Sasuke was sitting at the doctors office with Itachi waiting for his x-ray to come back. The doctor came in the room and smiled. "Good news Sasuke." he said and hung up his x-ray on the light box. "It seems your vocal chords are healing quickly, it's a miracle." his doctor said. Itachi hugged Sasuke and began to cry. "It gets better, we never expected you to heal, and now that you can manage small words; you are getting surgery to fix them." the doctor smiled. Itachi and Sasuke cried tears of joy.

After they got home, Sasuke sat down with Itachi and told him that he wanted to surprise Naruto. They were going to tell him it was a surgery to remove excess scar tissue. "So when are you going to tell him?" Itachi asked. "When I can tell him I love him." Sasuke wrote on his notepad. "Sasuke, I'm here!" Naruto yelled from the door. Sasuke raised his finger to his lips to hint to Itachi to not say anything. "How was the doctor?" Naruto asked, kissing him. "I'm getting surgery in a few days." Sasuke wrote on his pad. "Is everything alright?" Naruto asked, worry written all over his face. "Just excessive scar tissue, it will help with his healing when they remove it." Itachi smiled. "Oh good!" Naruto smiled. "We booked a show next week, is that alright?" Naruto asked. "Yeah, of course." Sasuke wrote down. "Okay, but you need to rest up so I don't want you to push yourself." Naruto scolded. "Fine." Sasuke said, rolling his eyes.

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Sasuke was getting prepped for surgery, Naruto held his hand tight. "You scared?" Naruto asked. Sasuke shook his head and smiled at him. "I am." Naruto said, squeezing Sasuke's hand. "You ready Sasuke?" Itachi asked, standing with the doctor. Sasuke nodded and kissed Naruto. "I'll be here when you wake up." Naruto said as the wheeled him down the hall to the operating room.

After two hours, the surgery was finished. "Everything went great, he should be awake within half an hour." the surgeon said, smiling. "You think this will really help him?" Naruto asked. "Yes, absolutely." Itachi smiled. They waited anxiously for Sasuke to wake up. "He's awake, but really groggy, we just gave him some pain medicine, so keep that in mind." the doctor said and lead them to Sasuke's room. Sasuke just looked at them, his eyelids were drooping and his eyes glazed over. Naruto and Itachi just sat with him, they didn't want to ask him too many questions. Naruto started to fall asleep, Sasuke was out for the night. "Naruto, do you wanna head home?" Itachi asked. "No, I wanna be here with him." Naruto said. "Are you sure? You need some sleep." Itachi said. "I'm sure, I told him I would be here when he woke up. I don't think he really knew I was here earlier." Naruto said. "Okay, I won't fight you." Itachi smiled.

Sasuke went home after two days in the hospital and was recovering well. "The stitches come out on Friday." Itachi said, hanging up the phone. "I won't be able to go with you when you get them removed, I'll be getting ready for the show." Naruto said. "It's okay." Sasuke wrote on his note pad. The band came by to see Sasuke. "Before you know it, we won't be able to get him to shut up." Kiba laughed. Sasuke liked how Kiba always kept the mood light, Naruto was so depressed anymore. Sasuke coughed a little and rubbed his throat lightly. "I'll go get you some tea." Naruto said and went down stairs. "Thank you for putting up with this." Sasuke wrote on his pad and showed the band. "Man, that's what friends are for. We are gonna be here for you and him no matter what. We have never seen Naruto so happy as when he's with you." Gaara said. Sasuke smiled and mouthed "Thank you." to them.

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Sasuke was at the doctor, getting ready to get his stitches removed. Sasuke was nervous, he couldn't stop fidgeting. "Sasuke, it's gonna be okay." Itachi said, putting a hand on his shoulder. The doctor and nurse came in to remove the stitches. "You ready?" they asked Sasuke. Sasuke took a deep breath and nodded. They removed his stitches slowly, it seemed like an eternity. After they cleaned up Sasuke's wound, they sat him up and examined him. "How are you feeling?" the doctor asked. "I feel fine." Sasuke said and gasped. Itachi started to bawl and the doctor hugged him. "I can't believe it..." Sasuke said, tearing up. "Oh God, Sasuke, it's so good to hear your voice again!" Itachi hugged him tight. "I need to go see Naruto!" Sasuke yelled, getting up. "Take it easy Sasuke." the doctor said, handing him water. "Itachi, you need to take me to see him." Sasuke said. "Let's go!" Itachi said and they thanked the doctor and ran out the door.

The show was almost over, the band was halfway through their set. "I still haven't heard from Sasuke, I hope he's alright." Naruto said in between songs. "I'm sure everything is fine." Kiba smiled.

Sasuke and Itachi pulled into the coffee shop parking lot and Sasuke could hear Naruto's voice and it brought him back to the moment he experienced it for the first time. His life changed that day. Naruto gave him so much strength. It was time to prove to Naruto how he really loved him. Sasuke walked into the coffee shop and tried to keep away from the stage so Naruto wouldn't get distracted. "Guys, we have one more song for you tonight." Naruto said into the microphone. Sasuke stood in the far back and listened to Naruto sing, his voice still gave him chills.

After they were done, the coffee shop began to empty out. "Hey, Naruto...look who's here." Neji said and pointed to Sasuke's direction. "Sasuke!" Naruto ran and hugged him. "What are you doing here?" Naruto asked, smiling. "I'm here because I love you." Sasuke said and smiled. "Sasuke...did you just..." Naruto began and started to cry, hugging him tight. The band all hugged Sasuke and cheered. "I owe it all to you Naruto." Sasuke said. "What do you mean?" Naruto asked, still crying. Sasuke took Naruto's face in his hands and looked into his eyes. "No amount of hurt, no amount of time, can take me to the place I go when I hear your voice." Sasuke said. Naruto kissed him hard and they held each other tight. "You saved me Naruto." Sasuke whispered and let Naruto cry into him. "In the end, it was your voice that saved me." Naruto said and smiled.