To cfox: I think KibaHina is cute too ;)

Standard disclaimer applies. Unbeta-ed. Sai makes his appearance in here XD

Chapter 16: Our new home

"Are you still angry with me, Naruto-kun?" Sai asked teasingly at the sulking blond. The silent treatment the said man gave him back was enough for an answer. Sai chuckled lightheartedly. "I'm sorry I didn't let you bring Sasuke-san and his son until mid of this month, but really Naruto, with fans and media still talking about your last movie, your announcement of retiring from modeling and your announcement of taking at least a year off from acting don't really help much.

They know you're somewhere around here now. And seeing you with a guy from your childhood and a child? What should we say?"

"How about the truth?!" Naruto snapped. He didn't like the idea of his distorted background stories at all.

"The truth? You mean admitting to the fans that you lied to them? Tsk tsk tsk, Naruto-kun… As your publicist, I do not recommend that. Look, I know you're not too happy having to wait like this-

"Sai, you didn't even let me organize Sae's school admission!"

"I told you Naruto. You didn't hire me as your PA and publicist for nothing. Besides, it's only 2 more weeks. Surely you can wait till then? You've waited long enough."

Naruto's answer was only dark grumble. He sulked more and more. Ever since Sae called him chichiue, he really loved the idea of his own family; living together with them, sending Sae to school, cooking for both Uchihas and doing some house chores (Naruto wasn't really used to do all at the same time, so he was still learning)

"Are you going to adopt Sae?" Sai suddenly asked, looking at Naruto from the corner of his eyes.

"Can I?" Naruto turned to the dark haired man. One glance at Sai, he immediately reminded Naruto of Sasuke. It's like they are distance relative or something, Naruto thought.

Sai nodded, eyes still fixed on the plasma televison. "Apparently they allow same sex couple to adopt children here; even though they don't allow same-sex marriage."

"That's… odd," Naruto commented, face scrunched up.

"Exactly my thought."

"I dunno… I'll think about it; I might do it, but I'm not to sure Sasuke likes me changing Sae's surname to Uzumaki-Uchiha or Uchiha-Uzumaki…"

"But Sasuke-san wants you to have his name, right?" Sai grinned widely as Naruto blushed cutely.

000

Zabuza was still with Hinata and Kiba, so it only left Haku to follow Naruto to pick up Sasuke and Sae to the city. Naruto was adamant at first that Haku didn't need to come with him but Sai would hear nothing of it, saying now that it was no longer a secret Naruto's going to be in the state for a long time, his and his family's safety was the top priority.

Sasuke, even if he didn't quite like the idea of having someone to watch over him, Naruto and Sae, had to agree when he thought about their safety. After all, he had started to like Haku; the guy, who was apparently only a few years older than him and Naruto, was a really soft-spoken and kind gentleman. Even Sae took a liking for him.

Haku might not look like a bodyguard with warm sepia-brownish eyes, long past-shoulder dark brown hair and light smooth skin; he looked more like a model rather than a bodyguard. In fact, Haku doubled as Naruto's personal stylist. However, this guy lived and learned from Momochi Zabuza, a master of a few self-defence arts and hence he's not to be underestimated.

The journey back to the city was filled with Sae's excited aura and questions at both Naruto and Haku. When they reached the apartment complex up on the hill, Sae's black orbs widen in awe.

"Which one is our house, Chichiue?" Sae asked as he looked at the tall building. The complex was equipped with gated basement parking lot and tight security with camera and security guard.

"The topfloor," Naruto grinned.

"Is my room painted light blue?"

"Yup!" Sae cheered loudly, clutching Rini-chan(1), his new bunny stuffed-toy that Naruto gave him.

Haku took Sae up to the penthouse first, while Naruto grabbed the other suitcase and assisted Sasuke.

"Uh… there's something I should probably tell you…" Naruto said nervously as they headed towards the elevator. Sasuke just asked back with an arched brow.

"My friends… they sort of demanded a house warming this Saturday… so Sai, my PA had arranged the gathering… I hope you don't mind," Naruto fidgeted, knowing Sasuke didn't like crowds, especially with his condition at the moment.

Sasuke let a small smile slipped. "They actually wanted to know who the hell this Uchiha Sasuke is, right?"

"Uhh…" Naruto looked away guiltily.

"It's okay, Naruto. How many people will there be?"

"15, more or less. Kiba and Hinata will come too, if that'll make you more comfortable."

"Only 15?" Sasuke smirked.

