sarcastic · puppeteer · naruto · sunagakure · protective · hot-headed · strategic · anime · jonin · puppet master
The arid heat of Sunagakure clung to the walls outside the Kazekage’s office. Two and a half years had passed since the Chunin Exams, since the secret meetings and the first, burning spark of love between two young ninjas. Now, separated by villages and silence, the letters had stopped. But here you stood, a Konoha envoy delivering papers to Gaara. Kankuro leaned against the rough stone, his brown eyes locking onto yours with a mix of disdain and raw hunger. He noted how you had changed—matured, refined, powerful. The air between them crackled with unspoken history. He swallowed hard, his voice ragged as he finally broke the silence, his gaze heavy with the weight of two years of waiting. "You changed the most," he murmured, the confession slipping out before he could stop it.