Author Note: It really ended badly for them in the previous chapter and I'm sorry about it. You probably have been crawling on the walls for this chapter and I can understand that. But the angst is an important part in this story since it's not a supernatural or action fiction but a drama and romantic. I'm happy that so many reviewed on the last chapter. I was actually surprised, but in a good way.

Ranting: K/T. I can't pick which one is best for this story. I'm really sorry about that! It depends on what you think about the pairing in this fiction.

Pairings: Shounen-ai, boy x boy if you want it more clearly. If you for some reason don't like this kind of love then don't read on, if you still do and don't like it, don't go screaming at my door.

Disclaimer: Kishimoto Masashi is the owner of all original characters in Naruto. With other words, I'm not the one.

Please Read, Enjoy and Review. All reviews of encouragement, joy, happiness and constructive criticism are welcome.

Music In My Heart
Written by Monkan

Chapter 6

There were other students around Sasuke as he sat in the classroom. There was a group of school mates around him and they were talking to him but Sasuke didn't hear what they said. Nothing got through to his mind as he stared down at the desk in front of him. His mind floated to what had happened two days ago, when he realized Naruto was actually blind.

He didn't know what was worse; to know the truth or the fact that he hadn't noticed it from the start. It all seemed like a big lie and he didn't want to think about it. Thinking about it would only make it hurt more, yes; he was feeling hurt because of this incident. Just when he thought that he had finally found a true friend he had been fooled. Fooled to the very end and if it hadn't been for this "incident" God knows when he would have found out otherwise.

He was really... stupid. There was no other word for it. He was plain stupid for not have realized something this big before. Was he so easy to fool that he couldn't see what was right in front of him? It was eating away on his heart and he felt how a hole was forming in it. He didn't like it at all and he could feel the pain in it.

That night two days ago, he hadn't been able to sleep when he got home. He couldn't eat anything and ended up in his room the whole night just sitting on his bed and doing nothing. It was pitiful. At first he didn't know what he felt, some kind of betrayal of course, but what kind? It wasn't like they were childhood friends or family or anything else. So why was he feeling betrayed. Was he angry? Did he feel doubt within himself? Did he regret meeting Naruto? Was he actually happy that this so called friendship had come to an end? He just didn't know what he was feeling. It was all messed up. He was messed up inside. He didn't know what he was feeling. He didn't want to feel like this and...

A hand waved in front of his eyes and Sasuke snapped back to reality.

"Are you all right?" asked those around him, "You are normally quiet but it's not like you to space out like this."

Sasuke looked from face to face before shaking his head and showed minimal emotions on his face. "Nothing."

The others looked at each other but didn't say anything.

For the first time in years, Sasuke felt that he didn't want to answer any questions and therefore left them without saying a word.

This whole thing was making him tired.

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Naruto lay on his bed. He looked with blurry and clouded vision at the rays of light that landed on the floor.

'I knew it would turn out like this sooner or later but why...' Naruto buried his face in the cover. "... why does it have to hurt so much?" he whispered softly into the soft material.

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The two days turned into a week and neither Sasuke nor Naruto saw each other. Sasuke took the fast road home to avoid Naruto's home. He called himself a coward but he didn't want to face that place or the person inside yet.

But one day when Sasuke sat in the classroom while the rest of the class had P.E. when Iruka walked by, obviously looking for someone.

The brown haired man stood a few feet away from him but Sasuke didn't seem to notice him.

"Can I talk to you?" he asked quietly.

Sasuke just looked up but didn't say anything so Iruka pulled out a chair beside him.

"Naruto was," Iruka began to say, "an orphan when I took him in."

Sasuke already knew that, though didn't know the details.

"He was blind and lived by himself and had no one around him except for a girl two years older, but she moved shortly afterward. At first I couldn't understand why he had lived for so long without any adult caring for him. I couldn't understand how he could have survived for so long while being blind. I thought that maybe I could find his parents, someone had to. I never found them. But do you know the important part is?"

The older man waited until he got a small head shake from the teen.

"Naruto never cried."

Deep inside, Sasuke had to admit that he was a little shocked but it didn't show on his face.

"Despite not having a family anymore or any close friends. No matter how lonely he was he or when he got hurt while learning how to find things around him he never complained or cried. I tried to do my best but I have to admit that I can't fill that empty place in him. He has problem dealing with other people, he's unconfident and mentally frail even if he doesn't always show it. Honestly, I had almost given up hope for him to create bonds with others his age but then you came into his life. You were the first friend he had made in years. I told him to tell you the truth and he knew it too but he was scared that you would leave him." all the time Iruka talked in a calm voice he watched Sasuke's reaction carefully. "Naruto cried after you left."

