Ryoko rushed to the hospital like her life depended on it. She skipped through the nurses and went straight to the room Itachi gave her. Without pause, the girl barged in and ran up to the bed by the window, ignoring anyone else present.

'OBI! ' she yelled out fixated on the familiar unruly hair. One eye was looking at her, the rest of his face was covered in bandages.

'Cousin ' ' he whispered with a sad smile. Ryoko smiled back at him and carefully approached.

'Can ' I hug you? ' she asked eyes tracing even more bandages peeking out from his hospital robe.

'Come here, princess, ' the boy only said, opening up his arms. Ryoko didn 't hesitate to embrace him. She wasn 't the kind of person to hold a grudge over someone who was not in their right mind while torturing her.