Hospital Visits- Chapter 2

Of course Naruto panicked. Why wouldn't he?

She wasn't supposed to react like that. He was just supposed to say "Hi" and give her the flowers. Not scare the living daylights out of her.

Alright I can fix this... I'll just... write a note to say sorry and when she wakes up it'll all be fine.

So, after leaving the flowers and a note behind, Naruto left with a curious glance at the unconscious figure behind him.

At least she looked alright. You know, besides the whole fainting thing... Why am I so worried anyway?

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When Hinata finally came to, the memory of the incident with Naruto hit her full force and, having just woken up, she wasn't fully prepared for it.

"Naruto!"

There was no-one else in the room to hear her exclamation or the gasp that followed.
Panting slightly, Hinata slowly rubbed the sleep from her eyes and observed the room around her. It was then that the partially battered sunflowers came into view, complete with Naruto's goodbye note from that morning.

Hesitantly, she lifted the note and read it contents.

Hey Hinata!

Sorry! I swear I didn't mean to scare you earlier. I even brought flowers as a get well present!

I hope you like 'em! To make it up to you I'm gonna stop by tomorrow, 'kay.

Cya!  
Naruto

Hinata's face viably brightened at the message and an unbidden giggle escaped her as she spotted the doodle of a chibi fox in the corner.

That's so... So Naruto! If it was possible for her smile to widen anymore, it did. He's so goofy sometimes. But I guess that's the most charming thing about him.

Ugh, she could feel herself blushing already. She'd never last a visit from Naruto with her nerves.  

I'm glad he's coming though. Maybe this impromptu hospital stay isn't so bad after all.

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Alright, I just have to remember: NO SUDDEN MOVEMENTS. Then Hinata should be fine...  

Naruto's thoughts slowly drifted to how peaceful Hinata's face had been as she'd slept, the angelic glow of the moonlight on her pale skin, the-

Woah! Wait, what?

Despite receiving some rather incredulous looks from a passer-by, Naruto continued to head-butt one of the stone pillars at the hospital entrance.

Alright, just ask what happened, wish her well and then you can go without feeling guilty and having weird thoughts.

Determinedly squaring his shoulder and straightening his back, Naruto strolled into the hospital.

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In spite of the fact KIba and Shino were on a mission with Kurenai-sensei, the Hyuuga heiress still had had many visitors day to day, including the younger Ino-Shika-Chou trio and a very apathetic team Gai- Yes, even Neji managed a small amount of sympathy for his cousin.

It was partly because of this that she didn't expect the next visitor to come in to be Naruto, despite him stating he would visit in his note.

Luckily Hinata managed the small talk well, even with some slight stuttering and blushing along the way. She still didn't quite believe she was spending so much time with Naruto.

And I haven't fainted yet!

"So, Hinata... How did you injure yourself anyway?"

"Oh, uh... I-I"

Smooth, Hinata. Real smooth.
  
"Shut up!"

"What?"

"N-no not you... Just- Never mind. Um, about the injury. I was on a mission with my team a-and we ran into some Hidden Cloud Ninja. They w-wanted the information we were taking to the Hidden Sand. It was an update on our teams' where-abouts and some new tactics for future conflicts- as we still have our alliance with them.

"We managed to turn their ambush to our advantage but one of the stronger ones took down Akamaru. Kiba became distracted and another went for him from behind. I knew I couldn't warn him in time so... I got in the way. I traded a strike with my gentle fist to his heart with a kunai through my left lung. We beat them and Kurenai-sensei bandaged me up as best she could and I received some treatment at Suna. The Hokage insisted I stayed in hospital because my lung isn't healing like it should. Sakura reckons it's because of something on the kunai used- like poison to stop the cells dividing.

"So that's why I'm here..."

Hinata risked a glance at her companion to see the usually cheeky grin that adorned his face had been replaced by a look of complete concentration.  

As soon as she saw it the look was gone and replaced with a "Wow, Hinata. That... That's amazing!"

The bluenette stopped fiddling with her bed sheet in order to stare wide eyed at the blond before her.

"R-really? I didn't even think about it."

"Yeah! I would've done the same thing. My friends mean everything to me."

"T-thank you, Naruto."
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Of course someone would come in right when they were getting somewhere. Although, Tsunade was never known for her tact.

"Brat, leave. Miss Hyuuga, I need to talk to you."

"But Grandma Tsunade!"

"OUT!"

"Ugh, fine." His tone softened. "Would it be alright for me to visit tomorrow, Hinata?"

"S-sure."

With a small smile in return Naruto left- making sure to stomp past Tsunade for good measure, of course.

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However, neither Hinata nor Naruto knew exactly what they had started and it wasn't until Hinata was out of hospital that either of them realised.