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Chapter Twenty-One

Rei spent the whoel day looking out of the window and trying not to kill herself to avoid staying in the evil white hospital room. She felt a bit better when Naruto arrived. They talked for a while and he kept making her laugh, but had to stop when the nurse told him that he would make her wound open again. Rei laughed at that too. As soon as the nurse left Naruto went to the window and opened it. Rei watched with curiosity as one of Naruto's clones walked in with a bowl of ramen. He put it on the bedside table and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Naruto looked at Rei smirking.

"I thought you might want some ramen so I sent a clone to get some."

Rei smirked at him.

"You're the best, Naruto-kun!"

Rei ate the ramen and promised to go with Naruto to get some more when she got out of the hospital. They talked for a while and then Rei got an evil idea. She smirked at Naruto.

"So, Naruto-kun, how are things with you and Sakura?"

She watched with amusement as he turned a bright shade of red. She laughed.

"Rei-chan, you know Sakura-chan won't go out with me."

She looked up at Naruto and smiled.

"Well, don't worry, Naruto-kun, I'm sure you'll find a nice girl. Besides, Sakura is too violent for you and she already belongs to the Sasuke fanclub. I'm sure she must be fixing up his shrine at this moment with Ino in celebration of his return."

They laughed and this time it was Naruto who got an evil idea.

"Speaking of Sasuke, I heard he came to visit you today, Rei-chan. Are you guys…?"

"Huh? Are we what?" Rei asked, confused.

"You know…."

Rei caught on and laughed.

"Please, I doubt Sasuke even knows I'm a girl. He's too thick to pay attention to non-life threatening things. Besides, thanks to his fanclub, I think he's repulsed by the idea of going out with someone."

"But it looks like he likes you."

"We're friends, but I don't think Sasuke would ever like me in that way and I'm not sure if I would. Besides, he's too serious."

Naruto laughed.

"I gotta go, Rei-chan, but I'll come visit again."

"No you won't. You have to keep training to become Hokage. If I get out of the hospital and find out you were slacking off you'll be in big trouble!"

"Don't worry, Rei-chan, I'll work extra hard so I'll be stronger when you get out!"

"You better."

Hey smiled at each other.

"Take care Rei-chan."

"Yeah, you too, Naruto-kun."

He left and Rei was left alone again. She sighed and looked out the window. Later on she had dinner and the nurse told her to sleep. She tried, but it was too quiet and in all honesty she was creeped out. She felt lonely and the hospital room was too empty. She sighed and kept turning in her bed until she finally fell asleep.

Sasuke woke up to the sound of rain beating on his window. He got up and got ready to head out. First on his list of things to do was visiting Rei at the hospital. Who would have guessed that the day would come when the great Sasuke Uchiha would care so much about a girl? He sighed and looked out into the pouring rain. Maybe he would stop to get her something. He knew how bored she must be in the hospital. As eh thought of this it occurred to him that she might have run away or tried to take a walk to get over her boredom. He hoped she hadn't, but with Rei you could never be sure.

He stopped at Rei's house and picked up some books for her so she would have something to do. He went to the hospital and when he arrived in Rei's room he saw that the doctor was there too. Rei turned to him and smiled.

"Hi Sasuke!"

He sighed. She was still hyper.

"Hi Rei. Good morning doctor."

"Good morning." The doctor said smiling.

"Hey, Sasuke, guess what? The doctor said I can leave tomorrow!"

Sasuke was a bit surprised to hear she would be leaving the hospital so soon. He was also scared of what she would do as he doubted that she would not be hyper the next day. The way eh saw it, he was doomed to put up with her while she was extra energetic. Still, he was glad to hear that she would finally get out of the hospital. He had actually missed her and there was something that he wanted to tell her.

