Chapter 15
For the last week I've been in the hospital and every day is the same.
When I woke up Sasuke would be gone like every other day going off to school.
So I roll my eyes pick up the remote turn on the TV, pull out my laptop over to me, and do my homework.
The doctors go over my vitals and check my stitches like they do every few hours to make sure that my wounds are healing fine.
If it was a normal gunshot I would be out of the hospital already, but it wasn't.
It tore through some organs, lost a lot of blood, and I already had to deal with being anemic.
By the middle of the day I'm done with homework. So Itachi and the rest of the akatsuki come see me.
Today was no different but they brought little things that they felt like they would make me feel better. A few stuff animals and even a sneak peek of a few Cd's that I loved but those were only from Itachi and Konan. This all ends up with us playing a poker game. For the last week I've made 300 bucks and I didn't' even lose any. They say that they'll invite me to their next poker game and I joke about cleaning them out. They hang their heads in shame even Pain. Konan knows better than to play against me last time I won a thousand dollars off of her.
Where does this money go well it's called a college fund.
Today when everyone was leaving Itachi looked back at me and smiled, "I'm glad that my brother is finally with you. You know he never stopped talking about you and how sorry he was but he never knew how to say it. I never told you because I wanted him to tell you. If I ruined on how sorry he was than just act for him or push him to tell you."
I laugh and wave as he leaves.
Konan looks at me and smiles, "I see that you are happier that Sasuke is with you, but I may have to warn him about hurting my dear cousin."
I smile and nod, "Of course you can but he doesn't know how strong I've gotten. I don't even think he knows about me taking fighting lessons."
I sighed at how bored I was at how there was nothing to do. I always had an hour before everyone got there.
I sighed but I almost jumped out of my bed when I saw Sasuke walk in, "Sasuke what are you doing here?"
He walked over to me making sure that I couldn't get out of bed. "Hey cant' a boy come straight to see his girlfriend when he gets out of school early because it was a half day." I smile as he pulls me into a hug. "I heard that you keep cleaning the guys out." I smile up at him innocently, "Yeah today I made 300 bucks off of them. It's not as bad as when I made over a thousand dollars in a game off of my cousin and her friends a year ago." He smiles, "I wonder how well you'd play against me."
That makes me smile, "How is that?"
"I was banned from playing poker with everyone."
"Oh well I think once I play more than a few days with them they'll learn not to play with me, Konan did."
He laughs, "Man you must be good the only person who ever got close enough to beating me was her."
I smile maybe I should play you with everyone this weekend, maybe a nice strip poker tournament?"
He gets his impish grin, "Sounds like fun but make sure Naruto and that don't play the ones that suck play please."
I laugh as hard as I can, "True I played poker with him, Ino, and Hinata and they lost so easily. I promised myself that I would never play strip poker with them. I never got close to losing my game. I didn't lose an article of clothing. Sad I know that I some of the few things that they really suck at."
He almost falls down laughing and when he's done with his laughing fit.
"It seems I'm the only one that is able to do that for you."
"Do what?"
I smile like it's nothing, "Well, I seem to be the only one that can get you to smile like what I do."
He smiles even more and we don't realize that the gang is behind us as he confesses the truth. "God I know that you are so right."
He goes in to kiss me when Ino makes a coughing sound. We look up well our lips are still touching.
I back away knowing that I'm blushing, but before anyone can see it or see more of it I push my face into Sasuke's chest.
"Oh come on, guys don't you know better than to embarrass Sakura she will kick your asses and you all know that she can do it."
Ino laughs nervously, "Yeah, are we still up for this weekend?"
I smile over at them, "Well counts if they doctors will unhook me from these machines. I think they'll do that by tomorrow my wounds have been healing better and faster than a regular person's at least that's what I've been told. Plus they would just set up a few checkups to make sure that my wounds would be no problem."
