I woke up around five and did my best to stretch without hurting and was relieved to find I felt so much better. Tsunade came in and asked, "How do you feel?"
I smiled at her, "Great! So can I go home now?"
She rolled her eyes and said, "No, not for another day or two. And you can't go to work for a week."
I groaned and said, "I'll die of boredom!"
She snorted, "No you won't. you have to give your body time to heal."
I sighed sadly and asked, "So after a week I can go back to work?"
She nodded and Naruto opened the door, "Dinner time!"
I cheered as everyone came in with take out boxes and I made Naruko sit next to me on the bed while Itachi took the chair and Sasuke gathered two more chairs for him and Naruto. Tsunade shook her head in amusement and was about to leave when I invited her to stay. She shrugged and took up a box of food, leaning against the wall.
I asked Itachi as I took a bite of sweet and sour chicken, "So is everything ok at the office?"
He nodded and said, "Everything is perfect. Did you know that the work you did was supposed to be done by Kisame?"
I paused with a bite midway to my mouth. Turning towards him I asked, "Come again? I thought we each got a box of stuff to do."
Itachi shook his head, watching my face carefully, "No, I gave him that work to do. It was all the work he slacked off on and still had to do."
You could hear a pin drop, as that sank in. And at that exact moment the door burst open and Kisame appeared with a bouquet of roses, "Ariana! These are for you!"
Before anyone could make a move, I was out of bed and my cast arm clothes lined him. he fell back and I sat on his chest, grabbed his throat and shook him so hard his head banged against the floor, "You evil little bastard! I was miserable while doing YOUR work while sick! And I bet your cold was fake! You son of a!"
Strong arms hooked under my arm pits and lifted me off him. I slammed my cast leg into his crotch and he screamed like a little girl before fainting. I panted heavily and looked up angrily at Itachi who had a hold of me, "Come on, let me kill him. it'll be painful and slow."
He chuckled and picked me up gently and put me back on the bed. Naruko handed me my box of food she had grabbed before I leaped. I took it and stabbed a piece and chewed angrily. Tsunade poked Kisame and sighed, "He'll be out for a while but he's not dead."
I snorted, "not yet."
She called down the hall and a male nurse came and drug him away. Naruto held out a soda and I took it gratefully and Tsuande asked, "Do you want to be here for a week before I can send you home?"
I looked at her, confused and she explained sternly, "If you do something like that again, you can aggravate your injuries and have to be here longer."
I blinked and then gasped, "Oh! But I'm fine! Really!"
She shook her head and checked my forehead and asked, "Do you ache or in any pain?"
I shook my head and she stepped back and looked at me sternly, "No more tackling people. I want you out of here before you really do kill someone."
I smiled, "Aw I feel the love."
She shook her head and went to check her other patients. I sighed in relief and dug into my food. Naruko held out her hand to Itachi, who sighed and handed her 20 bucks. I raised an eyebrow and Naruko explained, "I bet that you'd tackle Kisame when you saw him next. He bet you'd kill him. Since he isn't dead, I win."
I snorted and turned to Sasuke and Naruto, "So who confessed first?"
I held the blanket up just in time to protect Naruko and I from the spew as they coughed and gasped, "WHAT?" Itachi wasn't so lucky. He wiped off the spewed soda and food, "nice guys."
I put down the blanket and said, "Well you two are obviously an item now. So who confessed first and when?"
They were beat red as Naruko squealed, "Really Naruto? Finally!"
She got up and glomped him. Naruto sighed in defeat and said, "Last night and I confessed first."
I gloated happily to Itachi, "You owe me dinner!"
Both boys and Naruko stared at me and Itachi sighed in defeat. I saw their looks and answered the looks, "Yes I knew all along. Itachi found out when I mentioned it and Naruto, you told Naruko."
They looked at each other in surprise and Itachi suddenly said, "Wait, you were sick while Kisame was and you still worked?"
I blinked and looked at his angry face and said stubbornly, "Well, he said he was sick and no one else could do the work."
He opened his mouth angrily and I said with a huff, "And I didn't want to disappoint you."
He paused in surprise and I grumbled, "It's not my fault it rained and I ride a motorcycle."
He sighed, rubbing his forehead and Sasuke said, "She did work hard brother."
Itachi looked at him and Naruko said, "Yes, and she helped the fashion department and got all of Kisame's work done."
Naruto put in, "and got Sasuke and I out of trouble in school."
All three said, "So you can't yell at her."
He sighed and grumbled, "I wasn't going to yell at her." I couldn't believe my eyes, the great Itachi Uchiha was pouting! And it was adorable!
I snorted and clapped my hand over my mouth, trying hard not to laugh. Itachi glared at me and I coughed and said, "Well, um. So I'm all better now and I can get out of here in a day or two."
He nodded and I sighed, "And can't go back to work for a week. I'm going to be so bored."
Itachi chuckled and said, "I'm sure you'll live. Oh and here is a souvenir."
He handed each of us a box and smirked at me, "I said I'd get you one if my building was still intact."
I smiled happily and quickly opened the box and found the movie Sherlock Holmes. I gasped and said happily, "Awesome! I've been wanting to watch this!"
Naruko smiled happily at her new earrings with little dogs dangling. Naruto smiled happily at a new kind of Ramen and Sasuke looked pleased with his new wallet. I smiled at Itachi, who looked proud of himself, "Thanks Itachi."
He smiled happily and Tsunade came back and said, "Alright, you need your rest. If I ok it, you might be able to go home tomorrow."
I smiled happily and Itachi stood and they said bye and I waved as they left. Tsunade redid my bandages, glad to see the cuts healing nicely and I lied down and said, "Thanks Tsunade."
She shut off the light and I didn't need any help falling asleep.
