Author Note: I'm back with another update. It feels really good to be back and updating so often, reminds me of the ol' times. That made me sound old but you know what I mean. I don't have much to say, just that my grammar is still bad and I don't have a beta reader to work with so I know what I need to work on. It's still readable though and I hope that you enjoy this chapter despite all the errors. Happy reading and I will come with the next chapter really soon.

Ranting: K/T. Somewhere in between. This with rating is really hard.

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.

Disclaimer: I don't own 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 9

He walked over the lawn and the soft grass under his feet tickled. The birds chipper in the trees and some ones cat laid below, completely uninterested.

"Hurry, Sasuke-kun, hurry." said a little girl with chestnut hair as she ran past him.

"Wait Yuiko-chan." yelled a little Sasuke as he ran after as fast as he could. She disappeared into the house and he followed her. Somehow the way to the front door seemed awfully long and terrifying.

Before he touched the door it swung open slowly and he was greeted by the back of little Yuiko. He walked over to her but she didn't see him anymore. A taller shadow fell over him and he was suddenly stricken by unbearable fear.

"I did it for you, Sasuke-kun. So we can be together forever. Always and always just the three of us."

Sasuke could do nothing but see the scene before him; unstoppable tears ran down his face.

-o-o-o-o-

Distant voices reached his ears and he could vaguely make out his brothers neutral voice. His memories were nowhere to be found because he couldn't remember where he was or why. His mind was a totally blank, even as he was staring up at some ones ceiling.

Sasuke raised his hand to touch his forehead and that was when he realized that his hand was heavy and that he was holding something, or was it something that was holding his hand? He slowly opened his eyes and at first he didn't see anything but the ceiling. He could hear soft breaths beside him and it made him turn his head to see who it was. There laid Naruto curled up beside him with one hand stuck under his head. His other hand was holding onto his.

"Why am I...?" he didn't even ask the question before he was assaulted by memories from last night.

Sasuke raised his free hand and placed it over his mouth to hide his embarrassment. His normally pale face was stained by red as he blushed fiercely. He wanted to deny how he had acted but he knew it was useless. He finally understood how it felt to be so embarrassed that you wanted to die, a first time for him.

Before Sasuke could help it, his movements had roused Naruto from his slumber and the blind boy blinked a few times before he came back to reality.

The hand that held onto his best friends hand tightened its grip and Naruto was happy to know Sasuke was still there at the other end of the darkness.

"Good morning, Sasuke." he greeted with a smile.

The dark haired boy was lost of words at first before he found his manners. "Eh... G-good morning." his reply wasn't as smooth as Naruto's but it was there none the least. When Sasuke's ebony dark eyes met Naruto's clear eyes he was thankfully that the other boy wasn't able to see his face. He would never had lived it down if the other knew he was blushing even more as he looked into his face.

"Um... about that.. I'm... that is... I was... eh... what I want to say... um... it was like... I-I... just...I was... yesterday..." Sasuke tried to explain his actions but no matter how hard he tried he didn't know what to say and to make things worse he got tongue tied. He really wanted to disappear when Naruto said something.

"I'm happy. I was worried but you seem all right now." his innocent smile grew bigger and Sasuke forgot that he was blushing as he stared at the other boy.

He felt strangely calm and all of him relaxed. His desperate thought of having an explanation was gone and he felt warm inside his chest.

-o-o-o-o-

At the bottom level of the house sat Iruka and Itachi. Itachi had wasted no time in following Sasuke as he ran from their house and he had arrived shortly after his little brother. He wasn't his schools second best athlete for nothing. But that aside, right now he was having a conversation with his music teacher.

He knew his little brother had met some one and was happy that he was making friends once again but he never thought it would be Iruka-sensei's adopt son. Itachi didn't know very much about the blond boy, in fact almost anything. It was a well known fact that Iruka-sensei had adopted a child a few years earlier but the man rarely talked about him. When he thought about it, he never heard anyone talk about the boy and no one asked anything. It was almost like he wasn't even in this world. This gave him a big mind teaser. There was no way anyone could live and leave so little traces of his or her existence.

Itachi had to give himself a mental slap to get his thought back on track.

