When music melts the heart

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Chapter 11

Naruto woke up in the warm and secure embrace of his lover with mixed feelings, on
one hand he felt very happy and satiated, on the other hand he felt like strangling Itachi
for giving him a sore ass. If he didn’t love the raven haired man so much he would have
done just that, for certain.

Naruto tried to get out of bed to go to the bathroom, but that proved to be a real
challenge. Itachi stirred in his sleep and instinctively tightened his hold on the blonde.
“Itachi could you maybe let me go for like five minutes, so I can take some aspirins and a
shower?” Naruto asked with a bit of amusement.

Itachi cracked open one eye and mumbled; “I don’t want to.” Naruto laughed softly and
started prying the arms of his lover from his waist, to no avail.

“Chi-kun, we can’t stay in bed all day you know; besides I promised Sasuke we would
pamper Hiroki in the morning.” Naruto had finally managed to pry the raven’s hands of
off him.

“I’m still tired Naru, so just stay in bed with me and sleep for another hour or two,” the
raven complained.

“What are you complaining about, I’m the one with the sore ass,” the blonde stated a
mock pout on his face.

He suddenly got a brilliant idea if he said so himself, which he did. He cuddled up to
Itachi and whispered huskily in his ear; “Chi-kun, I’m going to take a shower. Would you
like to join me?”

“That’s playing dirty Naru.” Itachi turned around, faking the act of ignoring his blonde lover.

“Well actually I was hoping to get cleaned up, but I wouldn’t mind getting down and
dirty first,” he tried to persuade the raven.

Itachi was out of bed in no time, practically dragging the blonde into the bathroom.
Naruto laughed wholeheartedly at the 180 degree turn about Itachi had made.

After entering the bathroom, Itachi turned on the hot water and pulled Naruto in his
arms, kissing him passionately, meanwhile checking if the water was the right
temperature. Still lip-locked with the blonde he stepped under the spray of water,
pulling the other with him.

Itachi broke away from the blonde’s mouth only to start nipping and kissing from his jaw
to his neck, eliciting a moan from his lover. Naruto let his hands roam over the raven’s
back and shoulders with feather light touches. Itachi slid lower till his mouth was
latched onto a nipple, flicking his tongue over the sensitive nub, taking the other
between his thumb and index finger, and lightly rolling the nub.

Naruto let his head fall against the tiled wall and moaned loudly. Itachi slid even lower
and was just about to take the head of his lover erection into his mouth, when they
heard the door to the bedroom burst open.

Naruto’s head shot up and pushed Itachi gently away from him. The raven groaned in
displeasure. The blonde just rolled his eyes and grinned at the pout Itachi gave him.

“We’re in the bathroom Hiroki, just give us fifteen minutes and we’ll be with you,”
Naruto shouted to him.

“Lets just wash ourselves and then I’ll get us some clothes to put on,” Itachi said,
lathering up his own body with soap, then moving over to do the same for Naruto.

Fifteen minutes later the raven stepped out of the bathroom a towel wrapped around
his waist, to grab some sweatpants and underwear for them both, finding Hiroki
sprawled out on the bed, while Sasuke read to him from a children’s book.

Sasuke looked up from the book smirking. “Did we interrupt something Aniki? ” The
youngest Uchiha asked in a sickening sweet voice.

“No otouto, we were just taking a shower. We will be with you two in a moment,” Itachi
replied in a tone of voice that gave nothing away before he walked back into the bathroom.

After a few more minutes the two lovers came out of the bathroom. Naruto plopped
down besides Hiroki who was in the middle of the queen-sized bed, with Sasuke on his
other side and Itachi sat down on the foot end of the bed.

Naruto grabbed the boy and put him on his lap, hugging him tightly. Both Uchiha’s
looked with tenderness in their eyes at the two.

“So how was your night with grouchy over there?” Naruto asked, grinning behind his
bangs at the glare Sasuke send him.

Using the sing language he and Naruto had developed, Hiroki started telling; “We went
to the movies first, some of Sasuke-niisan’s friends came and we watch the movie
together. It was about a robot who was lonely and then fell in love with a robot girl
which came from outer space. After the movie we went for pizza with his friends and we
had a lot of fun. Then we said goodbye to his friends and we went home. Sasuke-niisan
read me from this book and I fell asleep.”

“Sounds like you had a really fun night Hiroki,” the eldest Uchiha said ruffling the boy’s
hair. The boy nodded his head vigorously to Itachi’s statement.

“And how was your night?” the youngest raven asked smirking.

“Oh, we talked and then went to bed early,” the blonde stated grinning from ear to ear.

“See, I told you they would miss us and get bored,” Sasuke winked at Hiroki and the boy
just giggled in return.

“We missed Hiroki alright, but you, not a moment,” Naruto stated smirking and then
sticking out his tongue to Sasuke.

Hiroki had crawled over to Itachi and climbed on his lap. The boy looked up at him and
they both grinned at the antics of the other two males.

They all got off the bed and went downstairs for breakfast.

