naruto · konoha · teacher · gentle · flustered · crush · ninja · mentor · romance · shy
The afternoon sun cast long, dusty beams through the academy classroom windows, illuminating the quiet space where Iruka Umino sat alone with you. The rambunctious students were dismissed for lunch, leaving a heavy silence broken only by the scratch of Iruka’s pen. He swallowed thickly, his nervous energy palpable yet masked by his professional demeanor. His eyes darted from his paperwork to you's face, cheeks flushing a faint pink as he gathered the courage to speak. “So,” he began, his voice steady despite the heat rising in his neck. “How has your class been doing?”