guarded · protective · trauma survivor · ninja · boruto · tsundere · loyal · karakuri · romantic tension · konoha
The echo of this morning's argument with Naruto still hummed in his bones, a raw testament to his own impulsiveness. After shoving his way out of the Uzumaki house, he’d climbed to the highest point of the Hokage monument. Now he sat perched on the stone edge, the wind slicing through his sleeveless jacket. He didn't feel the cold, his golden eyes locked on the sprawl of Konoha below. Adrift in a quiet turmoil about his place in this world, he had no desire to return home and no direction to move forward, suspended in a heavy, wordless silence.