While she had been in the hospital he had thought about how he felt towards her and he had decided that he should tell her. He really didn't expect her to do more than laugh at him, but he had to tell her. It was bothering him and he couldn't stop thinking about it. He still wasn't sure if he really felt something serious towards Rei, but he wasn't really planning on declaring his undying love for her. That would just be weird. He was actually planning on explaining to her that he thought he might be developing feelings for her, but that he wasn't sure. Of course, he didn't really want to say it like that. That would just sound stupid. For the time being he would just worry about dealing with her while she was hyper. The feeling part would come later and he was not looking forward to it.

The doctor left and Rei poked Sasuke in the ribs to get his attention. He looked at her and frowned.

"Why did you do that?"

"You were being weird again and staring at the wall. I like to say you're in Sasuke land when you do that." She said grinning.

Sasuke sighed and tossed the books onto her bed.

"I thought you might want these to pass the time."

"Thanks."

"So, how do you feel?"

"Like crap, but at least you're here." She said absentmindedly, looking at the books.

Sasuke looked away. Was she really glad to see him? He was about to say that he was glad to see her too, but she spoke first.

"Do you know how boring it gets here? At least Naruto came yesterday after you left. I swear, I'm about to lose my mind. Right now I would take Sakura as company."

Sasuke had the sudden urge to smack her on the head for making him think she was glad to see him.

"Yeah, well, I have to leave. I want to train for a while."

Rei looked up at him and frowned.

"Oh, come on! Stay for a little while longer! Just a little! It get's lonely here."

Sasuke looked at her as she was pouting. He hesitated, but then remembered she just wanted him to entertain her.

"No, I have to go. Maybe Naruto will come later. Just read for now."

"You're so mean! You don't even want to spend time with me anymore."

"Rei, I have to go train."

"Fine! Go train in the rain! I hope you get sick and end up in the hospital so you see what it feels like to be stuck here!"

She turned over in her bed and pulled the bed sheets over her head. Sasuke sighed. He just couldn't do it. He couldn't leave her alone. He was still a bit annoyed with her, but he understood how lonely she was. He sat down on the chair next to the bed and waited for her to stop being childish. That could take a while. When she didn't hear the door open or close she peeked out from the sheets and saw him sitting and looking trough one of the books he had brought her.

"You're not leaving?"

"No, you idiot, now stop being so immature."

She sat up and stuck her tongue out. Sasuke shook his head. She looked down and mumbled something that Sasuke couldn't hear.

"What?"

"I said, thanks for staying."

Sasuke smirked.

"Yeah, well you owe me."

"What, you jerk! You're the one that owes me. I saved you!"

"No, you didn't."

"Yes I did!"

"No, you didn't, now shut up before I leave."

She glared at him.

"Naruto was nicer."

Sasuke's eye twitched. He couldn't take it anymore.

"Fine, I'll go get Naruto so you can bother him instead. I don't know how he puts up with you as annoying as you are. Sometimes you're worst than Sakura."

Sasuke stood up and was about to leave when he heard something that made his blood run cold. He gulped and turned to look at Rei. He saw that she had covered herself with the bed sheets again, but he heard something that sounded strangely like a sob. He walked over to her and stood there looking at her for a moment. He thought he had imagined it and she was just pouting when he heard her sob again. He groaned.

"Rei?"

"Go away!" Came her muffled reply.

Sasuke sighed and tried to pull the covers off of her.

"Leave me alone."

"Stop being so stupid and come out of there."

"No! If I'm so annoying why won't you go away?"

"You idiot, just come out."

"Stop calling me that. I'm not an idiot, you jerk!"

Sasuke gave up and sat down on the bed.

"Okay, I won't call you that. Now, can you just come out so we can talk?"

"No, I can hear you just fine from here."

Once again Sasuke had the urge to strangle her. He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Look, I didn't mean it okay, it's just that, you're annoying and sometimes you get on my nerves."

"You hate me!"

"I don't hate you."

"You detest me!"

"Why do you think I detest you?" He sighed.

"You said I was worst than Sakura and you hate her."

Sasuke looked at the bundle of sheets that, sadly, was his teammate and quirked an eyebrow. She really was strange. He grabbed the bed sheets again and tried to pull them off.

"Look, I don't hate you. You just bug me sometimes, but I…" He trailed off.

