[Naruto Storyline] Wandering

Two days after Itachi was transferred to the general ward, Kisame and Scorpion finally showed up at the hospital. The two found Haruno Sakura, and after briefly asking about Itachi's condition, they asked to change Itachi to a single room.

"Go upstairs to the surgical ward. Mr. Uchiha has already been transferred from the intensive care unit to their side, as long as the surgical director agrees." Haruno Sakura pointed to the direction of the elevator.

The winter in the land of water is very different from that in the land of fire. Although it is the end of November, the trees are still lush and the sun is warm outside the window.Haruno Sakura couldn't help but think of Konoha's winter—heavy snow, cold wind, icy roads, snowmen piled up in front of the house, and oden in her hand while waiting for the car—on a snowy day, Sasuke would When she made a special trip to the hospital to pick her up, Haruno Sakura stuffed her hand into Sasuke's coat pocket, and quietly crossed his fingers in it as they walked down the long street. Sasuke's hand was warm and strong, and he held it in his pocket. Haruno Sakura's hand and the other hand held the umbrella, blocking most of the snowflakes for her.

Haruno Sakura stayed close to Sasuke's side, feeling the warmth and peace of mind that she craved for him.

Her longing has always been to warm up his cold, once desperate heart.

Just then the phone on the desk rang.

"Doctor Haruno, this is the surgical ward. Mr. Uchiha, who was transferred from the intensive care unit two days ago, said he wanted to see you." It was a call from the surgical nurse station.

"Okay, just wait for me." Haruno Sakura looked at her watch, it was already time to get off work, and it seemed that today she couldn't go home on time as she wished.

Haruno Sakura didn't want to have direct contact with Itachi, but Itachi gave Haruno Sakura a different feeling from the hostility she had thought. When he was pushed out of the intensive care unit, the moment he looked at Haruno Sakura, Thousands of emotions seemed to be welling up in his black eyes but he was hesitant to speak.

That didn't look like the look a real slayer would have.

But maybe that's just because what she's facing is Itachi who is a patient.

For Uchiha Itachi, Haruno Sakura felt very complicated.When they met for the first time in the dessert shop, Haruno Sakura didn't know that he was Itachi, but inexplicably wanted to stay in the same dessert shop many times because of meeting him again; when they met for the second time, Haruno Sakura had to save him, a murderer of the Uchiha clan, and a person who almost destroyed Sasuke.

If there is no such old incident, maybe he will be Sasuke's good brother, the big brother she respects, maybe the three of them can go to a picnic together, or maybe she and Itachi will become good friends, and then go to eat red bean dessert together.

After Haruno Sakura asked the nurse about Itachi's bed number, she walked towards the single ward deep in the corridor, hesitated for a moment outside the door, and Haruno Sakura knocked on the door: "Mr. Uchiha, I'm Dr. Haruno, can I come in?" ?”

"Please come in."

Haruno Sakura grabbed the doorknob and realized that her palms were already sweating. When she opened the door and entered, Itachi was half lying on the bed. He turned his head, as if he was staring out of the window just a second ago.

"Mr. Uchiha is looking for me."

"Doctor Haruno, please sit down." Itachi, who was sitting on the hospital bed, gestured to the armchair beside the hospital bed with his eyes, and said unhurriedly after Haruno Sakura sat down, "I specially asked Dr. Haruno to come here, I want to thank you in person. .” His voice was neither high nor low, humble and gentle, with a quiet power in it.After finishing speaking, Itachi nodded slightly, his attitude surprised Haruno Sakura.

"Mr. Uchiha is too polite. In the hospital, you are a patient. As a doctor, I don't look at you with colored glasses." Haruno Sakura waved her hands repeatedly.

"Not only for saving me, but also for one more thing, thank you Dr. Haruno." Itachi continued, facing Haruno Sakura's puzzled eyes, Itachi smiled, "Thank you for marrying Sasuke, you gave up a lot for Sasuke, Including your future. For that, as his older brother, I thank you very much."

"Mr. Uchiha, I don't understand what you mean..." Haruno Sakura stammered, a strange emotion stuck in her chest, she couldn't even tell whether it was surprise or anger, she looked at Itachi, "I don't understand you Why did you tell me these things, I don’t know how you learned about my marriage with Sasuke..." That strange emotion felt like a heavy stone in his chest, and sour tears began to flow in the lacrimal gland "It was you who took everything from Sasuke. Don't you find it ironic that you are saying these things to me now? Instead of thanking me at this time, I hope that Mr. Uchiha can reflect and repent every day for the rest of his life." Redemption. Finally, I also beg you, don't disturb Sasuke's life anymore, he is fine now, everything is fine, and I don't want to lose him again." At the end of the sentence, her voice choked up.

"Sasuke should hate me." Itachi seemed to be muttering to himself.

"In the past, he hated you terribly, but now, he just wants to live his own life in peace." Haruno Sakura said, wiping away tears.

"That's good." Itachi turned his face away and looked at the branches outside the window. After a long time, Haruno Sakura heard him whisper in a sigh-like tone, "Now, Konoha should be snowing."

"Well, it's snowing. When Sasuke called yesterday, he said that the snowy leaves are beautiful." Haruno Sakura looked out of the window following his gaze, and nodded.

"Finally, I have another unfeeling request. I hope that Dr. Haruno can help me." Itachi's gaze still fell outside the window, "I hope that Dr. Haruno can always protect me like this... no, it's by Sasuke's side."

"it is good."

"I'm really sorry for delaying Dr. Haruno's time. Please go home early, Dr. Haruno. It's not safe here at night." Itachi said.

