I woke up with a cry.

Quickly, wiping my eyes, I rolled from underneath my covers. The water I sipped from my bedside did nothing to calm the raging storm in my head.

I haven't been feeling the best recently; I constantly received headaches and vomited frequently. Tenten recommended that I see Tsunade-sama, but it was the belief of Shino that I was just stressed over Neji.

And I won't lie, I most definitely am.

But this shouldn't be happening; I fixed my eating problems, started moving again, resumed my human contact.

I didn't go outside as much as I used to. Seeing all the happy people and the couples made me want to cry.
I wanted to get over this. I really did. But its hard to fall out of love when you already have both feet planted firmly in the ground. Our relationship that had barely even started-4 months- ended so abruptly. But that's living the life of a ninja, right?

I reached into my closet and rummaged through until I found something that was socially acceptable. Quickly throwing that onto my body, I walked slowly to the front door, slamming it open, and then recoiling from the bright light of the sun. The sound of the people milling in the streets finally got to me.
Yes, I was heeding the advice of Tenten to go see Tsunade-sama. It was honestly all I could do. The mission center refuses to let me go onto missions in this 'condition that obviously needed medical attention' and I was 'not to return unless I return healthy'.
I forced myself to walk down the stairs that led up to my 3rd floor apartment room, and before even making it to the bottom, my head was spinning. I groaned, placing both hands on my head to calm the pain and leaned my hips onto the railing. Shaking the pain away, I finally made it to the base of the stairs.

"Lee."

A feminine voice called for me from above my crouched position, sounding worried.

Oh look, my guardian has come for me.
"Tenten." I sighed, the monsoon in my head finally chilling. "I was just going to see Tsunade-sama. Go home."
The brown haired girl smiled before shaking her head 'no'. "You need moral support to even leave your house, let alone go have a conversation about your health with our Hokage."

Well, she wasn't lying.

"Come on." she said before grasping my hand in hers, smiling again.

The Hokage, sitting on a wooden chair in the spacious room, wore a worried look on her face.
"Are you feeling the slightest bit better, Lee?"
Tenten, whom Tsunade-sama allowed into the room, (to my despair) glanced to me as I prepared a lie to the Hokage.

"Plenty."

Tsunade shook her head, scribbing something down on the paper held in her hands. "There's no need for you to lie to me, of all people."

Of course.

"I'm going to take a few blood tests and a urine sample to see what's the matter. I don't like this version of you. It makes me think that all the light in this world has shriveled up into a tiny speck, and you were expelled from it." Standing up, the woman paced across the room, laying a hand onto my shoulder in a reassuring manner.

"It's going to be okay. I promise."

"Can you really?"

I sat in my room, sobbing into my hands.

How could this happen?

Why can't he just leave me be?

"Lee, I have no explanation... I'm sorry to say."
"Then why the grim expression?"
"Because for once in my long life, I have no idea what to do."

"Why?"

"Lee, Neji left something with you when he passed."

This conversation got worse and worse as it continued.

"He left you a child, Lee."