When music melts the heart

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Chapter 5

Naruto just came home from the studio when his phone rang. He looked at the
caller ID and saw it was Iruka. He sighed picking up his phone. ‘Here we go. I
hope he doesn’t go into fan girl mode this time.’ Naruto shuddered at the
prospect.

“Hello Iruka-sensei,” the man greeted him.

“Hello Naruto. How was you’re date last night? Did you get his name this time?”
Iruka fired the questions at poor Naruto right away.

‘Well so much for hoping.’ Naruto hung his head. He could tell the older man wasn’t going to let him off the hook easily and was already in full gossip mode.

“I had a wonderful time with him. He is such a gentleman. We went to CC and
talked till closing time. And yes I did get his name this time. He was giving me compliments throughout the evening and he seemed to really like me. He even
gave me his private cellphone number and told me I could call him anytime,”
Naruto could feel the air of curiosity flowing through the phone receiver.

“Well, tell me who is he?” Iruka almost went insane with inquisitiveness.

“His name is……”

“For heavens sake Naruto, just tell me already,” Iruka almost exploded.

“Okay, okay.” Naruto laughed. “His name is Uchiha Itachi.”

“…….”

“Hello. Iruka-sensei, are you still there?” Naruto didn’t know if he should take the older man's silence as a good or bad sign.

Iruka didn’t know what to say. How in the world was this possible? Naruto was
dating none other than the famous Uchiha heir. ‘It seems Naruto has no idea who
this man really was and I’m not going to tell him. I do hope everything will work
out right for him.’ The brown haired man thought.

“I’m sorry Naruto. I was just thinking how exciting it is that you now know his name.
Now spill the details,” Iruka said going straight back to full fan girl mode.

Naruto gave the older man a detailed report on his date with Itachi, but left out the kissing part.

“So are you going to call him again?” Iruka asked.

“Yeah I think so,” the younger man replied with longing in his voice.

“Well, I’m glad it went so well for you,” the older man stated sincerely. He hadn’t
seen Naruto this happy in a long time.

“Thanks sensei. I’ll be hanging up now. I want to take a shower, then have something to eat, ” Naruto said while his stomach let itself be heard.

“Okay Naruto. Enjoy your meal and I’ll see you on Monday at seven. Bye” Iruka
snickered. ‘That boy’s stomach could even wake the dead when he’s hungry.’

“Thanks again Sensei. See you Monday, bye,” Naruto hung up the phone and
went to the bathroom for a quick shower.

When he finished his shower, he got dressed in a pair of sweatpants. He went to
the kitchen and made himself some instant ramen. With the concoction in his
hand he walked over to his couch and dropped himself on it. He grabbed the
remote for the television and turned the thing on.

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“Aniki, are you listening to me?” Sasuke asked his brother in a very annoyed tone.

“Yes Sasuke I heard what you said,” Itachi said with in a monotone voice.

“Then why do I get the idea you’re somewhere else in your mind?”

“Because I was,” came the simple statement.

Sasuke scowled at his brother. What was so important that it had his brother this distracted.

“I’ll be in my study, if you need me,” with that said Itachi stood from his seat and walked out the room.

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Naruto woke up feeling very lazy. It was Sunday and his day off. He looked
around his apartment and saw he needed to do some laundry and basic
cleaning. So after dressing himself in another pair of sweatpants and a black wife-beater, he put on some music and started cleaning.

When it was about noon, he looked around his apartment, very satisfied with his
work. He put away his cleaning props and was just about to take a long hot shower
when his doorbell rang.

‘Who could that be, I wasn’t expecting anyone today.’ Naruto wondered briefly. “Coming!” he shouted to the door. He walked over and opened the door. The
blonde was pleasantly surprised to see who came to visit him.

“Hello Naruto-kun. I hope you don’t mind I came unannounced,” Itachi stood
there looking unbelievably handsome in his black slacks and maroon sweater.

“No off course not, but I wished I had known, so I could’ve dressed for the
occasion,” Naruto looked at himself and was feeling rather uncomfortable in his
Sunday cleaning outfit.

“I think that you look good no matter what you wear, Naruto-kun,” Itachi said in a noticably seductive voice. Naruto swallowed audible and felt a blush creeping to
his cheeks. Itachi leaned over and gave him a peck on his cheek. Naruto’s
cheeks turned a crimson red shade and Itachi chuckled.

“Eehhh, please come in. I just finished cleaning and was about to take a shower,
so make yourself comfortable while I’ll go and freshen up,” Naruto stepped aside
to let the raven in.

After he showed Itachi to the living room he went to his bedroom and took a
really quick shower. 15 minutes later he walked in the living room dressed in a tight fitting pair of jeans, an orange wife-beater and a light blue button up shirt he kept open.

