Overrated (Remade)

chapter 13

It was one thing after another. Another ball of anxiety thrown at Gaara.

Lee was in the hospital. Why??  Why had this happened to him? Why had gaara never gotten the chance to tell him how he felt.

At this point Temari, Tenten and himself were all shoved into her van and driving to the hospital to hopefully visit lee and check up with his family and friends.

   "I-...I'm sorry Gaara... Temari told me about you and lee last night.." Tenten said, sniffing and wiping the dried tears from her eyes.

   "It's fine...I just hope he's alright"

Tenten nodded. "He was taken to the Hospital almost immediately after the accident..."

   "Accident?" Gaara questioned. Tenten had only told him he was in the hospital but he was starting to think he nor tenten knew half the story.

   "Well his parents and Neji said it was a car accident. Some drunk driver hit lee...." She attempted to hold in her tears again. Probably imagining how horrible and truamtic it was for lee.

All Gaara could think about though. Was lee. All his stuff in his car was most likely destroyed. Including the guitar he he had brought with him everywhere.

  "...." Gaara could only stay silent.  A feeling of guilt creeped inside his body as he felt like the accident may have been able to prevented.

   "Don't blame this on yourself Gaara" Temari said. "It's not your fault. It's not anybodys fault but the damn idiot who decided to drive while drunk"

   Tenten suddenly bursted into tears again. Powering off her phone and laying her head on Temari's arm that was placed on the middle box of the van.

   "Himself and his phone are the only things that managed to make it out..."

Gaara could feel his stomach turn. "Even his guitar...?"

    "Yes....lee will be so upset when he finds out" Tenten sobbed even harder. Despite Temari comforting her.

  "It'll be alright. Lee will be fine and he can get a new guitar right?"

Tenten only nodded. Gaara nor Temari could understand the importance that guitar was or could be to lee but Gaara felt somewhere that lee would be upset.

  The rest of the ride was silent. No one said anything except for the occasional cursing of Temari as cars going into her lane and cutting her off.

Gaara wondered about a lot of things in the half an hour drive. They were quickly blown away as they arrived and the size of the hopital sent chills down Gaaras' spine.

   "Poor lee...he hates hospitals" Tenten mumbled. She sighed grabbing her purse and exiting the car.

Gaara could only look at the ground. He didn't know if he'd be able to see Lee sitting there all bandaged and bruised up.

  "Gaara you don't have to come...I know things might be akward-"

  "No" is all he said and continues to follow the two up to his hospital room. Anxiety creeping slowly behind him with every step he took.

Gaara wasnt sure how long they spent walking up to the hospital room. With the identical doors and hallways it seemed like an infinite maze. The names on the doors were the only things keeping Gaara in line. He'd study eachname and think about if he'd known the person. Everytime he didn't though.

Eventually a name he did know came across.

    'rock lee'

Gaara sighed. He knew he'd eventually read the name. He'd eventually reach the room and see things that's truamitize him.