"You what?"

"…I don't…dislike you, okay."

"Geez thanks." She said sarcastically.

Sasuke sighed and it crossed his mind that if he couldn't even admit to liking her how was he to tell her he was developing feeling towards her?

"Well, if it makes you feel better I would rather spend time with you than with Sakura."

"That doesn't help."

He sighed and felt like hitting his head on the wall. Maybe if he hit it hard enough…. He shook his head, getting rid of all of his suicidal thoughts and looked back at Rei. He was really starting to lose his patience. Of course it was a wonder that he was even showing patience.

"Okay, look, why would I have risked my life to save you from your bastard of an uncle if I hated you?" He said annoyed.

Rei didn't say anything. Sasuke pulled the sheets and she released them. He could see her pouting and trying to look away. He had the urge to laugh, but choked it down. Sasuke did not laugh at pouting girls no matter how cute they were.

'Wait, did I just think she's cute!?!' He thought desperately.

Sasuke shook his head and looked back at Rei.

"I'll stay with you for a while longer, but stop being so childish."

"Fine."

Sasuke sighed and sat on the chair next to the bed. They talked for a while and then he left. He had stayed with Rei for a bit over two hours and he was amazed that he had actually managed to put up with her for that long. He sighed and as he walked home he wondered what it was about her that made him be so…nice. He was always nicer and more patient when it came to her. This was one of the reasons he thought he was starting to feel something towards Rei. He guessed he would just have to wait and see. He would pick her up from the hospital and then he would try to talk to her about how he felt, or at least thought he felt.

The next morning Sasuke went back to the hospital to pick Rei up. He hoped it wouldn't rain, but once again, God laughed in his face. By the time they had left the hospital it was pouring. Sasuke pulled Rei along and tried to get her into a shop so they wouldn't get wet, but she was walking calmly.

"Hurry up."

"Why? It's just a bit of rain."

Sasuke growled and pulled her into a store. Miraculously, they were relatively dry. He turned to glare at Rei.

"Tell me, are you stupid or do you just enjoy being sick?"

"I just happen to like it when it rains. It's not my fault you can't touch water without getting a cold."

Sasuke growled and it took all of his self control to keep himself from chocking her. He sighed and looked outside.

"Well, Icharaku ramen isn't too far, We can go there and get some food while we wait for the rain to stop."

"Yay! Ramen!"

Sasuke just shook his head. They left towards the ramen shop and after a few minutes they were sitting in a stool eating ramen. Sasuke paid and they left to Rei's house. It was still raining, but not as much as before so Sasuke said it was alright. Besides, he didn't want Rei making fun of him for not wanting to deal with a bit of rain. As they walked he saw that Rei looked unusually happy for someone stuck in the rain. He also couldn't help but notice how her hair shone as the water slid from it and gathered in small drops in her bangs. Her skin looked pale and shone, contrasting with her eyes which looked brighter than ever. He was lost as he looked at her and only turned away when she turned to look at him. He tried to hide his blush and wondered why the hell he was blushing. Rei looked at him, puzzled.

"Sasuke, are you okay?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You look strange, and you're flushed. Are you sick?"

Sasuke turned to look at her and thanked God for making her so clueless. He was a bit startled when she touched his forehead. She frowned.

"You do have a bit of a temperature. Come on, we better get you somewhere dry."

They hurried to her home and when they arrived Rei started a fire and made him sit close to it. She told him to take his clothes off and gave him a blanket. She went to the kitchen to make some tea while he changed. He sighed and wondered how he had gotten stuck in Rei's house, sick and without dry clothes. Once again he cursed his luck. He looked up and frowned.

'What's next, lightning will strike me?' He thought miserably.

Rei stepped out into the room with some tea and gave some to Sasuke. She looked out trough the window and frowned.

"It looks like it won't stop soon. I think you're going to have to stay here tonight."

Sasuke froze. There was no way in hell he was spending the night at Rei's house. Rei noticed that he seemed bothered and smirked.

"Don't worry Sasuke, I'm not a fangirl. I won't attack you in the middle of the night."

