Loyalty (Sasuke Uchiha)

XXXXV: Passion

Wake up.

I stirred slightly, ignoring my guardian's voice.

Wake up, Miyako.

I ignored her once again, enjoying the warmth that clothed me.

You've been asleep for four days. Wake up.

I sat up in an instant, the blanket falling off my body as I blindly looked around.

I was no longer chained up in that cell, instead in a cozy room with torches and candles dimly illuminating the room.

In an instant I knew I was in Sasuke's room. One, I could smell him and sense his chakra, and two, his sharingan eyes were watching me from a dark corner on the opposite side of the room.

"How are you feeling?"

"Why am I here?"

"Would you rather be back in the cell?"

I sighed, laying back as I ran my fingers through my short tangled hair.

"I don't feel good."

Sasuke emerged from the dark corner, his sharingan eyes dispersing as he stepped into the dim light. He stood before me in nothing but black trousers and his Akatsuki coat unclasped, huge bags under his eyes.

I looked away from his intense gaze as he continued to walk closer to me.

"How long have you been here?"

"Four days."

"That's creepy." I said, following it with a nervous laugh.

"I couldn't leave you unattended."

"You should've had Jugo watch over me."

"Nonsense."

"You look horrible."

"As do you. Jugo prepared a bath for you." He said, bending over the bed as he wrapped me in his arms.

I allowed him to lift me up as he wrapped his Akatsuki coat around my bare skin, laying my head against his shoulder. The warmth of his skin seeped into my own as I felt the numbing pain in my body relax.

Moments later we walked into a similar room we were just in, except that there was a bath in the center of the room, overlooking a hot spring.

"How romantic." I said as he placed me on my feet.

"If you need anything, Jugo will be outside your door. I have some business to attend to."

And with that he was gone.

I happily removed the new change of clothing from my body, trying not to picture if it was Sasuke who changed me out of my black tattered outfit, as I dipped into the hot bath. I sighed as I relaxed into the water, leaning my head back to get my short hair wet.

Out of everything that had happened to me recently, I was most of all upset about my hair being chopped off when I was defending Lord Eight Tails.

But look what happened to him now.

I took a bar of soap and lathered it on my face, just as I heard footsteps enter in.

I quickly rinsed the soap off my face, turning my head to meet intense purple eyes.

"Pain?"

"You're awake." He said.

"What are you doing here?"

As soon as that question escaped my lips as I gasped, jolting on my feet, not caring that I was standing naked in front of Pain.

"Jugo-"