When he got to the room Sasuke had fled to he had been stopped by Iruka from entering. The slightly shorter man had firmly believed it was better to leave them at the moment and all he could do was watch his little brother cling to some one else. It hurt slightly. They were brothers but they didn't have the relationship brothers normally had, they lived under the same roof and they talked now and then and that was it. It hurt his pride that his little brother sought some one else out for comfort instead of him. He knew he hadn't been there for Sasuke when he was small and he knew his teasing went to far sometimes and his little brother basically hated him but he still cared for the little boy. He was known as a genius in most subjects at school, was a lady-killer, had many friends and was from an important family. But this was something out of his reach. The damage was too great and only years of healing would tell if they could ever have a real big brother - little brother relationship.

When Sasuke had calmed down and eventually fallen asleep from spending all his energy Itachi had been the one to come closer first. His worry was evident and he picked his little brother up and the other boy, Naruto, said he could put him on his bed to rest.

After that was done and Sasuke was tucked down he turned around and met the blond boys eyes and when he was about to say something he stopped suddenly. It was only then that he realized it for the first time. This boy was blind.

While Sasuke slept with Naruto looking after him he listened to Naruto's history from Iruka.

That was hours ago and they were drinking coffee while waiting for Sasuke to wake up. During the last few hours they had talked about many things and their talking halted when Sasuke came down the stairs with Naruto behind him. Itachi noted that they were holding hands and it would had been even stranger if Itachi hadn't known Naruto was blind. He took it as a sign of deep friendship between the two boys.

"Are you feeling better now, Sasuke-kun?" Iruka asked from where he was sitting.

The boy nodded slowly,"Yes, thanks you."

A small dialogue followed before the pair of brothers decided it was best to go home. When they were leaving Itachi glanced down at Sasuke and it wasn't until then that he saw that there was a slight blush on Sasuke's cheeks. 'It couldn't be... No I must be imagining it.'

-o-o-o-o-

The girl Yuiko sat at one side of the classroom as she watched Sasuke who was at the other side. She was feeling slightly nervous. She knew that her older sister had made sure to let the Uchiha brothers know she was back and somehow she had thought they would ask her about it but no words was said about it.

In fact, Uchiha Sasuke looked happier than he had in a while. The snow that was slowly falling outside the window next to him looked like it was dancing down toward the ground. Everything outside the window was now completely white and it framed the dark haired and dark eyed boy even more. Her heart skipped a beat but she knew it was no use. Her childhood crush would always remain her childhood crush. He had no such feelings for her and it would always be like that but she was happy with it.

As the teacher talked about something at the front by the black board she wasn't really paying attention. Her earlier thoughts that Sasuke looked happy had come back and they stayed with her. What she found even more curious was that he was scribbling down things on a paper but that was rare of Sasuke.

He was known to take short notes in class and even if it were random words there were easy to understand and many had asked for a copy of his notes until he had denied everyone. Personally he learned at a fast rate and it was a gift that many in the class and even the school envied him for but he wasn't hated for it. On the contrary, he was treated as a normal person and asked to hang out.

This strange behaviour hadn't gone unnoticed by the teacher either and he found it curious. When was finished with his lecture and asked them to go over to their books he took the chance and walked over to Sasuke and looked at the book.

Sasuke who hadn't noticed his teacher end his speech and came over to him continued to write down in his note book. Yuiko noticed the teacher and wanted to warn Sasuke but then she didn't manage before the man was standing next to Sasuke how still didn't notice him.

To the teachers surprise he saw that the book page had been turned into a note sheet. The black haired student was writing down what looked like random notes and words. What was more surprising was the title and the small notes at the corner of the page that noticeable didn't belong to the song.

-o-o-o-o-o-

The violin lay on his bed as Naruto sat beside it, his fingers played over the strings. When a string made a high note he sighed and lay back on the bed. His thoughts were in confusion. He wanted to see Sasuke but he knew that he couldn't until Sasuke arrived and that wouldn't be until a few more hours. He closed his eyes and let the soft feeling of the blanket under make him feel weightless.

His headache had returned a little and it didn't make him feel better. But when he thought about it, he didn't know what he was feeling. He hadn't felt like this when Hinata was still around.

