Natsumi's eyes began to flutter open. She felt dazed. Looking around the room, she noticed it was dark and that her vision was a little blurry. Natsumi turned her head, in a chair sat someone. She attempted focusing her eyes, but they just wouldn't respond. They seemed to be asleep, so she tried getting their attention.

"R-rao? I-is that you?" Her voice was no louder then a whisper, her throat was still sore from screaming the other day.

"Natsumi, you're awake." The person sounded relieved as they stood up and walked beside the bed.

"R-rao?" She asked again.

"No. It's Uchiha." He laughed slightly.

She laughed slightly, but it changed to a cough that shook her whole body. When her coughing ended, she looked back up at Sasuke. Her vision had focused a bit more, he was now clear in her vision. He looked sad and concerned, a look that was very out of character for him in Natsumi's eyes.

"S-Sasuke.. wha... why am I back at the hospital... and... why are you here?" Her voice was rough and quiet.

"You passed out at my place. I got Naruto to help me bring you back here, the Doctors said it was serious." Natsumi swore she heard his voice crack, like he was holding back tears.

"S-Sasuke, I.. I don't understand..."

"What don't you understand?"

"... You."

"Hmmm."

"Don't play Mr. Mysterious, tell me what's on your mind..." Natsumi felt the strength returning in her voice.

"Natsumi I... I wish I could," He walked over to the end of the bed, then he turned around to face her. "I really do wish I could tell you.."

"W-why can't you?" She asked, but her mind was partly occupied on his face.

His face looked full of sadness, the way the moon shone on his face he looked absolutely gorgeous, but it was look in his eyes that was bothering her. He looked, human. He didn't look like his normal gloomy self, he looked like a real person, a person that felt emotion.

"I... I can't tell you something I don't understand myself." He looked away from her, his hair fell over his face.

Natsumi felt like an invisible force was pulling her, before she knew it, she was in a sitting position attempting to stand. Sasuke saw what she was doing and ran over to her.

"What are you doing you idiot? Lay back down..." He wouldn't look into her eyes as he lightly touched her shoulder before taking his hand away.

"Sasuke.. look at me." She reached out and let her hand rest on his cheek, she guided him so he was looking at her.

His face was filled of shock. Natsumi looked from his eyes to his lips and back again, then she removed her hand, looking down. She felt guilty, she shouldn't like Sasuke, she knew it was wrong, yet she couldn't help herself, she was expecting him to hit her any second. But he didn't. Instead he did something that surprised even himself, he hugged Natsumi. He wrapped his arms around her tightly, but with a protective feel to it. Natsumi was stunned, it took almost fifteen seconds before she could make her arms respond. Finally she wrapped her arms around him. She inhaled, letting his sent fill her. She felt safe, and happy. This was the second time in her life that she felt completely and fully happy. First when Rao found her, and now.

Neither realised how long they had been hugging until Natsumi began to feel dizzy again. Her grip on Sasuke loosened and she fell back on the bed.

"N-Natsumi?" Sasuke sounded scared.

"Sasuke... I'm.. alright."

"Natsumi I have to tell you..."

"Tell me... w-what?" Her mind was beginning to fade back into a sleep.

Sasuke moved and sat beside Natsumi on the bed, he pulled her up into a sitting position. She tried her best to maintain it.

"Natsumi, I have to tell you... I can't hide it anymore."

"T-than spit it out already..."

"I don't know what's wrong with me... but... Something about you, has changed me..."

"C-Changed you? W-what you mean?"

He sighed and leaned in closer to Natsumi, where he sat, the moonlight covered his whole face, he looked nervous and sad.

"I... I don't know what's wrong with me... But... I think I love you Natsumi..." He placed his hand over hers.

Natsumi's mind was slowly processing what was being said to her. Her eyes began to widen as she began to finally process what he had just said. Natsumi fought against her fatigue and threw herself at Sasuke. She wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him close as tears began to fall down her cheeks.

Sasuke was slightly confused but threw his arms around her. He didn't understand why she was crying.