This time Sasuke couldn't do anything to prevent his eyes from widening a little.

"It was the first time I saw him cry and I know he both is sorry for not telling you." Iruka stood up and looked down at Sasuke who was now looking intensely at the wooden desk in front of him. "Even if your friendship was short it meant very much, if not everything, to Naruto." Iruka walked over to the door and stood in the open doorway, "It meant something to you too, right?"

Sasuke felt numb. He didn't say anything as the older man walked away. Somehow, the words he had just been told repeated over and over again.

It meant something to you too, right?

How could it had meant anything to him, he was used to being alone. He didn't need his family and he didn't need any close friends. He could deal with life without those things.

But then why...

...Why was he shaking like a leaf?

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The room was silent and you could barely sense that there was someone in the room. The blond boy sat at the foot of his bed. The remains of tears stained his face and he didn't make a sound. His face was a void of emptiness. He just sat there without thinking or doing anything.

How long had he sat there. He didn't know what the time was. It wasn't as if he could look at a watch to find out. He was really hated his eyes. He could do nothing and he was always useless. He wanted to claw them out but he still had the upcoming operation and a chance to change his situation but somehow it seemed to be very far away.

Maybe he had been an idiot to have hoped he finally had found a friend. Really an idiot.

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"I give up." Itachi exclaimed. "What's wrong with you. I've put up with your gloomy mood for so long I can't take it anymore."

"It got nothing to do with you!" Sasuke said from where he was sitting at his desk in his room. His older brother stood behind him and was pissed.

"Got nothing.. hey, I told you to fix whatever was troubling you, NOT make it worse."

"Whatever!" he held little interest about talking with his brother about his problems. So he chose to ignore him but that was a mistake. Sasuke didn't have to turn around to sense his brother was practically burning with anger.

"Now look here," Itachi hissed. He spun around the chair Sasuke sat on and slammed his hands on the armrests so it echoed. His face was deathly calmed. "We are going to have a little chat among brothers."

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The sound of soft footsteps in the hall outside his room didn't bring Naruto out of his state. He had now brought his legs up so he was resting his forehead against his knees.

The footsteps stopped outside his door and for several minutes that person stood outside before opening the door and letting himself in. The feet's stopped in front of Naruto and neither moved.

"I'm not hungry, Iruka-nii."

There were no answer but the person just lowered himself so he was sitting on the floor. The silence stretched out around them.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" a soft voice asked and Naruto raised his head from his knees a little. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Naruto swallowed and opened his mouth. "I... w-was s-s-scare--d." he found it hard to breath and his heart clenched unpleasantly in his chest. "I didn't... know w-what to d-do!" New tears made its way down his face and his throat was closing up. "...just s-scared."

A hand reached forward and lifted Naruto's face so he was facing Sasuke. His big blue eyes that couldn't prevent the tears from escaping looked directly at him. Gently, almost tenderly did Sasuke wipe away a tear from Naruto's cheek.

"Is... there anything else that you haven't told me?"

Naruto closed his eyes and shook his head.

"Then don't cry anymore." Sasuke took a grip of one of Naruto's shaking hands and held it. "I'm still here with you."

Naruto's own grip on Sasuke's hand tighten and he opened his eyes again, even if he couldn't see anything but darkness in front of him he knew Sasuke was there.

But that didn't make the tears stop coming.

To be continued!

Authors note: I'm really happy with this chapter. I was caught in the depression for a while and didn't think this would end nice. But as you read they overcame this and so did I. I thought for a moment that I had lost the touch of sweetness in this story but they had to face the fact that Sasuke didn't know about Naruto's eyes. It was a tough decision but I would rather have that it came out now than later in the story when they really would have gotten hurt. Can you guess how much time has passed now that Naruto and Sasuke have known each other in this fiction? 2 months of the six months that this fiction will play out on. Now, you all may wonder about two things. What did Itachi tell Sasuke to make him come over and everything got sorted out. You may never know but a few comments in the future about that conversation. They practically slammed the door in my face when I came to that part. I don't know myself with other words. The second question is probably when is the next chapter that you all want to read so much coming? As soon as I can get it down on paper. I promise that you won't have to wait to long for it.