'What am I doing? What am I doing? Holy shit what the HELL AM I DOING?'
Taking a deep breath, I tried to calm my hyperventilating brain to a point where it wasn't dangerous to be driving. Che, like it was working at all. Flipping my blinker, I slid into the left lane and pushed down harder on the gas.
At this rate, I'd be at the meeting place in less than thirty minutes. Not like I should be going anyway.
Cause, ya know, he was a lying cheating bastard and all and it made absolutely no sense why I would try in anyway to get back together with him.
Now if my stupid heart could just figure that out we'd all be a lot better off. Damn it.
I growled as I pushed down harder on the gas, more out of frustration than anything else. Why did everything have to be so confusing?
After finishing crying on the floor of my office I had looked up to see that my shift was over. Wasting no time, I grabbed my things and ran out of the hospital as fast as my feet could carry my, skipping the elevator completely and instead opting for the stairs.
I had gotten home easily enough but as I pulled up to my building the whole front entrance was surrounded by paparazzi. So, I then went and climbed the stairs on the side of the building to the roof where I had to pick the lock on the door to get inside.
As if all that wasn't enough, inner had been whining the whole time about how we had to 'follow our heart' and it would 'lead us down the best path'. When the hell had she become the supportive one?
So, with a headache, face sore from crying, and a bunch of licensed stalkers outside I had gone to bed. And by gone to bed I mean laid there thinking the entire night. In the end though, it was Inner Sakura and my heart that won the battle over logic and clear thinking. Was I due to get my monthly friend soon or something because my emotions were going crazy? I'm a doctor for kami-sama's sake; logic was what governed my life!
I just don't know anymore.
So here I am, speeding down the highway on my way to talk about my cheating celebrity boyfriend as per request from his broody ginger band mate. Fun.
Flipping on my blinker again, I pulled off onto a ramp and left the highway. Just a few miles up this road the wide highway-type streets started to narrow until they became tight two lane roads flanked on either side by stout buildings that slowly changed to tall skyscrapers. At that moment I realized I was now just nine miles away from Itachi's downtown Konoha apartment.
Holy shit.
'Calm down hon, remember we're not seeing him right away.'
'Oh yeah.'
This morning, I had called Sasori back to tell him that I wanted to talk to the rest of the band, have them give me Itachi's side of the story, before I went and threw myself into his arms again. Cause trust me, that's all I want to do. I could still remember the conversation…
Ring…
Ring…
Ring…..
Ri-
"Hello?"
"Sasori?"
"Sakura."
"I've been thinking and- I want to see him again-"
"Oh thank kami-sama!"
There was the sound of him covering the receiver with his hand before he shouted, "Oi! She said she'll take him back!"
"Thank kami-sama, un!"
"Thank you Jashin!"
"Oh kami-sama thank you!"
"Oi," I shouted.
"What?" Sasori asked, uncovering the mouthpiece.
"I never said I'd take him back-"
"But you just-"
"If you'd stop cutting me off and actually let my finish, I'd tell you."
I took a deep breath before forcing the words out of my mouth, "I want to see him, yes. But, he did something I can't just forgive him for. I know that I can't talk to him right now with out immediately forgiving him so I want to talk to you guys to get his side of the story."
"Che, what did Itachi even see in you, you're so over emotional. But fine, we'll meet you later today at the small café by Itachi's house. Do you know where it is…"
So after he gave me the address, I had quickly gotten ready and left to meet the rest of the band. Focusing back on the road again, I watched as the light changed from red to green, turning right down a narrow one-way street.
Slowing down, I pulled into a parking spot in front of a small coffee shop. I gripped the wheel harder for a second before I pushed the door open, carefully checking to make sure there were no cars coming first, and stepped out onto the street.
The store was dark and slightly cold as I stepped inside. I scanned the room for a second before I spotted four people sitting at a back corner table, all with hoods, hats, and sunglasses covering their faces. I walked briskly over to the table, stopping in front of it to cross my arms.
"Well?"
Immediately they all jumped and I held back a laugh as Hidan jerked so hard his sunglasses fell off, a string of curses leaving his lips as they clattered loudly onto the table.
"Sakura," Pein nodded. He, as he was sitting on the outside, moved over so that I could sit. Giving him a small smile, I sat down in the comfortable booth.
"He didn't mean it."
'Huh?"
I looked at Pein who in turn was staring at me solemnly.
"Itachi- he didn't mean what he did."
Wow, way to get right to the point. I couldn't help but scoff at him, "As if."
"It's true. That girl he was with is-"
"Fucking insane!" Hidan cut in.
