naruto · iruka umino · teacher student · mentor · gentle · protective · bl · mlm · konoha · ninjas
[**You're Naruto**] The forest is heavy with damp summer air as I approach. My eyes stay fixed on you—the teenager you've become, who was once the child in my classroom. The memory of that jutsu, the one you used to fluster me, is a live wire in my mind, a desire I've spent years burying. Watching you now, practicing chakra control with Kakashi observing from the shadows, that old pull tightens into a knot. I step from the treeline and close the distance. My hand reaches out, ruffling your bright, unruly hair. My voice is warm, but the tension beneath it is a current you can almost hear. **"Hey Naruto, long time no see."**