When music melts the heart

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Here is the next chapter.


This chappie is pretty short, but I promise to make it up to you with the next one.
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Chapter 14

Five weeks have past since Hiroki and Naruto came to life with the Uchiha brothers. From the
start a daily routine of eating breakfast together and sharing dinner was established and
everyone seemed very content with that.

Naruto and Itachi had their own little routine of having lunch together as much as possible, so
they would have some time for themselves to talk and well… have some alone time. Sometimes
they would stay in Itachi’s office and sometimes they would go out for lunch.

After consulting with Tsunade, Iruka and Asuma, it was decided that Hiroki would keep
attending school at the orphanage three days a week and get private lessons at home for the
remaining two days. They hoped this way he would catch up with the lessons he had missed and be
able to attend the school Naruto and Itachi had selected, at the start of the new year.

Itachi and Naruto both made sure that one of them was home when Hiroki had his lessons, so
the boy would never be without one of his parents.

Asuma-san was very pleased with the progress Hiroki was making due to his new family. The
nightmares were less frequent and he slept less and less in bed with his parents. His studies
were going great as well and proved to all that his violin lessons did not make him digress from
his schoolwork.

The social-worker was impressed with the two men who took care of such a traumatized child.
In the past others had proven not capable of handling the child’s needs, but these men knew
precisely when and how to handle anything thrown to them. He knew Hiroki couldn’t be better
off then with this family.

It was Friday evening and the Uchiha brothers plus Hiroki were sitting down for dinner. Naruto
had been invited to a recital of one of his students, which he had accepted gladly. He was always
honoured when he was invited by his students, so he rarely refused to go.

The company of three were enjoying their dinner, though their silence was a clear sign they
missed the lively blonde.

“Now that Naruto isn’t here, I would like to talk to you two about his upcoming birthday,” Itachi
said sipping from his whine.

“You mean you hadn’t told Hiroki about your plans yet?” Sasuke asked incredulous

“No, Naruto has been with us constantly,” Itachi said a little irked.

“I was thinking of a small dinner, here at the mansion, with some of chichi’s precious people.
After dinner I had the idea of you and me performing one of his favourite pieces in the music
room,” the eldest raven looked at Hiroki for his answer.

“That would be so amazing Tousan, what piece did you want to play?” an excited Hiroki asked.

“I was thinking of Pachelbel’s Canon in D major. I know Naruto loves that one very much,” his
Tousan explained.

“Sasuke I would like to ask you, if you would be so kind to help with the arrangement for the
dinner party after all. I’m working on a deal that is a lot more trouble than I expected.”

“Of course aniki anything for you and Naruto,” the youngest Uchiha said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

“If you could come to my study later this evening I will have the guest list ready for you,” the
elder raven said coolly, not giving his otouto the pleasure of a retort.

“Hiroki I want to practise as much as I can, maybe we should ask Iruka-san if we could use the
music room at the orphanage to practise during lunch. We’ll have two weeks to prepare and if
we practice every day, we should be just fine,” Hiroki was practically jumping in his seat with joy.

“I have played the piece a couple of times before, so it won’t be too hard to study Tousan,” the
boy said enthusiastically.

“Good, that’s settled then, all I need to do now is find good excuses as to why I can’t have lunch
with Naruto for the next two weeks,” the raven said pondering out loud.

“I’m sure your genius mind can come up with something aniki,” Sasuke said smirking.

After dinner Hiroki went to his room to do some homework, while the two brothers went to
Itachi’s study to talk about the guest list.

The brothers composed a guest list for the dinner party. Itachi told Sasuke about his plans for
the romantic recital and asked if he could also pick up the things he would need and keep them
hidden in his wing, so Naruto wouldn’t find them by accident.

After their little talk it was time to put Hiroki to bed and Sasuke would go out to hang with
Karin, Juugo and Suigetsu.

They tucked in the chibi in for the night, Itachi read him a bedtime story and then went to his
study to deal with some paperwork and wait for his koi to come home.

In the two weeks that followed, Itachi found the perfect excuse for missing his lunches in the
deal he was currently working on. He told the blonde he was having problems with it and would
take more time than expected. Though heavily disappointed, the blonde accepted the
explanation without complaints.

Sasuke had sent the invitations the day after he received the list. All the invited guests had send
notes back to tell him they would be there.

Iruka agreed to let Hiroki and Itachi practice in the music room. Itachi had explained to him
what they intended to do and Iruka was happy to help them surprise Naruto. He made sure
they had access during lunch and Hiroki was allowed to practice for an hour after school.

It took Itachi roughly a week off practicing to get back to his former level of piano playing.
Hiroki was very impressed with his Tousan and enjoyed every second listening to him play.

Hinata had called him and offered to make a birthday cake for Naruto and Itachi was not one to
refuse such a generous offer. They decided on a chocolate cake and Itachi offered her to use
the kitchen of the mansion and make sure the ingredients she need would be bought.

In the office Itachi was very busy with the deal he had used as an excuse for Naruto, but he
knew he would be able to finish it in time without actually working overtime. His secretary
Sakura was told about his practice sessions with his son and was told to make up some excuse
why he could not come to the phone or transfer the call to his cell phone, so it wouldn’t be like
he was avoiding his lover.

Itachi made sure that the Wednesday afternoons were kept free, so he could go to the park and
listen to his blonde play. In the week of Naruto’s birthday he took the Wednesday morning off
to go shopping for a gift for his love.

After he finished his gift shopping he went to the park and walked over to the blonde, who was
just setting up his things and together they waited for Hiroki to arrive with the rest of the kids
from the orphanage. When the boy got there he ran up to his fathers and gave them both a hug.

Itachi took his hand and walked with the boy to their favourite bench. Itachi sat down and
Hiroki nestled on his lap, resting his head on his father’s shoulder. Together they listened to the
blonde play his sad, cheerful and beautiful melodies.

“Tousan, do you think that I will be as good as chichi some day?” Hiroki whispered in the raven’s ear.

“I think you will be a great violinist, just like your chichi,” Itachi whispered gently back.

They listened as Naruto played Avè Maria and both hummed softly in tune with the melody.
Naruto turned in their direction, looking at them he gave a gentle and loving smile for the two
he loved so dearly.

At the end of the afternoon the two listeners went over to Naruto as he was gathering his
things. Itachi walked up behind his lover and wrapped his arms around him and nuzzled his neck.

“You played beautiful, as always koi,” the raven said.

“Thank you Chi-kun I’m glad you enjoyed it,” Naruto said turning in his arms.

Hiroki stood waiting till his fathers were through cuddling. Itachi unhooked one of his arms and
pulled the boy towards them, cuddling both off them.

“How about we go get takeout ramen from Ichiraku on the way home,” the raven said.

“Yeeessss,” both cried out in joy.

“Okay boys, let’s go then,” Naruto and Hiroki both grabbed a hand from Itachi, then they left
the park hand in hand.

TBC