"Of course you won't. I'm leaving."

Sasuke stood to leave, but Rei stepped on the blanket. Sasuke froze.

"One more step and the blanket comes off and just so you know, my camera is within my reach and I bet your fangirls won't want to miss out on these pictures."

Sasuke glared at her and she grinned.

"Sorry Sasuke, but you're sick and I won't let you go out in the rain like that."

"Fine."

"Good, I'll get a room ready for you."

She left and Sasuke stayed to wonder how all of this had happened. He sighed. There was no use trying to get out now. A moment later Rei returned and sat down across from Sasuke. He didn't like the mischievous grin she was wearing. It made him feel like he would rather face twenty rogue shinobi than be around her.

"So, I guess after you leave I'll be able to auction off that blanket to your fanclub. I'm sure Ino and Sakura would love to get their hands on it."

Sasuke glared.

"Oh, is that why you brought me here? To make a profit?"

"Of course not, but it is a good opportunity."

"I hate you."

"Hey, you said you didn't!"

"I lied." He said smirking.

She stuck out her tongue and he sighed. Then she got an evil idea.

"So, Sasuke, who do you like the most from your fanclub? Sakura or Ino?"

Sasuke choked on his tea and she laughed.

"Shut up you brat!"

"Oh, come on, you can't tell me you don't like someone. Even a cold hearted jerk like you must like someone. After all every girl in Konoha is after you."

"I don't like anyone. I hate all girls, but there is one in particular I despise." He said trough gritted teeth.

Sasuke was starting to think that one of them wouldn't wake up in the morning. He glared at Rei as she laughed.

"Oh, come on, I was just kidding."

"I am going to kill you."

"Sure you will. But, seriously, Sakura really likes you."

"I hate her."

"You're so mean. She really tried to get your attention, you know."

"That's why I hate her."

"Well, I still think you shouldn't be so harsh. She gets really sad."

"Since when do you care about Sakura?"

"I may not like her, but she bugs me more when you reject her."

"So this is all out of convenience."

"Yep."

"You really are strange." He mumbled.

"Hey! I heard that!"

"Good."

She lunged at him and he tried to dodge, but stepped on the blanket wrapped around him and stumbled. She hit him and they both fell. Sasuke groaned and opened his eyes. For the second time since he had met her he found himself on top of her. He blushed and thought of getting off of her, but when she opened her eyes he couldn't help but stare into them. She looked at him and was surprised by the way Sasuke was looking at her. She felt her cheeks growing hot and saw his face getting closer. Sasuke was being drawn closer to Rei and he couldn't help it. He felt his heart pounding in his chest as if it was trying to escape. He could see that she was surprised and it was that surprise which kept her frozen on the floor. Suddenly she felt his warm lips crashing onto her own and was in total shock. She couldn't believe it! He was kissing her! Sasuke couldn't believe it either. He wanted to stop, but he couldn't. He realized that he really did have feeling for Rei and that what he felt was more than anything he had ever felt. She wanted to push him off, but there was something that kept her from doing it. She found that she liked kissing him. She liked being close to him and she wanted him to be with her. Sasuke broke the kiss and sat up quickly. He couldn't believe he had kissed Rei. It was strange. One minute they were arguing and the next he was kissing her.

He stood up quickly and got his clothes. He put them on hastily although they were dry and headed for the door. Rei sat there for a moment and as he walked to the door she stood up and followed him. She wanted to say something, but couldn't. She watched as he began to walk away.

"Sasuke, wait."

He stopped, but didn't turn around.

"I'm sorry."

As soon as he had said that he left. Rei stood there for a while. She wasn't mad or sad, she wasn't happy either. She really didn't know what she felt. She just knew that she was confused. She sighed and went inside. Things were never easy with Sasuke.

End Chapter Twenty-One

Hope you guys liked it. I had to make this chapter romantic since people were getting impatient about when Sasuke would reveal his feelings. Anyways, please review, the sooner you review the sooner I update and the more reviews I receive the more I write. Sayonara!