"Its been one week, and she still isn't awake yet…"
Aimi opened her eyes. She was on her side, so whoever had been talking was not facing her. She looked around… she was in a hospital.
She listened in on the conversation. "Maybe she'll wake up soon! Maybe she already woke up! Maybe…" a voice rattled. "Naruto, shut up already." another voice sounded. "I'll do what I want!" Naruto said back. "NOT IN HERE!! WE NEED TO GIVE HER SOME PEACE AND QUIET!!" a voice yelled. The others began laughing. "Peace and quiet doesn't mean yelling it!" Naruto said, trying to stop laughing. "Well how else would you guys shut your mouths?" the yeller said. "Kiba, get help." the other voice said. "You're one to talk Shikamaru," Kiba announced. "What does that supposed to mean?" Shikamaru asked. "Shhhhhh," a nurse said, walking in. "Yes, ma'am." they all said.
When the nurse left, Aimi said something, just to freak them out. "Breathe…" she whispered, throwing her voice to make it sound like it was somewhere else in the room. She heard the boys rustle around. "What was that?" asked Naruto. "I dunno. But I feel like we're in a very troublesome situation," Shikamaru said.
Aimi sighed. She sat up. "Hello to you, too." Aimi said. Aimi was attacked with hugs by Naruto and Kiba. Shikamaru stayed back, just watching Aimi get strangled with love. Once the boys got off her, he went over to shake her hand. She ended up hugging him anyway.
Aimi looked around. "Flowers… how many flowers can I get in one week?" Aimi asked, looking at the flowers surrounding the room. "People like you," Kiba said. "Mmmm. Gimme the cards, I wanna read them," Aimi said. She was given the first batch.
"'where is my buddy? I want my buddy!! -Kiba'Aww, you are too kind," Aimi said. Kiba blushed. "wake up, I even miss you. -Shikamaru' Thanks bud!" Aimi read and said. "Welcome." Shikamaru replied. "'My Latin speaking friend and student is out! Maybe I will get some peace! -Kakashi'" Aimi rolled her eyes. "Wake up or die -Gaara' Well isn't that… sweet," Aimi said, eyeing the card oddly. "DON'T DIE!! WAKE UP!! NOOOOOOO' This isn't signed, but I'm guessing it is from Naruto," Aimi said. Naruto nodded. "Get well soon! -Sakura'" Aimi picked up the next one. "Wake up, we miss you -Hinata'"
Aimi grabbed the next batch and read many more cards.
Finally, Aimi couldn't see anymore flowers. "Done, then?" she asked. She looked around. Nothing from Sasuke. Not like he'd get flowers, but he might do a note or something… but nothing. She sighed. "Wait, here's the last one," Naruto said, giving her some more flowers. "Wake up, NOW -Sasuke how nice is he?" she picked up the next one. "You were supposed to wake up days ago. You're in trouble. -Sasuke'" and the next one- "Love you -Sasuke P.S. don't read this aloud.' oops. Heh heh." Aimi said. Shikamaru opened his mouth. "Not a word." Aimi said. He shut it and shook his head. And the last one- "Aimi, wake up. Right. NOW. -Sasuke P.S. want your handcuffs back? I still have them' Wow, he knows how to make a sweet moment weird." Aimi read and commented.
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Aimi ran out of the hospital as fast as she could. She was done, she was FREE!! She ran through the streets happily.
She screeched to a halt, looking around. Find Sasuke. At least he was OK, at least, that's what she gathered. She looked around, seeing he wasn't there, and ran off. She searched pretty much everywhere. The last place to look: the forest. She ran into the forest, trying to find him. She looked up into a tree. There he was, watching her, hidden in the leaves. She pretended she hadn't seen him and casually walked up to that tree. Then she repeatedly kicked and punched the tree. It wasn't very big, so it was beginning to wobble. "AK!" Sasuke fell out of the tree.
"Hi, Sasuke! Thanks for the flowers!" Aimi said cheerfully. "Hn." he replied. "Oh no! He's mad!" Aimi said playfully. "Mm not mad," he mumbled. "Don't you mean I'm?" Aimi replied. "Yah."
Then she hugged him. It took him a minute before he hugged back. "You're back!!" she yelled. "Yes, yes I am," Sasuke said. Aimi didn't let go of him. "Uh, Aimi?" Sasuke asked. "Yah, Sasuke?" Aimi asked. "I'm running out of air," Sasuke replied. Aimi let go long enough for him to take a deep breath, then she was hugging him again. Sasuke stood there feeling dumb being hugged to death. But he didn't push her off him. When she was finally done hugging him, Aimi gave a nod and turned to leave, not sure of what else to do.