He walked over to one of his armchairs. He plopped down and hung his right leg
over the armrest. “So what brings you here Itachi-kun?”

“Well you obviously,” Itachi said with a smug tone of voice.

“Well duh, I guessed that much, but what did you want with me?” Naruto asked
in a lazy tone of voice.

‘Well I would love to kiss you on every part of your body until you beg me…….Wait where the hell did that come from!?’ Itachi was shocked with his own thought,
but being a true Uchiha, no one would ever see that. He knew he liked the
blonde, but he never thought about anyone that way. ‘Well to be honest, I never
made the time to think about anyone that way. But this little blond has gotten into
my head with out me even noticing. Well I might as well enjoy the ride and see
where this will go.’

Naruto stared at the raven with curiosity. He didn’t know exactly what the raven
was thinking, but it had to be something revealing to him. He could see it in those
dark pools of his. Naruto didn’t say anything about it though.

“Ne Itachi-kun what would you like to do?” Naruto asked to bring the man back
from his thoughts.

“Well make out with you would be one thing I could think of,” Itachi said smirking
at seeing Naruto’s reaction.

“Okay, and what else can you think of, that is non sexual?” Naruto inquired with
the emphasis on non.

“We could go for lunch, if you haven’t eaten yet, that is,” Itachi suggested.

“That sounds great,” was Naruto’s enthusiastic reply. Itachi was definitely scoring points with that one. Food was the way to his heart after all.

“So now we decided on lunch, where would you like to go, Naruto-kun?”

“Well I was thinking about going for ramen at Ichiruka’s before you came, so
maybe we can go there,” Naruto looked at Itachi with hope in his eyes.

“I heard that it is the best place for ramen and I have been planning to go there
for awhile now. Going there with you will only make it more enjoyable for me,”
Itachi smirked at seeing the slight blush creep on Naruto’s cheeks.

“Okay lets go, I’m almost starving here,” Naruto joked.

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They walked in the little ramen stand, spotting a little booth were they could sit.
When they were seated the waitress came to take their order.

“Hey Naruto-kun, it’s been awhile since we saw you here. Have you been that
busy with the violin teaching?” she asked pleasantly surprised that her number
one customer was back.

“Yeah it has been busy and I almost had to go through withdrawal, but thanks to
my knight in black slacks here I’m saved from that horrifying experience,” Naruto
gave the girl a huge grin.

“So I assume you want the usual recipe Naruto-kun?” Naruto nodded his head
vigorously in agreement.

“And what can I get you, sir?” she asked Itachi looking him over.

“I will have the same as Naruto-kun,” he replied.

“Are you sure?” she asked. “Naruto-kun always orders three bowls of ramen. I
mean, you don’t look like you eat as much as him,” Ayame remarked.

“I would like the same dish as Naruto-kun, but then just one bowl. And thank you
for warning me,” he answered her.

“Okay, I’ll bring your order in a bit,” she turned around and walked away, leaving
the two men to talk.

“I assume you come here often?” Itachi asked a smirk on his lips.

“Well not as often as I would like these days, but there was a time when I used to
come here every day.” Naruto admitted rubbing the back of his neck and grinning sheepishly.

After awhile Ayame came back with their order and placed it in front of the men.
“Here you go gentlemen. I hope you’ll enjoy,” she spoke with a cheerful smile.

“Oh don’t worry Ayame, you know I will,” Naruto said with a huge fox like grin.

Itachi also thanked her. “If there is anything else you should need, just call me,”
she winked at Naruto and left.

Itachi looked at Naruto’s order. In front of him were three bowls of pork miso
ramen. In a blink of an eye one bowl was already empty.

“I think it is safe for me to say that you really like ramen,” Itachi commented.

Naruto swallowed his bite. “Me and ramen have been in a relationship for forever
but we are free to see others,” the raven man smirked at his love confession for
ramen.

“It seems getting myself caught in a love triangle here,” Itachi laughed at Naruto
who blushed feverishly and choked on his ramen.

After they finished their lunch Itachi wanted to pick up the bill, but Naruto had
already paid. He looked pleased with himself for beating Itachi to the punch.
Itachi raised an eyebrow. ”I could have paid for that, Naruto-kun.”

“I know, but I make my own money. So I don’t need anyone to spoil me,” Naruto
said with pride in his voice.

“So Naruto-kun, where would you like to go now,” Itachi asked. He didn’t want to
leave the young blond yet.

“Well I have to pick something up from the studio; you can come if you like?”
Naruto offered.

“I would love to see your studio,” Itachi said genuinely.

They walked over to the Fiery Strings private school for Violin lessons.


TBC