Haruno Sakura stood up and watched Itachi's silhouette falling into the shadows. In the distance, the sun gradually set on the hill, and the afterglow left a strong red gold in the sky, dyeing the clouds in half of the sky red, and the light fell into the dim The ward fell on the snow-white quilt, covered with a layer of golden light.

"I feel strange..." Haruno Sakura said when she left the room, "You obviously care about Sasuke, why did you do such a thing back then, you obviously shouldn't be that kind of person..."

In the backlight, Haruno Sakura couldn't see Itachi's expression, so she hurriedly closed the door and left.

After leaving Itachi's room, Haruno Sakura returned to her office and sat quietly for a while before leaving the hospital. At this time, Sai was already waiting for her downstairs.Since the last explosion, in order to ensure the safety of the members of the medical team, Konoha's Anbu personnel accompanied them on the way to and from the hospital and their residence.

"Doctor Haruno increased his workload without authorization." Sai teased her, "I suggest that the Land of Water and the Land of Fire should jointly award you a Model Worker Medal."

"Stop teasing me." Haruno Sakura opened her mouth, and wanted to tell Saii about Itachi, but the words got stuck in her throat, and Haruno Sakura changed her mouth, "Let's go eat together."

Seeing Haruno Sakura's hesitation to speak, Sai asked, "Do you have something to tell me?"

"No." Haruno Sakura shook her head, "It's just a meal, let's celebrate by the way, our assistance process is almost over halfway." She blinked her eyes, trying to make herself look more natural.

"Since Dr. Haruno offered to have dinner together, it must be a salary increase, right? It looks like we're going to have a treat today." Seeing that Haruno Sakura didn't intend to say anything, Saii's eyes dimmed, but he was caught by his usual smirk cover up.

"You can really take advantage." Haruno Sakura snorted.

"No, Dr. Haruno, the real advantage is like this..." Sai said, suddenly leaning close to her face, staring closely at her blue eyes, breathing warm breath on Haruno Sakura's cheeks, pretending to be to kiss her.

"Sai!" Haruno Sakura was startled, her face flushed red, she hurriedly pushed Sai away.

"You're just kidding, Dr. Haruno, hey, don't be angry." Seeing Haruno Sakura throwing herself off sullenly, Sai chased a few steps to catch up with her.

"Not funny."

"I was wrong. I won't bother Dr. Chunye this time. I treat it as an apology to Dr. Chunye."

"Why do you hate it so much?" Haruno Sakura squinted at Sai, her attitude relaxed a little, but Sai just looked at her with a smile, Haruno Sakura couldn't guess what was behind Sai's smiling face at all.

After eating, watching Haruno Sakura go upstairs and go home, Sai looked at the lighted room, the smile on his face was slowly hidden in the night.

Haruno Sakura must be hiding something from him.

Saii recalled the embarrassment of her sudden blush just now, and a mischievous pride welled up in his heart. He couldn't help but let out a little smile from the corner of his mouth. He swayed downstairs before leaving the dormitory where the medical team members lived. building.

Haruno Sakura watched Sai's figure gradually leave from the gap in the curtains, until she couldn't see Sai, Haruno Sakura was relieved, she slumped on the bed, her heartbeat was violent and powerful, Haruno Sakura hugged the pillow tightly, feeling There was a chill down my spine.When Sai was about to kiss her just now, his black pupils were so close to him, and there was a cold light inside, examining everything about Haruno Sakura, as if he wanted to penetrate her heart and dig out what she concealed. Something about Itachi Uchiha.

Why didn't she tell Sai about Itachi?

Haruno Sakura didn't understand it herself, but that strong feeling that she couldn't tell Saii crossed her heart at that moment.She felt irritated for a while, so she covered her face with a pillow, sobbed softly, then sat up from the bed, went to the bathroom to wash her face with cold water, her water-stained face was reflected in the mirror, Haruno Sakura stared at her eyes in the mirror for a long time, could she see anything from it?

Haruno Sakura shook her head, lowered her head and washed as usual, then changed into pajamas, got into the quilt, and turned off the light in the room.

In the quiet ward, Uchiha Itachi stared blankly at the ceiling, the moonlight leaked in through the gaps in the branches, and the small moon hung high in the distant sky. He closed his eyes and thought of Uchiha Sasuke's wedding.

At that time Itachi quietly sneaked back to Konoha to meet Sarutobi Hirizan, the third-generation Konoha high-level executive. After exchanging information, Hirizan suddenly said to him: "It's a coincidence that you came back today. Sasuke is getting married today. If you miss him, go Check it out, stay safe."

"Thank you, senior." Itachi Asahizane bowed slightly, "Sasuke has troubled you over the years."

"You don't need to thank me, you have to thank the girl who has been by Sasuke's side all the time, she is a good girl. There is her information on the table, you can take a look." Hizhan turned around, Itachi didn't say any more, After taking the documents, he left Hirazan's office silently.

Itachi never thought that he would witness Sasuke's wedding in this way. He was standing on the high-rise building opposite the Uchiha Mansion, and he could vaguely hear the laughter of the crowd. The young girl in the wedding dress held his hand intimately, her cherry blossom-colored hair was tied into a bun, and she wore a white veil.In the crowd and blessings of everyone, Sasuke lifted the veil for the girl, and then kissed.

Itachi smiled, and looked at the document Hirizan gave him, a document about Uchiha Sasuke's new wife Haruno Sakura.

"She will also be a good wife." Itachi said to himself, he lit a corner of the document with a lighter, and watched the fire slowly devour the document.Itachi raised his hand to scatter the ashes, it was like the petals of flowers falling from a wedding ceremony, submerged in the boundless night of Konoha.

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