RECAP: They take Sasuke to the hospital.

Naruto and Gaara were holding hands and walking back into the waiting room with Kankuro. Temari and Sakura were just about out of things to talk about when they came back in. Kankuro was blushing and he sat down next to Temari.

"I found 'em...heh..."

"Oh where were you guys?"

Kankuro whispered over to Temari.

"Don't ask..."

"Whatever."

Lady Tsunade walked out and told them Sasuke was ready for visitors. She walked them to his room. Naruto was still holding Gaara's hand and the closer they got the tighter his grip got. They walked into his room. He looked fine..ish. Sakura ran over and hugged him and kiss him as gently as possible, she didn't want to irritate the bruises on his face.

"Are you OK?"

"Sakura I told you I'm fine...oh I see everyone came..."

Sasuke shot a look at Naruto who was just glaring at him. Temari and Kankuro could feel the awkward so they made and excuse to leave. Gaara thought he should go to so he followed them out. Naruto and Sasuke were still glaring at eachother. Sakura broke the silence.

"You two...I'll be outside. Naruto don't leave until you two've made up OK."

She left the two of them alone.

"So, Naruto, you uh...you waited for me to wake up huh?"

"...mhm..."

"I uh...I can deal with this on my own...I won't ask you anymore..."

"No Sasuke! I-I just got a little mad-"

"A LITTLE!"

"OK OK, a lot mad but I want to be a part of this...for Sakura..."

"Thanks, she really wants you around, I don't know why she can't be happy with just me but, if that's what it takes to make her happy..."

"Sasuke...I'm really sorry...for knocking you out...and for everything I said earlier, I know Sakura was more than just a fun night for you...I didn't mean it, really..."

"Don't worry about it...I actually think you've handled this a lot better than I thought you would...I thought you'd actually kill me..."

"Heh...I could never kill a comrade...if it matters I didn't mean to punch you so hard...I definitely didn't mean for you to hit your head."

"What's a couple a stitches, right?"

"Ha, right."

Sasuke motioned for him to come closer to the bed he was sitting in. Once he got close enough Sasuke hugged him. Naruto hugged him back. Naruto had had his fill of the hug long before Sasuke did but he stuck it out. He owed it to Sasuke.

"You can bring my adoring fans back in now, ha"

Naruto laughed too and went outside to get Sakura. She was waiting just outside the door.

"So, did you two make up? Can you stand each other's presence now?"

"Yeah. We're good you can tell Gaara and them he's OK."

"Why don't you do that I wanna see if he's really OK...and to make sure you didn't kill him...excuse me.."

She slipped past Naruto and into Sasuke's room. Naruto went down the hall to get Gaara, Temari and Kankuro. When he got close enough he could hear their voices, they were arguing about something. He hid behind a corner and listened in.

"Temari, this is ridiculous, let's just bring him back to the Sand with us, forget this ever happened."

"Kankuro! Stop it. This is what Gaara is. Taking him away from Naruto is not going to change that."

"Well we won't know until we try right?"

"Kankuro, SHUT UP! We need to accept him, all of him."

"Sounds like Naruto already did-"

"KANKURO!"

"Am I wrong Gaara?"

Gaara had been silent the whole time, and he wouldn't respond.

"Kankuro stop it. You're supposed to love him no matter what."

"Yeah I was but, now...it's just wrong, him and Naruto."

"How can you say that, he'd our little brother and he loves Naruto."

"HE SHOULDN'T."

Temari and Gaara froze, they were silent. He heard Gaara crying, he was probably crying the whole time, that's why he wouldn't respond. Gaara froze because he loved his brother more than anything and Kankuro hated what he was, Temari froze because at that moment she realized she wouldn't be able to talk any sense into him. The silence went on too long, Naruto stepped out in front of all three of them.

"Gaara, come here."

Gaara walked over to Naruto. Naruto could see this was a family matter but he knew Gaara would just get emotionally scarred if he were to hear his siblings go at it for much longer. He left the two of them to fight as they walked back into Sasuke's room. Sakura was sitting by his bed talking and Sasuke was lying down looking physically exhausted from all the talking Sakura did. Gaara was wiping tears from his eyes when they walked in. Sakura saw him and jumped up as fast as she could and hugged Gaara. She considered them friends.

"Oh, what's wrong Gaara?"

"I uh...just got so sad that Naruto and Sasuke are mad at each other..."

Sakura didn't buy it and Naruto noticed he stepped in.

"Ya know, Sakura it's not a big deal, you don't need to worry about it."

"Oh OK, where's Temari and Kankuro?"

"...having a snack down the hall..."

"Down the hall? Is that where all that yelling's coming from?"

"NO!...I mean...nah...there's a woman giving bir-I mean...a guy got his...arm ripped off..."

Sakura bought this one.

"Oh that's so sad."

Naruto had almost said it was a woman giving birth. Those screams were awful, he could've really freaked her out. He needed to be careful about what he said.

"Sakura could I talk to you outside?"

"Sure Naruto."

They walked out of the room leaving Sasuke and Gaara to fill the room with more awkward.

"So, Gaara, thanks for saving my life and all..."

"Your welcome..."

"So um, not meaning to pry but...is everything OK?"

"Yeah, it's Kankuro...he's...ya know..."

"Why don't you talk to him about it?"

"At this point I think I'm the last person he wants to see, aside from Naruto."

"Well, in my opinion, if he doesn't accept you, he doesn't deserve to be around you..."

"Thank you, Sasuke...if you don't mind me prying...why did Naruto punch you?"

"This could get awkward...but I'll tell you...well he has hated me since I uh I um...took adva-"

"I I already heard that gory detail...continue"

"Oh, uh well I was just confused about what I wanted, I thought it was Naruto, you knew that and as it turns out... I'm madly in love with Sakura...anyway we went on a date and it went a little...further than a regular date...and now he thinks he and Sakura can't be as close as they used to because she's uh...expecting...we both want him around...I complained about their relationship and he stromed off, I think he thinks we're going to like..forget him when the baby comes. Me and Sakura knew that was never gonna happen but he stormed out before we could say so..I went after him and asked him to be a part of everything but he took it as I can't handle what I did and he knocked me out."

"WOW! That...was not...what I expected to hear...*clears throat* anyway I believe congratulations are in order."

Gaara walked over to him to shake his hand. Sasuke giggled a little and shook his hand, then pulled him into a hug. Gaara was surprised but dealt with it. He then tried to continue the conversation.

"So what are you two going to name it?"