ran cold, and he backed away from the oldest Uchiha. "Are you… suggesting I use Kankurou for the gene transplant?" he asked, glare still in place. "Because you know that we can't use family members of a different gender…" He twitched, leaning towards him in a threatening manner.
Shaking his head quickly, he laughed to show he was kidding… even if he really hadn't been kidding at all. "No! Of course not… Silly Itachi…" He waved his hands, and said Uchiha stood, leaving the room with a slam of the door. This left Sai all alone… in a silent room. That is, until the door opened once again to show… a girl? No, a boy?
Haku smiled at him in a sweet manner that made Sai relax, and the boy… girl sat down in that same seat again. "Naruto has been… spending a lot of time with you."
Nodding, he realized this was Haku. He felt his blood begin to boil, but smiled in a similarly sweet way. "…Yes. As you can see, I'm in the hospital. It's customary to visit someone in the hospital."
"…Of course it is." He nodded, tucking long strands of hair behind his ears. "But you see… your being in the hospital is making my Beloved Naruto very upset. I don't like it when Naruto's upset, I'm sure you can guess. So, you had better get well soon… or being in the hospital won't be the last of your problems." Haku rose from the chair, offering the hospitalized boy once last cold glare before leaving the room.
Sai groaned, running a hand through his greasy hair once more. "And people wondered why I tried to kill myself…"
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