DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto okay.
thoughts, dreams
inners/kyuubi
normal
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"Sakura I'm not getting better" Sai simply stated as he sketched away. He was sitting in the hospital bed with a bottle of water on the table next to him. The flue had really taken its toll on him. He looked so pale, his hair greasy, his skin had a tint of yellow in it and his movements were slow.
"Sakura, why are you wearing a scarf? It's a nice day" Sai said as he looked at Sakura for the tenth time.
"Um, it matched my outfit…" Sakura tried to cover up, but Sai glared at her. A little bit harder then Sakura expected. She ignored it and refereed back to his first statement.
"I told you that you would properly feel worse before you got better," Sakura said as she finished off writing Sai's temperature on his file. It had increased from the last time he was here, but that's completely normal. She put his file on the end of his bed and walked towards the door.
"Drink plenty of water Sai, and I'll increase your medicine dosage ok?" Sakura was almost out the door now.
"Wait Sakura," Sai said, he watched her stop in the doorway and tilt her head to the side.
"Can you just wait around with me for a bit? The other nurse said I could stay here for a couple of days and this place is boring" Sai said as he pointed to the chair that was in the corner of the room.
Sakura just looked at him, Sai had been acting strangely lately, but Sakura blamed it on him being ill. He really did look sick, and Sakura couldn't turn down someone who looked that weak.
"Okay, but I've got paper work to do so I can't stay long" Sakura said as she re-entered the room, walking over to the chair.
"Why don't you bring your work up here and do it?" Sai suggested, anytime he got to spend with Sakura would be worth while. Sakura took the chair and moved it to his bedside.
"Ahh, that's okay Sai I won't stay long, you really need rest" Sakura replied in a sweet tone. Sai's company was awkward and not what she wanted right now.
At that moment Sai actually hinted some emotion in his face, he looked disappointed. Sakura felt extremely uncomfortable when she remembered the drawing. She shifted in her seat; she wasn't going to bring it up.
"Are you okay Sakura?" Sai asked in his usual mono-tone voice. He noticed how uncomfortable the room had gotten.
"Yeah I'm fine, just had a late night" Sakura replied rubbing her head. Her killer headache had almost disappeared but she was still stressing about what had happened that night between her and Naruto.
"Night shift?" Sai asked, he didn't take his eyes off his drawing.
Sakura's mouth almost dropped to the floor. The only conversations she had ever with Sai were telling him that if he didn't stop calling her ugly his face would meet her fist.
"Ah, no…Just a late night, why do you ask?" Sakura said, hoping he wouldn't press the matter further.
"No reason" Sai said harshly. Sakura looked at him for a second, wondering why he was being so mean when two seconds ago he was being caring towards her…
He knew.
Sai knew what had happened last night.
He happened to walk past Naruto's house late last night to go to the pharmacist and his curiosity got the better of him. It made his blood boil about what they had done. Neither of them had seen him, they were way too drunk. At first Sai thought that Sakura and Naruto were having a fight because he could hear loud bangs coming from Naruto's kitchen. But when Sai walked up to Naruto's front window and looked in, he didn't like what he saw. Not one bit.
"Ino told me you and dickless were seeing each other now" Sai had put down his pencil and looked at Sakura. Neither Sakura nor Naruto had told him how they were dating.
"Yeah, for a couple of weeks now" Sakura said smiling. Sakura didn't notice how angry Sai looked. Of course Sai already knew that they were going out, but just hearing it from Sakura…It made him want to tear Naruto's limbs off one by one.
"Why!?" Sai blurted out, causing a shocked expression to appear on Sakura's face. He couldn't help it; he needed to know what she saw in him. What made Sakura care for Naruto and not him?
Sakura was speechless. She never expected Sai of all people, to ask her something like that. She never expected to be even having a half decent conversation with him. To her, Sai was just a team mate that didn't know what feelings or emotions were.
"I…well, um…" Sai looked at her, his eyes focused on her. Sakura regained her confidence at the thought of Naruto.
"He makes me happy." Sakura was now smiling, her eyes were sparking.
"Naruto-kun's all I've ever wanted, I couldn't be without him." Sakura's smile grew wider; while Sai's rage built up even more, the words tearing him up inside. He just sat there not knowing what to say next. After a few moments of silence Sakura spoke up.
"I should go; I've got work to do. I'll come by and check on you later" Sakura said as she stood from her chair and exited the room.
"I need you Sakura," Sai whispered as she disappeared from his sight. He had this odd feeling in his chest, almost like a pain in his heart. It felt like it was being ripped out. But why?
"I'm not injured? Why should I be hurting? Maybe it's apart of this flue..." The feeling wouldn't go away, in fact it grew worse. It felt like he had been stabbed in the chest, and the thought of Sakura and Naruto never left his mind.
"I need to try harder. I need to be the reason she's happy not him. Not that bastard…"
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He was lying there in his bed, hands behind his head. He was staring up at the ceiling. His shower was running, yet he didn't know who was in there. His sheets were ruffled and smelt sweet like strawberries. Why? It has never smelt like that before. The water from the shower had stopped running. He closed his eyes as someone emerged from his bathroom. He heard footsteps coming closer to him. Then they stopped. He opened his eyes only to see a flash of pink hair jump on top of him. He jumped a little only to have the pink haired girl roll over to his side.
"You're finally awake! You sleep like a log!" Sakura squealed as she nuzzled into his shoulder.
Sai knew not to question what was going on, it was way to perfect.
"Uh, sorry" Sai said as he looked down at her. She was looking up at him with big green eyes.
"It's okay, I loved watching you sleep." Sakura whispered in his ear. Sai rolled over to face her; they were so close to each other now. Sai felt himself moving in towards her, getting closer and closer. He was about to kiss her, he was finally going to kiss Sakura Haruno.
Sai woke up, sweating a bit more then usual. He was not in his bed, his room didn't smell of strawberries and he couldn't hear the shower running. He was in the hospital, feeling like crap, smelling the weird clean hospital smell and hearing silence. It was dark outside; he must have been asleep for a long time. He looked around for his drawing utensils. Once he found them he continued in with his drawing.
He now had more inspiration.
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Sakura was lying down on her bed, she had been exhausted. She lacked sleep, but her thoughts were too occupied for her to fall asleep, even though her body ached for her to sleep for a few days at least.
"Damn remembering tea's not working." Sakura complained to herself. No matter how hard she tried to remember last night's events, she jus couldn't. It was all a blur to her.
"Okay let's back track Sakura. You had finished your main corse, had dessert. Then you started drinking. Correct?" Inner Sakura stated, she wanted to remember what happened just as bad as Sakura did.
"Yes! Then I can't remember anything else!" Sakura told her inner. Every time she could only remember up to when she had half a bottle of sake, she didn't even know if she finished it off or not.
"Yes you can, and you will Sakura. THINK HARD!" They were going to remember what happened no matter what.
"I won't let you sleep until you remember." Inner Sakura stated, and she wasn't kidding either.
Sakura needed her sleep so she thought hard, just like she had been doing all day. Then something finally started to come back to her…
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Due to the lack of reviews, no flashback till next chapter hahaha! Sorry guys! No just kidding, its due to the amount of homework my teachers are dumping on me.
But next chapter you'll know the full extent off what happened, and what Sai saw…
Hopefully you all liked this chapter.
There will be more Naruto/Sakura moments next chapter too. But I had to have Sai/Sakura moments, otherwise the story wouldn't work.
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