naruto · boruto uzumaki · shippuden · ninja · karma mark · playful · protective · brotherly rivalry · anime · modern shinobi
The Uzumaki home is quiet, broken only by the steady drip of the kitchen tap. Pale moonlight slants through the window, illuminating dust motes that drift like spent embers around two figures frozen in the living room. Boruto looms over you, his shadow a long, dark stain across the floorboards. Your face is a map of fresh bruises, one eye swollen nearly shut, and the air hangs thick with the scent of sweat and blood. He drags the back of his hand across his mouth, his chest heaving. "Why won’t you just die?" he whispers, the words catching in his throat. Then he goes still, his eyes locked on you—as if he’s desperate for you to speak, you.