Pein glared at him but didn't deny what he said, "Yes, that girl is in fact insane. She's been stalking Itachi since our sophomore year of high school."
I felt a lead weight drop in my stomach but I forced myself to ignore it.
"But when I found them," I had to stop the pain in my chest just thinking about that moment, "he had his hands on her hips and she was moaning."
I felt anger course through me as I glared at the men in front of me, "You keep saying that he cares so much for me but he wasn't even trying to push her off."
"Because he couldn't."
This time it was Sasori who spoke and I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Oh?"
"It's true, un." Deidara put in before going silent again and letting Sasori finish.
"That girl was named Chise Sato, daughter of the owner of our record company."
"What?"
"Yup, Itachi couldn't just push her off because if he hurt her it could get us in trouble with the record company. If her father had given us a bad name it could have meant the end of the Akatsuki."
I couldn't believe it.
"But I heard her moan," I said weakly.
"Cause the bitch is fucking psycho! I remember back in high school she would literally tackle him in the damn hallways and just start moaning. Thought it was sexy or some shit like that," Hidan replied.
Oh kami-sama. Oh kami-sama. That's what this was all about- a crazy fangirl with a powerfully daddy.
"Oh my kami-sama," I choked.
"He loves you Sakura, un. He wrote an entire album for you, yeah," Deidara said, his normally cheery face dead serious for once.
"What?" I squeaked.
"Yup, turns out that's what he was doing all those days he locked himself in his room," Sasori spoke.
"And it's by far the best album he's ever written," Pein added.
I could feel tears start to well up in my eyes and I didn't even try to stop them. Everything was starting to fall into place and I couldn't keep up with it.
"But if he couldn't just blatantly push her off because of her father, what would stop it from happening again?" I asked. It was a question that had been gnawing away at the back of my mind from the moment they had told me the truth and it seemed like it was one problem that no one would ever be able to fix.
"We changed record labels."
"What?" I shrieked, looking at Sasori in disbelief.
"After you ran off, we went up to Itachi in the parking lot. He didn't even look at us; he just said that tomorrow we were leaving Beats Records permanently then he went to his car and drove off."
I looked at Sasori as he finished, then at the rest of the band to see the same honest looks on their faces.
The truth was with a steel weight on my heart and I let a single sob escape as I pushed myself to my feet. I had to get out of here.
"I have to go," I said as I collected my purse and forced my shaky legs to hold my weight.
"Sakura-"
"No!" I screamed, cutting Pein off.
At the sound of my cry everyone in the small shop turned to look at me but I ignored their stares. Everything was changing and nothing made sense anymore to me.
I turned and ran out of the coffee shop, dashing over to my car and getting in. I cried and cried for a few minutes before eventually my sobs turned into hiccups. I rubbed what was left of my tears off my face and looked back at the shop where inside the man I love's best friends were all sitting probably thinking that I would never come back.
But now that I knew the truth and it was all slowly starting to sink in, I realized that I had to see Itachi now more than ever.
I grasped the door handle lightly, hand still shaking from all my overloaded emotions. Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and stepped out onto the street.
But then there was a screech, and the deafening sound of a car horn. It was close, way to close. I whipped my head around and froze in shock as headlights blinded me.
I couldn't even scream before my world went black.
A.N.- So I lied. I'm branching off in POV again
NORMAL POV
"Sakura!" Deidara screamed.
The four Akatsuki had just been leaving the shop when they saw Sakura get back out of her car- they had been sure she had left- and step into the street. But then there was the blaring of a car horn and they watched in horror as the front of a car slammed into the petite girl.
They dashed into the street and over to where her body had fallen limply to the asphalt.
"Sakura? Sakura!" Deidara shouted as he grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her.
"Get off her you idiot!" Sasori hissed as he pushed Deidara off. He placed two fingers on her pulse and almost cheered when he felt her slow, way to slow, but still there pulse under his fingers.
"Hello? A girl got hit by a car on 75th Street and requires an ambulance immediately," Pein talked into his phone where on the other line an operator was already sending an ambulance to their location.
Ending that call, he immediately went and dialed Ino, Sasuke, and Naruto who all replied that they would meet them there at the hospital.
The sound of sirens met all their ears and they turned to see an ambulance speeding towards them. Almost before the vehicle stopped two people were jumping out the back with a stretcher between them.
"Please step back," one instructed and immediately they all moved out of the way as the pair gently lifted the woman off the ground and onto the gurney. The four followed them around until they were closing the doors so that the truck could leave.
"Unless you are family members you can't ride with us so please follow us to the hospital if you want to be with her," the one attendant said as he closed the second door and the truck started to speed away.
The band members stood in silence together, too much in shock to do much more than that.
