Author Note: Hi everyone. It took longer than what I had hoped before I posted, for that I'm really sorry. How long time I need to write a chapter depends on how things are around me. Sometimes I can get it down in two-three hours, other days it can take several days and I write down part after part of the chapter. But then again, inspiration always have something to do with how fast I write. During the last few weeks I was under so much stress that it almost broke me down. It's not easy to come back after that but I'm trying my best. Thank you everyone that reviewed on the last chapter. I was really moved on all the replies I got. There were so many nice words and good words that gave me new strengh to write on this story. I also got a few more ideas that will come appear in the future. Thank you all.
Ranting: K/T. Somewhere in between.
Pairings: Future shounen-ai, boy x boy if you want it more clearly. If you for some reason don't like love between two guys then don't read this fiction, if you still do and don't like it, don't go screaming at my door.
Disclaimer: I'm not the owner of the original characters in Naruto.
Please Read, Enjoy and Review. All reviews of encouragement, joy, happiness and constructive criticism are welcome.
Music
In My Heart
Written
by Monkan
Chapter 7
The days went by as Naruto and Sasuke spend each afternoon together. Each day brought something different for them to talk about and they got to know more and more about each other. But something that never changed was that Naruto still played the violin for Sasuke each day he came and neither got bored of it.
The weather of the days was drastically changing now and it got colder and colder during the days as winter and Christmas was approaching with big steps. The autumn was a distant memory now. There were still no snow but the nightfall was now coming earlier in the afternoon and the frost that lay on the ground refused to melt no matter how much the sun shinned on it.
The frost made each step Sasuke took over the grass crush under his feet as he ran toward school. A scarf was tied around his throat as every breath he took created a small cloud in the cold air. His hand clutched his bag tightly so he wouldn't drop it. The bell had just ringed and everyone had disappeared into the warm rooms of the school.
Without slowing down, Sasuke slammed the door open and entered the corridor. When he finally was at the top of the double stairs he saw how the teacher entered his class room and he made a dead dash and managed to enter before the door closed the door. His sudden and rather late appearance surprised his teacher and the class. He bowed fast at his teacher and apologized for being late before hurrying toward his seat. He put down his bag on the floor and took of the scarf and his jacket, he hadn't even bothered to stop by his locker so he took out the only note book and pen his school bag had.
When the first lesson was over Sasuke stretched out his arms and yawned.
"It's unusual for you to be late, Sasuke. Did you oversleep?" a girl in his class came forth and asked him.
Sasuke didn't even look at her as he shook his head tiredly.
"What do you do after school? You always decline all offers to hang out and go of somewhere else!"
Other students were coming closer now. For a moment Sasuke thought for a moment if he would tell them or not.
"The truth is I meet someone."
"Eeeeeeh?" all the girls exclaimed in surprise or shock.
"You got a girlfriend?"
"Is she beautiful?"
"How did you meet?"
"Why didn't you say anything earlier?"
"Who's the lucky one?"
The questions came raining over him and he had to hold up his hands in front of him as he tried to calm them down. "That's not it!" Sasuke said with an almost desperate voice. When they finally were silent, everyone in the room as well as by passers in the hall was waiting for him to continue.
Sasuke sighed but he guessed that there was no chance he would get out of this easy.
"The reason I was late this morning was because I went by a friend's home. He's been sick for the past two days and I thought he would be lonely since his only family member works all the time."
"What, so you don't have a girlfriend?"
This comment received a full scale glare and the person who said it hide behind the person beside.
"How old is he?" someone else asked.
"He's the same age as us."
"How long have you known him?"
"About three months now. Though I would say longer if I would be completely honest."
"If you have so much time small talk you should get ready for the next class, it will start in two minutes and we have to change classroom." The class president said as he passed the crowd.
Realizing the time everyone hurried to get their things, leaving Sasuke alone again. He too took his bag and stuff to go to the next class.
It was true that Naruto was sick. With the fast changing in climate there were a cold going around. It wasn't serious but he really didn't want to leave Naruto alone these days. The thought of skipping today just to go back to him had occurred more than twice during the first lesson but he knew Naruto would kick him out, sick or not, for doing something like that.
If only he could be there so Naruto didn't have to be alone.
-o-o-o-o-o-
A series of coughs broke through the silence of the room. Naruto was laying in his bed with an extra blanket over him. It was extremely cold and he was actually happy that he didn't have to go up but the reason for staying in bed was just as bad. He was sweating a lot but at the same time he felt cold. His head hurt and his throat hurt too from all the coughing he had done the past few days. He felt like trash and felt lonely.
Iruka had to work and that left him in the house without anyone around. Sasuke had come by despite the risk of catching the cold himself. Even if it was only it had been a few minutes this morning he had been extremely happy. He could feel Sasuke's warm presence and it was comforting when he couldn't see him.
He turned around in bed and changed his position for a moment but he couldn't get comfortable no matter what he did. A fit of coughs broke through his thoughts and he sat up violently and let them come and each time his throat hurt horribly. When the coughs finally calmed down Naruto didn't even have the strength to lie back down. He didn't want to sleep anymore.
He suddenly remembered that he still hadn't finished the book yet and that it lay on his desk. He knew he had promised Iruka not to get out of bed but what would it hurt if he just went to get his book just a few meters away.
Pushing the blankets away Naruto pushed him to the edge and let his feet met the cold floor. It was almost painful for a minute but he bore with it and slowly stood up. For a moment it looked fine but the next he realized just how big of a mistake it had been. Even without seeing anything he could hardly stand up, his balance was flipping in and out and his head hurt even more now than before. He had to support himself on the wall for a few minutes before he even dared to take a step.
