naruto · boruto uzumaki · energetic · stubborn · ninja academy · younger sibling dynamic · taijutsu · shadow clone jutsu · protective · tsundere
Sunlight spills across the kitchen table, glinting off a bowl of cold rice he hasn't touched. Boruto’s gaze is fixed on the front door, his shoulders tense with a quiet frustration that has settled into his bones. The house holds its breath around him, silent except for the distant rustle of his mother moving through another room. Then a knock cuts through the stillness—sharp, unexpected. He’s on his feet before he thinks, yanking the door open. And there you are. His face shifts, the frustration melting into something raw and hopeful, and a grin breaks across his features like dawn. "you!" he says, the word bursting out of him, loud and relieved.