When Naruto opened his eyes a little he blinked once and then twice before sitting up in a beat. He could see colours. His eyesight was clearing as objects became clearer and clearer. His heart filled with joy, it had been several weeks since he last could see this clear. It still was hard to make out things and darkness was still there but that didn't matter. Now, more than ever... he wanted to see him. For the first time he wanted to see Sasuke's face.

He hurried down to the door but at the last step he hesitated. He didn't really want to go out alone but right now his feelings of wanting to see Sasuke's face was much stronger than his fears and he opened the door. Half running and half stumbling outside into the snow he head in the direction he thought Sasuke had told him his house laid. The snow under his shoes left a foot print with each of his steps.

He passed a few housewives's who looked after him at his recklessness of running without a jacket or proper outdoor clothes. He paid no attention to them and because of that he didn't notice how a young woman with chestnut hair looked after him as he passed her on her way toward the Uchiha resident.

-o-o-o-o-

Itachi was passing by the windows when he thought he saw something outside that contrasted with the falling snow. He took a extra look and saw to his surprise that the blond boy Naruto was standing outside the main gate in the snow. While not knowing if what the boy was doing here he put on a thick jumper and walked outside to shout at Naruto to get his attention.

"What are you doing here? It's dangerous for you to go out alone. What if something happened then Sa..." he stopped suddenly as Naruto turned toward him and waved his hand. What took Itachi's attention were his eyes, they were... "hey, can you see me?"

"It's nice to see you Itachi-san." Naruto said with a smile as he bowed slightly in respect as his voice was slightly breathless. "Are Sasuke home?"

Itachi stood frozen for a moment before his senses came back. He knew he couldn't allow this boy to go looking for Sasuke's school or his little brother would come after his head. Itachi lead Naruto inside as he took slightly notice of the woman with the long hair who stood by the end of their garden, he could only curse under his breath as he closed the door behind them. 'Out of all situations.'

-o-o-o-o-

There were only two classes left for the day when Sasuke's mobile phone began to vibrate and he picked it up. When he saw it was from his brother he groaned, he didn't really want to answer but had to or he would had to face the consequences. Sasuke stepped outside the classroom to answer.

"What do you want?" he asked in an annoyed voice.

"..." No answer.

"If you don't have anything to say then why did you call me?" in his mind he was calling the other person an idiot.

"...Sasuke?" came a small voice.

"...Naruto?" he asked as he recognized it. "Why are you calling me and from Itachi's number?"

"I want to see you!"

"Huh?"

There was a slight exchange of words at the other end before the all too familiar voice came through. His annoying brother.

"Hurry home, your friend is here! If you aren't here in five minutes I will molester him!"

Dread fell over Sasuke as his imagination took over. "Touch him and I'll..." he screamed into the phone and scaring those around him.

"You have 4 minutes and 48 seconds left." was Itachi answer as he hanged up. Sasuke stood still for less than a second before he burst into a mad dash. He didn't care about jacket or scarf or even changing from his indoor shoes to his outdoor, he simply ran out through the doors and into the snow in full speed.

-o-o-o-o-

The door to the Uchiha resident was slammed open and a snow covered Sasuke enter the house.

"NARUTO, WHERE ARE YOU?" he screamed at the top of his lungs.

It was then that he saw his bother standing at the doorway to the living room. "New record; 3 minutes and 39 seconds."

Sasuke pushed his way passed his brother and for a moment prepared himself for the worst. He saw Naruto sitting peacefully in a single seated sofa and looking straight ahead. Breathing a sigh a relief he walked over to his friend. He kneeled down right in front of Naruto as he placed his hands on the blond's knees for support.

"What are you doing here?" he asked in a more gentle voice than the one he used for his brother.

Naruto shifted his eyes so he was looking straight into Sasuke's and he raised his hands to lie on top of Sasuke's. A smile played across Naruto's face as he took in every detail he could.

"I wanted to see you, Sasuke."

For a moment he didn't understand what Naruto was saying before he took in the more vivid expression in Naruto's sapphire coloured eyes.

"Naruto... can you see me?" he asked in wonder.

"You look as nice as your voice sound."

Tbc...