Naruto barely knew where he was in the room and he was sweating badly. It had to be an eternity before he reached his desk. On the smooth surface was only that book, he knew it but it was still hard to find it. When finally his fingers touched the hard cover of the book he took it and turned around to return to his bed but it was to sudden. He didn't have time to understand what was happening because the next thing he knew he laid on the floor, clutching the book tightly in his hand and coughing violently.
He didn't know which way lead where. It had all mixed up in his mind and made a big mess. Where was his bed? Where was the door? He didn't know where anything was. He hadn't been this lost in a long time. The feeling of confusion and fear mixed together. He didn't know where he was and it was frightening.
"Come to think about it, I didn't know what..."
That was the last thing Naruto remembered.
-o-o-o-o-
Something wet touching his forehead woke Naruto up. A normal person would look around to know where they were but all Naruto could do was slowly reach up and touch his forehead. A towel?
"You are finally awake."
"Sasuke?" Naruto asked with half closed eyes that stared straight up into darkness.
"I'm here." the dark haired teen said as he sat down on the bed.
"Bed?"
"Yeah, I came back and found you on the floor unconscious. Scared me almost to death, I thought something serious had happened to you. What were you trying to do?"
Naruto laid his arm over the towel and relaxed his whole body. "I'm sorry."
"Just stay in the bed until you are better."
To know where Sasuke was all Naruto had to do was follow the sound of his voice and turn his head that way. "I'm glad you came. It was lonely!"
Those words chocked Sasuke a little for he wasn't used to hear them and he felt slightly embarrassed about it. "I just came by after school like always, that's all."
Sasuke suddenly felt how Naruto's hand grasped his and he began to feel nervous out of embarrassment. But when he saw Naruto blind eyes looking straight at him with a smile he forgot it.
"Thank you, Sasuke."
"Just get better as soon as possible." said Sasuke as he pulled up the blanket to Naruto's chin.
"Mm."
It didn't take long before Naruto was asleep once again but now in the bed. When Sasuke rose from the bed he went over to the desk and sat down in the chair. He sighed before looking around the room.
'I was lucky he didn't ask what time it was.'
He looked at his arm watch and it showed 12.56. His classes didn't end until another two hours.
-o-o-o-o-o-
It took about another week before Naruto had fully recovered from the cold and for a while it was touch and go if Sasuke would catch it too.
Barely two days after Naruto recovered did Sasuke come by again and at the moment they were sitting in Naruto's room.
Naruto held his violin in his hands as he was preparing it to play on. They were talking when suddenly that thought hit Naruto again .That last thought before he blacked out on the floor.
"Sasuke, what do you look like?" was Naruto's blunt question.
At this unprepared question did Sasuke twitch slightly as the question sunk in.
"What I look like... why this all of a sudden?"
"For a normal person it would be easy to know but since I can't see I don't know. And I never asked before."
Sasuke got pissed of from this sentence. "First of all, stop saying 'for a normal person'. You are as normal as any other person I know. Just because you can't see doesn't make you an alien."
At his sudden outburst Naruto was slightly taken back but at the same time pleased. "Sasuke--"
"As for how I look like, there's nothing special about me. Dark hair, dark eyes, to skinny, not very tall, bad taste in clothes." he wasn't used to describing himself so he didn't really know what to say.
Naruto couldn't help but smile before he put away the violin on the bed and reached out his hand. "Come here, Sasuke."
He hesitated for a moment before closing the distance between them and took Naruto's hand. He was pulled down to sit on the floor in front of the blond teen. When Naruto let go of his hand he wasn't sure what to expect but when Naruto raised his hands and laid them softly on the side of Sasuke's head he didn't move.
Naruto Slowly traced his hands over Sasuke's face.
Sasuke wasn't sure what to do, should he pull back or stay where he was. In the end he didn't move and let Naruto continue touching his face.
After a few minutes and Sasuke was pretty sure there wasn't a single place on his face that hadn't been touched. Naruto let his hands drop and Sasuke automatically took them.
"I feel like I know a bit better now." Naruto was smiling down at him. It wasn't a big smile but a small and sincere smile. "Thank you, Sasuke."
At this moment Sasuke had to shake his head, "I should be the one thanking you, Naruto." without explaining what he meant Sasuke stood up and helped Naruto to stand. He reached for the violin and gave it to Naruto so his fingertips could feel it.
Naruto was confused with what Sasuke meant by his statement but said nothing about it. Putting that aside, Naruto took a few steps into the open area of his room and there he turned around so he wasn't facing Sasuke directly. He arranged the violin and behind Naruto's back, through the window managed the sun to break through the clouds and spilled inside. At that moment Naruto began to play a soft tone that rapidly changed to a faster one.
Sasuke had sat down on Naruto's bed and was listening to the song. Naruto didn't know that he was doing much more for him than he even realized but that was something that would remain in Sasuke's heart.
'Naruto, I will never find a friend like you again.'
-o-o-o-o-o-
At the school the gossip about Sasuke's new friend had become the hot topic. It was just for fun and most of them didn't mean anything bad with what they said. In one of the class rooms sat a girl with braided hair who looked like she was studying. What neither Sasuke nor Naruto knew was that the real threat to their friendship would soon appear.
Outside of the Uchiha household stood a girl who looked up at the house.
"Sasuke."
To be continued!
Author Note: This chapter got longer than what I planed but I don't think you complain about it. Some one wanted more suspense in this story and I will add a little more of it, this is a drama fiction after all so suspense comes with it. Did I mention that feedbacks would be nice? Well, if I get any that would be great. I will work hard to get the next chapter ready!
