Spring Memories

Chapter Two: Itachi's Predicament

CHAPTER 2: ITACHI'S PREDICAMENT

She's having amnesia. He thought to himself.

"Err…your name is Hinata. Don't you remember anything?" Itachi asked, with a hint of concern in his voice.

Hinata looked at him and slowly shook her head. Her expression was filled with total confusion. She looked utterly lost and Itachi felt helpless.

She shook her head. "I…I….can't…remember….anything. Do…do..you know…me?"

Itachi didn't even know where to begin.

"Its okay, Hinata," Itachi said, putting her back onto the bed and pulled her covers. "I'll get the doctor and Ino here."

"I…Ino?" Hinata asked. It was as if she recognized the name.

"Yes, a friend of mine. Yamanaka Ino. She was the one who always give you your sponge bath," Itachi said.

"I…I…thi…think I..I…heard her…sp…speaking to…to….me," Hinata said, trying to recall some parts of her recent memory while she was in a coma for two years.

"Yes," Itachi said softly, ruffling her head. Hinata liked that. And then she smiled.

Itachi felt lost. She really had beautiful smile. Not those kind of cheesy modeling kind of smile. But a true, genuine smile that comes sincerely from her. And he knew those kind of smile. A real smile.

"Wait here, Hinata. I need to make some calls," Itachi said. Before he could move, Hinata's hands grabbed his wrist.

"No!" she exclaimed and hold him tightly. "Don't…don't leave me…alone!"

Itachi immediately remembered the first few words she spoke to him two years ago before her operations. His dark onyx eyes looked at Hinata with intensity that anyone could see he's concerned about her.

He held her close in his arms. Her small head rest comfortably against his lean hard chest and he gently stroke her hair, like a small child.

He shifted his weight on to the bed and lay beside her. With her upper torso hugging him close, Itachi loved the feel of her long black indigo hair by now has reached her after her waist. Itachi stroked her head gently and at a steady pace until he could feel her sleeping.

Her breaths were slow yet steady and Itachi gently lifted the young girl off his chest and went to reach for the phone. He hate to leave the comfortable position they were in, but her health was more important

Hinata felt content. She didn't know why. Putting her cheeks and ears over his chest just felt…..perfect. It was like she ever felt being in the arms of a man…..but, she couldn't remember anything.

She could hear his heart beating. It sounds good.

In her memories, she could hear a music. A song. Something familiar to her, but she couldn't remember anything more than that.

Hinata…

She felt someone calling her.

"Ita…Itachi?" she asked, her eyes suddenly opened by itself.

"Wah! Hinata-chan! The first person you would look for is Itachi-kun huh? I wouldn't be surprised myself!" Ino's voice was simply….loud.

Hinata fluttered her eyes a little and looked around her. Sitting right beside her bedside was a gorgeous blonde in high ponytails and sparkling blue eyes. She is probably the most beautiful woman she had ever seen.

"Hiya Hinata-chan, I'm Ino," Ino introduced herself.

"And I'm Doctor Shizune, but you can call me Shizune," the dark haired woman said, on the other side of the bed. Hinata saw Itachi sat at the foot of her bed, smiling down at her. Giving her a trusting nod.