Falling For You

Chapter 22

H I N A T A

I had still not talked to Toneri about the ring shopping. It is pretty obvious why.

I sigh. I had not even seen Naruto come back to the office that day. Yeah, I hung out there in hopes of seeing him again after his burst out.

"Hey. What are you thinking about?" Sakura sits beside me and smiles.

"Nothing much." I lie and she rolls her eyes.

"I know it hurts Hinata. I just don't get why you are not doing anything about it."

"What are you talking about?" I scoff.

"I know you like Naruto. Almost everyone does. Even he likes you. Then why are you...."

"Oh no he doesn't." I shake my head and Sakura looks at me puzzled.

"What do you mean?" She asks

"Nothing." I mutter.

"Hinata..." She warns.

I sigh and look at her. I decide to tell her about it but before I can say a word, Ino burst in looking pale.

"Sasuke....And Naruto." She says between breaths and both of us jump out of our seats and hurry to where she pointed.

My heart was beating inside my chest so hard and so fast. I rush through the crowd and come to a stop when I see both Gaara and Shikamaru leaning on the hospital wall.

Shikamaru just points to a room. I follow his finger to see a ruckus outside the room.

Naruto was fighting with the nurse who was asking him to get himself dressed and sterilised first.

"He is my friend dammit! You refuse to say how he is and expect me to listen to you!"

I look at him. He was bleeding through his yellow t-shirt. His head was hurt and his hand was scraped very badly.

"Naruto." I call him and he glances at me taking a break from yelling at the poor nurse.

"Get that dressed." I say and he frowns shaking his head.

I sigh. "Naruto. Please." I say begging. "That wound could get infected and then you can help nobody."

He looks away. I walk to him and look at the nurse.

"How is Sasuke Uchiha?" I order her to answer.

"He has a concussion. He is not yet concious. He will be okay. Just kept in for a few days of observation." She says to me in a low voice but he hears it anyway.

"Now, was that so hard?" Naruto mocks and I nudge him. He looks away again.

I nod at her and she goes back in, Sakura following her inside. I nod and smile encouragingly at her. Naruto was still looking away. I force him to look at him and wince at his wounds.

"Will you do as I say now?" I ask and he nods.

I take his hand and walk him to my office. He sits there silently as I start cleaning his wounds.

It was very unlikely of him to stay quiet so I try to start a conversation.

"What happened?" A very stupid question because he broke down.

"It's all my fault. I forced him to take the bike instead of the car and then this happened!"

"It's not your fault that you had an accident. Besides he is fine."

"I was so angry...I took it out on that nurse. But it was her fault too. She just wouldn't tell me because I am 'not family'. What does she know? He has been my friend since forever. Of course I am as good as family. I am also his family." He finishes with a pout and I smile. God how I feel like kissing him or just hugging him.

I brush away those thoughts and dress his arm. I then move to the side of his forehead and I start cleaning.

His winces and I blow to soften the pain. I can feel his eyes on me but I just do my work.

"Thank you Hina." He says softly and I look at his beautiful cerulean eyes.

"It feels like old times." He says and grins again wincing.

I couldn't help but smile and shake my head at the baka.

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S A K U R A

I sit beside his bed just staring at his face trying to ignore the bandaged head.

Idiot. Why is he not waking up and talking?

"Maybe...Because I am in pain." I hear him tilting his head at me and chuckling.

He winces. "Damn...That hurts." he says lowly.

"Serves you right for making fun of this situation." I say crossly but couldn't help the giddiness that he was okay and he didn't have some clichéd short term memory loss drama.

"You were worried about me having a memory loss but not about me dying."

"I knew you wouldn't die. But memory loss. Imagine how hard it would be making you remember that we are friends and you not treating me like a jackass."

His face falls. "I said I am sorry." He mutters.

"You know I am never gonna let you forget that. Stop being guilty every time I mention it." I say a hint of smile on my face.

"You are mean." He says and I laugh.

"Am I?"

"So. Can I go home now?"

"No. You will be here for a few days. I will keep you company."

"It's so cute to see you both like this." A third voice interrupts us.

I look over to see Itachi smiling at me.

"I will give you both some time." I stand up and I realise that somewhere along our conversation we were holding hands.

I blush as Sasuke notices and let's go muttering a small sorry. I nod and give them both some alone time.

I T A C H I

I couldn't help but smile at the happenings before me. I sit at the seat beside him.

"How are you little brother. Feeling better?"

"I was before you came." He scoffs. He always pretend that he cares less about me but I know the truth. I decide to take advantage of his statement.

"I could see." I tease and his eyes widen.

"Not like that!" He defends and I laugh at his frowning face.

"She is a nice girl."

"I know. I don't deserve her yet. I am getting there. I just have to have a little patience." He says and I am surprised would be an understatement. He would have never just said it all so freely. I smile and poke his forehead.

He pouts as if he is pissed. "I am always with you if you need me." I say tilting my head and smiling.

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