--SASUKE'S POV--
Sasuke grabbed her arm. Aimi turned and looked at him. "Aimi, could I tell you something?" Sasuke asked. Aimi covered her ears. "NOOOO!! MORE LATIN!!" Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Not Latin," he said. Aimi uncovered her ears. "Shoot." Sasuke raised his eyebrows. Aimi just looked up at him. He seemed to get nervous and looked away. "I will always love you. And that's a promise," he said quietly, "I never break my promises." He turned and looked into her eyes. Aimi looked up at him and her eyes flashed that lavender purple color he had seen before. "Lavender… means what…" he asked slowly and quietly. Aimi blushed. "It means… love," Aimi said softly. Sasuke remembered all the times he'd seen her eyes change to that color. Now, knowing what it meant, Sasuke thought about those times, and thought about how amazing it was, how he didn't know, how those times just seemed to change suddenly. All Sasuke had depended on, on keeping emotions out of his life, hadn't been able to keep out the emotion he was most scared of, the one he had wanted the least. Love.
My life is changing right before my eyes. I'm not supposed to feel this. I'm not ALLOWED to feel this. But I am feeling it. Don't be afraid to feel it. You're lucky she came along. Your lucky that you were capable of feeling this at all. Someone who numbs to feeling as early as you did are not capable of it later in life. Are you… am I… saying I should feel this? Yes. I should feel this. I really should feel this. This… is…strange. I've never felt this way before…
"Sasuke? Are you there?" Aimi asked, waving a hand in front of his face. He looked over at her. "Hn. Sorry," he said. Aimi stared at him. "Now, what planet are YOU going to?" Sasuke asked, looking at her. She was staring into his eyes. "Uh, I'm here. Just, your eyes…" she trailed off. "Hn? What's so fascinating about my eyes?" Sasuke asked. "They're so… big and innocent," Aimi said. Sasuke gave her a weird look. "Innocent?" he asked. "Yes, as crazy as it sounds…" Aimi said, laughing a little. "No, I don't believe I've ever been called innocent before. Feels good," Sasuke said. Aimi nodded.
Aimi turned to go. Sasuke clamped her handcuffs on her hands. "Sas-kayyyyyy!!" Aimi whined. "Yeah?" he asked, as if it was completely normal. "I have to GO," Aimi said, looking down at her imprisoned hands. "And…?" Sasuke asked. Aimi glared at him. "Keys. Now," she ordered. Sasuke folded his arms. "No." Aimi rolled her eyes. What are you doing?! Having fun. "Sasuke…" Aimi said warningly. "What could you do to me? You have handcuffs on," he said. Aimi began kicking him. "Let…" kick. "Me…" kick. "GO!!" kick. "LET" kick "ME" kick "GO!!" kick. "LET" kick "ME-" Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Not gonna work," he said. "Sas-kay!!" Aimi whined. "Quit saying my name like that," Sasuke said. "Sas-kay Sas-kay Sas-kay!" Aimi played. Sasuke sighed. "Yah, yah. You win." He took the handcuffs off. Aimi did a victory dance before grabbing the handcuffs (and the key) and running off.
This is a very interesting way of showing affection. Shut up, already.
TO BE CONTINUED…
YAY!! Chapter 17!! WOOT WOOT!! So didja like it? This was major fun to write! See? Everything's all happy again!! For now, at least… oopsie. No more spoilers. That wasn't quite a spoiler, but, yeah. OH AND BY THE WAY!! In a previous chapter, Itachi was saying something weird like "oh fortuna velut luna" right? Well, since I won't reveal it somehow in the story, I'll tell you this: it was Latin! Oh no! The dreaded Latin appeared earlier than you thought! Anyway, it meant "Oh fortune like the moon" which you'll find out more of what that means later in the story. Thanks!
Oh, I'm in a good mood, which means… QUOTES TO COME IN FOLLOWING CHAPTERS! You got lucky, guys!
"Oh, yeah. Yesterday you were practicing. Sure. Kiss, kiss."
"I should've never given you those handcuffs back…"
"Sasuke! Help!"
"What did you do with her?!"
"Maybe I should take the thing most dear to you. Trust me, this will help you in the future."
"Now what?"
"Shikamaru, I'll show you troublesome!!"
"We're all gonna die."
"Have faith."
"Child, he did it for you. Something you should be grateful for. Do something for him. He needs it."
"SASUKE, YOU IDIOT!!"
"How much more Latin must I hear?"
"SASUKE, NO!!"