Author Note: Amazing! Chapter 20? I never thought it would go on so long. But then again the latest chapters have been short. Still, its a number I never even dreamed of when I started to write. I'm not a doctor and my knowledge is limited but like always I'm trying to give a good explanation that sounds realistic. I want to say thank you to the reviewers and readers and your support. Like always, its a pleasure to write for you. The cuteness will continue and the story is slowly reaching the showdown. There might be a sequel after this story but I don't know for sure yet. I'm playing with the idea, but for now, don't concern yourself with it and enjoy this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Pairings: Sasuke x Naruto. Itachi x Yue.

Warning: This is mainly a shounen-ai story. Boy loves boy.

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

Music In My Heart
By Monkan

Part 20

Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and shut them as his sight was assulted by bright light from the sun. He moved a little to get away from it and he heard a moan beside him as a sleepy hand fumbled over his back before gripping his sleeping shirt. He smiled as he breathed in the familiar smell of his loved one. Strangely he felt quite refreshed this morning. As if something had been lifted from his shoulders. His spirit felt high and he thought everything looked different, somehow, kind a new.

A mumble from his sleeping companion drew him from his musing. It no doubt was because of Naruto. How important and precious the other boy was to him was almost beyond even his knowledge.

Sasuke leaned forward a little and placed a kiss on Naruto's brow before hugging him and it had the effect he hoped it would, Naruto snuggled closer to his chest and kept on sleeping. Sasuke chuckled as he saw how cute Naruto looked while curled up to him. Mouth slightly open, messy hair in his face and absolutely adorable.

He felt that he could go see his parents once more and this time he wouldn't be so detached. He would be brave enough to sit beside them without feeling trapped. He would be able to see their faces without doubting who they were. And he wouldn't regret it. He wanted to see them again.

In his mind he was sure that if he hadn't met Naruto, his life wouldn't be like it is now. He would no doubt had continued to hide inside himself. He would had been a shadow of who he was now. All of his feelings pushed down deep inside of him. Ignorant and even arrogant to life. It was all thanks to Naruto.

A thought crossed Sasuke's mind and he reached over to his watch on the nightstand. He had to push a little on Naruto to get it but it didn't wake him, when he saw the time it wasn't even 8:10 a.m. He could rest for a while more.

The next time Sasuke opened his eyes he noticed that Naruto wasn't next to him. He sat up slowly in bed and looked around, his messy hair fell into his eyes and he was tempted with brushing it away but he then saw Naruto sitting across the room with his back at him. For a moment Sasuke just stared at the blond teen before he wondered what time it was. Taking up his watch he was surprised to see that it was past 10 a.m.

"Good Morning." Naruto said as he had turned around his chair so he was facing the bed.

"Morning." said Sasuke as he moved to the edge and pulled back the cover. The floor was a little cold under his bare feet and a shiver ran up his legs. He walked over to Naruto, bend down and hugged him. Without thinking Naruto's lips brushed against Sasuke's neck. Sasuke's heart made a double beat of joy.

'How cheap!' thought Sasuke as he tried to calm his heart. 'Oh, well.' but it felt so wonderful that someone could get such a reaction out of his heart.

He moved back a little before giving Naruto a light kiss on his cheek and then another on his lips, happy that Naruto kissed him back.

"I love you." said the raven haired boy after the kiss ended. "I love you so much, Naruto." and he hugged him again, this time it was a long tight hug.

Naruto returned the embrace. He was tempted to say the words back but he was more concerned that Sasuke would hear how hard his heart beat. "Me too.." he finally mumbled.

A knock on the door caught their attention and Iruka's voice calling through it that breakfast was ready.

The teenagers gave each others a smile as the hug ended and sasuke caught Naruto's hand and lead them out of the room. His other hand brushed quickly through his hair in an attempt to get it under control. Breakfast was a nice event. Light conversation were kept and when Iruka and Sasuke took away their plates and glasses, Naruto carried the bread and a few other things to their respective place in the kitchen. At least he could do that much to help.

"I'm going to see my parents." Sasuke finally said. "I'm going home to change first but afterward I will come back here. If its all right?" he asked the last question in a small tone to the pair.

There was one question that bothered Naruto. "What about school?"

"Itachi have already called and said that I won't be in for a few days. Most likely." Sasuke said with a shrug to his shoulders. He hadn't paid school a single thought after the news of his parents but it wasn't a lie about Itachi calling.

"You're always welcome here." Iruka said with his back turned to them.

After some chit chat Sasuke left for home.

Iruka walked over to Naruto where he sat in the living room. "Naruto." he called to get the boys attention.

Naruto's head turned slightly at where the voice were coming from.

"A letter came this morning." Iruka continued. "It's from Dr. Tsunade."

Naruto's happy face turned slightly down. "Oh. What does it say?"

"She wants us to come in for a examination today."

-o-o-o-o-o-

Tsunade sat bend over the file on her desk. It had been the same morning and her dislike to wake up so early but as soon as she entered her office she was all professional. The file that contained the information about Uzumaki Naruto conjured different feelings inside of her.