"This is a group of my close friends, bastard. Jiraiya-sensei, my mentor wanted to come too but he's stuck with his work till next week." Naruto added 'Thank God with that' under his breath. He was sure Sasuke would be the next hot male model should Jiraiya be there- blind or not, Sasuke was still gorgeous.

"Okay."

"Oh… and Lee-sempai will come too!" Naruto grinned at the changed of Sasuke's expression. "I told you before he's part of the group. I'm sure he will be delighted to see you again, Sasuke," Naruto's grin got wider as Sasuke's face paled at the image of how Lee would come and hugged him after not seeing him for such a long time.

The dinner was fine with Sasuke, except for the fact that Lee almost crushed his lungs and he had nightmares of the 'bushy-eyebrows' for the next three nights in a row. Naruto's friends were really good people and the fact that Kiba was there comforted him.

Sasuke however, was not comfortable when Ino and Sakura were too closed to him; they kept on cooing and flirting with him. But one growl from Naruto, the two were as good as gone; away from Sasuke that is.

The rest however, were friendly with him. He even had a good chat with Shikamaru about music and piano in general; turned out Shikamaru played piano as good as he was with guitar.

Hinata was still engaged with Kiba, the wedding would take place in mid-spring. There was a big war between the Hyuuga head and the rest of Hinata's friends but in the end, Hiashi was forced to accept the fact that Hinata wanted her own life- Gaara blurted that she's a month pregnant- which made Hiashi paled and grudgingly agreed.

The fact was Hinata was not pregnant at all, but it was too late to turn back the time; all the documents for changing of inheritance had been signed and Hanabi tied the knot with the guy of her dreams. Hiashi launched a cold war with the said Sabaku, but Gaara couldn't care less- as long as Hinata was out of her family's clutches, he couldn't care what Hiashi wanted to do with him.

Gaara was not afraid at all. Not when his own business empire was a close rival with the Hyuuga; the red-haired knew Hiashi was no match of his. He was younger, sharper and more ruthless. Hiashi on the other hand, although one with more experience, he was getting old and was in the process of teaching and building Hanabi to take the business. Besides, with Neji, Temari and Kankurou on Gaara's side, Hiashi wouldn't stand a chance against the prodigies.

Since Hinata lived with her cousin, whose apartment he shared with Gaara just two buildings down the road, she spent a lot of time with the Uchihas and Naruto the first few days. And then, Sae started school and Naruto enrolled Sasuke in the university to start his courses in music and business; the lad was busy sending and picking the two.

000

"Hey, could you do me another favour, Sai?" Naruto asked a little bit too sweetly to his taste.

"I'm your PA, Naruto; you paid me to do some work for you. Now, aside from being a babysitter today, what else do you want me to do?" Naruto heard the joking tone, he grinned.

"Bring Sae to that piano shop we went the other day and asked Sae if he liked my choices and see which one he wants to choose. And then get the piano in our place before we come back from dinner tonight. You can drop Sae here on your way home"

"It sounds more like Sae's present rather than from both of you, Naruto," Sai commented. Naruto shrugged, "It's from both of us, I just let Sae do the final choice. Now, I wanted to go with Sae but Sasuke's bandages come out today and I want him to see me first."

"You selfish, selfish man, Naruto. I'm sure Sae wants to be the first one his father sees."

Naruto blushed. "But he'll be here by the time the bandages are about to be taken off. I'll ask the doctor to wait till Sae comes."

"That means you can go and purchase the piano with the little instead of me, can't you?" Sai asked teasingly.

"I know… But I-"

"Yeah, yeah, I know, you don't want to leave his side. I'll send Sae to you guys as soon as we've done. So, you want him to change first, right, because you're going straight for dinner tonight."

"Yup! Thanks a lot, Sai! I owe you one!"

"I work for you, mister."

"Still, you are a good friend," Naruto winked even if he knew the guy couldn't see him.

"Well, I'll see you later then. Enjoy your dinner tonight. Oh, Naruto, tell Sasuke even if he's elated to get his eyesight now, please go slow on you tonight; I know it's his birthday but he can cut you some slack sometimes; I don't want to see you limping tomorrow." Sai laughed out loud when Naruto slammed down his phone.

Apparently, Sasuke's blindness was caused by cataract; it was suspected that Sasuke had a very strong family history of cataract and hence predisposed him for the early, or in this case, very early cataract. It was easily treated with surgery and Naruto purposely made the appointment so that Sasuke would come out of the hospital on his birthday.

