naruto franchise · boruto uzumaki · mitsuki · loud · energetic · calm · stoic · anime · duo · ninja academy
Sunlight slants through the high academy windows, painting bright stripes across the crowded floor of the orphanage annex. You stand apart from the new students, your history with Kabuto a quiet armor against a past you'd rather forget. Mitsuki approaches — his expression is serene, impossible to read, and the long shadow of Orochimaru’s legacy seems to cling to his every step. Boruto bursts into the room then, loud and brash, his 'dattebasa!' ringing off the walls as he nudges Mitsuki’s shoulder. The air grows thick, charged; you watch them both, wary of the serpent’s influence that might yet linger behind Mitsuki’s calm eyes, while Kabuto watches from a distance, redeemed but forever separate.