When music melts the heart

Hey Minna,

Here is a little (side)chapter. I got the request from jess249 and thought it was a good idea.
Like I said, it's short, but sort of a character description for Hiroki.

I hope you'll enjoy reading it.

Sasuke’s and Hiroki’s night out

“Okay Hiroki, lets see if we have everything? Popcorn, check. Drinks, check. Chocolate, check.
Wine gums, check. Chips, check. Tickets, check.” Hiroki waved the tickets and Sasuke balanced a
tray with all the snacks, sweets and drinks they bought.

They went to their designated seats at the beginning of the row and settled themselves for the
movie, which should start any minute now, well the previews that is.

“Hey Sasuke, is that you,” the raven heard from behind him, followed by a little squeal. ‘Oh
great from all people to run into it has to be that clingy thing.’ Sasuke grimaced to Hiroki, but
turned to greet anyway.

“Hey Karin, Suigetsu, Juugo. How are you guys,” Sasuke asked his friends.

“We’re cool, haven’t seen you in a while though,” Suigetsu said.

Hiroki looked the group of friends over. The one called Suigetsu had strange blue hair and it
looked like his had his teeth moderated to look like shark teeth. The other guy, he assumed was
Juugo, was big, had bright red spiked hair and strange tattoos on his arms, but he had a friendly face.

“Move it squirt, I wanna sit next to my Sasuke-kun,” the girl called Karin said. Hiroki didn’t like
her. She was way to clingy with Sasuke and she had purple hair and glasses that made her look
like one of his teachers.

Hiroki cringed when she made a move to shove him out of his seat. He closed his eyes waiting
for the shove to come, but it never came. He opened his eyes to see Sasuke stopping her with a
hand to her shoulder.

“Sorry Karin, but he is sitting next to me, so take another seat,” he said in a voice as cold as ice.
Karin swallowed and nodded.

“Who’s the kid Sasuke? Don’t tell me you turned out to be a father,” Suigetsu sneered.

“This is Hiroki, and no I’m not his father. It’s a long story, but if anything I’m sort of his uncle.”
Sasuke explained to the three. “Hiroki, these are friends of mine. This guy over here with the
shark teeth is Suigetsu, the big guy over there is Juugo and she is Karin.“ Sasuke introduced.
Hiroki waved in greeting to the strange group.

“He doesn’t say much, does he,” Suigetsu remarked.

“Maybe he is just shy with strangers,” Juugo said, giving the boy a reassuring smile.

“He’s just strange, if you ask me,” Karin scoffed.

“Well no one asked you Karin,” Suigetsu smirked at her.

Sasuke leaned over so he could whisper in Hiroki’s ear. “Is it okay if I tell them a little about you?
I promise they won’t tell anyone, if I ask them not to.”

Hiroki looked at Sasuke a little sacred of people rejecting him when they find out he is an
orphan and scarred. He grabbed Sasuke’s hand and started writing frantically.

“What if they hate me for being an orphan? That woman Karin already seems to hate me.”
Hiroki’s eyes were watery with unshed tears.

“Don’t worry about that, they won’t.” Sasuke assured him.

“What are you guys whispering about, nothing bad about us I hope,” Suigetsu joked, seeing the
boy’s frightened face. Even though he seems weird, he actually has a very weak spot for kids,
just like Juugo.

“No nothing bad, I asked him if I could tell you guys a little bit about him. The most important
thing to know for now is, that he doesn’t speak with his voice, but writes what he wants to say
on your hand. I’ll tell you the rest after the movie, okay?“ They all nodded and took seats on
Hiroki’s left side. Juugo took the seat next to the boy, next to him was Suigetsu and beside him
sat a moping Karin.

The movie started and all four guys were completely lost in it. Karin was still sulking about not
getting to sit next to Sasuke. Suddenly she felt a little tug on her sleeve and looked up to see
Hiroki standing in front of her. She quirked her eyebrow in askance when the boy grabbed her
hand to turn it with her palm up. The three guys kept an eye on them.

“Would you like some popcorn or something else to snack,” the auburn haired boy asked,
surprising her.

‘Wow even after I was mean to him, he still wants to share with me. Oh maybe Sasuke-kun told
him too, because he felt bad for me not being able to sit next to him.’ Karin contained the squeal
she wanted to let out at that thought.

“Sure I would like some popcorn, thank you,“ she said in her sweetest voice, hoping Sasuke
would hear it. She soon realized that maybe it was the kids own idea, seeing how he offered the
same to the other, including Sasuke.

Hiroki went to sit down again and they watched the rest of the movie, passing snacks to one
another. Karin even seemed to warm up to the little boy.

After the movie Hiroki asked Sasuke if they all, could get some pizza and his friends were
surprised when he agreed. It seemed the boy did wonders for Sasuke’s social behavior. They
walked over to the little pizzeria and took seats in a boot in the back of the place.