First she was interested about his strange case. A person could become "blind" with one of three reasons. One; an accident or assault that would hit him hard against the head and sever or harm the nerves to the eyes. Two; starvation, a complete lack of vitamins in the body for a longer time could render the eyes blind. Three; Something horrible happened and on impulse his mind shut of his eyes.

But this kid wasn't completely blind, at least not anymore and that greatly concerned her. For eye sight to be so random it wasn't a good sight. There was no telling where it could lead. Most likely his body have tried to heal itself since the first operation.

And that was the one thing she was angry with. She had heard nothing about the operation. She had been in town that time but no one had told her about it and when another case appeared to her she left without knowing that there was a patient that needed her help even more. That no one had bothered to tell her was outrageous.

She knew that a letter had been send out to the foster-family that they were to come in. The profile left much outside and it proved that who ever had filed it hadn't done his or her job correctly. And no up following information after the operation was in it. No one had contacted and checked on him since. Another thing that made her even more angry.

The biggest question now; was it to late for her to do anything for this boy to save his sight.

-o-o-o-o-o-

Sasuke walked up the stairs to his room. He passed Itachi on the top level.

"What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked blantly.

Itachi gave him a look that said idiot. "I live here, you are the one that didn't come home last night. If I hadn't known where you were then you would be in danger now. Call if you're planning to stay over at Naruto's place."

"Whatever." Sasuke said as he walked on to his room. "Are you going to see them again?" he called over his shoulder.

"Yes." Itachi replied as he stopped at the top of the stairs.

"I'm coming with you." said Sasuke before the door closed behind him.

Itachi stared after his little brother before he snorted back a laughter. 'He's so obvious.'

Sasuke walked out of his room a few minutes later and headed for the bathroom.

Inside Yue existed the shower. Yue stood before the large mirror when suddenly the door opened and in came Sasuke. He took one look at Yue and stopped dead in his track. His eyes widen slightly. "Sorry." he said before he closed the door.

He stood outside the door for a moment, his mind unable to work. He walked down to the first floor and saw his older brother in the living room.

Itachi caught the object thanks to his reflexes. He looked over at his little brother who looked like he was in a state of shock.

"What?" Itachi asked.

"You..." Sasuke's voice was small at first but then came the blast. "Why haven't you told me that Yue was... was... No, that doesn't change anything you bastard. You lied to me!"

"When did I lie when I said that Yue is my lover?" Itachi knew what this was about.

"But you didn't tell me Yue was a guy!" Sasuke almost screamed.

"So?" Itachi asked.

"So you still lied to me."

"I didn't lie to you. Not even once. It's true that Yue is basically a guy but I still love Yue."

"But I thought Yue was a girl."

"In a way I am." came Yue's voice as she walked down the stairs. "I was born a man but I was brought up as a girl."

Sasuke looked at Yue up and down, no matter how he looked at Yue he only saw a really cute girl. Even though knew what mostly was under those clothes now. 'Thank God he at least had a towel around his hips.'

"Still, why didn't you tell me?" Sasuke asked them in a angry voice.

"Because no one else knows about Yue's secret." Itachi said, "Can you image every ones reaction if they found out about Yue. No matter how much of a girl Yue looks like or act it would matter nothing if they knew Yue is a man." Itachi's eyes narrowed at the mere thought, "That's why I haven't told ANYONE!"

Sasuke looked calmly from his big brother to Yue. This whole situation was surreal. He knew that girls fell for his brother every time he walked by them, and that he only liked girls but now he had found out that his "girlfriend" was a guy. How disappointed their parents would be if they found out that both of their sons were in love with guys. "Then tell me now." he asked, looking at Yue. "Tell me your story."

Yue looked happy and relaxed for the first time since his secret was revealed.

-o-o-o-o-o-

Naruto sat in the hospital room whit Tsunade looking at his eyes and touched them lightly with expertise. Iruka was waiting outside in the hall.

Finally after what felt like forever she stopped her examination that had both been pleasant and slightly painful. Naruto couldn't see the troubled look on her face but he could feel the tenseness in the room, so he guessed it was bad.

"I will be blunt." Tsunade said after a long pause. "It doesn't look good."

Naruto felt his heart jump up his throat, and gulped it down. Something a kin to fear gripped him.

"The nerves are damaged, the procedure the previous doctor made have made some of the nerves to wear down and cause more damage in a longer run. It probably was a half-half success since your sight have been blurry since but I'm amazed that you haven't been put into a hospital. Have you had any cases of dizziness, illness, exhaustion, black outs or even faints for longer periods of time?"

Naruto slowly nodded. "Exhaustion and black outs." he whispered. The sigh he heard was followed by a pair of hands on his shoulders.