"N-Natsumi."

"Y-Yes?" She sniffled.

"Ah, why are you crying?" He asked as she pulled away to look into his eyes.

They stayed in each others embrace, their faces so close that their breath mixed together.

"Sasuke... I... I know our lives have been similar, and different at the same time... I never really had a family in the beginning, I've never had friends, I've never had a motherly kiss from even Rao... I've never even had a boyfriend... You have no idea, how happy you just made me, you literally just completed the missing piece in my life..." She wiped her eyes, but the effort was useless, tears just continued to fall.

Sasuke looked like he was hesitating to say something, but then he sighed, looking more relaxed, he tightened his grip on Natsumi.

"W-when your eye began to bleed... you, you were looking at me... weren't you?"

"Yes."

"W-what did you see?"

"I'll be honest Sasuke, it scared me."

"Why?"

"You have so much hatred... so much anger... I fear for you... I really do.." She lowered her head as more tears fell, landing on the white hosptial gown.

"F-fear for me?"

"This is the... most human like I've seen you be since we met..."

"D... Do you think you could look again?"

"W-what?" She questioned with a sniffle.

"Look at me again, with your eye... see if it's still the same..."

"I'm afraid of what might happen... I mean, to me... If I see him again I'll ..." She shuddered at the thought of Orochimaru.

"It's okay if you wont. I don't want you hurting yourself anymore."

"... I'll do it Sasuke... But if I scream, get Tsunade, okay?"

"Of course..."

"Alright then..."

Natsumi inhaled slowly before releasing it. She pulled her hands together, then she used them to move the hair away from her left eye. Sasuke flinched slightly, it made her feel uncomfortable.

"I-I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, I know it's weird..."

She pulled her hands back together, taking in another breath, as she released it she said, Hitima!As usual, she felt the intense heat of her power rush into her, by now weak body. Opening her eyes, she saw something she didn't expect... Love. In Sasuke, she saw love, it was the first thing that caught her eye. Darkness still existed, there was still quite a bit, but not nearly as much. Natsumi released a little bit more chakura, now she could see some of his thoughts, the first one she saw, was about her, it was,

What's happening to me... I've never felt this way in my life... It's ever since Natsumi came around... could this be... love?

Natsumi found herself smiling. Then fatigue hit her, her hands fell apart and her sight returned to normal, she collapsed in Sasuke's arm that she had now realised was there. She looked up dazedly at him, he smiled. The look in her normal eye must have told him that what she saw good.

"Natsumi... are you going to be okay?"

"I really don't know Sasuke... I don't even know what's wrong with me."

"I know, Tsunade said it had to do with you're parents... something about a ritual they are supposed to preform."

"Oh."

"She also said in a few years you would grow out of these bizarre things, but until then, you have to fight it, or else... you'll die."

"I see."

"Please promise me you'll fight this..." He begged.

"I will Sasuke, I promise, but... c-can you do somethin' for me?"

"Maybe..."

"Can you sleep with me?"

"Wha!"

"I mean lay here... I-I'm sure this bed... is more comfy then... the chair..." Her eyes began to close.

"Well I don't know..."

"Please Sasuke... I'm begging you... I... feel safe with you here..."

"Okay..."

Sasuke hesitated before he laid down. He laid down beside Natsumi, but the bed was small, so she crammed herself beside him, her head on his chest with her legs entwined with his. He put his one arm around her. This was all so new to him, not only the girlfriend thing, but the emotions that came along with it too.

"N-Natsumi, you awake still?"

"S-slightmaybekinda..." Her words were fully slurred together.

"Aren't I going to get kicked out?"

"NoIdoubtit.."

"Alright.." Sasuke reached down and pulled the covers over them, then he kissed her forehead before leaning back fully, letting himself drift off, with her in his arms.

Author's Notes: Chapter 5 done. :) Lovin meh own story XD Sorry to Sasuke fangirls... but this is Natsumi's man this time around ;) Yes I know Sasuke is OOC, but that's kinda da point ... :/

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