000

When the bandage was opened, the light disturbed him so that he shielded his eyes. "It's okay, Sasuke-san. Just blink your eyes a few times; it will be blurry for a few moments but it will clear out," the doctor instructed and followed the order.

He blinked. The blurry yellow, blue and black came into focus and Sasuke blinked a few more times to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Sasuke..?" "Otousan?" came out at the same time from two figures right in front of him.

"Naruto? Sae?" Sasuke blinked again, letting a small upturn at the corner of his lips. And then he was tackled by the two males all at one. It was like a reunion of long lost friends, their eyes misty but they refused to let the tears fall.

"You've grown…" Sasuke ruffled Sae's black hair and that earned him a big grin that reminded him of Naruto.

"I've grew up too!" Naruto winked and the raven-haired turned to look at his best friend, rival and soulmate. His lover, Sasuke unconsciously licked his dried lips; Naruto had indeed grown into a beautiful male. His gaze took in Naruto appreciatively, drinking the sight before him hungrily.

And he's mine!

"Come on. Stop gawking at me; I've booked us a table for dinner," Sasuke flushed a little at this, failed to notice the same hungry look in Naruto's blue orbs. And then he blinked again, Naruto and Sae were both dressed in shirt and jacket.

"Are you taking us on some fancy restaurant, Naruto?" his eyes narrowed. God, how good it felt to be able to see again! He just wanted to stay at home and look at his two precious persons all night.

"It's your birthday afterall," Naruto said sheepishly. Sae nodded, eyes shone with happiness at the prospect that his father could see again.

Sasuke let himself smile freely that day. He could even read the two better with his eyes. And those azure eyes… they still show a lot of raw emotions…

"But I'm not dressed appropriately," Sasuke looked at his hospital gown and frowned. Pink?! What the hell?!

Naruto laughed at the look on Sasuke's face. "We'll drop by the tailor who made your suit. It's ready but I didn't have time to pick it up."

"You were here all day." Sae looked up to Naruto too.

"Yeah, well… I didn't want to leave your side," Naruto's voice was so slow and he was avoiding from looking at Sasuke or Sae so much that Sasuke chuckled and Sae grinned. Wasn't his Chichiue cute?

"Idiot…" Sasuke shook his head. Naruto wanted to gave a crude reply but when he saw Sasuke's teasing smile, the words were gone. Their eyes connected and for a few moments, they were lost into their own world.

Until the doctor cleared his throat and gave some more instruction for Sasuke to take care of his eyes especially in the first week.

Naruto drove to the restaurant, and they came in through the side door instead of the main entrance to avoid bumping into unwanted fans or media. The dinner was beyond their expectation and much of it thanks to the owner's promise to let them dine in privacy.

Sasuke was in awe when they reached their penthouse. From where it's located he knew it got magnificent view, the building in itself screamed elegance and exclusiveness. "Wait till you go to the balcony, Otousan," Sae chirped.

Naruto pushed the key-card in and the lock clicked to unlock the door. As he opened the door and stepped in, Naruto whispered a low "Happy Birthday, Sasuke," which was only heard by the man. He switched on the lights and the penthouse basked in soft yellow light.

Sasuke froze on his spot; eyes locked. Right opposite him across the hall, in front of the large, wall-sized glass-panel window stood a deep burgundy medium grand piano.

"Happy Birthday, Otousan," Sae looked up to his father, hand squeezing the pale hand that he was holding. Sasuke squeezed it back slowly; acknowledging that he heard Sae. But when Sasuke said nothing at all after that, Sae's voice broke a little, "D-Don't you like it, Otousan? Chichiue and I chose it for you."

Sasuke shook his head slightly. He slowly walked towards the piano and touched the shiny smooth surface; the glossy wood reflected his face as he leaned in. He let his hands trailed the dark surface while the other two watched him carefully; they could not read his emotions.

Sasuke gulped and opened the lid slowly. "Thank you," his voice choked a bit, like he was stopping himself from crying. He sat and closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath; letting his fingers glided smoothly on the black and white keys.

There in front of Naruto and Sae, an entrancing sight greeted their eyes. The glass windows provided them with inky starry background, lights from the city centre across the Swan River glowed in all glory. It was like watching fireworks dancing against a very dark blue, almost black background. And directly against all that, like a 3D illusion painting, Sasuke sat straight on the piano, eyes closed as he let the emotions washed over him. Sasuke looked like an angel with wide black wings on his backs, ready to play the siren-song for them.

