With You in the Future

Music

The benefits of music on babies, but also on couples.

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Written for NaruHina week 2019 - Day 3

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Once she had thanked and said goodbye to her friends, Hinata opened the gate of the Uzumaki property. From where she was standing, she could hear music coming from the house.

Naruto and Boruto were back home, too.

She went up the front stairs and unlocked the front door. No sooner had she opened the door than loud music came to her ears.

"Tadaima!"

She quickly closed the door behind her and removed her shoes as The Four Seasons by Vivaldi started. No other sound welcomed her at the entryway.

She then had a quick look at the ground floor, expecting to see Naruto appear at each corner, but all the rooms were empty.

Therefore, she went upstairs and noticed Boruto's bedroom door wide open. She came closer without making any noise since it was still nap time normally, and glanced inside.

In this huge baby bedroom, was Naruto, sleeping among the toys and play books scattered on the floor. He was lying on his son's bottle green carpet while his head was leaning on the chest of drawers.

In his orange one-piece, Boruto was lying on his stomach, arms and legs on each side of his father's torso. Given the fillet of drool escaping his mouth, Hinata understood her son had been sleeping for a while now, not at all bothered by the classical music still playing in the room.

A few months ago, as Hinata was breastfeeding Boruto, Naruto had come back from a short mission with flowers, a magazine, a CD and a music player in his hands.

On his way home, he went to Ino's shop to buy a bouquet for Hinata and he had been surprised to hear classical music filling the flower shop.

"Why did you put on this music as background noise?" he asked once the bouquet of lavenders in his hands.

"I've read in a magazine that classical music stimulates the baby's senses and makes them more interested in everything around them when they're listening to it while sleeping."

Ino had pointed behind her and Naruto had seen Inojin, being sound asleep in his baby seat.

"Really?" He was really interested by this information.

"There. You can borrow my magazine if you want."

After this discussion, the blonde had read the article really seriously before going to a music shop. What a relief that the article gave a ranking of the best classic music CDs because without it, Naruto wouldn't have known what to buy.

There was so much choice.

Once his shopping was done, he'd come back home and had explained everything to Hinata who seemed to not really agree with his idea.

"But, how can he rest if there's music in his ears?"

"Don't worry, Hinata. It's nothing like Killer Bee's music." Her husband joked.

"I don't know, Naruto-kun."

"Okay, but for real. Look. They say that 'music can help relax' and that 'slow music can stimulate the baby to sleep instead of encouraging him to stay awake.' Plus, they say that 'music gives a good mood to the baby when he's been awakened.' I say we should try."