Her Final Words…

Her lifeless body deadly still, her face as pale as snow and her skin as cold as ice. Her pale lavender iris dimming into a dull gray. I clutched her blood stained shirt and she quietly groaned. I sighed with relief that she was alive, but only barely. Tears demanded to flow out of my eyes, but I made a barrier in between them. Each heart beat pounded with pain and grief, but I locked the feeling inside a battered treasure chest. Her gray eyes found my saphire and she strained to put a smile on her face, as if signaling me that everything was okay. But it wasn't. She gathered her remaining strength to reach out to my face, making sure that I just wasn't an illusion. I gently held her fragile hand, afraid that she'd just break apart. She smiled again, but agony filled her dimming eyes.

"Naruto kun…" she began, her voice raspy, yet soothing at the same time. I hushed her, to save her strength, but she lazily shook her head. It was useless, she was stubborn as always. I couldn't help but grin at her reaction. Even at her dying moment, she's still the same Hinata. "Naruto kun…" she repeated, "Please… listen…" A familiar pain crashed my heart; the battered treasure chest broke down.

"Hinata… Please, we need you to get out of here." I lamely stated. She looked at me as if I was the stupidest person in the world and right now, I felt like one. Even if I try to get help, she'd die in a matter of minutes. If I stayed here and try to stall death from coming to her, then I'd be pronlonging her suffering. My heart throbbed even harder, affecting my breathing rate.

"Naruto kun… I…" she whispered gently, I leaned in towards her, so close that my ear was touching her lips.

"…I love you…" she ended. She smiled with triumph, proud that she had said what she had to say. I gently laid her trembling hand onto the floor, and turned my head. She was still smiling, her gray eyes were still staring, but she was dead. The barrier crashed down and tears that were stored up inside, streamed out of his eyes like a raging river flood. I leaned in even further, until my lips connected with her's. I caressed her icy cheeks and I whispered in her ear, "I'm sorry that I hadn't done that sooner…"