Gaara stood in the shadows of the hospital room as the moonlight crept in through the open window. He gazed upon the still form of Katara. Je traced the bandages with his eyes, a new form of rage erupting inside him; A rage against himself. In his mind he blamed Katara's injury on himself; when it's not his fault that Katara jumped in front of him or the ninja attacking at too fast a speed. It wasn't his fault Katara felt the need to save him, was it?
Katara began to stir from her sleep before slowly her eyes began to open slightly. She blinked the sleep away before observing her surroundings.
'Where am I?' Katara thought.
"You're in the hospital in the Moon village," Gaara said as if he could read Katara's mind.
Katara jerked slightly when she heard the monotone voice, pain overtook every nerve in her stomach at the sudden movement. One eye closed as she concentrated on not moving to calm the pain, Gaara stepped out of the shadows of the corner. Katara tried to move slowly to be able to see Gaara without erupting pain within her. Gaara walked to her side.
"You shouldn't move it will only reopen that wound of yours," he stated.
Katara stared up into his sea foam eyes, still trying to sit up. Gaara sighed inside his head before sand wrapped under Katara and placing her gently in a sitting position. Katara was shocked at first but then smiled at Gaara.
"Thank you, Gaara."
There was no verbal reply from him, but Katara knew he said 'you're welcome' in his mind. Silence overtook the two; neither knew exactly what to say.
"Thank you," Gaara suddenly said startling Katara….again.
"You're welcome," Katara replied after deciphering what he was thanking her for.
Gaara lightly touched where the wound was on Katara then touched exactly where it was on him.
"What are you doing Gaara?" Katara was confused by this action and so was Gaara.
"You're the one hurt, but I feel pain here as well," Gaara said, sounding more to himself than Katara.
Katara didn't know how to reply to this. That was when Gaara noticed the wound was bleeding through the bandages.
"You're bleeding again," he said bluntly.
"I suppose I am," Katara relied looking down at her stomach.
"I'll go find a nurse to change the bandage," Gaara said before walking out the door.
"Thank you," Katara said softly.
Gaara had just notified a nurse of the wound reopening and he was waiting till he could reenter the room when he noticed Kankaro walking towards him.
"Kankaro, I need to know what I can do to make someone feel better in the hospital."
Even thought Gaara's tone showed nothing of what he was feeling, his eyes showed concern and nervousness.
"Well, the only think I can think of that you can do is give a gift, or flowers. Flowers always cheer up girls," Kankaro replied, "don't look so shock. I know you're talking about getting something for Katara."
Gaara's eyes widen slightly before walking away. Yes Gaara, it was obvious, she's the only one in the hospital.
Katara sat on her bed being bored and everyone else had already left after popping in for a few minutes. She had almost fallen asleep when the creek of the door caught her attention. A mop of fiery, red hair came into view first.
"Hello Gaara," she greeted him.
Gaara said nothing. He just stood there with purple calla lilies held behind his back. He shifted slightly from one foot to the other thinking of what he could say.
Katara looked at him, confused at why he was acting a bit different than before. And why he seemed to be nervous. Gaara finally decided on what to do.
He took the flowers from behind his back and shoved then towards Katara, holding them about level with her face. A smile broke out on her face when she saw the flowers. She gave a small sniff and took in the fragrance before taking them from Gaara.
"Thank you Gaara, they're my favorite."
AN: gomen nasai that it's short, but where i want it to go from here wouldn't really fit into this chapter so i'm just making it another chapter. Gomen for the ooc-ness of Kankaro and Gaara, but it couldn't be helped. hope you enjoyed it anyway. till next time ji nai!