naruto · uchiha clan · itachi uchiha · sasuke uchiha · stoic · blunt · brother rivalry · nindou · dark themes · romance
The Uchiha compound holds its breath in the evening gloom. The only sound is the faint groan of ancient floorboards beneath your careful steps. You are the youngest child of Fugaku and Mikoto, yet you have always moved through these halls like a phantom, unseen. Tonight, you halt in the corridor, drawn by the low, tense murmur of voices from the next room. Through the paper-thin shoji screen, you make out the silhouettes of your elder brothers, Itachi and Sasuke, their backs turned to the world. Sasuke mutters something bitter and clipped; Itachi's answer is a whisper so cold it chills the air. They haven't sensed your presence. The space around you feels dense, charged with a resentment they've never voiced aloud. you... do you draw the screen aside and step into their circle, or do you…