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It was Tuesday and late in the afternoon when Naruto’s cell phone rang. He looked and
saw the caller was Itachi. He excused himself and instructed his student to keep
practicing till he got back.

“Hey handsome, what’s up?” the blonde answered the call.

“Hello Naru, I wanted to let you know that I have to go on a business trip tomorrow. It
will be a two week trip unfortunately,” Itachi told him.

“Oh,” was the only thing the blonde could think of saying.

“Would you mind if I came by tonight to say goodbye?” the raven asked.

“I would like that very much,” Naruto said timidly.

“I will come to your place at seven,” Itachi said in a soft soothing voice.

“Okay, see you tonight Chi-kun,” Naruto tried to sound happy, but the raven could hear
his disappointment.

“Bye Naru-koi,” the raven said, and then hung up the phone.

Naruto went back to his student, but for the rest of the time he was too distracted to
really focus on his teaching, fortunately most of the students for that day, were advanced.

After his last student went out, he cleaned up the studio grabbed his things and locked
up on his way home.

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Itachi had left the office earlier then usual, to go home and pack. He figured that if he
took care of everything now, he could spend the night at Naruto’s and call his chauffeur
in the morning to get his luggage, before picking him up at the blonde’s place.

So he packed his things for the trip and then packed some things to take with him to
Naruto. After a quick shower, he got his things and left home.

Itachi parked his car in front of the apartment building. He walked to the door and
opened it with the key Naruto had given him 2 weeks before. On his way over he had
stopped by the blondes favorite ramen restaurant and picked up some take out for
them, he felt he owed that to him for leaving so suddenly.

He took the elevator to Naruto’s floor. It was six a.m. and he knew the blonde would be
home in about fifteen minutes. He opened the door to the apartment and put his things
in the bedroom.

Then he went to the kitchen and started to set the table. In the space between their
plates, which stood opposite from each other, he put two candles and between them a
little vase with a single red rose. He placed all kinds of candles around the kitchen. He
put some of the food in bowls and just as he was finished, he heard the door open and
close, signaling his lover was there.

Naruto had just taken of his shoes and coat, when two strong and warm arms wrapped
around him from behind. He put his head on the other man’s shoulder and looked up
into those gorgeous dark pools.

“Hey handsome,” he whispered. Itachi lowered his head and gave the blonde a chaste
kiss on the lips.

“Hey yourself,” was the raven’s response. Naruto turned around in his arms and
wrapped his own around the man’s waist, putting his head on his shoulder again. They
stood in silence like that for a couple of minutes, just enjoying each other.

Itachi released the blonde. “I took the liberty of setting the table and arrange dinner for
us, so if you would be so kind to join me.” Putting out his arm, the blonde took it and let
himself be escorted to the dining room, a.k.a the kitchen.

Naruto smiled tenderly at seeing the romantic setting his lover had created. Sometimes
he wondered what he did to deserve such a wonderful man. Though many thought of
the Uchiha as cold and emotionless, Naruto knew very well this was just a façade he put
up for the world.

“My, you really out did yourself this time Chi-kun,” the blonde teased his lover.

“Well I had to. I was hoping to get lucky tonight,” the raven smirked while pecking his
blonde lover on the lips

“That sounds like fun, but I think we should pay Hiroki a visit tonight to tell him you’re
going on this trip. After that we will see how lucky you will get,” the blonde stated.

“I think your right koi besides, I would like to say goodbye to him too.” Itachi pulled the
blonde in his arms.

“Maybe we could ask Baa-chan if Hiroki could sleep over tonight,” Naruto suggested.
“Which would mean, you get very lucky, sleeping in one bed with your two favorite
boys,” the blonde teased.

“Well what could a man want more for his going away present,” Itachi said smiling gently.

“I’ll call Baa-chan as soon as we’re done eating, so let’s eat.” Naruto walked over to the
table. He was starved and the food was there for the take.

True to his word, Naruto called as soon as they finished dinner. Itachi offered to do the
dishes in the meantime.

“Tsunade said it was fine, because they have summer break now,” the blonde said
walking back in to the kitchen.

“Fine, let me dry these off and then we’ll go pick him up.” Itachi walked over to the
blonde and grabbed a dishcloth and started drying off.

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They got out off the car and were greeted by Hiroki, ready with his backpack. He only
had to bring his school stuff, because he still had clothes at the blonde’s place.

Naruto got out off the car and before he could even close the door, he had an arm full
of boy. Naruto released Hiroki, the little guy turned to Itachi, who had come up next to the
blonde, to hug him too.

“Ready to go, Hiroki?” Naruto grinned at the boy, knowing his answer. The boy nodded
his head and jumped in the backseat of the car.

“I guess that says it all,” Itachi said smirking.

“Hey Iruka-sensei, bye Iruka-sensei,” the blonde said grinning at the older male.

“Bye Naruto-kun, Itachi-san, Hiroki,” Iruka said smiling gentle at them.

“I’m taking Hiroki with me to the park tomorrow and he can go back with you and the
others after that.” Naruto said stepping into the car.