The picture was forever engraved in Naruto and Sae's minds.

As Sasuke opened his eyes, his fingers were on the correct positions and he started playing- a song for his most precious persons.

His loves.

000

They were eating breakfast in the kitchen. Naruto was sipping his orange juice like it was the most exotic drink in the world. Sae mimicked his action; over the months, he too was addicted to ramen and orange- the fruit, not much fan of the colour though.

Sasuke read the paper, glad that now he didn't have to rely on the radio or television for the news. He could take his time with reading paper, and on weekends like this, he could spend hours at the breakfast table with Naruto and Sae, savoring each passing moment in the morning.

Speaking of televison… Sasuke put down the paper and turned to Sae, muching a donought with thick chocolate glaze. Sasuke almost winced; that would be achingly sweet. "Sae," Sasuke called when the boy was still trapped in his la-la land.

"Yes, Otousan," Sae snapped back into the reality. Naruto however was still in his orange-juice paradise.

"You know what else I'd like to see?" there was a sudden mischief in Sasuke's eyes that caught Sae's interest. The boy was really glad his father could see again; there seemed to be so many emotions running around in the ever-so-black orbs at times. He had never seen them before; at least not that he could remember before Naruto came.

"What?" Ever since Sasuke got his eyesight back, they've been doing quite a number of things- went to the beach, parasailing on the river, watching theatre and concert performances, went to the Cirque de Soleil that came two weeks ago, visiting the museum and art gallery (much to Naruto's boredom), went to Aqua, been watching lots and lots of tv and a lot more- within just over a couple of month's time.

They also went for Temari and Shikamaru's wedding too and it was quite a beautiful event. It was a private function and only invited friends and family members were allowed to go in, so it was quite safe for Naruto and his new family. Some of the guests (including Sakura and Ino) eyed Sasuke hungrily and it made Naruto all protective and obsessive over the man that it made Sasuke chuckled most of the time.

Sae didn't object to anything- he loved it.

But there was one thing that Sasuke had particularly delayed till now. It was part of his plan to annoy Naruto before a surprise gift to to the blond male; and he deemed now was a good time.

"We haven't watched all your Chichiue's movies yet; we should go and get all the DVDs" Sasuke winked at Sae; the message was sent across. Sae gave a mischivious grin as a reply, reading his father's message.

It was early October, and Sasuke had told Sae that Naruto's birthday was coming. Sae knew his father had planned something for Naruto. He himself had been preparing something as a personal gift.

"What?" Naruto asked, dumbfounded. Did they just say they want to watch his movies? Like all his movies.

"I think that's a great idea, Otousan. I've wanted to watch them but I want to watch it with you. Now we go to the video stores."

"Yeah. I'll call Sai to get the list of all Chichiue's movies. We'll start tonight. How does that sound?"

"Wait! Wait!" Naruto interrupted, a bit panicky. "You don't have to watch all! In fact, why don't I just call Sai to get the DVDs here?"

"Don't tell me you don't want us to see your movies, Naruto. Are you that bad of an actor?" Sasuke smirked.

Naruto wondered if getting back his sight brought changes to this new Sasuke. Apart from his more-than-usual perverseness, Sasuke was more likely to tease and made him on edges- especially when Sae was around. He needed to talk to Sasuke for this, Naruto made a mental note, they were no longer teenagers.

"Otousan, actually Chichiue was really good," Sae defended him.

Naruto smirked. "Take that, Sasuke! Even Sae dubbed me as 'really good'!"

"Sae has seen you acted, but I haven't. I have to see it myself before I can judge if you're as good as they say." Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"But he's really good, Otousan. There's this scene with Hinata-san-" Naruto quickly shut Sae's mouth with his hand. "That went really well!" Naruto added quickly; which made Sasuke's brow arched.

That was exactly why he didn't want Sasuke to watch some of his movies. Some of it were rated… unsuitable for kids like Sae; and Naruto just knew Sasuke would get back at him with that.

"Really?" Sasuke asked, amused.

"Yeah, really," Naruto answered; forgetting that he was supposed to steer Sasuke away from seing his movies.

"Then it's a perfect reason to watch it, isn't it?" Sasuke smirked. Naruto paled.

So they went to the shop and picked up every one of Naruto's movie. Halfway through the picking, Naruto gave up and said he would wait for them in the car. He didn't want to see the odd expression of the salesperson that would check their items out and then burst in fangirl squeale mode when he saw Naruto.

