Shades of Pink

Chapter 1: White

She's the purest white. The light of the world. The kind and gentle soul that keeps m heart from falling into the deepest, darkest of evils. Her heart is so pure, so kind. She holds my heart in her hand. Her powerful hands. So powerful, that she could crush it without trying. I won't lie and say that doesn't scare me just a little.

It amazes me how much kindness this one woman has. How much she loves to help people, people she doesn't even know. She'd drop anything to help someone. I know….because she's done it for me.

Flashback

Groans

Sasuke Uchiha opened his eyes, quickly shutting them again to shield them from the harsh rays of the sun.

"Sasuke?" he heard. That voice. So soft. It seems to over flow with love. Yet it's so familiar. So…..Sakura.

He opened his eyes again. The young pink haired kunoichi stood over him looking down. His cold emotionless eyes betrayed nothing, while her lively green eyes showed him everything.

"Where am I?" he asked, not meaning to sound so cold.

Sakura smiled, then replied. "Home."

"Itachi?"

Her smile fell from her face.

"Dead." She replied. "The mission was successful."

Sasuke looked into her eyes. He became confused by her expression.

"You don't seem at all happy about it." Sasuke said trying to sit up. As he went to bend his legs to push himself up and back, his right leg refused to move and he fell back down to the bed.

Confusion and anger flooded his face.

"What the hell happened?!" he snapped angrily. He turned his gaze toward Sakura when he didn't get an immediate response.

Her face was plagued with sadness and regret.

"Sakura?!" he asked harshly. She flinched slightly.

She sighed.

"Good news or bad first?" she asked.

"Get on with it woman!" he snapped again getting annoyed.

"Your leg was broken in four places." She started. "We were able to heal the bones, but it's going to take time to regain your walking abilities."

Sasuke turned his face away in anger.

"Damn it." He hissed.

After a moment of trying to relax he asked. "Is it permanent?"

"No."

"How long?"

"What?" she asked.

"How long till I'm healed?" he snapped once again.

"It varies from patient to patient." She explained. "But," She added. "Given your blood line and advanced chakra development, I'd say faster then most."

Sasuke laid his head back on his pillow, closing his eyes in contemplation

Sakura stood at the end of his bed looking through his chart. Once done, she replaced it on the bed box and looked toward him. His eyes were open again, but this time he was looking directly at her seemingly in a daze.

The room was silent when Sasuke reopened his eyes. He looked toward where Sakura was standing when he closed his eyes, but the space was empty. Moving his eyes over the expanse of the room, they landed on her new, current, position.

The first time he'd seen her again, only a few minutes ago, he had not bothered to look her over, but now he took the time. Her hair had grown out again, nit as long as it used to be, though. He definitely liked it. It made her look more sophisticated.

He then allowed his eyes to traverse the rest of her body. She had certainly grown. She filled out in all the right places and the purple shirt she wore, which looked something similar to Lady Tsunade's, seemed to over pronounce her cleavage. The white lab coat she wore over her shirt, not surprising to him or anyone who knew her, looked so right on her.

"Sasuke?" he heard distantly. "Sasuke?" he heard again. This time he snapped out of his thoughtful daze. Looking up he caught her by the eye with a questioning gaze.

"Do you need anything?" she asked. It took a moment for her to question to register before he answered.

She nodded in understanding, and headed for the door. She paused with her hand on the door knob when she remembered something.

"Um?" she started turning toward him. He looked toward her. "I should warn you the food here is really disgusting."

The look on his face betrayed no emotion. She sighed.

"I could bring you something else if you want."

Sasuke replaced his gaze on the ceiling.

Sakura looked away sadly opening the door.

"Thank you." She heard Sasuke say as she prepared to walk out. She smiled lightly and left.

That Night.

Sakura stepped into Sasuke's room, a large brown bag in hand. She looked toward the bed to see Sasuke lying on his side facing the window.

"Sasuke?" she questioned.