“Okay Naruto, I’ll see you two tomorrow then,” Iruka replied, waving at the three in the
car as they drove off.

The threesome was sitting on the couch, Hiroki between the two adults. They had told
him earlier about Itachi’s business trip and that he would be gone for two weeks. The
boy had been sad and tried hard not to shed tears, for he would really miss the raven,
but the promise off a souvenir made up for a lot.

“Koi seeing how I have to miss tomorrow’s performance in the park, would you do me
and Hiroki the honor of playing a few pieces on your violin?” Itachi looked at Naruto, his
eyes almost begging him.

“Sure Chi-kun. I would love too. Is there anything in particular you would like me to play
for you?” the blonde asked while getting his violin case and sheet music.

“You choose koi, I love everything you play,” the raven said.

Naruto got out his violin and decided what to play. Meanwhile Hiroki climbed on Itachi’s
lap like he always did when they would listen to the blonde. Snuggled in the strong arms
of the raven the boy closed his eyes, as Naruto began his song.

Itachi was mesmerized by the sight of Naruto, standing in front of the huge glass sliding
door, illuminated by the pale moonlight. It gave his skin a light golden shine and his hair
glowed, making him look like an gentle and calm angel.

The blonde played two more pieces before putting away his violin and sit back next to
Itachi and Hiroki. The boy had fallen asleep sometime before and they decided it was
time for bed. Itachi moved the sleeping boy so he could carry him to the bedroom,
where Naruto undressed the boy and put him in his pj’s.

After getting themselves ready for bed, they climbed in both on one side of the sleeping
child. They snuggled close to each other and fell asleep.

Somewhere during the night Hiroki woke up shaking and crying, clinging to Itachi for
dear life. The raven wrapped his arms around the boy and comforted him, like he had
done so many times already.

After the boy had calmed down, Itachi asked what the nightmare was about. The boy
looked away, almost if he was ashamed. He grabbed the little notebook they had given
him, so he could write down his dreams, good and bad.

When he was finished he gave the little booklet to Naruto to read, still sniffling face
buried in Itachi’s shoulder. The raven kept rocking him, till the boy fell asleep again.

Itachi looked up when he heard soft sobbing coming from Naruto, alarmed he pulled the
blonde close to him.

“What is it koi,” he asked, concern lacing his voice.

“This dream was bad in it self, but what he wrote underneath really broke my heart
Chi-kun.” Itachi said nothing, waiting for him to explain.

“To make a long nightmare short, he dreamt you and I died. This is what he wrote last:
Please don’t leave me, like my real daddy did. I can’t really remember him. I only
remember my uncle and all the pain and loneliness, but since I met you I wasn’t lonely
anymore. I love you both so much.” Naruto wiped the tears from his eyes and looked up
to see tears streaming down the ravens cheeks.

After they collected themselves, they laid back on the bed and held each other tight,
with Hiroki between them, falling back to sleep.

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The next morning they woke up early, so they could have breakfast together before
Itachi had to leave for the airport.

Naruto and Hiroki did the dishes, while Itachi showered and got dressed to leave.
Naruto had just turned on the water so he could wash the plates they had used, when a
piercing shout came from the shower.

Realizing that by him turning on the water Itachi got a cold shower, both Naruto and
Hiroki burst out laughing at the raven’s expense. Said raven came in to the kitchen, with
a towel wrapped around his waist, threatening to put them both under the cold shower,
if they didn’t stop laughing and turn off the water.

Still snickering Naruto turned off the water and helped a giggling Hiroki dry the dishes.
They were just finished, when Itachi came back into the kitchen fully dressed in a black
suit with a blood red button up shirt and a black tie. His hair was in a low ponytail with
his bangs framing his face. Naruto let out a soft whistle and Hiroki looked in awe at him.

“Looking good handsome,” the blonde said, while circling around the raven.

“Thank you koi, you don’t look so bad yourself,” Itachi said wrapping his arms around his
lover. Suddenly the doorbell rang, signaling that Itachi’s chauffeur was there to pick him up.

“Seems it is time to go koi,” the raven said. He leaned down to kiss Naruto passionately.
They broke the kiss and Itachi let go of him. He walked over to Hiroki and picked him up,
hugging the boy.

“I will miss you, little one.” He placed a kiss on the boy’s cheek. “If you and Naruto
behave, I will take you two out for dinner when I get back,” the raven said, receiving a
pout from Naruto and an even tighter hug from Hiroki.

Itachi walked over to the blonde, with the boy still on his arm. He wrapped his free arm
around his lover and pulled him closer. “I love you both.” He let go of Naruto and put
Hiroki back on the floor.

Naruto and Hiroki walked Itachi to the door. He kissed Naruto chastely on the lips one
last time and ruffled Hiroki’s hair, then opened the door to leave. Just before he closed
the door behind him, he heard Naruto whisper; “We love you too Chi-kun, be careful.”
With a gentle smile on his face he closed the door and went to his waiting car.

TBC