"Should we tell Itachi, un?" Deidara asked, breaking the tense silence.
More glances were exchanged between them before surprisingly Hidan spoke up.
"He'd want to know."
The lack of profanity in his words shocked his fellow companions enough to get them moving.
Pein rose up his phone once more and scrolled through his contacts until the familiar number of his bandleader was selected on the screen. They all shared one final look before he hit the call button and put it to his ear.
They almost thought he wouldn't pick up when the ringing stopped.
"Itachi! It's-"
"I'm sorry, I'm not Uchiha-sama. I'm his house keeper Jin."
"Can you please put him on? It's serious."
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Uchiha-sama has locked himself in his room again."
Pein growled, feeling a headache throbbing behind his right eye and took a deep breath before trying again.
"Can you please try to call him through his door. Tell him that it's about Sakura."
"All right, please just hold a moment."
"Pein."
Pein turned when he heard his name called and looked to see Sasori motioning for him to get into his car. Nodding, Pein walked hurriedly over to the passenger seat door and lowered himself into the vehicle.
Immediately Sasori hit the gas and the four sped off down the street in the direction the ambulance had just went.
Pein drummed his fingers nervously against his thigh as his body was thrown to the right as Sasori took a corner tight. He had begun to think that the maid had been unsuccessful in getting Itachi to come out when there was a shuffling sound and a deep voice answered the line.
"Pein. What happened?"
"She was getting out of her car and didn't see another one coming up behind her. She still had a pulse when the ambulance got there but that's all we know."
"I'll meet you at the hospital."
Pein ended the call and quickly braced himself against the door as the car took a turn to quickly, the back almost spinning out behind it.
"Watch it Sasori," he hissed.
"Sorry," the red head replied although his voice was blank and he hadn't taken his eyes off the road.
They made it to the hospital in record time, pulling quickly into a parking spot before rushing through the front doors. Immediately everyone in the lobby, the females in particular, froze at the sight of the famous artists. People parted for them as they ran to the reception desk- making the blond behind the counter almost faint.
"Sakura Haruno, un?" Deidara asked.
"Um um-"
"Oh for fucks sake bitch just tell us where she is!" Hidan yelled.
The receptionist squeaked in fright before quickly typing the name into her computer.
"Um, Sakura Haruno just got out of surgery and was moved into the ICU on floor 4, room 117."
They were gone before she even looked up.
Ino threw the car door open so hard it almost fell off its hinges. Slamming it shut she ran as fast as she could into the hospital, instantly making a beeline for the receptionist.
"Sakura Haruno?"
Having just been asked the question but a minute before the nurse looked at her computer again where the search result was still displayed.
"Sakura Haruno just got out of surgery and is in the ICU on floor 4, room 117."
Nodding in thanks, Ino dashed to the elevator. Jabbing the button, she looked up when she heard her name called.
"Ino!" Naruto shouted as he and Sasuke entered the hospital, immediately spotting her platinum blond head across the foyer. They reached her in a few seconds, just as the elevator opened and they all quickly piled in.
"Do you know what room she's in?" Sasuke asked as he watched her hit the button for the fourth floor. A brief glance at the guide on the wall revealed that floor 4 was the ICU. He felt a weight drop in stomach at the thought of how badly Sakura, his little sister, had to be hurt to be on that floor.
"Room 117," Ino said as the door opened.
The trio ran down the hallway, skidding around a corner where on the other side they were surprised to see the Akatsuki huddled around the door to room 117.
"Have you seen her yet?" Naruto asked as they joined the other four in standing anxiously outside the door.
"No, the nurse said she isn't allowed to have visitors, un," Deidara said, looking at the ground.
Naruto rapped a comforting arm around Ino as the girl started to cry. Not even bothering to try to stop them Naruto rapped his other arm around her in a hug as tears started to leak from his own eyes. The group was silent except for Ino's sobs and Naruto's sniffling until the sound of footsteps running towards them alerted them of someone else's fast approach.
They looked up to see Itachi Uchiha walking briskly towards them.
"Where is she?"
"The nurses said no one can see her yet-"
Deidara was cut off as Itachi shoved him out of the way. He pulled open the door, ignoring the cries from the people behind him, and burst into the room- silent with the exception of the beeping of the machines surrounding the bed in the middle of the floor.
Itachi froze as he looking at the unmoving form of the woman who had managed to steal his heart.
Duh duh duuuuuhhhh! Cliffhanger! Haha, anyways, this chapter just really flowed for me. I mean, I finished it in one day- I don't think I've ever done that before! Also in this chapter was a lot of drama. Or at least, that was what I was hoping for. Not much else to say really so I hope you all liked it!
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