Itachi paced the hallway outside the operating theatre, anxious. On their way to the hospital from the cafe, Naruto's heart had flatlined a few times. Each time it did, Itachi felt like his own heart had stopped too. He almost went into shock when Naruto's heart had flatlined for longer than it did before. The paramedics would constantly be trying to resuscitate Naruto and turning around to reassure Itachi and check on him to make sure he isn't in shock or anything.
Itachi turned when he heard footsteps running towards him. Sasuke came barreling towards him, skidding to a halt just before the collision. "How is he?" Sasuke asked just as their parents arrived from their half sprint half walk to keep up with Sasuke. Itachi sighed, shaking his head to tell them that he doesn't know. "What the actual hell even happened?" Sasuke asked Itachi who glared angrily at a spot on the creamy white walls. Itachi paced a little as he recounted the events for his family.
Fugaku growled a little before muttering something about police and phone call and suing. He excused himself while he made that phone call. Mikoto's fists had clenched so hard that her knuckles turned white. Sasuke looked like he was about to explode in pure rage.
Itachi continued pacing whilst his family tried to calm themselves before they broke anything from the anger. They have never felt such strong anger towards someone before in their life... but since Naruto appeared in their lives, it has gotten better and they realized that they always tried to protect Naruto with their lives if they had to.

"Why did it have to end up like this? Naruto is such a beautiful soul, he doesn't deserve this suffering." Mikoto muttered, burying her face into her hands. Itachi rubbed his hand on Mikoto's back as a gesture of comfort. 

Itachi pressed his lips together, it hurt his heart just thinking about how pale and upset Naruto looked most of the time, only putting on small smiles when Itachi looks at him directly. Naruto had a brief moment when he opened his eyes on the way to the hospital and the first person he looked for was Itachi, thinking that Itachi had left him. The relief in Naruto's eyes during that moment made Itachi sad and happy at the same time. Naruto had then muttered a weak 'I love you' to him before his eyes shut and the horrid, long angry beep of the heart monitor flatlining sounded so deafening despite the sirens screaming as they made their way to the hospital. 

Itachi rested his elbows on his legs as he covered his face with his hands. Crying wasn't going to solve anything. 'But crying would make you feel better, and when you feel better you can solve your problems.' Itachi remembered Naruto saying this one time. That was the first time he cried in front of someone; that was also the first time Itachi ever fell in love with someone. Now that someone is in pain and highly unlikely to survive. 

Naruto was Itachi's first love and quite possibly would be his last. This sunshine has melted his cold heart and if Naruto was gone... Itachi couldn't even bear to think about it. He feels that he would no longer be capable of loving if Naruto was gone. 

Itachi and Naruto's first encounter was in the hospital, he prayed really hard that their last encounter wouldn't be in the hospital only about a year after. Naruto had brightened up his life so much that it feels so dull and depressing ever since Naruto got sicker and sicker. Itachi could remember being interested in the blond when they first met, it was only after they spent more time together that he realised that it was no longer an infatuation but love. The feeling of love was so much warmer and beautiful than having a simple crush on someone. Naruto himself had also felt himself fall in love with Itachi the same way. Naruto had always made sure that he was okay and that he was doing as well as he could be. When he was having a bad day, Naruto would always be there to pick him up. No questions would be asked, only Itachi's favourite foods in a bag would be delivered personally by the blond to his door. At first, it was strange to Itachi that someone who barely knows him can read him like an open book but slowly, he got used to it; he began enjoying the feeling of being taken care of immensely. Naruto was the first person to ever know him so well that he could read the Uchiha's mood from a text message. The blond always put him first, it made Itachi wonder if he was a good boyfriend to Naruto. He hoped he was but he knows that it wasn't good enough for the most beautiful angel that decided that Itachi was the one to spend most of his time with. Itachi was eternally grateful for the opportunity that they ended up together; heck, he was grateful for the opportunity to even meet Naruto in the first place, albeit it wasn't in the best circumstances but still. 

Itachi sat in Naruto's room for days, barely moving out of the room. He had to be dragged out by either his family or Naruto's family members where they would have to push him along for a walk and some fresh air. Naruto has been unconscious for almost 2 weeks and Tsunade said she had put him under a medically induced coma and hoping that it would help ease up on some of the intracranial pressure and therefore avert the possibility of brain damage. "When will he be waking up?" Itachi muttered the question to Tsunade when she pulled him out of his chair from Naruto's room. Tsunade frowned to herself at that question. It was only till the end of the walk when Itachi received an answer, not from Tsunade but from Naruto himself. Itachi almost fell to his knees, barely registering Tsunade pushing past roughly to get to the blond.