Lee tried to get you to talk to him, but it seemed you were gone. Losing your baby was the last straw. He went home and grabbed some board games and the rock you gave him that he had kept for all these years as a reminder of what he was fighting for. He didn't want to be the best ninja ever. He wanted to see you be happy and be treated like a natural person. You didn't play games or say anything, while Lee just talked to you and asked you questions to get a reaction out of you. But there was none.

Lee wasn't going to give up on you, though. He wanted you to be full of life and love. Lee wanted to see you with kids and a kind man who treated you with respect. He visited every day for two weeks for the entire visiting time aloud. You wouldn't eat unless you were told to eat, which he figured out after you sat there the whole day and didn't touch your food.

"Hey, y/n, you have been discharged! You are going to stay with me for a little bit! Isn't that awesome? We can have a very long sleepover, just like we talked about when we were kids. I also didn't know your favorite color; I don't think we got that far, so I got you pink, yellow, and blue. It's better than those dull colors," he explained as you again showed no reaction.

"Which one do you want to wear?" He asked as you didn't acknowledge him.

"Yellow might look good on you. I'm sorry, I am an only child. I should have Sakura pick out the colors," he sighed as he put the yellow dress on the chair beside him.

"Get dressed, and I will fill out the paperwork to get you out of here," he smiled as he left the room and closed the door.

"Hey, Lee!" Guy said as Lee smiled.

"Hi, Sensi Guy!" He said as Lee was filling out the paperwork.

"I heard you are taking Y/n home," he said as Lee smiled.

"I am! I just hope she starts talking soon," Lee said.

"Lee, I am very proud of you for wanting to take care of her in the state she is in, but it will be a long and challenging road for her. If in the future you can't take care of her anymore, there is no shame in putting her in an institution," Guy said as Lee sighed.

"I know the doctors recommended she go to one, but I can't let her go. She needs to be shown how to be a person again. I know it will be difficult, but she deserves it. I will do whatever it takes to return," he said as Guy smiled.

"Well, you will have all your friends to help you, of course, all of us too. Lee, you should know Mark has tried to convince us you kidnapped her because she didn't need a hospital. It won't hold up, but his family is dangerous. We will make sure he doesn't go anywhere near her, but that doesn't mean any of his hired guns will come here to take her. Be on your guard, Lee; there is only so much we can do," Guy said.

"I will be on high alert, thank you!" He said as Guy smiled.

"Any time, Lee. Now let me meet your friend," he said as Lee smiled.

"Okay!" Lee said.

"Y/n, are you done changing?" Lee asked as you were still sitting with the dress on the bed.

"Y/n, you didn't get dressed? Oh.. you may put on the yellow dress?" He said more like a question, but you got up and started untying your robe, making Lee quickly cover you with his body as your robe hit the ground.

"I'm so sorry, Y/n. I didn't think you would do that! He said as you grabbed the dress like nothing was wrong.

"Hey, wait a second, oh my gosh," he said as you changed before him.

The guy looked away, thankfully, and Lee sighed as his face turned red with embarrassment.

"Y/n, I'm so sorry. That will never happen again, okay? What did they do to you? We will get this fixed; we will get your light back," he said as Lee hugged you.

"Lee, you will have a lot of work to do," Guy thought as Lee gave you the rock, but you wouldn't hold it. It would just hit the ground, and after a couple of tries, he just held on to it.

"Come on, let's go," he smiled as he held your hand but checked to see if the dress was zipped up first.

"Right shoes! Shoes," Lee said as he opened the closet and pulled out some slip-on shoes.

Lee sat you down on the bed and put the shoes on you so he wouldn't have to permit you to do it yourself.

"Now let's go," he smiled as he held your hand and walked you out of the room.

Guy was proud of Lee for wanting to help you, but he was worried about the toll you would put on him because you were beaten to the point that you weren't a person anymore. Yet you acted by yourself twice when he was near you. It was like you were there wanting to let him know that you were still trying to fight for your freedom.

Lee took you where he first met you and then where he took the exam all those years ago to see if it would trigger anything, but it didn't.

