I know, I know, I haven't uploaded in a looooong time D:

FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED... aaanyways, remember kids. be careful when you're driving AND NO DISTRACTING THE DRIVER. tsk tsk TenTen (hehe see what happened there?)

TenTen: GOMENASI NEJIKUUUUNNNNN T-T

Neji:... do you see what you did?

Me: hehe... sorry about that Neji dear

TenTen: *sniff sniff*

Neji: hn. TenTen do you want ice cream

TenTen: OMG YES I LOVE YOU SO MUCH NEJI YAY

Me: this isn't going to end well is it...

HEYYOOO READ AND REVIEW-OOO (maybe i'll visit you in the night... wait what?)

Everything felt like a blur. TenTen could barely understand what was happening in front of her, everything was muted and she felt as though she'd jumped into a pool and was observing everything underwater.

People rushed around her, monitors beeped, wheels squeaked. But all TenTen could think about was that this was her fault. If only she'd been the one driving, if she hadn't given in when he insisted on driving them, if she didn't distract him, if she'd just noticed he wasn't okay to be driving.

"Excuse me, Miss…" TenTen looked up. A nurse with shockingly pink hair was hovering above her. She stood up extremely fast, forgetting that she'd injured herself in the accident as well. The world went dark for a few moments before she blinked away the blackness.

"TenTen." The nurse looked concerned, but focused back on her task.

"Your friend, he's going to be okay. He has a couple of cracked ribs and a concussion but he should be functioning well in a couple of weeks." TenTen nodded, her head spinning with relief.

"Can I see him?" The nurse hesitated.

"Um, I'd really like to see to your head injury and besides he's still unconscious… How about I tend to you and then you can go in and see him since he'll probably be waking up." TenTen crossed her arms; there was NO way she was letting someone tend to her when he was still injured. But… well it's not like he'd be moving anywhere.

"Okay." The nurse led her into a room nearby and soon was dabbing blood out of the cut near her temple. TenTen fiddled with her hair ties and fidgeted until the nurse finally put a bandage on her now-sown cut and let her get up.

"Stay here for a moment, I need to figure out whether your fri-"

"Sakura! We need you here, there was a huge fire and we need all surgeons and nurses ready to go!" The nurse hesitated and ran out the door, her voice floating behind her.

"Please don't go anywhere! I'll be back as soon as I can."

It must've been 20 minutes since the nurse left. TenTen sighed, legs moving like pistons, swinging over the bed she was sitting on. Honestly, she felt fine and she needed to see him now!

TenTen sighed again and jumped off the bed, reaching for her pack and slipping out the door, hoping no one would notice her in the rush. His room was right down the hall and she quietly slipped down the hallway, feet barely making any noise as she slid past the nurses' desk and pressed herself against the wall.

His room's door was open and the curtains that separated her from him fluttered, as if gesturing to her. She quietly moved inside the door, giving the room a quick scan to make sure no one was inside. Her hand parted the curtain and as she moved towards his bedside, she took in everything at once. The monitors that beeped regularly, the tubes that flowed out of him, a steady drip making sure he didn't feel too much pain. TenTen could feel a sob rising up her throat, familiar sensations of prickliness stinging her eyes and nose. But she promised herself she wouldn't cry. After all, they were safe and that's all that mattered now.

There was a nice cushiony sofa chair right next to his sleeping form, dented in a way that made TenTen feel as though she wasn't the first in here. She hesitantly sat down, knees touching the side of his bed and slowly, hoping he wouldn't wake up, slipped her hand under his. It felt cold and papery. TenTen felt tears drip down her face as she took in his sunken eyes and pale face. Knowing she couldn't stop the flow, TenTen willed herself to be quiet and laid her head down next to his arm, careful not to pull out any tubes. Her head was cooled by the silky sheets and slowly but surely her breath evened and soon she was fast asleep.

The nurse came in twice, once to find TenTen and after realizing she was fast asleep, closed the curtain to make sure they had privacy, and once to make sure the drip was steady. She looked upon the sleeping forms and smiled, they reminded her of her own husband at home, a dark-haired man who took up her waking days and even some of her sleep.

Neji awoke suddenly, having had the most horrible dream. He kept his eyes closed, choosing instead to focus on his other senses. There was a steady beeping and drip that had invaded his dreams, muffled sounds of life beyond wherever he was making him yearn to get up and move. But there was something heavy on his side and Neji felt, whether or not he knew, that he could not move this important thing. Behind that muffled noise of life and the monitors, Neji heard a steady breathing which was not his, he smelled a flowery scent that did not make any sense among the antiseptic and sanitizers. Slowly Neji opened his eyes to a whiteness that surpassed even the white tones of the Hyuuga compound. As the whiteness faded, he noticed a small head leaning against his arm. Brown hair splayed across his torso and he noticed a white bandage sticking out from underneath the waves of hair. Neji smiled and lifted his other hand, not trapped by her, to smooth the brunette's hair and closed his eyes again. He felt peace.