“So, tell us about Hiroki here,” Suigetsu said with a hint of curiosity in his voice.

The waitress came to take their order and after she left, Sasuke looked at Hiroki to see his
reaction, when the boy nodded his consent he started telling them a bit about the boy, leaving
out the details about the abuse, but still telling them enough to understand why he doesn’t speak.

The waitress came back with their order and the all started eating.

“So that’s why you wear make-up,” Suigetsu remarked.

“How could you tell?” Juugo and Sasuke asked simultaneous.

“Hey, if you’re around Karin as long as I have been, you pick up a thing or two about those kinds
of things,” the blue haired man replied grimacing.

Karin smacked him on the head for that remark, Hiroki giggled, Sasuke snorted and Juugo just
shook his head.

“How did you meet young Hiroki here?” Juugo asked smiling at the boy.

Sasuke told them about Naruto and his brother and how they introduced them. Hiroki took it
from there, with some help from Sasuke and told them all about how Naruto played violin for
him and that he was teaching him how to play. Sasuke gave a small, but genuine smile at the
boy’s enthusiastic storytelling.

After finishing their pizza Sasuke stood up to pay the bill, but was stopped by Karin who shook
her head and went over to the counter to pay for them.

“Wow, you must have made one hell of an impression kid, Karin isn’t know for spending her
money on others,” Juugo said.

“Except when it’s for Sasuke-kun,” Suigetsu said, imitating Karin’s voice, earning him another
smack to the head, cause said woman returned to hear him mock her.

“Thank you Karin, that was very nice of you,” Sasuke thanked her, resulting in a squeal and a
dreamy eyed look. He rolled his eyes, but smiled nonetheless.

They walked out of the pizzeria and turned to say goodbye. Hiroki walked up to Karin and
surprised everyone by hugging the purple haired woman. She started blushing, but returned the
hug cautiously. Three men stood there watching the two with a tender look in their eyes.

Hiroki and Karin released each other and the boy walked over to Suigetsu and Juugo. Suigetsu,
being the tough guy he was, gave the boy his hand and after shaking hands he ruffled the boy’s
hair. Juugo bent his knees so he was more to the boy’s level and was given a hug too.

“You’re a good kid Hiroki, maybe we can go and eat pizza together again sometime,” Juugo said
ruffling the boy’s hair as well.

Hiroki smiled brightly up at all three of Sasuke’s friends, who smiled fondly back at him. After
they waved goodbye Hiroki took Sasuke’s hand and they walked back to the car.

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“Okay kid, lets put our coats up and get some things to snack from the kitchen, then we’ll go to
my room,” Sasuke said putting away their coats.

They walked to the kitchen; Sasuke went straight to the fridge to get his left over sushi. He
started cursing softly. “Damn it, where is my sushi. Couldn’t they have taken something else?”

Hiroki looked up at Sasuke, he had save his onigiri for tonight as well, so he held it up to the
youngest Uchiha for him to take.

“Thank you Hiroki, but that is your onigiri so you enjoy it,” the raven he disheveled the boy’s
hair for the third time that night and smiled at him.

Hiroki took his hand writing; “Sasuke daisuki, that’s why I want to share it with you.” Hiroki
smiled a beautiful smile. Sasuke hugged the boy with all the warmth he felt for him.

“I like you to Hiroki, very much. And if you still want to share I would love some onigiri,” Sasuke
said sincere.

They gathered everything they would need for the rest of the evening and went up to Sasuke’s wing.

“Okay Hiroki, let’s put on our pj’s and then we can play a game or watch some TV, what ever
you like.” The raven grabbed his sleeping clothes and tossed Hiroki his bag so he could get his own.

After changing for the night, Hiroki got a book out of his backpack. He gave it to Sasuke, then
took his hand and wrote; “Would you mind reading this to me? Iruka-sensei told me to read it,
but I would really like it if you read it to me.”

“Sure kid, did you start reading already or do I have to start at the beginning?” The youngest
Uchiha asked while looking at the summary. The boy pointed at the first page, signaling for the
raven to start there.

They settled on the big bed and Sasuke started reading the book. After reading two chapters he
noticed the boy had fallen asleep. He closed the book and put it on his nightstand. He eased the
boy down so he could lay beside him. He turned of the light and slipped in under the covers.

Hiroki immediately cuddled up to him.

“Oyasumi Hiroki.” Sasuke placed a kiss on the boy’s forehead and drifted off to sleep.

After a few hours of sleep, the boy woke up screaming, tears rolling down his cheeks and sweat
glistening on his brow. Sasuke held him tight, whispering soft words of comfort to him. It broke
his heart to see the look of fear and desperation in the small boy’s eyes.

After a while Hiroki had calmed down and Sasuke kept him in his arms while they both fell back
to sleep. They slept like that for the rest of the night without any other nightmares.


TBC