"Listen, I will put this as simple as I can for you. There is an imbalance in the nerves to your eyes, and its the cause of your condition. The damaged nerves have been pushing on the good nerves and therefore your eye sight have been coming and going, which isn't a good thing. The damage is severe and it will be a difficult operation, but there is a small chance that we can still save your sight. Trust me, I can do this but we need to do it as soon as possible to avoid any more pressure being put on your nerves."

"Will there be any chance that it won't work?" Naruto asked quietly. "I want to know."

"I won't lie to you." Tsunade said. "There's still a chance you will lose your sight forever but up until now the pressure in your nerves have been controlled by repressing your sight, in a way it's your own bodies attempt in trying to heal. Had you waited another half year to contact me there wouldn't be anything I would had been able to do."

Naruto nodded in answer. He still didn't get every little detail but he knew that he had a chance, a chance to see Sasuke's face once again.

"When will the operation be?" he asked as he looked at Tsunade.

Tsunade smiled relieved. "I will book you up in my schedule, I still need you to come in one more time for a check up but the operation will be by the end of next week. I will contact you with further information later today."

'In 6 to 8 more days.'

"Thank you, Dr. Tsunade."

The female doctor smiled at the teenager, "Take care of yourself and promise me to come and see me as soon as possible if you have anymore dizzy spells or if anything else happens." She took Naruto's hand and helped him out of the room to where Iruka was.

She spoke to Iruka before they said good bye and left the hospital. For the first time in months, Naruto felt hope about ever regaining his sight again.

-o-o-o-o-o-

The Uchiha brothers and Yue had sat down in the kitchen around the long table that were rarely used by more than one or two at the time.

"My parents," Yue started. "wanted more than anything a girl and when I was born they didn't knew what to do so they dressed me up as a girl and pretended that I was a girl. I thought it was natural that I was a girl, I lived happily with my parents but that was before I reached puberty. It became harder for my parents to hide that I was a boy and so they raised me even more strictly. By then I realized the truth, that I wasn't really a "girl". All my life I had been raised as one and then suddenly it all went against the true me. To please my parents I did my best to act like they raised me, I became the ideal woman and boys followed me and my parents were happy. But then one day, one of the boys found out that I were a boy too and he spread it. Before long the normal life I had lived became a hell. I was called dirty names, humiliated and cruelly bullied. One time they cut my hair, another time I came home with bruises, other times it was worse and no one stepped in to stop it. My parents were humiliated too and because of that they started to blame me. But I couldn't stop acting like a girl, it was the life I had lived up until then, I couldn't throw away everything my parents had taught me and live like a boy. Still, I tried to protect myself.

"Some even tried to take me away from my parents, proclaiming that I was a victim and that they weren't fit to be my parents. I worked harder than anyone and finally my wish came true, I could skip one year and entered University. I moved from home and far away, and start over. I avoided other people because I didn't want to go through it all again if anyone found out, though I dressed and acted like a girl.

"One day, while I was walking through campus I bumped into Itachi. Ever since then we have been together and it didn't take long before he realized that I was really a guy but he didn't shy away from me, he didn't back of or said anything humiliating to me. He simply stood there and looked at me and said finally; So what about it? I was so shocked that i didn't know what to say, he was the first to say that and in such a nonchalant tone like it was something obvious." Yue giggled, "I even thought for a moment that he liked guy but the more I got to know him I realized that I was the only other guy he had ever liked."

Itachi shrugged and rested his elbow on the table while his chin rested in his palm. "I never told anyone about it and until this day you are the only one to know it, though it was through a stupid bathroom accident." the elder Uchiha snickered.

Sasuke flushed slightly, he glared at his brother. "Drop dead. I'm taking a shower."

Sasuke walked to the door but before he halted. "I won't say anything." he said over his shoulder. "Love... isn't something that others have any right to mess with."

With that he walked out and left the pair alone.

Silence followed and Itachi stared after his little brother. At first he was stunned but then he smiled at Yue. "My little brother have grown up to be a good man."

-o-o-o-o-o-

That day Sasuke visited his parents at the hospital. He even talked to them and it felt good. Before he left he stopped by his house and told Itachi and Yue that he wouldn't be home for the night. That night Sasuke arrived in the middle of Naruto's violin play, he flopped down on the bed and listened to the music. A smile played on his lips and when the music stopped he clapped his hands and was pleased to see a tiny blush on Naruto's cheeks.

The blond teenager put his violin down on the desk and walked over to the bed, his hands searched it for Sasuke. The dark haired boy in turn reached out for the blond and caught his hand. He leaned forward and kissed him. Naruto smiled into the kiss and when they pulled apart he whispered, "I love you."

Sasuke stared stunned up into the ocean blue eyes he had stared so many time at. His mind refused to process anything.

"I love you." Naruto repeated. "I really, really love you."

It didn't seem real but somewhere in Sasuke's mind it made contact and he smiled brightly up at the other. "I love you too." he said. He pulled the other boy down on the bed and hugged him close. His fingers running through the blond bangs. "I finally have you." he whispered happily.

To Be Continued.