"This is the market; when you get better, you can go here yourself. I think you will like it; everyone is friendly, and I know the people will help you when needed.

"Lee, I didn't know you had a girlfriend now, finally! I thought you would stay single forever," Ino laughed as Lee chuckled.

"Actually, this is Y/n; she is a friend of mine; she, um, she's been through a lot, so I'm trying to help her," Lee said as he looked at you.

"Oh, hi, Y/n. I'm Ino; if you stop by the flower shop sometime, I can show you around," she said as you were emotionless and didn't say anything.

"Y/n?" She asked.

"She doesn't talk or anything right now, but we will work on that. Then you can go to the market by yourself," Lee smiled.

"You are in good hands Y/n Lee is one of the kindest guys I know. If you need a break, let me know, and I will watch her for as long as you need," Ino said.

"Thank you, Ino. I don't think I could leave her alone if I wanted to. I'm the only one she remembers anything about here. If I leave her, I don't know how she will be, and I don't want to take any chances," he said as he held your hand tightly.

"She waited long enough for me to find her," he said as he looked at you.

"When I close the shop today, you must catch me up. I have been so busy recently trying to prepare everything for the festival that I haven't been in the loop. I'll meet you at your house, what kind of flowers does she like? I can bring some over for her.

"I don't know; it sounds crazy, but we only knew each other for a month. This is the third time coming back, so I think this is a sign that I can finally help her," Lee said, "see you later, Ino! Come by whenever."

"Oh, Lee, I think you bit off more than you can chew with her. But you were the one always wanting to push yourself past your limits," she sighed as you walked with him but saw something odd.

As soon as she saw whatever it was, it disappeared. She made a mental note of it and went back to the shop. Once Lee got home, a lot of his friends were there throwing a party for you since you were able to go home with him. They made sure not to scare you into possibly fighting someone.

You were emotionless, but they tried hard to include you in everything. Conversations, games, making sure you ate with them even though you tried to eat somewhere else so you wouldn't bother them since you were trained to do that or to eat off the floor.

Into came by later with flowers for you, but you said nothing. You would take a long time to recover, but Lee was ready. Night came quickly, and Lee got you a change of clothes and told you to take his bedroom while he slept on the couch. Everyone was gone for the day already, so it was just the two now.

"I permit you to change into these clothes when you close the bedroom door and to take the bedroom. I permit you to sleep in the bed alone," Lee said as you took the clothes and entered his bedroom.

He sighed weakly, already making sure you brushed your teeth, but you seemed to do that and showered without being told to do so. That was kind of nice, but he worried about what other things that you would do by yourself.

He went to sleep on the couch after not wanting to think about it, but in the middle of the night, he felt something warm and wet on his neck. He thought he was dreaming, but then he felt soft lips on his lips, making his eyes pop open. You pulled away, and Lee was speechless, seeing you completely naked on top of him.

"Y/n no, look whatever this is, no. I am not doing this to you," Lee said as you tried to kiss him again, but you got his arm instead.

"Y/n, why are you... no. Did he?" He paused as anger coursed through his body.

"Y/n no, no means no, and I know he may have forced you to do this to him. But I'm not him. I'm your friend. I'm not touching, kissing, or doing anything like that to you because I am not interested in that. It's wrong to do this to someone incapable of saying yes or no. You can't say those words to me, and I don't care about you like this. You needed my help years ago, and I couldn't help you then, but I am now. I'm going to help you get better. That's all I'm here for. You are my friend, not my wife or girlfriend. You have to understand that. Do you understand anything I'm telling you?" Lee asked as you looked at him with no emotion to indicate you understood at all.

You tried taking off the blanket so you could take off his clothes, but he quickly tied the Blanket around you.

"You don't understand at all. Y/n whatever he did to you is wrong," Lee said as he sat up.