"Hn." He replied, rolling back over onto his back. Using his arms he pulled himself up, so he was sitting.

Sakura placed the bag on the floor and began emptying the contence on the bed table.

"I didn't know what you wanted so I just got a bunch of things." She explained.

He didn't answer, just watched her. He studied her person. She had changed out of her earlier attire and now wore a pair of tight blue jean hip huggers that graciously hugged her curves. She also wore a white long sleeved turtle neck sweater that rose up a little over her waist band. The sweater also hugged her curves and he had to force himself from starring.

"What's wrong with you idiot!?" he yelled inwardly. "It's Sakura for god's sakes."

"I hope you don't mind if I join you." Sakura said snapping Sasuke out of his thoughts.

"Hn." He replied. Sakura rolled the bed table over to him and he leisurely chose one of the dishes. Once he was done, Sakura handed him a set of chopsticks, then grabbed a dish for herself and sat down on the chair a few feet from the bed.

The two shinobi sat in silence for awhile until Sakura spoke up.

"Procedure states that someone has to stay with you until you can walk with a cane." Sakura explained.

He looked at her incredulously.

"I'm sorry if it's an inconvience." She said. Sasuke shrugged.

"Do all doctors spend the night in their patients' rooms?" Sasuke asked not looking up.

"No." she replied. "But you can't trust the nursing staff around the men of team seven."

He looked confused. She laughed.

"All three of you seem to have split the staff in half." She explained. "Half of them find Naruto a burden because he's always trying to escape and the other half thinks he's cute. With Kakashi-sensei, half thinks he's weird the other thinks he's charming and mysteriously sexy. I know gross right? And then there's you. Half are afraid of you and the other half wants to do you."

He starred at her, blinking rapidly as he took in everything she said. His lips slowly curved upward. His lips parted and out rolled out a deep boisterous laugh.

She watched him surprised until she too joined him.

3 weeks later

Sakura walked into Sasuke's room without knocking. The room was dark due to the drawn curtains. The only light was that of the faded light making the curtains glow.

Without warning, she threw the curtains open letting the light in.

"What the Fuck!" Sasuke exclaimed shielding his eyes. "Are you Insane!"

"Nope, just persistent." She replied. "Come on, up, up, up." She continued prying the pillow out of his grasp.

He groaned.

"Complain all you want, you still have to get up."

"Bit me." He mumbled. She giggled.

"That would be wildly inappropriate, given that I'm your doctor."

He unburied his face and looked up at her with a nasty glare. She just smiled down at him.

Sakura sighed as he reburied his head.

"I checked your charts." She said. "If you get up now and do your therapy, I can release you tomorrow."

Sasuke looked up at her suspiciously. "I swear." She defended.

He heaved a heavy breath and sat up.

20 minutes later

Sasuke and Sakura walked through the garden courtyard. Sakura had her arm through Sasuke's, while his other supported himself on a cane. The two shinobi walked in silence all the way through the courtyard. On the return trip Sasuke stopped all of a sudden earning himself a confused look from Sakura. He pulled his arm out of her grasp and sat on the bench near them.

"Are you ok?" Sakura asked. "Are you tired?"

"No." he replied. "I just don't feel like going back to my room yet."

She smiled then sat next to him.

After a few moments of comfortable silence, Sasuke spoke up.

"Can I ask you something." He asked.

"Of course." She replied.

"When I first woke up and asked you about Itachi, you didn't seem all that enthused that he was dead."

Sakura starred at her lap, her once bright face suddenly sad and glum. She took a deep breath before she answered.

"When we were younger, the rare times you actually did speak, it was about avenging your clan, revenge on your brother." She took another deep breath. "I was just worried that you might become bitter or fallen into yourself."

"You were worried?" he asked. She smiled.

"These past 3 weeks I guess I realized you not the same." She explained. "You've changed a lot."

Sasuke looked out in front of him and smirked.

"Thanks to you." He replied.

A/n: chapter one down. Please read and review to find out what happens next.