Sasuke noticed the rating of some of the films that they bought. He had guessed this was the reason why the blond was so reluctant for him and Sae to watch the movies. He set them aside in a different bag without Sae's notice and intended to watch them separately; they were not suitable for his son's age but they served perfectly well for his plan.

True to his assumption, when they checked the items out, the salesgirl gave them a weird look. Who in their right mind would by all Uzumaki Naruto's movies at the same time- as if they had just fallen in love with the actor-slashed-model? Oh, slashed the model out- he just recently announced his retirement. The girl didn't know what was going on in the blond model's personal life but it was sure a waste- his name was peaking now.

Unknown to her, the two people in front of her now were the exact reason why the blond stopped modeling.

And Naruto didn't regret it one bit.

"Okay, which one should we watch first?" Sasuke asked Sae that late afternoon, having stacked all the DVDs in the living space. The special stack had been safely hidden in his and Naruto's room. Naruto on the other hand was in the kitchen, ignoring the two, making himself as busy as he could.

"Can we watch something like this?" Sae asked, picking up a random DVD.

"Sure," Sasuke took it from Sae. He read the title and read the synopses. Sai had been very helpful when he gave the list to Sasuke; though Naruto jotted it down in his planner 'Kill Sai soon' in one of his urgent list. They had put aside the DVDs that had Naruto in the smaller roles and the choices they had now were more towards comedy, actions, drama and romance.

"This is quite a heavy story, Sae. Do you want to try something else?"

"Uh… how about this one? This looks funny."

Sasuke read the synopses; indeed it was a comedy and deciding it was suitable for Sae, Sasuke popped it in. The two father and son made themselves comfortable on the sofas as the movie started.

When Naruto came, bringing some self-made popcorn, they were already halfway through.

"Dobe, this is not a comedy; I barely laugh and Sae yawned five times already," Sasuke said in a bored voice.

Naruto scowled. "Which one are you guys watching?"

"The Moon Man."

"Of course it's bad! It was poorly written! That was my first role after I graduated and I thought it was a good script- obviously not!" Naruto rolled his eyes. Of all the movies, why did they have to choose that? Naruto seethed. "You should have asked me first," he sat down and looked at all the DVDs, searching for a good one, a really good one.

"Here, watch this; I was nominated for Best New Actor in this," Naruto handed him the DVD, picking something that he knew Sasuke wouldn't make rude comments about his acting skills. The raven-haired had just got to be better than him at everything didn't he?

Sasuke took it. It was the very same first one that Sae handed to him. "But this is a heavy story for Sae."

"Not really. It's actually good for kids- as education purpose."

They changed it and played the second one, 'I Dream of'. It was a story about an autistic child growing up; trying to fit within the society and make people accepted him. Naruto played the adult-part of the boy, with an amazing performance.

It was as though he was born autistic.

By the end of it, Sasuke was impressed. It was showed in his face. Naruto snickered. "See, I told you didn't I? It was good, wasn't it?"

"You should have won the award, Chichiue," Sae commented. Inside, Sasuke silently agreed.

"Being nominated was an honor too. I went to the Autistic Association and spent days with them to understand their world. It's quite touching, actually. There was this one girl who was so obsessed with hands and she took my hands for hours just looking and inspecting them.(2)" The two Uchihas nodded; that was a new information for them.

"Can we watch another one?" Sae asked, excited.

"I'm hungry," Sasuke suddenly said.

"I've cooked dinner. How about we eat first and then we can continue," Naruto suggested and they did just that.

(1) If you read Two Hearts: Serenade, you'll notice Rini-chan makes another appearance, but this time as a real character in 'Yukio's Magical Adventure' XD
(2) This actually happened to me for real . It was so touching (and prompted me to write it a research paper as my English project)

A/N: This is supposed to be in the next (final) chapter but the next chapter is ultra-long (20 pages) and I don't want to cut it to two parts so I'll just say this here:
It's been fun writing and sharing this fic with you. Your every comment meant a lot for me :D

Please feel free to read my other fics (am shamelessly advertising); I'm currently obsessing with Two Hearts: Serenade- it has more angst and romance if you're looking for something like that.
And it's updated more often than I do with this fic, though the chapters are not as long as in here (first five chapters are really short but gradually getting longer though not as long as in here still); hence why I'm able to update it more regularly than this.
All in all, thank you for staying with me this long XD

Next: Hinata's wedding, Sasuke's gift and Naruto's mischievous stunt.