"I'm not going to hit you, and if this is what this is about or the sex, it's no. No means no. You can say no to whatever I say or do that you don't like. If you don't like the color or dress style, you can say no to wearing it. I don't have to make every decision because you are a person. You are not a toy or a doll for people to do whatever they want to you. You are a person, a living, breathing person with a consciousness. I'm not going to hit you because you did this; I'm not going to sleep with you because you did this. No means no, and you don't have to explain why to me unless you want to or do anything because I suggest it. I know you are probably used to getting hit a lot, and not being hit is weird to you, but being called names, being controlled, being beaten, or being turned into a puppet isn't love at all. Being treated respectfully and like a person in any relationship is common curiosity. Being told I love you, going on dates, and helping friends when they need it the most is love, trust, respect, and other things. It's the things we do for people and the things we say that mean we love them. Does that make any sense?" He asked.

You had no response or reaction to this, and he sighed as he took you to his bedroom. You tried taking off the blanket and seducing him again, but it didn't work at all, and he just put your clothes back on and put you in his bed before leaving. He sat outside his room and tried not to cry, thinking about all the horrible things you went through to be this way, but he remembered the rock you wrote his name on and was determined to help you no matter what. Throughout the night, you kept trying to get him to sleep with you, and he kept taking you back to his room and closing the door.

Ten times, you woke him up, and finally, the last time, he made a barrier between the two of you with blankets and pillows. He slept next to you since you kept trying to get him to sleep with you.

"Don't worry, Y/n; as long as I'm alive, I'll make sure you get better. I will help you be a person again and make you realize this is wrong," he said tiredly as he went to sleep beside you.

You went to sleep next to him as he held you. In the morning, the sun hit his face, and he hugged the blankets instead of you.

"Y/n?" He asked as he realized you were gone.

"Oh no, y/n?" He asked as panic set in. He looked up at the clock, and he realized it was eight o'clock.

You both barely slept, and you were gone now. He looked everywhere for you and found you in the kitchen with a knife in your hand, and you were once again naked.

"Oh my god, y/n, I give you permission to put the knife down carefully back on the counter," he said as you put it on the counter and looked at him.

"What were you doing with that? Y/n me not hitting you doesn't mean I don't like you. It means that I'm a good person. Being hit and worse isn't good!" He said as he got a blanket from the bedroom and covered you up with it, and saw you were making food for him.

"Y/n, you don't have to make me anything or... clean. Were you cleaning? What time did you get up?" Lee asked, noticing his home was spotless.

"Y/n look, you font have to cook or clean for me, I can do it myself. You need to get better, not worry about stuff like this. You may have had to do this before, but you don't have to do it here ever, okay?" He asked as you looked at him with no expression on your face.

He got you clothes again and made you put them on and made you eat what you made for him. He made himself food and ate with you and sighed weakly, not knowing what to do with you.

"Here, y/n I'm going to shower, okay. Just stay here and... read a book. I'll take care of the dishes later," he said as he went to shower in the bathroom.

He sighed weakly as he let the hot water roll over his body.

"First day, and I'm already lost. How do I fix this? Okay. It's just been a day; she tried twenty times to get away, survived abuse and pain that I can't even begin to imagine, and yet she tried to be your friend. She tried to save you from Gaara. If it takes years, it takes years. I'm not going to give up because right now is hard. It's just like when I started training. At my very worst, you tried to be there for me, and at your very worst, im going to be there for you," he said as he took a deep breath and let it out.

He had washed his hair and his body already, so he was just soaking, trying to figure out what to do with you when he felt your arms wrap around his body, making him sigh again as he held you, kiss him, trying to get him to sleep with you. Your hands started making their way down his body, but he stopped them.

You were resting your body on his, and even though it felt nice, he pulled your arms off of him and turned to look at you.

"I care about you, okay? I'm sorry. I got scared and nearly yelled when I saw that knife in your hand. I thought... it doesn't matter what I thought, okay? You can't be in here when I'm naked, alright. I know it's a new concept to you, but no means no. I care about way too much to touch you and hurt you in any way. I'm not like Mark, I'm not like your dad, or anyone else that hurt you. You will get through this, okay?" He asked as he wrapped a towel around himself after turning off the water and then wrapped one around you.

"I didn't realize how thick and long your hair was; maybe we should cut it a little. To the middle of your back should be fine," he said as he got you out of the bathroom and made you put your clothes back on.